Leaving Early

[GTFCfish]

Because the streets of Cleethorpes are choc-a-bloc with that football traffic.....

They really are Llamas, nightmare getting out especially if your cars facing towards Cleethorpes as you have to wait for all the cars going the other way and it gets gridlocked. I always Park 5 or 6 streets away now so it's a bit longer walk to the car but still get out much quicker.

 

[GTFCfish]

You never saw America's sweethearts (Clooney/Zeta-Jones) lasted about half an hour.

My question is, what the fuck made you go to that in the first place?!

 

[Railway Blue]

I think I've left early once, if you count leaving in stoppage time "early". It was at home to Yeovil late in 2002/03 season, they were going for the title and we were hanging onto the play-offs by our finger tips. Deservedly 2-0 up in the first half and missing a penalty that would have given us an unassailable half time lead, we utterly capitulated in the second half, culminating with their striker completing his hattrick with the winner in the aforementioned stoppage time and giving us all the finger for the abuse he'd received earlier. This ended our slim play-off chances, a year after a second humiliating and shambolic relegation from the Football League. It was all too much I'm afraid and I stormed down the terraces towards the pitch to loudly remind our players what useless fucking bastards they were, before marching out and never looking back. Checking the scores when I got home I was mildly disappointed to note that we'd still lost, regardless of my rant. And yes, I snook back in at the next home match to take up my usual spot and readied myself for further humiliation and despair. There is a cure for this, right?

Afraid not!

 

[Mark kavanagh]

Only once. Five nil down at derby at ht

 

[Back in the DHSS]

Only once. Five nil down at derby at ht

I think i might of beat you to the exit, if its the same game i'm thinking of. Mid 90's and we beat Bolton on Easter bank holiday. Nailed on favourites for automatic promotion to the premier league, but then a spectacular collapse ensues and we pick up 2 points from the last 5 games to finish 5th.

 

[RLC]

I think i might of beat you to the exit, if its the same game i'm thinking of. Mid 90's and we beat Bolton on Easter bank holiday. Nailed on favourites for automatic promotion to the premier league, but then a spectacular collapse ensues and we pick up 2 points from the last 5 games to finish 5th.

We lost 5-1 at West Brom the week before as well, the wheels well and truly coming off. In that sequence I also remember a bizarre defeat at home to Southend, where we absolutely battered them but Simon Royce pulled off save after save.

Sadder still, the 6-2 defeat at the Baseball Ground the following season was Kingy's last game in charge.

 

[Pablosammy]

I think I lied about never leaving early. I remember scarpering at 4-0 down at home to Pompey once. Missed us pulling it back to 2-4 too!

 

[Etienne Vermeer]

I think I lied about never leaving early. I remember scarpering at 4-0 down at home to Pompey once. Missed us pulling it back to 2-4 too!

Similar story, away at Portsmouth rather than at home. 6-0 down with ten minutes left, bounced to catch the earlier train from Fratton back to Waterloo. Finished 6-1.

 

[doveranddover]

Up until a couple of years ago I'd only ever left a competitive Gills game early once (Dover at home in the up, 2-0...shocker) but I've done it loads in the last 18 months or so.

We are shit though.

Never left early from that one myself
but the one i can think of is being 4-0 down at home to Basingstoke in the conference south & buggering off missing their final goal

 

[Laker]

I've never left early - always stayed til the bitter end regardless of how bad we are. It's part of it isn't it? You have the suffer the shit to enjoy the good stuff properly.

 

[JaredSUFC]

I've never left early - always stayed til the bitter end regardless of how bad we are. It's part of it isn't it? You have the suffer the shit to enjoy the good stuff properly.

This. Even when Sutton lost 6-0 to Kingstonian (whatever happened to them?) in an FA Trophy semi-final 2nd leg in 2000 (when the FA Trophy was special, before BELTs and their misplaced delusions were common) and we were stuck in an uncovered away end on a night of constant rain, I refused to leave early if only so I could let the players know how I felt about them.

I have headed to the exit early before, such as at Ebbsfleet in 2014 when we meekly surrendered 3-1 and the only exit open was on the opposite side of the ground from where Sutton fans were watching the 2nd half

 

[BigDaveCUFC]

Don't leave early, but do go to toilet each game with 5 mins left due to having an hour walk home and cur on having a small toilets...... missed Harrogate goal on sat

 

[Mark kavanagh]

I think i might of beat you to the exit, if its the same game i'm thinking of. Mid 90's and we beat Bolton on Easter bank holiday. Nailed on favourites for automatic promotion to the premier league, but then a spectacular collapse ensues and we pick up 2 points from the last 5 games to finish 5th.

Thats the game mate yes.

That sauffend game i seem to remember nixon unexplainably blasting the ball against mcgreal for an og when he had all the time in the world

 

[NolansOrient]

Pretty sure I’m the undisputed king of this. I’ve missed 11 Orient goals by leaving early. In two games.

Staines??

 

[E10rifle]

Staines??

Leyton Orient 0-3 Gillingham
Leyton Orient 0-2 Droylesden

Happy days.

 

[DontBringBertie]

I've never left early - always stayed til the bitter end regardless of how bad we are. It's part of it isn't it? You have the suffer the shit to enjoy the good stuff properly.

I would say being there for 85mins of a 0-5 dicking would qualify as 'suffering'.

 

[joethegill]

Leyton Orient 0-3 Gillingham

Can you not bring that up please.

Cheers.

 

[The Terminator]

Can you not bring that up please.

Cheers.

I Still can't believe we got a draw out of that even to this day.

 

[E10rifle]

I Still can't believe we got a draw out of that even to this day.

Matt Jarvis absolutely ripped us to shreds that day. By far and away the second best performance I’d seen from a visiting player at Brisbane Road (just trailing Cyrille Regis in ‘95-ish).

And then our left back scored a hat-trick.

 

[SomeMightShay]

My question is, what the fuck made you go to that in the first place?!

Was the girlfriends turn to choose. I got to pick the next three after that. Funnily enough she was the first one to suggest we leave.

 

[SomeMightShay]

Think it s ok for Stoke City fans to leave now. 7-2 down with 10 mins remaining

 

[GFCSludge]

Only left a game early once, after 44mins away at Shrewsbury when 4-0 down. The missus was shopping in Shrewsbury while I was at the game and I'd arranged to meet her back at the car at 5pm. Thought I'd win a few brownie points and meet up with her earlier as Gills were getting smashed, except she'd cleverly let her phone run out of battery so I couldn't get hold of her.

Ended up sitting in my car at the park and ride near the ground, listening on the radio to a game I'd paid to be at and then left as goals 5, 6 and 7 went in. Missus eventually turns up closer to 6pm, utterly oblivious of the scoreline, "Did you have a nice game?"....No. No I did not.

 

[Reremnart]

I well remember that game against Southend. Middlesbrough were our biggest challengers to win the division and the FA appoint Jeff Winter ( born in Middlesbrough and former Middlesbrough ST holder) to referee this particular vital end of season game. Well surprise surprise he gave Southend a whole stream of strange decisions throughout the game, including if I am not mistaken a very dodgy penalty. Now I am not making allegations here. Heaven forbid as the same Jeff Winter was in charge at our famous 3-0 win at Goodison but....well..... ehhhhh.
And yeah I also walked out at Derby at half time as well, which by the way I think was Easter Monday with the Bolton game being on Good Friday.