Going away in Europe.....

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Going away in Europe.....

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Don't want this to be yet another....."we ain't gonna finish 4th thread" and it also isn't specifically about Marseille.....

It was just to say that I've been following Arsenal home and away through good times and bad for 36 years now but I still get as excited about a trip away in Europe now as I did when visiting Brussels in 1980. Just wish they'd been more of them!

I've needed to pick and choose a bit which means that I've missed out on some potentially scary trips (Rome, Belgrade etc) as well as some classics (Inter Milan, Real Madrid....).

But I had a brilliant time in Marseilles. As I did in Barcelona. As I did in Milan. It's not just about the match, but about the flight. About being able to sing "who to be a gooner" in a foreign airport or metro station rather than Bolton or Wigan.....

Point is that if you haven't been to one before then seriously think about going to Athens. Or maybe Munich or Cyprus or wherever it is in the next round. Who knows how long we'll stay in the competition this season. Who knows how long it will be before we qualify for the CL again.
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Munich for the final!

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Last one I went to was Donetsk.

It was freezing, Arsene decided to pick a weakened side, the beer was cheap and the woman were gorgeous.

I would def goto more if I could afford it.
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Euro aways are the highlight of the season for me & Marseille was one of the most enjoyable for a while. Looking forward to Olympiakos already, dead rubber or not!
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has anyone got any pictures from the away end?
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Had a good time but thought Marseille was an absolute shit-hole !!
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Henry Norris 1913 wrote:has anyone got any pictures from the away end?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJLgzy3IRjs
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MK Gould wrote:Don't want this to be yet another....."we ain't gonna finish 4th thread" and it also isn't specifically about Marseille.....

It was just to say that I've been following Arsenal home and away through good times and bad for 36 years now but I still get as excited about a trip away in Europe now as I did when visiting Brussels in 1980. Just wish they'd been more of them!

I've needed to pick and choose a bit which means that I've missed out on some potentially scary trips (Rome, Belgrade etc) as well as some classics (Inter Milan, Real Madrid....).

But I had a brilliant time in Marseilles. As I did in Barcelona. As I did in Milan. It's not just about the match, but about the flight. About being able to sing "who to be a gooner" in a foreign airport or metro station rather than Bolton or Wigan.....

Point is that if you haven't been to one before then seriously think about going to Athens. Or maybe Munich or Cyprus or wherever it is in the next round. Who knows how long we'll stay in the competition this season. Who knows how long it will be before we qualify for the CL again.
To true mate. Nothing competes with european away trips :barscarf:
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Dan_85 wrote:
Henry Norris 1913 wrote:has anyone got any pictures from the away end?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJLgzy3IRjs
nice one mate :D

EDIT- who was that who gave they're shirt to the fans?
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wanted to do marseille, didnt realise my passport was out of date :banghead:

got it re-newed now and have been looking at flights ect to athens,
never been away in europe before, what do the majority do? Travel with the club Thomson thing which sounds shit or sort it by urself?
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MK Gould wrote:Don't want this to be yet another....."we ain't gonna finish 4th thread" and it also isn't specifically about Marseille.....

It was just to say that I've been following Arsenal home and away through good times and bad for 36 years now but I still get as excited about a trip away in Europe now as I did when visiting Brussels in 1980. Just wish they'd been more of them!

I've needed to pick and choose a bit which means that I've missed out on some potentially scary trips (Rome, Belgrade etc) as well as some classics (Inter Milan, Real Madrid....).

But I had a brilliant time in Marseilles. As I did in Barcelona. As I did in Milan. It's not just about the match, but about the flight. About being able to sing "who to be a gooner" in a foreign airport or metro station rather than Bolton or Wigan.....

Point is that if you haven't been to one before then seriously think about going to Athens. Or maybe Munich or Cyprus or wherever it is in the next round. Who knows how long we'll stay in the competition this season. Who knows how long it will be before we qualify for the CL again.
Couldn't agree more. A Euro away day should be on everyones list of things to do. I know a lot of people are broke at the moment but it's well worth saving up for be it this season or next (I still think we'll be playing in Europe next year and not the Championship :oops: ).

Even a little town like Braga was great fun last year although that was probably helped by the strike the day after the game. This piss up and kick about in the square was brilliant until the cops took our ball :cry:

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Henry Norris 1913 wrote:
Dan_85 wrote:
Henry Norris 1913 wrote:has anyone got any pictures from the away end?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJLgzy3IRjs
nice one mate :D

EDIT- who was that who gave they're shirt to the fans?
Mertesacker & Rosicky mate. Gus, go independently. Cheaper & much more fun! Athens is great, had an awesome trip there last time.

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Dan_85 wrote:
Henry Norris 1913 wrote:has anyone got any pictures from the away end?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJLgzy3IRjs
and people still say i'm lucky for living in sunny brazil.

i fucking envy you guys.
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yea thought so. deffinatly gonna do 1, athens or knockout stage. MIGHT be my only chance for a while :(
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Post by RoscommonGooner »

Was just thinking that tha last 2 I was at were Rome and Braga. Talk about polar opposites! In Rome we had the drink ban* on the day of the game followed by a police escort to the game where we had nut-job Roma fans either side of us chucking all sorts of crap at us and a high glass barrier to seperate us.

In Braga we walked to the stadium following the cops after a day long session. Under the stand there was only crowd control barriers seperating the 2 sets of fans.


*When I say ban, it was easy enough to get beer if you bought a pizza or some such in a bar/restaurant.
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