Advice for Boro fan please

[derfes]

Morning,
Can anyone offer advice re the upcoming cup match please.

Have been to Selhurst Park many times over the years, but it's been a few year since our last visit.

After the game, how busy does Norwood Junction station get ?
Are there long queues for the trains back to London Bridge ?
Assuming it's a 7.45pm kick off, and possibility of penalties, how likely/unlikely is it, that we can catch the last train northbound from KX at 11.33pm

Thanks for any (sensible) response

Hi boro boy . Thanks for the question.
If we assume a 19:45 start we get:
21:45 expected time for normal time to end
22:20 expected extra time end w/5 min break
22:30 penalties end.

On that framework you'd be looking for a 22:45 norwood junction train to london bridge getting there for c. 23:00 on a fast service waiting 10 minutes for a tube to get you to kings cross for 23:20-23:25 for your 23:33 service. This should be doable if penalties occur because league cup attendances should be lower so the expected human traffic to get in the way should be minimized but you won't have the luxury of a margin of error. You would normally expect a 13 minute walk from where you are in the artur waite to norwood junction station, maybe longer if you have had a few and you'll only have 15 minutes or else you will miss the train you need to catch your train to Middlesbrough .

I'd note that as an alternative service you may wish to consider the bus/coach service from london victoria coach station to Middlesborough via leeds. National express service 467 to bradford leaves at 23:30 gets to leeds at 0545 . You then get the 172 from manchester airport at 0840 to get you to Middlesborough for 0955. Flixbus service N002 leaves at 23:59 for bradford, you'd get off at leeds at 05:50 and get the uk0073 service to newcastle at 08:20 to get you to Middlesborough at 09:40. This would be later than i think the 07:30-08:00 for the train but victoria is a bit closer so not as rushed although the flixbus doesn't have the best reputation, the service i took to everton had piss overflowing in the toilets and was very delayed although the price was cheap.

 

[Ex Dubai Eagle]

According to the website there is no extra time in that competition until the semi finals, so if the game with Middlesborough is a draw at the end of normal time, it will go str8 to penalties -