Topic: Ludogrets AWAY - 26th NOV 2014

[dannymc]

If anyone can get me a sensible way for £100 flights all in can you please message me and i'll love you. Forever, possibly.

[Barry Banana]

£60 return flights Manc to Thessaloniki, Tuesday to Friday.

Train from Thessaloniki Wednesday morning at 6.26am, gets to Sofia at 12.40pm. Return on Thursday at 5pm, gets to Thessaloniki just before midnight.

Timetable here: http://bdz.bg/files/pdf/sofia_thessaloniki_eng.pdf

No prices on timetable but various places online suggest around €30 return. Doesn't seem you can buy online, have to buy at station over there.

My current preferred route but concerned at not having train tickets in advance. Back up is a taxi but it's £100 each way and only two of us would be doing the route.

[dannymc]

Ta for that mate. Will look at that

[NeoAdjuvant]

Alternative route which we've booked mate:

Manc to Bergamo (Milan) then bergamo to Sofia. Roughly £150 return, 25th to 28th. Ryanair and Wizz Air.

[EstonianRed]

A little beggar here, will want to go to this one, but cant find no-one who is available in my home town to do this. Just found a perfect 2 day route for me to do this:

Tallinn-Milano Bergamo 25.nov
Milano Bergamo-Sofia 26.nov
Sofia-Milano Bergamo 27.nov
Milano Bergamo Tallinn 27.nov


So is someone perhaps going through Milano aswell, cause it would be pretty boring to travel alone

[chrissimpson81]

£60 return flights Manc to Thessaloniki, Tuesday to Friday.

Train from Thessaloniki Wednesday morning at 6.26am, gets to Sofia at 12.40pm. Return on Thursday at 5pm, gets to Thessaloniki just before midnight.

Timetable here: http://bdz.bg/files/pdf/sofia_thessaloniki_eng.pdf

No prices on timetable but various places online suggest around €30 return. Doesn't seem you can buy online, have to buy at station over there.

My current preferred route but concerned at not having train tickets in advance. Back up is a taxi but it's £100 each way and only two of us would be doing the route.

Them trains still running?

Greece cancelled all international trains when the economic crisis kicked in.

hope im wrong

[ACLE]

If trains aren't running just jog along the rail track.

[Barry Banana]

Them trains still running?

Greece cancelled all international trains when the economic crisis kicked in.

hope im wrong

Yes - restarted in May this year.

[dannymc]

European train journeys are great. We did Milan-Berne for Young Boys and it was brilliant sitting back on the ale going through the alps etc. Need to find a dive in Thessaloniki if im gonna do this route.

[sharkeyb]

Anyone can sort me out with a ticket for the away section ? PM me

there will be a few in your ticketless camp - such as myself

[tectronicltd]

Hi guys I'm from Sofia but live in uk go to all liverpool home games normally. I hot a wizzair return ticket from luton for £80 on the day of the draw. Just wanted to say if too expensive fly to Bourgas maybe go to sunny beach then get train or coach to Sofia even 30min plane. Also thomas cook and thomson fly to Bourgas! Sofia is awesome for nights out and full of intersting clubs and bars ..ignore the chalga guy who posted earlier (normal young people from Sofia hate chalga clubs too so not many left, but if you come from Plovdiv I'm not surprised they are all idiots lol).All bars and clubs,restaurants are close to each other with in the center and open all night (you must go to Murphy's pub to get real ale and watch any football game as they have all sorts of illigal satelite ) ..plus its a place where all local liverpool fans from the official bulgarian fan club drink and watch games. Everything is cheap especially local beers(very good but mainly lagers). If you change ur pounds to leva in the change bureaus the rate is higher then uk or bulgarian banks plus there is plenty scattered around in the center.
The game will be played at the national stadium as its the only one with license for euro games and will be at 40 000 not 46 000 . The interest is massive and will be packed with neutral and Bulgarian liverpool fans like me who will try and get as close as they can to the away fans to sing with them (they know all the songs).Bulgarians buy they tickets from the tills and the tickets bihind the goals are 50 leva compare to 80-100 leva at sides! You maybe able to buy some of the so called expensive tickets early or online expensive for locals but expect it to be full (everyone I know is going as this is a chance to see real football live as they say with stars).The current rate pound to leva is about £1=2.40 leva

Thanks for the useful info didopich. Do you know what section a,b,c or d the liverpool fans are likely to have please?

