Australian Southend United fan travels to Bradford for postp

[Old Master]

Australian Southend United fan travels to Bradford for postponed match
14 December 2015
From the section Essex

A football fan from Australia travelled to a match 10,000 miles away from his home only to find it was called off.
Southend United supporter Andrew Urry, who lives in Brisbane, travelled to Bradford on Saturday but the match was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
"We were told as the coach pulled up outside the stadium," Mr Urry said.
"I got off the coach to have a couple of pictures taken outside the away turnstile, and then we were straight back on the road again."

'Nostalgia trip'
Former Southend resident Mr Urry manages to keep up with some matches via the internet, but a trip to watch the Shrimpers play live was to be a highlight of a trip to Europe.
"I wanted a trip on a coach as a nostalgia trip, as I used to in the old days," he said.
'Game off as we pulled up in the coach. 12207 miles from Brisbane #oldschoolawaydayImage copyrightTwitter
On the coach, Mr Urry used social media to keep him updated with the chances of Saturday's match at Valley Parade going ahead, and said he had a "pretty good idea it was going to be called off".
However, it was not until they arrived at the stadium that the postponement was confirmed by a steward.
Mr Urry hopes to catch Southend's next three home matches, as well as the Boxing Day local derby at Colchester.
The club also made an effort to soften the blow of his wasted journey on Saturday, asking on Twitter: "Would a signed Southend United ball help at all?"

With the weather over there being so bad he night not get to see any of their matches - poor barsteward. OM

[nathanburns15]

Who goes all that way to only see one game?

[Nonami Maho]

The things we do.

[Nonami Maho]

Who goes all that way to only see one game?

Andrew Urry

[Old Master]

Actually if you read the article properly he says he was looking forward to catching four more matches while he was over there.

[Stitch This]

Just like I travelled a similar distance to see Whitstable Town get beaten 0-8 by Walton Casuals.

[God is an Englishman]

Who goes all that way to only see one game?

I did in 2004 - it was the FA Cup Final though. A mate of mine got travelled from Sydney and was in the air for longer than he was in Britain.


I'd put a fair bit of money of the fact that he didn't go there for one game at all and actually travelled from family in Southend for the game and not actually from Brisbane at all.