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The bus for Valencia isn't looking too great at the minute, I reckon it might be a no-go. A fair few people have said they won't be going to it, they'll be starting when the league gets underway so Bolton may be the first outing. It's completely understandable so I wouldn't be too disappointed if we don't get a pre-season run out.

I might be able to sort you something in way of tolls mate, leave it with me. I'm with you on the second part though, I'd rather pay the £5.40. Do tell. I pay £5.40 a day just to get across to work, so if you know where I can get some free tickets I'm all ears A mate of mine used to be able to get them off his Dad as he had been doing work on the bridge. I'll see if he still gets them. If he can, should be able to sort you out with some, not sure on how many though. Just spoken to him, he reckons he will be able to sort me out with some for you.

Bolton (23rd Aug): Victoria Dock, Hull Ash Graham Josh Humber Bridge Rey Mysterio x2 Fatwax Gaz Ferrybridge Service Station Nufc4Life x2 Sovereign Street, Leeds Disco Des SpinS Deadline to let me know for this game is Wednesday 6th August.

This could prove to be a little early yet as there's a chance it could be moved, but fingers crossed it will remain on the Saturday... Can you please let me know how many people are in your party and which pick up point you want to be picked up from too. Bolton - Saturday 23rd August 2008 Who's in?

No problem. That reminds me...

I might be able to sort you something in way of tolls mate, leave it with me. I'm with you on the second part though, I'd rather pay the £5.40. Do tell. I pay £5.40 a day just to get across to work, so if you know where I can get some free tickets I'm all ears A mate of mine used to be able to get them off his Dad as he had been doing work on the bridge. I'll see if he still gets them. If he can, should be able to sort you out with some, not sure on how many though.

I might be able to sort you something in way of tolls mate, leave it with me. I'm with you on the second part though, I'd rather pay the £5.40.

Technically, no, due to it being illegal. However, as I've said before, the driver is spot on...

Most certainly. If we can get the bus anywhere near full, the price will be nearer to the £10 mark.

Stuck with me for all that time, lucky you.

Rough guide to travelling times. Obviously not set in stone or anything, just going by the Route Planners and not taking into account length of time spent at pick up points which will realistically only add a couple of minutes a stop... Route A: Victoria Dock, Hull - 2 hours 59 minutes Humber Bridge - 2 hours 49 minutes Ferrybridge Service Station - 2 hours 14 minutes Sovereign Street, Leeds - 1 hour 49 minutes Route B: Victoria Dock, Hull - 3 hours 29 minutes Humber Bridge - 3 hours 19 minutes Doncaster Railway Station - 2 hours 30 minutes Ferrybridge Service Station - 2 hours 14 minutes Sovereign Street, Leeds - 1 hour 49 minutes

It all depends on how many are on the coach. The more on, the cheaper it will be. It won't be any more than £20, that's a maximum. If you car share to the Humber Bridge pick up, it would maybe cost you another couple of quid each if you were to split the petrol money.

Anything else? I'll get on to it now. Won't take long.

About 37 miles. There seems to be a few from the Lincolnshire area, so car sharing to a pick up point may be an option?

Further to what I said earlier, I've gathered a bit of information and put these two routes together. The first one is the route that I initially agreed on with the driver. The second is one that is just another option due to requests for a pick up in Doncaster. Route A: Depart from Victoria Dock, Hull. Plenty of parking available here and also provides an easy route out of Hull so will be ideal. On the way out of Hull, we'll make a quick stop off at the Humber Bridge for a pick up. We'll then set off down the M62 heading for Leeds. Ferrybridge Service Station will be the penultimate pick up point before heading off to the final pick up point, which will be Sovereign Street, Leeds. After this pick up we'll be on our way to St James' Park. AA Route Planner distance: 155.3 miles AA Route Planner time: 2 hours 59 minutes Route B: Depart from Victoria Dock, Hull. Plenty of parking available here and also provides an easy route out of Hull so will be ideal. On the way out of Hull, we'll make a quick stop off at the Humber Bridge for a pick up. We'll then set off down the M62, turning off at the M18 aiming for Doncaster. We'll then be stopping off at Doncaster Railway Station for another pick up. After this we'll then get going to Ferrybridge Service Station which will be our penultimate stop before heading off to the final pick up point, which will be Sovereign Street, Leeds. After this pick up we'll be on our way to St James' Park. AA Route Planner distance: 175.1 miles AA Route Planner time: 3 hours 29 minutes Basically just want some thoughts on the routes? Would anybody be unhappy if Route B was chosen? Just need a bit of feedback really, the more the better. Route A obviously seems more sensible, but if this one is deemed best, would anybody be able to suggest any other suitable pick up points? Dave's idea of putting a list of pick up points down and choosing five or so is a good one, just need to put some others forward apart from the ones already mentioned to give everyone the chance to choose their most suited pick up point.

Or not... Had a few requests from people hoping for a pick up at Doncaster Station and after a bit of research, it's quite possible without adding a great deal of time onto the journey. What I'm going to do is compile another route and see how popular that proves before confirming things. Hmm. By the end you're gonna end up taking 9 hours to get to the game. I see your point of keeping everyone happy, but I think if I was setting off from Hull I wouldn't want to go back to Doncaster before starting up through Leeds. Whilst you're at it though, rather than me travelling to Hull, how about popping through Scunthorpe to pick a few of us up? I do see your point. It's difficult, I really don't know what is best. I've found a route that would add about 25 minutes on but allow us to go via Doncaster. If this is to pick say 10 people up for example, to me that 25 minutes would be worth it. I remember earlier on in the thread Doncaster being touted as a pick up point but it didn't really seem like it would work. I'll look into some options now.

Or not... Had a few requests from people hoping for a pick up at Doncaster Station and after a bit of research, it's quite possible without adding a great deal of time onto the journey. What I'm going to do is compile another route and see how popular that proves before confirming things.

Yep, will be Hull side. Just going to post the route now.

Mal said they're mainly based in Leeds and Bradford but there are also a fair few that he would expect to be along the route.

Had a reply from Mal Clark at Yorkshire Mags. He's said that he will put an article up on the site in due course. Brilliant news. I'm really hoping that will attract a bit more interest. Nothing as yet from nufc.com and I don't expect to hear anything to be honest, that was a bit of a long shot. Spoken to somebody that I know who works for the Hull Daily Mail and she's told me that she will do her best to get an advert in the paper, which again would be brilliant. Thinking of contacting the Yorkshire Post to see if they can do something similar but I won't hold my breath on that one. Ran through the route with the driver today and we're both happy with what we agreed on. The route is still provisional if anyone would like to request any changes or extra pick up points but the I can't see the route deviating too much from what we sorted; I'll get this posted tomorrow. Once I've posted it I'll also start taking names for the Bolton game. Should have set off and pick up times sorted by tomorrow too.

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I'm gonna punt for Turkey in the shootout.

I stand corrected! We should still get him signed anyway.

Turkey out. Now, onto the important stuff... GET ARDA TURAN SIGNED!