Friendly in Austria

[brownblade]

It's always been a dream of mine to see a Saudi Arabian club side, but alas I won't be able to go.

 

[Tickhill Blade]

What a stunning view.

Just looks like Shirecliffe

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

I really get the impression, and I hope that I'm wrong, that the club doesn't really want our fans to attend pre-season matches abroad and make it tricky as possible for us to make it with such short notice.

I can understand that if that's the case if the players/management want some privacy I just think they should be a bit more honest about it and have it played behind closed doors.

It’s felt like this for years. Like certain people find us a nuisance. Watched United in Malta x3, Holland, Spain, Portugal and Hungary (almost - called off just before kick off). Never felt particularly welcome at any of them by the club. One of the Malta ones had a couple of events that they put on for fans who booked the trip with the club (blades travel - remember that travel agent in the back of the club shop ). But there’s been nothing like that since. And there’s numerous clubs below us in pyramid doing well planned tours of various countries around the world.

It just seems like the people responsible for sorting it don’t attend to it early enough. So it all gets very last minute and fans aren’t given a single thought.

Hopefully under the new owners they see it as a bit of exposure for the club getting us out to different places.

 

[BigBed]

This says they are yet to announce 2 games. But already have a game on 2nd August


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The other game, they were hoping for Panethonycos I believe, but they are in European qualification, so it can't happen yet.

 

[LBA_Blade]

It’s felt like this for years. Like certain people find us a nuisance. Watched United in Malta x3, Holland, Spain, Portugal and Hungary (almost - called off just before kick off). Never felt particularly welcome at any of them by the club. One of the Malta ones had a couple of events that they put on for fans who booked the trip with the club (blades travel - remember that travel agent in the back of the club shop ). But there’s been nothing like that since. And there’s numerous clubs below us in pyramid doing well planned tours of various countries around the world.

It just seems like the people responsible for sorting it don’t attend to it early enough. So it all gets very last minute and fans aren’t given a single thought.

Hopefully under the new owners they see it as a bit of exposure for the club getting us out to different places.

Hopefully if Donny airport gets the full green light and they have some decent destinations, I would like us to have that type of Malta set-up, it could easily be done. Somewhere like Croatia, Spain or Portugal is always a good start, the players going for 2 weeks. Then you could build on that, if you partnered with hotels and had say 3 fixtures Sun, Wed, Fri people could fly Saturday to Saturday. If announced with enough time i.e. not the week before but Christmas, it could easily be done to coincide with the start of school holidays.

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

Hopefully if Donny airport gets the full green light and they have some decent destinations, I would like us to have that type of Malta set-up, it could easily be done. Somewhere like Croatia, Spain or Portugal is always a good start, the players going for 2 weeks. Then you could build on that, if you partnered with hotels and had say 3 fixtures Sun, Wed, Fri people could fly Saturday to Saturday. If announced with enough time i.e. not the week before but Christmas, it could easily be done to coincide with the start of school holidays.

Yeah it really shouldn’t be difficult. Loads of smaller teams do it. Latvia, Finland, Italy, Austria etc. Club have just never pushed it.

 

[radio]

Remember when we gave Didzy a trial
Is this game to see if Christiano had still got it before we sign him ????

 

[Blackheath Blade]

A road trip on the channel tunnel looks very appealing

Was thinking the same mattbianco1. Nearly a thousand miles from Sheffield to Grunau via the channel tunnel.
I drove to Lisbon two years ago, would love to do a similar trip again.

 

[SwissBlade]

Christ. Imagine the spam our socials will get if Robbo spanks Ronaldo into row Z inside 15 minutes. We'll be begging for the Hamza lot back.

Then downs a can of Pepsi as the giraffe necked Cnut lays there rolling around

 

[Gin&Juice]

Is it a fever dream of mine? But in contrast. Didn’t Warnock have us playing Basegreen/Frecheville one year?

 

[Harry's Game]

Ronaldo desperate to swap shirts with Tom Cannon

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

It’s felt like this for years. Like certain people find us a nuisance. Watched United in Malta x3, Holland, Spain, Portugal and Hungary (almost - called off just before kick off). Never felt particularly welcome at any of them by the club. One of the Malta ones had a couple of events that they put on for fans who booked the trip with the club (blades travel - remember that travel agent in the back of the club shop ). But there’s been nothing like that since. And there’s numerous clubs below us in pyramid doing well planned tours of various countries around the world.

It just seems like the people responsible for sorting it don’t attend to it early enough. So it all gets very last minute and fans aren’t given a single thought.

Hopefully under the new owners they see it as a bit of exposure for the club getting us out to different places.

