We left after 4.30 and parked near the ground at 6.15 so 4.30 left them plenty of time.

Eddie came across as a bit of an idiot, but I agree with him and the others on here that say it's totally unprofessional. In 25 years of watching professional sport I've never once missed a kick off of anything and I'm just there to shout - you plan for the worst case scenario, you assume that everything that can flood will flood, everything that can catch fire will, every numpty that can smash their car up on the motorway does. It's unforgiveable to be late.

When Barnsley played at Shorpe in the Championship a couple of seasons back they were in Forest Pines hotel all afternoon ahead of an evening kick off. It's only about 35 miles between the two towns, and the kick off was 7.45 so they had all day, but they covered for every possible scenario. And that's Barnsley, who are hardly the world's greatest or richest football team.

We'd best hope there's no delays with the 2.30 flight to Perpignan next Saturday then. Don't want another delay do we?

Surely the team should be travelling over earlier in the day and having an early meal together to prepare?

They stopped off at little chef on the way.

egg, sausage and chips

is Shaun McCrae the club dietician as well ?

Whats Hull to Leeds in normal conditions? one and a quarter hours max.
Be at the ground for 7.00 ,hour for grub at Ferrybridge,4.30 seems reasonable.

They did, Coach got stuck in the McD's drive thru

On coach or with my driving , either way no later than 4, that extra 30 mins can be crucial.

If as rumoured they left at 4.30 then they were heading for trouble. Can take a good 30 mins to get out of Hull even at that time.

That and then your hitting rush hour traffic most of way from M18 junction to Leeds. Again it can take 30/45 mins to get from city centre to the ground.

might see some action this time hopefully - the last trip down was a complete waste of time and money - I arrived at the ground thinking the crowd was a bit sp........only to find that some d*ckhe@d from the council had watered the pitch earlier in the day in freezing conditions !


any flood damage down your way mate ?

Could only happen in France!
O/T
Just watched Souths/ Knights
Ref to big Willie " c'mon Willie you know you can't pack with your arm hanging like that"
Willie "sorry ref i've been playing in France"

Not in Winky but other parts of Somerset & Dorset have had it bad including rlWeymouth, the site for the Olympic sailing eventsrl