League Cup rules state that the home team must give at least 10% of capacity to the away support.
So 7400 tickets available minimum.
Club has discretion to take less though. Nobody down there will have any idea of what we’ll want. They also have no experience at all of running a big away travel operation.
We don’t need another embarrassing ‘Operation Ewood / Riverside’.
Just get on a train or get in a car & get yourself up the M6.
if you get there early have a few beers in Dean Street..
It really isn’t hard. We’re big boys now & the club shouldn’t have to hold our hand & ‘make sure we get there ok’. Their job is to focus on what happens on the pitch.
Deansgate I think.
so is Deansgate the area to go? This has a group stopover boozy jamboree written all over it - 'cheap hotel near deansgate, manchester' about to go in the search engine. what date do we think it's|gonna be? 11th Jan ?
Premier Inn - Deansgate Locks is a 10 minute walk to Deansgate. Loads of great pubs in the area if it's a boozy night in prospect then the Premier Inn it will do the job - The Hilton on Deansgate itself is a superb hotel but pricey.
The tram from Deansgate or Piccadilly takes about 10-15 minutes to Old Trafford and they run every 5 minutes.
League Cup rules state that the home team must give at least 10% of capacity to the away support.
So 7400 tickets available minimum.
Club has discretion to take less though. Nobody down there will have any idea of what we’ll want. They also have no experience at all of running a big away travel operation.
We don’t need another embarrassing ‘Operation Ewood / Riverside’.
Just get on a train or get in a car & get yourself up the M6.
if you get there early have a few beers in Dean Street..
It really isn’t hard. We’re big boys now & the club shouldn’t have to hold our hand & ‘make sure we get there ok’. Their job is to focus on what happens on the pitch.
Deansgate I think.
so is Deansgate the area to go? This has a group stopover boozy jamboree written all over it - 'cheap hotel near deansgate, manchester' about to go in the search engine. what date do we think it's|gonna be? 11th Jan ?
Deansgate, probably, yes.
Tuesday is favourite I think.
Any reason why Tuesday is most likely? Think it could be Tues, Weds or Thurs that week depending on Sky.
Because of Manure’s fixtures the Friday before and Saturday after.
League Cup rules state that the home team must give at least 10% of capacity to the away support.
So 7400 tickets available minimum.
Club has discretion to take less though. Nobody down there will have any idea of what we’ll want. They also have no experience at all of running a big away travel operation.
We don’t need another embarrassing ‘Operation Ewood / Riverside’.
Just get on a train or get in a car & get yourself up the M6.
if you get there early have a few beers in Dean Street..
It really isn’t hard. We’re big boys now & the club shouldn’t have to hold our hand & ‘make sure we get there ok’. Their job is to focus on what happens on the pitch.
Deansgate I think.
so is Deansgate the area to go? This has a group stopover boozy jamboree written all over it - 'cheap hotel near deansgate, manchester' about to go in the search engine. what date do we think it's|gonna be? 11th Jan ?
Deansgate, probably, yes.
Tuesday is favourite I think.
Any reason why Tuesday is most likely? Think it could be Tues, Weds or Thurs that week depending on Sky.
You can scrub Thursday as Man Utd have got a Saturday lunchtime meeting with Man City.
Their FA Cup match the previous weekend (home to Everton) is on the Friday evening.
Tuesday is in the middle of these two fixtures which gives OT groundstaff Sat/Sun/Mon to prepare a bowling green for our tippy-tappy style of play and then Wed/Thurs/Fri to get it all scuffed up for the City cloggers.
Last time I went to Old Trafford with Charlton, some animal ate my arm hair, @stop shouting threw up in a pint glass and we got stalked by Dennis Twigg at the airport. Happy days!
Driving into Manchester our coach pulled up at traffic lights next to a car where a woman in the passenger seat was choking the chicken off the bloke driving. Never seen two people panic so quickly when they noticed the coach!
I was at that one. 1974. A student at the time I hitch hiked up and stayed with an ex girlfriend after the match and hitched back the next day. We scored after about a minute (Peter Hunt?) but then got tonked 5-1. I met a United fan in a chip shop afterwards and he was buzzing, hoping for City in the next round which I think is what happened. Even after a 5-1 win, on the bus away from the ground their fans were moaning that our goal was offside. We had a loyal bunch of supporters around the half way line.
honestly think I need to take a break from this place for a bit, we just got the basically plumb draw and all anyone wants to talk about is negative. Everyone always moans during these cup draws that we don't get the "big one" we just fucking got it - on a plate. Think some of you lot needs to give your heads a wobble if you can't see the draw of Man U away.
Man Utd may not want the fixture on the Wednesday 11th as the Ambulance workers have called a 24 hour strike on that day & the attendance may be restricted to 60,000 approx for safety reasons.
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Tickets for any last eight fixture are likely to be in-demand and by being registered on the club’s ticketing database, you will have a greater chance of being able to purchase tickets.
League Cup rules state that the home team must give at least 10% of capacity to the away support.
So 7400 tickets available minimum.
Club has discretion to take less though. Nobody down there will have any idea of what we’ll want. They also have no experience at all of running a big away travel operation.
Hopefully CAST can liaise with the club to emphasise the demand for tickets and coaches etc
Need to figure out how I’ll get there and back from Leeds minus the car that day 😬
Let me know if you figure it out!!
Getting there shouldn’t be an issue. Train (if possible) or coach. Getting home is unlikely so could be a hotel.
If the trains aren't on strike you can get a train from Manchester to Leeds all through the night because of the airport.
Ahh yes of course…looks strikes are on though. Once we know a date I may be able to drive depending on when my wife is working. Somehow we’ll get there!
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Bet the club will be stupid and wont run a Valley Away service...
Even if they do it'll probably be one or two coaches, especially if there is to be a Rail Strike!!
Back in 74 the only way to get up to Manchester was make your own way up there. Lewis Coaches said no coach travel due to too much trouble up in Manchester.
As I recall 9 of us back of Bedford van went up together . Cost of ticket seats 1 pound 10 pence .
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saying 7:45pm on 10th Jan
Edit: Looking at the other teams website involved, they say the same so wait for official confirmation
one of these two will happen
Don't let @Arsenetatters see that
A student at the time I hitch hiked up and stayed with an ex girlfriend after the match and hitched back the next day.
We scored after about a minute (Peter Hunt?) but then got tonked 5-1.
I met a United fan in a chip shop afterwards and he was buzzing, hoping for City in the next round which I think is what happened.
Even after a 5-1 win, on the bus away from the ground their fans were moaning that our goal was offside.
We had a loyal bunch of supporters around the half way line.
In these cases, the away club has to be pretty sure it can sell out if it goes for the full allocation.
they had 72.5k against villa in the third round so that’s more a marker
and this is a cup 1/4 final guaranteed win , so they’ll sell out , just a question of have we got enough glory boys to sell out our allocation
Not necessarily...how presumptuous 🤷♂️, they've obviously not heard of the MIGHTY ADDICKS..and we're comin' to get ya...👍
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Where are you based exactly?