Anyone set for Athens?

[kurtangle01]

P.S. That was through Lonsdale Travel who the club no longer use as their official travel agent. I'm not sure who the club use now. The flights we got left from John Lennon airport at 10.30am on the morning of the match and came back a 6.00am the next morning. They handed out our match tickets on the plane.

[Mumsafan]

if we get through i am getting a fligh to somewhere near there and seeing what is happenin, i will sleep in a bar, i will take my ticket curl it around the do da, elastic band no one is getting it

Remember Istanbul and it took you about 3 days to get home and they sent you to Bristol

[kurtangle01]

Remember Istanbul and it took you about 3 days to get home and they sent you to Bristol

When I was back at the airport in Istanbul I went straight into the terminal and had a few beers. I never went into that marquee outside for fear of missing my flight. This guy had obviously went into the tent for a piss up though and when he came in he went to the information desk where I was standing to ask when his flight was leaving...it had already gone!

[Abro100]

Haha yeah , was gutted but i got 4 bottles of jim beam for 5 quid i drank one in the airport after i sorted it out, was a funny day. We where int he departure lounge after we won,we went straight there, not in tha ****ty tent, our flight had gone empty, some turkish guard drinking black coffee telling us to get on a flight to liverpool (it was to eindhoven) then 40 men like my grandad arguinign with this turkish guard in thorough scouse, i go over stand on a bench tell them all he hasnt got a clue, and i will sort it, they all look at each like who the **** is he. I go over to the women in the room (who i thought looked like a mum type) explained the situation, she let me out of the lounge to be a liason with the LFC people and the travel guide, i had to sort out about 5 flights and peoples names, then got pissed. I like to think i helped people get home

[Abro100]

When I was back at the airport in Istanbul I went straight into the terminal and had a few beers. I never went into that marquee outside for fear of missing my flight. This guy had obviously went into the tent for a piss up though and when he came in he went to the information desk where I was standing to ask when his flight was leaving...it had already gone!

It was probably me !! (fat woman in the desk, coffee)

[Mumsafan]

You were just getting food delivered when we took off - 4 hours late

[Abro100]

You were just getting food delivered when we took off - 4 hours late

Yeah it was crap aswell, ham buttys which they tried to charge us for, i had several I was 20 mins off getting compo, 20 mins!!!

[kurtangle01]

It was probably me !! (fat woman in the desk, coffee)

If you said "what do you mean my ****ing plane has gone?!"Then it probably was you. I can't remember what the women looked like, there was 3 or 4 of them. They were getting a really hard time from quite a few people as all flights were delayed. I was supposed to fly back out at 3.30am in the morning but it was 7.00am their time that I managed to board my plane.

Imagine the mood in that airport if we'd lost? People would have been even worse with all the delays. Luckily for the turks we had won.

[Abro100]

Na i was nice to her, i got a biscuit

[Shaggy]

I'm genuinely nervous about the Roma - United game. I have a bad feeling though....United to win by a couple of goals

**** that mate, Roma are gonna blitz 'em. My forecast:

United will set up with that stupid 4-5-1 with Rooney sulking on the left. Roma are an attacking side and will carve them open; United without Vidic are a much weaker proposition defensively, and there are errors galore waiting to happen in Brown & Ferdinand. 2-0 to the Italians, leaving the vermin with a mountain to climb.

United are ****ing **** in Europe. ****. I'm really up for this - **** the other game - FORZA ROMA.

[bazza76]

Na i was nice to her, i got a biscuit

You must have been a good little doggie so

[Abro100]

It was more food than anyone else got for 12 hours

[rushscored4]

It was more food than anyone else got for 12 hours

We queued up outside the stadium for over an hour to get something that was called a kebab but looked more like those salmonella burgers you get from those dodgy burger vans outside pubs. It was ****ing awful but thank God (and Allah) I bought it because I didn't eat another thing until the next day...

As for drinks, you couldn't even get water in or outside the stadium never mind having a few beers. ****ing **** trip only made bearable by the result. No wonder nobody was celebrating at the airport!

[Red_Al_77]

I'll think I'll wait. Need a bloody ticket first.

[Craig_H]

You need to have been to all home games then 5 then 4 and so on... until all tickets are gone. It cost me about £550 for the flight and match ticket. I had to buy the cheapest ticket aswell which was behind the goal but it was still a decent view. It was well worth the cash though.

What about accommodation mate?

In 2005, i checked out flight details for Istanbul and i was quoted £1600

Surely, the longer we leave it, the more obscene the flight prices will be.

I'm curious as to how you managed to keep the whole cost down to £550 for 2005 mate.