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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Atmosphere at Home Games
« on: April 14, 2024, 11:14:09 AM »
I use the trains for home matches and it would be great if the club could liase with West Midland Trains to check out the feasibility of putting an additional service on after the matches, so starting from The Hawthorns station, something they (the train company) have done in the past at various times, particularly after the midweek home matches where anyone traveling in the Stourbridge / Kidderminster direction knows if you don't get the first one out in midweek you're lumbered with a long wait, one of the contributing reasons to supporters leaving the stadium early, something particularly noticeable for any midweek fixtures, and clearly so many fans leaving early doesn't help the atmosphere in the stadium.
In the Birmingham direction there is the tram option, so supporters travelling to the city centre have two options but the majority of the Albion support does tend to use the other direction, hence the far larger queues.
Just one additional train, in addition to the normal services, would greatly ease the issues and it's not clear why the train company appear unable to do this for our Home matches when they have done it at various times in the past and something they did after the Wolves Cup match.
I do also personally feel the club should consider amending the KO times to midweek matches to 7.45pm, even on an experimental basis for maybe half a season.
In the Birmingham direction there is the tram option, so supporters travelling to the city centre have two options but the majority of the Albion support does tend to use the other direction, hence the far larger queues.
Just one additional train, in addition to the normal services, would greatly ease the issues and it's not clear why the train company appear unable to do this for our Home matches when they have done it at various times in the past and something they did after the Wolves Cup match.
I do also personally feel the club should consider amending the KO times to midweek matches to 7.45pm, even on an experimental basis for maybe half a season.