Napoli (A)

[VLC86]

31 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

Did the corporate attendees have to go without toilets, food or drink? 

 

The people who make money from this are taking the ****ing piss out of real fans. 

 

I seriously don't know why we still do it. 

 

Treated like shit over and over again. 

Not sure what you were getting at but I’m don’t think there was a luxury coach option if that’s what you mean.

[Lako42]

2 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said:

Not sure what you were getting at but I’m don’t think there was a luxury coach option if that’s what you mean.

Ueafa corporates.

[The Year Of The Fox]

Here was the kiosk in the concourse 

 

Sold the following

 

Bottled water

Pepsi

M&Ms

Dry sandwiches

 

Cash only

 

😂 

[Clarkeyblue]

Well I can only report we had a great 3 day trip to Rome/Naples - saw some amazing sites ate and drank in some great restaurants , watched the football  team I have been going to watch  since I was 8 ( thats over 50 years!) play against Napoli!!!   Having seen us lose at Harlow and Exeter, to name just 2, whats not to like about a trip to Italy???

Having traveled to Rome on the Wednesday we did some sight seeing and then went on a free  walking tour round Rome organised by Sean Egan, who had also sorted the bus from Rome to Naples the following day. Despite the heavy rain it was well worth the effort as many of the sights such as the Colosseum, Trevi fountain, Pantheon and Basillica have a totally different look at night under the floodlights.

On match day nearly 50 of us  departed Rome about  11.30am on the coach organised by Sean, who also accompanied us, arriving at the ticket collection point at about 3.15pm having stopped for lunch at a restaurant all organised by Sean  and  all included in the price of £60. 

Leaving the port at approximately 4pm  in our bus with a police escort with  3 other buses Sean estimated it would take about 1hr 30mins as it was the same route that the police had taken him on when he did the trip with Man City and Liverpool fans.  However, it soon became apparent that due to the torrential rain,thunder and lightning this  had caused numerous issues on the roads with crashes reported on many sections of the route.

It was touch and go as to if we would make kick off and with everyone looking at Google maps it did show that towards the end of the journey we were actually getting further away from the ground - this was not a mistake as Sean assured us the police took him on exactly the same route on previous trips and sure enough we arrived at the away fans entrance  just in time to get through security checks for kick off.

The catering and facilities in the ground were appalling and probably matched our defending in the match - but lets not get into that!!

Over an hour after the game had finished  we were allowed back to the bus and we departed, with police escort until we got on the motorway and arrived back in Rome about 1.30 am having stopped at services on the way.

On Friday  with the help of  electric scooters ( also used in Warsaw)  we had  great fun seeing  more of the city topped off with another great meal and  then we  returned to the UK looking forward to where our next European  trip supporting Leicester  will take us!

Yes we had to jump through a few Covid hoops to get there and put up with some Police heavy handiness but life is for living and making memories and what better way than travelling into Europe with family and friends to watch Leicester City!!   Roll on end of Feb!!

[CosbehFox]

6 hours ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

Here was the kiosk in the concourse 

 

Sold the following

 

Bottled water

Pepsi

M&Ms

Dry sandwiches

 

Cash only

 

😂

I tell you that isn’t the worse I’ve seen in Italy. 
 

A lot would be shocked at how rundown the San Siro is and the away end at Genoa/Samp, it looks like a prison (no joke - the kiosk is like the tiniest gap in a wall)

[Lako42]

I've always felt the facilities at English grounds are too much. 

 

Our stands start emptying 10 minutes before the end of the half and it looks horrific. 

 

Doesnt happen in Europe as they are there for the football and the facilities aren't there to cater for it. 

[The Year Of The Fox]

21 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

I've always felt the facilities at English grounds are too much. 

 

Our stands start emptying 10 minutes before the end of the half and it looks horrific. 

 

Doesnt happen in Europe as they are there for the football and the facilities aren't there to cater for it. 

Agree with that.

 

The contrast is still amusing though 

[CosbehFox]

22 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

I've always felt the facilities at English grounds are too much. 

 

Our stands start emptying 10 minutes before the end of the half and it looks horrific. 

 

Doesnt happen in Europe as they are there for the football and the facilities aren't there to cater for it. 

