Gulf Cup
Jan 16th 2013, 7:16 am
#16
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Re: Gulf Cup
http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-n...l-over-the-uae
A really tense and absorbing squeaker capped by a last-minute piece of skill from the inevitable Ahmed Khalil. Into the final with 100% record and still nobody interested...ah well...
A really tense and absorbing squeaker capped by a last-minute piece of skill from the inevitable Ahmed Khalil. Into the final with 100% record and still nobody interested...ah well...
Jan 16th 2013, 8:01 am
#17
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Re: Gulf Cup
So I can get a flight to Bahrain for the final for 700 dibs....but I can't find anywhere online for tickets?
Anyone any ideas?
Anyone any ideas?
Jan 16th 2013, 9:42 am
#18
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Re: Gulf Cup
UAE allocated tickets are probably impossible to come by unless you know somebody in one of the big clubs. Like any final this will attract all sorts of people who would otherwise have no interest in football. I recall it was bedlam when UAE reached (and won) the final in Abu Dhabi in 2007...
It's hard to see the Iraqis using up their ticket allocation but I would say that the process of how any unused tickets might be allotted would be a typical Khaleji dance of the seven veils...
Given that the hosts are out and Iraq won't attract many fence-sitters, I'd say showing up and hoping for the best might be a viable option. Probably better to get the view of somebody in Bahrain on that..
Anyway, this is the venue:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain_National_Stadium
It looks pretty dinky on TV frankly. Capacity is reported as 35,000 - not sure if that many Khalejis have ever simultaneously left their sofas previously so there may well be space.
Jan 16th 2013, 9:49 am
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Re: Gulf Cup
That's the spirit!
UAE allocated tickets are probably impossible to come by unless you know somebody in one of the big clubs. Like any final this will attract all sorts of people who would otherwise have no interest in football. I recall it was bedlam when UAE reached (and won) the final in Abu Dhabi in 2007...
It's hard to see the Iraqis using up their ticket allocation but I would say that the process of how any unused tickets might be allotted would be a typical Khaleji dance of the seven veils...
Given that the hosts are out and Iraq won't attract many fence-sitters, I'd say showing up and hoping for the best might be a viable option. Probably better to get the view of somebody in Bahrain on that..
Anyway, this is the venue:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain_National_Stadium
It looks pretty dinky on TV frankly. Capacity is reported as 35,000 - not sure if that many Khalejis have ever simultaneously left their sofas previously so there may well be space.
UAE allocated tickets are probably impossible to come by unless you know somebody in one of the big clubs. Like any final this will attract all sorts of people who would otherwise have no interest in football. I recall it was bedlam when UAE reached (and won) the final in Abu Dhabi in 2007...
It's hard to see the Iraqis using up their ticket allocation but I would say that the process of how any unused tickets might be allotted would be a typical Khaleji dance of the seven veils...
Given that the hosts are out and Iraq won't attract many fence-sitters, I'd say showing up and hoping for the best might be a viable option. Probably better to get the view of somebody in Bahrain on that..
Anyway, this is the venue:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain_National_Stadium
It looks pretty dinky on TV frankly. Capacity is reported as 35,000 - not sure if that many Khalejis have ever simultaneously left their sofas previously so there may well be space.
Worst that could happen is fly there, can't get tickets but go and find a bar, drink all day and fly home.
Ticks Bahrain off the list anyway.
Jan 16th 2013, 9:50 am
#20
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Re: Gulf Cup
14:00 DXB–14:15 BAH
direct1h 15
00:55 BAH–03:05 DXB
direct1h 10
704 Dibs. It's got to be worth a punt.
Waiting to hear if my mate is up for it.
direct1h 15
00:55 BAH–03:05 DXB
direct1h 10
704 Dibs. It's got to be worth a punt.
Waiting to hear if my mate is up for it.
Jan 16th 2013, 9:56 am
#21
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Re: Gulf Cup
Absolutely go for it. The least you'll get is a great story. Which you have to tell us when you get back. Well, tell me anyway, since it seems nobody else is listening...
Jan 16th 2013, 9:59 am
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Re: Gulf Cup
Jan 16th 2013, 10:43 am
#23
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Re: Gulf Cup
Bummer - now I'll have to readjust the rug on knees, search for my glasses and find someone else through whom to live vicariously.
Jan 16th 2013, 10:52 am
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Re: Gulf Cup
Pah, what has today's fickle youth come to? Where is that commitment to reckless and wasteful adventure that got us through two wars blah blah...
Bummer - now I'll have to readjust the rug on knees, search for my glasses and find someone else through whom to live vicariously.
Bummer - now I'll have to readjust the rug on knees, search for my glasses and find someone else through whom to live vicariously.
Jan 16th 2013, 12:13 pm
#25
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Re: Gulf Cup
That's the view from my armchair anyway...
Jan 16th 2013, 12:21 pm
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Re: Gulf Cup
Failing that I'll adventure my way to the golf in Abu Dhabi.
Next Gulf Cup is meant to be in Iraq...(well, this one was), that'd be an adventure!
Jan 16th 2013, 12:35 pm
#27
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Re: Gulf Cup
Could we make some of the penalty-takers in the Iraq-Bahrain shoot-out honorary Englishmen? We could do with that kind of confidence and approach next time we find ourselves in one....... 
