| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 10:31 - Mar 12 with 1245 views | Miaow |
He could have had a shorter trip and gone to Brackley Town...
Reminds me of when those Liverpool fans went to Ghent instead of Genk. |  |
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| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 10:32 - Mar 12 with 1236 views | MedwayTractor |
Sat nav cabbie takes Earl Spencer’s daughter to wrong Stamford Bridge
David Sanderson
Friday April 04 2008, 1.00am, The Times
One venue was hosting the clash of London’s football titans while the other was a sleepy Yorkshire village that hosted a famous battle more than 900 years earlier.
Unfortunately for Earl Spencer’s teenage daughter, who had been keen to see the Easter Sunday clash between Chelsea and their arch-rivals Arsenal, her taxi driver’s sat-nav system did not know the difference.
The Earl’s daughter and a friend had been picked up from the family pile in Althorp, near Northampton, with plenty of time to spare for the 85-mile trip to Stamford Bridge in West London.
However, as Didier Drogba was inspiring the Blues to a 2-1 victory, the friends were wondering what they were doing in the village of Stamford Bridge, eight miles outside York and 230 miles away from Chelsea.
One villager said that the girls may have been able to take in some sporting action on their unintended visit. “We do have a village football team,” Bryan Lawson said. “But it is not quite up to the standard of Chelsea.” |  |
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| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 10:47 - Mar 12 with 1195 views | _CliveBaker_ |
Not as a supporter but I have when I was playing. I went to Woking instead of Welling once. Twigged as soon as I pulled in the car park. Luckily traffic was kind and managed to get over to Welling but I was quite late and got fined. |  | | |
| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 11:08 - Mar 12 with 1141 views | Blue_badge |
When I was a student in Bristol, 1970's and before satnavs and maps on phones, I went to watch Bristol Rovers play. Arrived in roughly the right area via bus, followed the scarves and paid to go in. Only then did I notice the goal posts and so ended up watching Bristol play rugby... |  | | |
| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 11:15 - Mar 12 with 1108 views | Churchman |
No I haven’t, but turning up in the wrong place whether sport, work, leisure or anything else has always been a dread. |  | | |
| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 11:52 - Mar 12 with 1000 views | thorpedo |
Snooker player once had to forfeit a match after driving himself to Barnsley in Gloucester, not the Barnsley in Yorkshire where the event was being held!.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sn |  |
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| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 12:08 - Mar 12 with 957 views | Illinoisblue |
I don’t for one second believe that story is true. |  |
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| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 12:15 - Mar 12 with 943 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 12:08 - Mar 12 by Illinoisblue |
I don’t for one second believe that story is true. |
I was going to say. It seems literally impossible that it could happen.
Think I read as well that Barca fans had to pick their tickets up from the city as well.
Seems way too stupid to be true. |  |
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| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 12:20 - Mar 12 with 919 views | baxterbasics |
I once was walking through Colchester and someone pulled up asking if I knew the directions to their stadium. It was the very year they had just the new one built, but I forgot all about that and directed them to Layer Road.
Am sure they got there in the end, it's not quite the diversion of in the OP. |  |
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| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 12:28 - Mar 12 with 878 views | Basuco |
Not the same, but in the early days of Sky moving start times and before social media, a friend of a friend was have a very busy time at work and was rushing to a game to find fans leaving, it had moved to 12:30 kick-off. |  | | |
| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 12:45 - Mar 12 with 825 views | norfsufblue |
Wasnt there a occasion when some Town fans mistakenly went to a Leicester Tigers game instead of Filbert street before they moved?... not a massive error , think it may have been for one of the FA Cup replays with Leeds in 75? [Post edited 12 Mar 12:52]
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| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 12:49 - Mar 12 with 808 views | Illinoisblue |
| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 12:15 - Mar 12 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
I was going to say. It seems literally impossible that it could happen.
Think I read as well that Barca fans had to pick their tickets up from the city as well.
Seems way too stupid to be true. |
The line “he only realised when he got to the ground” made me genuinely LOL. Sounds like he’s a London-based glory hunter anyway so balls to him. | |
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| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 13:57 - Mar 12 with 715 views | Meadowlark |
I once went to the wrong Lord Nelson pub to catch a coach. |  | | |
| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 14:06 - Mar 12 with 690 views | BseaBlue |
At Regent a couple of seasons ago, we had a player that travelled to Felixstowe instead of Folkestone. Easily done...... |  | | |
| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 14:14 - Mar 12 with 644 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Once when I was meant to go to Wolves to photograph a game and accidentally set out for Coventry. Got about 45 minutes away from home before saying to myself in the car, "where the fk are you going?".
