How do the 1st Team travel to away matches, ie Arsenal tomorrow 1230 kick-off?

Fly/team bus on the day or day before?

Just curious.

Thanks.

I do hope they choose the cheapest option.

Certainly not the luxury of staying over the night before as a group. If they do get the train or a coach and then stay over hope they pay for themselves.

I thought it would be a light workout Friday morning, lunch then on the coach early afternoon.

I wanted to keep this secret but what the hell. Since my children left home and as I have now got two spare bedrooms I have started boarding a couple of the first team players when they are in the South East for a game. I understand that BFC have a network of home boarders who are able to provide a homely and more importantly cheap option favoured by the club.

Almost always get the coach. Its a top quality coach. Some will make their own way home depending on where it is and when we next play.

Think we fly to Bournemouth and Southampton sometimes.

Corky wrote:I wanted to keep this secret but what the hell. Since my children left home and as I have now got two spare bedrooms I have started boarding a couple of the first team players when they are in the South East for a game. I understand that BFC have a network of home boarders who are able to provide a homely and more importantly cheap option favoured by the club.

Can you cook an omelette?

Would have thought for an early kick off like tomorrow they'd travel down today and have an overnight stay.

They are with me. Can't you read!!!!!!!!!!! And yes omelettes will be on the menu.

I thought it was common knowledge that they fly into Heathrow by private jet then book in at Claridge's for the night before going on the raz all round London until the early hours!

Hendrickxz wrote:I thought it was common knowledge that they fly into Heathrow by private jet then book in at Claridge's for the night before going on the raz all round London until the early hours!

I can confirm, I usually see a few of them in my local brass house.

They booked the entire first class section out on the Virgiñ train last December after the Spurs game. Euston to Manchester.
Whatever they do it will be based on return travel to the Manchester area where the players live.

Big posh coach pulling into the training complex this morning at 8am possibly for the 1st team travels..

Ash drives the minibus, two or three trips required but great for team spirit.

Leisure's picking them up 5.30am at turf moor and treating them to a Spoons breaky en route

They'll almost certainly be staying here
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For the London games they normally meet up at the Knutsford services on the M6,usually around 7hrs before ko.
Ashley Barnes drives a 7 seater people carrier, half the team pile on that and the rest of the lads follow down in their cars.
If Dyche changes the team you know one of the lads has taken a wrong turn, just hope it isn't Ashley Barnes are we're fuked

Devils_Advocate wrote:Leisure's picking them up 5.30am at turf moor and treating them to a Spoons breaky en route

Lump on Arsenal

2510 wrote:How do the 1st Team travel to away matches, ie Arsenal tomorrow 1230 kick-off?

Fly/team bus on the day or day before?

Just curious.

Thanks.

I hope the above have been of some help.

claretonthecoast1882 wrote:Lump on Arsenal

Sounds painful I'm sure you can get a cream for that

Corky wrote:I hope the above have been of some help.

Posts 11 & 12 are of help. Just wondering
what the rest of you are smoking!

I'll have to wait for the definitive answer from Claret Tony!

2510 wrote:I'll have to wait for the definitive answer from Claret Tony!

He is driving the bus

Apparently they once used Northern Rail for an away game at Leeds. They only did it once mind....!

Jawohl.

Quickenthetempo wrote:They booked the entire first class section out on the Virgiñ train last December after the Spurs game. Euston to Manchester.
Whatever they do it will be based on return travel to the Manchester area where the players live.

They won't be doing that this season.

Corky wrote:I wanted to keep this secret but what the hell. Since my children left home and as I have now got two spare bedrooms I have started boarding a couple of the first team players when they are in the South East for a game. I understand that BFC have a network of home boarders who are able to provide a homely and more importantly cheap option favoured by the club.

For a couple of match tickets, I'm always ready to offer an overnight to 2 or 3 of the team. I also let them park their car on my drive - so long as they leave it with a full tank and the keys.

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The team coach was heading north on the A1M past Hitchin around 7.30 this evening. Black motor with Reays on the side and an LED display high on the front screen. A bit late to be heading back unless they were out in London after the match...

They got the train from Stockport yesterday.

They go on Border Buses

Matthew Lowton was in the same tube carriage as me on the way home. Driving home with his Dad from Cockfosters.

As an example, for the Bournemouth game last season, the team coach drove down from the North West empty and the players flew down and it was there ready to pick them up from Bournemouth airport and take them to the ground / pick them up from the hotel.

That same team coach was then taking them back to the airport, and heading back north empty after the match. That’s what Southampton also did last weekend as a comparison.

Whether for London games we choose a train rather than air travel I don’t know, but I’d expect we will fly to Bournemouth, Southampton and Norwich this season as a minimum and use the above method to transport staff from the airport to the ground.

There are some exceptions so some players at Bournemouth with Southern connections went off with family after the match presumably spending their day off on Sunday with family and then heading north on Sunday evening.

It’s par for the course these days. Anyone who’s been watching The Class of ‘92 will have seen the chat between Neville and the board about the need to pay for overnights as they go up to the National League (never mind League 2) so it must cost clubs a pretty penny.