Bromley Away First Game

Bromley Away First Game

August
Saturday 21st - Bromley (A)
Saturday 28th - Weymouth (H)
Monday 30th - Stockport County (A)

September
Saturday 4th - Barnet (H)
Saturday 11th - Torquay United (A)
Tuesday 14th - Wrexham (H)
Saturday 18th - Eastleigh (H)
Saturday 25th - Maidenhead United (A)

October
Saturday 2nd - Dover Athletic (H)
Tuesday 5th - Altrincham (A)
Saturday 9th - Woking (A)
Saturday 23rd - Yeovil Town (H)
Tuesday 26th - Wealdstone (A)
Saturday 30th - Notts County (H)

November
Saturday 13th - Aldershot Town (A)
Saturday 20th - Southend United (H)
Tuesday 23rd - Solihull Moors (A)
Saturday 27th - Boreham Wood (H)

December
Saturday 4th - Dagenham & Redbridge (A)
Saturday 11th - Chesterfield (H)
Sunday 26th - FC Halifax Town (A)
Tuesday 28th - King's Lynn Town (H)

January
Sunday 2nd - FC Halifax Town (H)
Saturday 22nd - Bromley (H)
Tuesday 25th - Wrexham (A)
Saturday 29th - Wealdstone (H)

February
Saturday 5th - Notts County (A)
Saturday 12th - Aldershot Town (H)
Saturday 19th - Southend United (A)
Tuesday 22nd - Altrincham (H)
Saturday 26th - Dover Athletic (A)

March
Saturday 5th - Woking (H)
Saturday 12th - Yeovil Town (A)
Saturday 19th - Boreham Wood (A)
Tuesday 22nd - Solihull Moors (H)
Saturday 26th - Dagenham & Redbridge (H)

April
Saturday 2nd - Chesterfield (A)
Saturday 9th - Weymouth (A)
Friday 15th - Stockport County (H)
Monday 18th - King's Lynn Town (A)
Saturday 23rd - Torquay United (H)
Saturday 30th - Barnet (A)

May
Saturday 7th - Maidenhead United (H)
Sunday 15th - Eastleigh (A)

Awful. Limited tickets. Miles away. Gross

Giving us away games on the first and last day of the season AND boxing day is a bit of a pisstake. As is putting Wrexham away on a Tuesday night. Torquay away on Sept 11th could be quite good if we're allowed away supporters then.

Quoted from Hagrid

Awful. Limited tickets. Miles away. Gross

You get to see Liam Trotter and James Alabi though.

Yeah, doesn't seem right that we start on the road and end on the road. I suppose it shouldn't matter (we all have to play 22 home games and 22 away games).

Same last season, wasn't it? Started at Walsall, ended at Cambridge.

Edit - happened the season before, too - started at Morecambe, ended at Scunny... sort of!

It’s a pretty rough opening games but we’ve got some potentially cracking away games in there.

Stockport away on a bank holiday, Torquay away in September, Kings Lynn on a Bank Holiday, Halifax Boxing Day and Weymouth in April.

Can’t grumble at some of those

I know there is much to be positive about the club at the moment and I would most likely still taken our current predicament to get rid of Fenty - but I can't help feeling depressed looking at that fixture list. The harsh reality of being back in at again is there in black and white.
Its going to be a big ask to bounce straight back with what will be a fairly new team. I may well be in the minority here and expect a fair few red crosses but can't help feeling rather deflated today. Guess there's always Hooters to look forward to. UTM

any idea what sort of away allocation we can expect?

Great one for me, probably about an hour door to door from where I live.

Quoted from Hagrid

Awful. Limited tickets. Miles away. Gross

Do you know what their away allocation is?

Quoted from gtfckyle

any idea what sort of away allocation we can expect?

[url]https://footballgroundguide.com/leagues/conference/conference-premier/bromley-hayes-lane.html[/url]

Quoted from gtfckyle

any idea what sort of away allocation we can expect?

Two taxis and a minibus full

They ought to be able to accommodate us. 5000 capacity. Should be able to spare us half the ground.

Quoted from brigg_mariner

[url]https://footballgroundguide.com/leagues/conference/conference-premier/bromley-hayes-lane.html[/url]

Nothing concrete unless I missed it.

