Just back - the M5 tour

Just back in Grimsby after 12 hours on the M180/M1/M42/M5 - probably the shortest Just Back thread - stand out performers - all the Town fans that made the trip today.

Credit to you and to every single one of the fans who made the trip today... UTM

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Just back in Grimsby after 12 hours on the M180/M1/M42/M5 - probably the shortest Just Back thread - stand out performers - all the Town fans that made the trip today.

Feel for you.  How far had you managed to get before you got the news ?

Quoted from moosey_club

Feel for you.  How far had you managed to get before you got the news ?

Taking a break at Taunton Deane services when the news came through around 11.45. No doubt that some fans had made it all the way to Plymouth

I was on the train from Reading to Plymouth which had to be re-routed via Bristol due to trees on the line,when I heard it was off. Train didn't stop until Exeter so got off there and caught a train back towards London.

All the trains were running with a 50 mile speed limit so nearly all were running late meaning loads of connections were missed. I should have got a train from Reading to Basingstoke and then onto Woking. In the end I had to get a train towards Gatwick airport, then get off at Guildford and then to Woking.

I was relatively lucky as it was only a 400 mile round trip. Nowhere as bad as travelling from Grimsby to Plymouth and back.

Fair play to you guys . That’s dedication tested to the limit . I went on a minibus to Chester in August in about 2003 and it got cancelled when we got there due to a deluge of rain . At least we had the fun of an afternoon on the beers there before the bus home . Taunton deene services doesn’t have the same level of attraction . And it’s a few miles southbound until you can turn around to add insult to injury 😂😂

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I was on the train from Reading to Plymouth which had to be re-routed via Bristol due to trees on the line,when I heard it was off. Train didn't stop until Exeter so got off there and caught a train back towards London.

All the trains were running with a 50 mile speed limit so nearly all were running late meaning loads of connections were missed. I should have got a train from Reading to Basingstoke and then onto Woking. In the end I had to get a train towards Gatwick airport, then get off at Guildford and then to Woking.

I was relatively lucky as it was only a 400 mile round trip. Nowhere as bad as travelling from Grimsby to Plymouth and back.

This is bad enough. I can’t imagine actually travelling to Plymouth from Grimsby and hearing the news, it would be even more devastating.

Friends of mine left 5.00 and were in Plymouth, they got a picture in the ground with a town flag- its circulating somewhere on social media.

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I was on the train from Reading to Plymouth which had to be re-routed via Bristol due to trees on the line,when I heard it was off. Train didn't stop until Exeter so got off there and caught a train back towards London.

All the trains were running with a 50 mile speed limit so nearly all were running late meaning loads of connections were missed. I should have got a train from Reading to Basingstoke and then onto Woking. In the end I had to get a train towards Gatwick airport, then get off at Guildford and then to Woking.

I was relatively lucky as it was only a 400 mile round trip. Nowhere as bad as travelling from Grimsby to Plymouth and back.

Pretty certain I was on your train - stuck it out until Plymouth cos I had pre booked tickets back to Ipswich, then went to Plymouth Marjon FC, think there were 3 or 4 other Town fans and a fair few Argyle there!

Just looked on Google maps. Grimsbty to Plymouth and back is just under 700 miles. I only had to travel 400 miles so was well lucky, relatively speaking.

Good afternoon Fishy friends, Argyle fan here. Felt for you yesterday, but if it makes you feel any better; once I was walking through Newcastle at 2pm on my way to St James Pk only to be confronted by Newcastle fans coming the other way......'Games off mate' they told me, couldn't chuffing believe it. Went back up for the rearranged match on a Tuesday night & it started snowing as we crossed the Tyne !!! Fortunately the game was still on but Argyle threw a 2 goal league away in the last 10 minutes. 1640 miles to watch Argyle stuff up as per usual.

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Good afternoon Fishy friends, Argyle fan here. Felt for you yesterday, but if it makes you feel any better; once I was walking through Newcastle at 2pm on my way to St James Pk only to be confronted by Newcastle fans coming the other way......'Games off mate' they told me, couldn't chuffing believe it. Went back up for the rearranged match on a Tuesday night & it started snowing as we crossed the Tyne !!! Fortunately the game was still on but Argyle threw a 2 goal league away in the last 10 minutes. 1640 miles to watch Argyle stuff up as per usual.

