Exactly, what if you want to go the opposite way to the Old Kent Rd??It will be disorganised chaos. You'll have them trying to make all the fans go in a particular direction when many of them will want to go in another. It's a chance for Millwall fans to have a pop at a set of away fans that they don't usually get.
Even though we were held for an hour last year, some of them were still waiting at the station, kept away by a line of police.
Yes, I've had this from them too. It is arbitrary because one year I was allowed to be held back(with non-football fans) and get the number 1 bus to Elephant (from where I can walk home). If I have to go to the tube stations, I can get buses from either but depends on the mood of the police if they think we should all put on trains!It should be a choice to be escorted or held back. But police wouldn't let me go last season and I was alone.
Looking forward to the game today UTB
Yes, I can understand too. I can travel by bus to the area as I'm relatively local (under 3 miles as the crow flies), and keep my mouth shut and colours, if worn, hidden. In the past I was allowed to travel home by bus, after being held back. It is on the whim of the police officer in charge of controlling the fans at the station. I was told by an officer to ask a senior officer if I could be held back for my bus. He agreed. It seems others have been refused in the past.I've heard these complaints since the 70s, and sympathise with them. There must be a silent majority, though, who are happy to have a police escort. The violence has mostly stopped, but I don't think it's gone away.
You lads and lasses deserve a medal for going today.We left about 10 mins from time, as there were no signs we were really going to come back into the game, we successfully circumnavigated the police cordon and got back down to the Old Kent Rd and jumped on a bus back to Elephant and Castle, no issues at all.