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A bloke on the row behind me lost consciousness. Loads of blues screaming for medical assistance and the stewards and other stadium staff and police on the running track area were all just looking over but not doing much. Took a fair while for any medical staff in the stadium to get to the...

In a city like Istanbul the shuttle bus idea was absolutely stupid. Whoever came up with that idea wouldn't have been using them that's for sure.

Me and the wife were on a packed metro carriage with about 15-20 Inter Milan fans. All singing and banging the roof. They were all sound with us both though and one of the older blokes spoke really good English. He was saying that they're expecting to get beat but that they'll likely make...

I'd go back to Istanbul in a heartbeat. Brilliant city. I'd love City to draw Fenerbache as the Asian side was the best area we visited. I've no idea why that stadium was used. As soon as shuttle buses are being touted as the most efficient way of getting to and from the stadium it should...

4 or 5 lira for 500ml bottles of water in the shops around the city. Uefa are literally criminals.

Agree. Venue was absolutely shite location wise. No free water available either. Uefa should hang their heads in shame. It's almost as if someone has to die for anything to get noticed by the pricks that run the game. Seeing older supporters struggling to get on packed buses was hugely...

Granted the buses after the game were shit. Roads in the surrounding area should have been closed to allow all traffic exiting the stadium to flow. And why anyone thought it was a great idea to have all buses, coaches and taxis having to exit on that road is anyones guess. Add into that all...

Anyone know the name of the final metro station on the M9 line to the stadium? Had a phonecall regarding the shuttle buses from Keniyapi and been warned that they're a total joke.

Anywhere but that wank fanpark thing down near Keniyapi. There will be blues everywhere today. My choice is Kadikoy on the Asian side, mint area and less likely to get over charged for your drinks.

Indeed. I was gobsmacked when I got charged over 500 lira for the 2 drinks. We were in Kadikoy on Thursday and I was paying 50 lira for a beer in the happy hour and in general I've been paying no more than 120 lira for a beer. They hiked the prices right up but it was still a brilliant few...

What time did it remain absolutely packed until? We stayed from about 7pm till 11pm and it was still bouncing when we left. Was well expensive for beer and a Bacardi coke for the wife and I ended up buying cans from the shop instead and just walking (well trying) from street to street. It...

Whilst I've been in Istanbul I've been using bluemoon and following the useful thread but I can no longer get on via my phone as it comes up with Error 1008 Access Denied as the owner of the site has banned the IP address. Can anyone assist? Cheers

Get WiFi from a bar or cafe and try then. It's worked for me over WiFi but can be hit and miss opening the app using the data alone.

Had a wander around there last night. They were all kitted out in the new shirt with Halaand on the back. Probably snides from the Grand Bazaar haha. All were friendly enough and should be a cracking atmosphere tonight when more blues arrive.

Yeah that's what we thought. It was probably a similar time too.

Just a couple of negative things to be aware of. Price hikes: a couple of kebap shops and a dessert shop increased their price on us when we looked to purchase food. For example my missus wanted some nice looking dessert she saw at a dessert shop last night so we went in and asked how much...

Yeah mate. We got a ferry over from Eminiou (11 lira). Its got a really nice vibe about it. Plenty of bars and restaurants. Think if you like fish it's the place to go as there were plenty of fish restaurants. Had a mooch around Neviadze? Street about an hour ago and the area in Kadikoy...

Cheers fella. Plan on going to Besiktas tomorrow to do a tour. Apparently the area near to the ground is full of nice bars etc so thinking we'll spend a few hours around there.

Had a few beers this afternoon around Kadikoy. Fenerbache are based in this area. It would be mint if City ever drawn them in European competition. Kadikoy full of bars and beer was less than £2 a pint in some. Nice walking around the harbour area on route to the stadium. Kadikoy is a cool...

Haha. Think it's about £3 to Taksim. Taxi was cheap for the distance covered to be fair.