Fans travelling by rail for the MK Dons game

[Scouseport_Shrimp]

Travelling by rail to get to the MK Dons game yesterday was a mare.

No trains from the south got past Preston, in fact a lot of folk on trains didn't even know they were going to have to leave their train until it arrived at Preston.

I was only travelling from Southport.....by bus to Preston, then train to Morecambe. I normally leave v.early so I can have a pint or three pre-match, but we lost our electricity late on Friday night, and it wasn't restored until 0900ish yesterday morning. So, having checked the train situation was ok online I didn't leave home until 1130.

I got the bus to Preston arriving at 1215. When I walked into Preston train station it was chaos, with a lot of bad tempers. I quickly realised that getting to Morecambe by train wasn't going to happen.

A bloke in Shrimps colours, with a southern accent collared me. He said he'd travelled from Chelmsford, this being his first ever home game, and he was almost in tears! I thought right, let's leg it to Preston bus station, and we might be lucky.

10 minutes frog march later we got to the bus station with 5 minutes to spare to catch the 1235 No.41 Staecoach bus to Morecambe.

There were several like minded MK Dons fans on that bus too.

To cut a long story short, we arrived at The Mazuma at 1445. My thoughts were, I wonder what the return journey home's going to be like!

[Keith]

A bloke in Shrimps colours, with a southern accent collared me. He said he'd travelled from Chelmsford, this being his first ever home game, and he was almost in tears!

And didn't he choose a classic to come to?!?!? Definitely in tears by the end of the game Poor bloke.

That sounds like quite a journey just to get from Scouseport, let alone Milton Keynes or Chelmsford!

[Redalert1970]

Me and my friends left Blackpool on the 10.03 train yesterday morning and finally arrived at the Mazuma at 15.10 (5 hours 7 minutes)

Going back was a little bit better leaving Morecambe at 18.13 arriving back in Blackpool at 20.50 (2 hours 37 minutes)

Real shame to be let down by the players who yesterday put in a very inept performance

Personally the worst goal of the four was the third one - Mk Dons player totally unmarked from a corner which is totally unacceptable (this came just after we had about four corners in a row and were just getting on top)

Ah well short journey to Buxton on the 4th then a long trip to Portsmouth on the 11th - just hope the weather behaves otherwise could be in for two more horrible train journeys

[Keith]

Personally the worst goal of the four was the third one - Mk Dons player totally unmarked from a corner which is totally unacceptable

Hmm... while difficult to argue with that logic, especially as this is something we keep on & on doing, for me the fourth was the worst. Completely and utterly switched off to the quick free-kick. At bear minimum, stand by the ball long enough to stop a quick free-kick (which is something I hate, and think refs should clamp down on, but never do) and stay focussed on the job in hand.

[Gone_Shrimping]

Personally the worst goal of the four was the third one - Mk Dons player totally unmarked from a corner which is totally unacceptable

Hmm... while difficult to argue with that logic, especially as this is something we keep on & on doing, for me the fourth was the worst. Completely and utterly switched off to the quick free-kick. At bear minimum, stand by the ball long enough to stop a quick free-kick (which is something I hate, and think refs should clamp down on, but never do) and stay focussed on the job in hand.

I think all 4 goals were equally awful in different ways.

Did you notice that when the MK players went down they grabbed the ball making the referee choose either a handball or a foul and she chose foul every time ! We must learn from that !

[Scouseport_Shrimp]

Me and my friends left Blackpool on the 10.03 train yesterday morning and finally arrived at the Mazuma at 15.10 (5 hours 7 minutes)

If I hadn't legged it to Preston bus station from the train station when I did I'd have missed the last possible bus to get to the game. Tbh I felt really sorry for the bloke from Chelmsford, and felt a bit obliged to try and help him get to the game.....which we did. Goodness knows what time he got home on Saturday night.

back was a little bit better leaving Morecambe at 18.13 arriving back in Blackpool at 20.50 (2 hours 37 minutes).

Yep, I noticed online that the 1731 from Morecambe train station had been cancelled. Though the 1813 was still shown as 'running' I'd simply lost all trust in trains for the day. I decided to leg it from the game just after 1630 [0-3 down]. Fortunately, I just managed to catch a 6A bus from outside the ground to Lancaster bus station, and then got the 1730 No.41 to Preston. Had to hang around Preston bus station for 35 minutes [awful bus station after dark on a Saturday], and got a bus to Southport, arriving home just after 2000, so not too bad.

shame to be let down by the players who yesterday put in a very inept performance

Agree.....there must have been better things to do on Saturday afternoon, but we do it, and no doubt we'll all do it again.