Wales Away (17th November 2007) - Match Thread

[Sligo Hornet]

I'm heading up from London on the day of the game. Anyone know how much return train/bus tickets are likely to cost?

£54 return from Paddington......08.45 train gets into Cardiff for 10.46am....just as the pubs open!:)

[Armando]

For anyone who hasn't booked yet, at the moment there are ridiculously cheap fares on Ryanair Dub-Bristol the weekend 16th - 18th Nov.

The day trip is €11.98 return(inc. taxes etc.)!
Going out 6.30 Coming back 21.05. To get this fare you have to book before midnight tonight.

Even going out Friday, coming back Sunday is under €60 all in.

[Saint Tom]

Thanks for the heads up armando. out early friday back lunchtime sunday. perfect times

[head the ball]

Hi Lads
Just to let you all know BmiBaby up to a few minutes ago had return flights Belfast Int to Cardiff out Fri 9.00am, back Sun at 5pm. total cost £88.0 stg.
pretty good.

Have booked this flight some months back at not much cheaper, is worth keeping an eye on, prices changing regularly.

[AidoM]

For anyone who hasn't booked yet, at the moment there are ridiculously cheap fares on Ryanair Dub-Bristol the weekend 16th - 18th Nov.

The day trip is €11.98 return(inc. taxes etc.)!
Going out 6.30 Coming back 21.05. To get this fare you have to book before midnight tonight.

Even going out Friday, coming back Sunday is under €60 all in.

The Friday/Sunday Dublin Bristol trip with Ryanscare cost me €190 in June :mad::mad:

[Superhoops]

I'm heading up from London on the day of the game. Anyone know how much return train/bus tickets are likely to cost?

You could try the London Supporters Club, they may be running a trip from London. They are on www.rissc.org

[Sligo Hornet]

Does anyone know where in the Millenium our allocation is to be sited?......North Stand, South Stand, upper,lower etc.:confused:

[SuperDave]

Does anyone know where in the Millenium our allocation is to be sited?......North Stand, South Stand, upper,lower etc.:confused:


whatever section the tickets cost £35 in. Grr! :mad:

[aidz1]

cant get over the prices ryanair are charging to go to bristol for the welsh weekend...
from both dublin and derry you can get return flights at good times for well under a ton (and as someone pointed out, a day return for €11!!!!)

never seen prices fall as much for an irish game....i forked out 3 times as much for flight prices in june :(

[eirebhoy]

What's makes it stranger is how hard it is to find accommodation in the city centre.

[soccerc]

cant get over the prices ryanair are charging to go to bristol for the welsh weekend...
from both dublin and derry you can get return flights at good times for well under a ton (and as someone pointed out, a day return for €11!!!!)

never seen prices fall as much for an irish game....i forked out 3 times as much for flight prices in june :(

€18 return including €6 per person cc charge

[SuperDave]

€18 return including €6 per person cc charge

it would have been cheaper to fly and rent a car than to sailrail, which was 82 return. plus the times aren't so bad, and you can come back on the sunday, rather than right after the game. grr!

of course, when i booked the sailrail, the flights were more expensive.

[Bluetonic]

What's makes it stranger is how hard it is to find accommodation in the city centre.

Just this minute canceled a room in the Mercure Lodge Hotel for Friday and Saturday nights, two double beds per room, 60 GBP.

http://www.activehotels.com/wl/servlet/xmlbrochure/howtobookandcancel.do?year=2007&month=10&day=31&numnights=0&numrooms=0&language=en&batchsize=10&hotelid=229653&trkref=AHB&searchcode=EURO&sortmethod=dist_alg&start=0

I'm sure if anyone is looking for it and they ring, it'll probably be available on the system now.

[Willum101]

if anyones still looking for flights you can fly derry - bristol for 50sterling return. thats the friday and back on the sunday. not so bad considering the cost of the return flights back into dublin.

[reder]

Just noticed that the money for tickets has been taken out by the FAI. Lets hope that those who go to this one get first call when it comes to our next big away day in the next campaign.

The drop in flight price is ridiculous. I paid well over a tonne for Bristol day return flights a few months ago.

