YBIG Charter to Armenia - Not happening
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Topic: YBIG Charter to Armenia - Not happening
Posted By: Steve Amsterdam
Subject: YBIG Charter to Armenia - Not happening
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 8:29am
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Allright lads,
Now I know we still have to wait for the fixture dates to be set, but I've been on the phone with these companies a bit for the past few days and I now have proposed fares!  Everyone's favourite, Armenia, is looking good! Armenia is the difficult one to get to. I have gone for 4-day trips with an afternoon arrival to still enjoy the day there, and an afternoon departure to avoid anyone having too big a hangover to fly. The fare is based on travel in sep/oct 2010, though should it be at a later time, fares will be about the same. - Direct flights Dublin-Yerevan - Including all applicable taxes, charges and fuel-surcharges
- Departure on a Thursday morning at about 10.00-12.00 to Yerevan. About a 4,5 hrs flight, so in Armenia at about 4ish. - Return on a Sunday afternoon at about 15.00-17.00 back to Dublin. So back in Dub around 9ish. - Meals&drinks on board included  Price: € 630,- p.p This is a 186-seater Boeing 737. We can increase if needed. Indirect flights from Dublin can be booked at the moment from 482 euro incl. taxes. That's with Air France via Paris. So a 150 euro cheaper. However, these obviously would have less suitable times. The flights out actually have a total travel time of 29hrs...not really a great option so. BMI offer flights from London but only fly 4 times a week. So again not great in regards to flights, but they are cheaper. Some of us might be lucky enough with getting these fares when the draw is made. However, airlines only sell a certain amount of seats for the lowest fare. After that the prices go up, if they haven't already hiked them already because of the draw. We all know Ryanair does this.... This fare I can confirm for all of us once the draw is made. I personally think a 150 extra to fly direct is a good deal, as thats easily spent on drinks/food on airport, nights in hotels or transfers etc.
But let me know what ye think, and any questions let me know! ------------- Molly Malone's pub- The home of YBIG in Amsterdam! |
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Posted By: erimus
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 8:34am
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would have looked better at €430 pp but not too bad.
------------- This is our f**king country we're talking about - Keano ROLL ON 2016 |
Posted By: The Count
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 8:34am
good work Steve 
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Posted By: The Boy Z
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 8:37am
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excellent work Steve,would potentially be interested.. ------------- Theres only one sport that matters.. |
Posted By: Honey Monster
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 8:38am
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Good man Steve. Realistically, for the sake of an extra 150 quid, the direct flight would be well worth it, especially to such a destination where there wouldn’t be too many other options… ------------- 753 |
Posted By: deise316
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 8:41am
Steve, I doubted you and I'm happy to apologise. Quality work, as you said €130 extra is well worth it for a direct flight. ------------- Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue..... |
Posted By: Steve Amsterdam
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 8:44am
 Apology accepted Deise. All we need to now wait for is the dates to be set so I can confirm this. Another couple of days of patience eh------------- Molly Malone's pub- The home of YBIG in Amsterdam! |
deise316 wrote:Posted By: Babysis
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 8:46am
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Cheers Steve, would potentially be interested in this, I just want to see how things are when the fixture dates are confirmed. Well done though ------------- First Commander-Galway Regatta |
Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 8:55am
| Armenia is looking like a possibility now, good work Steve |
Posted By: erimus
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 8:56am
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whats the meal consist of?
------------- This is our f**king country we're talking about - Keano ROLL ON 2016 |
Posted By: Steve Amsterdam
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:08am
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Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:09am
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When you say food and drink included, is this as much as can be poured down the neck?
Steve I would like to be the first to confirm my seat
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Posted By: Honey Monster
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:11am
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Can you confirm we’d be allowed bring cans onto the flight Steve? ------------- 753 |
Posted By: Steve Amsterdam
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:14am
Good man Sham!
