Friday, July 10, 2015

BIGGER TRAINS COMING TO BRIGG WITH SHEFFIELD UNITED FANS ABOARD


We are reliably informed that the 12.03 Sheffield Midland to Cleethorpes train and the 15.20 Cleethorpes to Sheffield Midland will comprise a larger 150 diesel unit this Saturday (July 11) "to cope with families and Sheffield United fans travelling to Brigg."
Brigg Town will be hosting a Sheffield United XI at The Hawthorns, kick-off 3pm.
The Zebras have posted an informative two-part match preview on their website. View the first instalment through this link.
This is an attractive pre-season fixture for Brigg Town FC against The Blades - another club which can trace its history back to Queen Victoria's reign.
We suppose one big question is whether new Sheffield United manager Nigel Adkins - so popular when he was boss of Scunthorpe United - will be attending the game. 
Fingers crossed if you have a young autograph collector in the family!

1 comment:

Ken Harrison said...

I assume that the 15.20pm train from Cleethorpes is the same train as the 12.03 stopping at Brigg from Sheffield.....
Am I missing some logic somewhere?
For example, the fans arrive in capacious roomy carriages.....but the same luxury puff-puff stops at Brigg 20 minutes after kick-off!
Are we assuming the Brigg TFC thrash SU within the first few minutes and the Sheffield fans swarm out the Hawthorns minutes after kick-off!