Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
One of the first away games my Dad took me to was Oxford in 1969 (what a trek it was to the ground from the station) tt must have been. It was the last time I can remember him going by train as he was upset at the fairly mild hooliganism on the journey home - I was to see a lot worse on one or two trains I caught to away games after that. That was the surprising thing, I assumed my father would say that was it as far as travelling to away games by train was concerned, but he didn't and, helped greatly by the fact that he could get me cheaper tickets as a British Rail employee, I went to plenty more games by train in the following years. However, once I passed my driving test in 1974, I preferred to drive to away games and I honestly can't remember the last time I travelled to an away game by train now - it must be more than forty years.
I'm pretty sure that Jimmy Scoular and the team were on that train coming back from Oxford - train was the usual method by which teams travelled to away games back then. The first domestic game I can remember City flying to flying must have been Sunderland or Middlesbrough in 70/71 I think it was (quite a fuss was made in the local media I seem to recall, because it was such a "big time" thing to do).