So that’s the travel organised for another home game. Forty five good Caps and true on the 11.00am from Liverpool Street, and back on the later trains in various states of inebriation. I’m looking forward to meeting our first time traveller, who shall be nameless, after the booking problems we had earlier in the week. He seems like a good guy from the mails we have exchanged.
We’re going to be ticketless on the journey, thanks to the Royal Mail and the Unions, so I have had to queue up at Liverpool Street to get a permit to travel for a huge bunch of us. This procedure to get the bookings and permit was painful, taking me over half an hour. The promised fax of our booking had not arrived, or did arrive at the wrong fax machine, and despite the best efforts of Tracey, the girl in window No 6 at Liverpool St, we had to contact the Newcastle office by phone to get them to help. After pressing the buttons on my phone, I was politely informed that the office was closed and I would have try tomorrow. Aaaarrrgh! A quick email on the move and Jai from National Express Newcastle was on the phone, and we had the two departments talking to each other, but via me. Whenever I deal with National Express I’ve always found the staff very helpful, but they do struggle as the company as a whole doesn’t seem very organised.
Now all we have to do negotiate the barriers at Liverpool Street and Norwich with one ticket for 45 people. Easy.
On Saturday, although the main business of the day will be at Carrow Road, my thoughts will be at Aylesbury where Wealdstone will be attempting to get into the first round proper of the FA Cup for the first time in years and years. If I could pull two balls out of the bag on Sunday at 1.00pm it would be Norwich vs Wealdstone, assuming they are successful. All I can do is hope, but it would be a good chance to progress for City and a decent pay day for the Stones.
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