Didsbury Dave
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the thought of a "fan park" fills me with dread.I think I read last week that the plan is fan parks for those on official trips and no roaming around the City.
the thought of a "fan park" fills me with dread.I think I read last week that the plan is fan parks for those on official trips and no roaming around the City.
Thanks Tonster, hadn't looked yet.Ryanair will let you change the date and/or destination without any change fees
They do and that is their right, but if Portugal is open to tourists then it should be open to football fans who are effectively tourists anyway. In fact, that is the case and Portugal aren't denying independent travellers the chance of enjoying the sights of Porto - they're limiting our chances of going to the match and have basically said we can go on the lash in their country for days, which makes all this talk of bubbles, etc, a bit pointless!yes i think uefa should be getting the shit , cant help there being a pandemic and portugal have to do what is safe for them , shame we get to the final this year but the trip will or should be fun however you get there , first game in fifteen months , if you go enjoy it even if it is in a pub over there and hope the boys do the business
Not arsed about flight accommodation I will stand that, just very sad/emotional/gutted we mean fuck all to the club anymoreI have been so, so lucky with this.
Booked Istanbul - just had my final refund from Gotogate for the flight. Out of pocket about £100.
Booked Porto - looks like this will cost me my Ryanair flight £220.
All hotels booked with the free cancellation option - thank fuck.
Feel sorry for those not as fortunate, the club should have announced this once the final was moved to Porto. I still think they will have worked hard to get Portugal to change their mind about the "bubble" - but they wouldn't budge.
Club still manages to shoot own foot on occasions
We’re you going before this gestureI’m quite happy to go on day trip.
Not checked yet because I don't think there will be restrictions on independent travel, but I think you have to change 2 weeks before the flight. That was the case for Lisbon last year anyway.Ryanair will let you change the date and/or destination without any change fees
Top postIts a magnificent gesture but the club have really fucked up communicating these plans - they were getting hundreds of tweets and messages when it was first moved asking whether they could make an announcement about whether it was not advised to book independent travel, at which point Spike was on about 3 sold out planes I think. Obviously people will do what they like and book to go but most of us booked independent travel when it was announced there were 6000 tickets, which realistically most who go to regular away games would feel pretty sure of getting especially in the pandemic when many older fans might not consider going.
So its not really about points or who gets tickets or who has fair dibs, its about many of us who booked either just before or when prices were going astronomical, as we would do for any away game where fans are allowed, and now the potential is that there will be thousands of fans who essentially have travelled to a game that they won’t be allowed to go to, and yet all it would have taken was a sentence from the club to say ‘The advice from UEFA/Portuguese authorities is not to book travel as tickets are likely to be restricted to those on an official day trip’.
This would not have put everyone off, but it would have stopped the likely situation of 1000s of English without tickets in a city that will have much of police force focused on the game itself.
Also we forgetting Chelsea who presumably will not get a free trip so they will also have had fans booking travel before their tickets were announced (think they have loyalty system as well) so is it going to be one rule for them an another for us?
Why? What exactly do other clubs get that you want?Fantastic no just trying to make right for the super league fiasco we’re customers now not fans fuck city I’m done
There's a "sticky" at the top of this forum. Sport Options is the company.Where can I find details of Spike's trips, for the final and for future reference. If someone could DM me the info that would be great.
Also how does it work with the Sheik paying for it ?
I was hanging fire to go on the club trip, I probably would have been touch and go to qualify for a ticket, but with the free flights I won't have any chance of getting one through the regular means. Which is fair enough, I think it's fair the people with the points get first dibs.yes i think uefa should be getting the shit , cant help there being a pandemic and portugal have to do what is safe for them , shame we get to the final this year but the trip will or should be fun however you get there , first game in fifteen months , if you go enjoy it even if it is in a pub over there and hope the boys do the business
If you can’t see why people are angry,anyway fining this beer and fucking offWhy? What exactly do other clubs get that you want?
Yes, I showed my interest via a link from city website 2weeks ago. Travelled with city trips before and due to medical issues this for me is the best way.We’re you going before this gesture
Seven days before for changesNot checked yet because I don't think there will be restrictions on independent travel, but I think you have to change 2 weeks before the flight. That was the case for Lisbon last year anyway.
I am finished now the supporte
let us know earlier the whole thing fucking stinks they’ve known about this for a while but said fuck all, to say I’m annoyed is an understatement people now gloating oh I will go now fuck off
You’d shag a pony?It’s City in a european cup final, i’d shanks pony it to Portugal it if it meant watching it!