Slovakia Away (8th September 2007) - Match Thread

[soylent green]

3 of us booked out on the 6th on that vienna flight for 55 each and we booked the prague return on the 13th for 150 each just cause its only bound to go up in price and rather get it sorted at this stage..

I've gone for the €55 flight with Aer Lingus to Vienna as well. The game is so long away for booking but that price wasn't going to be available for long. Booked my seat as well. 4A is mine!

Nice to get into Vienna early enough at 11:00 on the Friday giving a bit of time to explore before crossing over the border to Bratislava and Trnava.

Can't seem to get a price from Aer Lingus for return out of Vienna the following week. Looks like its too early to book (330 days max advance). What return flight did you book ZZ?

[samabu92]

I've gone for the €55 flight with Aer Lingus to Vienna as well. The game is so long away for booking but that price wasn't going to be available for long. Booked my seat as well. 4A is mine!

Nice to get into Vienna early enough at 11:00 on the Friday giving a bit of time to explore before crossing over the border to Bratislava and Trnava.

Can't seem to get a price from Aer Lingus for return out of Vienna the following week. Looks like its too early to book (330 days max advance). What return flight did you book ZZ?

Put returning on 8th sept in the caption and it puts up the next 4-5 days after that. The Vienna returns are same as going over 55

[zinedineontour]

I've gone for the €55 flight with Aer Lingus to Vienna as well. The game is so long away for booking but that price wasn't going to be available for long. Booked my seat as well. 4A is mine!

Nice to get into Vienna early enough at 11:00 on the Friday giving a bit of time to explore before crossing over the border to Bratislava and Trnava.

Can't seem to get a price from Aer Lingus for return out of Vienna the following week. Looks like its too early to book (330 days max advance). What return flight did you book ZZ?

booked return from prague on the 13th .. 151 euro but rather get it sorted now than hold on and it might go up ..

[Paulie]

booked return from prague on the 13th .. 151 euro but rather get it sorted now than hold on and it might go up ..

Just done the same myself. Three of us flying out to Vienna on Thursday the 6th, flying home from Prague on Thursday the 13th.

[Diego Murphy]

Just booked a flight out to Vienna on September 6th for 55 quid too. 1 night in vienna and then down to Bratislava for 3 nights til Monday. Got a train from Vienna to Bratislava last year while interrailing. Best train journey ever....really comfy and only an hour. Very strange going through border control on arrival though.

[Hibs4Ever]

tickets for this one

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Just found this site
/www.ticketportal.sk/
It might be usefull if tickets are in short supply.Looks like its the slovakian version of (greman eventim) Once I logged on it was allowing me buy tickets for the Slovakia v Germany game



tried registering wit this crowd but when i entered my address,etc it came up

PSČ NIEJE V SPRÁVNOM FORMÁTE.

Any ideas wot im doin wrong. def looks like the site to get tickets from tho


It means:



"POST CODE IS NOT THE RIGHT FORMAT"

[Paulie]

On the subject of buying tickets for the Slovakian areas of the ground, I've only been to two away qualifiers where I've been in with the home supporters (Switzerland and Germany) and had no trouble at either game myself, although I did hear of a few Irish fans that got a bit of hassle when Morrisson scored in Basle. I don't know however how comfortable I'd be at the prospect of getting tickets for the home end for either the game in Slovakia or the Czech Republic for that matter. I just think that at times the same rules don't apply for some of the ex-soviet states that might apply to the other teams in UEFA with regard to issues such as crowd control and the tolerance of racism although they do appear recently to be trying to take action on this front. Also, I've been to see Ireland play in Latvia, Estonia and Russia and while I would not have had a problem being in the Estonian end for that match I don't think I'd have been too keen on being in with the home support for the other two. To be honest I'm not basing this on anything concrete or specific regarding either the Slovakian or the Czech home support, it's more just a general impression that I have of some of the nations in eastern Europe with regard to their football. If anyone knows anything on the subject I'll be happy for them to put me to the wise.

