is milan the most feasible airport if the game was to be in genoa??
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is milan the most feasible airport if the game was to be in genoa??
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Originally Posted by aidz1
Motorway links Milan and GEnoa, about 100km from memory, We're flying into Milan Linate early morning, if you're on that flight we'll be hiring a bus to wherever. About 30 of us on flight.
Time by trainQuote:
Originally Posted by aidz1
Rome - Genoa 5hr 20min :eek:
Milan - Genoa 1hr 30min
Bologna - Genoa between 3-4 hrs
Pisa - Genoa about 2 hours
If it is genoa anybody who gambled on rome have a good trip ahead of them.
Ah i'm sure we'll have a laugh on the train, just bring plenty of booze
i predict venue confirmation on the 5th January, when all the italians are finished guzzling wine and turkey
ERRRRRRR would that be 2009 or 2010 Green Tribe ????????Quote:
Originally Posted by Green Tribe
They have to do it 90 days before April 1st. That's roughly around Jan 1st. So we should be put out of our misery soon.
While it has obviously generated plenty of newsprint here the reality is that the Italians just haven't bothered to decide yet. However you could also believe that they picked Rome months ago. Travel Agents and journalists all reported it. Then they got cold feet when they realised that it could be anywhere. You then concoct a story that Michel Platini (UEFA president) decides that Rome is not a suitable venue for a FIFA World Cup game (nothing to do with him). However it will be perfectly safe a few weeks later to host a champions league final. However we all had a great time watching Ireland in Boston during the 1994 World Cup.
Italian F.A Holding final meeting of 2008 today.
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Originally Posted by gufct
Thanks for that. Think we'll know shortly then. At long last.
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Originally Posted by gufct
I can't see the Italians not playing at least a game in Milan. They've seem to have always played there in the last few campaigns against the second rated side or one with a large support. Who they see is more worthy - Bulgaria or us - remains to be seen. Otherwise it could be Palermo or Cagliari.
Well that's cleared that up lopez......thanks!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by lopez
They normally play a game each in Rome and Milan.Quote:
Originally Posted by lopez
While I would love to go back to Sardinia and Sicily one day April 1st is not it. Either would be a logistical nightmare.
Clearly no announcement/decision from yesterday's meeting either. It looks like it will just be an executive decision then.
I know. You could at least go down town Podgorica during the day safely, but that's not an option for Palermo. Still it might even be Catania, which I believe is the worst city in the EU for crime, poverty and violence, etc. According to its own Mayor, his city makes Limerick look like Monte Carlo. :D :D :o I'll grab my coat!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sligo Hornet
Perhaps 2009 Sherlock :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Claret Murph
http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/ir...s-1583051.html
Who knows if this is true. Wouldn't hold my breath.
Aer Lingus flights for €200 at the moment but have to say it doesn't sound like the most likely venue.
Flight Info. Departing Arriving Fare Seat Map
AER LINGUS EI450
non-stop Dublin
07:30 Tue 31 Mar 2009 Naples
11:45 Tue 31 Mar 2009 LowFare View Map
AER LINGUS EI451
non-stop Naples
12:40 Thu 02 Apr 2009 Dublin
15:10 Thu 02 Apr 2009 LowFare View Map
Price for this Journey Prices are shown in Euro
Passengers Fare p.p. Taxes & Charges Cost p.p. Total
1 Adult 130.98 56.21 187.19 187.19
Handling Fee 10.00 10.00
TOTAL EUR 197.19
Nothing on the Italian sites that I can find.
Googled and this came up.Quote:
Originally Posted by gspain
http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/napol...dnotizia=31286
However is this an Italian source quoting the herald?
That only got posted just before 2pm our time so it is probably a followup on the Herald or else they have the same source as the Herald. That is if you assume the Herald reporter's source wasn't the waiter in his local pizzeria last night.
I'm told the FAI did not leak the story to the Herald and don't know yet themselves.
Given how close we are to a decision it may be credible. However the Herald isn't exactly known for checking sources too closely.
While Napoli fans are very passionate in support of their club side there is a deep mistrust of the national team. They consider that there is a huge bias towards northern Italy. Furthermore I doubt if they heat in Naples on April 1st at 9pm will be that severe.
