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Post by irishrover on Jul 9, 2020 18:45:21 GMT
One last sneaky game in 2019/20. Have booked to go to Prague this weekend and will be off to Dukla vs Varnsdorf in the second division. First game since Brazil in March! Let me know what that one's like - I want to go back to Prague for another football weekend. If it beats the experience of watching Bohemians at the Dolicek I will be impressed! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2020 11:51:28 GMT
Back from Prague, wrote a piece about it which you can find here. Super fun little trip, will try and get some more Euro trips in I think. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2020 13:15:07 GMT
Been watching plenty of non-league lately, Hitchin's Top Field was a highlight. Looking at hopefully going to Poland in a couple of weeks for some top flight football. That's very much up in the air though, Germany also a possibility. It's difficult trying to find trips at the moment!
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Post by Rex on Sept 28, 2020 14:44:03 GMT
Been watching plenty of non-league lately, Hitchin's Top Field was a highlight. Looking at hopefully going to Poland in a couple of weeks for some top flight football. That's very much up in the air though, Germany also a possibility. It's difficult trying to find trips at the moment! I have been to Hitchin with Rovers, I prefer not to talk about it. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2020 15:20:18 GMT
Been watching plenty of non-league lately, Hitchin's Top Field was a highlight. Looking at hopefully going to Poland in a couple of weeks for some top flight football. That's very much up in the air though, Germany also a possibility. It's difficult trying to find trips at the moment! I have been to Hitchin with Rovers, I prefer not to talk about it. Wooden terracing. Outstanding. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2020 9:04:31 GMT
Been watching plenty of non-league lately, Hitchin's Top Field was a highlight. Looking at hopefully going to Poland in a couple of weeks for some top flight football. That's very much up in the air though, Germany also a possibility. It's difficult trying to find trips at the moment! Poland is off, Germany booked. Flight to Hamburg and back from Berlin. Exciting. |
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Post by eppinggas on Oct 2, 2020 10:49:35 GMT
Been watching plenty of non-league lately, Hitchin's Top Field was a highlight. Looking at hopefully going to Poland in a couple of weeks for some top flight football. That's very much up in the air though, Germany also a possibility. It's difficult trying to find trips at the moment! Poland is off, Germany booked. Flight to Hamburg and back from Berlin. Exciting. I think it varies from region to region how many fans are allowed in? Union had 4,300 against Augsberg first game, but tickets are as rare as rocking horse sh*t when they have 22,000 capacity. What games are you off to? Are you just gambling on getting tickets? Or heading lower down the leagues? Union Berlin / Mainz is on 7:30 tonight in the (socially distanced) pub. Happy Days. Though I am as concerned about Union dealings in the summer as I am about Ben Garner... Eisern Union & UTG. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2020 12:39:47 GMT
Poland is off, Germany booked. Flight to Hamburg and back from Berlin. Exciting. I think it varies from region to region how many fans are allowed in? Union had 4,300 against Augsberg first game, but tickets are as rare as rocking horse sh*t when they have 22,000 capacity. What games are you off to? Are you just gambling on getting tickets? Or heading lower down the leagues? Union Berlin / Mainz is on 7:30 tonight in the (socially distanced) pub. Happy Days. Though I am as concerned about Union dealings in the summer as I am about Ben Garner... Eisern Union & UTG. Currently I am planning on;
Fri - Victoria Hamburg vs Hamburg Eimsbütteler, Oberliga Hamburg Sat - VfB Lübeck vs Dynamo Dresden, Liga 3 Sun - Altona 93 vs Heider SV, Regionalliga Nord Ost
VfB Lübeck will potentially be the most difficult but, they do have tickets available for this weekends game! If it's a no go then I'll just head to a local game around Hamburg. Changed my flights back so I'll just stay in Hamburg now as well.
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Post by eppinggas on Oct 2, 2020 14:50:08 GMT
I think it varies from region to region how many fans are allowed in? Union had 4,300 against Augsberg first game, but tickets are as rare as rocking horse sh*t when they have 22,000 capacity. What games are you off to? Are you just gambling on getting tickets? Or heading lower down the leagues? Union Berlin / Mainz is on 7:30 tonight in the (socially distanced) pub. Happy Days. Though I am as concerned about Union dealings in the summer as I am about Ben Garner... Eisern Union & UTG. Currently I am planning on;
Fri - Victoria Hamburg vs Hamburg Eimsbütteler, Oberliga Hamburg Sat - VfB Lübeck vs Dynamo Dresden, Liga 3 Sun - Altona 93 vs Heider SV, Regionalliga Nord Ost
VfB Lübeck will potentially be the most difficult but, they do have tickets available for this weekends game! If it's a no go then I'll just head to a local game around Hamburg. Changed my flights back so I'll just stay in Hamburg now as well.
