As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
Think the game will go ahead even if the strike is on. Don't think even Arsenal would postpone with 5 days notice. On previous occassions its been well over a week that they've announced any postponements due to tube strikes
The tube strike thing may well turn out to be a bit of a red herring ; there is no way the Met will allow no tube services after the game, and will be putting pressure on TFL to get any non-striking drivers onto the Piccadilly / Victoria lines in that area to at least disperse the crowd from N5.
But then again, I know fuck all about policing or tube transport so this post in itself may be a red herring.
TheCook wrote:The tube strike thing may well turn out to be a bit of a red herring ; there is no way the Met will allow no tube services after the game, and will be putting pressure on TFL to get any non-striking drivers onto the Piccadilly / Victoria lines in that area to at least disperse the crowd from N5.
But then again, I know fuck all about policing or tube transport so this post in itself may be a red herring.
They were going to allow it for the Utd game in February
Think we have the highest percentage in the premier league of fans arriving by public transport...so ridiculous to even think about game going ahead if both Victoria & Piccadily lines out of action from 9pm... If it wasn't for Sky I guess the game would have already been moved to Wednesday!
Ok for me as we'll be going by car as usual. But f*cked if I'd walk from Arsenal to Euston or Liverpool Street as they're suggesting!
Staff just cannot be transferred from line to line willy nilly despite what that great transport expert Boris Johnson might think.
The Victoria line running every 5 minutes is one third of its normal capacity and any way more people use the Piccadilly. Walking is the only sensible option
Arsenal have issued fans with guidelines on how to get home from the Emirates stadium following their match against Newcastle.
Fans can walk to King's Cross, St. Pancras International (2.2 miles), Liverpool Street (3.6 miles) and Euston (2.7 miles) to connect with National Rail and local bus services.
Or First Capital Connect train services will be operating from Finsbury Park as normal but these services will be busy.
For those gooners who come up from the south, there is a newish line on London Overground direct from Highbury and Islington to Clapham Junction or with one change to West Croydon.
Gunner Rob wrote:so on tfl it says that the Victoria line will be running services every 5 minutes during the strike - that doesnt seem much worse than normal
