Torquay United Fans Forum

Good to see you all, great away support and superb atmosphere yesterday (though missed the first half due to serving beer)

The pitch situation was a bit of a mystery and we are still not sure what happened to it.

We have two bars. One outside the ground and one in the ground. Sometimes the inside bar is used for weddings or as in the case last week, a party for a large number of horny middle aged women. If the inside bar is closed we will make alternative arrangements outdoors.

I will find out if that is the case later in the week and let you know. Pubs are a bit sparse but Ganley's Irish Bar in Morden is a decent boozer.

Thanks tomo

All taken in the spirit I am sure it was intended merse btpir my Avian friend

Anyway, good news for you. Our game will be at Tooting and we will be returning on the 26th December (or on the 15th depending on cup results)

So:

Parking: we have a large car park but it will get full

Rail: Mitcham Junction then change for one stop on the tram link
East or West Croydon: Get Tramlink to Mitcham Junction (about half an hour)
Wimbledon: Get Tramlink five or six stops to Mitcham Tram Stop. Turn left and walk five mins
Tube: Morden - Get 201 bus from Morden Station to Mitcham Tram Stop (about 15 mins)

Pubs: Ganleys (Opposite Morden Station) Big old stylie Irish boozer with about 15 screen of sport and good food
Sports bar (just outside the stadium) Great for a drink before you go in. decent bar prices. We have an inside bar as well but this is sometimes out of order due to wedding receptions etc so if that is the case we will be providing an alternate bar.

We also have a creche upstairs for the Torquay wayward yoof, don't make us use it!

It does not appear to be segregated.

Club statement here. sensible decision
http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/dulwichha ... 22IvNYN47E

Southampton Gull wrote: ↑22 Nov 2018, 14:16 Welcome to the Happy Forum and many thanks for that great and most helpful response

You are welcome my friend

Afternoon, Dulwich fan in peace here:

The club have said that a return to Champion Hill (or not) will be announced before the end of the week. Around 80 volunteers turned up at the club a couple of weekends ago and did a huge amount of work to get the stadium ready for our return. I think it just hinges on a few things that need putting into place now. The pitch did not look too bad considering as we have an awesome groundsman. His turf is grown exactly 1000m above sea level which is then transported to Champion Hill.

Anyway, to the bloke who has a fear of rocking horses (yep it is actually a thing - I have just googled it) I have been going to CH regularly for several years and I have yet to encounter a child armed with a rocking horse. I cannot guarantee some children will not be brandishing colouring books as some sneak through the bag searches for such offensive items.

For those who like blokes with mohicans, we cannot guarantee that our resident fan with a mohican will be there (as he is actually a Maidstone fan and comes and watches us when the Stones are not playing). We also cannot guarantee any blokes with Top Hats since the Jacob Rees Mogg appreciation firm stopped attending after we held a Trade Union day. I have never seen a top hat at Champion Hill since.

You may encounter many wives and kids. They tend to spend their cash with us, and help to fund the playing budget. Eight years ago when we had a wife and kids ban in place, we were getting about 2-300 at games, since the wife and kids ban was lifted (and before we went into exile) we were averaging 1,500 with many of the wives and kids finding activities to entertain themselves with, without the need to employ clowns and such.

On to Hipsters, you might find a few blokes with beards but if you are coming to a game to look for hardcore hipsters you will be sorely disappointed as an actual hipster would not be seen dead at a club as popular as Dulwich Hamlet, preferring to support obscure clubs that no one has ever heard of. Most of them shipped out when the Guardian outed them.

Wives and kids do not materialise so much on weekday matches because some of the kids tend to go to school in the mornings but be warned, some wives come to midweek matches and leave the husband at home with the kids so there may be wives there.

We have a fair few tall fans and because our terracing is not the best, we have asked them all to be shorter this season. If you are a shortarse (like me) and find yourself behind a tall fan, feel free to find a child with a rocking horse to stand on.

Anyway, enough of the above:

If the game is at Dulwich:

Parking: There is a Big Sainsbury's next door. The maximum stay time was three hours before we were exiled so it is possible this has changed since so check the signs on the way in.

Rail: East Dulwich Station five mins walk - Denmark Hill - ten mins walk

Pubs: The East Dulwich Tavern and the Bishop - both are five mins walk from East Dulwich Station. The Fox on the Hill is a Wetherspoons adjacent to Denmark Hill station. Also our club bar will be in action and an outside bar which will be selling cans. I guess this all depends on the segregation situation which as far as I know has not been decided yet. If it is segregated I suspect the can bar will cater for the away fans.

As the club will be running the match day now (as opposed to the owners) it is going to be a bit of a learning curve so do bear with us volunteers as it is likely to be a big crowd - ie get there early - and we will have our work cut out trying to stem the flow of rocking horses being smuggled into the ground as well as providing a great match day for everyone.

Look forward to meeting you all!