There's No-One There, There's No-One There!

[DumLum]

Do you think that somebody will travel to the game today?

With our smart-cards there is no date printed for fixtures unlike the old paper tickets. I have had more than one person(Non Albion Fans to be fair.) asking if I was going today. Somebody may have gone into matchday mode when they spotted the thread 'It's a misty though pleasant enough day here in BN1. Just 3.7 miles from the Amex....' this morning.

I did it once in Berlin. There were posters with fixtures on in the city, so on the spur of the moment I decided to go to a match. When I got off the train there was about six people with scarves on walking around, I thought to myself that we got more than this at Gillingaham(Would have been our first season there.). The fixture had been moved for some reason I don't recall.

At least I got to visit the historical Olympic stadium.

Have you ever turned up to a major event on the wrong day?

It must be happening more and more with ticket sales starting over a year in advance these days. My Boss travelled to the O2 or Wembley a year early to see Cliff Richard once.

 

[Chicken Runner61]

Ernest is on his way there now

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

I can't be the only one who thought this was about the recent low crowds attending fixtures at Selhurst Park.

 

[hoyci]

Lol that's what I was thinking

 

[Redbourn Seagull]

Years ago whilst serving in the Army, I came back to the UK from Germany for two days, Brighton were playing Colchester, I picked up a mate and drove from Middlesex to Colchester, only to walk into the pub by the ground at 1230 to find it empty. The landlord pointed out to me that Brighton were playing at home! Talk about dying on the spot my mate wasn't best pleased either, I never lived it down,even worse my mate an O's fan, hasten to say we missed the game"!

 

[Everest]

My Boss travelled to the O2 or Wembley a year early to see Cliff Richard once.

I bet he enjoyed it more though

 

[tgretton87]

Lee Evans at the Brighton Centre. My sister in law rocked up 1 year early.

 

[Lush]

I once turned up for a holiday flight a day late, on a Sunday, having got the dates mixed up.

Got another flight on the Monday, but still had to come back on the Saturday

 

[kip]

Years ago whilst serving in the Army, I came back to the UK from Germany for two days, Brighton were playing Colchester, I picked up a mate and drove from Middlesex to Colchester, only to walk into the pub by the ground at 1230 to find it empty. The landlord pointed out to me that Brighton were playing at home! Talk about dying on the spot my mate wasn't best pleased either, I never lived it down,even worse my mate an O's fan, hasten to say we missed the game"!

pmsl

 

[Goring Gull]

At least anyone there today won't see another Albion defeat

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Late 70's there was a one-off bike race event down at Thorney Island - I got there a week early - oops!
Come back next weekend said the armed guard on the gate - was still an active RAF base at the time ....

 

[Bob!]

Years ago whilst serving in the Army, I came back to the UK from Germany for two days, Brighton were playing Colchester, I picked up a mate and drove from Middlesex to Colchester, only to walk into the pub by the ground at 1230 to find it empty. The landlord pointed out to me that Brighton were playing at home! Talk about dying on the spot my mate wasn't best pleased either, I never lived it down,even worse my mate an O's fan, hasten to say we missed the game"!

Plenty of time to drive down to Brighton!
Did you?

 

[albionalbino]

Already long queues to get out of Bennetts field car park.

 

[Paddy B]

Talking of Colchester and being early. We were just parking up at Layer Road (just before the 4-1 without BZ but that's another story) and were listening to Tom Watt on R5L a guy called in to say he was nominating himself for the furthest distance travelled today for a game. He had flown in that morning from
UAE and was flying home that night just to see Chelsea v Leeds. Tom Watt then said "you know it's tomorrow?" at which point live on national radio said caller emitted "OH f***!" ...followed by "Sorry! Oh Shit Sorry....." we were in bits!

 

[Beach Hut]

I once turned up for a holiday flight a day late, on a Sunday, having got the dates mixed up.

Got another flight on the Monday, but still had to come back on the Saturday

I did that once as well - der

 

[perseus]

No one on the Wing ?

Will Noone be playing tomorrow?

 

[TheMajor]

My Boss travelled to the O2 or Wembley a year early to see Cliff Richard once.

Seems sensible - you never know when he's going to snuff it.

 

[KJP]

I once turned up for a holiday flight a day late, on a Sunday, having got the dates mixed up.

Got another flight on the Monday, but still had to come back on the Saturday

i almost did that once, the time of the flight was midnight tuesday and for some reason i figured it was tuesday night, it wasnt until one of my mates came round to pick something up a few days before that he told me it was actually late monday night, early tuesday