Warsaw was seriously smart and I think the catering staff (female students) were taken aback by how decent people were despite no beer 

[SeanInRome]

16 hours ago, davieG said:

Leicester City to submit complaint to UEFA after Napoli clash
Many of the 600 travelling fans missed some of the game after the shuttle buses arrived to the stadium late.

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ByJordan Blackwell
16:12, 10 DEC 2021


Leicester City are to lodge a complaint to Uefa over the treatment of their fans in Naples.

Around 600 City supporters travelled to the Italian city for Thursday night’s Europa League clash, but many missed the part of the game because of issues with shuttle buses.

Italian authorities mandated that City supporters took one of three shuttle buses, organised by Naples police, to Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

But City supporters were taken the wrong way, and many missed the start of the game, with the third and final shuttle bus not arriving until half an hour into the fixture, after three goals had been scored.

City are understood to be extremely disappointed by the situation, especially given the lengths to which fans went to get to the game amid considerable Covid restrictions.

Given the treatment of fans, City are to submit a complaint with Uefa in the hope of at least an explanation for the events that led to supporters missing the match.

City only discovered the specific venue from which they could distribute tickets on the morning of the game, but managed to get them to fans by 4pm, nearly three hours before kick-off.

Still, the shuttle buses turned up too late, and then went wrong the way to the dismay of City supporters on board.

After City’s defeat to Napoli, the players and staff went over to applaud those who had travelled, with Brendan Rodgers showing sympathy to those that had made the effort to get to Naples, where they had not only negotiated Covid restrictions and the debacle over shuttle buses, but travel costs and thunderstorms.

“It was hard enough for us to get to here, with how we travelled and the weather and everything,” Rodgers said.

“For them to be here, I’m absolutely devastated for them.

“They have followed us in Europe and given us great support. For us to not to get the result tonight for them, that’s hard for us.”

Many lies in here and it seems the club is trying to push all the blame on the police. 

My 4th trip to that stadium and we always take that route,however that was the worst I’ve ever seen and with my last 3 games a 8.45/9pm kick off we had only 45-60minutes travel time.

Fans collecting tickets at home could’ve save a lot of people time and stress and with the police learning from their mistakes on Thursday I also hope the club does too.

We ‘CityLightsTours’ will also write an official complaint to both UEFA and Italian authorities as we were in contact everyday with Napoli SSC and the police warning them both a 6.45 time will leave us stuck in rush hour. They were convinced of there decisions and obviously had no plan B

[SeanInRome]

11 hours ago, Lako42 said:

Did the corporate attendees have to go without toilets, food or drink? 

 

The people who make money from this are taking the ****ing piss out of real fans. 

 

I seriously don't know why we still do it. 

 

Treated like shit over and over again. 

Woking all day I hope they got atleast a slice of pizza.

They were standing outside the entrance of the stadium in the pissing of rain until 7.20/7.25 with no shelter getting tons of undeserved abuse by fans arriving late, tired and upset. Couldn’t believe some of the stuff I heard and totally uncalled for as the traffic and 2.5/3hr journey was totally out of their control!

 

[VLC86]

5 hours ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

I tell you that isn’t the worse I’ve seen in Italy. 
 

A lot would be shocked at how rundown the San Siro is and the away end at Genoa/Samp, it looks like a prison (no joke - the kiosk is like the tiniest gap in a wall)

This is what I said, the most disappointing thing about the San Siro is the amazing pillars have equally as shit tuck shops in them.

 

Last time I was in Bergamo it was very similar.

[VLC86]

I’ve provided my feedback to the club anyway. The worst part for me was the drop off after the game which was so dangerous and unnecessary.

[billyn88]

7 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said:

I’ve provided my feedback to the club anyway. The worst part for me was the drop off after the game which was so dangerous and unnecessary.

The prospect of being dropped off at a known location in the dark without sufficient transport options for everyone to get away to their final destination was why I went for the Rome day trip.

 

There has to be a better way, it adds so much risk.

[The Year Of The Fox]

1 hour ago, Costock_Fox said:

I’ve provided my feedback to the club anyway. The worst part for me was the drop off after the game which was so dangerous and unnecessary.

Our hotel was the Smart Hotel above the ticket collection point.

