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GASC1980

20-12-2017, 10:35 AM

Anyone ever used this site before to buy tickets for games abroad? Any feed back if you have? Pacman how do you get yours? I'll be in Valencia weekend of 5th January and noticed they are at home in La Liga against Girona that weekend so thought I would go along.

Pacman1903

20-12-2017, 10:53 AM

I always start by emailing the club directly. (due to the fact some websited dont translate) Usually works. 24 games abroad(non Dons related) and only one club did not reply Basel(stuck up c@nts) but got a ticket on the night. Borussia Dortmund replied but were sold out and they apologised. So i used Footballticketnet.com and paid double which was about 20 quid(glad i did as it was 8-4). Turned up at my hotel in Dortmund and my ticket was waiting for me. Got a reply from everyone else, alot of the teams held a ticket and only wanted a scan of photo id and i picked up on the day and showed them the id. Either that or they sent me a link to where to buy. I just booked my next trip (Fortuna Dusseldorf) a few days ago. Went for a shower after i booked and emailed and i had a reply by the time i was out.

Its a doddle usually.

To note my old boys been(Shakhtar in the CL) and he loved it so much his diddy team is Valencia and he pretty much watches ever game they have on sky

But i would advise a) go on their website and see if you can buy if not find a contact and email them

GASC1980

20-12-2017, 12:07 PM

Cheers Pac. Great info. Will get on to it. Valencia v Girona on the 6th/7th, Spurs V Everton on the 13th and Dons v Saints on the 20th. Am sure if you've never been to Dusseldorf you'll love it. Cracking city. Usual seedy spots near the main train station but you can't fail to enjoy the old town beside the river. Bars and restaurants aplenty.

GASC1980

20-12-2017, 12:32 PM

Stayed in Dusseldorf for the Borrussia Monchengladbach 5 Aberdeen 1 pre season friendly a few seasons ago. Played Bochum same trip.

Pacman1903

20-12-2017, 12:45 PM

ILikeJam

20-12-2017, 04:04 PM

Pacman1903

20-12-2017, 04:33 PM

I forgot to mention

My old boy says to take the free news paper thing they hand out before the game. Nobody reads it. They use it as a seat cover as the place is f@cking filthy.

GASC1980

03-01-2018, 05:33 PM

Well that site seems ok Pacman. Got E-Mail confirmation this morning so just need to print out E Ticket and scan the bar code at the gate entrance. Noticed the price was 30 Euros on it but I paid a service charge and delivery charge making it £46.

Pacman1903

03-01-2018, 06:16 PM

RedStarTorphins

03-01-2018, 09:53 PM

I chose Dusseldorf for the city and tied it in with fitba. Fly over Thurs morning, Friday night game Fly home on the saturday morning straight to Hamilton at Pittodrie with a wheat beer hangover

Fortuna v Sandhausen

Düsseldorf old town is great.
Various streets of purely bars & restaurants. Mainly bars.
Not a lot else to it but good for a couple of nights.

Pacman1903

04-01-2018, 05:54 AM

Düsseldorf old town is great.
Various streets of purely bars & restaurants. Mainly bars.
Not a lot else to it but good for a couple of nights.

Looking forward to it. Havent heard a bad word about it. My hotels next the old town too. Noticed the grounds miles away from the city though

I read its the number one destination in Germany for food. Beer, food and fitba. Now that's a trip

RedStarTorphins

04-01-2018, 07:33 AM

Looking forward to it. Havent heard a bad word about it. My hotels next the old town too. Noticed the grounds miles away from the city though

I read its the number one destination in Germany for food. Beer, food and fitba. Now that's a trip

We never went to a Düsseldorf game so can’t help with that.
We got a train to Gelsenkirchen to see Schalke.
Your hotel is in a great location though.

rustlinsweetiepapers

04-01-2018, 05:22 PM

Looking forward to it. Havent heard a bad word about it. My hotels next the old town too. Noticed the grounds miles away from the city though

Yes, but it's Germany - they have an integrated transport system. Straight to the arena in 15 minutes on the U-Bahn from the Hauptbahnhof on the U78. Don't know how frequent for a Sandhausen game, maybe not the biggest attraction, but every 3minutes for big concerts.