Does suggest that when seregation is required the away team get a stand along the touchline from corner flag to half way. At roughly a quater, best we might get is 1250. Might be a sell out for Town!

Quoted from gtfckyle

Nothing concrete unless I missed it.

Does suggest that when seregation is required the away team get a stand along the touchline from corner flag to half way. At roughly a quater, best we might get is 1250. Might be a sell out for Town!

Yeah, I'd already checked that. Those ground guides don't always have figures on them, annoyingly.

A tough run of matches early on. It might even be a case that we have a reasonable idea of how well the season is going to pan out by the end of September. Let's hope we get off to a flyer.

Bromley South station in Zone 5 is a 15 minute walk from the ground.

Quoted from chipsandgravy

I know there is much to be positive about the club at the moment and I would most likely still taken our current predicament to get rid of Fenty - but I can't help feeling depressed looking at that fixture list. The harsh reality of being back in at again is there in black and white.
Its going to be a big ask to bounce straight back with what will be a fairly new team. I may well be in the minority here and expect a fair few red crosses but can't help feeling rather deflated today. Guess there's always Hooters to look forward to. UTM

I had the exact same thought process looking at our fixture list, including the hooters bit lol

A little disappointed with the fixtures - very few games in and around the big cities on a Saturday afternoon. Only Notts County in Feb and Barnet in April that I can see.

Luck of the draw I suppose.

Quoted from brigg_mariner

[url]https://footballgroundguide.com/leagues/conference/conference-premier/bromley-hayes-lane.html[/url]

Just had a look through that and pretty shocked Bromley's record attendance was against Nigeria! There must be a story there!

No sense of adventure, some people. I’d sooner go to Bromley first up with a decent away following than in the árse end of February. There’ll be decent numbers of Notts County, Chesterfield, Stockport etc. whenever we play them, so at least it bumps the intrigue up a bit. It’s like Crawley when we first came down, would we have taken 1000+ if we didn’t have them first match? No chance.

Straight into em town, 9 points by the end of August.

Quoted from ska face

No sense of adventure, some people. I’d sooner go to Bromley first up with a decent away following than in the árse end of February. There’ll be decent numbers of Notts County, Chesterfield, Stockport etc. whenever we play them, so at least it bumps the intrigue up a bit. It’s like Crawley when we first came down, would we have taken 1000+ if we didn’t have them first match? No chance.

Straight into em town, 9 points by the end of August.

Yep. Day on the beers in East/South East London and a four figure following packing out an open terrace in August. Absolutely no pleasing some!

Awaiting the inevitable cries of how beers are £1.35 more a pop than they are up north and that it'll probably be chucking it down...

Some people can’t help finding a negative. It’s ingrained in their soul

Quoted from KingstonMariner

They ought to be able to accommodate us. 5000 capacity. Should be able to spare us half the ground.

Their average gate was about 2,000 pre COVID, I'm sure they'll make us welcome.

Quoted from Poojah

A little disappointed with the fixtures - very few games in and around the big cities on a Saturday afternoon. Only Notts County in Feb and Barnet in April that I can see.

Luck of the draw I suppose.

Bromley and Woking are both just a short train tube ride from Central London like Wembley is.

Trafalgar Square anyone, then on to Bromley for the game?

Quite happy with Bromley Away 1st up as a London exile!

Quoted from Grantham_Mariner

Bromley and Woking are both just a short train tube ride from Central London like Wembley is.

Trafalgar Square anyone, then on to Bromley for the game?

Bromley isn’t in the tube network. Southeast rail from Victoria best bet.

See you at Bromley!

Quoted from Mikey_345

Bromley isn’t in the tube network. Southeast rail from Victoria best bet.

I think St Pancras is better on Thameslink (Change at Hern Hill) if you are going to London by train as Kings Cross is next door.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Their average gate was about 2,000 pre COVID, I'm sure they'll make us welcome.

Exactly.

Kick off time would be changed, if we are chosen for live TV coverage on the first day. Let's hope they go for Kings Lynn v Southend or no match is covered. I can't remember how many live games are allocated per season in NL.

Booking my flights tonight. Does anyone know what the kick days/times might be if we are on telly so that I can make sure I get to the game?

Quoted from Grantham_Mariner

I think St Pancras is better on Thameslink (Change at Hern Hill) if you are going to London by train as Kings Cross is next door.