[Danny]

Anyone staying in the holiday Inn on castle street ?
just looking into it this morning and saw there's an Irish bar (Callaghans) in it.
That'll be my base camp for the weekend

[btid1]

Anyone staying in the holiday Inn on castle street ?
just looking into it this morning and saw there's an Irish bar (Callaghans) in it.
That'll be my base camp for the weekend

Only place we could get was the Days Inn at Cardiff Airport.The website says its 8 miles from City centre.Wonder how accurate that is?

[eirebhoy]

Only a week to go!

[reder]

The website says its 8 miles from City centre.Wonder how accurate that is?

Well put it this way, a taxi from cardiff city to the airport/shed in the middle nowhere was about £20. The airport is 12 miles west of the city.

[btid1]

Well put it this way, a taxi from cardiff city to the airport/shed in the middle nowhere was about £20. The airport is 12 miles west of the city.

That's not too bad then.Was half expecting to find out it was an hour outside the city or something.Fiver a head so!Will only really need to worry about taxis on Saturday night anyway.

[SuperDave]

Just noticed that the money for tickets has been taken out by the FAI. Lets hope that those who go to this one get first call when it comes to our next big away day in the next campaign.

The drop in flight price is ridiculous. I paid well over a tonne for Bristol day return flights a few months ago.

I'm going to make a point of that on my application (like note: i was in wales and san marino) for tickets next time out.

anywho, i phoned the fai today and tickets to people in the north were DHL'd today, so they should arrive tomorrow or saturday (or monday for some parts of the south)

[scousedub]

Anyone staying in the holiday Inn on castle street ?
just looking into it this morning and saw there's an Irish bar (Callaghans) in it.
That'll be my base camp for the weekend

I'm staying there myself.Its right next to the ground.And looking at the back of my tickets which arrived today, the Irish section go in through gate 1,which is right next to the hotel.

[scousedub]

Just noticed that the money for tickets has been taken out by the FAI. Lets hope that those who go to this one get first call when it comes to our next big away day in the next campaign.

The drop in flight price is ridiculous. I paid well over a tonne for Bristol day return flights a few months ago.

I sent the FAI an email this morning just to stress the point that they should look after people going to this game when our next big away game comes. Doubt whether it will do any good though.

[SuperDave]

I sent the FAI an email this morning just to stress the point that they should look after people going to this game when our next big away game comes. Doubt whether it will do any good though.

yeah, waitinglisters who go to ****ty away games get screwed over when some blockbookers (who are aka event junkies) decide to go to the biggest away games. I like the welsh point system where you get more points if you go to ****ty ass away games

[Sligo Hornet]

yeah, waitinglisters who go to ****ty away games get screwed over when some blockbookers (who are aka event junkies) decide to go to the biggest away games. I like the welsh point system where you get more points if you go to ****ty ass away games


I bet the Welsh will be thrilled to be considered in such high esteem!:D

[soylent green]

Got my tickets in the post today. Section U34 Row 21

[Sligo Hornet]

Got my tickets in the post today. Section U34 Row 21

We are in U32 Row 3......does that mean our allocation is all in the West Stand?

[scousedub]

We are in U32 Row 3......does that mean our allocation is all in the West Stand?

Looks like it,we are in U33

[Sligo Hornet]

Anyone have a realistic guesstimate on the number of fans we will have in Cardiff?:confused:

[Moscow Mule]

Anyone have a realistic guesstimate on the number of fans we will have in Cardiff?:confused:

I have heard that it will be similiar to the 1230 Bratislava to Prague train ie about 5000:)

[AidoM]

I have heard that it will be similiar to the 1230 Bratislava to Prague train ie about 5000:)

Can we bring the cans as well or will my grandad - the Hornet :eek: be buying

[Moscow Mule]

Can we bring the cans as well or will my grandad - the Hornet :eek: be buying

Aido

Be kind - he did give his seat up but you will have no chance of getting a can off of him. Where are you camping Saturday night?:confused:

[Green Tribe]

Aido

Be kind - he did give his seat up but you will have no chance of getting a can off of him. Where are you camping Saturday night?:confused:

He'll be in Bear's room LOL :D

[pineapple stu]

Swansea are playing Huddersfield on the Friday night in Division Two if anyone's that mad for a bit of ball! Just an hour away by train.

[Bomb Landsdowne]

Where would one get a ticket for the welsh match at this late stage. Was thinking of waiting till the day of the match and try and pick one up. But wouldnt mind having it before then.