Bumped into some Altona fans at a Sutton / Bristol Rovers pre-season friendly. They'd just played Dulwich Hamlet and had some time to kill. It was just before our conference season. Finished 1-1, we had an ex-bcfc1982 striker on trial, and he was pants. I can remember that day perfectly well. If asked by the missus to go to the shop to pick up 3 things, I will invariably come back with 2. It is strange what the brain/memory can process and what it can't. Enjoy Germany. |
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Post by Rex on Oct 2, 2020 17:31:48 GMT
Currently I am planning on;
Fri - Victoria Hamburg vs Hamburg Eimsbütteler, Oberliga Hamburg Sat - VfB Lübeck vs Dynamo Dresden, Liga 3 Sun - Altona 93 vs Heider SV, Regionalliga Nord Ost
VfB Lübeck will potentially be the most difficult but, they do have tickets available for this weekends game! If it's a no go then I'll just head to a local game around Hamburg. Changed my flights back so I'll just stay in Hamburg now as well.
Finished 1-1, we had an ex-bcfc1982 striker on trial, and he was pants. I can remember that day perfectly well. If asked by the missus to go to the shop to pick up 3 things, I will invariably come back with 2. It is strange what the brain/memory can process and what it can't. Enjoy Germany. I think Chewy may well have been at that game  |
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Post by eppinggas on Oct 3, 2020 10:02:56 GMT
Bumped into some Altona fans at a Sutton / Bristol Rovers pre-season friendly. They'd just played Dulwich Hamlet and had some time to kill. It was just before our conference season. Finished 1-1, we had an ex-bcfc1982 striker on trial, and he was pants. I can remember that day perfectly well. If asked by the missus to go to the shop to pick up 3 things, I will invariably come back with 2. It is strange what the brain/memory can process and what it can't. Enjoy Germany. I think Chewy may well have been at that game I do remember a rather hirsute gentleman taking down a big Rovers banner after the game near the Altona fans... so I think you could be right. If only my tiny brain could remember the important stuff... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2020 8:46:46 GMT
Bumped into some Altona fans at a Sutton / Bristol Rovers pre-season friendly. They'd just played Dulwich Hamlet and had some time to kill. It was just before our conference season. Finished 1-1, we had an ex-bcfc1982 striker on trial, and he was pants. I can remember that day perfectly well. If asked by the missus to go to the shop to pick up 3 things, I will invariably come back with 2. It is strange what the brain/memory can process and what it can't. Enjoy Germany. I think Chewy may well have been at that game Some mad bugger gave me a lift! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2020 10:07:11 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2020 13:57:54 GMT
I think it varies from region to region how many fans are allowed in? Union had 4,300 against Augsberg first game, but tickets are as rare as rocking horse sh*t when they have 22,000 capacity. What games are you off to? Are you just gambling on getting tickets? Or heading lower down the leagues? Union Berlin / Mainz is on 7:30 tonight in the (socially distanced) pub. Happy Days. Though I am as concerned about Union dealings in the summer as I am about Ben Garner... Eisern Union & UTG. Currently I am planning on;
Fri - Victoria Hamburg vs Hamburg Eimsbütteler, Oberliga Hamburg Sat - VfB Lübeck vs Dynamo Dresden, Liga 3 Sun - Altona 93 vs Heider SV, Regionalliga Nord Ost
VfB Lübeck will potentially be the most difficult but, they do have tickets available for this weekends game! If it's a no go then I'll just head to a local game around Hamburg. Changed my flights back so I'll just stay in Hamburg now as well.
VfB Lübeck is off due to having to head to the ticket office a couple of days beforehand, however I've got tickets sorted for Hansa Rostock against 1860 Munich which, should be a lot of fun! |
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Post by eppinggas on Oct 19, 2020 14:27:10 GMT
I went to the pub to watch Schalke 04 / Union Berlin. Which then transpired to be an almost perfect copy & paste of Gas / Burton.
Union were well on top, spurned a number of chances, went 1-0 up in the 55th minute, only to concede a soft goal in the 69th from a corner delivered to the near post.
As opposed to:
Rovers were well on top, spurned a number of chances, went 1-0 in the 52nd minute, only to concede a soft goal in the 79th from a corner delivered to the near post.
Spooky.
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Post by eppinggas on Oct 26, 2020 8:09:59 GMT
Excellent write up. Bratwurst and alcohol free beer? What is the world coming to... |
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Post by irishrover on Oct 26, 2020 17:24:36 GMT
Excellent write up. Bratwurst and alcohol free beer? What is the world coming to... Yes - I enjoyed that. I have German football weekends written on my 'let's live a bit when all this nonsense is over' to do list. Looks very appealing even in current climate. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2021 16:01:37 GMT
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Post by eppinggas on Feb 22, 2021 16:27:55 GMT
Good man. I'm going to need more of these in the "f*ck off Rovers til Barton and Wael are gone" period. |
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