UEFA Europa Conference League - Alkmaar, Legia and Zrinjski

[olaftab]

The email from club yesterday to potential ticket holders was very useful. Amongst other things it mentioned that shuttle busses have been arranged to transport fans from the Old Town to the stadium and then back again after the match. Pick up point is Molly Malone's bar.

[Brazilian Villain]

Could be tricky for those who declared they'd avoid the Irish pubs in whatever city we were playing.

[olaftab]

Sorry it's not Molly Malones, it's a Polish bar called Molla Malonozlowski.

[Small Rodent]

Molly Malones calls itself an Irish Bar, but apart from the Guinness it basically a mini beer hall upstairs and a narrow bar at the entrance banging out heavy metal.

I actually like the “Irish Pub Miodowa”. Again not very Irish but local enough to be “home” in less than 10 minutes and they know me there. I’ll probably watch the game there. I’ve only seen it busy for Poland national team games.

[Brazilian Villain]

Sorry it's not Molly Malones, it's a Polish bar called Molla Malonozlowski.

Crying, "Pierogi and bigo, alive, alive, oh"...

[Small Rodent]

It’s seriously a tiny bar downstairs; six bar stools!! Room for about 50/60 upstairs.

Do all ticket holders have to take the shuttle, because that’s a lot of shuttling!

[olaftab]

It's not mandated anywhere in the info pack that everyone must take the shuttle bus. On transport this is the text:

Is there any dedicated transport from the city centre to the ground?
There will be 10 dedicated buses routing fans to and from the stadium. The pickup point is Molly Malones.

The stadium is 4.6 miles from the City centre and will take approx 20 minutes in moderate traffic.

And post match:

What time does public transport run until?
It will remain available all evening with dedicated buses returning fans to the main square.

[Small Rodent]

Best use those out on for the fans especially coming back. It’s a bit of a jaunt and public transport will be rammed,

[Small Rodent]

Some musings with the family and they think it’s possible the stretch of road around Molly Malone’s may get closed off.

It’s a normal road but pavements either side are very wide. They’ve closed it before for events, I think.

I also recommend those interested in history to watch the film ‘Warsaw 44’. It’s pretty gritty, and free to view on Amazon freevee.

[Holte L2]

Best use those out on for the fans especially coming back. It’s a bit of a jaunt and public transport will be rammed,

Hi Small Rodent, I'm in the Ibis 10 minute walk from the ground. Will the walk back be ok? It just looks like a walk down a main road.

[Small Rodent]

Best use those out on for the fans especially coming back. It’s a bit of a jaunt and public transport will be rammed,

Hi Small Rodent, I'm in the Ibis 10 minute walk from the ground. Will the walk back be ok? It just looks like a walk down a main road.

I expect it would be. Lots of families go to the football. Everyone else is going to be too busy scrabbling for public transport. Get on your Google maps though for a route because I’ve had to double back sometimes because you can come to a dual carriageway with no crossings.

[Holte L2]

Best use those out on for the fans especially coming back. It’s a bit of a jaunt and public transport will be rammed,

Hi Small Rodent, I'm in the Ibis 10 minute walk from the ground. Will the walk back be ok? It just looks like a walk down a main road.

I expect it would be. Lots of families go to the football. Everyone else is going to be too busy scrabbling for public transport. Get on your Google maps though for a route because I’ve had to double back sometimes because you can come to a dual carriageway with no crossings.

Cheers. I've google mapped it and I think I'm familiar with it now.  Just wanted to make sure it was pretty safe.

[liam]

Best use those out on for the fans especially coming back. It’s a bit of a jaunt and public transport will be rammed,

A couple of us are in that Ibis, so may see you in there.

Hi Small Rodent, I'm in the Ibis 10 minute walk from the ground. Will the walk back be ok? It just looks like a walk down a main road.

I expect it would be. Lots of families go to the football. Everyone else is going to be too busy scrabbling for public transport. Get on your Google maps though for a route because I’ve had to double back sometimes because you can come to a dual carriageway with no crossings.

Cheers. I've google mapped it and I think I'm familiar with it now.  Just wanted to make sure it was pretty safe.

A couple of us are in that Ibis, might see you out there

[Holte L2]

Best use those out on for the fans especially coming back. It’s a bit of a jaunt and public transport will be rammed,

A couple of us are in that Ibis, so may see you in there.

Hi Small Rodent, I'm in the Ibis 10 minute walk from the ground. Will the walk back be ok? It just looks like a walk down a main road.

I expect it would be. Lots of families go to the football. Everyone else is going to be too busy scrabbling for public transport. Get on your Google maps though for a route because I’ve had to double back sometimes because you can come to a dual carriageway with no crossings.

Cheers. I've google mapped it and I think I'm familiar with it now.  Just wanted to make sure it was pretty safe.

A couple of us are in that Ibis, might see you out there

Will look forward to it mate. The location looks ideal!

[PeterWithe]

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.

Must have been the same trip we went on. Mini bus from Water Orton, our mate got arrested for falling over the barrier at the front. Let out after the last train had left, we stopped in Leeds on the way back to wait for him, when he turned up the rozzers had confiscated his shoes and in there place he was wearing some plimsolls like he was about to do gym class in junior school.

From memory, he'd drank a small of bottle of whiskey on the bus and had attracted the attention of the constabulary by falling asleep in the ground.Fairly sure it was the game we won 4-0 as well.