[didopich]

Yes mate it should be same as the Real M, which is sector Г (G) block 44

[didopich]

Tickets in Bulgaria went on sale on saturday but only as a package for all 3 home games. They have sold 27 000 in two days (sat-sun) a lot of people are buying the package to ensure they have a ticket for Real M ... So a lot of tickets could be available on the black market. The only tickets left are behind the goals - sector B and G but not on sale yet as singles. Away sector like a said above allocated for Real is G  block 44 so I expect the same for Liverpool. Any questions please ask

[Aggers-Elbow]

Tickets in Bulgaria went on sale on saturday but only as a package for all 3 home games. They have sold 27 000 in two days (sat-sun) a lot of people are buying the package to ensure they have a ticket for Real M ... So a lot of tickets could be available on the black market. The only tickets left are behind the goals - sector B and G but not on sale yet as singles. Away sector like a said above allocated for Real is G  block 44 so I expect the same for Liverpool. Any questions please ask

How many did Madrid get?

[Cattive Maniere]

How many did Madrid get?

1200

[Redman0151]

1200

Thought you had to give at least 5%?

[PaulKS]

Thought you had to give at least 5%?

Real have shite away following normally, can't imagine that they took up their full allocation for an away game in Sofia.

They will at Anfield because it's a big game

[liverpoolsnumber9]

If anyone can get me a sensible way for £100 flights all in can you please message me and i'll love you. Forever, possibly.

BA Heathrow mon-fri £180 ...

[Billy Elliot]

To be honest mate what I've seen all the main bars (and there are LOTS of them ) are pretty much central.  Looks like they have a fantastic Metro system which works out at about 30p each ride.

Some Interesting transport info below: Looks like wherever you get a hotel it will be a piece of piss to get to wherever you wanna go.  Our hotel for instance is right next to the K. Velichkov stop on M1 line so happy days.

You can get to and from the Airport straight into the City centre on the Metro too.

The Stadion Vasil Levski also has a Metro stop so no fucking hassle getting to the ground.

The subway (metro) in Sofia has two lines - Red (M1) and Blue (M2). The Red line (Lulin, Obelya) goes through the city center to the southeast (Tsarigradsko shose), where it will eventually connect to the airport. The Blue line goes through the city center as well connecting Nadezhda r.d. (Lomsko shose), Central Train Station with city center ending at Lozentz r.d (James Bourchier). Both lines meet at the Serdika station where one can transfer using a single ticket. One of the main stations in the center of town is called "NDK" or "National Palace of Culture"

There are several kinds of tickets and cards in Sofia. The single ride ticket costs 1.00 Lev - 0.50 Euro, and is valid for a single ride, without limitation of time or distance. After buying the ticket, you must stamp it inside the vehicle with the yellow stamp-machines (perforators). Another option for multi-travelling is buying a court of 10 tickets, the principle is the same with the rides. Such court of 10 tickets costs 8 Leva - 4 Euro. Beware that one such court cannot be used by two or more people on the same time, and the 10-th ticket must always be preserved and shown upon request to the ticket inspectors (this is to make sure that you are not using a punched ticket that you found on the bus).

If you are planning a stay in Sofia, it is best to rely on single-day-cards. Such card costs 4 Leva - 2 Euros, and is valid for all buses, trams, trolleybuses and the subway. The card is stamped by the kiosk seller so you don't have to worry about stamping it inside the vehicles. It is valid after stamped until the closing time of the transport, so around 23:30 - 00:00. You can also buy the 24h ticket for the next or another day, by simply telling that to the employee, and he will put the appropriate date stamp of the next or another day, you wish to travel. Just find a kiosk where this card is sold, and buy every single morning such a card, and travel as much as you like. The card is valid for a single person only!Also when you use the day ticket in Metro system, always validate the ticket in the manned(in every station next the auto doors) ticket point. The employee scan the ticket with a bar code reader, and gives it a free entrance allowance . You must do that every time during the day, in order to pass inside the metro stations.

I was looking at their metro yesterday.  The green line isn't built yet (it would have taken me to my hotel.  The red line hasn't been extended to the airport yet.  Buses and taxis's only from airport to Town.

[tectronicltd]

Yes mate it should be same as the Real M, which is sector Г (G) block 44

Thanks. I've managed to get 3 x tickets in Сектор Г block 41. Quite close to away section but probably full of local ultra's knowing my luck.