Possibly. I always jumped over to Victoria then to Bromley when I’m way home from back north, as was quicker and quieter than Thameslink… but personal preference.

Apologies to everyone else with the train chat 😂

Does anybody know when BT need to announce their TV games by ? Or are we going to have the usual a week before they change it to a Friday night or late kick off

Quoted from Willesden Mariner

Kick off time would be changed, if we are chosen for live TV coverage on the first day. Let's hope they go for Kings Lynn v Southend or no match is covered. I can't remember how many live games are allocated per season in NL.

I think every club was covered at least twice on BT last season. I'd be amazed if they didn't go for King's Lynn v Southend on opening day. I reckon our bank holiday trip to Stockport is probably going to be on their list as well.

Any idea when tickets go on sale ?
I shall be there with son of.
Last time at this level, Tamworth away brought home exactly what level we were at.
I guess this may be another reminder. 😕

Quoted from pontoonlew

It’s a pretty rough opening games but we’ve got some potentially cracking away games in there.

Stockport away on a bank holiday, Torquay away in September, Kings Lynn on a Bank Holiday, Halifax Boxing Day and Weymouth in April.

Can’t grumble at some of those

West Norfolk's a lovely part of the world for a bank holiday weekend. Just allow plenty of time for the traffic heading up the coast.

Anyone know how to get the fixtures image as a desktop background / wallpaper on my laptop?

https://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/2021/july/202122-fixtures-confirmed/

OS has download links for fixture reminders in calendar but I don't want that, I want it as a wallpaper - I had this issue last season as well, they deffo used to do it. It will only let me save the image as a web link :/

Quoted from mariner chopper

Anyone know how to get the fixtures image as a desktop background / wallpaper on my laptop?

https://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/2021/july/202122-fixtures-confirmed/

OS has download links for fixture reminders in calendar but I don't want that, I want it as a wallpaper - I had this issue last season as well, they deffo used to do it. It will only let me save the image as a web link :/

Is this any good?

[url]https://we.tl/t-YLK2oAixgM[/url]

Quoted from mariner chopper

Anyone know how to get the fixtures image as a desktop background / wallpaper on my laptop?

https://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/2021/july/202122-fixtures-confirmed/

OS has download links for fixture reminders in calendar but I don't want that, I want it as a wallpaper - I had this issue last season as well, they deffo used to do it. It will only let me save the image as a web link :/

Are you on a PC or a Mac?

5.20 kick off - live on BT Sport

Last train from Kings Cross to GY departs @ 20:30, not ideal.

First away since March 2020 booked. Can’t wait. Anyone in London on the 21st can DM me for a straightener

Quoted from brigg_mariner

Last train from Kings Cross to GY departs @ 20:30, not ideal.

The game should finish no later that 7.15pm and Bromley South station is a 15 minute walk. Could be a bit of a rush but there are trains that leave there at 19:33 and 19:36 on a Saturday, which get you to Victoria at 19:51 and 19:55 respectively. Should give you enough time to get to KX by half 8.

Quoted from brigg_mariner

Last train from Kings Cross to GY departs @ 20:30, not ideal.

Drive to Grantham - plenty of trains back then. Quicker home as well 1hr 10 KX to Grantham. Driver can still have a couple of Guinnesses pre-match…

Quoted from Les Brechin

The game should finish no later that 7.15pm and Bromley South station is a 15 minute walk. Could be a bit of a rush but there are trains that leave there at 19:33 and 19:36 on a Saturday, which get you to Victoria at 19:51 and 19:55 respectively. Should give you enough time to get to KX by half 8.

Bromley South d19:34
Herne Hill a19:53 / d19:57
London St Pancras a20:18
(Walk across the road to Kings Cross)
London Kings Cross d20:30
Doncaster a22:22 / d22:38
Grimsby Town a23:48

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Bromley South d19:34
Herne Hill a19:53 / d19:57
London St Pancras a20:18
(Walk across the road to Kings Cross)
London Kings Cross d20:30
Doncaster a22:22 / d22:38
Grimsby Town a23:48

Yeah, that's probably the best bet. I was looking at tomorrow for Saturday times rather than the actual date of the match. That must be a new departure as it's not showing tomorrow but is for the 21st Aug.

Or just watch it on BT Sport.

Bring on the red crosses.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Or just watch it on BT Sport.

