Hoping this will be my first away of the season if I can get tickets, but away capacity is less than it used to be.  We'll be in the Bycars End, the Hamil Road now occupied by Vale fans. 

Not sure what capacity of Bycars is but less than Hamil Rd so not likely to be enough to satisfy demand.

£25 in home end for this game so presume same for us.

around 2800

Got £3 returns with northern rail

hopefully no strikes 

16 minutes ago, radcliffe white said:

around 2800

Got £3 returns with northern rail

hopefully no strikes 

Mine were only £13 return as well, they must really want people to visit Stoke 

Sure away fans were in other end on EFL show last week

Not far enough away for me. I’m out

2 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Hoping this will be my first away of the season if I can get tickets, but away capacity is less than it used to be.  We'll be in the Bycars End, the Hamil Road now occupied by Vale fans. 

Not sure what capacity of Bycars is but less than Hamil Rd so not likely to be enough to satisfy demand.

£25 in home end for this game so presume same for us.

I can just hear them saying "Bycars" in that puddled Staffordshire accent. 

2 minutes ago, paulhanley said:

I can just hear them saying "Bycars" in that puddled Staffordshire accent. 

Yes, nearly as annoying as the Dau-beh accent. 

There's a commentator on MOTD with a Potteries accent, seems to make up words, "first" is "faced" or something, very odd and distracting to listen to.

25 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Sure away fans were in other end on EFL show last week

Definitely swapped ends, but Vale fans only seem to be using about half the Hamil Rd, much of it is empty.  They did an official "that's the last time we'll be in the Bycars" write up at end of last season.

Seems like a big thing to me to have your stand swapped round. I think their main lot go in that one down the side but there will be people who've sat behind that goal for donkeys years with a routine, now its taken away. 

Its a horrible ground innit. Like not one good feature about it.

Looks absolutely awful on the telly.

Non match going folk wouldn't have any idea what a moody gaff it can be.

7 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

Seems like a big thing to me to have your stand swapped round. I think their main lot go in that one down the side but there will be people who've sat behind that goal for donkeys years with a routine, now its taken away. 

You booking taxis for after game😀

we gave up went back to that pub through the park 

Last time we played them did nt they shout every pub within a mile or so of the ground and run buses from the pub by the station ? 

We went to one short walk from ground

full of Bolton and back after the game

 

34 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Its a horrible ground innit. Like not one good feature about it.

Looks absolutely awful on the telly.

Non match going folk wouldn't have any idea what a moody gaff it can be.

It is horrible, a dog to get to and from, that half finished stand where the dugouts are is shit, the concourse a disgrace, grim as owt outside... even the word Burslem is rough 😂

36 minutes ago, radcliffe white said:

You booking taxis for after game😀

we gave up went back to that pub through the park 

Just looked it up, the Moorland it's called. Was alright in that massive beer garden apart from the colonel going topless. Wonder if it's still practical to get to or if there's somewhere else closer to that opposite side of the ground.

Think them taxis are still just turning around the corner to get to the stadium now!

Ten miles !!! Think the buses from the station was the promotion game with pitch invasions . 

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/20629029.bolton-wanderers-fans-banned-pubs-port-vale/

1 minute ago, Ani said:

Ten miles !!! Think the buses from the station was the promotion game with pitch invasions . 

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/20629029.bolton-wanderers-fans-banned-pubs-port-vale/

Until they ran out of buses and had to ferry people about in the back of police vans 👀

not been since 2017 and we drove then. If getting the train, is it best to go to Stoke and then a taxi to the ground/pub nearby?

I can see this being a healthy crowd and top of the table clash based on our respective games between now and then. 

3 minutes ago, mattbwfc19 said:

not been since 2017 and we drove then. If getting the train, is it best to go to Stoke and then a taxi to the ground/pub nearby?

Go into Hanley and drink there.

It’s much bigger than Stoke with lots of bars etc.

Taxi from there to Burslem was £5 last season. 
 

 

7 minutes ago, captainmed said:

Go into Hanley and drink there.

It’s much bigger than Stoke with lots of bars etc.

Taxi from there to Burslem was £5 last season. 
 

 

cheers 👍

1 hour ago, captainmed said:

Go into Hanley and drink there.

It’s much bigger than Stoke with lots of bars etc.

Taxi from there to Burslem was £5 last season. 
 

 

Hiding in Hanley are we? 😀

Used to be a good night out in Hanley.

 

My best man was from Stoke so did a few nights back in the day. Basically just got leathered so have few memories and little to add here. 
 

His family home was an interesting place. 

1 hour ago, radcliffe white said:

Hiding in Hanley are we? 😀

Merely passing on info to a fellow wanderer 😎

3 hours ago, captainmed said:

Go into Hanley and drink there.

It’s much bigger than Stoke with lots of bars etc.

Taxi from there to Burslem was £5 last season. 
 

 

hate jdw pubs but that one is top notch on a nice day

16 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Yes, nearly as annoying as the Dau-beh accent. 

There's a commentator on MOTD with a Potteries accent, seems to make up words, "first" is "faced" or something, very odd and distracting to listen to.

You big Stewkist