Marinators Away, Thurs 7th February - Plus games on 9th and 10th! :-)

I'm travelling aross the ditch for the Nix v CCM game in Gosford on 7th February, anybody else from Welly or NSW planning on going?

A great weekend of football is planned for this trip! As well as our game on the Thursday, I'll be catching up with Timmy V, Mike and the lads for the Newcastle v WSW game in Sydney on Saturday 9th (after another night in Newcastle on the Friday!). Then just to top it off, it's Bling V Brissie on Sunday 10th and there's friends of the Nix from both clubs to catch up with there!

3 games in 4 days - marvellous! :-)

"On your own, ON YOUR OWN!" :-D

At least the Newcastle lads are coming to join me in Gosford for a laugh!

For Paul and team travelling up from Sydney, are we meeting in the Gosford Hotel before the game?

Looks like I've managed to schedule a bit of extra work up there beforehand, which totally legitimises a day trip on a Thursday.

If the Gosford Hotel is where it's at pre-game, hopefully I'll make it there for a couple.

Going to try and make it up from the City, will try and drag a few mates along (although to be fair last time I did that 3 weeks ago, they had to sit through that shambles in Sydney as their first A League experience, so may be a tough sell)

If can get off work early enough will pop along to the Hotel

Well, as always - here's the Trip Report!

Nothing to add about the game (and I'm glad you saw more of it than I did from that corner!), other than my disgust that not 1 player came over to the travelling fans after the game. I only saw 2 at least provide a bit of appreciation from halfway, and they were Paul Ifill and Benjamin Totori..... Very poor form....

The ground was stunning, as was the weather, but the locals were a bit strange and generally unfriendly! If you want to go boating and fishing and have peace then fine, but for a boys' football and boozing trip - don't stay in Gosford, 2 nights was far too long! :-) Had a MUCH better night in Newcastle on the Friday night and Sydney at the weekend! Glad the new flag looked good on the box, it will be making it's debut at home against the pissants next week. Also I'd like to give a bit shout to the Jets and Roar fans who joined us in the away end - good work fellas! And it was great to catch up with the usual and new NSW crew!

RBB in Campbelltown was an amazing sight, shame the ground didn't provide the atmosphere of Home or somewhere like the SFS. And as usual Timmy was trying his best to get the Jets fans fired up. Looks like there's a few Wanderers boys that were after a bit of a ruck after the game as well....

Thanks to Jess and the usual travelling Sydney fans for looking after me on Saturday - an excellent night! Didn't get any hassle wearing my Nix cap in the back of the Cove either. Even took $50 off their bookie who was silly enough to pay $5.50 for del Piero to score first! :-)

So at least that's Gosford crossed off my list - won't go back there unless it was a play-off or other VERY important game. And if I did, I'd stay in Newcastle!

Sydney -> Train -> Gosford -> Train -> Sydney.

Yes.  Wanderers embracing Green Street Kulcha isn't a shock.  The FFA must be so proud of their club's fans.

Sydney -> Train -> Gosford -> Train -> Newcastle -> Train ->Sydney -> Train -> Campbelltown -> Train -> Sydney -> Over it! :-) But at least I got my 3 games in 4 days!

And when the Jets fans were getting abused on the way out the ground all I could think of was "Fat Pizza"...... (Hilarious Aussie comedy which has to be seen to be believed for those unaware....!)