It is/must be perception though.
I've done those three in Malta, Portugal twice, Spain twice, Netherlands.
I'm happy to take your word that you felt like a nuisance. But, I certainly didn't. I went to club events on two of those Malta trips, even though I was just an ordinary independent travelling fan. McCabe tried to make sure he bought every fan lunch and a few beers on one of the Spain trips. And for the game v Málaga, when the match ticket situation was confused, club officials were at the gates making sure every Blade got in.

 

[Rodley]

The 1 hour 20 minute drive though looks utterly gorgeous though

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The side of that road will be lined with Blades having a piss.

 

[Grandmanasty]

I’m currently on holiday in the Austrian Tyrol and not returning home until 9th August. This could be great for me. Not sure Mrs Nasty would agree.

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

Wonder how much notice we’ll get on this

 

[bornablade]

Ronaldo coming to the end of an amazing career said his greatest regret was missing an open goal from about 2 yards out in 2006/07.

Before hanging up his boots he says he wants to put things right.

 

[ATL Recs]

Christ. Imagine the spam our socials will get if Robbo spanks Ronaldo into row Z inside 15 minutes. We'll be begging for the Hamza lot back.

He won’t get near him

 

[S5Blade]

It is/must be perception though.
I've done those three in Malta, Portugal twice, Spain twice, Netherlands.
I'm happy to take your word that you felt like a nuisance. But, I certainly didn't. I went to club events on two of those Malta trips, even though I was just an ordinary independent travelling fan. McCabe tried to make sure he bought every fan lunch and a few beers on one of the Spain trips. And for the game v Málaga, when the match ticket situation was confused, club officials were at the gates making sure every Blade got in.

I watched us in Portugal a couple of years and in Spain where my son was a mascot in a behind closed door friendly (we were playing the team he played for in Gibraltar, Slavs first game) and I thought the club were always exceptional.

 

[Youngand70]

I’m currently on holiday in the Austrian Tyrol and not returning home until 9th August. This could be great for me. Not sure Mrs Nasty would agree.

Hey lucky you, I was in the Tyrol for 3 weeks in June. Been going for 20 years, missus has been going for over 30 years. I stay in lovely village called Alpbach in the Alpbachtal Valley about 35k east of Innsbruck off the A12 autobahn.

 

[Nick Jansky]

It mentions a stadium in Bad Wimsbach (Hofmanninger Stadion)

Typical Blades. If we had any ambition we would be playing at Good Wimsbach but no, let’s settle for second best.

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

Anyone else find the idea of Jack Robinson vs. Christiano Ronaldo a hilarious prospect?

 

[FMBlade1]

I watched us in Portugal a couple of years and in Spain where my son was a mascot in a behind closed door friendly (we were playing the team he played for in Gibraltar, Slavs first game) and I thought the club were always exceptional.

On the ground they might be good, but its the planning/communication aspect that I find a bit baffling.

Surely they could announce/organize these things with a bit more than 2 weeks notice?!

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

On the ground they might be good, but its the planning/communication aspect that I find a bit baffling.

Surely they could announce/organize these things with a bit more than 2 weeks notice?!

You don’t have to look far to see smaller clubs going abroad and giving fans 6/7/8 weeks notice and making it feel like they want fans involved.

FAB say this year it was because we didn’t know what league we’d be in. Leeds announced games abroad before they knew what league they’d be so why are we using it as an excuse.

 

[KeyffSmyff]

Zell am see and saalbach just a bit south and big ski centres so plenty of hotels. Awesome place.

 

[KeyffSmyff]

Just said to our Gert, guess where we are playing first week in August, it's abroad? See said Zell am See, I said close just a few miles north. Said then said no.

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

Just said to our Gert, guess where we are playing first week in August, it's abroad? See said Zell am See, I said close just a few miles north. Said then said no.

Is she Austrian?

 

[Ricardo Mantelban]

Just said to our Gert, guess where we are playing first week in August, it's abroad? See said Zell am See, I said close just a few miles north. Said then said no.

Am I having a stroke. I can’t read that.

 

[WORKSOPBLADE]

Just said to our Gert, guess where we are playing first week in August, it's abroad? See said Zell am See, I said close just a few miles north. Said then said no.

Take to Mayrhofen instead .. it’s grand !

 

[KeyffSmyff]

Am I having a stroke. I can’t read that.

So sorry didn't proof read it. I'd buy you a pint at the game but I'm not allowed to go.

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

In the era before the internet, we sort of had to track the team down when we were out there, and ask when & where the next game was. Sweden 1988 was a belter. At the game on 6 August, we asked and were told about a game the next day, 7 August. We couldn't find a sensible way of getting to it from where we were.

Dave Bassett agreed we could travel on the Team Bus...