Hi all,
with the unusual ko time on Sunday,I may be a late arrival (Bob Lord stand).
Is entry to the ground as normal when arriving late?
What if it's half time or later?
Thanks

edenclaret wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 16, 2020 3:59 pm

Hi all,
with the unusual ko time on Sunday,I may be a late arrival (Bob Lord stand).
Is entry to the ground as normal when arriving late?
What if it's half time or later?
Thanks

I think one turnstile remains open longer than the others but if there are none open I'd just go into reception and explain the situation.

We could be three up by half time.. Then again .

I think one opens until HT

On the subject arriving late my mate years ago (70s) met me on the Longside 10 minutes late for a game (Wrexham I think) and he asked if he'd missed anything. 'Yeah', I answered, 'we're 2-0 down'.
'Oh', came the reply. The rest of the game was like watching paint dry.

Sure you'll be able to go in via reception, that's the route everyone in the 1882 Lounge use to get into the BL Stand.

There's a lad who sits further down than me in the Bob Lord who I'm sure has not seen a kick off in all the years that I've been sat there

Years ago due to business commitments I was very late for a night match, in fact the second half had just started.
Everywhere was locked up, so I went to the ticket office (the old one) and asked if I could get in, the lady was very helpful and walkie talkied (if that's a word) a steward then asked me to go round to a turnstile in the James Hargreaves where I was told the said steward would let me in. Sure enough he did and the cost to me was No Charge, result! apart from we lost 3 nowt.

Always thought anyone over 15mins late in the Bob Lord was presumed dead ?

I hope you’re not planning on leaving early as well...

Claret Till I Die wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 16, 2020 4:36 pm

There's a lad who sits further down than me in the Bob Lord who I'm sure has not seen a kick off in all the years that I've been sat there

they don’t call him Vydra do they?

from BFC match guide:

Turnstiles will open from 10:15am.

A late arrival turnstile will be open in each stand until half time.

claretblue wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 16, 2020 5:21 pm

from BFC match guide:

Turnstiles will open from 10:15am.

A late arrival turnstile will be open in each stand until half time.

Turnstiles open from 10:15am for a 2pm kick off, we're not playing Blackburn away are we?

Maybe a good idea landing late, sometimes the team don't show until the second half either

arriving late and leaving early is perhaps preferable at the moment, only trouble is, the seats face the pitch.

If you do arrive late, you will be joining Wood.

Set off early for the sherpa van game at Preston.. the one after the northern final... stopped for a beer at mellor brook as you did.....thought it was unusually quiet for a big game...the newly opened section of the M65 at just opened every man and his dog were on that...on reaching the ground lots of other Burnley fans Locked. out I think we lost 6..0

claretblue wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 16, 2020 5:21 pm

from BFC match guide:

Turnstiles will open from 10:15am.

A late arrival turnstile will be open in each stand until half time.

Why would anybody go into a stadium nearly 4hrs before kickoff?
It’s not as though there is anything to do inside

Funkydrummer wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 16, 2020 7:14 pm

If you do arrive late, you will be joining Wood.

Nah, you gotta arrive early to offside.

edenclaret wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 16, 2020 3:59 pm

Hi all,
with the unusual ko time on Sunday,I may be a late arrival (Bob Lord stand).
Is entry to the ground as normal when arriving late?
What if it's half time or later?
Thanks

get tha self outa pub sooner

If anybody thought the turnstiles opening 4hrs before ko wasn’t long enough I have some good news for you

Arrived late v Sheff Wed 3 down at half time we ended up winning 5 3

edenclaret wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 16, 2020 3:59 pm

Hi all,
with the unusual ko time on Sunday,I may be a late arrival (Bob Lord stand).
Is entry to the ground as normal when arriving late?
What if it's half time or later?
Thanks

Can you not set off earlier.

At an away game in the late 70s' at Notts County on a bitterly cold day we stood on the away end, wooden terraces in those days. We got to half-time with the score at 0-0. Mid way through half-time a couple of fans came to us and boasted they had got just got in for half price. Then the announcer said that the game would be abandoned because of the pitch freezing over!

Anyone remember waiting outside the ground at 4.20pm waiting for the exit gates to open? There were hundreds of us who had been playing in the local Saturday afternoon amateur football league. It definitely seemed to boost the atmosphere inside the ground for the last 20 minutes.

Mala591 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:39 am

Anyone remember waiting outside the ground at 4.20pm waiting for the exit gates to open? There were hundreds of us who had been playing in the local Saturday afternoon amateur football league. It definitely seemed to boost the atmosphere inside the ground for the last 20 minutes.

I remember leaving the Longside and entering the Cricketfield (just after it opened) for the last 10 mins of a match to enjoy the view from the new stand...no under seat heating was available!

Hipper wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:20 am

At an away game in the late 70s' at Notts County on a bitterly cold day we stood on the away end, wooden terraces in those days. We got to half-time with the score at 0-0. Mid way through half-time a couple of fans came to us and boasted they had got just got in for half price. Then the announcer said that the game would be abandoned because of the pitch freezing over!

I was there that day. Then for the rearranged fixture I wagged school. We lost 5-0.