[Villa Away - Ever The Optomist]

Though there scorer was a geezer called ian taylor but robbie earle will do

 

Yeah it was Ian Taylor from about 30 yards. Robbie Earle never played for Villa.

 

Neil Cox, Bobby Taylor and Nathan Blake for us.

 

I remember the bloke in the seat in front of me moaning because my knees were in the back of his seat when I sat down before kick off

 

And they say it's bad now!

[Munich Fan At Work]

i wouldn't worry about that, it was probably a competition or something and written by a 10 year old or that tw?t who writes the red issue

 

we're not victorious, glorious or the pride of division 3, 2 & 1 either

 

It's from the 50s. I think it's called the United Calypso.

 

As for the AIG logo, I wouldn't expect anything less from that club. All must be commercialised. Shameless.

[The Away Following At Eastlands]

I heard there was bottles and lighters being thrown from the city fans in the lower tier

 

Correct. Not for the first time there either.

 

I thought the stewards downstairs were nobs to be honest. Spent most of the second half telling us to sit down when City to the left and right were ALL stood up for 90 minutes and they were lobbing all sorts over every time they scored. A full bottle of coke narrowly missed hitting a little lad square in the face after Bianchi scored. Complete sh*thouses.

[Flight Connections]

Problem is pal,I where contact lenses so need to bring solutions.

 

Also need to bring shaving gear so guess they won't allow me to bring it on plane.

 

You can take liquids upto 100ml in your hand luggage now so you should be OK with your contact lens solutions. As for shaving stuff, buy it once you've got through security or grow a beard.

 

Sorry about the echo!

[Flight Connections]

Always flew direct to destinations but flying via another airport to get to my destinations.

 

They are 2 different airlines but an hour in between flights.

 

I am concerned if the 1st flight is delayed and not a lot of leeway,will the second airline hold the plane.

 

Also will the 1st airline automatically transfer baggage to the 2nd airline or do you collect it yourself.

 

If it is the same airline will they do the above.

 

Any advice please

 

I suffered with this once. We were going to New York via Gatwick and even though the journey was on one ticket the shuttle from Manchester to Gatwick was with BA and the onward flight to NYC with Continental. The outward flight was delayed so we got to check-in with Continental 5 minutes after the desk closed and they wouldn't let us on even though there was still 55 minutes before departure, they had our bags and knew we were at Gatwick!!! They were actually in the process of removing our bags from the plane whilst we were stood arguing at check-in! Dealing with a US airline probably didn't help us here I admit, but my experience suggests that they probably won't hold the flight. However, I think they'd be more likely to hold the connection if both parts of your journey were with the same airline.

 

Even though our bags were checked all the way through, we had to check in twice. Maybe you could ask to check in for the connecting flight at the same time as your first flight? Again, with it being 2 airlines, I don't know if this is possible. Also, you'd have more protection from a missed connection if your flights are all on the same ticket as it officially counts as the same journey. In our case, BA had to compensate us. If you have 2 tickets (eg. Manchester to Gatwick as one fare then Gatwick to NYC as an entirely different fare) then you've got no chance as the time between connections is your responsibility entirely.

 

The best bit of advice I can give you though is that if worst comes to worst and you do miss your connection but manage to arrange another flight to get you to your final destination, make sure that you re-confirm all of your return trip with the airlines. As we found to our cost, if you don't make a flight and then don't re-confirm the return, the airline will assume that you never reached your destination at all and cancel your ticket!

[Allianz Arena]

The seats flip-up to allow terraces to be used for standing at Bundesliga games. Ingenious really. Apologies for the terrible photo but this should give you some idea (old-style terrace on the left, Bundesliga terrace on the right)

 

 

The picture on the left is Borussia Dortmund. The terraces do still look like that in the main, so I have no idea how they convert them to seats, but they do. It's only at the very back of the Sudtribune (25,000 standing places) that the seats flip back into the crush barriers like in the second picture. I'd say 80% of the terracing at Dortmund was 'traditional' on a Bundesliga match day and I think it's this way at most of the other German grounds too.

[Allianz Arena]

how many times have i read on here

 

'tickets are only a fiver in germany'

 

so, are we saying thats bullshit or are we just a big draw

 

Mr Casino, how are you?

 

Bayern's Bundesliga pricelist attached:

 

http://www.fcbayern.t-com.de/media/native/...e09b1a04b1641c0

 

For most home games you can stand for 12 euros (?8.), which rises to a massive (!) 15 euros (?10) for the few top category games. A fair chunk of the seats are then either 20 or 30 euros (?14/?21) again for the vast majority of home games.

 

When I went to Dortmund in February my ticket was 11 euros. That price applied to each of the 25,000 standing places. So, no, it ain't bullshit.

 

It is probably more because they have to convert to all-seater and they see a European fixture as a higher category. Maybe.

 

And, of course, we ARE a big draw.

[Baseball]

Aye - all the rage. Just bought and printed out my tickets for The Cribs at Lee's Palace. Came in PDF format.

 

For those of you who have been to games - if you go to this link - and click on the T next to Wed 8 Aug - which seats are the best in your opinion (ie. which colour, level, etc)?

When I put in Best Available it gave me the orange ones. on the lower level behind the pitcher.

 

http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/ticketing/...me.jsp?c_id=tor

 

Mr Smiley. How's it going son?

 

I've been to the Blue Jays and I'd honestly say just get the cheapest seats in the top tier. There's not really a bad seat in the house. I think it holds about 60,000 and there wasn't more than 20,000 there on our 2 visits. Yankees could be different though as they're the baseball equivalent of United so everyone might turn out. They're also equally hated I believe!

 

Worth a trip as a one off but like others have said it can be feckin' dull at times.

 

Enjoy.

[Things that have to go from football]

The Scoreboard Chavs. Their 'best' effort for me (at Spurs Fans) 'You're just a small town in Arsenal...' ;pp

[Things that have to go from football]

Seats.

[well said gartside.]

Impotent also means powerless, helpless or ineffective so HR's post makes perfect sense!

[So Called Plastic Whites! You Should Never Have To Explain..]

That's me

 

I know what you mean, but it seems pointless to issue a ticket with a stub AND a voucher. The phrase 'please retain your stub for future ticket applications' isn't a new one after all.

 

As you know, I've not been a major fan of the ticket office in the past, but I don't think they're doing that much wrong at the moment.

 

Anyway, you'll be alright, apart from travelling to Portugal on the same plane(s) as Smiley #-o

[So Called Plastic Whites! You Should Never Have To Explain..]

Can those that didn't go to the home game against Zenit yet went to either Plovdiv or Besiktas defend why they didn't attend last nights game?

 

 

point is, they don't have to defend themselves

 

just accept they may miss out down the line

 

why no vouchers are issued at home games is beyond me

 

Mr Casino, long time no speak! The Zenit tickets have a perforated stub which says 'BWFC Vs ZSP Please retain'. If this isn't a voucher then I don't know what is!

[REEBOK RHYTHEM ON SPEED.]

As embarrassing as the Reebok Rhythm are, I'd rather listen to them than the chavs in the corner singing 'You're just a small town in Arsenal / Chelsea'. Jesus wept!

 

#-o #-o