Stadium emptying

[scawsby steve]

I left in the 92nd minute for a pee and never went back. I got back to Bradford just before 6. A horrible drive over for the game and an even worse drive back after. I was still freezing when I got back.

You exiles that travel over for so many home games are a credit to our club. Real fans.

Take a bow, Idler.

[Janso]

I’ve left games early a few times over the years. If I feel that the team aren’t putting the effort in then neither will I.

Based on my own memory, of all the games that I’ve attended I don’t think that I’ve ever walked out before the end and missed an astonishing fight back.

I'm a tight bas**rd, no matter how shite it is, I think to myself I've paid to watch this so I'm sticking it out to the bitter end, no matter what.

[scawsby steve]

I’ve left games early a few times over the years. If I feel that the team aren’t putting the effort in then neither will I.

Based on my own memory, of all the games that I’ve attended I don’t think that I’ve ever walked out before the end and missed an astonishing fight back.

I'm a tight bas**rd, no matter how shite it is, I think to myself I've paid to watch this so I'm sticking it out to the bitter end, no matter what.

Good old J. You remind me of the guy who found a pair of crutches in the attic, so he went down and broke his wife's legs.

[Jimmydee]

On a positive note it was a doddle getting out of the car park

For me too.

[Jimmydee]

I left in the 92nd minute for a pee and never went back. I got back to Bradford just before 6. A horrible drive over for the game and an even worse drive back after. I was still freezing when I got back.

Keep the windows closed and try the heater controller in your car, that might help you warm up on your travels.

[Herbert Anchovy]

I’ve left games early a few times over the years. If I feel that the team aren’t putting the effort in then neither will I.

Based on my own memory, of all the games that I’ve attended I don’t think that I’ve ever walked out before the end and missed an astonishing fight back.

I'm a tight bas**rd, no matter how shite it is, I think to myself I've paid to watch this so I'm sticking it out to the bitter end, no matter what.

Good old J. You remind me of the guy who found a pair of crutches in the attic, so he went down and broke his wife's legs.

Classic Mick Miller I think Steve!! The old ones are the best!

[Herbert Anchovy]

In the Championship days I’d often see a geezer on the same train as me heading up to Donny for the Rovers game from Kings X. He was always on his own so a couple of times I’d try to engage him in conversation but to describe him as a man of few words was an understatement. In fact, he’d often give me a shimmering ‘just piss off and leave me alone’ look! Fair do’s.

I do recall that I never saw him on the return journey home though, neither in Donny station nor on the train. One day I braved it and asked him what time train he got back to London and he said that he left every game at exactly 70 minutes so he could catch a train that saved him about a fiver in his ticket. No smile, laugh or irony. It was the right thing to do in his eyes.

As soon as we dropped out of the Championship I never saw him again. I might need to add him to the missing fans thread.

[Bentley Bullet]

I’ve left games early a few times over the years. If I feel that the team aren’t putting the effort in then neither will I.

Based on my own memory, of all the games that I’ve attended I don’t think that I’ve ever walked out before the end and missed an astonishing fight back.

I'm a tight bas**rd, no matter how shite it is, I think to myself I've paid to watch this so I'm sticking it out to the bitter end, no matter what.

Good old J. You remind me of the guy who found a pair of crutches in the attic, so he went down and broke his wife's legs.

Donnywolf found a plaster once, so he cut himself.

[Chris Black come back]

In the Championship days I’d often see a geezer on the same train as me heading up to Donny for the Rovers game from Kings X. He was always on his own so a couple of times I’d try to engage him in conversation but to describe him as a man of few words was an understatement. In fact, he’d often give me a shimmering ‘just piss off and leave me alone’ look! Fair do’s.

I do recall that I never saw him on the return journey home though, neither in Donny station nor on the train. One day I braved it and asked him what time train he got back to London and he said that he left every game at exactly 70 minutes so he could catch a train that saved him about a fiver in his ticket. No smile, laugh or irony. It was the right thing to do in his eyes.

As soon as we dropped out of the Championship I never saw him again. I might need to add him to the missing fans thread.

Truly magnificent stuff. Given his age he waited a lifetime to see Rovers back in the second tier, yet the £5 cheaper ticket was a price well worth paying despite the 50 year wait. Makes you proud to be a Yorkshireman.

[Monkcaster_Rover]

In the Championship days I’d often see a geezer on the same train as me heading up to Donny for the Rovers game from Kings X. He was always on his own so a couple of times I’d try to engage him in conversation but to describe him as a man of few words was an understatement. In fact, he’d often give me a shimmering ‘just piss off and leave me alone’ look! Fair do’s.

I do recall that I never saw him on the return journey home though, neither in Donny station nor on the train. One day I braved it and asked him what time train he got back to London and he said that he left every game at exactly 70 minutes so he could catch a train that saved him about a fiver in his ticket. No smile, laugh or irony. It was the right thing to do in his eyes.

As soon as we dropped out of the Championship I never saw him again. I might need to add him to the missing fans thread.

Superb. As my old fella quite often says, “it’s not tight, it’s careful”

[Bristol Red Rover]

20 mins is pushing it  but funnily enough, I recall Home Park dramatically emptying several years ago when Alfie May made it 0-3 with about 20 mins to go.