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Re: The European Cup Final...again!
« Reply #1600 on: May 20, 2019, 08:07:11 am »
I’ve still got 2 flights available if anyone is interested or knows anyone who fancies going out to experience matchday and atmosphere

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Re: The European Cup Final...again!
« Reply #1601 on: May 20, 2019, 08:35:11 am »
For anyone who has been before or knows Madrid, if, and it's a big if, there is no big screen at our fan park, where is the best area to get to to make sure you get to see the match in Madrid?
No point in going to the fan park if you can't see the game as there will be a mad exodus later in the afternoon to try and find bars showing the game and there doesn't look to be many places like this around our fan park area.

This decision to close the fan parks 3 hours before kick-off is bonkers, by the way. UEFA and the Spanish authorities are massively underestimating the numbers who will travel from both sides, with and without tickets. What are they expecting to happen at 6pm when tens of thousands of supporters from the two clubs - from fan parks a 20 minute walk apart, all get kicked out and head off in search of bars? Are there sufficient within walking distance to accommodate the likely numbers? Will it be clear which direction the opposing supporters are likely to be? I can see this very easily becoming a shit show, if I'm honest.

Personally, this probably means that if we don't find tickets then we'll be leaving the fan park by 5 at the absolute latest, and heading away from the Spurs fan park (which I believe will be to our west). That'll be a massive shame if that means people have to miss out on the atmosphere there to avoid the impending chaos.
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« Reply #1602 on: May 20, 2019, 09:22:33 am »
For those asking about segregation in the ground from block and upper/lower tiers. If you go on the view guide of ground and go on back row of lower tier, you can turn around and clearly see the steps to upper. So as with most European grounds, its completely open to the separate tiers
Not sure if those steps can be accessed from the lower tier.

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Re: The European Cup Final...again!
« Reply #1603 on: May 20, 2019, 09:40:27 am »
For the neutral parts, are there any restrictions around wearing colours?  Pretty sure Kiev and Basel there weren't.

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Re: The European Cup Final...again!
« Reply #1604 on: May 20, 2019, 09:47:45 am »
Anyone had their tickets turn up yet from the ballet sale?

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« Reply #1605 on: May 20, 2019, 09:48:27 am »
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« Reply #1606 on: May 20, 2019, 10:00:53 am »
Anyone had their tickets turn up yet from the ballet sale?

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« Reply #1607 on: May 20, 2019, 10:04:47 am »
Anyone on the waiting list had a call this morning? My dad is around 270 and wondering if there's a chance.

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« Reply #1608 on: May 20, 2019, 10:15:51 am »
Anyone on the waiting list had a call this morning? My dad is around 270 and wondering if there's a chance.

TO on the website saying "no further sales for this match"
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« Reply #1609 on: May 20, 2019, 10:18:05 am »
TO on the website saying "no further sales for this match"

no further online sales it is. But they're ringing people from 233 onwards this morning as there are some left.

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« Reply #1610 on: May 20, 2019, 10:31:59 am »
Had to google to see but Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike performing on Friday night at the fan event in puerta del sol.

Reminds me of Hardwell performing in Kiev last year and nobody knew about it!

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Re: The European Cup Final...again!
« Reply #1611 on: May 20, 2019, 11:13:07 am »
Anyone on the waiting list had a call this morning? My dad is around 270 and wondering if there's a chance.

He's had a good innings there mate :)

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« Reply #1612 on: May 20, 2019, 11:15:26 am »
He's had a good innings there mate :)

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« Reply #1613 on: May 20, 2019, 11:21:48 am »
He's had a good innings there mate :)

Exactly mate, not gonna see many more finals at his age is he!

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« Reply #1614 on: May 20, 2019, 11:23:26 am »
This decision to close the fan parks 3 hours before kick-off is bonkers, by the way. UEFA and the Spanish authorities are massively underestimating the numbers who will travel from both sides, with and without tickets. What are they expecting to happen at 6pm when tens of thousands of supporters from the two clubs - from fan parks a 20 minute walk apart, all get kicked out and head off in search of bars? Are there sufficient within walking distance to accommodate the likely numbers? Will it be clear which direction the opposing supporters are likely to be? I can see this very easily becoming a shit show, if I'm honest.

Personally, this probably means that if we don't find tickets then we'll be leaving the fan park by 5 at the absolute latest, and heading away from the Spurs fan park (which I believe will be to our west). That'll be a massive shame if that means people have to miss out on the atmosphere there to avoid the impending chaos.

Agree. Could be a genuine final decision or could be just a bluff to minimise numbers of fans without tickets travelling to Madrid.

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« Reply #1615 on: May 20, 2019, 11:23:30 am »
no further online sales it is. But they're ringing people from 233 onwards this morning as there are some left.

Ah right. Silly me can't read
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« Reply #1616 on: May 20, 2019, 11:26:51 am »
Agree. Could be a genuine final decision or could be just a bluff to minimise numbers of fans without tickets travelling to Madrid.