Drinkwise I need to make them aware that it's gonna be a football crowd going. Didn't tell them yet, as that might have prompted them to hike the fare. So will advise them once they confirm it all back. I'll then check with them in regards to drinks. Normally on airlines it's all you can drink, without getting drunk kinda thing. We don't want mayhem on board either with everyone langered, but will make sure we all get a couple of drinks in there! ------------- Molly Malone's pub- The home of YBIG in Amsterdam! |
Posted By: erimus
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:14am
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well for a morning flight a proper fry up would be nice
on the sunday coming back, some roast beef would be appreciated ------------- This is our f**king country we're talking about - Keano ROLL ON 2016 |
Posted By: erimus
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:15am
pikey alert ------------- This is our f**king country we're talking about - Keano ROLL ON 2016 |
Posted By: Barry
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:20am
| depending on the dates il lhave some of that |
Posted By: deisedevil
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:21am
would be interested in this, will you get enough to fill a plane though 186 sounds a lot. but good work anyway steve
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Posted By: Steve Amsterdam
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:22am
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Posted By: sausy
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:24am
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Fair play Steve. I'd be interested in this too. ------------- Bimbos Burgers - "Official Sponsor of the Irish Squad" |
Posted By: Sono
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:25am
You do realise what u are organising a trip for 186 louts going to some mad country? The plane is gonna be rockin ya mad bastard course there's gonna be people hammered, not me of course!  Great work by the way sounds deadly and Sono is defo interested in this. |
Posted By: Honey Monster
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:29am
 Good one. You'll be pissing all over the plane  ------------- 753 |
Posted By: Sono
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:32am
We can use the flights to Bangkok as a dry run  |
Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:32am
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In Dublin airport you can buy cans after you have checked in and passed through securtiy. Armenia will be duty free too so could buy cans cheap and bring them on as shopping then just drink them on board. Did it going to Tennerife in August
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Posted By: Sligo Hornet
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:33am
This is what you'll find when opening the overhead luggage bins
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Posted By: Claret Murph
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:43am
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very good show Steve , I must say . ------------- Lansdowne Road debut aged 52 and 201 days . |
Posted By: aidz
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:45am
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Sounds good.
Appears only abot a ton more than indirect flights, so well worth it for direct flights. 4 day trip is a good idea too...
well worked on.. will keep an eye on.. ------------- You'll never beat the Irish |
Posted By: Steve Amsterdam
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:56am
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Posted By: peterIreland
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 10:21am
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Well done stevie . Any chance you could ask them could I have a few ciggy's on the plane
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Posted By: GARY_BREEN
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 10:25am
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That's not a bad price at all given how difficult it is to get there, Nearly 3,000 km away! I'd defo be interested as I'll prob never get the chance to go Armenia again! ------------- #FinnanWithTheAssist |
Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 10:59am
Can you imagine the poor feckers at the airport once we all roll of the plane, after 5 hours gargling. 
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Posted By: Paulie
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 12:11pm
| Good job Steve. I'll pass the info on to the lot I go with and see what they say. |
Posted By: NewrycityonTour
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 12:46pm
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Superb...As Im going solo this year, with brother getting paid off, this would probably be an option for me, although I do like a trip..Dublin - Paris - Armenia sounds good. ------------- Oh angry nordies, we used to be British but were O'Irish now. |
Posted By: GARY_BREEN
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 12:55pm
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I just typed Dublin to Yerevan into ebookers there to get an approx price, say we were playin Armenia on Sep 11 flights less than 400quid leave 10th back 13th https://www.ebookers.ie/book/bookingpath?bookId=book202650673 ------------- #FinnanWithTheAssist |
Posted By: Chopper 76
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 2:48pm
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this looks promising i'd be interested too good work
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Posted By: Guf10
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 3:38pm
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Posted By: Citizen
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 4:49pm
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stick me down for that, direc flights are the way to go, no fannying arounfd,,,4 days would be a great time-frame...fair play steve, ya came up with the goods...will be pretty mental on that flight
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Posted By: deise316
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 5:14pm
Has the potential to make Con Air look like bingo in the parish hall........ ------------- Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue..... |
Posted By: The GerK
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 5:21pm
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Direct flights are so much better
I'll have a bit of this |
Posted By: Gaz
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 5:21pm
Funniest post I've read in ages! ------------- I dont email the count anymore, its been 9 months : ( He even sent me a YBIG scarf for my Birthday |
Posted By: peterIreland
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 6:39pm
 Brilliant!!! |
Posted By: ballyboy
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 12:55am
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all for that lads wud defo cut out a lot of hassle with connections, i'm a new poster lads probably seen a good few of ye at away games over the last few campaigns ------------- no.1 gary breen |
Posted By: magnumpi
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 3:29am
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Am on this Steve. - great work.
