Thought I'd done really well on this until I checked Ryanair for my sister.Quote:
Originally Posted by gspain
Now €10 return incl t&c.
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Thought I'd done really well on this until I checked Ryanair for my sister.Quote:
Originally Posted by gspain
Now €10 return incl t&c.
what would be the best airport to fly in to for this game?
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Originally Posted by Greenforever
Fair enough but I assumed, like many others i think, that this was a 'home' friendly for the FAI. This does not appear to be the case now as ye have pointed out. That the FAI are been paid to fulfill a friendly fixture essentially as the away team.Quote:
Originally Posted by gspain
However, I think the FAI should do a bit of sensible PR on this to get the message across and make sure this is made clear that the FAI are essentially playing as the away team here, that the game is organised and run by Kentaro. It would save us listening to the usual bashers on the likes of Joe D going on about what a disgrace the FAI are and how this is no help to the economy etc etc.
There are probably lots of Brazilians in London (There are lots of people from everywhere in Lonon)Quote:
Originally Posted by endabob1
I doubt if it will be a problem to fill the stadium.
The question to ask, is it worth that much (how much) to watch a friendly.
Are these matches worth it ?
Lots of Brazilians but I doubt many can afford to pay these prices. More like the usual b*llsh*tters goiong on about the beautiful game etc will be there. Anyway, it's obviously good news for us in London, and looking at the air deals, you're paying less from Dublin than I would pay for a cheap day return on the train from where I live (which I don't pay anyway). Just hope the snow's gone by then.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
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Originally Posted by balanced view
Frankly the cheapest.
Heathrow is probably the most convenient given the trains/tubes. However Ryanair have great deals at the moment.
The FAI report that Kentaro selected the Emirates, fair enough.
The Examiner reports more that the FAI had some choice in the matter and agreed based on common sense. I suppose the choice of venue is fair game, no one is forcing an fan to travel over to a game that any real fan knows is not more than a profile exhibition game.
'Agreement has been reached with sports management agency Kentaro, which acts on behalf of the Brazilians. The game could prove a financial fillip for the FAI, still reeling from the impact of their controversial failure to qualify for this year’s World Cup finals in South Africa.
While renting Croke Park was an option, the combined cost of it and the contract with Kentaro was prohibitive, even allowing for reported sweeteners from the GAA.
The FAI looked at options including Anfield, Celtic Park and Old Trafford. But they’ve gambled that sufficient numbers of travelling fans will bolster the swelling number of emigrants that have returned to the English capital in recent times'.
Brazil-Sweden was packed when I went. They'll sell this out.
€20 return to Standsted and then its about an hour train+tube to the stadiumQuote:
Originally Posted by gspain
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Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
That mighnt have anything to do with the football though:)
Thanks to gspain and Greenforever for the Ryanair tip. I got a return to Gatwick for €10 - it looks a little higher now but still less than €50 return.
There should only have allowed female fans and myself to attend that matchQuote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
Brazilian Samba and Swedish blondes. What could go wrong.
"The fixture was given to the Football Association of Ireland as part-compensation for the controversial 'Hand of Henry' defeat to France in the World Cup play-offs."
Thats grateful of them. Playing in Ireland would have been more considerate instead of getting fans to pay for flights, airport car parking, transport in london, accomadation and more annual leave.
Think i'll swerve this one.
and get ****ed in anotehr city!!
although london is sh1t on a tuesday night.
london is great EVERY night!!Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
soho hear i come..:D:D:D
Flights from Shannon - Gatwick are €10 return. Times are ok too.
cheers for those. guy in work from limerick was askin me prices. booked stanstead from dublin for 20eur return ( at 10am) but went to book another flight for a pal at 1oc and it shot to 80 squid! just txtd him and hes goin that route.Quote:
Originally Posted by finbarrk
message to michael o leary - C U Next Tuesday for the flight :)
footballs coming home.
why is it in london? how is this compensation. the economic gains of having a match with brazil are quite large, so yeah what a dud.
As previously posted it is not a home game, we have played Brazil several times over the last few years at Lansdowne.Quote:
Originally Posted by irishultra
The match has nothing to do with FIFA r Blatter, and is arranged by Brazil's agents who chose the venue.
Had they picked Croker they would have been lucky to get 40,000 as BB's would not have been obliged to buy tickets, besides as previously posted the FAI are being paid a flat rate for the match and for an away match that is the normal.
You are probably on your 1st trip as a young lad, my first trip was 1980 to Wembley as a 17yr old kid paying £30 by boat and train when a pint was about 60p so a crude comarison would be about €210 for the boat, planes were for the rich..... so all I can say is thank God for Ryanair as without them it would still be a boat trip for most of us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Larssonisghod
All airlines increase the prices automatically as seats sell, eg 1st 10 @ Price A, next 10 @ price B etc, its all computerised. For big matches the starting price will be hiked up as soon as the fixture is announced, no different than bank holidays etc, so you need to be one step ahead of the possee to get the real bargains, anyway anything under €100 return is good value to London from Ireland.
