The Transit Van Appreciation Thread

Some of my best away days in the 90's were spent travelling to away games in the back of a transit van. Post stories of your favourite trips where the transit was the mode of transport of choice. I have loads of tails but suffering from writers block. Maybe your stories will inspire me to tell all and reminisce..........

preston away 1983 sticks in my memory ! the week after we played pompey when we took thousands


well it was my first away in a transit , how could i forget -lol

love me transits travelling with titch to burnley it kept breaking down every 3 miles

preston away 1983 sticks in my memory ! the week after we played pompey when we took thousands


well it was my first away in a transit , how could i forget -lol

Wasn't on on the scene until 93 but remember returning from Preston for a night in Blackpool and pulling up outside the Tower Lounge in Blackpool where 14 drunkards piled out of the back of the van, ages ranging from 16 to 40. The look on the face of the bouncers was priceless. At least I think it was, memory not the best

The Famous trip to Scunthorpe in 93 was one of my most memorable trips , every pull in on the M5 and M6 was Transits parked up with City Fans having a Piss doing the Ayatollah ..

Many a transit driver has incurred 3 points on his license for allowing pissed up fans to disembark on the approach to the motorway for a piss. It was a favourite tactic to leave at the junction, go straight on and pull over on the slip road prior to rejoining the motorway.

my memory not the best either but going to the tower lounge blackpool 1988 after we played burnley in a transit was a sight for sore eyes too

happy and exciting times looking back when i think about it now

my memory not the best either but going to the tower lounge blackpool 1988 after we played burnley in a transit was a sight for sore eyes too

happy and exciting times looking back when i think about it now

Agreed Mozzer. Without getting involved in a debate about 'Modern Football' and risking being accused of being a neanderthal thug, let’s just say that these were some of the best days of my life and the memories will last a lifetime.

Threads like this make me wish I was 25 years older!

well we weren't thugs the crowd i used to knock about with just followed my team through various mediums . the train to charlton 1983 when our carriage caught fire was a scary experience too . barnsley away 1984 on the coaches when we had to run for our lives outside the ground , wolves 1988 went by car and the buggers was on every street corner after the game but hey still still here to tell the tale

Rhonddha Van And Tool Hire ,Good Away Days

Mansfield away last game of the season, forget which year, was a classic. It was the season when we went in the home end as we took far more fans than tickets were allocated for. Must have had about 12 –14 in the back of the van. A collection of reprobates from the Ebbw and Rhondda valleys and some folk from Newport.

Blotto by about 10am and put remember being chased by dog handlers into the back of the van at the end of the game. The stragglers loosing the seat of their trousers to the Alsatians.

Rhonddha Van And Tool Hire ,Good Away Days

A trip in the van wasn't complete without some of the Rhondda lot

Mansfield away last game of the season, forget which year, was a classic. It was the season when we went in the home end as we took far more fans than tickets were allocated for. Must have had about 12 –14 in the back of the van. A collection of reprobates from the Ebbw and Rhondda valleys and some folk from Newport.

Blotto by about 10am and put remember being chased by dog handlers into the back of the van at the end of the game. The stragglers loosing the seat of their trousers to the Alsatians.

Remember that game well ,when the whistle went Cardiff invaded the pitch and opposite us Mansfield tried the same
The Ob were battering anybody on the pitch ,kids and all . But the Ob they got what they deserved. What is that pub right by the ground ? Early Doors or something

Mansfield away last game of the season, forget which year, was a classic. It was the season when we went in the home end as we took far more fans than tickets were allocated for. Must have had about 12 –14 in the back of the van. A collection of reprobates from the Ebbw and Rhondda valleys and some folk from Newport.

Blotto by about 10am and put remember being chased by dog handlers into the back of the van at the end of the game. The stragglers loosing the seat of their trousers to the Alsatians.

