Campers At The Hawthorns?


By Martyn Todd
April 18 2004

West Brom fans qued outside the Hawthorns on friday waiting patiently for the ticket office to open so that they could beat the rush for the Reading Tickets Up to 200 people braved the harsh-cold Black Country weather on friday in tents, with only coffee and bovril to warm themselves up.

The nice people at West Bromwich Albion opened up the East Stand overnight so that fans could be in the warmth whilst they waited anciously for the ticket office to open so that they could be the first to claim their tickets for the much hyped last away game of the season with Reading on May the 1st.

Every minute, more people turned up to start queing outside the ground, primed and ready with snacks and drinks kindly provided by the West Bromwich Albion staff.

But many supporters were left dissapointed after joining the ques at 6 a.m and 7 a.m only to be told that the 4,000 allocation was sold out! The ques were so long that they went all around from the East Stand ticket office to Halfords Lane.

Reading must now prepare for the invation of 4,000 Yam-Yams wearing viking gear....Scary!

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