Italy Away - 1st April 2009

**pineapple stu** · 25/11/2007, 8:17 PM

Post info on this game here.

**soylent green** · 25/11/2007, 9:58 PM

Originally Posted by soylent green

Italy rotated their EURO qualifiers around from Rome, Naples, Bari, Milan, Modeno

Originally Posted by Schumi

Genoa too.

**mypost** · 26/11/2007, 4:36 AM

Well, for this one, it looks like a choice between Milan, Rome, or Naples.

reder · 26/11/2007, 8:38 AM

Originally Posted by mypost

Well, for this one, it looks like a choice between Milan, Rome, or Naples.

Prefer Milan. If the current footballing climate continues in Italy we'd be better off avoiding Rome. Milan is a superb city. Presume this will be the event junkies away!

**srfc-1901** · 26/11/2007, 9:58 AM

Originally Posted by reder

Prefer Milan. If the current footballing climate continues in Italy we'd be better off avoiding Rome. Milan is a superb city. Presume this will be the event junkies away!

Jesus its nor Iraq were going to,and Milan better than Rome as a city???????

**Green Tribe** · 26/11/2007, 10:28 AM

Would love Naples or Bari

**AidoM** · 26/11/2007, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by Green Tribe

Would love Naples or Bari

Saw a bit of Milan (train station) coming back from San Marino

**Green Tribe** · 26/11/2007, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by AidoM

Saw a bit of Milan (train station) coming back from San Marino

yeah wasn't overly fussed on Milan, then again we never saw enough of it, would rather be further south

**RogerMilla** · 26/11/2007, 10:51 AM

been to milan loads of times , bring on the naples!!

**Claret Murph** · 26/11/2007, 11:55 AM

I did a all the Irish games in Italy 90 and Naples for the semi as I got a ticket , would love Bari for the game .

**SuperDave** · 26/11/2007, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by Claret Murph

I did a all the Irish games in Italy 90 and Naples for the semi as I got a ticket , would love Bari for the game .

palermo! catania! atalanta! a motorway service station!

lets all have lots of fun.

seriously though, the italian national fans will probably keep far enough away. i never heard anything about their fans being particularly nasty. in most cases of fan violence in italy (but by no means all) it's like england used to be in that if you want **** you can get it, but otherwise it's not too bad. i would anticipate more trouble in bulgaria. from what i've heard the mafia can be pretty dodgy over there.

**citizenerased** · 26/11/2007, 12:32 PM

milan is a dump...naples is too dangerous..would prefer rome..

**soylent green** · 26/11/2007, 9:42 PM

Been to Milan a good few times (including the San Marino trip) so Naples or Rome is my preference.

**The Good Son** · 27/11/2007, 9:27 AM

Going over the statistics for the last five qualifiers (Euro & World Cup), Italy have used 14 different venues, inluding a lot of what could be classified as provincial cities. So we could end up anywhere. Rome has only been used once. Milan has been used once in each of the last four qualifying campaigns, seems to be used for games that might draw a big crowd. If they continue to rotate as they have in the past, a few of the bigger cities that haven't been used in a while for competitive games would include Florence, Turin, Verona, Udine and Bologna.

**SuperDave** · 27/11/2007, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by The Good Son

Going over the statistics for the last five qualifiers (Euro & World Cup), Italy have used 14 different venues, inluding a lot of what could be classified as provincial cities. So we could end up anywhere. Rome has only been used once. Milan has been used once in each of the last four qualifying campaigns, seems to be used for games that might draw a big crowd. If they continue to rotate as they have in the past, a few of the bigger cities that haven't been used in a while for competitive games would include Florence, Turin, Verona, Udine and Bologna.

are they all seater? i don't think verona is. anyway, ryanair fly to most of those cities from dublin, so it's all good. and treviso isn't that far from udine.

**The Good Son** · 27/11/2007, 1:49 PM

Originally Posted by SuperDave

are they all seater? i don't think verona is.

I'd imagine they are all, all seater. As far as I know all Serie A and B grounds are all seater at this stage.

**mypost** · 27/11/2007, 2:56 PM

Originally Posted by The Good Son

Italy have used 14 different venues, inluding a lot of what could be classified as provincial cities. So we could end up anywhere. Rome has only been used once. Milan has been used once in each of the last four qualifying campaigns, seems to be used for games that might draw a big crowd.

There will be a massive away support in Italy, so there's no question imo, that the stadia used for our game there will be one that can hold 80k, of which only 3 of them would be available.

**The Good Son** · 27/11/2007, 3:20 PM

Originally Posted by mypost

There will be a massive away support in Italy, so there's no question imo, that the stadia used for our game there will be one that can hold 80k, of which only 3 of them would be available.

Milan would seem to be the favoured stadium for games with potentially big crowds.

**stojkovic** · 27/11/2007, 4:49 PM

Originally Posted by The Good Son

Milan would seem to be the favoured stadium for games with potentially big crowds.

I agree. Our match will be in Rome or Milan.

**jbyrne** · 27/11/2007, 5:21 PM

Originally Posted by mypost

There will be a massive away support in Italy, so there's no question imo, that the stadia used for our game there will be one that can hold 80k, of which only 3 of them would be available.

the scots always bring a big away support yet their match away to italy in the euros was in bari i think