Re: Your Wembley day? : Sat Aug 21, 2010 4:03 pm  

digger47 wrote:

Travel down friday, have a great night probably at the scholars match first, coach down to wembley to the Greyhound Sat, great atmosphere outside this pub, Night on the town again then home Sunday with a stop on the way

The Skolars game on the Friday night is highly recommended.

Re: Your Wembley day? : Sat Aug 21, 2010 4:19 pm  

The Admiral's travel plans have been long established, but for operational reasons, the trip to the capital has been curtailed as merely a day's excursion.

05.50 - Wake / shower / watch morning news etc.

06.30 - Mrs Admiral takes me to the station inc. several train and match ticket checks. If time, obtain TFL Travelcard at departing station.

07.00 - Train to London inc. fielding various phone calls, contacts, texts etc.

09.15 - Arrive in the captial

09.30 - Head off to yet-to-be-arranged rendezvous location with a London based friend for coffee / breakfast.

10.45 - Locate nearest reasonably priced supermarket / off-licence and obtain pre-match 'sherberts'

11.00 (no later than) - Head for Wembley Park Tube Station. Route unknown at present, due to prior undisclosed rendezvous location.

11.45 (no later than) Rendezvous with Gulf, Lord Percy and various others in vicinity of Wembley Stadium

12.00 - 14.00 - 'Soak Up Atmosphere'

14.00 - Obtain match programme, enter stadium, take seats etc.

14.20 - 'Abide With Me'

14.30 - Kick Off

16.10 - 16.30 - Return towards Wembley Park Tube Station

17.30 (No later than) - Arrive back in Central London

18.30 - Return to Kings Cross inc. obtain bottle of 'bubbly' if we've won

19.15 - Train back to Yorkshire inc. drinking aforementioned bubbly, if victorious.

21.35 - Arrive back in Yorkshire

22.15 - Arrive home

Re: Your Wembley day? : Sat Aug 21, 2010 4:50 pm  

1) Wake up. Read papers.

2) Wander over to Finchley Road Tube, possibly stopping in North Star.

3) Get Metropolitan Line to Wembley Park

4) Win Cup

5) Tube back to town.

Re: Your Wembley day? : Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:31 pm  

I'm going to be in London on Friday anyway so getting train on Friday morning, meeting up with some friends and going to the Globe Theatre in the afternoon and then some dinner (this was planned several months ago and I had the feeling Rhinos were going to get to Wembley this year). Staying overnight at a friend's and then getting the tube to Wembley before getting a lift back to Leeds on Saturday night.

Re: Your Wembley day? : Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:44 pm  

Probably go something like...

6am - Awaken (default programmed in awakening time)
8am - Drop off youngest at her place of work
8.15am - Drop off wife at her place of work
9am - Drop off eldest at railway station for her to go to work
9.05 am - Return home, coffee and biscuits
Rest of morning - What the hell I like, maybe do some painting, maybe some reading
2pm - Walk to mates house, choose seat in front of very large TV
4pm - Light up barbeque, party starts

Notice the relaxed nature of the day, it suits me, no travel plans to make, no tickets to check every five minutes, no finding you're sat in the middle of The Fekkwit Alcoholics Working Mens Club coach trip, no standing to let someone go past to the toilet/bar every five minutes, no breaking up at least two fights (one per half if past finals have been anything to go by), no trying to see what happened by squinting at a big screen 150 yards away, and no endless journey home afterwards.

I've paid my dues, now I relax, if I smoked I'd be puffing on a Hamlet.

Re: Your Wembley day? : Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:51 pm  

I'm going down the 07:52 GC service from Bradford to London and coming back on the 20:58 GC service.

Not bad at £37 return as few Leeds supporters I know are doing the same.

Re: Your Wembley day? : Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:53 pm  

Next saturday I'll be mostly off to Wembley

Re: Your Wembley day? : Sat Aug 21, 2010 7:16 pm  

McLaren_Field wrote:

Notice the relaxed nature of the day, it suits me, no travel plans to make, no tickets to check every five minutes, no finding you're sat in the middle of The Fekkwit Alcoholics Working Mens Club coach trip, no standing to let someone go past to the toilet/bar every five minutes, no breaking up at least two fights (one per half if past finals have been anything to go by), no trying to see what happened by squinting at a big screen 150 yards away, and no endless journey home afterwards.

Re: Your Wembley day? : Sat Aug 21, 2010 7:28 pm  

AdmiralHanson wrote:

05.50 - Wake / shower

Bloody hell, it's only taken 11 years!!

Re: Your Wembley day? : Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:21 pm  

get up bout 8ish
Have Brekkie
Catch Train from West Bromwich 8,19am
Arrive @ Wembley 11,58am
Booze & Banter till bout 2,20ish,,,pm
Watch Game,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
After game Socialize till about 7,00pm ish
Catch train back 7,58,,,pm
Arrive back @ West Bromwich 10.30pm
Back in Walsall about 11,,ish,,,Hopefully having a great day....