moscow stadium

redarmy7 · Post by **redarmy7** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:41 pm

need a visa as well, and you can only get that from an invite from the country, by all accounts you get that when you book a hotel

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:47 pm

Never mind Redarmy, you're not gonna need one

redarmy7 · Post by **redarmy7** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:52 pm

SPUDMASHER wrote:Never mind Redarmy, you're not gonna need one

suppose, probably be a bin dippers v rent boy final

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:02 pm

THAT REALLY WOULD BE THE FINAL DEATH NAIL IN FOOTBALL'S COFFIN!!

Will-LFC · Post by **Will-LFC** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:29 pm

redarmy7 wrote:need a visa as well, and you can only get that from an invite from the country, by all accounts you get that when you book a hotel

when i went to istanbul in 05 the turks ok'd it for everyone who had a match ticket to not have to pay for a visa on entry of the country, maybe the russian's will do the same?

Post by **gooner.ed** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:15 pm

there's not a great deal of time between the semi final second leg and the final - 3 weeks i think. so whoever does qualify, there is no way the russians will process 21,000 visas in time. so realistically, they are going to have to waive the need for them for ticket holders. having said that, it is one surefire way of preventing fans without tickets from traveling.

as for only getting a visa if you have a hotel booked... what if you are flying in for the game on the day and flying back after? that doesn't add up at all.

RaM · Post by **RaM** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:28 am

I don't like stadiums that have olympic tracks around them. Puts you too far away from the match.

stats · Post by **stats** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:44 am

RaM wrote:I don't like stadiums that have olympic tracks around them. Puts you too far away from the match.

that was the problem with the old wembley

MK Gould · Post by **MK Gould** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:56 am

gooner.ed wrote:... what if you are flying in for the game on the day and flying back after? that doesn't add up at all.

Come on Ed! Have you seen where Moscow is....??? I think most people will need to stay a night, and maybe more. This is just about the most inaccessible venue UEFA could have picked! In some ways this is good news - providing you have a few hundred Â£ to spare. Paris was just too easy to get to, with the result that something like 50,000 gooners made the trip. This time around I think its unlikely that all 21,000 will be snapped up by season ticket holders so some of the more travelled Silver members may get a look in.

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:43 pm

Has anyone looked at the cost of fligts to Moscow during that week

........I will have to remortgage the house

MK Gould · Post by **MK Gould** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:51 pm

I think this is definitely going to be one for the Travel Club! Its just about the only venue we could have had which isn't accessible by car/coach/train or Ryanair/Easyjet...!!

stats · Post by **stats** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:06 pm

went Paris it was brillant but still a dear day out (well couple of days out)
went on the tuesday came back on the thursday good fun but a shitty city though as it was along across the pond it easy as piss
Moscow i sadly don't see myself going to, heard how it's dodgey over there & the Russians were nicking anyone who was english when they played there a good few weeks ago
& the money it will cost more than my season ticket what with flights, place to stay & of couse tickets
hope travel club do something if we do get there then i might be able to use my membership

redarmy7 · Post by **redarmy7** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:33 am

gooner.ed wrote:there's not a great deal of time between the semi final second leg and the final - 3 weeks i think. so whoever does qualify, there is no way the russians will process 21,000 visas in time. so realistically, they are going to have to waive the need for them for ticket holders. having said that, it is one surefire way of preventing fans without tickets from traveling.

as for only getting a visa if you have a hotel booked... what if you are flying in for the game on the day and flying back after? that doesn't add up at all.

thats a valid point, i think it was more of an example of how to obtain an invitation to apply for a visa, i maybe wrong, my mate was looking in to it and i'm sure thats what the embassy said

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:27 am

We only got 21,5000 official tickets for Paris with a stadium of 90,000!

I think it's time UEFA settled on a handful of decent stadiums (Wembley, Paris, Bernabeau, Nou Camp, San Siro Giuseppe Meazza?) and kept finals in them, where officials are used to international crowds.

Amazed someone here said Paris was a shitty city...of course it is your opinion but there is plenty to do and see there for two weeks, let alone two days.

southampton gooner · Post by **southampton gooner** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:49 am

Will-LFC wrote:
redarmy7 wrote:need a visa as well, and you can only get that from an invite from the country, by all accounts you get that when you book a hotel
when i went to istanbul in 05 the turks ok'd it for everyone who had a match ticket to not have to pay for a visa on entry of the country, maybe the russian's will do the same?

Will-LFC. How was Istanbul? If we get Fenabache I was thinking of going but what with Leeds fans a few years ago ect not sure if I want to. Did you find it OK or not ?