 

The police refused us to go inside at one point as they didn’t realise there was a hotel there 😂

[NZ_Foxile]

17 hours ago, trickytrevbenjamin said:

Glad the club are following this up. Take the point made by ppl, we were all going into this with our eyes open expecting the journey to take a while even though it’s not far etc. 
 

However having to stand on a bus with no windows for ventilation or toilets for over 3 hours isn’t really on. People were having to piss into bottles and many older fans were struggling on the bus then in the stadium due to only one toilet block being open and literally a school table selling a couple of objects which straight away had a huge queue. So many didn’t have access fo water or food for the majority of the day.  

 

More should be done to ensure a general basic level of quality of service is provided by clubs/police authorities. 
 

Don’t regret going, had great time in Naples managed to see lots of interesting sites, ate a ton of lovely food, met some friendly locals but I’m never getting on a bus again. Bus w@nkers

Yeah, the refreshments kiosk definitely brought to mind a school tuck shop! I got there at 2-0 down, desperate for something to drink after the near three hours on the bus. Went down at half time, huge queue for one little table, cash only. I only had a card on me, so had to stay dehydrated until I got back to my hotel later.

 

I expected more, with this being a top Serie A club with a big stadium. 
Naples in general seemed a bit third world to me 😆 

Edited 11 December 2021 by NZ_Foxile

[CosbehFox]

It’s only foreign coppers though….

[adejo92]

1 hour ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

It’s only foreign coppers though….

Begs the question as to why they were sent home though. Doesn't look like they are on their way to the family stand..

 

Hard to judge too much from a small video that has no back story and portrays only what the person videoing wants it to.

Edited 11 December 2021 by adejo92

[CosbehFox]

1 hour ago, adejo92 said:

Begs the question as to why they were sent home though. Doesn't look like they are on their way to the family stand..

 

Hard to judge too much from a small video that has no back story and portrays only what the person videoing wants it to.

Well they were being denying walking to the game. It’s Chesterfield on their way to Grimsby after arriving at the train station. 
 

This is the second time that the same police force have caused an issue. They were pushing Notts County fans onto trains which were taking some of their support to the wrong destination and something they didn’t have a ticket for. 
 

I am a firm believer in that if you show respect and understanding, the police will get it back. If they stand on guard being obtuse, then the silly crap gets cut out  

[adejo92]

31 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Well they were being denying walking to the game. It’s Chesterfield on their way to Grimsby after arriving at the train station. 
 

This is the second time that the same police force have caused an issue. They were pushing Notts County fans onto trains which were taking some of their support to the wrong destination and something they didn’t have a ticket for. 
 

I am a firm believer in that if you show respect and understanding, the police will get it back. If they stand on guard being obtuse, then the silly crap gets cut out  

I get where your coming from but I'll reserve judgement.

 

If the police would have let this group on the train, marching through the town centre, people would be blaming the police for letting them on the train. They stop them, and people moan it's oppressive.

 

I am somewhere Inbetween.

 

As for the police showing respect and understanding and getting it back, sadly I don't think that is the case any more. The police are public enemy number one, partially by their own doing, but its become trendy to be anti police.

[VLC86]

First person on our trip has tested positive  luckily I was negative but does this still mean anyone on the flight is ok?

[CosbehFox]

3 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said:

First person on our trip has tested positive  luckily I was negative but does this still mean anyone on the flight is ok?

Depends if it’s omicron basically 

[VLC86]

9 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Depends if it’s omicron basically 

That’s alright then, fingers crossed it isn’t.

[ealingfox]

Only just got back, stayed until today. Wouldn't be rushing to go back tbh, football experience is a pain, Naples is a bit of a dump and Neapolitans are low IQ carb merchants. You have to say the pizza is top notch though, high standards across all the ones we tried.

[NZ_Foxile]

6 hours ago, Costock_Fox said:

First person on our trip has tested positive  luckily I was negative but does this still mean anyone on the flight is ok?

Which flight were they on? Hopefully not mine 

[The Year Of The Fox]

20 hours ago, Costock_Fox said:

First person on our trip has tested positive  luckily I was negative but does this still mean anyone on the flight is ok?

Received a text about 20 mins ago

 

Stansted-Naples Thursday morning by any chance?