[Hibs4Ever]

My wife is Czech and I've been to a lot of Czech matches, there fans ain't too bad, but they've some bad eggs too (especially Sparta fans), and the Slovaks are a definite no go

[samabu92]

Czech airlines are 137 euro Prague-Dublin on 13 Sept. Only a few pints difference between them and aer lingus.

[Paulie]

My wife is Czech and I've been to a lot of Czech matches, there fans ain't too bad, but they've some bad eggs too (especially Sparta fans), and the Slovaks are a definite no go

Cheers for that. So, it looks like if I don't get sorted by the FAI that I'll be travelling without tickets. Ah well I'm sure I won't be the only one.

[NeilMcD]

Yeah booked to go out on the Thursdsay too to Vienna, should be a good trip. Still have not figured when or where I will get back from. May be Berlin on the following Friday. Oh my Liver.

[aidz1]

i see the aerlingus price to vienna one/way on the friday (7th) is up , albeit slightly to €80 (all in)

just got in on time myself to book it at the cheaper rate :)

[samabu92]

Prague- Belfast only 57 euro on 13 Sept with jet2. com
Unfortunately have already booked myself with czech airlines(double that):mad: :mad:

[aidz1]

ouch...flights to vienna up by a ton

[Diego Murphy]

flights are shooting up. bout 150 now dublin vienna. glad i got it for 55!!!!

[p_o_r]

flights are shooting up. bout 150 now dublin vienna. glad i got it for 55!!!!

Same here, maybe there were a limited number of e55 seats on the flight and they sold out fairly quickly. If Aer Lingus really wanted to they could have started the seats at e150, they would have been well aware that people were watching the 330 day window to open to book as early as possible.

Also if anyone is coming back from Prague with Cze Airline, select Czech republic as the point of sale, the price will be quoted in Czech but it seems cheaper than the ones quoted in Euro, I got it for approx e135

BTW- this look like a nice way to get from Vienna to Bratislava, a boat down the Danuabe, Twin City Liner (http://www.twincityliner.com/)

[gspain]

Both Ryanair and Sky Europe fly to Bratislava so maybe worth holding off to see if you can get deals here rather than book Aer Lingus now.

They weren't available last week when I booked Aer Lingus. Fair play to them for keeping the cheap fares open.

I'm coming back on the Sunday and going back out to Prague on the Wednesday. My liver wouldn't stand up to it otherwise. :D

[Diego Murphy]

the only prob with waiting for ryanair is that they admit themselves that their cheap fares aren't available for big sporting events

[Dr. Ogba]

Lads if yez don't mind the stop-over SkyEurope are still doing cheap flights from Stansted to Bratislava. Booked mine for the Thursday (6th Sept) for £20 including taxes....not too bad at all considering the direct flight from Dublin is now up around €150...

[Ash]

Lads if yez don't mind the stop-over SkyEurope are still doing cheap flights from Stansted to Bratislava. Booked mine for the Thursday (6th Sept) for £20 including taxes....not too bad at all considering the direct flight from Dublin is now up around €150...

Cheers for the reminder of that website. Just booked. £23 inc taxes.

[Schlooooomp]

Cheers for the reminder of that website. Just booked. £23 inc taxes.

coincidentally I have just booked the same flight, I'll shout out Marco on boarding the plane...

[Ash]

coincidentally I have just booked the same flight, I'll shout out Marco on boarding the plane...


... Polo ...

We'll have to go looking for those hang sangages in the airport in London
like with the Faroes trip ... I'm as sick as a dog :-)

[Newryrep]

and the Slovaks are a definite no go

Hibs4ever - why so ?, i am thinking of booking this with the fiancee and hoping to get tickets somehow (ebay if i dont get an away allocation) but dont want to take her somewhere if it is going to be a bit dodgy. Cant make the czech trip later in the week due to time off/cost implications so was thinking of this weekend.

