midweek coaches?

[CANV EFM]

i think tonite is an ideal oppertunity to run one.. it dosen't have to leave till 5.45 pm leaving people time to get in from work and make it.. also a lot of city types could get to stortford direct then take the coach home.. i'd happily pay full fare for that.. beats driving n not getting pissed!! this could work for a few london midweek games..

[YELLOW]

Totally agree. Because I can't drive, I couldn't make the match tonight. Unless a coach is run I can't get to midweek away games.

 

For tonight's match a coach could have left about 5.30 allowing people to get home from work and catch the coach in time.

 

As Canv mentioned above many people like a few pints at football but can't if they are driving.

 

I seem to remember we ran a coach for a couple of the midweek matches last season (Bedford? and definitely Gravesend which was a huge success)

 

With a key midweek game against Hendon coming up perhaps we could run a coach for that one?

 

 

[Merv]

Perhaps the best way to achieve this is for somebody, who wants a coach, to speak directly to Chris Gardner?

[The Great Eckscape]

Hey Yellow Army 2003, there's always the trains. I'll get to the game however I can, Aldershot away this year was a bit of a journey!

[CANV EFM]

stortford by train is easy enough from the city.. but to get from there back to canvey by train would make doing the paris dakar rally on a mountain bike look easy

[YELLOW]

I bet that was a real trek, you probably didn't get home till the early hours!

 

I did get the train down to Daggers when we played them in the ESC final a couple of seasons ago but it is easier said than done.

 

For example if the Heybridge game had been on a Tuesday night and a coach wasn't running, it would be very difficult to get down there.

The nearest railway station is in Witham and OK you could get a taxi but they cost a 'bomb' these days.

 

Not all the teams in the Ryman League are accessible by public transport. Try getting to somewhere like Great Wakering Rovers or Purfleet by bus or train. They're in the middle of nowhere!

[rich sparkes]

quite a few of us are doing the grays game by train so we can get there early and have a few beers in the local boozers b4 the game.any 1 is welcome to come along i know tackle is coming

[rich sparkes]

when we played bishop stortford years ago away in the fa cup the famous kevin knewbury header me and a couple of mates went to the game by bus well 4 in all and that was a night mere on a saturday afternoon.

[drunk viking]

does grays have any good pubs? and how do get from the station to the ground?

[YELLOW]

D.V I've attached a map of Grays town centre with this post.

It isn't a great map but the rail station is clearly marked and the football ground is in the top right hand corner between Grange Road and Bridge Road.

I imagine from the station it's only a fifteen minute walk.

 

Hope that helps you out!

[drunk viking]

Thank you dave very helpfull, It even has a few pubs on the map too

[rich sparkes]

u coming up by train then?

[CANV EFM]

grays is a 10 /15 min stroll from the station (4mins as the crow flies) drink in the clubhouse at the ground, it has plenty of space and the beer is good

[drunk viking]

There is talk of a gathering going by train. Depends on the time and cost of the coach or some one wants to drive.

Surley Craig Davidson would not get the train to Grays?

[pabird]

According to Canv he is going in a straight line

[TACKLE1000]

Not sure about a coach to grays. There is as mentioned about ten going by train(£3.90RTN) meeting about 11.30 at Benfleet.

[rich sparkes]

lets get a quite a few going up by train could have a real good laugh.