Posted by: King Eric, . on 1:53pm Tue 9 Oct 07
OK some advice from a Red.
Flights thru Hamburg at £120 with kayak.co.uk
Try for hotels at ratestogo.com
Don't mess about saving money thru Stansted, false economy, awful to get to.


As for Belgrade some Reds I know had the worse experience of their lives there, still got ex paramilitaries who think English fans are the ultimate fighting test...be careful.

Posted by: superjohn, bolton on 2:10pm Tue 9 Oct 07

Welcome back King Eric. I've been to Belgrade and anywhere near that football ground is bandit territory. It'd definitely be best to drink in the centre and then go to the ground at the last minute. Otherwise it's a great place.

Posted by: brusselsprout, Europe on 2:21pm Tue 9 Oct 07
Will definitely be catching both away games but the Crvena Zvezda game is the one not to miss! As blue said - they will definitely give us a warm welcome, and if anyone thinks the the atmosphere was 'heated' in Skopje wait until you get to the Marakana - once saw a local derby there (red star V partizan) it made an old firm game look like a teddy bears picnic!!
Anyway, finishing in the top three is not beyond us so Europe here we come!!

Not far for us to travel to the final though - City of Manchester stadium : (

Super komentari, matrix! Ma, doći će oni, garant. Ipak su to ludi Englezi.

j**o ih Danny Dyer

Posted by: brusselsprout, Europe on 2:44pm Tue 9 Oct 07
Good advice from Eric too - The English still aren't too popular there with certain groups (Don't mention the war!!) and so 'discreet' support outside the ground is well advised! The supporters club was a 'recruitment agency' for certain Serb paramilitary groups (e.g. Arkans Tigers) and believe me, some of these guys are real bad news.
having cheered you all up I'm still looking forward to the game - the centre of Belgrade is great, plenty of bars AND THERE IS NO SMOKING BAN!!

Ma zna covek , dobro je informisan, al za malo

Posted by: brusselsprout, Europe on 8:00am Wed 10 Oct 07
unhappy wanderer wrote:
Can anyone tell me the approximate first class fare from Manchester to Belgrade please and also which are the nicest 5 star hotels there? I hear the locals are rather hostile but they appreciate a good sense of humour. No doubt we shall oblige them by playing young Mr Nolan in our team once more.
The Hyatt hotel is really the only really decent hotel in Belgrade. Book early as its pretty much always full. Manchester to Belgrade not sure on the the cost of flights. I'm flying there (from Brussels) via Vienna for 400 Euro (business class - so not bad).
Feel sorry for some of you that have had to fork out a fortune for the Munchen tickets, you are all the kind of supporter our club needs - just got mine for 120 Euro. Now to get to work on some tickets!!

hebga, ja lično nisam za divljanje i šeketanje. To u Beču je bila velika sramota za Delije. Izbubetali su jadne Engleze na mrtvo ime. Ali, šta ćeš kad se manijaci lože.