AndWhat? Posted 28 May 2014 Author Posted 28 May 2014 Not anymore! The owner of Dinamo Zagreb has killed the fan scene at the club. In Split it would still be immense though.
Unabomber Posted 28 May 2014 Posted 28 May 2014 Had a whatsapp video from one of my old workmates about a month ago who had finally gone to Boca v River at La Bombanera, to say I was jealous is an understatement, that's the ultimate one and I've got to do it. I've been to Bayern, Hamburg, Valencia, Malaga, Werdern Bremen and Armenia Bielefeld. Would recommend all although Bremen is a bit of a dump, probably didn't help we took two kickings in the space of three hours though in between 12am and 3am, one in a pub then we somehow ended up in a subway. I want to do a game in France next season and we did plan for the Seville derby this year bit didn't make it and now that's off for at leats two years. Hansa Rostock v St Pauli as well if the former can get their arse in gear. How was Hamburg? My brother has got a job there for a year so I am probably going to go over and go to a game.
Guest MattP Posted 28 May 2014 Posted 28 May 2014 I once went to Chicago Fire. That was not so good. I forgot LA v Seattle Sounders, sat with the ACB (Angel City Brigade) and they were a very un-American, lot of songs, couple of flairs, decent songs. How was Hamburg? My brother has got a job there for a year so I am probably going to go over and go to a game. You'll love it. Use three words and you won't go wrong for a good night "Reeperbahn" then "Flower Market" - In that order. I'll PM you a story about it later, I can't post it up on here anymore as too many people know who I am
Unabomber Posted 28 May 2014 Posted 28 May 2014 I forgot LA v Seattle Sounders, sat with the ACB (Angel City Brigade) and they were a very un-American, lot of songs, couple of flairs, decent songs. You'll love it. Use three words and you won't go wrong for a good night "Reeperbahn" then "Flower Market" - In that order. I'll PM you a story about it later, I can't post it up on here anymore as too many people know who I am Nice, look forward to it.
SemperEadem Posted 28 May 2014 Posted 28 May 2014 Not anymore! The owner of Dinamo Zagreb has killed the fan scene at the club. In Split it would still be immense though. Do you know what exactly he has done? Saw losds of Blue Boys (ultras) graffiti when I was in Zagreb and similarly in Split with their ultras.
Voll Blau Posted 28 May 2014 Posted 28 May 2014 How was Hamburg? My brother has got a job there for a year so I am probably going to go over and go to a game. Mate of mine has just moved over there too. Need to make sure I get myself over there for when Bochum play away at Pauli.
AndWhat? Posted 28 May 2014 Author Posted 28 May 2014 Do you know what exactly he has done? Saw losds of Blue Boys (ultras) graffiti when I was in Zagreb and similarly in Split with their ultras.Without using google....... I'm pretty sure the owner of Zagreb is the head of the Croatian Football Association and a known crook. He's basically on a mission to destroy the Bad Blue Boys. A lot of their members are currently serving lengthy prison terms for things as small as using flares.And at a game a couple of weekends ago any caught with being in a section different to their ticket or without a ticket at all was arrested.
Tielemans63 Posted 28 May 2014 Posted 28 May 2014 Not anymore! The owner of Dinamo Zagreb has killed the fan scene at the club. In Split it would still be immense though. I went to Hajduk v Dinamo a couple of years back as part of my mates stag do. Best / scariest atmosphere I've experienced by a distance. Would probably shit myself at the Belgrade derby. Got a wife and a sproggin now so obviously don't travel much these days but went fairly regularly to European games in my mid-twenties. I half started to follow FC Koln as flights there always seemed to be dirt cheap. I went to a few Sparta games in Holland too as flights to Rotterdam were usually quite reasonable. A few of us went to watch Lille in Northern France a couple of times too. If you're young, got some spare cash and a few enthusiastic mates I can't recommend it highly enough - great fun.
Unabomber Posted 29 May 2014 Posted 29 May 2014 Nice, look forward to it. Still patiently waiting for potentially chronic story.
bovril Posted 29 May 2014 Posted 29 May 2014 Going back to the original post, it seems a bit much to do the overnight train when you can there are buses to and from each of those cities that take about 4-5 hours.
