Oh right, well ive e-mailed the FSF to see what they think but if yu say they never hecked anything then thats a good sign. With regards to the small away followings - it seems that PAOK was quite expensiveoverall last year and the transport links werent ideal given the economical crisis they were/are goig through in Greece. Kazan I guess is understandable , it's a mission away haha. I can see a small follwing to Athens this year - maybe only 1000 or so, whereas Lazio will be a bit more IMO. Depends on the allocation size I guess....No checks at any of the games I've been to - including Milan twice. They always get you to fill in that little sheet with your travel details and where you're staying when you apply, and warn you to bring photographic ID, but mine never got checked, and neither did anybody else's that I know who went to the games either.
The UEFA rules say 5%, but that doesn't mean we'll take the full allocation.
I dunno how it'll pan out this year. Salonika and Kazan were amongst the two smallest away followings I've seen in Europe, but neither are Panathinaikos or Lazio, and if we take the tournament a bit more seriously we might get a stronger following again. Who knows?
So how will Spurs price the tickets for the home game vs Lazio? They go on sale Wed for members. As they are part of the ST package i imagine they could be priced at Cat B maybe? If they are over £25 i will be giving it a swerve i think.
you didn't need ID at Inter Milan at all
Oh right, well ive e-mailed the FSF to see what they think but if yu say they never hecked anything then thats a good sign. With regards to the small away followings - it seems that PAOK was quite expensiveoverall last year and the transport links werent ideal given the economical crisis they were/are goig through in Greece. Kazan I guess is understandable , it's a mission away haha. I can see a small follwing to Athens this year - maybe only 1000 or so, whereas Lazio will be a bit more IMO. Depends on the allocation size I guess....
Ahhh, you're getting me worried! Was this separately or did you collect your tickets at the turnstiles or something?I had to show my Passport twice at Inter when collecting tickets and getting in. Maybe I look shifty though
They'll probably try to stab us in the arse, you might like it thoughwill be trouble at Lazio wont there?
There will be trouble at Lazio wont there?
Im thinking of going and making a few days out of it...
Milan was fun so maybe Rome would be good.
For me it was a no brainer to pick Athens as the away day tbh. Whilst there is a residual goodwill between Spurs/Lazio over Gascoigne, I still expect the general behaviour when English fans are in Rome to kick in. I was warned by an AC Milan fan, middle aged guy who was also going to attend our home game against AC. At the time Roma were still in with a shout of getting to the quarters, He was very vocal about not going to watch the away leg in Rome if we drew them due to how opposing fans, especially english opposing fans are received there.
The Inter away game was fine for us. Friendly and although I dont think the Italians liked us much taking over the square there wasnt much fighting etc.
I can imagine Lazio with them being fascists and stuck in the middle ages to be somewhat different from milan.
I went to Lazio Genoa about eight years ago and was amongst the lazio fans right next to the plastic partition where the away fans were - and the seat throwing, the fighting was just insane. And this is Genoa against Lazio - hardly anything to write home about.
The trouble is that Athens is more expensive to do from what I've seen. I'm not sure how the Spurs fans were treated in Salonika last season, but Panathanaikos are hardly a mild bunch! I know what you mean about Lazio, though. I would say you have to keep your head down and blend in, but that doesn't always work when you're travelling abroad to some of these places.For me it was a no brainer to pick Athens as the away day tbh. Whilst there is a residual goodwill between Spurs/Lazio over Gascoigne, I still expect the general behaviour when English fans are in Rome to kick in. I was warned by an AC Milan fan, middle aged guy who was also going to attend our home game against AC. At the time Roma were still in with a shout of getting to the quarters, He was very vocal about not going to watch the away leg in Rome if we drew them due to how opposing fans, especially english opposing fans are received there.