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Voll Blau

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By Voll Blau, in General Football and Sport

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Sir Steve Howard

Sir Steve Howard

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15 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Chelsea in Kazakhstan today, very jealous of that. The ultimate trip. I recall we could have drawn a Kazakh side in the round that we eventually played Randers in.

Mate Kazakhstan in February would have been brutal
Also just looked and it was Qarabag we could have drawn, fvck Azerbaijan 

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Leicesterpool

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Just now, boots60 said:

I'm also giving Newcastle a miss, off to Salford v Notts Co.at 12.30 then Radcliffe v Kidderminster

 

I was looking at Salford v Notts County also but the early kick off didn't help. Don't fancy 6am wake up call.

CosbehFox

CosbehFox

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On 11/12/2024 at 15:07, rugbyblue said:

I didnt realise this thread existed until it was pointed out to me......so .....

 

My daughter and i are going to sweden next year and id love to take in a Stockholm derby while we are there.  We are flexible on dates so i will look at fixtures.

My question is does anyone know of any reputable football tour agents that aren't rip off merchants and i will actually get genuine tickets for a game.  Any recommendations most welcome 

https://allsvenskan.se/nyheter/spelordningen-for-allsvenskan-2025/
 

Fixtures out - normally mid January when the dates get set 

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CosbehFox

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Ticked over to 314 now. Couple of doubles over Christmas. 

 

Bromley plans in place for end of February - which completes the 92. 

Flights booked to do Dundee derby in March. If lucky might pull in Hearts as well. 

Would love to do Stockholm derby in April as AIK are at home to Malmo & Djurgardens women are playing at 1912 Olympic Stadium over that weekend. Flights are proving tricky and a ticket to Hammarby as well. 

 

I have made major progress on UCL South, done to 4 for Northern Mids. Haven't done many long distance non-leagues this year. 

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CosbehFox

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With the news that the New Mestalla has recommenced construction, I really need to watch a game there. It’s a ground that had been recommended to me without ever wishing to go but having walked around it, it’s pushed up the list 

Thefox81

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46 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

With the news that the New Mestalla has recommenced construction, I really need to watch a game there. It’s a ground that had been recommended to me without ever wishing to go but having walked around it, it’s pushed up the list 

I went around 10 years ago and my god the walk up to the seat was steep. Think they played Las Palmas so was plenty of tickets. Was in the top tier of their main stand. The rain came down like a monsoon and no roof. The stairways looked like rivers. Other than that a fantastic stadium well worth a visit. Heard the new stadium been hit with loads of financial difficulties meaning reducing capacity amongst other things.

Voll Blau

Voll Blau

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On 11/11/2024 at 22:33, Voll Blau said:

Bochum via Eurostar in February, so hoping to fit in at least one new ground as well while over there. Hoping for Düsseldorf if kick-offs fall alright, as I was meant to go there when the pandemic happened.

 

Crossing the border for the Limburg derby is a tempter, having been to Maastricht before, but not sure I'd be in a state to get there for 12.15 on a Sunday. Also pretty sure Roda fans are banned.

Fixtures didn't fall brilliantly but we've managed to get tickets for...

 

Duisburg v Oberhausen (Friday): Repeat visit for me and only managed to get seated tickets (terrace was sold out), but should be a spicy local derby.

 

Bochum v Freiburg (Saturday): Relegation Friendship drowning our sorrows together.

 

Leverkusen v Hoffenheim (Saturday): Sorted via European Football Weekends on the away terrace. €15 to watch the German champions... LCFC ticket office, take note. Not a fan of either club, but a new ground and no doubt a few pre/post-match Kölsches in Cologne to round the weekend off.

 

 

Also, match tickets mean we should only have to pay for one public transport journey while we're over there - and even then, half of that journey will be free of charge.

Stuntman_Mike

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On 06/01/2025 at 11:50, CosbehFox said:

Ticked over to 314 now. Couple of doubles over Christmas. 

 

Bromley plans in place for end of February - which completes the 92. 

Flights booked to do Dundee derby in March. If lucky might pull in Hearts as well. 

Would love to do Stockholm derby in April as AIK are at home to Malmo & Djurgardens women are playing at 1912 Olympic Stadium over that weekend. Flights are proving tricky and a ticket to Hammarby as well. 

 

I have made major progress on UCL South, done to 4 for Northern Mids. Haven't done many long distance non-leagues this year. 

Same here, I didn't get round to it in October as planned.

 

We're aiming to be at their Harrogate game the day after our Brentford game.

grobyfox1990

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Lewes in early Feb, for some reason consistently voted amongst the best grounds in the world. Also another chance to drink in Lewes, other than our game in Brighton in early April. Really good drinking town, the Harvey's cask is excellent

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CosbehFox

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2 hours ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

Same here, I didn't get round to it in October as planned.

