Gav

Just sat in my the hotel lobby and thought i'd write my experience of yesterday. First of all the support out here both in the bars of Amsterdam and on the night of the game was nothing short of sensational. Something about these European trips brings out the best in you and it's an experience everyone should have. Everywhere you tunred in Amsterdam you'd see Rovers fans, the bars echoed to sound of No Nay Never etc etc and the grasshopper on Wednesday night was like the brown cow, fox and hounds, white bull etc all wound in to one. WONDERFUL. We left Amsterdam about 4.45pm yesterday and headed for the designated port area where we'd been told we could drink before the game. We arrived in Rotterdam and were told we could not leave the station and thst s train would along soon to take us to the port. 20 Mins later we were on our way and got to the port to discover the police had just shut the bars for no reason at all and we were penned in to that area for the next 2hrs with only water to drink and no explanation at all. Having remonstrtated with the police we were still given no explanation for why this was and had to wait for the buses to the ground. This also caused more friction as they ran one bus to the ground for around 500 people, when that returned they put another hundred on and so on. I still can't believe it never actually kicked off there because of the police's decision to close the bars, if ít had been a different set of supporters it would have got nastly. I'll never attend a meeting point organised the club again. I like many had been all over Europe watching Rovers and I never been treated like that, even with England it's rare these days. To say the police are used to dealing with supporters they were clueless, ignorant and aggresive in some cases. It really spoilt the night to be honest. As for the ground itself it was like going back in time with a couple of lads ripping tickets off in a booth, it took ages to get in the ground then we were lucky as we had seats but I know Bob flemming paid 300 quid to come over for a day and never saw the first half due to cr@p stewarding. It was amaturish and just made the whole game an experience I won't forget in a hurry. Anyway I'm ###### off again now so I'm going for a beer and something to eat. Great result, Wonderful support, onwards and upwards. Well done to all that travelled. A very sober Gav (Explanation why, above) agrees with both Hughes and Savagae, we did boss the game for long periods. They were poor and had a few chances but we bossed the game. I was impressed with No 24 for them. We never got past him once, maybe worth a look at Mr Hughes.

Just setting off, see you all in Amsterdam.......

We'll be there this time tomorrow Now just to get today out of the way

A day on the ale then all night watching the ashes, hope they have beds in the bar

I saw a figure recently of just over 1000, thought more myself but it was an official figure apparently.

Still no news on extra ticket allocation? I know a few who haven't got tickets and the clubs silence doesn't help matters. They'll still travel as you'll almost always get in, but having a large number of people without tickets isn't good from a policing point of view.

Flying Wednesday 6am from Liverpool, leathered by dinner

I know someone who has just come back and says count on prices for beer between 4.5 and 8 euros even in the less lively parts of town.

Why do we have the constant scare mongering on almost every page of this thread? If you want it you'll find it but FFS stop trying to put the fear of God in to people. Anyone who visited the Sofia website before our game out there would have seen hundreds of swastika tattooed nutters, but not an ounce of trouble, they were the perfect hosts. It'll be a great trip and safe also.

Need help removing yer foot from yer mouth 1864

The more clubs enter the race the more money we get for him. Could go a long way to financing another signing come Jan.

You meet the strangest people watching football

Genius

Newcastle took less than 200 to Palermo by all accounts. Our support away in Europe has been nothing short of fantastic so far. [/img]

I remember going on the coach to Crystal Palace once and that was long enough. The free trip to Grimsby was all well and good but I felt like I'd lost the will to live on arrival, the trip back was worse. The coach to Holland is great for the less experienced traveler, but personally I’d rather have hot knitting needles inserted in to both eyes

Just be careful as you can guarantee it'll depend on minimum numbers booking or it won't run. With Holland being very accessible most fans will be making alternative arrangements for travel. I think the boat from Hull is a similar price to that and will definitely run.

Lets face it, anyone who thinks Lancashire United is a good idea is a complete and utter nugget of the highest order. Anyone for bringing back hanging?

Saw The Rifles at Preston last Monday, even the lead singer looked like Weller! good stuff though. Lets hope we're celebrating a win and getting out of dodge alive

I think the time could be right for Dunn to return but clearly his fitness is a real worry. If his desire isn't there then he's in real trouble because he lost his home town club once, he should be motivated enough not to make the same mistake again. It should be pointed out though that he's not had a decent run of good games since our promotion season many moons ago. Pay as you play and a very attractive transfer fee to boot.

Thanks you two, all booked up now.

I've mentioned this before but on the Friday and Saturday nights 'London Calling' is going on at Paradiso in Amsterdam. Tickets are avaialable from Ticketmaster 15 euros, think we'll be going Friday. Vrijdag 24 november: Little Man Tate, The Rifles, Milburn, Boy Kill Boy, The Young Knives, Klaxons en Fortune Drive. Zaterdag 25 november: The Pigeon Detectives , Fields, The Maccabees, Guillemots, Bromheads Jacket, Jamie-T, The Automatic, Mumm-ra, The Oxfam Glamour Models en Lotus Lullaby.

Just been on the website but nothing available. Plenty of accomodation in Amsterdam but its always good to be with your fellow supporters. We'll find something.

Struggling with accomodation, all the mentioned hotels are booked up We can always sleep on someones floor, its been done before.

Booked our flights lsat night when extremely intoxicated so could be going anywhere...... Liverpool to Amsterdam, come back Saturday as I hear a festival is taking place Friday night with some decent bands on.