Top of the Trips?

[SUB of the day]

:ball: No1 ZAGREB....No2....Tallinn....No3....Stuttgart 06....No 4....Paris....No5 Amsterdam....No 6....Glasgow '87....No7....Berne '86....No 8 ...Brussels '97...No9...Anfield...'97....No...10...Basle...... didn't include the 4 tournaments.LOST 5....DREW 3....WON 2.

[pineapple stu]

No 1 - Tórshavn. Nothing's come close yet.

After that, probably...
No 2 - Basel 2003
No 3 - Stuttgart
No 4 - Paris
No 5 - Lisbon 1995

And then a huge gap
No 6 - Cyprus 2005

[Cowboy]

what no Rekjavik or Copenhagen?

[pineapple stu]

Depends on which games you were at, obviously! :)

[gspain]

Leaving out the tournaments as they would be the top 4.

1) Tehran 2) Tel Aviv 3) Bursa 4) Brussels 97 5) Copenhagen 92 ...........
15) Stuttgart 06.................................50) Paris 04 51) Cyprus 05 ....last) Skopje 99


I counted over 60 Republic of Ireland away games I've been to incl U21 and youths and major finals since 1981.

I enjoyed Stuttgart maybe not as much as I could have due to being on painkillers and anti-inflammatories thus unable to drink much. However I wouldn't have it up there in the top trips.

I enjoyed my trip to France in 04 as Troyes was great even singing Finn Harps songs at 3am(don't ask) but thought Paris was dirty, overpriced and full of people who knew nothing about football along for the beer. Great performance from the team though.

[Cowboy]

now your just showing off :D

[Cowboy]

Depends on which games you were at, obviously! :)

and if you met women or not :)

[NeilMcD]

I have not been on that many but these are my favourites. First away trip was Scotland 2003.


Stuttgart 06/Paris 04 (tie for first place)
Amsterdam 04
Paris 04
Glasgow 03
Cyprus 05
Basle 04
Basle 03

[shakermaker1982]

what was Iran like? How were the locals?

[antofact]

Been to about 20 away games & i reckon amsterdam (twice ) & paris were bottom of the list,(ignoring the results , amsterdam was full of helmets & 'alrite buds!'.The french in paris were one ignorant shower.Top 5 :
1 Tel aviv...2 Tallinn... 3 Bydgosczc... 4 Stuttgart... 5 Basel
As a city , the craic in kobe during 2002 was mental.Tokyo very ish !

[Mr_T]

It really depends on how good a time you had yourself in distinguishing best away trips, rather than it being directly about the city, result or atmosphere in general, those things have been good for probably all the trips listed above, but if you end up having a ****e night out it will be the difference.

I agree with gspain's comments about Paris being dirty and overpriced and with a high proportion of muppets around, wasn't mad about it, but the fact that I had the hangover from hell the day after the game contributes to my negative reflections perhaps. Stuttgart locals were more friendly than paris in general, hotel was cleaner and friendlier.

I've only been to a handful of Ireland aways, but Stuttgart was definately top, partly cause our gang that were over had a ball, no mental hangovers trouble and fell in with a sound bunch of German fans and drank all night after the game.

In Basel '03 the woeful performance and result took a lot of the gloss of it, plus the beer was very dear.

[SUB of the day]

Surprised the Croatian capital didn't make it on to any other lists, but as mentioned above, your memories are dictated by personal experiences.

[gspain]

what was Iran like? How were the locals?
it is well deserved.

Iran was amazing - locals were really welcoming. The Persian people have a reputation of being the most hospitable in the world and it is well deserved.
Tehran isn't that pretty but Esfahan was lovely and I believe there are amazing sights elsewhere.

The noise and atmosphere in the stadium was unbelievable.

Drink was available too for those who wanted it.

I'd highly recommend it as a place to visit.

Note I'm not getting into politics here. I judge the people as I find them.

[ccfcgirl]

I havent been on many Ireland away games but Korea Ireland vs Spain has to be my best away trip ever .

