Pre-Season Fixtures

[lennythekad]

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2385030,00.html

Anybody interested in going to this, Braga is the ground with cliff faces at both ends of the ground!
If you're going to make a weekend of it, it's currently £177 rtn to Porto at the mo from Stansted with Ryanair (prob nearer 200 with the extras they charge). Departing at 0915, arrive Porto 1135, coming back Sunday it's 2115 out of Porto, arrive Stansted 2335 (there's a 0630/0850 flight also). It's just over an hour on the train to Braga from Porto. They run every hour each way, including Sunday.
I'd go myself, but I've already booked up to take the missus to Berlin for a long weekend!.

[rjp]

I called the ticket office today to ask if they knew when Derby tickets go on sale.  They said that they're going on sale at Derby today (here) so they expect our allocation to come through quite soon.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Anybody needing any advice with the Braga game, just let me know. Although you can fly into Porto, if flight tickets are much cheaper to Lisbon, I'd consider it. There's an excellent rail service to Braga, in fact if you like trains, it's possible to do Algarve (Faro) to Braga in about 5 hours. Probably better and cheaper from Brum than going down to Stanstead.