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Looks like being my yearly opportunity to see my heroes in action.....

Assume there is going to be the option to pay on the day!

I was very close to seeing the game there last season, the first match of the season I was in Cumbria driving to Fort William so actually got to listen to the whole game live on t'raio in the car.

I doubt we will take more than our usual 300 (yes more went for the first game of the season last year I know) so I can't see them not having POTD tbh.

I would have made it last year, but similarly it fell on the day we were going on holiday so like you I drove past Carlisle but missed the match.

I know I went about 6 years back and it was POTD, we had blocks in that silly stand which hangs off the end of the pitch and most of the Town fans missed a lot of the game as the M6 was snarled up!

 £3 surcharge for potd. 

 Yesterday, I idly wondered how much a train ticket to Carlisle might be for Saturday.... to be told by Trainline, no tickets available for that journey.

I half thought about it but decided Stevenage on the following Tuesday would be my last away trip.

A dilemma.... think I'd have gone for Carlisle on a Sat, rather than Stevenage on a Tuiesday, for such a historic thing.

Bear in mind that Wellens has been nominated for Manager of the Month. Winner To be announced Friday

Saw that, certainly takes the gloss off..... especially as it looks like he'll win.

They seem to be OK on Virgin Trains

£144.60 but strangely tickets seem available for very few trains?

Trainline says no trains available for me too Swindon to Carlisle, leaving early and returning after 5.

That's odd.  Trainline still saying that but the National Rail site comes up with an option for £95-45 (with a railcard) or £144-60 (without) getting there at 2 o'clock and back at half past 11!  Won't be taking up their offer!

If you buy seperate tickets you can do -

07.12 Swindon to Paddington £21 (£13.85 railcard)
10.30 Euston to Carlisle £46 (£30.35 railcard)

17.52 Carlisle to Euston £30 (£19.80 railcard)
22.35 Paddington to Swindon £21 (£13.85 railcard)

a total of £118 + underground tickets or £77.85 with a railcard .

Its a bit easier from here  ;) :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Although I do have to go to Lancashire from Cumbria to get back to Cumbria!

The way to go would be up to New Street, which is direct to Carlisle... would be about 60 odd with railcard.

What happened to WB's direct train from Swindon to New Street  :hmmm:

Agreed.  The £95 one was via Bristol Parkway and Brum New St. Have since found this one for £70-43:

https://syt.trainsplit.com/timetable_fares.aspx?SelectedOut=1&SelectedIn=1

Unfortunately, just a temporary route to cover engineering works at Bristol Parkway last year.

Booked Carlisle via Euston on the 07:43 back in January.
Just seen one at 08:30 that gets in 15 minutes before the earlier one and no mad dash from Paddington either.  >:(
Timetable changes I guess but 15 minutes of valuable drinking time lost.

I had looked out for it with a sense of anticipation.  Oh well, such a sensible thing was always too much to hope from our present railway system.

Myself + 4 others going up to watch this. We're flying up to Newcastle on Friday lunchtime, getting train across to Carlisle on Saturday late morning. Couple of night's out in Newcastle - let's hope we're celebrating rather than drowning sorrows! COYR!

I think you need to click via Cheltenham on the Trainline website , was around £48 return from there for me but that was a while ago and was with a railcard. Would imagine that has rocketed now

Oooh. Didn't know this was today.

It isn't

Ha, oh dear.

I looked at the fixtures list and saw '4' and assumed it meant 4 hours. Not 4 days. That'll learn me. I could have just actually read the bloody thing. I thought this was a matchday thread for some reason.

It's been one of those days.

Ah right, I don't like Trainline TBH it should be far simplified.

Just did that and its £95.40 with a railcard now! £47.70 each way. AND it doesnt get you in until 8.26am Sunday!

Not long now till this again, who's on it? Get those train splits ready!

Booked mine ages ago for 3.
Banbury to Wolverhampton.
Wolverhampton to Carlisle.

Same journey twice before.

£15 return from Preston for me. Shame I can't make it  :(

Only about £12 for me, now just need to persuade someone to accompany me!

Does anyone know what the booking charges and postage costs are if you book tickets via the club and get them posted out. Carlisle is 19 advance and 22 on the day, I suspect the charges will probably be over 3 quid anyway!

If you book the tickets online the club should only charge you £1 to send in post or click "collect from club" and then they'll send any uncollected tickets up to Carlisle and you won't pay anything but will have to collect from Carlisle on the day.

I've never booked on the phone but think they charge £2 as it goes through Ticketmaster or something. Online bookings are just dealt with "in house"

£1 for posting tickets.
Not 100% reliable with actually posting them though, but should be ok if buying for just the one game.

Panic on the streets of Carlisle

Sounds like I will save next to nowt buying in advance then just pay on the day.

Like Paolo69 said, if you book via STFC over the phone/web you can then collect on the day at Carlisle. I did that a couple of years ago no problem.

Yeah they take them up on the coach. I did it there a few seasons back. I also got randomly given a ticket in a pub there the season before but that's a less reliable method to bank on!

I assume not the year that the coaches got stuck in traffic and arrived after about 40 minutes?


Cool, we will see, if its just me probably ain't worth the hassle of this and just pay on the day, if a few of the maybes become yes would make more sense.

That was the only one I missed in a 4 season spell of going up there. It's a great away day.

Bring back the football special

That was a long old trip on Thomas the Tank Engine for an FA Cup game. They were a decent team then.