[billybunter]

had the pleasure of Stuttgart in 88, malta in 89 (before we went to Italy) Stuttgart on historical signifance alone has to take pride of place. I may be one of a few that have actually taken flights to watch Ireland playing (on telly!!) when exiled in ne wmexico, USA, we used to fly to Phoneix to watch the boys in green. Holland in Sept 2001 was a nice story. Got in to the boozer at 6.45 am, to the sight of about 20 orange shirts all seated in front of the screen and only 2 paddies, yours truly included. anyways, a bunch of intel lads that were stationed in phoenix came in at 10am thinking it was in time for kick off, (and oblivious tothe result) to see me standing on stage, ****ed singing about the magnificient result!!. I took the pi$$ out of the dutch, and the intel boys while a magnificient day on the beer ensued. I promised all the intel boys some alarm clocks (with intel inside!) for christmas!! Its not easy scampering around the states (ouotside of boston and ny) to support ireland, but I always get a great lift when i see thousands of irish at every stadium around the world when the boys in green play! good on you lads - keep it going, and keep the faith!!

[NY Hoop]

No.1 Finland


KOH

[Junior]

Malta/Zagreb
Tallinn
Skopje (the worst result though)
Bursa

[soylent green]

Its obviously all about the football but its the group you travel with, the atmosphere about the day of the game and at the game and taking in the sights of somewhere where you mighn't normaly travel to on a holiday etc.

Best 5 for me excluding World Cup 02 are Paris, Stuttgart, Moscow, Tel Aviv &
Bydgosz.

[jbyrne]

stuttgart ‘06, amsterdam ‘00, brussels ’97, anfield ’95, paris ‘04

honarary mentions to tel aviv and basel 03

[Saint Tom]

went to paris directly from stuttgart to visit a friend and it is without doubt a rip-off for the garglers amongst us. I paid €10.00 for a 33cl bottle of 1664 in a bar on the champs elysees:eek: Only perk was that I got my hand on tickets for the france-italy match in the italian end and at face value from my trip to this establishment!

as trips go


(i) Tel Aviv
(ii) Stuttgart (close second)
(iii) Glasgow '02
(iv) Basel 2
(v) Basel 1
(vi) Cyprus (ayia napa super dump)

all good craic

age has meant that these are the only ones ive been on to date but but am paid up for remaining euro 08 games

[Reddladd]

My first away game was Lisbon in 2000 so it has great memories for me and what a cracker of a goal from Mattie Holland. Went with the bro and we had a mighty session with a guitar and a beer tray as a bodhrán on the Sunday night after the game joined by a touring Brazillian samba group.........and five of the maddest huares I ever met from Cavan!

Tel Aviv was number two. Terrible result, considering, but the the beer, craic, people and the sights (particularly Jeruseulem) were great.

Tallinn in Estonia was number 3 because we got to drinking and having the craic with the team that night after the game as they went on the rounds. Some session, drinking and singing and thanks Mark Kinsella you stuck your fist through me bodhrán.
The women were cracking and I saw the largest game of football between opposing fans in the square the day of the game. Must have been 40 v 40 think the score was 11 all. :D

PAris would be no. 4 with the crowd, session on the Moulan Rouge on the Friday night and the atmosphere in the stadium. Humming along to the French national anthem was classic and capped off with a great performance.

[samabu92]

PAris would be no. 4 with the crowd, session on the Moulan Rouge on the Friday night and the atmosphere in the stadium. Humming along to the French national anthem was classic and capped off with a great performance.

1 Stuttgart
2 Brussels
3 Tallin
4 Basle 03(think it was the day beckham hit the moon with penalty against turkey) cheered us up a bit
5 Paris
Agree with Reddladd though about humming french anthem, that was brill and that is why we are the best fans in world:) ..all 30,000 that were there

[magic moments]

Mine are...... leaving out JAPAN

germany 06
paris 04
malta 99
holland 00
russia 02(don't know why!!!
cyprus 01


to name but a few:)

[pineapple stu]

4 Basel 03 (think it was the day Beckham hit the moon with penalty against Turkey; cheered us up a bit)
Remember watching it in Paddy Reilly's well!

Amazed no one else has mentioned Tórshavn!! Mustn't have made it with the fog. :)

[Cowboy]

Amazed no one else has mentioned Tórshavn!! Mustn't have made it with the fog. :)

I was there but did not rate it

[shiv_ire]

I was there but did not rate it

:eek: I have to disagree with you there!

1. Faroes 2005- by a long shot!
2. Stuttgart 2006
3. Basel 2003

Least enjoyable would have to be the friendly against Holland in 2004.

[PaulB]

1. Basel 2004 for Tony O'D and Razor Houghton
2. Stuttgart for the craic
3. Tel Aviv for the people
4. Basel 2004 for Tony and jerrys
5 . Amsterdam 2000 for the game
6. Amsterdam 2004 (shocking trip)

next one should be slovakia.

[Cowboy]

:eek: I have to disagree with you there!



