Wales Away (17th November 2007) - Match Thread

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13/11/2007, 9:13 AM
Paulie

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Originally Posted by Sligo Hornet

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.
13/11/2007, 10:25 AM
Green Tribe

Weather 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
13/11/2007, 11:16 AM
SeanieBoy

Accomodation??

Hi there,

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

Thanks,

Sean
13/11/2007, 11:40 AM
btid1

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Originally Posted by SeanieBoy

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.
13/11/2007, 1:44 PM
AidoM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Green Tribe

Weather 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:
13/11/2007, 3:11 PM
Sligo Hornet

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Originally Posted by AidoM

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
13/11/2007, 3:13 PM
Green Tribe

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sligo Hornet

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??
13/11/2007, 4:30 PM
SeanieBoy

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Originally Posted by btid1

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....
13/11/2007, 6:10 PM
Closed Account 2

did anyone else notice that the FAI were typing "WelCh FA"?? Is Stan now working as admin in Merrion Square
13/11/2007, 6:42 PM
AidoM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Green Tribe

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:)
13/11/2007, 6:45 PM
Saint Tom

so have decided on a boozer for the weekend?
13/11/2007, 6:48 PM
Green Tribe

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Originally Posted by Saint Tom

so have decided on a boozer for the weekend?

no idea Saint Tom, might do some "research in work tomorrow " on it.
13/11/2007, 9:09 PM
Moscow Mule

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Originally Posted by Saint Tom

so have decided on a boozer for the weekend?

We are all heading for the Gatekeeper. Large pub over 2 floors with a couple of bars. It is just beside the ground on the town side. Big and noisy - just how we like it.:)
13/11/2007, 9:12 PM
AidoM

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Originally Posted by Moscow Mule

................. Big and noisy .............

Just like the gang ;) :eek: :D
13/11/2007, 10:33 PM
p.r.o.c.

In Cardiff we have a unique and timely opportunity for the island of Ireland to showcase to ourselves and to the rest of the world a different Ireland. An Ireland that is open and inclusive and that respects the rights of all human beings, where our natural reserves of genuine hospitality are displayed in physical support of a lost cause. No more shall we dispair in the failings of a latent glorious team but rejoice in the approaching dawn of an enlightened and successful future where we shall reclaim the rightful position of Eire, our mother Ireland who weeps for her children."Once more onto the breech my friends"......
Oooooorrrrrrrrrr....we could just get langered,check out the local gunther, sing Delilah, drop the hand on some young wan,wake up the next morn with Mrs Jones, promise to ring them while climbing out the bathroom window, miss your flight home, take the ferry and get fluthered, call the moth, blame Ryanair,
and tell her you missed her!

So its the Gatekepers/O Neills/prince of wales , isnt it?
14/11/2007, 9:19 AM
btid1

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Originally Posted by p.r.o.c.

Oooooorrrrrrrrrr....we could just get langered,check out the local gunther, sing Delilah, drop the hand on some young wan,wake up the next morn with Mrs Jones, promise to ring them while climbing out the bathroom window, miss your flight home, take the ferry and get fluthered, call the moth, blame Ryanair,
and tell her you missed her!

So its the Gatekepers/O Neills/prince of wales , isnt it?

Sounds like the perfect weekend!!!!:D:D
14/11/2007, 10:25 AM
Paulie

One of the lads in my group had to pull out so I have just cancelled one room in the Etap Hotel in Cardiff city centre for anyone needing a room. It's �64 for the two nights.
14/11/2007, 2:05 PM
Battery Rover

Quote:

Originally Posted by Green Tribe

Weather 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

Wind speed on that a lot different to what I have just seen on RTE, 40 MPH from the SW but at least it will be behind us going over:D
14/11/2007, 2:40 PM
Sligo Hornet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Battery Rover

Wind speed on that a lot different to what I have just seen on RTE, 40 MPH from the SW but at least it will be behind us going over:D

Hope for your sake Battery it doesn't "go over":eek:
14/11/2007, 2:42 PM
Green Tribe

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Originally Posted by Battery Rover

Wind speed on that a lot different to what I have just seen on RTE, 40 MPH from the SW but at least it will be behind us going over:D

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1424

damn thing changing all the time :rolleyes:
14/11/2007, 2:47 PM
Sligo Hornet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Green Tribe

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1424

damn thing changing all the time :rolleyes:

We might be lucky in that case for saturday:)
14/11/2007, 2:57 PM
Battery Rover

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Originally Posted by Sligo Hornet

Hope for your sake Battery it doesn't "go over":eek:

I just worry about spilling beer nothing else:cool:
14/11/2007, 3:25 PM
Rebel11

Is anyone else fyling out in the Morning with Aer Arran from Dublin?
14/11/2007, 3:32 PM
soccerc

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Originally Posted by Rebel11

Is anyone else fyling out in the Morning with Aer Arran from Dublin?

