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Managed to get back on the website, wanted to buy a po of 3, but none left, had to buy a pod of 4 instead! now taking my daughter as well!!
Still joy of joys we have tickets!!!
For future reference TUFC, THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY OF DOING THIS!!!!!!!

This is beyond a joke, highest i got in the phone queue was 42 before the line crashed, managed to get in the queue again at 221, then the line crashed again, tried the website, got as far as ordering 3 tickets, then that stopped working, when i managed to get back on the site it would only allow me to order 1 ticket!!! Then it said the EVENT was no longer available??? now i cant get even to the back of the queue on the phone as its just giving an engaged signal. surely cant have sold out in 40mins?????

no coaches either!!

we are looking to get train tickets booked for boxing day at Yeovil, anyone got any idea why there is no timetable available??
Or are we looking in the wrong place?

Think we will be in all the pubs in the high street, as i can only see 4 on google maps and none are very big!!

stefano wrote: ↑23 Jan 2019, 00:08 If you don't know how to do the quote system then don't do it. No irony that I can see. If your serving police officer agrees with your crass comments in your rant that is up to him / her but don't use a police officer being with you to justify slagging off the police. He / she should be ashamed of himself / herself and not hang around with you any more. As for not being able to go to home games because you all work but you manage to get to 6 away games in a season without wearing colours - you are having a laugh if you expect anybody to believe you. No worry though, just do make sure you let us know when you are travelling away again!

It appears the assumption that i would be slated was correct, albeit by only one person, and not for my (truthful) account of the day, but because in my naivety of using the quote system. (could also have pointed out my miss spelling faux pas)
My friend does not "hang around with me", he was a childhood school friend, best man at my wedding, and god father to my son.
We have attended Torquay games together for over 50 years, never been in trouble, or caused any, and never will.
The police reaction to the situation was totally disproportionate. (in my opinion)
For your information, Bath is a university city, has all the problems that come with it, regularly host far bigger crowds for rugby games, Not just a sedate tourist city. Try a Saturday night out there one day, and you might have your (blinkered ) eyes opened.
Lastly, if we choose to attend more away games than home, why is that a problem for you?? are you jealous?
And as you are so interested in our next away game, it will be Woking, (there will only be 7 of us for this one, as one cant get away from...work) and yes i expect you will see some more flares go off, potentially threatening life as we know it, maybe some horrible people being over boisterous in the local pubs, and hopefully, a football team that turns up and makes up for the Bath match.
Now i am not saying any more on the subject as it appears to be getting personal, and im far to busy (and important) to get in to a keyboard argument.

Thanks ministander please keep us updated as to which away game you will be at next.

I thought it would all probably be the fault of the police.

If our team choked it wasn't because of the occasion it was from those bloody flares thrown by so called Torquay supporters. I expect though somebody has evidence that it was actually plain clothes police officers throwing flares in order to justify having a few police officers around after the game in what is a tranquil sedate tourist city.

It is up to individual pubs whether they allow anybody in and many pubs across the country decide not to allow football fans in after games. Their decision is probably based on experience.

Glad you managed to behave though and that you didn't allow those nasty police to provoke you!

HaHa, The irony is one of our number is............ a serving police officer!!

Right, here goes!!

Have to put things right here, we were a group of 8 that caught the train from Torquay at 09.25. Yes, there were many of us drinking, (and laughing, and generally having a good time) by the time we got to Exeter there were around 400 ish Torquay fans on board (maybe more!)
At Exeter about 10 city fans got on the train, looking genuinely shocked to find it packed with Torquay. There was absolutely no trouble on board this train.
When we arrived at Bath, (12 ish) there was a small police presence on the platform (2 officers) with whom we enjoyed a bit of banter.
Our next stop was the wetherspoons pub central Bath, outside parked in the Triangle there were 2 police riot vans. out side the pub itself there were 4 officers. from time to time as more Torquay fans came in they walked through the pub, ensuring all were behaving.
Yes, it got louder, Yes people were singing, but absolutely no trouble.
We got taxis from the pub to the ground, so i cant comment on what, (if anything) happened en-route.
At the ground we were met with lots of Torquay fans all good natured, going in to the game.
Yes, there was some handbags in the corner, (Unfortunately they were Torquay fans, not Bristol, Not Swindon, Torquay)
No they had no colours, there again we didn't either!! They are Torquay fans that do not go to every game, but are non the less Torquay fans.
Our group manages to attend about 5, or 6 away games, we rarely go to home games as we all work full time.
The walk back to the station after the game was interesting, we attempted to enter a pub, to be met by two rather large gentlemen who said no football fans of either teem were being allowed entry, and as they physically pushed us out, told us to please go away and dont come back, (or words to that effect!!
At Bath station there was a huge police presence (total overkill) some of whom accompanied us all the way back to Torquay. (there were 4 in our compartment, cant speak for the rest of the train.
Again, absolutely no trouble, Yes people were drinking and singing, but no trouble.
At Torquay station, we were met by 4 police cars, go knows how many officers, and police dogs, (hungry by the sound of them) again, total overkill, and a complete waste of my taxes.
Now i do not often rant on forums, but had to get this out of my system.
Police/ the club knew that a large number of fans were going to travel on the train, they know that we like to have a drink, Why was there no official (police/stewards) accompanying us?? The answer is because we dont cause any trouble.
I know i am going to get slated for these comments, But i have exactly the same rights as any of you on this forum to express my opinion.
Now i am going to go away and plan my next away trip, no doubt it will be heavily policed due to the horrendous (minority) of fans we have.
But for us, another great away day. (and yes, flares and all!!)

P.S.
Thought as a team we choked, never showed any fight, and thoroughly deserved to lose, But im a Torquay fan (of 50 years) so im used to it!!!
Still...... enjoyed the day out though!!

just booked the train, £24 return. thats another 8 of us on it!!

it was at their place, had bricks bottles and coins thrown at us, one of the coaches was bricked and lost windows, police didn't want to know.
ahhh fond memories!!

all being done by a few stout men!

There are some very MILD opinions on this fo....rum today!!

saw Orient v Gateshead two weeks ago when we were supposed to be playing them, they are a fairly good side, physically strong, with some good players. The crowd were strangely quiet, and very quickly turned on their players when Gateshead came from 3 down to draw the match.
always like going to Orient, nice ground, humorous fans, i will miss these decent grounds next year.
cant see anything but a spanking for us!! :whip:
Orient 4 tufc 1.

Well, completely off topic, BUT. how annoyed am i, bloody orient game off, my only away game this season, hotel and plane booked and paid for 4 months ago!! now there are 4 of us having to go on the P1ss in London for the weekend, .... o well every cloud etc etc!!

We have waited all this time......................................for this??
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