Top of the Trips?

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.

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Originally Posted by Reddladd

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.

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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

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:)

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Originally Posted by samabu92

4 Basel 03 (think it was the day Beckham hit the moon with penalty against Turkey; cheered us up a bit)

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Remember watching it in Paddy Reilly's well!

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

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

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

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I was there but did not rate it

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Originally Posted by Cowboy

I was there but did not rate it

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: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.

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.

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Originally Posted by shiv_ire

:eek: I have to disagree with you there!

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As is your right to do so :)

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Originally Posted by PaulB

6. Amsterdam 2004 (shocking trip)

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why so?

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Originally Posted by jbyrne

why so?

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

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Originally Posted by jbyrne

why so?

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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! :(

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Originally Posted by shiv_ire

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! :(

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couldn't have put it better meself..

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:

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.

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Originally Posted by shiv_ire

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! :(

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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

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Originally Posted by stickyjoe

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

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

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Originally Posted by 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:

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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.

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.

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

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Originally Posted by 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

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