BrahimHemdani

I have some wet wipes left over from Peru, happy to donate.

Of course that's entirely deliberate on the part of the organiser.....

I wonder if there would be more of a take up, or even some take up, if someone else was organising.....

All comments welcome.

Anyone up for this trip please post thoughts here, thanks.

You can afford it, Pete.

As there have been a number of comments on the next dinner, I've had a look at dates. The most successful dinner to date was in January 2016 but I think it's fair to say that that owed a lot to the special guests Willie Johnston & Colin Stein. The last two attempts at an end of season dinner didn't work out very well because of the difficulty of not knowing the play-off and post-split fixture dates. There have also been some suggestions of making it an end of season awards dinner for player of the year, prediction league winner etc. However, that would again mean the same issue of not knowing the post-split fixtures until the month before. I didn't think that would be a big issue but there is no doubt it did affect the attendance last time. If we were to have a mid season dinner, the only dates that look feasible are Dec 9 v Ross County or Dec 16 v St Johnstone; I think both are likely to remain as Sat 3.00pm fixtures but that can't be guaranteed. We don't have a Sat home game in Jan 18. Looking at end of season the obvious dates are Mar 17 v Kilmarnock or the last scheduled home game on Apr 7 v Dundee; again one would think these will be Sat 3.00pm. Personally I think that the last scheduled home game is the obvious choice but it would rule out end of season awards unless there was a cut off imposed. Thoughts? I'll put up a poll if there is a divergence of opinion. I would propose to go back to La Fiorentina who all present rated highly in terms of food and service and they are also due a shot at a larger attendance in view of the low numbers last time.

Spectacular at night and calmer with the band playing the next day

Seems I was about a minute away in Brochettes et Cie Luxembourg, 2/4 Rue de la Poste, just along from the McDonalds, having a burger and beer before the match. I was in the square earlier when there were a lot of fans about and if I'd known you were there I certainly would have walked round or sent you a text. Just after 5.00pm I've got the message about the end of season dinner.

The game is on Sunday the 30th which make sit a bit awkard, as I assume that most would want to be back for work on the Monday. Sheffield City Centre is 90% booked out already on the Sat night and Sheffield as a whole 77% according to booking.com. The only thing other than dorms I can see for the Sat night under £100 is the Ibis budget Sheffield Arena, "situated a 15-minute drive from Sheffield city centre," which isn't much good at £92. Otherwise you're into the £100-£200 range and up. Staying the Sunday night would be a lot better, plenty of accommodation well under £100 e.g. Ibis £35! It's a 500 mile round trip. I'd be willing to drive down on Sat back Sun or Sun back Mon. In my diesel I get 50mpg+ so the diesel wouldn't be more than £50; so £10-£12 depending on 4/5 sharing. I wouldn't be keen to drive down on Sun morning and back on Sun night; but I'd consider it given the extortionate hotel costs for the Sat night. It looks like a 9-seater mini bus as an example is about £60/day and I'm guessing about £100 for the petrol; so that would be about £220 maybe £250; roughly £25-£30 pp. on a 2 day trip. Train can be done in one day on the Sun, currently £91.50 or going Sat back Sun for slightly less. So at the moment you'd be looking at about £100-£150 for a Sat/Sun or well under £100 driving in my car or a mini bus; twice that by train inc accommodation. Day trip in a mini bus wouldn't be much more than a tenner each say £15 max; shared driving presumably and no drinking in the bus! Just some preliminary figures. Thoughts?

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I've never driven a mini bus but I would give it a go. I'd be happier with an overnight in Sheffield, let me look at costs. I didn't read this thread before because of the title, suggest admin change it to something like "Gersnet Trip to Sheffield".

A text would have been nice but no worries; glad you had a safe trip.

Just doing my bit for international relations, my good lady is all in favour of that. She is a remainer and I agree we need to maintain good relations with Europe after we leave.

I have no doubt that's true in one case at least; but perfectly fine with me, I had my hands full with Veronika. Not all the honey was in the liqueur.

Because as Craig has demonstrated quite clearly some of his comments e.g. Rangers were better than Aberdeen last season, the potential game vs AEL Limassol was going to be easy, defy all known fact and logic; and others on religion are "hypocritical, Insulting" and offensive" to some, Craig's words, not mine. As I've said I stand corrected on this one.

Thanks for letting me know, I was there several times; my hotel was round the corner.

He is the CEO and is very fond of saying that he can only do what the Clubs tell him or allow him to do; but as all CEO's he interprets that liberally.

If that's what he means, then I stand corrected; personally I'm not sure it's obvious at all; but I'm sure he can answer for himself.

These are pretty wide ranging slurs on posters here; care to name any names?

I was being a little tongue in cheek; but how about a fiver or a tenner max and kids for free?

Derby was a good trip.

They should let fans in for free at any home pre-season friendly that is arranged now.

I reckon Rob Roy would give us a game.

A wonderful documentary tbat had me in tears towards the end. I was at school listening to the game in Vienna when he broke his leg in 1965 and can remember being devasted.

As I said earlier in the thread, I don't believe there will be any appetite for this.