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Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Pre-season fixtures 2018/19
« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2018, 08:55:21 PM »
We will play Watford again in the Graham Taylor cup won't we?  Or was that a one-off?

They played Real Sociedad at Vicarage Road for the Graham Taylor Memorial Cup.

Offline curiousorange

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Re: Pre-season fixtures 2018/19
« Reply #16 on: June 05, 2018, 09:21:49 PM »
I'll be hanging onto my twelve quid for the Walsall match for a while yet. I might not be able to claim it back from the receiver.

Offline The Man With A Stick

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Re: Pre-season fixtures 2018/19
« Reply #17 on: June 05, 2018, 09:25:31 PM »


One of my favourite bands are playing in Dusseldorf two days before we're in Dresden

Anyone tell me how hard/easy that is to cover distance wise ?
Not easy. Over 6 hours by train and expensive

Think about the poor players, they'll have to fucking walk there.

Offline sirlordbaltimore

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Re: Pre-season fixtures 2018/19
« Reply #18 on: June 06, 2018, 07:40:43 PM »


One of my favourite bands are playing in Dusseldorf two days before we're in Dresden

Anyone tell me how hard/easy that is to cover distance wise ?
Not easy. Over 6 hours by train and expensive

Ouch. Fuck that then!

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Re: Pre-season fixtures 2018/19
« Reply #19 on: June 06, 2018, 08:04:29 PM »
Dresden's fans have a bit of a reputation.

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Re: Pre-season fixtures 2018/19
« Reply #20 on: June 06, 2018, 08:10:09 PM »
Dresden's fans have a bit of a reputation.
Yes they do. A few of the German Villans have mentioned this.

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Re: Pre-season fixtures 2018/19
« Reply #21 on: June 07, 2018, 05:11:22 PM »
Burton Albion has been added on the 21st July.

Offline wittonwarrior

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Re: Pre-season fixtures 2018/19
« Reply #22 on: June 07, 2018, 05:21:27 PM »
Dresden flights quite expensive so will probably give it a swerve.

Burton away frills me with excitement - the sort of fixture Blues are normally referred with. 

Kidderminster away it is then.

Offline villa `cross the mersey

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Re: Pre-season fixtures 2018/19
« Reply #23 on: June 07, 2018, 06:00:23 PM »
I await the announcement of the Nou Camp game arranged as part of Jack's £50m move to Barca

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Re: Pre-season fixtures 2018/19
« Reply #24 on: June 08, 2018, 08:50:45 AM »
To me it looks too much like a repeat of last years pre season fixtures - and look how poorly we started in August

Offline kippaxvilla2

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Re: Pre-season fixtures 2018/19
« Reply #25 on: June 08, 2018, 09:28:26 PM »
Two more friendlies announced today.

Rapid Decline and Inter Administration.

Offline villa `cross the mersey

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Re: Pre-season fixtures 2018/19
« Reply #26 on: June 08, 2018, 09:50:18 PM »
Two more friendlies announced today.

Rapid Decline and Inter Administration.
and another one in Holland ...Fortuna Shitted

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Re: Pre-season fixtures 2018/19
« Reply #27 on: June 08, 2018, 10:16:24 PM »
Dresden is stunningly beautiful. After the bombing in 1945 the centre was just a heap of rubble and the rebuilding didn't begin in earnest until after German unification in 1990. The Coventry Cross of Nails is a poignant symbol of the city's rebirth.
Dresden airport is very small. There are flights from Stansted to Leipzig/Halle, which is 1½ hours away on the fastest train. The fastest train from Berlin does the journey in under 2 hours and from Prague just over 2.





I agree, Dresden is a shining example of how a city can rebuild itself after being razed to the ground.  It has a truly interesting history other than its wartime experience as well as  being the capital of Saxony.  A river trip on the Elbe is a pleasant way to pass a couple of hours and yes, the Cross of Nails is a very interesting story.  A trip to the top of the Church in the city centre gives a splendid view of the city and its surrounds.

We were there in 2010, flew into Berlin Shoenefeld and then rail to Dresden, just over two hours.  Taxi prices were average not too expensive.  Meissen isn't too far away either.

I'm sorry but I can't remember the author but I read a very good book about Dresden and what it went through over those two nights in February 1944.  Harrowing stuff indeed.

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Re: Pre-season fixtures 2018/19
« Reply #28 on: June 12, 2018, 05:07:54 PM »
A kickabout against West Ham at the Banks Stadium has now been added.

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Re: Pre-season fixtures 2018/19
« Reply #29 on: June 12, 2018, 05:24:30 PM »

I'm sorry but I can't remember the author but I read a very good book about Dresden and what it went through over those two nights in February 1944.  Harrowing stuff indeed.

Frederick Taylor. His book on the Berlin Wall is excellent too.

 


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