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Reflections on Fleetwood trip

Weegie Addick
Weegie Addick Posts: 16,660
edited September 2016 in General Charlton
Here's a wee piece I've written about our draw at Highbury:

castrust.org/2016/09/fleetwood-draw-sums-up-footballs-ups-and-downs/

Hope you enjoy it.
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  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Linky not worky.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,660
    Addickted said:

    Linky not worky.

    Thanks -should be OK now.
  • Paddy7
    Paddy7 Posts: 1,663
    Nice piece Weegie; hadn't thought about the implications for Fleetwood when Vardy stayed put.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Nice piece H.
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,338
    Cod or Haddock?
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,660
    edited September 2016
    Redrobo said:

    Cod or Haddock?

    The perfect headline - you should be a sub-ed!
    Just to advise that we have now nicked it...
  • Blucher
    Blucher Posts: 4,181
    What an excellent article.

    I look forward to my first pint purchased by Roland.
  • Bill_Stumps
    Bill_Stumps Posts: 891
    Excellent review. We came to Fleetwood with low expectations but had a really enjoyable day. Entering the town past the large Fisherman's Friend factory, we parked in the shopping centre car park a little way from the ground, being used to parking restrictions around grounds. What a surprise, however, to find the streets surrounding Highbury almost empty! Nice unpretentious town, despite the fishy pong that wafted our way every now and then. Jim's Sports Bar, in contrast, was buzzing. And it seemed perfectly in keeping with the good feeling around Fleetwood that instead of blasting Tom Hark or I Feel Good over the tannoy when the home team scored, they played the theme from Captain Pugwash! Nice touch.
  • Dennis_inthelastmin
    Dennis_inthelastmin Posts: 262
    Very good article.

    The whole day was enjoyable, I felt a camaraderie and sense of belonging again for those few brief hours at the game, maybe because you know how wasn't there there was no anti regime chanting, just a unified away support enjoying the game and a trip to a new ground against a club with a zest for life in league 1. Don't get me wrong I and many others wore protest shirts, but unlike Walsall where the petty minded regime get an innocuous flag moved giving me and many others regime rage and detracting from the main event, Fleetwood was all about enjoyment , which is what it is all about , but all too often in the modern game and under our regime fails to deliver.

    Fleetwood Ferry at the end of the Blackpool Tram was a find, idyllic location totally unlike Blackpool (although I love Blackpool) , well worth a visit, and at £5 for unlimited Tram travel a place I will try and return to when next in the area.

    An interesting sticker in the away end "Against modern football" , will look this uponline and see whether it is an organised group.

    Fleetwood away was great, I'm sure will be the highlight of the season for away trips, for those few brief hours I enjoyed myself at Charlton, thank you to my fellow fans and to you know who for not being there to ruin it.
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,836
    Just about got over the trauma over the coach journey

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  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,405
    clb74 said:

    Just about got over the trauma over the coach journey

    It was character building for you.
  • Pico
    Pico Posts: 1,035
    But have the other forty people got over the trauma of travelling with you ?
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,805
    Terrific write up, Weegie & good to see you in Jim's.
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,109
    edited September 2016
    I'm going to guess that jims bar is named after their president and former chairmen Jim Betmead, we met him on Saturday as well, and the fleetwood fans were saying that basically he was the driving force of the rebirth of football at fleetwood Town in 1997, another nice guy to talk to and their fans seemed very proud of him.

    Also, for those he didn't know, if you look at the photo of Highbury on the link, look at the stand opposite the new big main stand, you will see a small grey roofed building wedged right up behind the stand that runs upto the halfway line.
    That is the old stand, they didn't demolish it due to costs of removing asbestos etc, so they just built in front of it and left it there
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,836
    edited September 2016
    Pico said:

    But have the other forty people got over the trauma of travelling with you ?

    The wife did say I'm only going on the coach so I can moan about it.
    The main thing is the coach does offer a service as a fellow passenger did point.
    Safe for the younger fans to travel with thier mates, fans less mobile than myself those that don't drive and can't afford the train.
    So a thumbs up for the Coach.
    Just with me not on it
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,660
    Lovely to see you, too @Fanny Fanackapan. Did you manage to give Ian the bumps in the end?