[AidoM]

Aido

Be kind - he did give his seat up but you will have no chance of getting a can off of him. Where are you camping Saturday night?

The Mariott on Friday and Saturday



He'll be in Bear's room LOL :D

:mad: :o

[reder]

yeah, waitinglisters who go to ****ty away games get screwed over when some blockbookers (who are aka event junkies) decide to go to the biggest away games. I like the welsh point system where you get more points if you go to ****ty ass away games

I am a block booker since day 1 and I have constantly been screwed over for the big day away games. I lay the blame at the door of the travel agents for the screwing of fans in relation to big away games.

[Spider Baby]

Where would one get a ticket for the welsh match at this late stage. Was thinking of waiting till the day of the match and try and pick one up. But wouldnt mind having it before then.


There's still Irish end tickets available from the FAI.

[SuperDave]

I am a block booker since day 1 and I have constantly been screwed over for the big day away games. I lay the blame at the door of the travel agents for the screwing of fans in relation to big away games.

sorry, i meant some blockbookers. how the hell do travel agents get so many tickets? their only source can be blockbookers as the fai deny selling any to travel agents. the best way to stop them getting tickets is to find people who got their tickets from travel agents, and backsource the seats to the people. like that section in the home programmes trying to root out touts (one of the best ideas the fai have had in years)

[reder]

their only source can be blockbookers as the fai deny selling any to travel agents. the best way to stop them getting tickets is to find people who got their tickets from travel agents, and backsource the seats to the people.

'Opening can of worms'!!!!!

Well there are 2 possible ways they get their away tickets:

1) They source their complete allocation (100+ tickets usually) from individual block bookers who have been successful in the ballot and no longer wish to travel (I have never been contact by a travel agent).

2) They get their tickets via some corporate/third party allocation from the FAI.

[Paulie]

Anyone have a realistic guesstimate on the number of fans we will have in Cardiff?:confused:

I was reading in the Star this morning that the Football Association of Wales, when asked how many tickets had been sold by the FAI, stated that they had sold about 6,000 tickets for the Irish end. I know that it's a cheap weekend away but that's still great support for a meaningless end of campaign game. I realise that most people would have booked this when we were still in with a chance but I think that most of us felt we'd be going here with nothing to play for. At least whoever gets the manager's job will know that the support is there anyway.

[Green Tribe]

Weather (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1424) is looking rotten wet but at least the wind ain't too bad, we won't have a Faroes incident with fans getting stuck at ports due to wind/storms/fog etc :rolleyes:

Not ballax freezing either for this time of year, but with the rain, we'll just have to stay in the pub all day/night :D

[SeanieBoy]

Hi there,

Anyone know where I could get accommodation at this late stage?

Thanks,

Sean

[btid1]

Hi there,

Anyone know where I could get accommodation at this late stage?

Thanks,

Sean

If you dont mind staying out of the city a little bit my mate booked into the Days Inn at Cardiff Airport at the weekend.Might still have a few places available.

[AidoM]

Weather (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1424) is looking rotten wet but at least the wind ain't too bad, we won't have a Faroes incident with fans getting stuck at ports due to wind/storms/fog etc

Not ballax freezing either for this time of year, but with the rain, we'll just have to stay in the pub all day/night :D

Poncho added to the packing :D. Hope they close the roof :eek:

[Sligo Hornet]

Poncho added to the packing :D. Hope they close the roof :eek:


Damn right Aido....otherwise your Labels will curl up and you'll be forced cover the gap in the roof with the Foot.ie Flag!:D

[Green Tribe]

Damn right Aido....otherwise your Labels will curl up and you'll be forced cover the gap in the roof with the Foot.ie Flag!:D

Snigger...speaking of which, I wonder is his printer churning them out for this game??

[SeanieBoy]

If you dont mind staying out of the city a little bit my mate booked into the Days Inn at Cardiff Airport at the weekend.Might still have a few places available.

Thanks btid, I booked a room in The Park Inn in the City Centre....

[Closed Account 2]

did anyone else notice that the FAI were typing "WelCh FA"?? Is Stan now working as admin in Merrion Square

[AidoM]

Snigger...speaking of which, I wonder is his printer churning them out for this game??

With loads of labels with names printed on them left over after the double header :mad: I don't think so. They will only be provided on request and to a selected few, some of whom might get their own sheet (again :eek:)