the real question is lads, are you a Kotayk or a Killiki man?
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Posted By: Steve Amsterdam
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 4:03am
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Kotayk is actually nice, had it before in Armenian restaurants. This is gonna be great lads! Con-Air will indeed look like the girlscouts outing compared to this one. Will be some craic on board! Get the tunes going and will try and get our own inflight entertainment going. Though I'm not sure what format they can play on board, but highlights of 88,94,90 and 02 will do nicely!! ------------- Molly Malone's pub- The home of YBIG in Amsterdam! |
Posted By: barcabhoy
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 4:21am
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Good work Steve, sounds very tempting ------------- For these games, you must keep a cold heart no, a warm heart and a cold mind no, head! So you must have a warm heart and (pause)a cold head. |
Posted By: Steve Amsterdam
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 4:28am
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Posted By: barcabhoy
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 4:31am
will do ------------- For these games, you must keep a cold heart no, a warm heart and a cold mind no, head! So you must have a warm heart and (pause)a cold head. |
Posted By: Babysis
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 4:33am
Sounds class ------------- First Commander-Galway Regatta |
Posted By: magnumpi
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 4:40am
| haha Con Air - definitely need one of those cages for our own Steve Buschemi - Q Man! |
Posted By: AntrimMan
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 4:46am
| Defo interested in this. |
Posted By: WindBag
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 4:56am
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bloody good work..Steve. saves us all a bloody nightmare.
It'll save Tash and FW flying through Malta and Israel with a 19hour stopover !!
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Posted By: Tash Kent
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 5:08am
Yeah good work Steve ------------- Philip Greene RTE Radio Legend 10 Seconds Gone Here In Limerick And No Score. |
Posted By: Steve Amsterdam
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 5:15am
Can't wait for the dates get confirmed so we can get this thing on the road! ------------- Molly Malone's pub- The home of YBIG in Amsterdam! |
Posted By: Stretchryan
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 7:50am
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Some good work there Steve, Had looked at the possibilty of flying To Armenia from Luxembourg but might just fly back to Dublin and avail of this offer.
I reckon it will be a mental trip....
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Posted By: Metal Paul
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 8:10am
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Posted By: Conor Messi
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 6:15pm
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If this is happening I know myself and a good few others who would be definitely looking to book it up.