Bring on the red crosses.

Done

Quoted from brigg_mariner

Is this any good?

[url]https://we.tl/t-YLK2oAixgM[/url]

Thanks but typically it's my work computer and they blocked we transfer about a year ago now (lord knows why?!)

Thank you anyway

Quoted from Son of Cod

Are you on a PC or a Mac?

PC

A fleet of coaches would be good.... Terry  ????

Quoted from gary_elton

A fleet of coaches would be good.... Terry  ????

Just messaged him to see how many they're putting on - don't fancy driving from Rasen

Quoted from samg

Just messaged him to see how many they're putting on - don't fancy driving from Rasen

There's 2 coaches

90 ministers from Reading so hopefully about 5 of us in total

Minutes even

Fancy dress?

Quoted from Bristol Mariner

Fancy dress?

Looks like the Southernboy and his mates will be dressed as vicars.

I’d prefer to be out of work clothes

Quoted from Southernboy

I’d prefer to be out of work clothes

It's a drive to Doncaster from Scunthorpe for me, park up free in a sidestreet a 15min walk from station.
Thirty two notes return to Kings Cross after some Trainline digging and a Forty note Kings Cross Travelodge.
Can even use my pre loaded Oyster from Victoria to Bromley.
Back home midday Sunday, straight out for a pub dinner. Yay! 😁

Quoted from mariner chopper

PC

Can't you just save the picture somewhere and then set it as your desktop?

Looking forward to this - Bromley away is the closest game to my part of London.  It is a pain in the backside to get to, as others have said.   Not sure of the pub situation around there - to be honest Bromley is the back-end of nowhere in  London terms.

Quoted from Yossarian

Looking forward to this - Bromley away is the closest game to my part of London.  It is a pain in the backside to get to, as others have said.   Not sure of the pub situation around there - to be honest Bromley is the back-end of nowhere in  London terms.

When we went there before it was a ghost town on Tuesday night. Hardly any pubs in central Bromley.

Quoted from GYinScuntland

It's a drive to Doncaster from Scunthorpe for me, park up free in a sidestreet a 15min walk from station.
Thirty two notes return to Kings Cross after some Trainline digging and a Forty note Kings Cross Travelodge.
Can even use my pre loaded Oyster from Victoria to Bromley.
Back home midday Sunday, straight out for a pub dinner. Yay! 😁

See you there. Me and Jimbo are getting the 0655 down and the 2200 back to Donny. Parking at Frenchgate. Got quite a few trips to London coming up.

Got a couple of Oyster cards loaded up too.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

When we went there before it was a ghost town on Tuesday night. Hardly any pubs in central Bromley.

Ooh I see I’ve upset the Bromley Massive. Wânkers.

Quoted from 800

See you there. Me and Jimbo are getting the 0655 down and the 2200 back to Donny. Parking at Frenchgate. Got quite a few trips to London coming up.

Got a couple of Oyster cards loaded up too.

Never mind see you there, I'll see you on thr 06.55

@KingstonMariner - I'm sure we'll be seeing a list of the never-ending charms of Bromley posted up here at some point.

From what I recall there are a few bog standard pubs near the station (about 15 min walk from ground and one pub closer to the ground.   Not sure they'll be coping with 2,000 Grimsby fans on a Saturday afternoon.  

To be honest, it is a place I drive past and not through.  

Quoted from Yossarian

@KingstonMariner - I'm sure we'll be seeing a list of the never-ending charms of Bromley posted up here at some point.

From what I recall there are a few bog standard pubs near the station (about 15 min walk from ground and one pub closer to the ground.   Not sure they'll be coping with 2,000 Grimsby fans on a Saturday afternoon.  

To be honest, it is a place I drive past and not through.  

I used to live in Bromley borough (St Mary Cray if you know that area) but that was so long ago my knowledge of pubs is way out of date. My memory is that no one went up to Bromley for a night out despite it being the local ‘town centre’. The impression from that Tuesday night game was that it hadn’t improved in the intervening 20 years.

Question about Bromley tickets.   Will it be "cash on the gate" (or contactless at the gate?) or will it be ticketed?  I've not seen anything about it yet.... Given the move away from cash (can't remember the last time I used cash) paying on the gate doesnt really seem like an option although perhaps I'm mistaken....