Istanbul CL Final chaos | City Matters statement (p 133)

Shambles both ways to be honest. Nearly 3.5 hours to get there after boarding the bus at 2 pm. The useless bastard kept going the wrong way, stopped twice at bus stops to ask random strangers for directions and then to cap it all broke down a 30 minute walk from the Fan park. Back to SAW after the match and the bus we got on at 00.40 was parked the wrong way and had to try and turn round in the car park as the stewards Just allowed people to wander all round the cars, buses and taxis. Once off it was pretty plain sailing and he got us back in under 3 hours to his credit.
Fortunately us Blues are known for our patience, tolerance and are ability to quickly assess a situation and offer well meaning, helpful advice …. “Just ram the cnut you useless twat” was probably the pick of the bunch!!
 
BlueMojito said:
Also, some wheelchair users really struggled in the shit hole of a shuttle bus park. It was just rough stone and dirt. Wheel chairs got stuck in it and couldn’t be pushed. I witnessed the pitying sight of disabled blues having to get out of their chairs and literally struggle like mad to try and get to a bus. It was so disorganised it was dangerous. Also saw older blues struggle up loads of steps up to the stand. Disgusting venue. UEFA don’t give a shit about paying fans. If it looks good on TVs and the corporates are ok that’s all they care about. Booooooo them loud and proud forever!
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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 concerning and I'm really surprised that there's not been reports of supporters getting into real difficulties.
 
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3 hours in total to get from the stadium to SAW on one of uefas fucking buses….utter chaos. Uefa won’t give a fuck tho and will declare the organisation a success.

Kiosks in the ground we’re a joke too.
 
I noticed and others too coming back on the shuttle buses,the atmosphere was subdued and very quiet,when you passed another bus everyone was just looking glum and not in high spirits after finally winning the thing.Everyone was
pissed off and tired with it all.Tbanks uefa you incompetant clowns.
 
Alex - City Matters said:
Just about to take off back to Manchester. We resorted to a £100 cab ride back to our hotel. Already in the process of raising it with the club, although I’m almost certain that they’re already aware. Not overly confident we can achieve anything with UEFA but we’ll see what we can do.
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Lucky you, we are currently delayed on one of the club trips by two hours. Is it because the plane taking us home was delayed this morning flying fans home before it flew back for another us because of the shit show on the car park. Did anyone at City who handles logistics etc fly out to the stadium prior to the match, if so it was pretty obvious that we were getting shafted. Milan end apparently was proper roads, all tarmac etc, we had what was essentially a dirt road and then treated inhumanly sitting on stifling hot buses for two hours. Wonder if Ceferin etc had same issues?
 
Eds said:
Lucky you, we are currently delayed on one of the club trips by two hours. Is it because the plane taking us home was delayed this morning flying fans home before it flew back for another us because of the shit show on the car park. Did anyone at City who handles logistics etc fly out to the stadium prior to the match, if so it was pretty obvious that we were getting shafted. Milan end apparently was proper roads, all tarmac etc, we had what was essentially a dirt road and then treated inhumanly sitting on stifling hot buses for two hours. Wonder if Ceferin etc had same issues?
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I saw all the UEFA air conditioned cars and people carriers being ushered through after the diplomatic vehicles had left. 2 hours we waited for the bus to Saw with my friend who is disabled and walks with crutches. The disability support at the stadium was nonexistent. I don't normally swear but I was swearing like a boat full of sailors last night.
 
Understand it may take a while to leave with being 20k plus fans and all but the fact there was 0 staff about anywhere to give any help wad crinimal
 
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