stevieb Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Does manc not do flights into Norwich anymore? Fly maybe put paid to that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol_BWFC Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 14 hours ago, little whitt said: Darby H boxing day Extra day at home with the family for our lads if Derby get booted out of the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolton va va Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 31 minutes ago, marple whites said: Was coming out about £180 with railcards for me and junior tho. But I ant doing 10 hours on a train with 6 changes going the Leeds way. What’s the cheapest you’ve found for the London route ? I'm struggling, so far, the best i can get via London is 110 pounds, pre any card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted June 23, 2022 Moderators Share Posted June 23, 2022 34 minutes ago, stevieb said: Does manc not do flights into Norwich anymore? Fly maybe put paid to that Dunno but norwich to Ipswich is something like 40 miles so it'd be like flying to Stansted to go to Cambridge away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOWTUN BAKED Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 £67 cheapest I found going West Coast with cards & advance singles. Look at Bolton - Crewe - Euston Liverpool Street - Ipswich. (Advance singles on these already on the rise) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 And don't forget the ticket split sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freds dad Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 4 hours ago, Traf said: And don't forget the ticket split sites. What we need on this site is a travel agent type person who could arrange these things for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 6 hours ago, marple whites said: Was coming out about £180 with railcards for me and junior tho. But I ant doing 10 hours on a train with 6 changes going the Leeds way. What’s the cheapest you’ve found for the London route ? £86 mate, giving it another look today and getting boxed off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 2 hours ago, freds dad said: What we need on this site is a travel agent type person who could arrange these things for us. Yeah, imagine that, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted June 24, 2022 Members Share Posted June 24, 2022 Very happy with that set of early fixtures. Might have to make an effort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbrown Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 1 hour ago, bolty58 said: Very happy with that set of early fixtures. Might have to make an effort You seem to be spending an awfully long time in this hemisphere. Have you retired? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteyboy2 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Leeds to Ipswich on rattler is £14, not looked at price from Bolton to Leeds mind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted June 24, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted June 24, 2022 Bolton to Leeds is either £6 out and £27 return (depending on time) or £27 e/w also depending on time. Then add cards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted June 24, 2022 Members Share Posted June 24, 2022 6 hours ago, mickbrown said: You seem to be spending an awfully long time in this hemisphere. Have you retired? I expect to retire today at around 23:00hrs. A very personal question but as we are such great mates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Steejay Posted June 24, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted June 24, 2022 7 hours ago, bolty58 said: Very happy with that set of early fixtures. Might have to make an effort See you at Ipswich then. 😃🍺 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted June 24, 2022 Members Share Posted June 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, Steejay said: See you at Ipswich then. 😃🍺 See you somewhere mate. A ceramic coating may be in order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbrown Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, bolty58 said: I expect to retire today at around 23:00hrs. A very personal question but as we are such great mates 😃 More a personnel question. Congratulations. Enjoy it👍 Edited June 24, 2022 by mickbrown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 2 hours ago, bolty58 said: I expect to retire today at around 23:00hrs. A very personal question but as we are such great mates Congratulations pal. My dad retired last year and he's had a fucking great year doing next to fuck all and if he needs to do jobs around the house he does it at his own pace... He's redone the whole house. Can't settle into doing fuck all after grafting since he was 15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted June 24, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted June 24, 2022 I read it as that was when he was going to bed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimron Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 4 hours ago, bolty58 said: I expect to retire today at around 23:00hrs. A very personal question but as we are such great mates I "retire" in two weeks time on my 66th birthday but have agreed to stay on for a couple of years, reduced hours etc etc, to train and help the poor fkkr who will take over my empire Good luck pal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimron Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 When we get an Ipswich Away thread going there will be a car going from Grantham/Peterborough area, both on the East Coast Main Line, if anyone needs a lift... Only rules will be no Brexit, Politics or Wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted June 25, 2022 Members Share Posted June 25, 2022 13 hours ago, Dimron said: I "retire" in two weeks time on my 66th birthday but have agreed to stay on for a couple of years, reduced hours etc etc, to train and help the poor fkkr who will take over my empire Good luck pal Same to you mate and, coincidentally, a very similar story (re the succession plan). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted June 25, 2022 Members Share Posted June 25, 2022 15 hours ago, mickbrown said: 😃 More a personnel question. Congratulations. Enjoy it👍 Very good Mick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny The Ball Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 23/06/2022 at 19:14, MalcolmW said: Pre-computer days were more interesting. I studied the Division One 1908-09 season ( even though we were in Div Two). Each of the 20 clubs were given Saturday fixtures home and away against 16 opponents and left to arrange the matches with the other 3 clubs. Newcastle (eventual champions) began with 3 home games, placing one on the first Wednesday of September (the football season was strictly only months with an R in), and bringing forward one from FA Cup second round date (by agreement of Bristol City) to the next Wednesday. Manchester United opted for the money option, playing home matches on Boxing Day, New Year's Day and Good Friday, (with away matches on Christmas Day, Easter Monday and Easter Tuesday). The Wednesday went for a fan friendly Christmas period, with their scheduled home match against Bury on 19 December followed by Sheffield United away on Christmas Day, with the home reverse fixture on Boxing Day, then Arsenal home on Bank Holiday Monday 28th December, and home to Leicester Fosse on New Year's Day before a scheduled home against Aston Villa on Saturday 2nd January. Hi Malcolm Am quite well read on football in this era , and had never seen this before As i understood it from 1898 onwards when the League was increased to 18 clubs the Football League adopted something called the "Fletcher System" to set the fixtures so as to avoid having clubs from the same City being at home on the same day ( Nottingham Sheffield, Liverpool & Manchester etc ) and to give individual clubs the opportunity of maximising gate receipts and keep a regular income coming in. The thought that clubs set their own fixtures was news to me I thought maybe 1908 was a one off , but having had a quick look, the Football League met at the end of May and the full fixtures were then published a couple of days later. All the fixtures you mention as being determined by the clubs cannot possibly be correct - they were all set by the League. You can see below the fixtures for the Christmas / New Year period, as published in early June.(extract below) There were no fan friendly or money options - the fixtures were the fixtures ? Unless you can enlighten me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimron Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 1 hour ago, bolty58 said: Same to you mate and, coincidentally, a very similar story (re the succession plan). What are you going to do with the extra time? The nearer it gets the more I'm dreading it... I'm on 4 days at the moment going down to 3 after the summer works. Wife was ready to stab me with the scissors on my day off last week, I'm going to end up going out like i'm off to work and sitting in a cafe somewhere making a cup of tea last for 3 hours 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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