Enjoy the trip and if it is your 1st trip welcome aboard and hope you get the bug and become a regular:D
Maybe you should change your log in to MOLISGOD:D
I understand you actually lived in London but, if this is what you think, you clearly didn't venture outside of your neighbourhood! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
:ball: PP
For anyone who knows london, how much time should you give yourself for landing in Stanstead to arrive at the Emirates half an hour before the game?
thanks
This may not be a home game, but it certaintly is not an away game. A game played in London against Egland would be an away game, not Brazil. The FAI had a choice to play this in Dublin, but took a few grand more to play in London expecting fans to pick up additional cost t travel.
How can the FAI seriously hope and sell corporate tickets for landsdowne to Irish business when they chose to take a potential windfall for Dublin business away from a match in Croker Park to play it in London? Very short sighted of the FAI i think.
Read the posts above - this was not a decision made by the FAI. They were invited to play the match by an Events Management company. We all would have preferred the game to be played in Dublin but when you're invited to an event you can't decide where it will be held.Quote:
Originally Posted by aidz1
The FAI are rightly criticised for many things but I think this one is a bit unfair.
Brazil don't play home friendlies, a bit like we won't play away friendlies when Lansdowne Road is opened. Two reasosn for this: The Brazilians mostly play in Europe now. Secondly, there's more money to be made with a game in London than in Brazil. So it is at least an away game for Ireland, as we have had Brazil at home twice in the last six years.Quote:
Originally Posted by aidz1
I mean, how often do you want Ireland to play at home? Don't you think there should be a balance for the team of home and away friendlies? I can understand that in soccer terms Ireland games are the only time you will see 'top class' football in Ireland as the League of Ireland has fallen behind so much in the last thirty years and the moneying of the European Cup has meant that its champions can no longer hope for a big game against Real Madrid like Limerick United achieved in 1980. But I think this pursuit of money by the FAI is ridiculous. Leaving aside the games at Fulham - games that would be once more in Dublin had Lansdowne Road not been rebuilt - and the usual Mickey Mouse cup in London in 2004 and the US in 2000 and 2007, exactly how many 'away' friendlies have been played outside Ireland since January 2000? As far as I can recall, they were Finland and Greece in 2002, Scotland in 2003, Poland and Holland in 2004, Denmark in 2007 and Norway in 2008. That's seven. In that time we have played 29 friendlies in Ireland including the World powerhouses of China and Canada. Also in 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2009 we did not play an away friendly.
http://www.soccer-ireland.com/irish-...ch-results.htm
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Originally Posted by lopez
Are you not contradicting yourself here, we either play away friendlies or we dont.
Once we are not the home team we do not choose venues - simple
A lot of South American and African nations play "home" friendlies in Europe.
Surely the FAI when deciding who to play in a friendly should seek to maximise revenue, I could understand if we knew who we were playing in the next Euros that maybe opponents with a similar style to one of our future opponents could then influence a choice of oponents.
Anyway f*** the recession, we're on a session Mar 2nd in a pub near the Emirates, with hopefully plenty of nice Brazillian Eye Candy :D:D:D
Well said.Quote:
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wum :DQuote:
Originally Posted by yapster
The Truth! I like this guy.Quote:
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The least surprising thing Ive read for a whileQuote:
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I was of the belief that these two games were played in Fulham as part of a deal between Fulham and the FAI, as Croke Park was not available/too expensive. Seeing that the team that played two years running was neither Colombia or Nigeria, I think this is plausible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenforever
As for being the away team, I beilieve that we are the away team if the other team is at home (in their own country). Simples! This has been the case on just seven occasions since 2000 while our opponents have been the away team on twenty-nine occasions. Brazil will be at home on paper only: Like the other games mentioned and those at Fulham, it is a fixture played on a neutral venue. A proper away game would be in Rio, Sao Paulo or some other Brazilian city.
tell me anywhere good after 11.30 or so in london on a tuesday night then thats anyway good PP?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy
Ive been around kensington/the bush/hammersmith/lychester square as the yanks call it/islington/city/london bridge. and i honestly cant say i know a good spot with a crowd and good atmosphere after that time on a tuesday. Please prove me wrong though!!
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Originally Posted by lopez
You have me lost here, did we not play Colombia and Nigeria in Craven Cottage...
I know what you are saying about Brazil away should be in Rio or some other Brazillian city, but that is not for the FAI to decide.
You never answered what is wrong with the FAI making money out of friendlies..
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Originally Posted by paul_oshea
you must be geting old:D
the only places busy on a Mon / Tue in Dublin will be student bars / clubs etc, Im sure most citys are no different, anyway we'll have our own party somewhere..
When will tickets be available? and will they be on ticketmaster??
It says on the FAI website that more details are going to be announced this week.
I'd wager it being £50 sterling.
Will the FAI be having any allocation?
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Originally Posted by twoenz
Going on previous friendlies in London, it's unlikely the FAI will sell tickets, they will most likely be on ticketmaster, keep an eye here or on FAI.ie.
Tickets will probably range from £20 to £40, cant see them selling it out if prices are any higer them premier league games.
A quick google search shows that those touting sites are selling tickets at £90 already.
£75 from an online site, seat quality average.