Fair play Steve! Looking forward to this trip more than any of them. |
Posted By: Seanchai
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2010 at 9:23am
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this does sound good and id defo be interested
although could we have female only cabin crew and uniforms from ann summers?  ------------- Put em under pressure |
Posted By: Gary Donkerty
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2010 at 9:28am
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I'd definitely be interested in this. Great work, Steve
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Posted By: brianie
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2010 at 1:23pm
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Good Work Steve, if this is a w/e fixture would defo be interested +5
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Posted By: eire32
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2010 at 4:26pm
| Would be Interested,But the Price would Have to Go Down! |
Posted By: Saint Tom
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2010 at 7:38am
| will be interested steve great work. when we played in tel aviv there was a charter organised and the duty free session on the flight was legendary bottles of jameson for a €10! great sing song too, with some lunatic doing the funniest micheal o muircheartaigh impressions |
Posted By: Seanchai
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2010 at 7:46am
this gaff isnt far from iraq, could pop down there for a day too  ------------- Put em under pressure |
Posted By: Bob Hoskins
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2010 at 9:38am
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You in Iraq Seanchai, think Durka Durka is as well, wont be long before you can form a team ------------- Romario 2016: And the ticket mafia gets caught! Well, four years ago I had already told the government. |
Posted By: Honey Monster
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2010 at 9:51am
Who organised that charter Tom? ------------- 753 |
Posted By: Seanchai
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2010 at 10:15am
im far from it, scotland, although you could say parts of it resemble iraq
ment we could pop down there for a day and check out the local smoking clubs
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Posted By: Saint Tom
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2010 at 10:24am
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some crowd called etravel, they subsequently folded and left loads of people stung for the faroes trip iirc |
Posted By: GreenTribe
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2010 at 10:30am
as long as jeffrey from ryanair isn't working for them  ------------- I am serious. And don't call me Shirley. |
Posted By: Bob Hoskins
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2010 at 10:32am
Scotland Iraq meh one and the same... more likely to be smoking the end of a barrel in I-rack ------------- Romario 2016: And the ticket mafia gets caught! Well, four years ago I had already told the government. |
Posted By: Saint Tom
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2010 at 9:04am
| steve, can you clarify if this goes ahead what type of payment schedule are you looking at? usually with charters they'll take a deposit initally and then look for the balance 8 weeks before the flight. will this be the case? could be handy if we have a few trips to book at once |
Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2010 at 9:25am
Good call Tom
Hopefully they wont want it all at once |
Posted By: Steve Amsterdam
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2010 at 10:05am
Good point Tom! If this goes ahead, I'll make sure that we'll have a payment plan of a deposit and then a final sum 8 weeks before departure  ------------- Molly Malone's pub- The home of YBIG in Amsterdam! |
Posted By: greenforever
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2010 at 11:06am
Not quite true
Etravel shared the flight with Celtic Horizon and a couple of others.
The faroes trip was a disater but was not the the fault of Etavel or Celtic Horizon who were booked on the same flights. One of the flights was cancelled due to fog, the other never landed because of fog. Those that only got a partial refund was a result of there travel insurance not coughing up.
I got a full refund from my annual travel insurance but thoses who purchased single trip insurance were not covered for cancellation due to fog, in fairness it was the insurance companies who should have paid out.
When Etravel did the charter to Israel it brought the price charged by the regular operators down by probably €300 or more.
Etravel are still trading and specialise in corporate travel and have not dabbled in soccer trips since. Who knows if the Faroes trip went to plan without fog, they may have stayed in the market and prices today could be a lot lower.
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Posted By: Saint Tom
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2010 at 11:34am
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Posted By: greenforever
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2010 at 11:39am
I was one of them, ended up watching the game in Dublin, one plane load who left Dublin at 5am spent an hour and half circling the faroes in the fog, before being diverted to Norway, then they headed back to the Faroes for more of the same before finally heading back to Dublin. Great session on the plane by all accounts and free beer all day, infairness to Etravel, Celtic Horizon and others as well as the Danish airline they did there very best and you cant regulate for fog. Pilot was a Dub from Rathfarnham who warned them before leaving Dublin that the chancesof landing in Fareos were slim to nil but went for it anyway.
