Port Vale (A)

[Clyde1998]

Tickets bought for this one - will be my first game of the season, as I miss Peterborough due to being in Scotland. We don't seem to have sold too many for this...

[RG30]

IN! x4

[From Despair To Where?]

Been there twice in the 90s 2 wins and 6 goals for with none conceded.

I quite like Vale Park, it's a decent enough ground.

[Royal_jimmy]

Tickets bought for this one - will be my first game of the season, as I miss Peterborough due to being in Scotland. We don't seem to have sold too many for this...

Horrible city, nothing to do/boring away day, lower division etc. I'm only going as I've never been to Vale Park before.

[tidus_mi2]

Tempted to try and go to more away games this season but always been apprehensive about travelling alone, not really sure if the experience would be worth it, think travelling with STAR coaches would be the most sensible, does anyone else travel solo that can share their experience?

[Clyde1998]

Tempted to try and go to more away games this season but always been apprehensive about travelling alone, not really sure if the experience would be worth it, think travelling with STAR coaches would be the most sensible, does anyone else travel solo that can share their experience?

I travel alone and the coaches are how I do it for most away matches I go to - works out much cheaper than going by train for most matches. Port Vale seems to be just shy of £100 by train (based on searching from Reading to Longport - there may be cheaper ways of going by train), compared to £25 on the coach. IIRC, the most expensive journey is usually £35 (maybe £40) for those in the far north of England (ie. Carlisle this season).

With the coaches, it's very much get to the ground, watch the game, leave - you're not going to spend much time in the town/city before the game (perhaps an hour and a half tops) and no time after it (the coaches leave asap after a match). They drop you off as close to the away end as possible. Depends on the game/town as to whether there's any point in hanging about anyway.

There usually seems to be a decent number of solo travellers on the coaches and, perhaps because of the laws preventing drinking on football buses, the more 'anti-social' crowd don't travel on them.

It really depends on whether you're happy to travel to an away game simply for the football or not. Can't think of a bad experience I've had on the coaches and has certainly allowed me to go to more away matches than I otherwise would've gone to.

[tidus_mi2]

Tempted to try and go to more away games this season but always been apprehensive about travelling alone, not really sure if the experience would be worth it, think travelling with STAR coaches would be the most sensible, does anyone else travel solo that can share their experience?

I travel alone and the coaches are how I do it for most away matches I go to - works out much cheaper than going by train for most matches. Port Vale seems to be just shy of £100 by train (based on searching from Reading to Longport - there may be cheaper ways of going by train), compared to £25 on the coach. IIRC, the most expensive journey is usually £35 (maybe £40) for those in the far north of England (ie. Carlisle this season).

With the coaches, it's very much get to the ground, watch the game, leave - you're not going to spend much time in the town/city before the game (perhaps an hour and a half tops) and no time after it (the coaches leave asap after a match). They drop you off as close to the away end as possible. Depends on the game/town as to whether there's any point in hanging about anyway.

There usually seems to be a decent number of solo travellers on the coaches and, perhaps because of the laws preventing drinking on football buses, the more 'anti-social' crowd don't travel on them.

It really depends on whether you're happy to travel to an away game simply for the football or not. Can't think of a bad experience I've had on the coaches and has certainly allowed me to go to more away matches than I otherwise would've gone to.

That's good info, I'm not a social drinker so not being able to hang around for a drink really bothers me any.

[Royals and Racers]

In X1 (Grandson is abroad).
Thought all the cr&p with rail pricing rip-offs was ending.
With a senior railcard to Stoke from Reading return is £60 but i have split to Banbury, Birmingham and then Stoke and saved £20( probably could have saved more by splitting further but couldn`t be bothered.

[Panas]

We'd sold 700 as of this afternoon, according to the TO.

[CountryRoyal]

In X1 (Grandson is abroad).
Thought all the cr&p with rail pricing rip-offs was ending.
With a senior railcard to Stoke from Reading return is £60 but i have split to Banbury, Birmingham and then Stoke and saved £20( probably could have saved more by splitting further but couldn`t be bothered.

Isn’t it done automatically with Trainline?

[Hendo]

In X1 (Grandson is abroad).
Thought all the cr&p with rail pricing rip-offs was ending.
With a senior railcard to Stoke from Reading return is £60 but i have split to Banbury, Birmingham and then Stoke and saved £20( probably could have saved more by splitting further but couldn`t be bothered.

Isn’t it done automatically with Trainline?

Yes, Trainline should split tickets automatically.

[Royal_jimmy]

We'd sold 700 as of this afternoon, according to the TO.

Not bad, should take around 1100-1200 which is a solid turnout

[Clyde1998]

We'd sold 700 as of this afternoon, according to the TO.

Not as bad as I thought. We took ~600 (IIRC) to Stoke last season, so that's the 'new ground factor' (for many) at play.

[Royal_jimmy]

We'd sold 700 as of this afternoon, according to the TO.

Not as bad as I thought. We took ~600 (IIRC) to Stoke last season, so that's the 'new ground factor' (for many) at play.

New ground and we might actually win an away game for a change

[CountryRoyal]

We'd sold 700 as of this afternoon, according to the TO.

Not as bad as I thought. We took ~600 (IIRC) to Stoke last season, so that's the 'new ground factor' (for many) at play.

New ground and we might actually win an away game for a change

Not very Royal_Jimmy of you.

[Jackson Corner]

Cambridge also charging £25 for the away end this season.

Yes we had a great team weren’t facing bankruptcy and life was a lot simpler.

[Jackson Corner]

We'd sold 700 as of this afternoon, according to the TO.

Not as bad as I thought. We took ~600 (IIRC) to Stoke last season, so that's the 'new ground factor' (for many) at play.

New ground and we might actually win an away game for a change

Don’t be stupid

[RG30]

Anyone had tickets in the post yet?

[Whore Jackie]

Anyone had tickets in the post yet?

Yep, got them well over a week ago.

[Ark Royal]

In. Driving up with nephew and his son. Will be my third visit to Vale Park (was there in '79 for the title-clinching win) and it is a decent enough ground. Was a big old ground back in the days of 'The Wembley of the North' and record attendance was just under 50,000; there were plans to expand capacity to 70,000.