Attention: Please take a moment to consider our terms and conditions before posting.

Swindon Trains

AddickFC81
AddickFC81 Posts: 4,053
edited October 2016 in Match Day Travel
On the day we play Swindon (Saturday 12th November) there is only one direct train to Swindon an hour due to works. They leave Paddington at 27 minutes past the hour and leave Swindon at 35 minutes past the hour. The journey is much longer than normal. The journey time is just under 2 and a quarter hours.

Otherwise there it's a bus between Didcot and Swindon.

Comments

  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    edited October 2016
    This has to be done. There's a railway museum at Didcot Parkway, a must for any self respecting Addick :-)
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,838
    isn't that an international weekend, before anyone decides to book anything
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,630
    Elthamaddick said:

    isn't that an international weekend, before anyone decides to book anything

    Yes, England Scotland is on the Friday
  • Dansk_Red
    Dansk_Red Posts: 5,730
    As it is SKY I do not think it can be postponed, but check with club.
  • roseandcrown
    roseandcrown Posts: 7,589
    Elthamaddick said:

    isn't that an international weekend, before anyone decides to book anything

    already been confirmed by the club it will not be postponed due to being on Sky.
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,993
    roseandcrown said:

    Elthamaddick said:

    isn't that an international weekend, before anyone decides to book anything

    already been confirmed by the club it will not be postponed due to being on Sky.
    I read that - it seemed very odd to me. I wrote to the club a few years ago to complain when a fixture at Bristol Rovers was moved at short notice for TV, and Steve Kavanagh told me that the club gets very little at this level from having a match televised. Has that changed, or have the terms of the TV deal changed so that we're not allowed to cancel a Sky appearance?

    We'll be without Lookman at Swindon as he'll presumably be with the England U19s, so our chances of walking away with anything other than defeat are already significantly reduced. Is this Katrien being thick or the Football League signing up to a very constrictive deal?
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,248
    If Sky have the game then it cannot be postponed despite having players on international duty.

    Who exactly runs the game now? Looks like its Sky rather than the FA or Football League.

    Oh well you take their money you dance to their tune.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited October 2016
    If Slade is still in charge, it doesn't matter who we have on the pitch.

Categories

“Marketplace”