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Post by fireboy0610 on Jul 20, 2024 18:00:08 GMT
We have decided to get the ferry from dubrovnik to budva instead of the taxi, 2hrs in dubrovnik port for a few beers and scran, then a nice 2 hr ferry to budva, overlooking the crostian/montenegran coast and the adriatic, I think that's a tad better journey than a 2 hr rough journey in a taxi, plus it's only £11 more 😁👌 2hrs in dubrovnik sounds about right - its about 30 minutes walk from the Port to the old town ... and 30 minutes in the old town is plenty ;-) We are flying into Dubrovnik at 14.20, the ferry is at 17.30, we need to be at the ferry 15 mins before departure and the Dubrovnik Beer Co is a 5 min walk from the ferry terminal, what could go wrong 🤔 |
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Post by welshrover on Jul 21, 2024 6:13:22 GMT
Sincere apologies for knowing nothing at all about Montenegro ;-( As for Dubrovnik - its a ridiculous excuse of a tourist trap. I spent 4 nights there last year - and really, 4 hours would have been plenty! SPLIT, on the other hand - rocks! We have decided to get the ferry from dubrovnik to budva instead of the taxi, 2hrs in dubrovnik port for a few beers and scran, then a nice 2 hr ferry to budva, overlooking the crostian/montenegran coast and the adriatic, I think that's a tad better journey than a 2 hr rough journey in a taxi, plus it's only £11 more 😁👌 A very nice sail indeed, you get to pass some places of interest including hopefully the old submarine tunnels left over from the Jugoslav navy, (can't recall if they are before or after Budva). One of their submarines is now on the quay at Tivat and is now a visitor attraction. |
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Post by Builthy on Jul 21, 2024 21:18:49 GMT
Anybody else flying to Dubrovnik on Saturday 7th ?
Myself, Fireboy, and our friend The Wanderer are catching the 5.30pm ferry from Dubrovnik to Budva
The Welsh flags will be flying on the ferry
Any more fancy it?
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Post by eppingblue1 on Jul 24, 2024 9:47:39 GMT
Any news on ticket allocation yet. And on the basis that our allocation for this could be as oversubscribed as that for Latvia, has anybody got any feed back on the ability to gain tickets in the home sections.
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Post by welshrover on Jul 24, 2024 10:39:41 GMT
Any news on ticket allocation yet. And on the basis that our allocation for this could be as oversubscribed as that for Latvia, has anybody got any feed back on the ability to gain tickets in the home sections. Obviously things may have changed since I went there (Euro 2012 qualifying) but there was like a caravan outside the ground selling tickets. At that time we didn't have a lot of fans so we just had half of one end. |
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Post by felinessex on Jul 24, 2024 11:27:59 GMT
Any news on ticket allocation yet. And on the basis that our allocation for this could be as oversubscribed as that for Latvia, has anybody got any feed back on the ability to gain tickets in the home sections. See my earlier post from June 22nd. |
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Post by eppingblue1 on Jul 24, 2024 13:06:15 GMT
Any news on ticket allocation yet. And on the basis that our allocation for this could be as oversubscribed as that for Latvia, has anybody got any feed back on the ability to gain tickets in the home sections. See my earlier post from June 22nd. Thanks, must of missed that. All sounds bit too easy but good news if you don't get a ticket out of the allocation |
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Post by manulike on Jul 24, 2024 18:02:22 GMT
Any news on ticket allocation yet. And on the basis that our allocation for this could be as oversubscribed as that for Latvia, has anybody got any feed back on the ability to gain tickets in the home sections. In all honesty, I would be shocked if this is NOT over-subscribed. No idea about the useal uptake from the local side, but we could get 2500-3k in there easily, considering the other two less than appealing away options...
I would be very disappointed, if the FAW don't push hard for 2k official away tickets.
I don't remember an FAW email about wanting to travel - has anyone got one?
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Post by llan123 on Jul 25, 2024 8:08:39 GMT
Surely we should be getting ticket information in the next week or so? You'd hope that given the away end holds at least 2k that they would give us the whole end? They managed to secure 1100 tickets for Latvia in a smaller stadium so hopefully we can get at least 2k for this and everyone should get a ticket. I have sympathy for the FAW in situations like Armenia where the away enclosure only held a certain amount, plus it was a big game for Armenia at the time the allocation was being set and they appeared to sell out the home end, however in this scenario we should be pushing to get as many as possible.
Montenegro never sell out so I don't see the harm in allowing us the entire away enclosure. Those who went last time, I understand that we took a much smaller contingent than we will this time and only half the stand was given to away fans but were there home fans in the same stand or was it empty?
I think this is the main reason why its so important that our fans behave on away trips as FA's are more likely to be agreeable to allowing more away fans in the stadia.
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Post by barneycat1 on Jul 25, 2024 11:25:01 GMT
It's the same situation as normal.
FAW not getting information to fans.
Fans already spent hundreds booking flights, not knowing if they can get a ticket.
It's shocking.
