Long-distance season ticket holders
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atypical_boro
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Good effort that.
Yeah I did 5 from London. The last 14 from Manchester, though I don't usually bother midweek.
red_clowne
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A few years back a mate of mine had one and he used to drive from Perth (Scotland) each home game. He now lives near Milton Keynes.
Redwurzel
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Roy was in the London branch of Boro supporters before it was MSS - I think in the 1970s and when it re formed in 1986.
I knew him in the Rioch days he was a cricket groundsman then. He had a Teesside/North Yorkshire accent, not sure how he ended up in Dunstable.
He one of those people that has always looked around 65. No drama queen neither or keyboard warrior type. I imagine he was a Ayresome Angel in Mannion's days.
Its roughly a 250 mile each way trip for me, but I stretch my visits out a bit and only attend about half the home games. Maybe some posters can understand how it can a bit irritating when some posters complain about paying £25 to see us play Chelsea or Villa or it taking 20 minutes to walk the Riverside from where they park after driving all of 4 miles from their house.
The Shropshire crew ran regularly for a few Robbo Riverside years, they were picking up all over the County, and its a big county (largest in England without a coastline). MSS I believe come up regularly for weekend games, they used to get group discounted train travel and they used to book lunch time tables in the Star when it was open. There were regulars from South Wales and a couple from Bristol the lady used to have a big Boro teddy bear on her lap for the car journey we would sometimes wave to her on the Motorway network.
I knew him in the Rioch days he was a cricket groundsman then. He had a Teesside/North Yorkshire accent, not sure how he ended up in Dunstable.
He one of those people that has always looked around 65. No drama queen neither or keyboard warrior type. I imagine he was a Ayresome Angel in Mannion's days.
Its roughly a 250 mile each way trip for me, but I stretch my visits out a bit and only attend about half the home games. Maybe some posters can understand how it can a bit irritating when some posters complain about paying £25 to see us play Chelsea or Villa or it taking 20 minutes to walk the Riverside from where they park after driving all of 4 miles from their house.
The Shropshire crew ran regularly for a few Robbo Riverside years, they were picking up all over the County, and its a big county (largest in England without a coastline). MSS I believe come up regularly for weekend games, they used to get group discounted train travel and they used to book lunch time tables in the Star when it was open. There were regulars from South Wales and a couple from Bristol the lady used to have a big Boro teddy bear on her lap for the car journey we would sometimes wave to her on the Motorway network.
indeedido
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19 seasons with a min 230 mile round trip and many at 500 is good going too.
I suspect many more to come for you long distance too.
Redwurzel
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"Just nipping out love, for some milk"
I left for pastures new in 1998.
I travelled back from the midlands for every game but slowly started to miss the odd game, here and there. Once I missed one then it just became more and more regular as life and work got in the way until I gave up my ST after going to one or two games, one season.
I got a ticket for Ostrava away from the club so that showed how long I'd had an ST, up to that point.
I travelled back from the midlands for every game but slowly started to miss the odd game, here and there. Once I missed one then it just became more and more regular as life and work got in the way until I gave up my ST after going to one or two games, one season.
I got a ticket for Ostrava away from the club so that showed how long I'd had an ST, up to that point.
atypical_boro
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Cheers. Oh yeah I will never stop unless I physically/financially can’t.
That’s not too far from the truth, for a while she thought he shared the card with my late dad.He works all over the place ,so being away for the night always worked out .
Caretaker1
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Seems a lot travel from far and wide .
Loads from Boro don't bother .
Fred and Joe from Ormesby would rather sit in the club and spend 30 quid watching Sky and moaning about ticket prices .
atypical_boro
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True. But we’re all free to do as we please at the end of the day. I don’t envy Fred and Joe, but they probably don’t envy me.
Redwurzel
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I can understand when people are really hard up and can't afford a £480 season ticket (£9.23/week over a year). Its not cheap, but a lot cheaper than 20 fags per week or 40 fags per week from a guy in a white van.
and its not the majority of the adult population (aged 22-64) of Teesside.
and its not the majority of the adult population (aged 22-64) of Teesside.
bungydinsdale
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Never been a season ticket holder and call me a plastic fan, but I've done the 35,764km round journey to watch us in two league cup finals, an FA Cup final, A UEFA cup final and play off final since I moved to NZ. Yes, I know, bloody glory hunter who denied proper fans tickets to those big games...
atypical_boro
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Genuinely though, how did you manage to get a ticket for Eindhoven?
Which league cup final did you miss?
bungydinsdale
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Got the ticket thanks to the Gazette, I contacted them about travelling back for it and they put a story in and an old school friend saw it and her hubby had a spare one so got in touch.
He's travelled 12,000 miles to watch boro
Stockton ex-pat Mike Dinsdale has travelled 12,000 miles from his New Zealand home to cheer on his beloved Boro to glory - for the second time.
www.gazettelive.co.uk
And the final I missed was the one we won. My family (only half jokingly) said I'm banned from going to any more finals as we always lose when I go.
The_Lizards_Jumpers
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The club dont let you pay £9 a week.
atypical_boro
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I was just gonna say the same thing!Got the ticket thanks to the Gazette, I contacted them about travelling back for it and they put a story in and an old school friend saw it and her hubby had a spare one so got in touch.
He's travelled 12,000 miles to watch boro
Stockton ex-pat Mike Dinsdale has travelled 12,000 miles from his New Zealand home to cheer on his beloved Boro to glory - for the second time.
And the final I missed was the one we won. My family (only half jokingly) said I'm banned from going to any more finals as we always lose when I go.
Fair play on the Eindhoven tickets. Using kilometres always makes it sound more impressive too
dan_ashcroft
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~5 hour round trip each home game. Season ticket holder for about 36 consecutive seasons now.The journey flies by, and reality it's probably only an hour-and-a-half more each way than what many local fans do.