Football Specials

[West Acton]

Any of you had pleasure of travelling on them??? What were they like any fun stories

[Gtleighsr3]

Never did a special,but the choo choos were gash enough in the 80s

[cross it Dave]

I did a few on the old slam door days in the 70’s, Coventry, Luton, Ipswich, Norwich comes to mine.

The escorted walk from Coventry train station to Highfield Road was memorable in 76/77, brickes, bottles rained down all the way there and all the way back, halcyon days.

[Fraggy]

Did a few back in the 80s.
Newcastle away in 83 was the most memorable, the train wasn't fit for cattle.
Good craic none the less

[West Acton]

What was so bad about them frags

[Bluehoop]

The worst rolling stock you could imagine, often with no light bulbs, windows and sometimes no proper seats as they got chucked out of the non existent windows

[Fraggy]

That's the one, the engine that could

[CroydonCaptainJack]

Did loads of them. Brilliant laugh. Old Daphne Biggs used to keep everyone in line. Well she certainly tried.

[Bluehoop]

Did loads of them. Brilliant laugh. Old Daphne Biggs used to keep everyone in line. Well she certainly tried.

Absolute legend old Daphne

[72bus]

daphne u never messed with her , she could also be very kind . football specials always had the OB waiting and the escort , half the fun was slipping out of it and getting up to no good

[CroydonCaptainJack]

There was a couple of other QPR officials who were regularly on them as well. Both tall lads, one had a tache. regulation issue sheepskin coats as well.

[loftboy]

Did Liverpool away for the milk cup semi in 86, train got bricked in and out of edgehill, our carriage got shut for safety reasons and had to stand in the old guards van from Crewe until Euston, there were a fair few scousers on the return trip who snuck on due to them missing the last train.