I know your fondness for Die Toten Hosen (big Fortuna fans): this from their end of tour date at the Esprit Arena 2013.

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Pacman1903

04-01-2018, 06:13 PM

Yaaas 'mon Die Toten Hosen. They used to be the shirt sponsor a la Wet Wet Wet and Clydebank. Watched FD on the telly before and the camera focussed on Campino and the commentator went into a spiel about Die Toten Hosen. Kraftwerk are also from Dusseldorf

My bitch about the distance is just because i like walking everywhere. Obviously nae always possible and this is on of those occasions.

Out of interest, is there anything worth seeing near the grun. Or even on the walk up to break up the 5 mile walk or whatever it is

rustlinsweetiepapers

04-01-2018, 09:15 PM

Most of the cool stuff is behind you towards the Town Hall, views of the Rheinkniebrucke and the TV tower but the walk, if you go for it, is along the Rhein so there is always something to see on it. If you've got the coordination you could always walk the first mile backwards. Funny you mention Kraftwerk, having walked some of this route it's mainly power stations I remember! There are, though, at least two *********: the Kunstakademie which has a Scottish connection of sorts through Joseph Beuys and, later, the Museum Kunstpalast. Further up is the Botanical Garden with its Japanese garden, which depending on your point of view is either a masterpiece of Zen or a nae bad venue for a crazy golf course. I do remember a good ice cream cafe there but it may not be booming in February.

Let the train take the strain and save yourself for beers and caipirinhas (I've no idea why that is the local choice) at the Esprit.

GASC1980

08-01-2018, 04:26 PM

Just go direct to their website and you'll probably be able to choose a seat off a plan just like Pittodrie. I'd be very surprised if they didn't have an English version of their website.

Alternatively just go to the stadium once you arrive - their average crowd is mid 30ks and stadium holds 55,000 so can't imagine tickets being in short supply!

Should have listened to you and taken your advice! They were selling tickets for all parts of the ground on the day and there was just shy of 28000 there. Old old stadium but fantastic all the same. I went up to the very back row behind the goal just to see what it was like. Jeezo if you suffer from vertigo you better go nowhere near it. I was about 5 yards away from the pitch but about 200 hundred feet up!!! I could see the whole city. Started raining in the second half and the folk in front of me put up brollies. Didn't impede my view at all it's that steep. Good game. Girona took about 200 fans. Not bad considering the distance and that it was a public holiday. Smashing city and pretty cheap for beers. Manolo the famous Spanish drummer is some character, he was working in his bar across the road from the ground before the game and happily chatted away to me.

Pacman1903

08-01-2018, 05:03 PM

Should have listened to you and taken your advice! They were selling tickets for all parts of the ground on the day and there was just shy of 28000 there. Old old stadium but fantastic all the same. I went up to the very back row behind the goal just to see what it was like. Jeezo if you suffer from vertigo you better go nowhere near it. I was about 5 yards away from the pitch but about 200 hundred feet up!!! I could see the whole city. Started raining in the second half and the folk in front of me put up brollies. Didn't impede my view at all it's that steep. Good game. Girona took about 200 fans. Not bad considering the distance and that it was a public holiday. Smashing city and pretty cheap for beers. Manolo the famous Spanish drummer is some character, he was working in his bar across the road from the ground before the game and happily chatted away to me.

Worth taking a trip?

GASC1980

09-01-2018, 09:31 PM

I would say so. It's a bigger city than I thought. I did miles of walking but the metro is easy to use. Beers and tapas in small bars and restaurants outwith the main city centre are cheap and cheerful. I don't speak Spanish and found that a lot of people other than young folk don't speak much English. I felt it was nice and relaxed and chilled out. Even though it was quieter than it normally would have been given that it was their Christmas and a public holiday on the day of the game there was a lot going on. The weather for the time of year was a bonus. I enjoyed the ground even though it's old and past it. Easy to get to and plenty of bars around the ground. Residential housing on 3 sides of the ground although the roads all round 4 sides are wide so the ground doesn't impinge on the housing. It's certainly a city I would go back to. Be sure to let me know if you go. Anyway on to Spurs v Everton at Wembley this Saturday.