Being fair, The Ricoh (as was) is a lot closer to Molinuex than Exeter is to Newcastle. |  |
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| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 14:17 - Mar 12 with 639 views | Alberto_the_frog |
| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 12:45 - Mar 12 by norfsufblue |
Wasnt there a occasion when some Town fans mistakenly went to a Leicester Tigers game instead of Filbert street before they moved?... not a massive error , think it may have been for one of the FA Cup replays with Leeds in 75? [Post edited 12 Mar 12:52]
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I did that much later - probably late nineties or early 2000s. Didn't realise until I bought a programme outside the ground |  |
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| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 15:19 - Mar 12 with 562 views | Juggsy |
Me and a mate back in the 90's in the RAF were based in Stanmore and saw there was a QPR midweek game on so we went to watch it on a spur of the moment. Travelled to Queens Park underground station without even thinking because that made sense. Needless to say we were nowhere near the QPR ground and missed the game.
Wouldn't happen nowadays with phones obviously :p |  | | |
| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 15:36 - Mar 12 with 528 views | bluelagos |
Late 90s was working in Dussledorf and England had a Saturday game vs Sweden. I decided to drive so bunked off early on the Friday afternoon and booted it up to Copenhagen. The map showed a dotted line from Puttengarden to Denmark turned out to a ferry rather than a bridge but I made it late to Copenhagen in the evening ahead of the match just a few miles away in Stockholm over the water.
In the morning I checked the map and realised the short journey was for Gothemburg and that Stockholm was miles away - so had to book a flight to/fro Copenhagen to Stockholm - cost me about £300 - ouch.
Made the match, Ince got sent off, we lost 1-0, England fans rioted and I flew back early Sunday morning and retraced my steps.
If Carlsberg did weekenders this defo wasn't one of theirs. |  |
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| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 15:54 - Mar 12 with 495 views | DJR |
Not quite on all fours, but I remember my parents going to the wrong crematorium because it was nowhere near the place in north west London after which it was named.
Fortunately, they just had time to get to the right place but it involved a mad dash. |  | | |
| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 16:11 - Mar 12 with 470 views | bluelagos |
| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 15:36 - Mar 12 by bluelagos |
Late 90s was working in Dussledorf and England had a Saturday game vs Sweden. I decided to drive so bunked off early on the Friday afternoon and booted it up to Copenhagen. The map showed a dotted line from Puttengarden to Denmark turned out to a ferry rather than a bridge but I made it late to Copenhagen in the evening ahead of the match just a few miles away in Stockholm over the water.
In the morning I checked the map and realised the short journey was for Gothemburg and that Stockholm was miles away - so had to book a flight to/fro Copenhagen to Stockholm - cost me about £300 - ouch.
Made the match, Ince got sent off, we lost 1-0, England fans rioted and I flew back early Sunday morning and retraced my steps.
If Carlsberg did weekenders this defo wasn't one of theirs. |
Another England away was vs Andorra - played in Barcelona - the one when England fans turned on McClaren at HT before we won.
Never seen a game at the Nou Camp so made plans - and was only when in Barcelona when someone pointed out it was at Espanyol stadium - so never did get to see a game at the Nou Camp - and still not managed it - the stadium tour is good but would love to see a big game there.
Sort it out McKenna | |
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| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 18:08 - Mar 12 with 366 views | Stourbridgeblue |
Not personally but I was at Uni in Bradford and lived near Bradford Park Avenue's old ground - would regularly find fans wandering around as they'd seen the floodlights and headed that way. |  |
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| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 18:43 - Mar 12 with 338 views | southnorfolkblue |
I once ended up inside the Leicester tigers ground rather than Filbert Street… |  |
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| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 20:26 - Mar 12 with 239 views | ITFC_Forever |
I know people who have ended up at Crystal Palace athletics stadium, not Selhurst. |  |
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| Any of you lot ever go to the wrong ground? on 21:04 - Mar 12 with 183 views | GlasgowBlue |
Never been to the wrong ground but I went to the wrong crematorium for a funeral about ten years ago. Stood outside for ten minutes, couldn't find my wife or any friends and didn't recognise any other mourners. After a quick call I had to make a 5 mile drive to the right crem. Just made it. |  |
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