Remember that game well ,when the whistle went Cardiff invaded the pitch and opposite us Mansfield tried the same
The Ob were battering anybody on the pitch ,kids and all . But the Ob they got what they deserved. What is that pub right by the ground ? Early Doors or something

Correct , but this is a thread about the pleasures of travelling in a transit van. It was the Early Doors though. Lived up to its name as they shut it early doors. Did you travel by transit that day?

Mansfield away last game of the season, forget which year, was a classic. It was the season when we went in the home end as we took far more fans than tickets were allocated for. Must have had about 12 –14 in the back of the van. A collection of reprobates from the Ebbw and Rhondda valleys and some folk from Newport.

Blotto by about 10am and put remember being chased by dog handlers into the back of the van at the end of the game. The stragglers loosing the seat of their trousers to the Alsatians.

Remember that game well ,when the whistle went Cardiff invaded the pitch and opposite us Mansfield tried the same
The Ob were battering anybody on the pitch ,kids and all . But the Ob they got what they deserved. What is that pub right by the ground ? Early Doors or something

Correct , but this is a thread about the pleasures of travelling in a transit van. It was the Early Doors though. Lived up to its name as they shut it early doors. Did you travel by transit that day?

No mate by car

Mansfield away last game of the season, forget which year, was a classic. It was the season when we went in the home end as we took far more fans than tickets were allocated for. Must have had about 12 –14 in the back of the van. A collection of reprobates from the Ebbw and Rhondda valleys and some folk from Newport.

Blotto by about 10am and put remember being chased by dog handlers into the back of the van at the end of the game. The stragglers loosing the seat of their trousers to the Alsatians.

Remember that game well ,when the whistle went Cardiff invaded the pitch and opposite us Mansfield tried the same
The Ob were battering anybody on the pitch ,kids and all . But the Ob they got what they deserved. What is that pub right by the ground ? Early Doors or something

Correct , but this is a thread about the pleasures of travelling in a transit van. It was the Early Doors though. Lived up to its name as they shut it early doors. Did you travel by transit that day?

No mate by car

Never mind mate
I remember a conversation with Northampton police in the play off semi final where a copper asked "oi taff, where do you think your going". "back to our car" we replied. "What 8 of you" he asked". "ok officer it's actually a transit van"

my first away game was in a transit van,rotherham united 1981/82 season i was 14 at the time.was meant to go by coach,getting picked up on newport road with scarf in hand.a transit van pulled up and offered us a lift for three quid cheaper so me and my mate jumped on board.im sure the driver was called billy from cwmbran and i know that was first meeting of alan rawlings.at one point i didn't think i make it home,when a couple of hundred fans chasing you screaming for your blood and the f*cking driver asks do you want to stop boys

fukin luv mine the good ol days wiv maerdy boy scrappin up in preston an burnley transit was fukin class the best laugh u could over ov imagind

fukin luv mine the good ol days wiv maerdy boy scrappin up in preston an burnley transit was fukin class the best laugh u could over ov imagind

gud times

I went to the FA Cup semi final in one.This one had seats but it was still a rough ride,holes in the floor and we ended up stopping for water every services. Got stones thrown at us near wembley but it was all good fun.

Where to start:

Wolves away (the 4-1 game) brand new transit returned with no windscreen or side window......Lost deposit.....

Burnley away (same season I think) Luton van, hitch hiker picked up without knowing that there were 15 nut jobs in the back, his face when he saw the loons in question in the there, nervously smiled.....and said I'm Welsh boys, I'm from Swansea....whoops.....well known lad starts unbuckling his jeans.....

Reversing along the motorway after missing a junction......Huddersfield away.....I think

Three crashes before even leaving Cardiff.....Bury.....I think......It was always going to be a long day...

We used to have a van up most away games from Roath/ Cathays, I think in the end we were banned from most rental companies, one of which took offence to people standing on the tip of a Luton van while travelling along City Road (Doncaster away.....I think) late one Saturday evening, what was the chances of the rental company owner spotting that .