As is your right to do so :)

[jbyrne]

6. Amsterdam 2004 (shocking trip)


why so?

[PaulB]

why so?

Full of lads who'd no interest in ball, not a big lover of Amsterdam also..

[shiv_ire]

why so?

Coz it was muppets gallore. Full of edjits who were just looking to get mad outta it and couldn't give a toss whether we were playing soccer or tiddlywinks :rolleyes: Shameful! :(

[PaulB]

Coz it was muppets gallore. Full of edjits who were just looking to get mad outta it and couldn't give a toss whether we were playing soccer or tiddlywinks :rolleyes: Shameful! :(

couldn't have put it better meself..

[stickyjoe]

Zagreb 99 would take some beating.Have always preferred the trip with smaller crowds.

Thats not to say Paris, Stuttgart etc. haven`t been great trips :cool:

[thedoyler]

Paris was my first away trip and 35,000 of us in the Stade de France is something i'll never forget, unquestionably the best away fans in the world.

[jbyrne]

Coz it was muppets gallore. Full of edjits who were just looking to get mad outta it and couldn't give a toss whether we were playing soccer or tiddlywinks :rolleyes: Shameful! :(

wasnt at it as was away but remember the camera zooming in on some Irish "fans" in the stadium at one stage during the game and they were asleep! thats why i asked

[Junior]

Zagreb 99 would take some beating.Have always preferred the trip with smaller crowds.



Agree wth that, Riga 94 was such at trip:D :D

[SUB of the day]

Zagreb 99 would take some beating.Have always preferred the trip with smaller crowds.

Thats not to say Paris, Stuttgart etc. haven`t been great trips :cool:

At last, at least one person agrees that Zagreb was best trip.Considering it was the worst match by a mile,it says a lot about the craic in the city.

[Paulie]

Faroe Islands
Estonia
Portugal (2000)
Latvia (1994)
Belgium (1997)

These would be my top 5. Not necessarily in this order, they were just 5 brilliant trips. Obviously the match in Belgium was a major downer but the trip itself was great craic.

[DotTV]

Why are people leaving out Japan?
That was my best by a long way.
Basle 03 was great craic.
Moscow was good in a weird kinda way.
Paris was nuts for the amount of fans there.
Unfortunatley missed Stuttgart but I'd say the czech slovak trips this campaign will be great and Cardiff will be bananas.We haven't had such an important away game so close to home since the play off in Anfield v Dutch

[SUB of the day]

Why are people leaving out Japan?
That was my best by a long way.
Basle 03 was great craic.
Moscow was good in a weird kinda way.
Paris was nuts for the amount of fans there.
Unfortunatley missed Stuttgart but I'd say the czech slovak trips this campaign will be great and Cardiff will be bananas.We haven't had such an important away game so close to home since the play off in Anfield v Dutch

If you look at some of the earlier posts, the consenus was to rate the trips, bar the tournaments.

[NeilMcD]

Its purely a personal thing and there is no right or wrong answers.

[Paulie]

I'd say the czech slovak trips this campaign will be great and Cardiff will be bananas.We haven't had such an important away game so close to home since the play off in Anfield v Dutch

Of course that only applies if we're still in the running at that stage.

[RogerMilla]

portugal 2000 was the best trip for me , had we got anything in stuttgart that would have topped it , paris in third place.

looking forward to san marino!!

[Junior]

Faroe Islands
Estonia
Portugal (2000)
Latvia (1994)
Belgium (1997)

These would be my top 5. Not necessarily in this order, they were just 5 brilliant trips. Obviously the match in Belgium was a major downer but the trip itself was great craic.

A great trip, pretty much straight after the WC that summer. Remember going to the U21 the night before the senior game, the rain lashed out of it, made Lisbon in 95 look like a summer evening. Probably about 100 Irish fans at the U21 game..............................

[Paulie]

A great trip, pretty much straight after the WC that summer.

It was my first Ireland away trip, afterwards I was completely hooked. It was Quinner's first game back for us after the cruciate ligament injury that kept him out of the '94 WC. I met him in a bar the night of the game and still have an autographed US 1 dollar bill at home - "Niall Quinn Riga '94". Legend!

[Junior]

Mine too, apart from the States. Absolutely buckled on cheap Vodka, chatting to the players as they wondered around the old town (Eddie McGoldrick, remember chatting to him and Alan Mcloughlin).

Quinner is a legend alright, a sounder fella you couldn't meet. Obviously he has close links with Mcr via his playing days with City. Quite often bump in to him at Ireland matches and always stops for a chat.