But its those times you will always remember more than a boring 1-1 at home against Walsall, Barnsley and West Ham games for me getting there or very close to and finding out its off and being at our Friday night horror show at Hartlepool, losing 8-1 in 2003....its what makes a lower league supporter.

*Friday night  

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*Friday night  

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Hartlepool's was a Friday night seared into my  memory.

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But its those times you will always remember more than a boring 1-1 at home against Walsall, Barnsley and West Ham games for me getting there or very close to and finding out its off and being at our Friday night horror show at Hartlepool, losing 8-1 in 2003....its what makes a lower league supporter.

You're so right there. Supporting clubs such as ours is so much more fulfilling coz when you win you want to paint the town red, green or black/white. To supporters of the top Pem teams another win is water off a duck's back. Curiously I actually saw Argyle win 8-1 at Hartlepool !

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You're so right there. Supporting clubs such as ours is so much more fulfilling coz when you win you want to paint the town red, green or black/white. To supporters of the top Pem teams another win is water off a duck's back. Curiously I actually saw Argyle win 8-1 at Hartlepool !

hehe...some weird symmetry there.

The wife and I travelled down to Plymouth on Friday, had a nice meal and some ale on Friday night.
Woke up on Saturday morning to gusty wind and some light rain. Travelled to the Spoons opposite the ground and got stuck into some more ale. Got talking to some Janners and were having a good time when some Town fans came over and said the match was in jepordy. Evidently one roof sheet above the away end had moved and left a couple of inches gap. The game got called off as it was too dangerous to go up and secure it. A guy came into the pub and said that all Town fans were welcome to go into their supporters bar for free, usually £5, and there was some entertainment on. As we walked to the ground we spotted three scaffolders working at roof level on their new side stand, double standards methinks. We went there just to have a look round and say hello, seeing as they were making a gesture to us. We were welcomed in to their bar, the entertainment was an Irish Folk ish band with lots of comedy thrown in. Absolutely loads of their fans came up to us, shook our hands, apologised for the game being called off. Another five Town fans came in and we sat at a table with them. Two Plymouth fans came over to us and dropped £20 each on the table to buy beer with, at least three other Plymouth fans bought me and the missus drinks, they gave us free pies, bacon rolls and sausage rolls and then one of the ladies behind the bar came over with a clipboard and insisted on getting another round in. We must have been there over five hours and we joined them dancing a Ceili, we were high fiving them and generaly having a great time. What a bunch of party animals, and what a friendly bunch. I have never been made more welcolme anywhere. Their bar is an example of which we should aspire to, there must have been 150 to 200 people in there for hours. Its a pity there wasnt more Town fans in there to see what we could have at Blundell Park or the new ground, it must be a model to be copied.

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The wife and I travelled down to Plymouth on Friday, had a nice meal and some ale on Friday night.
Woke up on Saturday morning to gusty wind and some light rain. Travelled to the Spoons opposite the ground and got stuck into some more ale. Got talking to some Janners and were having a good time when some Town fans came over and said the match was in jepordy. Evidently one roof sheet above the away end had moved and left a couple of inches gap. The game got called off as it was too dangerous to go up and secure it. A guy came into the pub and said that all Town fans were welcome to go into their supporters bar for free, usually £5, and there was some entertainment on. As we walked to the ground we spotted three scaffolders working at roof level on their new side stand, double standards methinks. We went there just to have a look round and say hello, seeing as they were making a gesture to us. We were welcomed in to their bar, the entertainment was an Irish Folk ish band with lots of comedy thrown in. Absolutely loads of their fans came up to us, shook our hands, apologised for the game being called off. Another five Town fans came in and we sat at a table with them. Two Plymouth fans came over to us and dropped £20 each on the table to buy beer with, at least three other Plymouth fans bought me and the missus drinks, they gave us free pies, bacon rolls and sausage rolls and then one of the ladies behind the bar came over with a clipboard and insisted on getting another round in. We must have been there over five hours and we joined them dancing a Ceili, we were high fiving them and generaly having a great time. What a bunch of party animals, and what a friendly bunch. I have never been made more welcolme anywhere. Their bar is an example of which we should aspire to, there must have been 150 to 200 people in there for hours. Its a pity there wasnt more Town fans in there to see what we could have at Blundell Park or the new ground, it must be a model to be copied.

Great to read that.