GASC1980

09-01-2018, 09:32 PM

I would also add that I would use that ticket website again if needed. Simple and straightforward and legit.

Pacman1903

10-01-2018, 05:56 AM

Sounds like a good place. My old boy still harps on about it now

Was it filthy?

I'm looking for a trip for my birthday in November. I do fancy Sevillas Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan (top of my bucket list)but if I could do a double header weekend and get Valencia too it would be a hit. But I also fancy an East Germany tour. Pick from the likes of Magdeburg, Lokomotive Leipzig, Dynamo Dresden, Dynamo Berlin, Carl Zeiss Jena.

Enjoy Wemburlay

cougared

11-01-2018, 03:42 PM

Hi GASC. Was in Valencia same time as you but couldn't contact you cos dont know my details for this site! Managed to catch the Las Palmas cup match as well as the Girona game. Kept an eye out for you in the bars across from main stand where we watched the band playing the team off their coach. Bought tickets for both online thru club site - if you buy online you get two for one so was Euros 20 for each game. Wife went to the first one but on my own at Las Palmas.

Girona - sat on bottom level at corner between main stand and where Valencia were kicking first half. Good seats which provided shelter when it started to rain in the second half.

Las Palmas - front row of second tier in mainser. Fantastic view of match from any seat in that stand.

Football was excellent - thought Valencia looked very fit and used width well.

The city was very enjoyable. Very cheap!! Would agree with you that English is not as widely spoken as you would be lead to believe.

Food was great and i tried a variety of stuff - bull's tails being the most adventurous and best.

GASC1980

11-01-2018, 04:27 PM

Hi Cougar. Very first person I met outside the ground before the game was another Dons fan from Glasgow. Bizarre. Yeah I watched that official Valencia FC band parading round the ground I was where you were before the game up until about an hour before the game. I then went to another wee bar near gate B(my entrance) at the Aragon Metro station. I was meant to be in secttion 774 in the top tier which would have been above where you were sitting but sat where i wanted really as there were so many empty seats. I thought Girona looked really impressive early on and it was no surprise when they took the lead. Their number 3's persistence on the left wing paid off and he sent over a peach of a cross for their goal. I thought he had a good game. Also thought Girona might have snatched an equaliser near the end. Did you go into Manolo's bar? Did you speak to him? There were a crowd of Germans going to watch the game and I spoke to some Finnish guys who were part of a Valencia supporters club in Finland! Crazy. Yeah I thought the food and beers were cheap and as I have said in a previous post would go back. Did you go to the beach? One of the biggest beaches in the whole of Europe. Was just a shame about the rain in the second half, but that thunder and lightning storm made sure i stayed in the wee bar at 1 Euro a beer until it was over.

cougared

11-01-2018, 04:41 PM

Was in the two bars right across from the main stand virtually next to the club shop. Never noticed Manolo. The 1 euro beer was great. We just walked back to the hotel after the match - just off the place del reina - 20 minute walk and just got back when the lightning was banging in with the thunder almost immediate.

Were there for five nights so had a good look round. Walked the Turio, cathedral etc. Spent a good day at the beach and pigged out on some great paella - rabbit and chicken. Went to a posh restaurant a couple of times and it was just great - but even then it was only 60-70 euros for three courses plus wine. We'd had a few days in Madrid before catching the train to Valencia and I think Valencia would be favourite for a return visit.

Enjoy Wembers.

GASC1980

11-01-2018, 05:03 PM

I was in these bars as well but that would have been about four hours before kick off. Manolo's bar was right across from the club shop diagonally opposite the wee windows next to the main stand from where they were selling match tickets. My hotel was 8 minutes walk from the ground on Avendida Del Puerto. Some great little bars and cheap restuarants there. As I was there on my own I only went posh once and for a starter, main course and bottle of red wine I was still only 35 Euros! Did you see any of the parade with the floats for the kids on the Friday night. I was standing opposite the balcony where the group were playing beside the ice skating rink. Quite a spectacle!

cougared

11-01-2018, 05:55 PM

We were in Madrid on the Friday and it was p*ssin doon! Watched a bit of the three kings parade on the telly in a bar.

Took the train next day to Valencia. Didnae take long at 300 kph so arrived in plenty time for match.

They were dismantling the skating rink on Monday.