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Post by welshrover on Jul 25, 2024 11:25:55 GMT
Surely we should be getting ticket information in the next week or so? You'd hope that given the away end holds at least 2k that they would give us the whole end? They managed to secure 1100 tickets for Latvia in a smaller stadium so hopefully we can get at least 2k for this and everyone should get a ticket. I have sympathy for the FAW in situations like Armenia where the away enclosure only held a certain amount, plus it was a big game for Armenia at the time the allocation was being set and they appeared to sell out the home end, however in this scenario we should be pushing to get as many as possible. Montenegro never sell out so I don't see the harm in allowing us the entire away enclosure. Those who went last time, I understand that we took a much smaller contingent than we will this time and only half the stand was given to away fans but were there home fans in the same stand or was it empty? I think this is the main reason why its so important that our fans behave on away trips as FA's are more likely to be agreeable to allowing more away fans in the stadia. The stadium appears to have a reduced capacity now, 11,080. The crowd in 2010 was 9862. Bearing in mind not a lot of Welsh fans went (people were annoyed about the membership going from £10 to £25) it would appear that they will fill their parts of the stadium. With reference to the £25 it was the main reason we couldn't even half fill our allotted space at Wembley as lots of people didn't rejoin. |
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Post by eppingblue1 on Jul 25, 2024 16:03:01 GMT
I've just read that England only got 650 in 2019. They were also told in no uncertain terms that were not allowed in the home sections. In fact they would be subject to a language test ! Cant find any subsequent reports of actually what happened on the night.
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Post by superunknown on Jul 25, 2024 20:25:33 GMT
Any news on ticket allocation yet. And on the basis that our allocation for this could be as oversubscribed as that for Latvia, has anybody got any feed back on the ability to gain tickets in the home sections. In all honesty, I would be shocked if this is NOT over-subscribed. No idea about the useal uptake from the local side, but we could get 2500-3k in there easily, considering the other two less than appealing away options...
I would be very disappointed, if the FAW don't push hard for 2k official away tickets.
I don't remember an FAW email about wanting to travel - has anyone got one?
I would have thought Iceland would be just as, if not more popular but maybe I’m off the mark. Looking forward to Podgorica and Reykjavik a lot! |
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Post by ajs on Jul 25, 2024 21:04:11 GMT
I messaged the FAW ticketing team today about the timeline for Montenegro away tickets. They replied that they were waiting for confirmation of our allocation and ticket details from the Montenegro FA.
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Post by barneycat1 on Jul 25, 2024 22:00:01 GMT
I messaged the FAW ticketing team today about the timeline for Montenegro away tickets. They replied that they were waiting for confirmation of our allocation and ticket details from the Montenegro FA. The FAW could get their act together, but are too slow to catch a cold. |
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Post by felinessex on Jul 26, 2024 1:53:36 GMT
I messaged the FAW ticketing team today about the timeline for Montenegro away tickets. They replied that they were waiting for confirmation of our allocation and ticket details from the Montenegro FA. and were trying to find someone who knew how to work the fax machine, in case they had a reply. |
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Post by fireboy0610 on Jul 26, 2024 7:49:38 GMT
I messaged the FAW ticketing team today about the timeline for Montenegro away tickets. They replied that they were waiting for confirmation of our allocation and ticket details from the Montenegro FA. and were trying to find someone who knew how to work the fax machine, in case they had a reply. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 |
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Post by barneycat1 on Jul 26, 2024 9:54:01 GMT
and were trying to find someone who knew how to work the fax machine, in case they had a reply. They are still on telegrams |
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Post by sleepy on Jul 26, 2024 11:54:39 GMT
What do people expect the FAW to do differently? If montenegro FA haven't yet confirmed details, what else can the FAW realistically do?
