Swiss Away - Oct 15th - Geneva - Travel & Accom - You Boys in Green Forum

darmack wrote:

Better chance of getting 5% allocation of tickets?

Well 5% is the minimum that they have to give so we're entitled to 1500.

You'd imagine that could probably pushed to 2k

lassassinblanc wrote:

Was surprised myself.

Was there any protest or anything, or any idea how many away fans traveled *.

*though I will say that it appeared to be the whole ground rather then one section

No protest or anything like that just a small crowd. They didn't have some of the upper tiers open and even some of the lower tiers had alot of empty seats

RobsYourUncle wrote:

Hasn't Geneva gone years without a competitive game though? You'd imagine it'll probably be close to full given that and the smaller ground.

and the quality of the opposition Clap

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LUFC wrote:

Friend of mine lives in Switzerland (He is Irish) said should have no trouble picking up tickets for this game, the stadium was half empty for the game last night. Swiss public aren't the biggest fans of the Swiss national team due to the background of most of the players. Irish fans will probably outnumber the Swiss.

Very surprised that there doesn't seem to be an interest in the national team. I would have thought with them currently doing very well that they would have filled Basel last night

18k is a shocking crowd for a game between the two top teams when compared to 40k in Lansdowne. Bro in law lives in Copenhagen as tells me there is very little interest in the national team and tickets this time round will be no issue.

I take it the Swiss and Danes are already guaranteed a play off spot, if so this could contribute to low crowds.

wanderer wrote:

Abbey travel - 2 night's and ticket 399pp

That's not too bad tbh

wanderer wrote:

Abbey travel - 2 night's and ticket 399pp

Is that including flights? Decent price if it is

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ConorMac77 wrote:

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colemanY2K wrote:

Two words when put into the same sentence strike fear into me...Taxi and Geneva !

You might have to suck it up late at night after the trams finish up for the night but the hotel I've booked (Ibis Geneve Petit-Lancy) apparently provide free public transport cards - so the Trip Advisor reviews are saying anyway. So you should check if your hotel does this (would still be handy the rest of the day, apart from whatever issues you may have late at night). Thumbs Up

I've also found (apologies if already mentioned) that if you're flying into Geneva airport, you should look out for a machine in the baggage reclaim hall where you can get a free public transport ticket as long as you complete the journey within 80 minutes of collecting the ticket from the machine.

Just as well considering how expensive I've heard Geneva is otherwise meant to be.

Can confirm this is correct. Just booked my hotel and got a welcome pack off them and this was mentioned in it

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Charlton's Child wrote:

Anyone going in and out via Milan for this ?

Few of us flying to Milan on the Monday from Georgia and getting the train up on match day

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