Away Days 24/25: The Masterplan Doesn’t Appear To Be Working Yet

Away Days 24/25: The Masterplan Doesn’t Appear To Be Working Yet - Bristol Rovers

United made the trip down to Bristol in search of a first win of the season. Gary Monk’s Masterplan is currently not giving the points, but I guess we will just have to Roll With It.

It was an early start for me, not exactly Morning Glory. I arrived at Marshall’s Airport for 08:15. We weren’t flying to Bristol, but the club won’t let the away bus leave from the Abbey anymore. I immediately joined the queue for Oasis tickets and my heart sank. I was in a pre queue for the queue. I Hope, I Think, I Know how this is going to go…

The journey down wasn’t too bad, we stopped at Hopewell Services, by Birmingham and I filled My Big Mouth with this awful burger.

It didn’t hit a spot and I wasn’t feeling Supersonic after eating it.

We parked up at The Memorial Stadium and I decided to say Hello to the bar staff, who were very cheerful, maybe they were happy to Be Here Now.

The Butcombe Original was actually really tasty! I then made my second food error of the day. I didn’t realise there was a second food outlet at the back of the away end, so I went to the burger van. They didn’t sell any Magic Pie so I went for cheesy chips.

I would follow Cambridge All Around The World and have visited many stadiums, but this one is weird. Every stand is different. It looks like a football stand monster walked around vomiting out random football stands.

United do pass the ball well now, but there’s a lot of times where the defenders Roll It Over to each other, which invites pressure onto us. By the time we were 1-0 down the sun had gone in and the stands Cast No Shadow. The travelling amber army were in good voice and sung like a Songbird throughout the game. Bristol won 2-0, with both teams playing the game on the ground rather than Up In The Sky.

Disappointing but things must improvement soon, I hope. Don’t Look In Anger I guess. I couldn’t get Oasis tickets.

Cambridge Game: 531

32/92

Oasis puns: 15

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