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Bristol Mariner
September 13, 2022, 10:26am

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Bus replacement to Colchester from what I can see from London.


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September 13, 2022, 10:31am
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Even without bus replacement services, is there a worse away day in League Two this season than Colchester? I don’t think there is.


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September 13, 2022, 10:32am
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It’s a train to Ingatestone, then a bus from there. Guess there’s some scheduled maintenance.


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Even without bus replacement services, is there a worse away day in League Two this season than Colchester? I don’t think there is.


Was going to go. Sod that now


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September 13, 2022, 10:43am
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Was going to go. Sod that now


To be fair, we’ve sold out our initial allocation of 400 tickets. Could be another few hundred on top of that with a decent result tonight; not many teams will do that this season (and certainly not northern monkey types).

https://mobile.twitter.com/officialgtfc/status/1569611924714790912


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September 13, 2022, 10:48am
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Cannot understand why this game has mot be cancelled, Brighton v Palace has with the reason given that it’s a train strike day.
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September 13, 2022, 10:56am

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What’s the chances of Colchester allowing walk ups on the day as there looks to be plenty of room?


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September 13, 2022, 11:17am

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Even without bus replacement services, is there a worse away day in League Two this season than Colchester? I don’t think there is.


It’s arguably the worst away day in the league, May be Shrewsbury being a bit bland too, although you’re not too far from the centre.

I’ve always said, I feared for any potential new ground whilst we still had Fenty at the helm. You’d imagine he’d love his day at Colchester, pull up straight outside, designated parking and straight in. intercourse all for the fans mind but he’s be fine.

It’s a dreadful away game and the stands seem ridiculously steep for a new ground.

bottom to drive to, bottom experience, expensive and just beige…see you all Saturday…


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September 13, 2022, 12:45pm

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Always find Sixfields bland and the drive to Northampton horrendous.


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Cannot understand why this game has mot be cancelled, Brighton v Palace has with the reason given that it’s a train strike day.


Well firstly, there’s no train strike now.

Secondly, given it’s a big rivalry, it’d be a nightmare having Palace fans in Brighton with no way home. I’m not sure Grimsby v Colchester holds the same weight.
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Well firstly, there’s no train strike now.

Secondly, given it’s a big rivalry, it’d be a nightmare having Palace fans in Brighton with no way home. I’m not sure Grimsby v Colchester holds the same weight.


If you're ranking professional games from a "nightmare to needn't bother" perspective, Colchester v Grimsby must be very near the lower end of that scale.


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September 13, 2022, 2:30pm

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Bus replacement to Colchester from what I can see from London.


Train Replacement Service for all those HMHB types. Probably tampered with by a junior employee.


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Train Replacement Service for all those HMHB types. Probably tampered with by a junior employee.


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Half Man Half Biscuit ??


Yep.
National Shite Day


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Half Man Half Biscuit ??


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Half Man Half Biscuit ??


I wonder if they ever did get a Dukla Prague away kit for Christmas?

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Engineering works this weekend have now been cancelled to facilitate travel.
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Even without bus replacement services, is there a worse away day in League Two this season than Colchester? I don’t think there is.


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Ground and town both shíte but at least you have the option of stopping off in the lakes. For it’s complete lack of anything of interest whatsoever I think Colchester just trumps it for me.


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Ground and town both shíte but at least you have the option of stopping off in the lakes. For it’s complete lack of anything of interest whatsoever I think Colchester just trumps it for me.


Isn’t Colchester officially the oldest town in the UK? Although some are older, it’s just they have the official bit of paper.

It’s an awful away day experience and to be fair, it doesn’t seem much better for home fans.

Isn’t there an army prison in Colchester?


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Isn’t Colchester officially the oldest town in the UK? Although some are older, it’s just they have the official bit of paper.

It’s an awful away day experience and to be fair, it doesn’t seem much better for home fans.

Isn’t there an army prison in Colchester?


Oldest town in the UK and the military glasshouse is there. One of the reasons why I decided not to join the army in the end when I was thinking of dropping out as a student.

I was at the University of Essex in Colchester 1980 to 1983. Only been back for a Town game in 1990 and Sudbury v Brentford in the FA Cup. We spent a few hours there in 1993 on the way to see Town at Ipswich in the same competition. There were too many of us for their comfort when we went into the Red Lion so we had a function room to ourselves.

Plenty in the city for history buffs but the ground is too far away. It was an excellent boozing town at one time but I doubt that the pubs in New Town and on Hythe Hill are still there. I might have a mooch around if we get there early enough as there is a regular bus service to a point not too far from the ground.

We should have had a far more active social scene at the uni in the early 80s but activities were curtailed because the area and other Essex towns were infested by the far-right and our overseas students were frequently attacked. Ordinary students too for that matter.

Hated the place ever since to be honest. Its why I've rarely been back.
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How many tickets have we sold for this one?
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I was offered a choice of sentence  -  20 years in the glasshouse or 1 year season ticket for Colchester - I should be out soon.
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How many tickets have we sold for this one?


Sold the initial 400 allocation, not sure after that.


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