Euro 2016 Tournament Plans

[Kitchandro]

Is that even allowed?

 

Disgraceful.

[VLC86]

 

No alcohol for the fans before England/Wales it seems (well apart from in the fan zone)

 

From BBC:

 

French authorities are to impose a 24-hour alcohol ban in the city of Lens for the Euro 2016 meeting of England and Wales. The ban will start on 06:00 BST the day, but will not apply to the 10,000 capacity fan zone.

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Why pick on England and Wales - not the only potential trouble makers...

 

 Wow , that's atrocious. Fan zone could get busy.

[The Year Of The Fox]

No alcohol for the fans before England/Wales it seems (well apart from in the fan zone)

From BBC:

French authorities are to impose a 24-hour alcohol ban in the city of Lens for the Euro 2016 meeting of England and Wales. The ban will start on 06:00 BST the day, but will not apply to the 10,000 capacity fan zone.

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Why pick on England and Wales - not the only potential trouble makers...

The BBC link I've said says all games in Lens will be treated the sams

[The Year Of The Fox]

I certainly do have tickets for the game! Problem is I'm off to the Germany Poland game in Saint Denis later that day, so need a fairly quick getaway!

I think a lot of fans are heading into Lille from Paris on the day of the game anyway. Must be the quickest way

Yes mate iv got them. Still waiting for my England Fans ones though but should have them in the next few days.

Mine arrived 8 days ago!

[Dodgy Bob]

That alcohol ban is outrageous. Stinks of some politician or police chief with a stake in the fan zone trying to line their own pockets at the expense of local businesses. I hope everyone boycotts the fan zone.

[m4DD0gg]

Alcohol ban won't work. Boot leggers will be in their element

[Samilktray]

Why does it say you'll need tickets to the fan zones? Asking for friends who are travelling over

[Super_horns]

The BBC link I've said says all games in Lens will be treated the sams

Yes - saw that.

 

Fair enough I guess although you might ask why they put such a big game in a small town (could have swapped maybe?)

[AjcW]

Mad isn't it?!

I've only had to use the UEFA portal once for the Italy Quarter Final the day after we'd qualified for it

As it was in Kiev demand wasn't that high so was dead easy to get

Always wonder about these queues. I joined the Anthony Joshua vs Martin queue 5 mins before opening and got tickets over people in there for two hours. At the time thought it might have been because I used an O2 number

[ousefox]

That is ridiculous haha. Unbelievable. Glad I'm not going there.

[Heart-Shaped Fox]

Hoping many English people in fanzone in Paris for Wales game

[The Blur]

There's a south of France resident on here isn't there? Trying to work out how much I'm likely to spend in 16 days. Food, drink, metro, museums etc.

I was in Lyon for a week last year and it seemed quite pricey - don't know different the rest of the region is?

 

I believe you are thinking of FIF, he does not post much anymore though.

[The Year Of The Fox]

So since the original 'source' I saw about the alcohol ban in Lens (it was on the Wales v England Facebook page) the blokes had clarification by Welsh police intelligence unit.

Booze will only be banned from public places- restaurants bars and the fanzone will all serve alcohol.

That matches up with a bloke on the England forum who lives in France who said this;

I have looked on French press, both national & regional. Nothing confirming this as it stands.

My understanding is that French authorities will simply ban supporters from drinking on streets or in parks (which is illegal anyway). Bars, restaurants and fanzone will be allowed to serve alcohol.

The aim is to keep as many ticketless fans away from Lens as possible.

If this new info is true I can't imagine the media changing their stories as it seems way less dramatic

[The Year Of The Fox]

Why does it say you'll need tickets to the fan zones? Asking for friends who are travelling over

Bit odd that really isn't it?! Surely that rule can't be implemented

[The Year Of The Fox]

Yes - saw that.

 

Fair enough I guess although you might ask why they put such a big game in a small town (could have swapped maybe?)

I guess it's convenient being so close to home. You'd imagine the majority will be day trippers or staying for one night only because of the convenience

[The Year Of The Fox]

http://www.fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/england-wales-matchday-lens-euro-2016-france

[VLC86]

I think a lot of fans are heading into Lille from Paris on the day of the game anyway. Must be the quickest way

Mine arrived 8 days ago!

Yeah I rang them and basically if you bought them direct through UEFA with England fans reference you got them last week, as I bought them by calling England fans UEFA posted them all to Wembley and then they redistributed them.

[The Year Of The Fox]

Ah yeh, I saw that last week actually

[The Year Of The Fox]

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10294513/no-alcohol-ban-for-england-wales-clash-at-euro-2016-in-lens

[VLC86]

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10294513/no-alcohol-ban-for-england-wales-clash-at-euro-2016-in-lens

 

Does that mean they are banning not having alcohol? They need to make their minds up.

[The Year Of The Fox]

No it never was an alcohol ban.

People just not reading the reports properly

[AndWhat?]

Are you allowed to take your own booze into the fan parks?

[VLC86]

Are you allowed to take your own booze into the fan parks?

I wouldn't have thought so mate, I'm sure in Ukraine they had bag checks.

[The Year Of The Fox]

Are you allowed to take your own booze into the fan parks?

No virtually nothing is being allowed to be brought into the fans park. Heineken all round unfortunately

[AndWhat?]

No virtually nothing is being allowed to be brought into the fans park. Heineken all round unfortunately

 

At 8 euros a pop I'm guessing as well!

 

**** that then