Providing the official Red Devil supporters transport to away games - We are back now taking bookings for coaches for this season which is going to be exciting - come and support your team on the road.

I was in two minds about travelling by coach. As I said to Pat on Saturday I thought it might be a closed shop/bit of a clique. Well I got that totally wrong. Everyone was so friendly and welcoming - and from one of our pubs we visit - Hello Alain. I hope that you have recovered after Saturdays result, disappointing but I suspect that some of your group didn’t know the result due to the amount of shots that were consumed just prior to jumping on the coach. As always it was an absolute pleasure to play host to you all, a more polite and social group would be hard to find anywhere. Please pass our thanks and regards to all members of the group as we enjoyed the day, one of the best we have had in eighteen years! Regards Andy & Donna Cross Keys and another from Supporter Neil Webster - Hi Alain Tony Bish and I really enjoyed yesterday and as you say, you have us hooked now!

Status of away travel

COME AND WATCH THE RED DEVILS BOTH AT HOME AND ON THE ROAD THIS SEASON OUR 12th IN THE EFL. WE ALL TRAVEL UNITED IN SUPPORTING OUR TEAM THE RED DEVILS – THAT IS CRAWLEY OF COURSE – NOT THE OTHER ONE 

NEXT AT HOME – – Monday 19th March – STOCKPORT COUNTY 7.45pm kick off.

NEXT AWAY TRAVEL – TRANMERE ROVERS – SAT 23rd MARCH – DETAILS BELOW – WE HAVE SEATS REMAINING ON THE COACH

For this season, at the moment we are only planning to take the one coach to games which will have 34 seats – seats will be sold on a first come basis and we will have a standby list should we fill the coach. However, if we do fill these coaches we may consider putting on a bigger capacity coaches depending on extra seats required and availability from United Coaches who we are using this season. Coaches will have toilet facilities and the possibility of seat charging points for your mobile devices.

ANOTHER GAME WE CAME FROM A GOAL BEHIND TO WIN TO GIVE SUPPORTERS THE HOPE THAT OUR TEAM COULD STILL MAINTAIN THE PUSH FOR THE PLAY-OFFS AND DUMFOUND ALL THE CRITICS AT THE START OF THE SEASON.

 

What a game on Tuesday evening between two teams wanting to win, full of attacking intent and some outstanding goalkeeping from County keeper Sam Slocombe, who was actually booked in the first half for time wasting.  Both teams had chances to take the lead early on but it was the visitors who took the advantage in the 20th minutes with a soft goal in defending terms, the ball deflecting into the path of the scorer Sam Austin who tapped home. The Red Devils still marched forward and Klaidi Lolos great strike cannoned off the cross bar and away to safety and had a penalty appeal that was ignored by the referee – Corey Addai made a couple of decent saves so Town were only one down at the interval.

The second half saw one of the best displays by a visiting keeper at the Broadfield Stadium, whatever the town players did to try and put the ball in the net, he saved and was not going to be beaten. County did have the ball in the net but was thankfully ruled to be offside. It was a very open game with the hosts constantly on the attack and actually shooting when they had the chance, with 18 minutes to go it looked like one of those games that you dominate so much that you don’t get anything – bit like Morecambe the previous week. Then it all happened with the Red Devils on the attack county player Robinson pulled back Harry Forster and was booked for the second time and was shown the Red Card. Now was the chance they needed, a man advantage and they certainly made it count.

Scott Lindsey had made substitutions which put more impetus going forward and within a few minutes the Town were level from a great bit of passing and movement allowing Lolos to break into the area and fire past the keeper, this time unable to save the shot and the Town were deservedly level on 79 minutes. The Red Devils continued to attack, and in the 84 minute the Red Devils were ahead. Will Wright and Nick Tsaroulla combined to set up Ade Adeyemo to drive a low shot into the corner of the net from the edge of the area giving the keeper no chance of reaching, Red Devils 2 – 1 up and the home support were ecstatic.

This game was so different from matches we have seen, the team continue to attack rather than sit back and invite the visitors to dominate. Slocombe was still making save after save and in all honesty saved County from a real hiding – could have easily been 6. It was a disappointing attendance 2542 considering where the team are – but an evening game always does affect the numbers attending – let’s hope we get considerable more next Monday against Stockport which is the only league game on in the UK.

That’s 3 points and put the Red Devils 2 points outside of the playoff positions with one or two games in hand over the team above them and they still have to play some of the playoff and promotion placed teams – it’s going to be epic and so much better than last season’s dilemma at the other end of the League table.

Our next game is at home next Monday evening against Stockport County a team we played at their stadium earlier in the season and drew 3 – 3 having been 2 – 0 down at half time then winning 3 – 2 going into added time only for them to equalise in the final moments.

