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yes and i think we're training it, so i will be suitably fucked by lunchtime.

OH HELL YEAH!

its fucking ages away, but i'd be game.

My mate is Gills so I'll be there with a pikey in tow  :mrgreen:

How long does it take to get there by car?

Thought it was further than that -cheers!  :D

May drive to that one - car is mended now after the bumper incident  :oops:

yep its my local

come on the train with me, whits and dave.

Could do I guess - no point in driving unless theres a full car I suppose - cost a lot in petrol.

Are there many stops via train?

fuck knows, alternatively you could pick me up as i don't fancy getting hammered on a train and getting lsot in gillingham  :D

im not going. im scared of pikeys  :D

fair enough, I wouldn't mind driving anyway as will have to drive back to Cheltenham anyway,  See what happens nearer the time but def up for going whether its by train or by car.

Its not like me to go to an away game :wink: but I think I might just be able to make this one.....

 If the M25 is behaving itself.

  Years ago a trip to Kent, used to consist of a tortuous journey along the old A roads like the 25....fringing the leafy outer stockbroker belt of London.

 Many of the roads were little better than the cart tracks dating from the pre Roman period....it was rather fine if slow.

 On nearing Kent you'd be greeted by a vast array of exotic brewery names, the like of which were unknown in the West Country

 Also the oast houses which were all over and used for the drying of hops for beer.

We'll be Training it there.  :beers:  :wink:

Sonic, you're training it with me and Whits. It's not an option.

trains to games are always funny as fuck. the slightly scared looks on peoples faces as the boys jump onboard, preceless.

SCROTum's - how far is this place from Crawley?  I'm tempted to train it and get cunted....  When is this game anyway?

Hopefully.

Possibly depends on work.

There has been talk of a mini bus for this one though personally I fancy the train.

50 miles but the train journey's a real fucker from crawley.

I'll be fucking there though.. can't wait.

 I sense you take a perverse pleasure in discovering the shitholes of our sceptred isle....otherwise can't really think why anyone would show much enthusiasm for a trip to Pikeyland.

 From last years appraisal of crap grounds.
    
  1. Priestfield, Gillingham

Capacity 10,952, Built 1892, Prices £15-30

New research shows that Gillingham is the biggest dump in English football. Priestfield topped an Observer poll, and this fan's view is typical of many: 'Never fails to live down to expectations. Used to be nothing more than a couple of cowsheds knocked together but after redevelopment it resembles a 1970s garage forecourt. The away end has two Portakabins for toilets and the worst catering outside Selhurst Park. The walk from the train station is like walking through the Shangri-La Caravan Park just after closing time.'

Another contributor offered the view that Gillingham 'is the place that makes Middlesbrough look like Monte Carlo'. The Observer sent reporter Jamie Jackson to investigate further. Here's his view:

'I'm going to smash you in the mouth and run off!' Gillingham High Street, Tuesday 28 September. An angry teenage lad with a crewcut is threatening a girl outside the railway station before the match. As a welcome to a town described by a football club spokesman as 'a dump', it is about right. The 'town centre' is a street of kebab houses, cheque cashers, branches of Iceland and Woolworth's, dilapidated buildings, and at least seven charity shops and discount stores. The street is book-ended by the derelict Prince Albert pub and the still-open Southern Belle. If you want to make a night of it, there's the bingo hall around corner.

The route to the stadium passes Costcutter and along a winding street of terrace houses. Apart from a newsagent, and Hair Sandra at number 189, the only sign of prosperous retail life is a branch of the drain cleaners,Dyno Rod. If the houses are not boarded up or run-down, they have rubbish and bin liners spilling on to the pavement. Along Priestfield Road there are more deserted businesses, and children fighting over bits of cardboard and swearing at each other.

An unalluring alleyway takes you on to Linden Road and the main entrance into the stadium. There is the ticket office, the club shop and the Blues Rock Café, which offers 'Karaoke at the bar for £1.50'.

In the stadium the food is poor and £26 is a bit steep for a seat. It's not the football club's fault that their town is so grotty. Chairman Paul Scally is keen to move them four miles out of town. Given what happened with Wimbledon we shouldn't be in favour of any such move, but in this case

 I first went there in 66....it seems to have improved since my last visit in 87.

Proper old school away game, Reg.

Love it. I'd take that over somewhere like Hull or Huddersfield any day.

 Respect....you going tooled up and mob handed then?

 A warning though... a conviction for football related trouble may jeopardise your university prospects.

I'm going to wear tight jeans that hang around my ankles and a dodgy leather jacket too  8)

80's styleeeeee

It will be interesting down there, proper shit hole by the sounds of it.

Like a home game for me-its gonna be a "quality of life" defining game for me

Well.. as it happens I'll be staying in Canterbury.
My enthusiasm is directed towards the supposed hatred Gills fans have for us.

Nope. Couldn't care less about the supposed rivalry, it's too far and I don't get many away trips so I am saving them for Yeovil, Forest and Swansea.

Will be there, mate lives that way, he's been to more town games than gills so we'll be ,meeting for both games.  By train it's an hour into London, across to Victoria and if you catch the correct train that isn't a stopper less than an hour out the other side.  Recently a journey from medway took over 4 hours by train, but should be better by the new year.

The whole area is pikey central, but it's pretty close, and will be one of my last games as I'm away feb-sep and will miss yeovil, swansea, and forest which I'm gutted about.