Oh Jesus, No :D
14/11/2007, 4:01 PM
AidoM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Green Tribe

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1424

damn thing changing all the time :rolleyes:

Isn't climate change a big thing ;) :D
14/11/2007, 7:35 PM
Moscow Mule

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Originally Posted by AidoM

Isn't climate change a big thing ;) :D

Where is global warming when you want it?:confused:
15/11/2007, 12:14 AM
SuperDave

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Originally Posted by reder

'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.

never thought of that. probably all with the big old complimentary stamp on them. i paid way over the odds for a ticket for the oct 05 swiss game and when i got the ticket it had a big red stamp on it "complimentary"
15/11/2007, 12:32 PM
aidz1

anyone after accomadation for the friday night.....i have just cancelled the travelodge in the city centre.
mates have pulled out of this one. their grannies are said to be on their death beds (i await the joe duffy show to confirm!!).
rather than forking out the cost of a room myself, i now am hunting a hostel for 1!!!
i'll be travelling alone for this one.....
anyone after a cheapish flight from belfast pm me (think its about €70 at the mo to change names with difference included). heading out friday 19:55, back sunday 13:05.
15/11/2007, 1:43 PM
Superhoops

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Originally Posted by aidz1

.....mates have pulled out of this one.......

As have many players!
15/11/2007, 1:46 PM
p.r.o.c.

how many will turn up for this game do you reckon?
Id say 5000 tops, still not bad for a dead match. Far cry from the 30000 or so from the paris match eh? :rolleyes:
15/11/2007, 1:56 PM
Green Tribe

Quote:

Originally Posted by p.r.o.c.

how many will turn up for this game do you reckon?
Id say 5000 tops, still not bad for a dead match. Far cry from the 30000 or so from the paris match eh? :rolleyes:

yeah i am guessing 4000-5000 at very most. last game til spring/autumn 08 :eek::(
15/11/2007, 2:24 PM
btid1

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Originally Posted by Green Tribe

last game til spring/autumn 08 :eek::(

Not necessarily a bad thing.....
15/11/2007, 2:49 PM
aidz1

Quote:

Originally Posted by p.r.o.c.

how many will turn up for this game do you reckon?
Id say 5000 tops, still not bad for a dead match. Far cry from the 30000 or so from the paris match eh? :rolleyes:

i'd say about 3500 max...and a lot of that number bumped up by irish based in britain
15/11/2007, 3:09 PM
btid1

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Originally Posted by Paulie

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.

Would the Star lie?
15/11/2007, 3:19 PM
p.r.o.c.

btw, for what its worth a friends friend, who used to live in Cardiff,says that the best pubs on matchdays are "gatekeepers", "price of wales" and "dempseys". Best late bar/club "walkabout" or "liquids". All close to the stadium. Also should be no problem with wearing the green as long as you are not rat arsed !:D

cheers;)
15/11/2007, 3:22 PM
Green Tribe

Quote:

Originally Posted by aidz1

i'd say about 3500 max...and a lot of that number bumped up by irish based in britain

defo, that' s why i was thinking i lot will travel down from brum/london/manchester/liverpool etc
15/11/2007, 6:20 PM
Rebel Don

are ROI in West Upper. If so can we get tickets on de day
15/11/2007, 6:37 PM
Sligo Hornet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rebel Don

are ROI in West Upper. If so can we get tickets on de day

Yes and, as far as I know, No.....though you should be able to pick "spares" in some of the pubs
15/11/2007, 6:52 PM
Rebel Don

Ticketline aren't selling for any part of West Stand. Hopefully will pick up tickets X4 on day in pub. Any update on attendance prediction. Will gor for 28000. 50/50.
15/11/2007, 6:56 PM
Rebel Don

[SIZE=1]Around 20,000 tickets have so far been sold including the FAI allocation. [/SIZE][SIZE=1]- 7-Nov-07 [11:30][/SIZE]

from welsh fa..

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