Going away in Europe.....

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Gooner Gus wrote:yea thought so. deffinatly gonna do 1, athens or knockout stage. MIGHT be my only chance for a while :(
Are you becoming a daddy? :barscarf:
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Definitely want to do one but Athens might come a bit too soon for me, usually go on my todd to the away games but i guess it isnt to hard to find gooners scattered around
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RoscommonGooner wrote: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.

Imagine being in athens now!
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kingjayson1 wrote:
Gooner Gus wrote:yea thought so. deffinatly gonna do 1, athens or knockout stage. MIGHT be my only chance for a while :(
Are you becoming a daddy? :barscarf:

I fuking hope not! hard enough for me at the moment getin to games now i bought my mrs a cat.

mrs - " so your leaving us once again to go to your pathetic football"

":ironmyshirt: "
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Gooner Gus wrote:
kingjayson1 wrote:
Gooner Gus wrote:yea thought so. deffinatly gonna do 1, athens or knockout stage. MIGHT be my only chance for a while :(
Are you becoming a daddy? :barscarf:

I fuking hope not! hard enough for me at the moment getin to games now i bought my mrs a cat.

mrs - " so your leaving us once again to go to your pathetic football"

":ironmyshirt: "
got to admit she has a point on calling this recent arsenal team as pathetic football though mate :lol: :lol: :wink:
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zero 6 wrote:Had a good time but thought Marseille was an absolute shit-hole !!
Heard a lot of people say that I don't understand it.... We went on the bus which took us down to the beaches and also up to Notre Dam where you get views out to sea and across the city. The city itself was like a hilly, lived in, slightly African version of Paris. I loved it! And yesterday we had the best moule + frite + beer ever in a harbour side restaurant (opposite side to the irish bars). It wasn't as glamourous as Nice and Monaco but 10 times nicer than Eastbourne or Brighton and 100 times nicer than Liverpool or Newcastle! Please don't tell me you hung around the train station or just sat in a bar.....:roll: ! Shame on you if you did :shock: !

mikehutch86 wrote:Definitely want to do one but Athens might come a bit too soon for me, usually go on my todd to the away games but i guess it isnt to hard to find gooners scattered around
It's not hard, but I think you'll have a better time if you can tag along with maybe your local supporters club or someone from on here who is in the same position. I've been to a lot of away games - including Europe - on my own, but definitely had a better time as part of a group.
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Cheers mate, would definitely be better going with a crowd i would imagine so something i will look into for the future, as has been said could be a while until we have any decent european trips in the next few years!
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Gooner Gus wrote:
RoscommonGooner wrote: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.
Athens great this week, espeiaccly on buiness. NOT NOT


Imagine being in athens now!
:x :x :cry:
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next year im going to do all 3 cl group stages, europe aways are always better by far and well worth the money and saving for! Athens is great for your sight seeing etc, im gutted Marseille skinted me out,
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crocit wrote:next year im going to do all 3 cl group stages, europe aways are always better by far and well worth the money and saving for! Athens is great for your sight seeing etc, im gutted Marseille skinted me out,
That wasnt marseille that skint you out mate it was all those beers you had in your hands :lol:
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they were a bit exspensive! 6:70 euro's, i shud have took more money out!
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crocit wrote:next year im going to do all 3 cl group stages, europe aways are always better by far and well worth the money and saving for! Athens is great for your sight seeing etc, im gutted Marseille skinted me out,
ok mate :lol: :lol: :wink:
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I would love to do a european away trip cos the only euro away game I ever done was champs league final 2006 :(

How do you guys get tickets for these away games ? I aint a member of the travel club nor am I a member of the supporters clubs but I am a season ticket holder and would love to go to away games both in europe and in prem league
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I'm an away scheme member but if you don't want to commit to every away game then the games will go to priority for season ticket holders with the most away points, just need to keep an eye out mate for availability
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augie wrote:I would love to do a european away trip cos the only euro away game I ever done was champs league final 2006

How do you guys get tickets for these away games ? I aint a member of the travel club nor am I a member of the supporters clubs but I am a season ticket holder and would love to go to away games both in europe and in prem league
I got Rome on my Red Membership. Most group games go well down the pecking order.
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