AWAY TRAVEL UPDATE

REMAINING LEAGUE MATCHES – THE GOOD NEW IS THAT WE CAN NOW CONFIRM THAT IT IS LIKELY THAT WE WILL BE TAKING COACHES TO ALL THESE REMAINING MATCHES WITH THE NUMBERS BOOKING ON WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN UPDATED. WE WILL PUT ON THE 53 SEATER IF NUMBERS INCREASE BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE TRAVEL TO THE GAMES – BUT WE WILL HAVE TO CONFIRM THESE WITH UNITED IF WE NEED THEM SO PLEASE KEEP BOOKING YOUR SEATS IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY.

League 2 match – TRANMERE ROVERS – Sat 23rd March 2024 with a 3.00pm kick off – 25 booked on.

The coach to Tranmere has been confirmed and it departs the Broadfield Stadium at 7.00am. We have now organised a new buffet stop, this is at the Queens Head, Oswestry just off the A5 and about an hour from Tranmere. Cost of this trip is £40.00 which includes the buffet. The coach will park outside the away turnstiles on Borough Road as previously. Again we will have comfort/coffee stops on the way and again on the way home, at Warwick and then a second short one where we will have a change of drivers due to the hours.

FROM EASTER MONDAY WE HAVE 3 AWAY MATCHES IN 8 DAYS WHICH IS GOING TO BE AN EXPENSIVE TIME FOR EVERYONE. PLEASE BOOK ON AS SOON AS YOU CAN – SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THE COACHES TRAVELLING TO THESE MATCHES.

League 2 match – NEWPORT COUNTY – Monday 1st April 2024 with a 3.00pm kick off. 28 booked on

The coach it departs the Broadfield Stadium at 9.30am and travels to Newport direct with no buffet stop but we will have a comfort/coffee stop at Leigh Delamare services – Cost of this trip is £40.00 – we will also have a comfort/coffee stop on the way home probably at Reading services.

League 2 match – MANSFIELD – Saturday 6th April 2024 with a 3.00pm kick off – 19 booked on

We need to confirm the coach with United by the 28th March. If we run the coach it departs the Broadfield Stadium at 8.00am and travels to Mansfield with a buffet stop at the Cross Keys in Castle Donington, but we will also have a comfort/coffee stop at Watford Gap services – Cost of this trip is £40.00 which includes the buffet – we will also have a comfort/coffee stop on the way home probably at Toddington services.

League 2 match – WREXHAM – Tuesday 9th April 2024 with a 7.45pm kick off – 32 booked on

It will be a there and back on the day, not an overnight trip – cost will be £40.00 and we will depart from the Broadfield Stadium at 1.30pm – we are taking the coach and should we get a few more booking on then we will upgrade to the 53 seater to give a bit of comfort for this long journey. Unfortunately there will be no buffet stop as being an evening game we can’t predict the traffic, should we get a good trip then we may stop for pre-match drinks at a pub around Shrewsbury but we need to find one first – but we have a couple in mind. We will have comfort/coffee stops on both trips at one of the services – locations will depend on traffic conditions.

OUR LAST LEAGUE AWAY GAME OF THE  SEASON AND THE NEAREST

League 2 match – SUTTON UNITED– Saturday 20th April 2024 with a 3.00pm kick off. – 27 booked on

We need to confirm the coach requirements with United by the 13th April. The coach(es) depart from the Broadfield Stadium at 1.00pm – Cost of this trip is £20.00 – please start booking your seats for this match. We have already booked the 53 seater as a start for this game – last season we took three coaches to Swindon and this game is so much closer, we are expecting many more travelling to Sutton and we want to be prepared as much as we can, we don’t want to leave it to the last minute. You are not allocated any particular coach or seat but when boarded you keep to the same coach and seats for the whole trip. As with the cup match at Sutton earlier in the season the coach drops us off at the park entrance in Collingwood Road and will then leave. They will return to the same location after the game.

TO BOOK SEATS ON THE SUPPORTERS COACHES FOR ANY OF THESE MATCHES – PLEASE CONTACT EITHER ALAIN (07771-792346, ALAIN_HARPER@ICLOUD.COM OR PATRICK VIA TWITTER(X) OR FACEBOOK – WE WILL CONFIRM ALL BOOKINGS MADE. TO PAY FOR THE SEATS ON OUR COACHES YOU CAN SEE US IN REDZ BEFORE ANY HOME MATCH OR TRANFER TO OUR BANK ACCOUNT – FOR THE TRANSFER YOU WILL NEED TO SEND A SCREENSHOT OF THE PAYMENT WHEN MADE.

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To book on any of our coaches please contact me either by – Phone 07771 792346 - E mail alain_harper@icloud.com