AndWhat? Posted 29 May 2014 Author Posted 29 May 2014 Going back to the original post, it seems a bit much to do the overnight train when you can there are buses to and from each of those cities that take about 4-5 hours. I will look into that! Got any links to sites? I was just playing around on the DBahn website which has train times for all of Europe.
bovril Posted 29 May 2014 Posted 29 May 2014 I will look into that! Got any links to sites? I was just playing around on the DBahn website which has train times for all of Europe. I dunno about sites but I'm sure there are two buses a day from Belgrade to Sofia and at least 2 on to Thessaloniki. That DBahn site is great fun.
Dan Posted 29 May 2014 Posted 29 May 2014 Lille looks quality. I'm with MattP big time regarding Boca. Their fans are quality.
AndWhat? Posted 29 May 2014 Author Posted 29 May 2014 I dunno about sites but I'm sure there are two buses a day from Belgrade to Sofia and at least 2 on to Thessaloniki. That DBahn site is great fun. Just found buses from Belgrade to Sofia for 11 quid and Sofia to Thessaloniki for 23 quid! ****ing bargain!
ousefox Posted 29 May 2014 Posted 29 May 2014 Just the Seville derby for me in Easter. We got a private tour a couple of years ago but it was in summer so we just got to go on the pitch instead! Atmosphere was better than I've ever witnessed and our Spanish friends got us seats perfectly on the half way line so we had a cracking view. Couldn't recommend it more and Seville is an incredible city that I'm surprised isn't visited more by British people. The warm evenings make it so sociable - the place is just as busy at night as it is in the day. It was their Holy Week too which was a pretty remarkable thing to see.
AndWhat? Posted 29 May 2014 Author Posted 29 May 2014 Yeah South America is the Holy Grail for atmosphere hunters
AndWhat? Posted 29 May 2014 Author Posted 29 May 2014 Weren't Dinamo in the 2nd tier last season? No, they won the league.
Stadt Posted 29 May 2014 Posted 29 May 2014 No, they won the league.Oh right haha According to FM 'Dinamo' were
Stuliasz Posted 30 May 2014 Posted 30 May 2014 Probably not hipster enough for many but this season I had a week in Madrid / Paris where I saw Real Madrid beat Levante on the Sunday, Atletico Madrid beat AC Milan on the Tuesday, and PSG beat Bayer Leverkusen on the Wednesday. The atmosphere at Atletico was sensational, PSG was surprisingly good as well. Real Madrid fans are just there to be entertained. It's given me a taste for more so I'm looking forward to planning next season when the fixtures come out.
Voll Blau Posted 30 May 2014 Posted 30 May 2014 Probably not hipster enough for many but this season I had a week in Madrid / Paris where I saw Real Madrid beat Levante on the Sunday, Atletico Madrid beat AC Milan on the Tuesday, and PSG beat Bayer Leverkusen on the Wednesday. The atmosphere at Atletico was sensational, PSG was surprisingly good as well. Real Madrid fans are just there to be entertained. It's given me a taste for more so I'm looking forward to planning next season when the fixtures come out. Always associated hipsters with the opposite, doing the big grounds because it doesn't require a lot of effort as long as you're willing to pay through the nose and act the tourist the whole time you're there. The kinds of people who come from the home counties and describe Barca as their "first team", probably Arsenal or Chelsea as their "second" and Wycombe or Gillingham as their local team they support ironically. The kind of idiot who writes a list like this: http://www.buzzfeed.com/austinhunt/21-soccer-stadiums-you-should-watch-a-game-in-before-you-die No problem with people who want to go to the Nou Camp/Bernabeu etc (and I'm guessing your own experience differs from the one I just described) but I reckon it would all be a bit too touristy for my taste. I'd love to experience a game at Dortmund but wouldn't want to go unless I was on the terrace for example. Give me a ticket in the Aris end at the Thessaloniki derby over El Classico any day.
C-man Posted 29 July 2014 Posted 29 July 2014 Just sorted tickets for Dortmund's first home game vs Leverkusen on the same day City are playing at the Bridge. My ticket on the Südtribüne cost 10 euros.
Manwell Pablo Posted 29 July 2014 Posted 29 July 2014 Got another one coming up this season, Hamburg is currently top of the potential destinations list.
HEGGSY Posted 29 July 2014 Posted 29 July 2014 Just booked for 4 nights in Madrid over the weekend Madrid play Sociedad in Feb. £167 pp 3 of us going. Now to get tickets
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