DJ Barry Hammond Posted 27 August 2015 Share Posted 27 August 2015 Thought this might be an interesting topic for people to mention stadiums they've visited and to help out those who are looking to pick up a game whilst on holiday. I myself had the fortune to be in Venice on the same weekend as a Venezia home game about 5 years ago - they were in Seria C I think. It pissed down all day, it was freezing, the stadium was miles away from all the posh touristy stuff in Venice and they lost 2-1, but they at least did a smashing hot chocolate at half time. There were also 3 very friendly elderly gentlman who enjoyed the fact I was a random ingliese with little to no italian that had come along to watch the game. Anyway, to my main reason for starting this thread,,, I will be in Milan on the same weekend as the Milan vs Napoli game so will be hoping to get a ticket to that, but some guidance if available would be appreciated from anyone who's been to the San Siro before, namely; * How / where did you get tickets. Seems I might be able to sort something online closer to the time * Whats it like? * General tips / pointers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 27 August 2015 Share Posted 27 August 2015 RedHux or Costock_fox should be able to help. I'd imagine you wouldn't have a problem paying on the gate because their attendances are embarrassing, you could try viagogo just to be sure? http://www.viagogo.co.uk/Sports-Tickets/Football/Italian-Premier-League/Napoli-Tickets/E-1095629 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybes Posted 27 August 2015 Share Posted 27 August 2015 Been to a number of grounds in Germany. Dortmund Schalke Leverkusen Gladbach Bochum Paderborn Basel in Switzerland too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 27 August 2015 Share Posted 27 August 2015 Thought this might be an interesting topic for people to mention stadiums they've visited and to help out those who are looking to pick up a game whilst on holiday. I myself had the fortune to be in Venice on the same weekend as a Venezia home game about 5 years ago - they were in Seria C I think. It pissed down all day, it was freezing, the stadium was miles away from all the posh touristy stuff in Venice and they lost 2-1, but they at least did a smashing hot chocolate at half time. There were also 3 very friendly elderly gentlman who enjoyed the fact I was a random ingliese with little to no italian that had come along to watch the game. Anyway, to my main reason for starting this thread,,, I will be in Milan on the same weekend as the Milan vs Napoli game so will be hoping to get a ticket to that, but some guidance if available would be appreciated from anyone who's been to the San Siro before, namely; * How / where did you get tickets. Seems I might be able to sort something online closer to the time * Whats it like? * General tips / pointers Hi mate, To get Milan tickets just go on their website and then you print them off and they get scanned at the gate. When is the match? Tickets normally get released within 2 weeks of the match, You should easily get a ticket but be careful where you sit as I have been there 3 times and twice my view was obstructed. Avoid sitting near the big pillars at the top section as they have netting and plastic screens which obstruct your view. If i can find where i sat for the Inter v Fiorentina match i would recommend them tickets, probably cost about £40 and were behind the goal. The first time i went i sat on the half way line on the first row of the second tier and the metal railings around the stadium obstructed my view. If you need any more help give me a shout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoyJones Posted 27 August 2015 Share Posted 27 August 2015 Yes, buy online. I have been over about eight times to watch Inter since 2002 and buying tickets is no problem. I always sit in the middle Rosso section. Metro (Lotto Fiera) takes you about a kilometre from the ground. As they play on a Sunday, you can watch three premier league matches on the Saturday (I like the english pub just Torino, about 300 metres from the Duomo) and then go around the Brera district for a decent drink / meal. If you want a top pizza where only mostly locals go check out Pomodoro Rosso (corny name!) right outside Moscova metro station. We always go there before the game for Sunday lunch. I took the missus to Milan on our 30th back in 2002 and said would you mind if I checked out the San Siro. She couldn't understand why the metro was rammed. When we got there, I expressed surprise that there was a game on. A bit later I cam clean and said I had got two tickets as an anniversary present for her! She took it in good heart and we really enjoyed the game. Playing Udinese who went 1-0 down to an ealy Viera goal, but fought back to win 2-1 with two long range shots. My overriding memory is Inter launching long balls a la John Beck for the last 30 minutes to no avail. You will love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad. Posted 27 August 2015 Share Posted 27 August 2015 Eindhoven Monchengladbach Cologne They're the only grounds in Europe I have been to, to watch games. Eindhoven's was absolutely amazing, one of the best grounds I have ever been to. Really hoping Liverpool get Ajax in our Europa League group tomorrow, doubt I will be able to get hold of a ticket but going to Amsterdam with thousands of Liverpool fans sounds absolutely brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 27 August 2015 Share Posted 27 August 2015 Only done two and they are Frankfurt and RKC Waalwijk. Was going to Lech Poznan this season but that's off now. Want to go to Atletico Madrid this season. Got a shit load on my bucket list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kushiro Posted 27 August 2015 Share Posted 27 August 2015 I took the missus to Milan on our 30th back in 2002 and said would you mind if I checked out the San Siro. She couldn't understand why the metro was rammed. When we got there, I expressed surprise that there was a game on. A bit later I cam clean and said I had got two tickets as an anniversary present for her! Ha! I had a similar idea way back. 1988 v Ipswich at Filbert Street. My girlfriend's birthday. She was an Ipswich fan - perfect timing! In the days before the game I managed to hide the fact that the game was on. About 2 pm on Saturday I said 'Let's go into town.' Then we got off the 49 bus near the ground and I said 'Oh - I've just got to do something at the ground." We went to the double decker turnstiles and I said "I've just got to pick something up from a guy inside the ground". We were sitting in the stand at about 2.40 and she still hadn't twigged. I think it was the chants of the Ipswich fans that