'Let Reds fans get home' plea

<div class="ds-firstpara" id="ds-firstpara">http://www.thestar.co.uk/barnsley/39Let-Reds-fans-get-home39.3932839.jp </div><div class="ds-firstpara" id="ds-firstpara"></div><div class="ds-firstpara" id="ds-firstpara">THE chairman of Barnsley FC Supporters' Club has made a direct appeal to trade unions to ensure Reds fans are not left stranded after Sunday's FA Cup semi-final clash at Wembley.</div> Barnsley fans could be caught up in travel chaos if a planned series of strikes by London Underground workers starts as scheduled at 6.30pm on Sunday.

Barnsley play Cardiff City on Sunday and, with a 4pm kick-off, the Tube strike could seriously hinder fans' attempts to get home after the match.

Alan Bloore, supporters' club chairman, has written directly to trade union bosses stressing Barnsley's industrial heritage and historic trades union loyalties.

He has appealed directly to the unions to show solidarity with the Barnsley fans and asked that, if the strike is not averted by talks scheduled over the coming days, the unions at least delay the start of their industrial action by several hours so Reds fans can get from the new Wembley Stadium to railway stations.

&quot;If the strike goes ahead at 6.30pm on Sunday it could create confusion and chaos after the match,&quot; he said today.

&quot;If they have to strike I have asked that they at least delay the start for several hours to allow Barnsley supporters to get away from Wembley.

&quot;Barnsley has a long and proud trades union loyalty, but it would be stretching that loyalty should the unions ignore our plea and leave our fans stranded.&quot;

Alan has also contacted the FA and asked, if the Tube strike does go ahead, that the FA provide coaches to take fans travelling by train away from Wembley.

Up to 7,500 members of the Rail Maritime and Transport Union and the Transport Salaried Staffs Association could strike from 6.30pm on Sunday evening until 6.30pm the following Wednesday unless a row over a series of safety-related issues is resolved.

The unions have warned plans for ticket office closures, de-staffing, lone working and the introduction of &quot;mobile supervisors&quot; amounted to an attack on safety standards.

London Underground said the issue had nothing to do with safety and stressed not a single job was at risk.

 

Credit to the guy for at least trying nt

 

I'm going to be parking at Stanmore and am absoultley buggerd if this strike goes ahead

How long would it take to walk from wembley to stanmore?

 

Why don't you travel an extra 2 or 3 miles to Watford?

Get the train.

 

Enhanced timetable from Marylebone to Wembley (9mins) might help..

http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/downloads/18556.2/sunday-6-april:-birmingham/stratford-to-london-marylebone-via-high-wycombe-and-wembley-stadium.pdf

 

RE: Why don't you travel an extra 2 or 3 miles to Watford?

or harrow -take train from harrow and Weildstone station not Harrow. tubes on strike not trains.

 

RE: Why don't you travel an extra 2 or 3 miles to Watford?

Whats the parking like at Watford mate?

 

I'm parking up at Bushey which is near Watford and is train service not tube, so shouldn't be any problems after game

 

It's about five miles, so depends how fast you walk...

 

Or Kilburn

Loads of free street parking round the back of Kilburn High Rd station. SilverLink trains to Wembley take 16 mins. Handy for getting back to M1 when you're done.

 

There was a report on here or the official site earlier in the week saying that there would be very little disruption on Sunday because all underground staff would be finishing their shifts even if this was after 6.30. This was ofcourse after the one that said the disruption would start early afternoon with all trains having to get back to their home depots before 6.30!!!!