Yeah, my wife thinks the latter as well, but do they really think that the vast majority who were likely to travel are not already booked up at this point anyway? And that's the thing with English support in general; they will travel in numbers regardless. Messing about with false messaging will make no difference to that. Possibly also giving the authorities too much credit. We'll see I guess.
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« Reply #1617 on: May 20, 2019, 11:34:46 am »
Agree. Could be a genuine final decision or could be just a bluff to minimise numbers of fans without tickets travelling to Madrid.

I hope it is. I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) it was something similar for Kiev? Nothing advertised but big screens ended up showing it?

London plod have estimated 45,000 spurs travelling.

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« Reply #1618 on: May 20, 2019, 11:37:07 am »
Yeah, my wife thinks the latter as well, but do they really think that the vast majority who were likely to travel are not already booked up at this point anyway? And that's the thing with English support in general; they will travel in numbers regardless. Messing about with false messaging will make no difference to that. Possibly also giving the authorities too much credit. We'll see I guess.

Either way it is worrying. I hope it is under control as we don’t want any disorder due to negligent planning to ruin the day.

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« Reply #1619 on: May 20, 2019, 11:38:15 am »
Had to google to see but Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike performing on Friday night at the fan event in puerta del sol.

Reminds me of Hardwell performing in Kiev last year and nobody knew about it!

Great news! This came up on google
https://www.esmadrid.com/en/whats-on/uefa-champions-league-festival-madrid-2019?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

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« Reply #1620 on: May 20, 2019, 11:39:44 am »
I hope it is. I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) it was something similar for Kiev? Nothing advertised but big screens ended up showing it?

London plod have estimated 45,000 spurs travelling.

Klitchkov intervened as Mayor of Kiev and had big screens showing the final in the Champions Festival fan-zone only !
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« Reply #1621 on: May 20, 2019, 11:41:40 am »
Apparently people have been contacting the tourist board in Madrid and there will be big screens showing the match for fans, they're just not advertising it.  Several people have said this in one of the FB groups for Liverpool fans in Madrid.

They'd be stupid not to do this for both sets of fans. Then again knowing how over zealous the Spanish police like to be with their batons, they're probably rubbing their hands at the thought of 2 English clubs coming together in the bars, the slightest things and they'll be wading in  :(

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« Reply #1622 on: May 20, 2019, 11:47:15 am »
Not sure if those steps can be accessed from the lower tier.

From the pics of the ground I would say you can, the concourse for both tiers is there it looks like
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« Reply #1623 on: May 20, 2019, 11:49:07 am »
Klitchkov intervened as Mayor of Kiev and had big screens showing the final in the Champions Festival fan-zone only !

Ah that explains it. Top fella.

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« Reply #1624 on: May 20, 2019, 12:03:21 pm »
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« Reply #1625 on: May 20, 2019, 12:21:11 pm »


Nice one mate! Just ordered one for this year and last  :wave
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« Reply #1626 on: May 20, 2019, 12:54:53 pm »
He's had a good innings there mate :)

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« Reply #1627 on: May 20, 2019, 01:03:59 pm »
Great news! This came up on google
https://www.esmadrid.com/en/whats-on/uefa-champions-league-festival-madrid-2019?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

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« Reply #1628 on: May 20, 2019, 01:10:29 pm »
Any word from anyone who has been contacted by phone to take up on offer of ticket?

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« Reply #1629 on: May 20, 2019, 01:15:38 pm »
Just looking at a map of Madrid and for all those that are flying back after the game, even though the ground isn't far from the airport, it looks a ball-ache of a journey
using the metro if they don't lay shuttle buses on, as it means having to go back into town and changing trains a few times  :'(

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« Reply #1630 on: May 20, 2019, 01:26:07 pm »
does anyone have a stadium map that shows where spurs blocks are?

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« Reply #1631 on: May 20, 2019, 01:27:39 pm »
Just looking at a map of Madrid and for all those that are flying back after the game, even though the ground isn't far from the airport, it looks a ball-ache of a journey
using the metro if they don't lay shuttle buses on, as it means having to go back into town and changing trains a few times  :'(
It can be done with 2 changes.

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« Reply #1632 on: May 20, 2019, 01:32:29 pm »
He's had a good innings there mate :)

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« Reply #1633 on: May 20, 2019, 01:45:44 pm »
It can be done with 2 changes.

Still looks a ball-ache of a journey though considering how close the ground is to the airport.

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« Reply #1634 on: May 20, 2019, 01:46:00 pm »
Any word from anyone who has been contacted by phone to take up on offer of ticket?

264 not been called

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« Reply #1635 on: May 20, 2019, 01:47:26 pm »
They're up to about 250 so keep an eye on your phone

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« Reply #1636 on: May 20, 2019, 01:57:42 pm »
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« Reply #1637 on: May 20, 2019, 02:02:12 pm »
does anyone have a stadium map that shows where spurs blocks are?

One of my Spurs mates sent it to me. It's the exact mirror image of what we have.

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« Reply #1638 on: May 20, 2019, 02:05:55 pm »
One of my Spurs mates sent it to me. It's the exact mirror image of what we have.

Any chance of sharing it mate?

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« Reply #1639 on: May 20, 2019, 02:09:14 pm »
Still looks a ball-ache of a journey though considering how close the ground is to the airport.

I agree, defo a concern of mine as flight is 3:35, if it goes to
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