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newrynyuk
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Luxembourg was a great trip, topped off with a great result. The future of
Irish football is looking brighter that it has been in a long time. Met a few Irish fans for whom Luxembroug was their first away trip. They'll have been encouraged to make this the first of many. Had a bit of a surprise on my flight home though. How many players can you spot in this photo? What's the story with them having to make their own way home? You'd think the FAI would have flown them home together on Club Class, with priority boarding, and their luggage sorted for them, etc. but no. Instead they queued up at Luxembourg Airport check-in with us plebs, were seated separately throughout the plane, and waited for their baggage at Heathrow with the rest of us. Edited by newrynyuk - 16 Nov 2021 at 12:54pm |
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ConorMac77
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Lovely city alright, very scenic but as you say, very little buzz about it. Bc of that, I also wouldn't be in any rush to go back. A few lads in my row in the corner who were absolutely steaming, particularly one fella to my left who was barely fit to stand and kept nearly falling over (a few times nearly into me) until one of his mates made him sit on his seat. I got pissed off as I couldn't concentrate on the game so at half time I moved up to a free spot at the back of the stand which was much better. Still, twas great to be back.
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The nation holds it's breath...YES, WE'RE THERE!!!
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lukesmyth9
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Think I saw that alright hahaha
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I was on that flight to Heathrow too !! Got my photo with a few of them. Couldn’t believe they were having to fly on a poxy BA flight .
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nvidic
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Buzz wasn't that bad, we found a small nightclub that was good craic, few other bags pretty busy with food atmosphere. Was much better trip than I expected, cheaper too, given the horror stories.
Free public transport is brilliant, we tipped out on it to a Luxembourg third division game and had great craic at it, got thanked on the pa system afterwards for going, few beers in the clubhouse before, during at after, talking to fans and players.
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ShamtheRam
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Not all players are going to the same spot. Makes sense for them to have their flights paid for rather than hire a bunch of jets.
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Sligo Hornet
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Well said GretatheRam
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Wallet ?? What the fcuk is that ?
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tapfit2004
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Not much going on in Frankfurt. We stayed in dusseldorf on Saturday night and left the pub (before closing time) at 5:30am Sunday morning. Got a train to Luxembourg at half 10 which was a bit of a miracle. Dusseldorf or Cologne would be better craic than most of the other cities around that area of Germany but the Altstadt in dusseldorf is buzzing at the weekends.
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Let Christy Take It.
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newrynyuk
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Slightly missing the point there. They may all be flying to different spots, but the FAI could still have arranged for them to fly together Club Class, board the plane first, not leave them waiting for their baggage etc. |
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Enjoyable trip overall , result always helps. As others have said not much to see in Luxembourg but locals were fine and atmosphere in the away end was very good.
I did the Belgium v Estonia game as well on the Saturday night. Boring enough game I thought but Carrasco did score a lovely goal. The stadium is a right kip , horrible fences and running track around it.
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just hit the fecking thing
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darmack
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Was great to be back.
Thought it was a nice enough city, but there's not too much going on so I wouldn't be in a rush to go back. We met a local couple on Friday that suggested Urban, but on our way there discovered a club that was open till 3. Was lively enough too. Bus back to the city was good after the game too. Direct Ryanair flight home yesterday evening a lad took ill. Stewards were giving him CPR in the aisle and even had the defibrillator out as a precaution but thankfully he woke up eventually. Hopefully he's alright now.
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FAI channel on youtube has them up since last night
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My daughter said that some people were telling them to put their masks on.
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FF is renowned in Germany as being a kip, particularly the area round the station. It's no Gelsenkirchen mind Edited by dangere_here - 16 Nov 2021 at 3:47pm |
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Very few flights out of there would have 'club class', I'm not aware of any alternative to then picking their bags up themselves. Been happening for years, would often see players on Ryanair back to the UK after a game.
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