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Post by felinessex on Jul 26, 2024 13:07:52 GMT
What do people expect the FAW to do differently? If montenegro FA haven't yet confirmed details, what else can the FAW realistically do? From a comms point of view ? Maybe announce that they recognise there’s a high demand and that they are in negotiation with the Montenegrin FA to obtain the largest possible allocation. As opposed to accepting a random number based on not much science. If it’s the former, brilliant, just let us know. |
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Post by eppingblue1 on Jul 26, 2024 13:33:56 GMT
What do people expect the FAW to do differently? If montenegro FA haven't yet confirmed details, what else can the FAW realistically do? From a comms point of view ? Maybe announce that they recognise there’s a high demand and that they are in negotiation with the Montenegrin FA to obtain the largest possible allocation. As opposed to accepting a random number based on not much science. If it’s the former, brilliant, just let us know. I've had this nagging concern for a little while that they're more than happy to settle for a smaller allocation as it makes the collection of tickets at the location a much easier process to deal with. Its probably an unfounded concern I accept. |
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Post by sleepy on Jul 26, 2024 15:45:47 GMT
What do people expect the FAW to do differently? If montenegro FA haven't yet confirmed details, what else can the FAW realistically do? From a comms point of view ? Maybe announce that they recognise there’s a high demand and that they are in negotiation with the Montenegrin FA to obtain the largest possible allocation. As opposed to accepting a random number based on not much science. If it’s the former, brilliant, just let us know. Perhaps from a comms part of view but not sure what difference it makes. The sale can't start until the Montenegrin FA have confirmed numbers. I'm confident the FAW will inform we'll want as many tickets as we can have, but again, this is totally up to the Montenegrin FA, so not sure what difference it makes. |
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Post by CrackityJones on Jul 26, 2024 17:56:07 GMT
There’s over six weeks to the game, we never get tickets this early. I’ll put the moaning down to pre season boredom
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Post by felinessex on Jul 26, 2024 18:33:59 GMT
From a comms point of view ? Maybe announce that they recognise there’s a high demand and that they are in negotiation with the Montenegrin FA to obtain the largest possible allocation. As opposed to accepting a random number based on not much science. If it’s the former, brilliant, just let us know. Perhaps from a comms part of view but not sure what difference it makes. The sale can't start until the Montenegrin FA have confirmed numbers. I'm confident the FAW will inform we'll want as many tickets as we can have, but again, this is totally up to the Montenegrin FA, so not sure what difference it makes. It’s called effective stakeholder engagement. Practised by all customer focussed organisations, who believe that maintaining good relationships via timely engagement with their key clients is essential to their continued success. Many such organisations have mission statements and strap-lines which capture their core values. Together-Stronger would be a good example. Maybe an organisation could have stated values such as, As an Association, the voices of our supporters hold the upmost importance to us. We want our membership to reflect this and hold us to our core values of family, excellence, and respect. I’m not aware that there’s been any engagement to even assess the potential numbers travelling. Here’s an extract from an Institute of Good Governance publication, citing an organisation that prides itself on its stakeholder engagement strategy. The motto of the FAW ‘Gorau Cwarae Cyd Chwarae’ or ‘best play is team play’ inspired the new Welsh slogan ‘Together stronger’. They quickly realised that the best way to unite fans was to give them a slogan they could all believe in. “Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity.” - Nat Turner. Have a read of the whole document. It’s great - in theory. www.good-governance.org.uk/publications/insights/building-a-red-wall-of-effective-stakeholder-engagement |
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Post by barneycat1 on Jul 26, 2024 20:11:02 GMT
An email to every red wall member would soon tell them how many fans are going, and the amount of tickets they need.
It would take minimal time.
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Post by welshrover on Jul 26, 2024 21:22:59 GMT
An email to every red wall member would soon tell them how many fans are going, and the amount of tickets they need. It would take minimal time. Before Wales became popular were the supporters the footings for the wall 🙂 |
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Post by felinessex on Jul 26, 2024 22:13:46 GMT
An email to every red wall member would soon tell them how many fans are going, and the amount of tickets they need. It would take minimal time. Before Wales became popular were the supporters the footings for the wall 🙂 When living in Wrecsam, whilst at college there in the late 70’s, I was in digs round the corner from the FAW offices. I used to call in, drop off the money or a postal order for my tickets. Once, I think it was for the Anfield game v Scotland, I got back to the digs and the landlady said, the secretary from the FAW phoned for you earlier. He said could you nip in and tell him which part of the ground you want tickets for. The Kop obviously. Different days. :-) |
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Post by Ian1234 on Jul 26, 2024 23:33:45 GMT
Anyone know roughly how many tickets we will get. Don't fancy booking without knowing. I'm on 5 aways I think.
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Post by welshrover on Jul 27, 2024 5:46:38 GMT
Before Wales became popular were the supporters the footings for the wall 🙂 When living in Wrecsam, whilst at college there in the late 70’s, I was in digs round the corner from the FAW offices. I used to call in, drop off the money or a postal order for my tickets. Once, I think it was for the Anfield game v Scotland, I got back to the digs and the landlady said, the secretary from the FAW phoned for you earlier. He said could you nip in and tell him which part of the ground you want tickets for. The Kop obviously. Different days. :-) Yes, good days. No 3 Fairy Road was the address of the FAW, indelibly imprinted in my brain from as you say sending Postal Orders for tickets! And even better a lot of the home games were at Wrexham back then so not far to travel for me! |
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Post by manulike on Jul 27, 2024 9:17:48 GMT
Anyone know roughly how many tickets we will get. Don't fancy booking without knowing. I'm on 5 aways I think. I imagine if England only got a few hundred, we will only get 1k or so? Still, there are flights on the Sunday out of London to TIRANA for £15 (4h bus ride - direct, or via Shkoder) and even the Ryan Air from BRISTOL to Tirana on Saturday is still only £37...
Wizz from GATWICK, direct to Podgorica at 4AM match-day is just £32 - so its not a biggie ... unless you doubt Wizz's scheduling skills ... which is usually ok with only 5 weeks to go ? If using Tirana, airport shuttles to downtown cost €4 and go 24/7, every round hour - luna.al/timetable/ - if moving around inside Albania, use the PATOKO app. Personally, I'd take Tirana over Dubrovnik every day!
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