Italy Away - 1st April 2009

**Junior** · 23/12/2008, 2:42 PM

Originally Posted by ps bohs

http://www.figc.it/en/204/20150/2008/12/News.shtml

we must come under 'miscellaneous' in the agenda

**Closed Account 2** · 23/12/2008, 4:01 PM

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...

**ArdeeBhoy** · 28/12/2008, 1:20 AM

It's out......Caligari....Only joking.

**Carlow Bhoy** · 30/12/2008, 12:51 PM

heard today that it is Bari, dont know how true that is yet.

**Greenforever** · 30/12/2008, 1:59 PM

Originally Posted by Carlow Bhoy

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.

**lopez** · 30/12/2008, 2:29 PM

Originally Posted by Greenforever

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.

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.

**OneRedArmy** · 30/12/2008, 3:17 PM

Originally Posted by Carlow Bhoy

heard today that it is Bari, dont know how true that is yet.

Source?

**Carlow Bhoy** · 30/12/2008, 3:31 PM

I got a call from one of the guys that travels with us to say he heard it on the radio this morning.

**gspain** · 30/12/2008, 4:23 PM

Originally Posted by lopez

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.

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

**MariborKev** · 30/12/2008, 5:06 PM

Anyone jumped in and booked yet.

I'm really tempted to get in and get booking, as there are not many flights to Bari.

**gspain** · 30/12/2008, 5:28 PM

Originally Posted by Maribor

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.

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.

**gspain** · 30/12/2008, 5:30 PM

Note still nothing on the Italian FA website.

**Greenforever** · 30/12/2008, 6:45 PM

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!

**lopez** · 30/12/2008, 6:49 PM

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.

**Greenforever** · 30/12/2008, 6:50 PM

Originally Posted by gspain

Montenegro is an away game.

Too many late nights over the festive season

**MariborKev** · 30/12/2008, 7:10 PM

Originally Posted by lopez

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.

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.

**lopez** · 30/12/2008, 7:19 PM

Originally Posted by Maribor

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?

**MariborKev** · 30/12/2008, 7:29 PM

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

**elroy** · 30/12/2008, 8:18 PM

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.

**HarpoJoyce** · 30/12/2008, 8:27 PM

Originally Posted by Greenforever

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!

Be wary about the airports. There are to airports recognised servicing Milano. Linate (LIN) and Malpensa (MXP) the hub aeroport near the Alps.

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.