[Ash]

Cheers for the reminder of that website.
Just booked. £23 inc taxes.

Just showed up on my credit card ... works out at €35.

[Dotsy]

Just showed up on my credit card ... works out at €35.

Just booked Thursday evening flight from Stansted and back on Sunday late afternoon. About £60 now.

[Paulie]

We have this trip (double header to Slovakia and the Czech Republic) fully organised now. For direct flights into Vienna and out of Prague plus 7 nights accommodation in decent city centre apartments in Bratislava and Prague we paid just under €500. Happy enough with that. From what we saw it appears that apartments are definitely the way to go.

[zinedineontour]

We have this trip (double header to Slovakia and the Czech Republic) fully organised now. For direct flights into Vienna and out of Prague plus 7 nights accommodation in decent city centre apartments in Bratislava and Prague we paid just under €500. Happy enough with that. From what we saw it appears that apartments are definitely the way to go.

yeah weve done the exact same thing mate booking apartments as well they look the business and are very central in both .. cheapest way to go imo

[Dr. Ogba]

We have this trip (double header to Slovakia and the Czech Republic) fully organised now. For direct flights into Vienna and out of Prague plus 7 nights accommodation in decent city centre apartments in Bratislava and Prague we paid just under €500. Happy enough with that. From what we saw it appears that apartments are definitely the way to go.

any websites for these apartments? whats the minimum stay and how many people can they fit?

[Paulie]

any websites for these apartments? whats the minimum stay and how many people can they fit?

I just went on to Google and typed in "apartments Bratislava" and loads of options came up. The minimum stay varies but generally it's a couple of nights. Most of them will fit anywhere from 2 to 8, although there are a few larger ones, but remember that would would involve a few people to a room (maybe even 2 to a bed which unless the missus is going along could prove to be problematic to say the least). There's 3 of us going so we got a 3 bedroom apartment so we each have our own space. This is working out at €120 for the apartment per night.

[zinedineontour]

any websites for these apartments? whats the minimum stay and how many people can they fit?

www.bratislavahotels.com and www.activehotels.com for prague. apartments on both

[aidz1]

for the benefit of those on the northern side of the island...
you can fly to vienna from belfast city airport on the eve of the slovakia game next year for only stg£29 one way with www.airberlin.com :)

[theleprechaun]

what is the difference between vienna and bratislava airport, if any? seeing as this is going to be my first away trip any other advice would be nice. thanks

[pineapple stu]

Vienna's in Austria; Bratislava's in Slovakia.

However, if you're flying Ryanair, they're the same thing - they call it Vienna, but it is in fact Bratislava and you're supposed to commute. Except that it works out handier this way for once.

[Eoingull]

If it's any use to you, I got a train from Bratislava to Vienna this past summer, and it was handy enough. The only hassle was swapping trains at the border...and that the train on the Slovakian side had no air-conditioning...and that the train staff spoke absolutely no English and me no Slovakian.

[Newryrep]

Booked flights from amsterdam to Bratislava (Thur )and return to stansted Mon for the cost of taxes only.

Just need cheap flight to Amsterdam and from Stansted. The times are also pretty handy for preceeding and follow up flights. Air Berlin times dont suit.

[Newryrep]

Booked flights from amsterdam to Bratislava (Thur )and return to stansted Mon for the cost of taxes only.

Should have mentioned this was with Sky Europe.

[reder]

Anybody got info on the venue? How many tickets will we get allocated? A few friends were asking me about this one. Sitting in the home end wont be an option I'd imagine.

[pineapple stu]

Venue info in the thread summaries thread in this forum. Tickets 10% of capacity, I would imagine.

[citizenerased]

the slovalian fans have a very hostile rep, i wonder if they be out for beatings or banter??,

[AidoM]

Ryanair have put their Bratislava flights up for Thursday 6th September and Saturday 8th September at a current cost of €39.99 each way excluding taxes. The flight leaves Dublin @ 5.55 a.m on the Thursday.

