I WAS caught a bit unprepared by the online stampede for flights after our Uefa cup draw today.
Initial thoughts of the group and how decent it is were sidelined by the logistical nightmare of getting away.
I’m already down on the work rota for the Nuremburg game and the ticket allocation for Alkmaar is going to be tiny.
We’re also struggling to get all the lads together for one tie because of pre-booked holidays, broken legs and unforgiving bosses.
So feeling sorry for myself as my long-yearned for away trip hangs in the balance, I confided in a mate from the other side.
His e-mailed response about the strsses and strifes of planning and then travelling to European cup games made me grin.
I’ll grant the lanky wannabe Childwall ponce (who modestly describes himself as a “libero” on the footy pitch) anonymity for cheering me up....
Now you know what we have to go through every year.
You can't find flights, then when you finally do the prices have gone up so much you could get two weeks all inclusive in Cancun for half as much.
You book but then you can't get a ticket for love nor money.
You drive to Gatwick for your flight (cos you couldn't get one at a closer airport), it takes four and a half hours and you had to leave the house at 3am to get there.
You arrive at your destination still ticketless and you spend half your time looking for one when you should be in the alehouse.
You end up paying through the nose for a ticket from a Netherley tout.
There's murder getting in the ground cos the foreign police are treating you like a tribe of Peter Sutcliffes.
The home fans throw stuff at you for the entire game but the bizzies do nothing about it.
One of your lads throws one thing back and he is viciously beaten to the ground by the very same police.
Your team then go through the motions and get beat.
You fly straight back to Gatwick after the game after being kept in the ground for two hours.
You get home at 7am having spent just on a grand and had f**k all sleep for two days.
Then you go straight to work.
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andy johnson look-alike winner wrote...
im booked 140 quid direct to nuremberg from stanstead with 12 lads from wed - fri happy days
Posted by: andy johnson look-alike winner | October 9, 2007 10:42 PM