showdown. Bleary eyed fans boarded the first train from Waverley at 5.30am and were on the street at Kings Cross at 9.40am. And they hot the platform singing their travelling anthem “We’ll Be Coming Down The Road”.Alcohol was banned on LNER trains but it seemed possible that a few fans had sneaked a few cheeky ones en route.
Billy Maxton, from Dalkeith, travelled with pals including Big Jamie and Wee Jamie - two garden gnomes. London bobbies had a gentle word with the two gnomes, asking them to have a good time in London and to be on good behaviour.
Rufuse collector Billy, 65, said: “We go to all the matches so we were lucky enough to get tickets form tomorrow.“The train down was a brilliant experience in itself because the atmosphere was.
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