olympiakos trip

[w4hammer]

..fights are stil £££ however im looking at doing this. Its decades since i went to athens...any recent/local knowledge on which areas to stay- as i recall most of it was pretty rough where i was ;-0 cheers

[SnarestoneIron]

"A bit under. Whatever, it's a 2 days trip, even if it's one of the closer European cities."

[Manuel]

So why do YOU think there is a big lack of interest? Isn't it a 4 hour flight?

[SnarestoneIron]

"Manuel 3:57 Tue Oct 17 Get what you're saying - I've never managed to get a ticket for an away game in Europe, and also worked in Athens for a few years, so really looking forward to it. Just thought 1600 tickets wasn't many and would be snapped up, considering we're massive!"

[Manuel]

"Snare - Take your point, but there is just something a bit dull about group games in Europe, and after two previous years in Europe maybe the hardcore are losing a bit of enthusiasm about paying out and jumping on planes to watch a game of football? The knock out rounds will be totally different."

[SnarestoneIron]

Can't believe this game has gone down to 10 points and still not sold out. Any idea how many tickets have been sold?

[SnarestoneIron]

"Orange Hammer 7:08 Sun Oct 15 I went last year - even without away supporters, so many flares, smoke, delays for the smoke to clear. Amazing atmosphere!"

[Orange Hammer]

Went to an Olympiakos game against Panathanikos earlier this year. Quite lively

[SnarestoneIron]

"If we do give them 3000 tickets, can we make them catch a bus from West London to the ground? :-)"

[Lee Trundle]

"It's not us ""allowing"" that, is it? It's UEFA's rules."

[RM10]

But I suppose we will allow 3000 for them?

[SnarestoneIron]

"eastend joker 6:52 Thu Oct 12 I wouldn't bother, really not worth the risk. They don't even allow away supporters for Greek League matches, in Athens at least, too much aggro."

[violator]

"If you get a ticket in their end, be sure to wear a Green t shirt with G13 on it"

[billywhitehorse]

"Talking to someone last night whose in laws live in Piraeus and has been to games there, I wouldn't get a ticket in the home end. I would have done it for most of the other European aways if necessary, but not this one."

[billywhitehorse]

"Talking to someone last night whose in laws live in Piraeus and has been to games there, I wouldn't get a ticket in the home end. I would have done it for most of the other European aways if necessary, but not this one."

[simon.s]

"eastend joker 6:52 Thu Oct 12 I might try and do the same. I think there might be a chance in the home end, even if it could be a bit iffy. Bit of a different animal, but Sevilla was fine, and I was back in a tapas bar ten minutes after the game finished, unlike our fans who were kept in for a hour. This mob will probably keep us in longer."

[w4hammer]

wouldnt surrpise me if west ham suggested this - put off fans and reduce exposure to olympiakos and make us pay for it. works for me as my accom is close to the pickup spot. Anyone live in Athens and errr able to get a home ticket?

[RM10]

"It makes you laugh that we have to go on the designated bus to get to a game and at at our own expense, we get banned for a vape. Imagine overseas fans not to be able to march to the game here."

[RM10]

"It makes you laugh that we have to go on the designated bus to get to a game and at at our own expense, we get banned for a vape. Imagine overseas fans not to be able to march to the game here."

[eastend joker]

"gave up my season ticket at the end of last season and all the points that went with it so no chance of a ticket through the club ,will pop down the ground on the tuesday and see what is going ."

[SnarestoneIron]

"eastend joker 6:06 Thu Oct 12 Good move by the Greeks to be honest, otherwise you're all on the same metro line"

[eastend joker]

I see there is now a compulsory bus from the centre of Athens to the stadium now that must be paid for in addition to ticket from the club .

[cambsiron]

Ticket details released. 1600

[Fifth Column]

Alfs Bradford City. Got an assist after 5 mins of first match being played on the right wing where they'd never played in their life so that was a good start. Blackburn Rovers at home tomorrow.

[SnarestoneIron]

"You can get a flight Tues-Fri from BHX with Aegean, £212. Careful with wearing your colours out there, it can get quite tasty - to the extent that no away fans are allowed, at least in the Athens games. I worked there for a bit and went to Olympiakos v Panathanikos a couple of years back (friend got me a ticket, used his tax payer id etc to get it), travelling from Athens to Piraeus, not a sign that there was a football match on until you reached the metro station for the game, at which point people unzipped jackets to reveal shirts, scarfs came out of pockets etc. Stay safe everyone"

[simon.s]

"Cheers Manuel - only one night, but hopefully I’ll have the Friday to look around a bit. I like that this comp throws up places that I’d probably never visit otherwise. And fair play to Brighton who took a decent amount to Marseille. Somewhere else I’d probably never visit unless we played out there."