I've just booked the flight out as I'm going on to Prague for the Czech Republic. The flight cost me €70.53 including taxes, handling charge and 1 bag.

Just for information I am doing the return from Prague on the 14th September with Skyeurope to Brussels for €35.23 and from there with Aer Lingus to Dublin for €85.52

[Newryrep]

the slovalian fans have a very hostile rep, i wonder if they be out for beatings or banter??,

Is this really the case ? I have booked this weekend with the soon to be wife and was hoping to get tickets in the slovak end if the FAI dont come through.

I dont want end up in a dodgy situation.

[gspain]

I wouldn't be too concerned. There were certainly problems when England played there and i believe when Russia did too recently. However in both cases it was locals feeling they had to demonstrate their hooligan capabilities.

2 people I know well from Limerick were there when Rangers met Artmedia and there were no problems whatsoever if you don't count serious alcohol abuse. I don't recall any issues when celtic went there either.

I was there last year unfortunately in a week with no football on however I had a couple of long chats with a hotel concierge who is a keen Artmedia fan. He wouldn't go to Trnava v Artmedia anymore due to serious hooligan issues. He didn't expect any problems for the Irish game even from the Trnava fans assuming the game is played there.

The away game I'd be most concerned about it all kicking off at is Wales.

[citizenerased]

i doubt there will be trouble with the welsh, granted cardiff have a "firm" of hooligans but id say it will be fine..Id be more worried about the slovakian friends, and would deffo not go near the slovak end, i was in the german end in stuttgart, and it was fine, but there ar alot of facist hooligans in slovakia, that wont need any excuse. Just to be cautious though dont go to the slovakian end!!

[gspain]

i doubt there will be trouble with the welsh, granted cardiff have a "firm" of hooligans but id say it will be fine..Id be more worried about the slovakian friends, and would deffo not go near the slovak end, i was in the german end in stuttgart, and it was fine, but there ar alot of facist hooligans in slovakia, that wont need any excuse. Just to be cautious though dont go to the slovakian end!!

I wouldn't be concerned about the home end in Slovakia.

We're no challenge to the local hooligans. We are not going to offend them.

I'm more cocnerned re thwe Welsh game as Cardiff and Swansea are 2 of the worst clubs in the UK to visit as an away fan. There were some "issues" when Northern Ireland played in Cardiff. Some of the singing in Germany in the pubs and on the street would definitely provoke a reaction in Cardiff.
I still think we'll be all right but this is the one I'd be cocnerned about of our fixtures this year.

[Newryrep]

Lads thanks for the info

will risk it if dont get an FAI ticket

[pineapple stu]

Ryanair have put their Bratislava flights up for Thursday 6th September and Saturday 8th September at a current cost of €39.99 each way excluding taxes. The flight leaves Dublin @ 5.55 a.m on the Thursday.
Good spot. E49.99 now. Myself and Bald Student are booked in.

[murtybyrne]

Alrtie Lads

Just Startin to get this trip organised was wondering has anyone looked at the hotel situation or know of any hotels located Centrally in Slovakia for this match?

Any help would be greatly appreicated!

Cheers

Murty

[pineapple stu]

See the thread summaries thread for some ideas.

E119.99 now to Bratislava...

[AidoM]

Alrtie Lads

Just Startin to get this trip organised was wondering has anyone looked at the hotel situation or know of any hotels located Centrally in Slovakia for this match?

Any help would be greatly appreicated!

Cheers

Murty

No accommodation booked either in Bratislava or Prague. If you're doing both matches arrange the flights first and accommodation can be arranged later.

At the rate the Ryanscare flights are rocketing to Bratislava do it soon :)

[Newryrep]

Alrtie Lads

Just Startin to get this trip organised was wondering has anyone looked at the hotel situation or know of any hotels located Centrally in Slovakia for this match?

Murty

I usually use Trip Advisor, the IBIS in the centre of town didnt seem to bad. got 4 nights for about E80 per night