I don't know if this sbject as been up before, but could anyone tell me the exact date Pools took the LEAGUE LINER to Swansea. I think it was the winter of 75/76 but not 100% srure. The question as been coming up a lot lately and because I was on it everyone seems to think i'll know. I do know pooliekev was on it, he got turffed off at Cardif with me.

March 75

For the benefit of those born in the 80's...

Whats the league liner?

train (football special) which all got stopped early 80's due to just about every train getting wrecked!!!

Was a train ran by football league,state of the art at time,disco etc.

Swansea train bricked as it left swansea
fighting at cardiff with rugby fans returning from home nations match
series of mechanical faults saw poolies get back in early hours of morning

pools one of first clubs to use it

Ronaldo is rite thats why me and poolie kev got turffed, due to rugby fans calling us English bast...s

wish they still did thease

You wouldn't if you were around in those days Tom. There was nothing but chew surrounding the LL. Remember this was the heyday of football violence and wherever the train stopped the local mob was there to meet it. It got more bricks chucked at it than the great wall of China.

the last time I can remember one of these was Darlo away early part of 84/85 season. Pools won 1-0 - guess what got chucked at the train as it pulled out of Darlo station??

Then tell them what happened!!

In fact tell 'em about the whole day!!

Remember the dico broke down or it never worked.
and much of the day was mayhem.

nearly as bad as the wimbledon away trip. eh frank.

we did sneek back on after 30mins, but I can't go into detail what happened on the train later, you'll av to ask the girls. Anyway I av only had one answer about the date

i hate football violance this would of been a great idea if it wasnt for them

ive seen football factory and its pathertic and i will not watch greenstreet purely because i dont want to see a hobit in a fight

wimbledon was a good day out kev, till those chelsea fans relised our blue and white didn't say chelsea.

i rember pulling into cardif station on the way there one platform full of welsh rugby fans ,the other full of irish and a train with 700 poolie,s stoping in the middle,,,oh thoose where the days

OUTRAGES SIR.

And where was the bus parked?

big ben

Jockthemonkey was either there or it was a good guess

i was allways there

jock was there and the bus was parked at tower bridge. We parked there, because the driver said the law said we had to. When we got to the ground the bobby said, why would we say that when there is room for 50 buses

One of you must be mistaken because Big Ben is nowhere near Tower Bridge

Tower bridge is a central parking area for west and south london. Lad's parked there for the recent Milwall game. Big Ben for the tourists. Jock doesn't remember where London is. Been away 25 years

So was the bus at Big Ben or Tower Bridge, I think Big Ben is a better guess than yours

by the time the day was over who give a fook where the bus was as long as it was near a pub ,,,,,those where the days,,,

Now now mr Jockthemonkey temper temper, I'm only trying to establish whether you where there or not, it sounds as though if both you and mr frankiedoyourememberme were there then only one of you got the bus back
Mr Mouldy old dough will probably enlighten you.

i am just stating the priorities first the pub then the match then the pub again,,,those where the days,,,

i may have been away a long time but i still know the differance of big ben and tower bridge my euro,s are on big ben

All your Euros are in the pub by the sound of you.

All i can remember is that the bus parked next to the thames and the driver tried to leave us in little eton near nottingham on the way back but the muskers made him bring the bus back.
Frankie and Jock again i'm affraid.

Mr Jockthemonkey and Mr Frankiedouremember me sound like a right couple of undesirables and I think it's a good job someone like Mr Mouldy old dough was around back in the day to look after them

You are right sir they were the Butch and Sundance of there day.
Scally's.

Which ones Butch ? sounds like Mr Jock the Monkey was the butch one amongst this gruesome twosome.
Mr frankiedourememberme sounds as though he's only here for the beer and he gets his kicks damping down

It was Long Eaton in Leics, Mouldy old dough. (Who's got the memory then)

how do you remember after all that drink or are you been fed this info

so what was the date of the league liner when you visited the beautiful country boyho think i can remember mouldyolddough coming out the station getting a reading on the riccter scale

Iv'e lost alot of weight since then i'm only 22 clem now.

i think francis and myself have been harshly portrayed in some of theese posts,,,,,i was thinking more like the chuckle brothers,,,or was that only when mouldy was keeping us under controll

That's why Jock bailed out to holland barred from everywhere.