Did anyone enlist notice the white goods left on the pavement on th road from the station to the football ground on Saturday I noticed 4 or 5 fridges, washing machines etc. On the pavement on the left hand side of the road. There were a couple of old mattresses leaning up against the wall on the right hand side. Perhaps the bin men had not collected them, but even so it seems a relatively large number of domestic appliances to have gone wrong at the same time in such a small area of the town. You had to watch where you were walking as there was plenty of dog **** on the ground.
Maybe they've had some flooding round there. Mytholmroyd is like some cooker/fridge/mattress graveyard - hundreds of the bloody things lining the pavements.
Yes, noticed all that you refer to in the street leading to the ground. Prepared us all for the lousy experience of sitting in the cold and rain on that open, primitive, scaffolding supported stand, added to by the half-time experience of paddling in the Gents because of blocked overflowing urinals. Visiting supporters experiences? They don't give a ****. QUOTE=Didcot Red;1804737]Did anyone enlist notice the white goods left on the pavement on th road from the station to the football ground on Saturday I noticed 4 or 5 fridges, washing machines etc. On the pavement on the left hand side of the road. There were a couple of old mattresses leaning up against the wall on the right hand side. Perhaps the bin men had not collected them, but even so it seems a relatively large number of domestic appliances to have gone wrong at the same time in such a small area of the town. You had to watch where you were walking as there was plenty of dog **** on the ground.[/QUOTE]
I would not have thought it was flooding related. The distribution was too random for that. Perhaps the was a domestic appliance virus.
It was ridiculous, never seen anything like it. Can add a three-seater setee to your list too. I quite naively expected Gillingham to be a well looked after middle-class type town, biscuit tin picturesque being what I imagine Kent and the South East to be. But it was really quite a dump, looks to be as neglected by public and private funding as anywhere in the 'grim' north. After a couple of hours shivering on that exposed scaffolding I thought I'm not sure whether I'll be coming to Gillingham to watch the football again. Although I might take a journey down there with the van if the washing machine packs in.
Don't forget the sluggish service at the refreshments stand too. Only two or three people working for a crowd of 400 and one booth closed. There must have been a queue of 50 people still waiting when the 2nd half kicked off.
I remember the dog muck and the freezing rain from last season but the u/s. White goods were new this year. I told the current Mrs Didcot Red that I would not go to Gillingham again between October and March. My mate wanted to go to the Gents at the end. The flooded ones for away fans were closed for obvious reasons. He was directed to the home toilet at the other side of the temporary stand. He commented on how much better they were. The away stand is named after the old ITV commentator Brian Moore.
Yes, I was in the queue at that time. Too cold to leave and needed a coffee to warm me up. Honestly can't remember such terrible facilities in a ground since probably the 1970's. It made the west stand look futuristic. What an absolute dump Gillingham is, having to dodge the random white goods on the pavements after searching for a pub that didn't have half its Windows boarded up. You know it's bad when it makes Barnsley look posh.
That song - x town is a shithole, I want to go home applied to Gillingham. The houses could have been nice with a lick of paint and some work, but the crap outside, the plaster falling off the houses really didn't give it a good look. Then the ***** of a car driver who nearly ran someone over coming out as well... fking ***** edit hmm, fking allowed, but not pri*ck
Was right there when that boy racer came flying down the street, little t**t was giving it large in front of his girlfriend but didn't fancy getting out of his shitty little fiesta though. had the pleasure of calling him a nobhead and watching him squirm in his seat
He deserved the abuse he got. I don't think he was expecting the car coming up the other way though, so he was forced to stop.
An easy mistake to make. I was based down there for six months while I was in the Army and I soon realised it was arguably the biggest dump in the south, it really is grim and rundown. It was back in the mid '90's when I was there but it sounds like nothing has changed.
I didn't hear what she said. Was rather funny when someone lent in though and said to the bloke something like "even your girl friend thinks your a knob head"
That was Ian (Pompey). Yes it was funny but in all seriousness the knob could have killed someone driving as he did.