 

We're aiming to be at their Harrogate game the day after our Brentford game.

That's exactly the game I am doing. Only issue is that they have reduced the capacity of the ground because now they are looking good to stay up and need to do it for ground grading. Might have to be Harrogate away end if needs must (got a booking history with them). 

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CosbehFox

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2 hours ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Lewes in early Feb, for some reason consistently voted amongst the best grounds in the world. Also another chance to drink in Lewes, other than our game in Brighton in early April. Really good drinking town, the Harvey's cask is excellent

Yeah because of the ground being set into like a dip and they've taken advantage of the difference in levels. Appear to be a decent day out as well. 

 

I am eagerly awaiting the date of February fixtures for Ligue 1 who've gone to a real shit system for notice and pull in Nantes when we have Man U. 

 

Dundee derby @ 3pm on a Sunday, so Hearts is a possibility. Stockholm looking possibly out of price range but might be a scandi trip in mid July. 

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boots60

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3 hours ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Lewes in early Feb, for some reason consistently voted amongst the best grounds in the world. Also another chance to drink in Lewes, other than our game in Brighton in early April. Really good drinking town, the Harvey's cask is excellent

 Always have a few beers in Lewes pre Brighton away games. Great pubs & pleasant place to wander around.

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CosbehFox

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On 11/12/2024 at 20:56, rugbyblue said:

Good to know thank you.  It will be the first time going to a foreign game so im starting from scratch 👍

Dates are out for the first 12 weekends of the Swedish season. 

rugbyblue

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5 hours ago, CosbehFox said:

Dates are out for the first 12 weekends of the Swedish season. 

Thanks.  Ive had a stroke of fortune regarding this.  I made contact with djurgardens initially as a general enquiry and an employee there has contacted me privately.  He is a member but can't make the derby with aik on 4th may.  He has offered to buy 2 tickets for me on his membership for this one which im delighted about.  I have offered to return the favour with city tickets if he ever visits the uk.  I suppose he could let me down but my gut tells me i won't get a better offer.

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CosbehFox

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Booked flights to Stockholm - subject to everything fitting into place 

 

Sat: Djurgarden women @ 1912 Stockholm Olympic Stadium 

Sun: Hammarby v Djurgardens 

Mon: AIK v Malmo 

 

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grobyfox1990

grobyfox1990

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On 20/01/2025 at 10:26, grobyfox1990 said:

Lewes in early Feb, for some reason consistently voted amongst the best grounds in the world. Also another chance to drink in Lewes, other than our game in Brighton in early April. Really good drinking town, the Harvey's cask is excellent

Very fun day out, the ground is unique. Standard of football at step 3 is so bad because teams can barely string 4 passes together so it’s hard to follow. An 88th min leveller and 94th min winner was fun. Some fantastic Harvey’s beers during the day 

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Voll Blau

Voll Blau

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On 17/01/2025 at 10:42, Voll Blau said:

Fixtures didn't fall brilliantly but we've managed to get tickets for...

 

Duisburg v Oberhausen (Friday): Repeat visit for me and only managed to get seated tickets (terrace was sold out), but should be a spicy local derby.

 

Bochum v Freiburg (Saturday): Relegation Friendship drowning our sorrows together.

 

Leverkusen v Hoffenheim (Saturday): Sorted via European Football Weekends on the away terrace. €15 to watch the German champions... LCFC ticket office, take note. Not a fan of either club, but a new ground and no doubt a few pre/post-match Kölsches in Cologne to round the weekend off.

 

 

Also, match tickets mean we should only have to pay for one public transport journey while we're over there - and even then, half of that journey will be free of charge.

Enjoyable weekender overall, despite a mad dash from Brussels Zuid to Brussels Nord with just 15 minutes to make our initial connection to Cologne after what had been a relaxed 2-hour layover there. The way Belgians do delayed trains is so weird.

 

Duisburg v Oberhausen was a good atmosphere without being mind-blowing for a local derby. Ended up being part of a full stadium tifo. We left at half-time as one of the lads had a bad cold and was shivering his way through it, but still managed to see the game's only two goals.

 

Bochum was great, as always - despite the result. Never managed to bump into the other group of Leicester who were over, but seemed like they had a great time from the messages I got.

 

Found Leverkusen more impressive than I was expecting. Some of the best stadium acoustics I've heard and still retains quite a unique identity for a bowl ground. Was in the Hoffenheim end and they were poor as you'd expect, but Leverkusen blew them away on the pitch in the first half. Had a couple of missiles land near us from the upper tier - a reminder that there's usually an edge to even routine games like that in Germany that you don't get here.

 

Good weekend in all. Must tick off one of the Hamburg or Berlin clubs away with Bochum next, I think.

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