PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES

Chips and Chocolate · Post by **Chips and Chocolate** » Fri May 27, 2011 8:40 pm

Gilles Grimandi wrote:FC Cologne has now been confirmed on .com and FC Koln websites. Sat 23rd July. No mention of a KO time but I'm guessing evening.

Just booked flights Â£100 return. Looks like the prices are already rising.

GG

I'm working the whole of July, hope I'll be lucky and have a day-off for that one!
I'll be driving there with a mate if I can get there!

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Fri May 27, 2011 8:59 pm

The gunners speaking chinese:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZZ9NBqlLCY

Chips and Chocolate · Post by **Chips and Chocolate** » Fri May 27, 2011 9:02 pm

Vince wrote:The gunners speaking chinese:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZZ9NBqlLCY

What a load of ballacks, Wenger sounds like a proper numpty in there

...
Any chance of the Arsenal team trying to pull off a cockney accent for their London-based fans?

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Fri May 27, 2011 9:03 pm

Chips and Chocolate wrote:
Vince wrote:The gunners speaking chinese:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZZ9NBqlLCY

What a load of ballacks, Wenger sounds like a proper numpty in there ...
Any chance of the Arsenal team trying to pull off a cockney accent for their London-based fans?

Dan_85 · Post by **Dan_85** » Fri May 27, 2011 10:04 pm

Just booked return flights into Eindhoven for Â£65, then a 2 hour train into Cologne.

Looking forward to some more German beer & a bit of the oompah band

crocit · Post by **crocit** » Sat May 28, 2011 7:59 pm

our mate is driving us to Cologne, only 4 hours from Calais, and apparently we're going to Benfica saturday 6th of August, hope this is true

worthing gooner · Post by **worthing gooner** » Sat May 28, 2011 9:36 pm

Gutted to miss this one, brother in laws wedding. But checked out flights anyway and flying from Gatwick friday back sunday to Dusseldorf fo Â£65. Didnt think that was too bad, 35 miles from Cologne.

Dan_85 · Post by **Dan_85** » Sat May 28, 2011 9:46 pm

worthing gooner wrote:Gutted to miss this one, brother in laws wedding. But checked out flights anyway and flying from Gatwick friday back sunday to Dusseldorf fo Â£65. Didnt think that was too bad, 35 miles from Cologne.

Not bad at all. Sadly i couldnt fly out on the Friday cos of work so opted to go to Eindhoven on the Saturday morning. Still hoping to do Benfica too, although its looking a bir pricier at the minute...

worthing gooner · Post by **worthing gooner** » Sun May 29, 2011 1:23 pm

Dan, when is the Benfica game chap?

Dan_85 · Post by **Dan_85** » Sun May 29, 2011 1:36 pm

worthing gooner wrote:Dan, when is the Benfica game chap?

August 6th apparently, the weekend after the Emirates Cup. Nothing official yet, I really wanna go though!

goonermarc · Post by **goonermarc** » Sun May 29, 2011 4:22 pm

Good call those of you travelling into Cologne by rail. The sight of the cathedral for the first time as you exit the train station is amazing.

I'll look into travel later for it, don't wanna miss this one.

Dan_85 · Post by **Dan_85** » Tue May 31, 2011 6:35 pm

Benfica game is all but confirmed. It's doing the rounds on twitter, we'll be playing them as part of the Eusebio Cup on August 6th. Now to find flights!

mrgnu1958 · Post by **mrgnu1958** » Tue May 31, 2011 7:11 pm

Is there a Red light district in Cologne?

olgitgooner · Post by **olgitgooner** » Tue May 31, 2011 7:18 pm

mrgnu1958 wrote:Is there a Red light district in Cologne?

No. But Cologne is famous for it's after-shave lotion factory.

Dan_85 · Post by **Dan_85** » Tue May 31, 2011 7:20 pm

mrgnu1958 wrote:Is there a Red light district in Cologne?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascha_(brothel)

The Pascha is a 12 storey 9,000 square metre brothel in Cologne, Germany. With about 120 prostitutes, over 80 employees and up to 1000 customers per day, it is the largest brothel in Europe

There ya go ****"y!