| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? 15:07 - Oct 29 with 2012 views | MaySixth |
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| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 17:31 - Oct 29 with 1889 views | benrhyddingblue |
I did from around 1990 onwards after I moved from Uni in Newcastle to London - not sure exactly when. But remember we had discounted tickets that we picked up from one person (name escapes me) at whichever London station it was. I may have that completely wrong as it’s a long time ago and my memory isn’t what it was |  | | |
| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 18:31 - Oct 29 with 1818 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 17:31 - Oct 29 by benrhyddingblue |
I did from around 1990 onwards after I moved from Uni in Newcastle to London - not sure exactly when. But remember we had discounted tickets that we picked up from one person (name escapes me) at whichever London station it was. I may have that completely wrong as it’s a long time ago and my memory isn’t what it was |
I seem to remember all the branches had priority access to tickets.
Guy who lived a few doors down who took me to away games until I was old enough to go on my own was chairman of one of the branches, so in the 1992 run-in, I’d put an order in on behalf of me and my mates and he’d sort it, got tickets for all the run in with no problem whatsoever.
I think I was ordering 10+ at a time by the time the Oxford game came around. |  |
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| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 20:00 - Oct 29 with 1741 views | benrhyddingblue |
| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 18:31 - Oct 29 by ITFC_Forever |
I seem to remember all the branches had priority access to tickets.
Guy who lived a few doors down who took me to away games until I was old enough to go on my own was chairman of one of the branches, so in the 1992 run-in, I’d put an order in on behalf of me and my mates and he’d sort it, got tickets for all the run in with no problem whatsoever.
I think I was ordering 10+ at a time by the time the Oxford game came around. |
Sorry I meant train tickets. Have no recollection of how I got match tickets | | | |
| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 20:13 - Oct 29 with 1711 views | andytown |
| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 20:00 - Oct 29 by benrhyddingblue |
Sorry I meant train tickets. Have no recollection of how I got match tickets |
Remember getting discounted train tickets from London to Bristol in April 1992.
As for match tickets, was the great days of just rocking up and paying to stand, even though we were about to win the division. | | | |
| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 22:15 - Oct 29 with 1584 views | Jamiebed |
Simon Dennis ran the travel, distributed tickets. Paul Browes and I Co-Chairs of London Branch, survived a vote of no-confidence. Hilarious newsletters. Glory days. | |
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| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 04:16 - Oct 30 with 1460 views | ITFC_History |
| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 22:15 - Oct 29 by Jamiebed |
Simon Dennis ran the travel, distributed tickets. Paul Browes and I Co-Chairs of London Branch, survived a vote of no-confidence. Hilarious newsletters. Glory days. |
Suffolk Punch
Still got most of mine in the hoarding cupboard going back from the early 80s right up the late 80s
Tony Moyse, Terry Holden, Phil Loy were some of the names I remember |  | | |
| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 10:18 - Oct 30 with 1264 views | Uncle_Bulgaria |
Yes, my cousin & I were regulars in the late 80s / early 90s. Still see some familiar faces at away games these days but they were great times - discounted rail travel, fairly small group of people, newsletters. TWTD indeed |  | | |
| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 16:20 - Oct 30 with 1147 views | Radlett_blue |
| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 04:16 - Oct 30 by ITFC_History |
Suffolk Punch
Still got most of mine in the hoarding cupboard going back from the early 80s right up the late 80s
Tony Moyse, Terry Holden, Phil Loy were some of the names I remember |
I still see Phil Loy occasionally; he goes to the odd Town game but being a part timer is much harder these days.He used to run the London Branch darts team when I played for it in the late 1980s. He occasionally used tom post here as "Kindston Blue".
I think Terry Holden moved back to Ipswich years ago & when I last saw him, he was still a season ticket holder.
I have seen Tony Moyse, but not for a few years.
Simon Dennis emigrated to Spain many years ago & was last seen teaching in Zaragoza.
Yes, in the "old days", the main point of the ITFC London Branch was the availability of cheap group train travel in the old BR days, but you had to travel as a group & be on the same train. A good number of regulars used to follow Town that way.
I did play for the Town football team on Sundays in the delightfully named APFSCIL league in the late 1980s. I can tell you what the acronym means if anyone is interested. We used to play 5 a side on a midweek evening under the Westway & as I lived near Westbourne Grove, I took over running these sessions from John Gibson, who does still get to games from time to time. |  |
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| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 17:02 - Oct 30 with 1105 views | MaySixth |
| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 17:31 - Oct 29 by benrhyddingblue |
I did from around 1990 onwards after I moved from Uni in Newcastle to London - not sure exactly when. But remember we had discounted tickets that we picked up from one person (name escapes me) at whichever London station it was. I may have that completely wrong as it’s a long time ago and my memory isn’t what it was |
Simon Dennis! [Post edited 30 Oct 2024 17:05]
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| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 17:02 - Oct 30 with 1103 views | MaySixth |
| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 22:15 - Oct 29 by Jamiebed |
Simon Dennis ran the travel, distributed tickets. Paul Browes and I Co-Chairs of London Branch, survived a vote of no-confidence. Hilarious newsletters. Glory days. |
Used to love those newsletters - hand typed? | |
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| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 17:04 - Oct 30 with 1096 views | MaySixth |
| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 10:18 - Oct 30 by Uncle_Bulgaria |
Yes, my cousin & I were regulars in the late 80s / early 90s. Still see some familiar faces at away games these days but they were great times - discounted rail travel, fairly small group of people, newsletters. TWTD indeed |
They were great days indeed.
I remember Hull away one year - think we got all the way to Hull Station only to see the game was called off via a handwritten notice.
Another crate of cider was bought and consumed on the way home. | |
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| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 18:13 - Oct 30 with 1019 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Anyone else travel with the London Branch - circa 1987-1992? on 17:04 - Oct 30 by MaySixth |
They were great days indeed.
I remember Hull away one year - think we got all the way to Hull Station only to see the game was called off via a handwritten notice.
Another crate of cider was bought and consumed on the way home. |
1989? | |
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