Fingers crossed that Maritimo hammer Club Brugge next Thursday and with zero points after two matches they will suddenly find they can accommodate more Newcastle fans.
“If you pay the fiver they should give you 4 cans when you get on the bus, that would make sure people got on…oh and a bus with a bog and windows that open and that doesn’t take 2 hours both ways”.
Newcastle United’s trip to Reading next Saturday (29th Sept) is now a sell-out for away fans. These 3pm kick-offs on a Saturday will never catch on! (Exclusive pre-order bonus offer…
The alternative being abandoning her for an evening in a crowded foreign city centre while I knock off to the match on what is basically part of our honeymoon.
For anybody who is heading to Bruges, with or without a ticket, we thought we’d bring you this video footage of Birmingham’s trip last season; before, during and after the match.
The Birmingham match last year was an exception because the stadium wasn’t sold out…..For the Newcastle game there is lots of interest from our own supporters, so we can’t provide extra tickets”.
The fact that there was only 13,609 (Capacity 34,462) in attendance last night to see Bordeaux demolish Club Brugge 4-0 would suggest there should be no reason why Newcastle shouldn’t get a decent allocation.
What is for sure is that the thousands and thousands of Newcastle United fans have booked non-refundable travel and accommodation deals and will be travelling to Bruges, with or without a ticket.
It is a disgrace that the authorities have allowed this to happen, next thing you know the people running football will award the World Cup to somewhere in the middle of a desert where nobody lives….