    And thanks for the info @DA9 - I could have looked it up but decided to write in ignorance on that point!
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,822
    edited September 2016
    £10 for 24 Family tram ticket. Took us from outside our hotel near the South Pier to Fleetwoods ground and back. And trips along the coast including the illuminations including on Sunday! We had a very nice weekend. Would be nice if we both went up - would like to visit again next season! Felt very welcome - Fleetwood fans were excellent. Hopefully we can make those who travel to the Valley later this season equally welcome.
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,900
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    £10 for 24 Family tram ticket. Took us from outside our hotel near the South Pier to Fleetwoods ground and back. And trips along the coast including the illuminations including on Sunday! We had a very nice weekend. Would be nice if we both went up - would like to visit again next season! Felt very welcome - Fleetwood fans were excellent. Hopefully we can make those who travel to the Valley later this season equally welcome.

    Blimey 24 in the family Mutts fair play for taking your whole tribe :wink: .
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,405
    clb74 said:

    Pico said:

    But have the other forty people got over the trauma of travelling with you ?

    The wife did say I'm only going on the coach so I can moan about it.
    The main thing is the coach does offer a service as a fellow passenger did point.
    Safe for the younger fans to travel with thier mates, fans less mobile than myself those that don't drive and can't afford the train.
    So a thumbs up for the Coach.
    Just with me not on it
    That'll be a relief for the other 49 passengers.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,216
    edited September 2016
    We got off the train at Poulton-Le-Fylde & got a taxi to Fleetwood from there.

    Poulton was surprisingly very nice and a 5 pint round was £13.40.

    Fleetwood were the most friendly club I've ever been to (out of about 85 clubs).

    We went to Blackpool after and had a pint on the North Pier. Great weekend.

    I'd like us to get promoted with Fleetwood.

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  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,836
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    clb74 said:

    Pico said:

    But have the other forty people got over the trauma of travelling with you ?

    The wife did say I'm only going on the coach so I can moan about it.
    The main thing is the coach does offer a service as a fellow passenger did point.
    Safe for the younger fans to travel with thier mates, fans less mobile than myself those that don't drive and can't afford the train.
    So a thumbs up for the Coach.
    Just with me not on it
    That'll be a relief for the other 49 passengers.
    The 49 got it easy they don't have to live with me.
    Didn't help with you on the wind up
    Just getting back with my hot dog with 5 mins left of h/t
    You pipe up "your lot gone for a beer"
  • jamescafc
    jamescafc Posts: 1,835
    Covered End said:

    We got off the train at Poulton-Le-Fylde & got a taxi to Fleetwood from there.

    Poulton was surprisingly very nice and a 5 pint round was £13.40.

    Fleetwood were the most friendly club I've ever been to (out of about 85 clubs).

    We went to Blackpool after and had a pint on the North Pier. Great weekend.

    I'd like us to get promoted with Fleetwood.

    Ditto although I did get kicked out of a pub before the game for having a child with me after our second drink despite said child sitting on the bar when choosing his first drink.

    Fleetwood reminds me of what Charlton was like when I first started going in the early 90s
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,940
    Great piece of writing.
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,338
    Weegie Addick said:

    Redrobo said:

    Cod or Haddock?

    The perfect headline - you should be a sub-ed!
    Just to advise that we have now nicked it...
    Why thank you kind sir.
  • se7oaks
    se7oaks Posts: 265
    I enjoyed that. Nice one Weegie
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,660
    Redrobo said:

    Weegie Addick said:

    Redrobo said:

    Cod or Haddock?

    The perfect headline - you should be a sub-ed!
    Just to advise that we have now nicked it...
    Why thank you kind sir.
    Except I'm not a sir, @Redrobo ;-)





  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,865
    I get a resource limit reached message when trying to read the piece :(
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,660
    Alwaysneil said:

    I get a resource limit reached message when trying to read the piece :(

    Just tried and seems ok? Hopefully just a wee glitch.
  • johnnyhumphrey
    johnnyhumphrey Posts: 449
    Enjoyed the day totally---something new to experience and a nice place to visit.People were very friendly and the club
    has a great sense of humour.The flag showing a Cod Army following from Papua New Guinea was great as was the Captain Pugwash music.A relaxed day out and a big thanks to Fleetwood.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,379
    Friendly place Fleetwood, a poor town who really appreciate the extra business the football club is bringing in with away supporters

    Even the amusement arcade near the Fleetwood Ferry stop had a welcoming message!

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