An online translation of the story is below
The first one could be the Saint Paul of Naples to accommodate Italy in the challenge against the Ireland di next Trapattoni Opens them. In voting by ballot there are also Florence and Genoa, but Lippi would prefer the partenopeo heat for one challenge key in sight of the qualification to World-wide 2010. Some days before they have been visionati also the systems of Castelvolturno where the National one would have to be trained for two days.
we must come under 'miscellaneous' in the agenda;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ps bohs
Napoli in March / April will not be significantly hot, it's a night time kick off anyway. It would be similar to say to the friendly we played at Fulham (vs Colombia) a few months ago...
I think it will be Napoli too, there were strong rumours of this a few weeks ago, and my friends who are from there said they had heard at least one match would be played in San Paolo or San Nicola...
It's out......Caligari....Only joking.
heard today that it is Bari, dont know how true that is yet.
Nothing yet on venues for our game or the Montengro match 4 days earlier on the Italian FA website. If they have to give 90 days notice then the venue for the Montenegro match should have been announced by yesterday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Carlow Bhoy
If they have to tell us by the 5th, (which is the latest I've heard of), then thursday is the latest for the Montenegro game if its four days earlier. Could be the reason for current the silence. However if they have to name the Montenegro game on the 1st January, I'd would have thought it would have made sense they'd announce our game the same time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenforever
Source?Quote:
Originally Posted by Carlow Bhoy
I got a call from one of the guys that travels with us to say he heard it on the radio this morning.
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Originally Posted by lopez
Montenegro is an away game.
http://www.solobari.it/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=114810
would seem to indicate Bari too. However it is just a messageboard.
This looks more official
http://www.telenorba.it/home/news_det.php?nid=9075
Looks like Bari
Anyone jumped in and booked yet.
I'm really tempted to get in and get booking, as there are not many flights to Bari.
Yah but I also booked Milan back in September.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maribor
Got Ryanair via Frankfurt Hahn from Dublin for €40 total one way incl taxes and charges. €30 if you have visa electron. That is out Tuesday March 31st.
Please make your own judgements on the reports before booking though. I've limited time to do the trip so have to gamble. The 2nd one I referenced looks pretty official but I've never heard of the news agency before.
Note still nothing on the Italian FA website.
Bari is ok for those travelling to Milan, Easy Jet fly 3 times daily to Bari and Ryanair once a day.
Likewise Easyjet fly 3 times a day to Naples from Milan.
while there is a change of airport it's not as bad as could be!
Find it strange that two World Cup games on the trot are played in what is a backwater of southern Italy.
Claimed in the Bari site it was in La Gazzetta dello sport, but nothing about it on their website. As for the TV station, the Evening Herald was claiming it was Naples last week.
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Originally Posted by gspain
Too many late nights over the festive season:D:D:D
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Originally Posted by lopez
It is in the Gazzetta
http://img72.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gazztf4.jpg
However the Bari fans on that site appear to a bit sceptical themselves.
Saw that. Didn't know it was La Gazzetta. If it is, then that carries clout. Who's the old bloke? An Italian Delaney from Puglia, who runs the local lager brewery?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Maribor
Some of the comments in that thread about the relationship between Lippi and Cassano makes Givens and Ireland look like best buddies.
Mattarese, "the old bloke", looks as if he indeed is the John Delaney of Italian football.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Matarrese
Bari is 558 miles away from Milan so doable my train I suppose.
Stadium holds 58k so should be good from the point of view of getting tickets.
Interestingly they played the Scots in Bari in the last campaign and got the result they wanted.
Be wary about the airports. There are to airports recognised servicing Milano. Linate (LIN) and Malpensa (MXP) the hub aeroport near the Alps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenforever
Easyjet use Linate and Malpensa but according to their website Ryanair are flying passengers to an airport servicing Bergamo, Orio al Serio (BGY) and calling it Milan.
You are right there are return services from this airport to Bari (BRI).
I have no idea where the game will take place I am lead to believe there may be an announcement two months before the date of the game.
http://www.bookryanair.com/skysales/FRSelect.aspx
It's better to keep with the three-letter code that way service-providers like Ryanair can call a destination what they like but it's understood by the passenger what and where it is.