Your Journey Home

[Maidstone Shrimper]

Looking at the Check In thread it seems everyone enjoyed their journey to Wembley. Just wondered how folk’s journeys home were after all the hot air spouted by the NL etc about capping the attendance. For me it was pretty much what I expected. Not a bundle of laughs but not a nightmare especially considering the result. From joining the back of the queue at Wembley Central it took about 50 minutes to be squeezed on to a Lioness line train to Euston. I don’t recall waiting any less in 2015 to get a train at Wembley Park. The Lioness train was totally rammed but everyone was in amazingly good humour considering the heartache. From Euston it was very civilised to Liverpool Street where Greater Anglia clearly thought they’d done their bit by running 10 coach long trains in the morning and treated us to 5 coaches for the return and keeping the platform number to a secret until the last minute. A couple of false rumours saw some fans getting on to empty platforms then we gambled on an empty train with nothing on the boards. So 3 of us (2 oldies and a very tired young ‘un) got seats, the other three stood to Rayleigh with many others. So it was all as expected. IMHO it would have been pretty much the same with an unrestricted capacity and Wembley Park open. How was it for you?

 

[bazzashrimper]

Took 75 minutes to get out of the car park, but when we were away from there all was fine.

 

[Smiffy]

45 min queue at Wembley Stadium station. Then a 10 min journey to Marylebone. Short walk to Baker St, tube to Tower Hill and C2C back to Southend. Got a seat on all of them. Smooth enough. Home by 9:15pm. They did the best they could under the circumstances.

On another note there was a poor chap on the floor receiving medical attention in the queue for the Marylebone train. Hope he is ok.

 

[Bay Shrimper]

We rented a space on your parking space, a 15 minute walk from Wembley. After match we left in car around 18.30 and got home to Morecambe at 23.00, with a half hour stop for scran on motorway. At that time on a Sunday motorways were relatively clear.

 

[Magnum PI]

Walked to North Wembley and avoided the hideous queues at Central and Stadium. The C2C decided to turn off the aircon so a whole carriage and possibly train sweltered for an hour. Cheers shirt sponsors!! Lots of sad Shrimpers and an inconsolable 11yr old who had to go to school this morning after a week off. Cheers NL… lots to be optimistic about but still feel sick inside

 

[Shrimper83]

45 min queue at Wembley Stadium station. Then a 10 min journey to Marylebone. Short walk to Baker St, tube to Tower Hill and C2C back to Southend. Got a seat on all of them. Smooth enough. They did the best they could under the circumstances.

On another note there was a poor chap on the floor receiving medical attention in the queue for the Marylebone train. Hope he is ok.

Hope he was okay, does anyone know?

 

[Leeboy]

me and my boy hung around Wembley High Rd and got some dinner then it was on the 7.30ish Chiltern back to Marylebone, tube and the 8.23 from Liv St back to Rochford.
But yes you are correct @Maidstone Shrimper - Greater Anglia did their best to frustrate/ anger / annoy us even more by late notice of platform numbers and shorter trains.
Had to stand until Shenfield

 

[Pak Power]

Queued for 1 and a half hours at Wembley central station after that it was ok stayed on Bakerloo line to Embankment then to Tower Hill through to fenchurch street, got home 10;30

 

[LeedsSUFC]

It was all great until London Liverpool Street on the way home. The Greater Anglia train back to Southend yesterday was a horrid squeeze.

Feel for the people trying to get on at Stratford/Romford. They didn't stand a chance getting on.

 

[AustScullyPriorPowell]

Sod the queue at Wembley Central, walked to Kenton Sainsburys for the car!! 3 miles avoiding mattresses and sh it on the paths

 

[Special Blue]

Had to go to popeyes for food at Wembley High St as queues were massive for tube!
After eating and heading for station bumped into the legend Bilel Moshni.
Have met before but great guy and was as gutted as us!

 

[Wingnut]

Walked all the way to sudbury station no not in Suffolk, piccadilly line to kings x Liverpool St brick Lane curry

 

[Uncle_Rons_Teapot]

Home back in Southend for quarter to eight last night after getting out of the paid parking surprisingly quick

 

[shrimper-james]

Queued for about half an hour or so to get into Wembley Stadium station, started off slow but wasn’t too bad once it got going. Then train into Marylebone and over to Baker Street where we were intending to take the tube back to Liverpool Street. However that developed a fault at Kings Cross and we all got turfed off. Ended up going via Holborn and made it to Liverpool Street for the 19:45 c2c service home. Bit of a faff in the end, though not the fault of Wembley or the National League.

 

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

Got home at 12 noon today. Went to work. Knackered.

 

[Streaky]

Understandably we left soon after the match and head to Wembley Central, we walked past an Oldham pub and saw a few Latics fans going into the pub - they must have missed the celebrations- weird, but maybe they just needed a beer!

30 mins at Wembley Central- I did feel for the guy who parked in the corner and had a wall of unhappy shrimpers to look at.

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

Went to Wagamama after clocking the queues at Wembley Central. Had food, walked to Wembley Stadium station which was clear by then, Marylebone - Baker St - Liverpool St - Chalkwell. C2C 90% Shrimpers. Lots of chat about the game in our carriage, very sombre mood.

 

[Whispering Bob]

Walked to Willesden, in a bit of a trance, jumped on a bus to Little Venice. A canal side Tap house (where you could pour your own) cheered us up (just a tad). Short walk to Paddington and Lizzie Line back home.

 

[Thundersley Blue]

Always planned to walk to Sudbury Town station. Took about 40 minutes, then train to Holborn with a change to Central Line for Liverpool Street. Managed a seat all the way on both trains. Arrived at Liverpool Street at around 7.50pm. In plenty of time for the 8.30pm Norwich Train. Arrived in Stowmarket at 9.50pm. Mrs dutifully waiting to take me home.

 

[Fozzie]

Had to leave pretty sharpish after the whistle. Got on a train just after 6pm to Beaconsfield. Sat with a couple of Oldham fans. Decent blokes. Got to the car at from a car park in Beaconsfield. Drove to Beaconsfield services and spent and hour getting some food in the Hope and Champion Wetherspoons there. Got home in Leamington just before 9pm. Was an impressive convoy of Oldham fan filled coaches all heading up the M40