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

Platt Lane veteran said:
And yet we were warned, in no uncertain terms, not to use the metro. Incompetent waffa twats.
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It’s just bollocks from UEFA isn’t it?
I arrived at 4pm on Friday at SAW and used the metro/marmoray to get to my hotel at Yenikapi. I arrived at 6pm and the service was really slick. Used the metro again on Friday evening to get to Taksim for a drink and something to eat. Used the metro again on Saturday to get to and from the ground. It was absolutely packed, but it kept everybody moving. Used it again on Sunday to get back to the airport. I didn’t see any trouble between any fans. UEFA caused there own problems with there pathetic organisation.
 
Heading back today, but I am going to write to the club. I can do with the poor buses for myself, but there were kids, older people and most worryingly disabled people who were stranded. The only disabled access to get out were taxis that were 1 to 3 miles from the ground over mud and gravel. I grabbed one half of a wheelchair with a fella pushing his wife just to give him a hand, but I don't know what happened to them. I couldn't believe how bad access was.
 
BringBackSwales said:
Funny how the same ticketing system that the scousers used worked perfectly for us, and it’s not as if any of them dippers were selling access codes or using the same email twice etc, and yet the media are full of stories supporting them, nothing about how shit we were treated
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Sorry mate, not supporting dippers, but it wasn’t the same ticketing system. The Dippers had some(all?) paper tickets.
 
No surprises that UEFA are a disgrace, completely wrong choice of venue for a game of its size. No proper disabled access to the fan park. Having to push my brother in a wheelchair over the gravel and the poor surface was hectic and that was just the fan park! We took a taxi to and from the ground, it was an absolute nightmare trying to get to the taxi after the game. They then tried to add an extra £150 to the price agreed. My husband had the where with all to call them out and we asked them to take us to the police station and to stop the car and let us out. They had no shame and were prepared to leave us. Although we had the sense to only give them half the money when they dropped us off at the stadium, there was no way they were missing out on the rest and we eventually got back to the hotel with a bad taste in our mouths. Grateful to lots of blues along the way to getting to our taxi who helped us get the wheelchair through. Positives were that the people were lovely in restaurants and at the hotel. Had a great sing song with fellow blues on Friday and the boys won us the big pot.
 
I was talking to my son yesterday, he went to the Liverpool final in 2005(?) in Istanbul and I was saying about the problems you all had. He said it was the same for them, walking across the 'waste land' (his words) for miles. Luckily they didn't have problems with water but he said it was total shambles. I remember they ended up having to stay an extra night because they couldn't get back to the airport in time for their plane because of the chaos!!

So how the heck did UEFA assign the final to Istanbul again?




I apologise for my son being a Liverpool supporter, I went wrong somewhere with him!!! :-)
 
Eccles Blue said:
I was talking to my son yesterday, he went to the Liverpool final in 2005(?) in Istanbul and I was saying about the problems you all had. He said it was the same for them, walking across the 'waste land' (his words) for miles. Luckily they didn't have problems with water but he said it was total shambles. I remember they ended up having to stay an extra night because they couldn't get back to the airport in time for their plane because of the chaos!!

So how the heck did UEFA assign the final to Istanbul again?




I apologise for my son being a Liverpool supporter, I went wrong somewhere with him!!! :-)
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I had heard those stories too as I know a few dippers who went. I thought 17 years on, it can’t be that bad again, but it was. It was horrendous.
 
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