British interest in Borussia Dortmund

I'm going in april dortmund v wolfsburg very much looking forward to it

cockneyCAFC said:

I'm going in april dortmund v wolfsburg very much looking forward to it

That's the fixture I saw 2 years ago. Check out other fixtures and you should be able to get another game in if you're that way inclined.

Brendan_O_Connell said:

ForeverAddickted said:

Wow cant believe that many people travel from England to watch their games - Might have to go myself one day

Most of them are Man Utd fans that have given up on their team this season.

Is Dortmund closer for them than Manchester?

might have some of that next year, doing a surprise for my son this year on fa cup third round day, so next year dortmund could be a option.

northstandsteve said:

might have some of that next year, doing a surprise for my son this year on fa cup third round day, so next year dortmund could be a option.

Hopefully Charlton are going to surprise us all on third round day this year too !!

Dortmund looks great, but I think if I was going over to Germany I would base myself in Hamburg and try and do 2/3 games in the weekend which I believe is pretty achievable from there (@RedPanda wrote a piece on it a while ago).

northstandsteve said:

I will just pick a fixture and do it, never been so glad of a shit third round draw especially as he kept saying hope we get a away game at a new ground.

Have done Barca with my boys, fancy a bit of Dortmund too.

Could probably take more there than we do for our own away games :0(

se9addick said:

northstandsteve said:

might have some of that next year, doing a surprise for my son this year on fa cup third round day, so next year dortmund could be a option.

Dortmund looks great, but I think if I was going over to Germany I would base myself in Hamburg and try and do 2/3 games in the weekend which I believe is pretty achievable from there (@RedPanda wrote a piece on it a while ago).

I haven't been to Hamburg, if/when I get there I only know of St Pauli and Werder Bremen being easily commutable but their games can clash. Hamburg though, sounds like a real laugh with mates. It depends what you're after, I'm more a ground-hopper.

West Germany has Dortmund, Schalke, Monchengladbach, Leverkusen, Dusseldorf, Koln, Bochum and Duisberg all within fairly easy reach of each other. A bit further south you could also tie in either of the Frankfurts, Kaiserslauten and Mainz. From speaking to German fans Eintracht Frankfurt could have the best supporters in Germany, they took 10'000 to Bordeaux in the Europa recently.

RedPanda said:

se9addick said:

northstandsteve said:

might have some of that next year, doing a surprise for my son this year on fa cup third round day, so next year dortmund could be a option.

Dortmund looks great, but I think if I was going over to Germany I would base myself in Hamburg and try and do 2/3 games in the weekend which I believe is pretty achievable from there (@RedPanda wrote a piece on it a while ago).

I haven't been to Hamburg, if/when I get there I only know of St Pauli and Werder Bremen being easily commutable but their games can clash. Hamburg though, sounds like a real laugh with mates. It depends what you're after, I'm more a ground-hopper.

West Germany has Dortmund, Schalke, Monchengladbach, Leverkusen, Dusseldorf, Koln, Bochum and Duisberg all within fairly easy reach of each other. A bit further south you could also tie in either of the Frankfurts, Kaiserslauten and Mainz. From speaking to German fans Eintracht Frankfurt could have the best supporters in Germany, they took 10'000 to Bordeaux in the Europa recently.

I went to Frankfurt the weekend before last with my wife when by happy coincidence (yeah right) Eintracht were at home and I got a ticket for their game with Hoffenheim.

It was very Charlton-like in some ways - they lost 2-1, are near the foot of the table and are especially struggling at home.
The crowd frustration at poor defending and lack of cutting edge is the same in any language, but there was still 40,000+ there and the stadium was decent.

It was a lower category game and ticket wasn't that cheap - 35 Euros I think, although that was in one of the higher price brackets and included return train travel from the city centre.

Atmosphere was very good for a relatively low key game, and much of it generated from the standing section behind the goal (which I think is pretty much all season tickets).

All in all, would certainly recommend the Bundesliga experience if people get a chance.

Hello, has anyone got experience buying tickets for Hamburg or Hannover? They’ve just announced TV changes for the weekend I’m there and both Hannover v Wolfsburg and Hamburg v Mainz are doable.

I’ve tried doing some scouting on their official sites but Hamburg’s only offering German (shock horror) and Hannover’s ticket area is down. I’ll be based in Hamburg and will do a day trip to Hannover. Lubeck are away unfortunately.

Dortmund is incredible, if you can get tickets in their standing part of the ground do it, its worth every penny

RedPanda said:

Hello, has anyone got experience buying tickets for Hamburg or Hannover? They’ve just announced TV changes for the weekend I’m there and both Hannover v Wolfsburg and Hamburg v Mainz are doable.

I’ve tried doing some scouting on their official sites but Hamburg’s only offering German (shock horror) and Hannover’s ticket area is down. I’ll be based in Hamburg and will do a day trip to Hannover. Lubeck are away unfortunately.

I've been to Hannover and bought 8 tickets from a tout for face value, 30 minutes prior to kick off. They were playing Hamburg and it was pretty much sold out, with I'd guess about 7-8,000 hamburg fans there, so I was surprised at how easy it was to get in.

Hannover v Wolfsburg may be slightly different as its classed as a north Saxony derby. I went to the reverse of this fixture in Wolfsburg a couple of years ago and, although there was no trouble that I saw, there were groups of lads dressed in black squaring up to the riot police after the game so there may be a greater restriction on tickets.

milo said:

RedPanda said:

Hello, has anyone got experience buying tickets for Hamburg or Hannover? They’ve just announced TV changes for the weekend I’m there and both Hannover v Wolfsburg and Hamburg v Mainz are doable.

I’ve tried doing some scouting on their official sites but Hamburg’s only offering German (shock horror) and Hannover’s ticket area is down. I’ll be based in Hamburg and will do a day trip to Hannover. Lubeck are away unfortunately.

I've been to Hannover and bought 8 tickets from a tout for face value, 30 minutes prior to kick off. They were playing Hamburg and it was pretty much sold out, with I'd guess about 7-8,000 hamburg fans there, so I was surprised at how easy it was to get in.

Hannover v Wolfsburg may be slightly different as its classed as a north Saxony derby. I went to the reverse of this fixture in Wolfsburg a couple of years ago and, although there was no trouble that I saw, there were groups of lads dressed in black squaring up to the riot police after the game so there may be a greater restriction on tickets.

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