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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Nov 3, 2016 18:46:48 GMT
My first and only visit was last season's defeat.
Freezing cold. No pubs near the ground, so we took over their clubhouse. Played a 2-4-4 formation late on in match to try to recoup.
But....my over riding memory was sat in the gym cafe opposite with a coffee in awe you could gawp at milfs in their bikinis in swimming pool! Am I the creepy to their Crawley?!
Well, it was better than the football, anyway.. !
Safe journey to all Gas travelling, let's hope we are still in the draw for second round. UptheGas..
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Post by pirateer on Nov 4, 2016 14:47:58 GMT
i was at that game and i concur it, the train journey and the town was awful.....
the pub we ended up in was a 5min walk from the ground going back towards the town and station though so it wasn't all bad.
i also vaguely remember that both the home fans barely celebrated either of their 2 goals in a minute bar some pillock with a bell.
my group debated whether to go back for at least 3 seconds before hysterical laughter broke out!
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Post by outwoodgas on Nov 4, 2016 19:26:02 GMT
It will be my fifth time there, and its always eventful!
First time we were simply awful and got stuffed 4-1. Only high points were Stanley arguing with a fan and Browner floating a cross in for our goal.
Second time was when the cup match was abandoned - full credit to the Crawley staff who let us go into the stand instead of drown in the away end.
Third time was the re-match when O'Toole scored a late winner and destroyed their turf celebrating
Fourth time I went corporate with a dozen mates, visiting the pub down the road before and after the game. Again we were shocking but the alcohol helped a lot...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2016 19:31:32 GMT
But....my over riding memory was sat in the gym cafe opposite with a coffee in awe you could gawp at milfs in their bikinis in swimming pool! Am I the creepy to their Crawley?! Yes you are. I would be appalled were it not for the calibre of your pun. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Nov 4, 2016 20:46:29 GMT
Only been there once September 2011 and had a great day. Admittedly that was only because I got the driver to drop me at Heathrow so I could fly to New Zealand the next day, the game was absolute dross losing 4-1. Can't ever imagine wanting to go back again.
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Post by Igitur on Nov 4, 2016 23:13:07 GMT
Our singing section has a rather limited and repetitive repertoire and you can almost tick the songs off as each one is delivered. Many of the towns/cities used in one particular song are hard done by, but in the case of Crawley it actually is a $hit hole and you do want to go home.
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Post by kwoodgas on Nov 5, 2016 8:43:03 GMT
My one and only visit was last year.
A mate had recently moved to London so I stayed with him from Friday to Sunday and basically spent 48 hours drunk.
We got the train from London to Crawley on the Sunday, went to a very average pub the name of which escapes me, that one of my group had researched as a 10 minute walk from the ground. About 2.40 we're getting ready to go and the barmaid pipes up 'you want to get a move on lads, its a good half an hour away'. Having walked at a speed that would probably win the Olympic Walk we made it to the ground in time to watch us go one down, and then 2 down about a minute later.
From memory we played quite well after that, having all the possession and chances as Crawley parked the bus and Sonny Bradley (now at Plymouth) was a man mountain and put in one of the best opposition performances of the season.
After the game we had a few more in another unremarkable pub (Full Moon/Half Moon/Man on the Moon, something like that!) that actually was a 10 minute walk from the ground so would recommend that to any Gasheads travelling today!
Certainly not a place I'm in a hurry to go back too!
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Post by GasMacc1 on Nov 5, 2016 9:04:14 GMT
From memory we played quite well after that, having all the possession and chances as Crawley parked the bus and Sonny Bradley (now at Plymouth) was a man mountain and put in one of the best opposition performances of the season. I might have misheard this exchange when Bradley had to come close to the Rovers fans to take a corner, but it made me smile: Gashead on the terrace: "Oi, Bradley, you wanna lose some weight". Bradley: "You sound like my missus!"  |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Nov 5, 2016 9:41:48 GMT
. Certainly not a place I'm in a hurry to go back too! Haha! Great memory, kwg.. I wholeheartedly concur with last sentence. Soulless place. Devoid of any character. Very limited in it's ability to want you to stay. In fact, it's an ideal place near to motorway and airport.....any which way you like, can't wait to get out of it! |
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Post by eppinggas on Nov 5, 2016 13:08:47 GMT
The pub is the New Moon. That is the best part of any trip to Crawley.
Crawley only has 2 things going for it:
1. the Cure are from there, and
2. It has excellent transport links so very easy to get away from...
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