At the height of my disenchantment this season, following the defeat at home to Forest in January, I booked a holiday clashing with the home games against Doncaster and Watford. They'll be the first competetive home games I've missed since we lost 3-1 at home to Grimsby in November 1996 (David Whyte for us, a certain Clive Mendonca with 2 for Grimsby). Anyone else got any long runs in progress or acheived a similar stretch in the past?
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I've done a stretch, but that's another story :-)
Cheers mate. Been to some shocking games during the last 12 and a half years just for the sake of not missing one. Glad it's coming to an end in some ways - means I won't feel obliged to go to pointless Johnstones Paint Trophy games next season!
Last missed a home game in mid 90's due to a wedding in Australia that I went to. All holidays are planned around games and usually go away Sun to Sun so that I don't miss a home game.
Almost going to miss this coming Tuesday as work wanted me to go to Madrid to do some training but i have passified them by saying I will do it as an online demo - phew!!
How you have managed to avoid holidays, illness, weddings etc over that period is incredible.
I always miss 1 or 2 a season through things i can't avoid.
Sister In Law decided to get married ona home game silly cow
But this is the first season i've been back in the UK and back in the south of 7 or so years, hence only season haven't missed a home game.
Nightmare.
How you have managed to avoid holidays, illness, weddings etc over that period is incredible.
I always miss 1 or 2 a season through things i can't avoid.[/quote]
Usually go on holiday during international breaks. Last season I paid extra to go in June rather than May in order to avoid clashing with the play-offs and then watched in disgust as we plummeted down the table. I've been to plenty of games whilst riddled with colds and man flu and seriously questioned my own sanity. Been very lucky with weddings generally although seem to remember having to explain to someone that I wouldn't be able to attend the happiest day of their life as we were at home to Oxford United. Not heard from him for a while, can't imagine why...
Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich, Bristol City and Derby County.
That's the trouble with women, so bloody inconsiderate.
this run included a vast number of costly and time consuming trips to and from uni when i lived in birmingham, often involving hiding from my dad at the game cos i didnt want him to b*llock me for wasting 50 odd quid traipsing down for some insignificant midweek game. most annoying was the arduous early hours train journey back from euston after being 2nil up in the league cup at home to blackburn only to lose 3-2, only days after achieving the same feat in a league game with spurs.
most amusing was when my somewhat unreliable old metro broke down at 10.30pm in the BP petrol station on the woolwich road after a 2nil midweek win over spurs. i had no AA cover, couldnt get back to birmingham and couldnt go home cos i hadnt told my dad id come back for the game. This lead to a bizarre night spent attempting to have a kip in the bloody car and also enlisting the assistance of some passing coppers who pushed the car around the forecourt in a failed bid to get it going.
The recent demise of my relationship combined with our pitiful form has quite frankly lead me to question what the f*ck ive been doing for the last 8 years!Unfortunately though, I have no likely excuse to miss a game on the horizon. Oh and needless to say, the metro was scrapped some time ago with not a great deal of regret.
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its exactly what i thought B, strange eh!!