Euro 2008 Fixtures Announced

colster

2006

2ND September: Germany V Republic of Ireland

7th October: Cyprus V Republic of Ireland
11th October: Republic of Ireland V Czech Republic

15th November: Republic of Ireland V San Marino


2007

7th February: San Marino V Republic of Ireland

24th March: Republic of Ireland V Wales
28th March: Republic of Ireland V Slovakia

8th September: Slovakia V Republic of Ireland
12th September: Czech Republic V Republic of Ireland

13th October: Republic of Ireland V Germany
17th October: Republic of Ireland V Cyprus

17th November: Wales V Republic of Ireland

eirebhoy

That was a quick meeting. Tough first and last matches.

colster

Tough away double header against Slovakia and Czech republic as well.

masterK

Pity we're getting the San Marino games out of the way so early, it would have been nice to be playing them towards the end of the campaign. Cyprus and Wales to finish isn't too bad, there's a good chance they'll both be out of the running by the time we play them.

5starpool

looks like Wales will be the first competitive international at Croker then.....

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Getting Germany away first is a big bonus, it'll be out of the way, pity the away game with the Czechs isn't around the same time. Still, it'll be a nice trip to Cardiff in November '07.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/0209/staunton.html

Stan the Man said :

"We achieved our key objectives in relation to these fixtures including no fixtures in June thus avoiding possible heat and end of season fixtures"

That is brilliant, fair play.

smemon

anyone any idea where the germany match is??

what city?

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Apparently countries don't have to announce a venue until 60 days before the match.

smemon

seansouth wrote:

Apparently countries don't have to announce a venue until 60 days before the match.

tell me about it! i hate this rule, gives airlines an advantage and time to hike up prices. notice how ryanair and airlingus have hike up german prices that weekend already even though no definate city has been announced! germany's a big country!

Pal

Aer Lingus without tax is over 400 return to Frankfurt !!!!!!!

What about all the cheap seats they are supposed to be selling ?

Rip off Republic

MrJoeSoap

Getting a cheap flight to a bordering country and then getting a train might even be cheaper.

bucks73

We have our flights booked. Ryanair to stansted and easyjet to munich. 150 each. we are obviously hoping its on in the allianz arena.

aer lingus had their prices up within minutes of the fixtures being announced.

smemon

big risk going to munich if it's not there! take munich to Dortmund for example where germany have played a few times before (eg against scotland in euro04 qualifiers)

* From: Munich to Dortmund
* Distance: 606.9 km
* Driving duration by car: 5 hours 23 minutes

rather you than me! a potential 11hr round trip! munich would be great though, lovely stadium.

[Jackass]

Irish jersey: €50
Return flights to dortmund: €350
Accomodation per night: €100
Food and drink: €250
Beating the Germans in their own back yard: Priceless

There's some things money cant buy, for everything else there's stan and the boys!

Nice spread of fixtures...don't fancy goin to cardiff looking for 3 points at the end though.

MrJoeSoap

DubGuy wrote:

Nice spread of fixtures...don't fancy goin to cardiff looking for 3 points at the end though.

I'd prefer it to going to Cardiff looking for 9 points!

Pigman II

Impressions on the draw:

First thing I notice is the double-header away to Sloakvia and Czech. Logistically it's a smart move but don't know if it's wise having two good teams back-to-back away over four days?

Other things to notice is there is no games between March and September 07 which I don't think is that clever. Maybe they'll have a few friendlies during that period?

I'm happy to get Germany away early as we might catch them flat if we're lucky.

Also I think I would have rathered swap the October 06 games and have Czech at home first and then see if we could scrape thru an away game in Cyprus.

Anyway, I think the September 07 games will either make or break us.

Royale with Cheese

smemon wrote:

anyone any idea where the germany match is??

what city?

Come on cologne....

wheres me jumpa

how hard would it be to get to the wales match away?

im guessing the best route would be through a tour operator. anyone care to recomment a company?


.....oh november 2007!!

my mistake.

smemon

Royale with Cheese wrote:

Come on cologne....

had been tempted to go to cologne, pretty central (1hr to frankfurt). could still get there for €130 via england but its not worth it if the match is in say munich.

Serbian

smemon wrote:

had been tempted to go to cologne, pretty central (1hr to frankfurt). could still get there for €130 via england but its not worth it if the match is in say munich.

I have been looking into this as I wouldn't mind heading over for the qualifiers. I checked out Germany's competitive fixtures for World Cup 2002 qualifiers and Euro 2004 qualifiers and they haven't had a consistent venue for either:

WC 2002 Qualifiers
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DORTMUND 			Germany vs. Ukraine
GELSENKIRCHEN 			Germany vs. Finland
MUNICH 				Germany vs. England
LEVERKUSEN 			Germany vs. Albania
HAMBURG 			Germany vs. Greece

Euro 2004 Qualifiers
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?				Germany vs. Faroe Islands
NUREMBURG 			Germany vs. Lithuania
DORTMUND			Germany vs. Scotland
HAMBURG				Germany vs. Iceland

I don't think it's worth taking a risk on the venue as the fixtures above show. We will know the venue on July 3rd 2006 at the latest.

Kingp35

Im surprises no one is thinking about going to both the away games against Slovakia and Czech Republic. They are only 4 days apart and very close to each other. Would be a great few days drinking

smemon

just to let ya'll know the germany game is in stuttgart