UEFA Europa Conference League - Alkmaar, Legia and Zrinjski

[Clampy]

I didn't know Bladen was moving on. Nice chap to be fair whenever I've spoken to him.

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Yeah he's a nice bloke. Shame he's a dingle.

[Mortimer's Bear]

I have a hotel provisionally booked but have just seen the price of flights has since gone up considerably.

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Try Liverpool, £250 for us out of there with Ryan Air.

[eamonn]

I reckon we won't sell out Warsaw.

They already sold-out when they changed to Joy Division.

[darren woolley]

I reckon we won't sell out Warsaw.

They already sold-out when they changed to Joy Division.

Very good I like it.

[liam]

I have a hotel provisionally booked but have just seen the price of flights has since gone up considerably.

Have yout tried flying to Poznan, then getting the train to Warsaw for £10....was much cheaper. I'm flying from Leeds as it was about £170 with WizzAir...probably be cancelled last minute knowing my experience of Wizz Air!

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Said before, Madrid in 98 and Hamburg in 08 aside, by and large we've never taken big numbers anywhere in Europe.

True, but the demand for away tickets in general is way higher these days, than then. So I’d expect our numbers to be higher now.

As an example, Boro away in April 04 (Crouch scored a late winner), we decided to go the night before and paid on the day as we hadn’t sold our allocation. Unthinkable now, and we were chasing top 4 at the time.

I was there. Keeper saved a De La Cruz shot from memory, keeper's save falls to Crouch and the away go mental.

Correct. Then my mate got arrested for hugging Crouch in the celebrations! The Boro police were wankers. They nicked a few Villa fans (for celebrating a goal next to the pitch, not on it) then released them once the last train back to Brum had left.

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They'll be around 500 left for season ticket holders come 6pm. Most of the lower tier has gone.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

The fact that they are absolute nut jobs over there, with quite the reputation might put a few of our fans off too.... and on that note, it could get messy if some of the coked up idiots in our fanbase, seen on recent away trips, start shouting their mouths off, as they're likely to meet their match.

I'm booked to be out there from Wednesday morning and was aware of their reputation, but still assumed we would be ok if you were sensible (like most away days) then i stumbled on a post when Rangers were there in 2019 and the guidelines they were issued with - Yikes! No going north of the stadium, no dinking in bars, a fan zone was set up for them in a field with a beer tent and Police presence at the fan zone, hoping its a bit over the top but i will be super careful on match day...no advice from the Villa yet! I also saw the Newcastlfe fans group have arranged a series of bars in Milan they can visit and put flags out etc with some level of saftey, be very interesting where villa fans have to pick the tickets up from to see if we can do similar as happened in Scotland for hibs

Bladen had 4 other spotters from WMP with him, which was massive overkill, but perhaps a bit of training (his last season with us). In Vienna we had a Met spotter and a local Viennese guy (with a bum bag, so he looked very conspicuous).

I suspect they'll want us to drink where they hand out the tickets as its easy to manage. Was easy in Prague and Hamburg. Only bother we've had post-Madrid (which was our Stone Island before it was Stone Island fault) was Vienna first time when they bounded down to the bar, piled in, said nothing, then nicked a big Sutton Coldfield flag.

With Rangers, you've got to factor in they're absolute twats themselves, so far more likely to rub locals up the wrong way. That said, regardless of how well behaved we are as a travelling support, the curious locals think you're a hooligan by default.

Only time I’ve been to Poland was with England in Katowice, 20 years ago. England fans were asked not to drink in the city centre as it could be too dodgy. That was never going to happen and it was okay in fairness, however the taxi driver deliberately dropped us outside the home end rather than the away end! That was very moody indeed and some police took us to the England end. Atmosphere inside (we were right next to the Poles) was also very hostile, but impressive.

An ex colleague of mine went to Warsaw with Leicester recently. Said it was the loudest ground he’s ever been in.

[Small Rodent]

Silly question, but when is general sale?

i know, i know stop laughing at the back!

[dorsetvillian]

4 Bournemouth Lions making the trip

[dorsetvillian]

Flying Gatwick to Krakow.

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Silly question, but when is general sale?

i know, i know stop laughing at the back!

No criteria for that yet, but there's a possibility of it tomorrow/Saturday.

[AV82EC]

Silly question, but when is general sale?

i know, i know stop laughing at the back!

No criteria for that yet, but there's a possibility of it tomorrow/Saturday.

Wouldn’t it be Claret members first?