Germany away (2 September 2006) - all info in this thread

**murtybyrne** · 24/07/2006, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by PaulB

When booking train tickets on bahn.de, i can get return from Frankfurt to Stuuugart for 340 Euro for 5. Is this ticket flexible does anyone know, so if we miss the train we originally booked, is it transferable to the next train ..

Yeah was lookin at this myself am getting into Frankfurt Friday afternoon, was wondering does anyone know that on the day if we just turn up to get a train to stuttgart and pay on the day would this be possible or would it be more expensive?

Cheers!

**Gather round** · 24/07/2006, 1:23 PM

Paul & Murty: standard pay on the day return Frankfurt to Stuttgart will be �70-80 (the ICE 300km/hr trains being the dearest).

Buy in advance from www.bahn.co.uk (in English), get 25 or 50% off (these tickets are called 'sparpreis').

**Gather round** · 24/07/2006, 1:30 PM

Paul- nearest station is Feuerbach. A taxi �10-15 from the city centre/ main station?

**RogerMilla** · 24/07/2006, 2:42 PM

paul b , bottom line on germans trains is it depends , i often booked a ticket that couldnt be changed for a cheap price and then missed the train i should have been on . if you get a jobsworth inspector you are shafted and will have to pay a one way fare if not they will quite often let you go , it has happened me on a fair few trips.. best not to miss your train !!

**PaulB** · 24/07/2006, 7:00 PM

Decided just buy on spec. when we get over. Trains seem to run very 1/2 hour or so from frankfurt to Stuttgart, might have to pay that bit extra , but don't want to taker the chance on delayed flight etc..

**Rosco** · 24/07/2006, 7:50 PM

anyone heard anymore on the germans supposedly stopping any irish fans from entering the german end

just had a text advising me they are going to do this
??? they better hadn't, better brush up on some german phrases and get meself a deutschland jersey otherwise

**Junior** · 24/07/2006, 9:40 PM

Originally Posted by Rosco

anyone heard anymore on the germans supposedly stopping any irish fans from entering the german end

just had a text advising me they are going to do this

Horse$hit, your mates at it....................

**Rosco** · 24/07/2006, 10:39 PM

probably is, just thought id check if anyone had heard anything, ...ah well i know theyre all booked into the same hotel as me, so thats all his gear going onto the street if hes winding me up and if not its still going all over the place

**Soko** · 25/07/2006, 1:12 AM

Impossible for them to stop us now, too many many of us have tickets. They know they're caused this mess themselves and just have to deal with it

**geysir** · 25/07/2006, 7:16 AM

Originally Posted by setanta1966

I registered with ebay.com a while back which covers all ebay sites internationally, no problem buying on ebay .de....have bought 5 tickets in past week, all delivered in quick time, germans must be panicking to be selling up so many tickets, also all my tickets were in 65 and 67......reckon 65 to 70 will be all green....cant wait
see yus all there

Did you bid for the tickets or get them at a "buy now" fixed price?

**gspain** · 25/07/2006, 9:53 AM

Originally Posted by Rosco

anyone heard anymore on the germans supposedly stopping any irish fans from entering the german end

just had a text advising me they are going to do this
??? they better hadn't, better brush up on some german phrases and get meself a deutschland jersey otherwise

They could.

Now look at the options

1) Allow the Irish in - knowing there won't be trouble.

2) Turn away 10,000-15,000 fans with tickets- making them very very angry.

Answers on a postcard to the Stuttgart police chief.

Now having said that there may well be scare stories to discourage people from travelling.

Ther eis still the possibility however unlikely that they can cancel tickets already in the hands of Irish residents. Nothing they can do about people from other countries who bought tickets.

**Bluetonic** · 25/07/2006, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by gspain

Ther eis still the possibility however unlikely that they can cancel tickets already in the hands of Irish residents.

I'm sure the EU would have a legal position on this, open market and all that.

Also due to the precedence which has already been set in the World Cup where there was very little segregation between fans, and with Irish fans having a good reputations when travelling abroad it would be hard to see what ground they would have.

Anyhow, I've been listening to Kraftwork and eating a lot of bratwurst recently so I'm sure if we all follow that plan we should sneak in

Das it gut.

Das is sehr gut.

**Mayo_Bhoy** · 25/07/2006, 6:39 PM

anyone heard anymore on the germans supposedly stopping any irish fans from entering the german end
just had a text advising me they are going to do this
??? they better hadn't, better brush up on some german phrases and get meself a deutschland jersey otherwise

Ralax lads. Im fed up of reading and hearing these kind of scaremongering stories coming up to every away game. There is no way the Germans are going to stop fans with legit tickets from enetering the stadium. When did any of ye ever hear of anything like this hapopening anywhere???? As for wearing gernman jerseys and covering up your Irish gear will ye get a grip.
I've being going to way games since 1990 and its the same ****e before every trip. Has never hapened yet and have yet to meet anyone it's happened to.

**Forever Dreamin** · 25/07/2006, 6:52 PM

Originally Posted by Rosco

anyone heard anymore on the germans supposedly stopping any irish fans from entering the german end

just had a text advising me they are going to do this
??? they better hadn't, better brush up on some german phrases and get meself a deutschland jersey otherwise

tell you what, without being smart, anyone with German end tickets who doesnt want them, I'll buy them. Not a tout but fed up with reading the crap, valid ticket = entry to stadium, FULL STOP. as for the German end, is ther one, i taught the irish bought all the tickets

**Jon'o** · 25/07/2006, 9:18 PM

Originally Posted by setanta1966

anyone heard anymore on the germans supposedly stopping any irish fans from entering the german end
just had a text advising me they are going to do this
??? they better hadn't, better brush up on some german phrases and get meself a deutschland jersey otherwise

i cant see this happening ...like theres gonna be at least another 10000 irish outside of the irish section...........there wud be complete uproar if the germans did that...........and sure isnt it the germans who r now selling all their tickets on ebay anyway.....

STOP!!!!!STOP!!!!!STOP!!!!!STOP!!!!!STOP!!!!!

we're not going to get turned away end of!!!!

If anyone has any of these concerns still, more importantly when they get to the ground... please find the nearest responsible adult and hold their hand until you get through the turnstile!!

next person who say ''what if we dont get in'' and the like gets a slap

(beer smiley)

**Forever Dreamin** · 26/07/2006, 9:41 AM

Originally Posted by Jon'o

STOP!!!!!STOP!!!!!STOP!!!!!STOP!!!!!STOP!!!!!

we're not going to get turned away end of!!!!

If anyone has any of these concerns still, more importantly when they get to the ground... please find the nearest responsible adult and hold their hand until you get through the turnstile!!

next person who say ''what if we dont get in'' and the like gets a slap

(beer smiley)

forget the responsible adult, my 10yr old will look after them!!!!!!!!!!!

**Schumi** · 26/07/2006, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by Jon'o

If anyone has any of these concerns still, more importantly when they get to the ground... please find the nearest responsible adult and hold their hand until you get through the turnstile!!

Ha ha, responsible adult on this trip. Good luck!

**Shamrock** · 26/07/2006, 5:46 PM

Thanks for all the help lads!! Really appreciate it!

**Shamrock** · 26/07/2006, 6:28 PM

Just wondering is anyone else making the trip to stuttgart from holland???
Im about to book my trip and it would appear I have an 8 hour train journey ahead of me. Was hoping others could help me turn the train into the fastest irish pub on wheels!?!?