Moral of story always go 2 days early
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Posted By: Claret Murph
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2010 at 3:53am
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Steve not been funny here but , if you get the green light on this one maybe a good idea to drag in a few from on here who live in Dublin with cash payments as we are talking about a huge sum of money for this flight somewhere around €118,000 . ------------- Lansdowne Road debut aged 52 and 201 days . |
Posted By: Steve Amsterdam
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2010 at 4:58am
If we get the green light on this, the payments will have to be lodged into our company account. As we are a fully licensed IATA agent we will make payment for the aircraft on our account,and all passengers will get an invoice for their ticket(s). Bank transfer is plain and simple for everyone. Won't be looking into cash payments as that just makes it all a bit messy. I can look into special arrangements should any problems arise, but best to do it all by banktrransfers. ------------- Molly Malone's pub- The home of YBIG in Amsterdam! |
Posted By: HENRIK LARSSON
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2010 at 5:43am
| would be interested in this. well done steve .do we need visas for armenia? |
Posted By: Babysis
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2010 at 5:45am
Yeah, I think further back in one of the threads it said they were about $6 (I think) ------------- First Commander-Galway Regatta |
Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2010 at 5:54am
A vis IS NEEDED for Armenia. The good news is that they can be bough in the airport when you land for €6
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Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2010 at 7:34am
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Threat of war against Armenia now. Get them away early and we might get a neutral venue! Mainz anyone? But hopefully they don't go to war of course.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0225/azerbaijan.html - http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0225/azerbaijan.html
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Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2010 at 7:36am
| Jaysus are we that bad that some countrys will start a war to avoid the Green Army invasion |
Posted By: Johnnybhoy
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2010 at 7:52am
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Yeh should they couldnt pull azerbajain in the qualifiers, lots of tension. Armenias a country youll probably never go to again in your life so it would be disapoointing if it was moved. |
Posted By: ThrowInDelap
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2010 at 8:05am
Good save! ------------- If time's a drug, then Big Ben is a huge needle injecting it into the sky. |
Posted By: AidoM
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2010 at 8:54am
Does anybody if any of the Armenian players play for European Clubs ? If they do it could be a repeat of the Georgia situation. 
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Posted By: GreenTribe
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2010 at 8:59am
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Posted By: Steve Amsterdam
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2010 at 9:54am
Their striker Edgar Manucharyan plays for AGOVV in Dutch first division on loan. He is on loan from Ajax, so an Amsterdam trip would be dead handy ------------- Molly Malone's pub- The home of YBIG in Amsterdam! |
Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2010 at 10:25am
| They have 2 players playing for steaua bucuresti. |
Posted By: GreenTribe
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2010 at 10:41am
------------- I am serious. And don't call me Shirley. |
Posted By: erimus
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2010 at 8:43am
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chase this up now steve my goodman ------------- This is our f**king country we're talking about - Keano ROLL ON 2016 |
Posted By: Steve Amsterdam
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2010 at 8:43am
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On the phone as we speak lads! ------------- Molly Malone's pub- The home of YBIG in Amsterdam! |
Posted By: Pipkin
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2010 at 8:53am
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Posted By: Guf10
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2010 at 9:14am
Gud man steve! ------------- 2 in a row, 2 in a row, 2 in a row |
Posted By: eh_check
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2010 at 9:26am
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------------- G'WAN YBIG |
Posted By: Gavintheslob
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2010 at 9:28am
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Keep me a seat ------------- Its very frustrating being a Slob |
Posted By: Max Power
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2010 at 9:29am
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This is definitly the trip I'm most looking forward to, delighted its the first one up ------------- Co-Founder of The Paul McShane Fan Club, Portmarnock Branch |
Posted By: Steve Amsterdam
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2010 at 9:32am
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Same here, really looking forward to this and glad it's the first one up! All calls made and emails sent to the airlines. Had them all ready made, so just filled in dates and done. This to save time haha. Now we just wait and see what they come back with. fingers crossed! ------------- Molly Malone's pub- The home of YBIG in Amsterdam! |
Posted By: Mr Marbles
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2010 at 9:45am
| Good work man . |
Posted By: Gavintheslob
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2010 at 9:48am
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Please god let this be a good price ------------- Its very frustrating being a Slob |
Posted By: irishro
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2010 at 9:59am
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While we are waiting let's make good use of our time.........
http://www.armeniabirding.info/wwb.html - http://www.armeniabirding.info/wwb.html
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Posted By: totti
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2010 at 10:09am
Don't ya mean Armenian Women? The bleedin size of the pancakes on her.  |