Standard European away. Madness, fun, long trips, strife and free lifts from the police. It's what God invented the Europa League for.
39 of us were on the bus from Budapest to Timisoara. Took longer than we thought, and the bog was broke, but we got there.
Stadium was different, game awful, locals brilliant, police bored out their skulls because we did nothing but have a good time, and there was no trouble. Post match party was in a bar that had a pool, little beach, women dancing on podiums, music, food and 85p beer. Carlsberg don't do post-match boozers, but if they did......
And to top it off, at 6am when we left the bar, there was some police outside, who tried ringing a taxi for us. They couldn't get through, so decided to give us a lift back to the hotel in the back of a riot van. We had loads of pictures with them, and thanked them for decent taxi service. They were bored because there was no trouble from what I saw.
The Timisoara fans were excellent. I heard there's only a couple of dozen coming next week. Please, if you see them on Thursday, make sure you make them welcome. We had a great time with them last night after the game, and every bar or person we met made us feel welcome.
Brilliant trip. If anyone's in Romania, head over there, it's worth it.
39 of us were on the bus from Budapest to Timisoara. Took longer than we thought, and the bog was broke, but we got there.
Stadium was different, game awful, locals brilliant, police bored out their skulls because we did nothing but have a good time, and there was no trouble. Post match party was in a bar that had a pool, little beach, women dancing on podiums, music, food and 85p beer. Carlsberg don't do post-match boozers, but if they did......
And to top it off, at 6am when we left the bar, there was some police outside, who tried ringing a taxi for us. They couldn't get through, so decided to give us a lift back to the hotel in the back of a riot van. We had loads of pictures with them, and thanked them for decent taxi service. They were bored because there was no trouble from what I saw.
The Timisoara fans were excellent. I heard there's only a couple of dozen coming next week. Please, if you see them on Thursday, make sure you make them welcome. We had a great time with them last night after the game, and every bar or person we met made us feel welcome.
Brilliant trip. If anyone's in Romania, head over there, it's worth it.