finally gave it away. Anyway, Ipswich won 1-0. I think it was Dalian Atkinson who scored. Would have been a pretty miserable day for her if we'd won 4-0 or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilo Posted 27 August 2015 Share Posted 27 August 2015 I have to say that the Olympiastadion in Berlin is one of the greatest stadia I've seen. Aesthetically pleasing, so much history and bags of character. I really do want to go back to Berlin to catch a game there, preferably if Bochum are drawn at Hertha away in the DFB Pokal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freesolo Posted 28 August 2015 Share Posted 28 August 2015 The Nou Camp although is was empty and I was on a guided tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndWhat? Posted 28 August 2015 Share Posted 28 August 2015 FC Wacker Innsbruck SpVgg Greuther Fürth Bayern Munich & 1860 Munich VfL Bochum Stuttgart St Pauli Hannover Union Berlin Alemannia Achen Borussia Monchengladbach OFI Crete Bulgarian National Stadium for CSKA Sofia If anyone needs any advice on these grounds don't ask me as I was shit faced for every one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filbert_Ross Posted 28 August 2015 Share Posted 28 August 2015 Benfica Atletico Madrid Real Madrid Lazio Partizan Belgrade Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia v Maccedonia) Hertha Berlin (tour) Barcelona (tour) Atlèti is my favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voll Blau Posted 28 August 2015 Share Posted 28 August 2015 In addition to those mentioned by other posters I've done Kaiserslautern and Duisburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReaper87 Posted 28 August 2015 Share Posted 28 August 2015 Nou Camp twice both of which were Champions League games (Copenhagen and Victoria Plezen), great atmosphere and seated 3 rows back behind the goal cost 30 and 33 euros respectively. We were actually staying in Salou and although return train is only 17 euros, last train at 2130 so had to get additional tickets for the scheduled 'Hotels to Stadium and back' bus which was 50 euros, bit steep but well worth it. Only down side was that the only Beer on sale in the ground (as of last visit) was Non-Alcoholic Amstel (not too disimilar to what is sold on tap down the KP). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommeh Posted 28 August 2015 Share Posted 28 August 2015 I've done exactly the same list as Maybes, Gladbach by far my favourite....Those green lights, especially on a 17:30. Will be adding St. Etienne, St Denis and Toulouse in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 28 August 2015 Share Posted 28 August 2015 Done a few foreign stadiums other than San Siro. Bernabeu was great, easy to get to and some how they saw the need to have oudoor heaters on in November which was a nice touch. Went to Euro 2012 and got to Donetsk, Kiev and Kharkiv but I'm guessing not many people are planning visits to them anymore. Which is a shame about Donestsk and Kiev and they were great stadiums/cities, Not so much Kharkiv which was an absolute shit pit summed up by me finding a bloke asleep on a bench who had pissed himself. Think I actually spoke to another Leicester fan at the train station there but god knows. Been to St Etienne and Lyon in France as well but that was a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Barry Hammond Posted 28 August 2015 Author Share Posted 28 August 2015 Cheers Costock-Fox / BoyJones - exactly what I was looking for. Any idea where the ultra's sit... want to try and avoid them if at all possible, I'm a lover of football not a fighter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndWhat? Posted 28 August 2015 Share Posted 28 August 2015 Cheers Costock-Fox / BoyJones - exactly what I was looking for. Any idea where the ultra's sit... want to try and avoid them if at all possible, I'm a lover of football not a fighter! Won't be any fighting in the Ultras section as the away end is the opposite stand. If I was going to AC the Ultras curve is exactly where I'd be heading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayfox Posted 28 August 2015 Share Posted 28 August 2015 ADO Den Haag - But I went with a Season ticket holder so they did all the ground work for getting tickets, transport etc. Excelsior Rotterdam- But the media officer got us tickets, so had use of directors/players lounge and it was before they got promotion to the top flight, so buying tickets on the gate would have been no problem, not sure about now, hoping to go back out if Feb to do both grounds again and hopefully get 1 new game in as well on the sunday as Excelsior play friday night so 3 games in 3 days is possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 28 August 2015 Share Posted 28 August 2015 Cheers Costock-Fox / BoyJones - exactly what I was looking for. Any idea where the ultra's sit... want to try and avoid them if at all possible, I'm a lover of football not a fighter! Not sure which end but they wont be fighting with each other and like AndWhat said the away fans are in the gods down the other end. I found the Milan crowds pretty tame compared to Atalanta, they are nuts and against Roma things got pretty ugly. Shame they arent playing when you are near as the atmosphere there was miles better than Milan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndWhat? Posted 28 August 2015 Share Posted 28 August 2015 Pretty sure the Milan Ultras sit in the Middle tier of the Curva Sud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Year Of The Fox Posted 28 August 2015 Share Posted 28 August 2015 I've been to Basels, Amsterdam Arena, Espanyols old ground- the open air one, olympic stadium in kiev, le coq arena in estonia, erm, there may be more I can't remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain... Posted 28 August 2015 Share Posted 28 August 2015 Velez Sarsfield - Buenos Aires Mestalla - Valencia Osasuna Espanyol Gdansk Ghent I'm actually going to Frankfurt in a few weeks, any advice on getting tickets for them, do they sell out typically or can a group of 6-8 rock up and buy tickets together on the gate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samilktray Posted 28 August 2015 Share Posted 28 August 2015 Nou Camp Amsterdam Arena Tenerifes stadium, God know what it was called Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voll Blau Posted 28 August 2015 Share Posted 28 August 2015 Oh, also wandered in to a Croatian non-league match in Dubrovnik. My advice there would be just stumble across it while your missus is sleeping off jetlag in the hotel. Nice backdrop with the mountains, Stadion Lapad it's called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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