[Alf Garnett]

If the Basel thread is anything to go by there will be bin loads of LFC tickets offered for sale for this by fans that 'can't make it.'

[Cattive Maniere]

Thanks. I've managed to get 3 x tickets in Сектор Г block 41. Quite close to away section but probably full of local ultra's knowing my luck.

im in block 37 but i will try to move closer to the away section, i don't give a fuck

[RJane89]

Yes mate it should be same as the Real M, which is sector Г (G) block 44

How much were they charged?

[didopich]

im in block 37 but i will try to move closer to the away section, i don't give a fuck

Normally the police move any scatered foreneirs into the away section but to be fair as long as you in sector G (г) then yiu should be surrounded by Bulgarian-Liverpool fans as the reds have a big following

[didopich]

Ticlets for locals behind the hoal secrors are about £20-25

[tectronicltd]

Normally the police move any scatered foreneirs into the away section but to be fair as long as you in sector G (г) then yiu should be surrounded by Bulgarian-Liverpool fans as the reds have a big following

That's good to hear. They look good seats then. I've converted the face value printed on mine and the individual tickets are only £17. I think black market tickets would still be reasonable for travelling reds

[Seveofthekop]

A little beggar here, will want to go to this one, but cant find no-one who is available in my home town to do this. Just found a perfect 2 day route for me to do this:

Tallinn-Milano Bergamo 25.nov
Milano Bergamo-Sofia 26.nov
Sofia-Milano Bergamo 27.nov
Milano Bergamo Tallinn 27.nov


So is someone perhaps going through Milano aswell, cause it would be pretty boring to travel alone

Wizz Air have cancelled the light from Sofia on the 27th

[EstonianRed]

Wizz Air have cancelled the light from Sofia on the 27th

alright cheers for the notice mate, will have to look alternatives

[Aggers-Elbow]

Just booked for me and me dad. £250 each for the flight with easyjet direct from Stansted and 2 nights in the Remada right in the centre. Back to heathrow via Athens with Aegean.

www.edreams.co.uk

[JBH14]

Just booked this trip last night for me and me mate. Flying from Gatwick on Monday morning and back to Manchester on Thursday via Brussels. Booked in to the hotel Rila for 3 nights. It has cost us about  £200 each but that's including the train to London on Sunday morning because we're going to Palace away, and 1 night stay in the Holiday Inn at Gatwick airport as well.

[chrissimpson81]

Anyone still looking for cheap flights, Stansted to Plovdiv, Mon- Fri £62 same flights as I paid £82 for! 

[Aggers-Elbow]

Anyone got any idea how much money were gonna need? Just need enough for 2 days on the ale and food

[Cattive Maniere]

Anyone got any idea how much money were gonna need? Just need enough for 2 days on the ale and food

you will be fine with 100 quid

[Alf Garnett]

you will be fine with 100 quid

That's what I usually change.

[DAVID IN DUBAI]

This one sorted, a bit unorganized mind as i had already booked for Palace away on the Sunday then back to Dubai Monday morning, then Tuesday morning Qatar air from Dubai to Sofia via Doha and Budapest, 2 x nights in Sofia and Wizz air direct back to Dubai new airport on Thursday afternoon. (Another boss trip in the making).

[Mad Max]

That's what I usually charge.

 

[rhylred]

This one sorted, a bit unorganized mind as i had already booked for Palace away on the Sunday then back to Dubai Monday morning, then Tuesday morning Qatar air from Dubai to Sofia via Doha and Budapest, 2 x nights in Sofia and Wizz air direct back to Dubai new airport on Thursday afternoon. (Another boss trip in the making).

will bring some salt in case the square is frozen in Sofia,don't want you slipping on your arse again during the kick about Dave 

[uppercentenary92]

Prices of this trip with Lufthansa have gone up and down over the last week but you can get there and back for just over £200 on Expedia with Lufthansa from Manchester. Book direct with Lufthansa and its a few quid cheaper. Out Tuesday back Thursday. These decent flight times and prices are pretty much the cheapest in the last month.

[rhylred]

7 of us all sorted for this now,lunchtime flights from Manc,there  & back,via Frankfurt goin & Munchen coming home

[KOTP]

7 of us all sorted for this now,lunchtime flights from Manc,there  & back,via Frankfurt goin & Munchen coming home

What flights Phil we go Monday to Thursday same route