Now that's dedication!!!

Xavi6

From The Daily Mail -

'A group of 12 avid Manchester City fans have proved their dedication by hiring a 72-foot fishing trawler to take them to this week's UEFA Cup qualifier in the Faroe Islands - 26 hours by sea - after being priced out of flying. And such dedication has earned the dozen supporters sponsorship from football magazine FourFourTwo - who are providing beer for the entire journey. The epic journey will start from with a drive from Manchester to Aberdeen before embarking on a 12-hour overnight ferry to Lerwick on the Shetland Islands. From there, The Three Sisters - fully kitted out for deep sea divers with 14 sleeping compartments, a kitchen, toilet and shower - will set sail for Torshavn in the Faroe Islands in potentially rough seas and arrive Thursday, the day of the game against EB Streymur. They will return by trawler on Sunday. The group, led by exhibition organiser Leighton Gobbett are all aged between 25-40 and follow idols City everywhere'

Absolute hereos, every single one of them!


So what are the biggest extremes you've gone to to get to a game?

One Cold Hand

Free beer for the trip?

You know they're going to end up in Finland or somewhere, scratching their heads and saying 'Dude, wait, what?'

Jesus Wept

One Cold Hand

Haha! Thought I'd seen it in a lolcat alright!

Xavi6

Lol looks like the trawler trip had to be cancelled due to bad weather. But fear not! The lads are still going -

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1433502.ece

Help for Faroes

TWELVE footie fans were saved by The Sun yesterday — after a fishing boat hired to get them to a match was halted by stormy seas.

The Manchester City nuts had booked a 72ft trawler to get to the Faroe Islands for a Uefa Cup tie tonight to save on air fares.

Their £285-a-head trip — after a drive from Manchester to Aberdeen and a ferry to the Shetland Islands — was scuppered when the skipper refused to start the 26-hour final leg from Lerwick due to 20ft waves.

But the lads’ despair turned to joy when we stepped in to get them to see manager Mark Hughes and their heroes play EB/Streymur.

We teamed up with Atlantic Airways — paying £4,000 on fuel costs — to get them to the remote venue on the Danish islands in style.

Fan Leighton Gobbett, 27, said: “The Sun and Atlantic Airways have been our knights in shining armour.”

Atlantic boss Magni Arge, a part-time commentator for the Faroese national broadcaster, joined the trip.

He said: “I confess Manchester United is my favourite team in the Premier League.

“But we are all football fans and my first priority was to make sure we could find an aircraft and crew to get these guys to the game.”

He added: “Our national team’s greatest moment was in our very first international when we beat Austria 1-0 back in 1990 — and then of course the historic draw with Scotland more recently.

“I think if Streymur get a result against City it will be up there with those results in Faroes football folklore.

“But, you know, Mark Hughes is an ex-United man, so I don’t think we’ll see that happen.”

The happy fans got another surprise when City’s sponsors Thomas Cook met them at the airport — and got rooms for them overnight.

Danny Talbot of Thomas Cook Sport said: “As official sponsors of Manchester City we are delighted to be able to help out the fans where we can.

“This is certainly a match they will never forget.”

IrishMike

There is something fishy about this story ............

One Cold Hand

You're just trawling for puns there mike...

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Xavi6 wrote: »

So what are the biggest extremes you've gone to to get to a game?

Went to Cork one time.

IrishMike

On the surface of it, hiring a trawler could cause a whole raft of problems.....

One Cold Hand

<enter seamen related pun here>

grames_bond

come on now lads, theres a time and a plaice for fish puns! are we all just makin puns for the halibut :pac:

IrishMike

Im fed up to the gills with fish puns at this stage, one cold hands were bad but grames_bonds scale new heights.
This thread is really starting to flounder............

pickarooney

I reckon if they took the boat they'd Streymur than a thousand miles off course. Pity they didn't make it all the way by trawler, but it was a Faer-old effort all the same.

IrishMike

Could be a good match, im sure they will have a whale of a time

Xavi6

IrishMike wrote: »

Could be a good match, im sure they will have a whale of a time

Can you say that again? I didn't quite catch it.

IrishMike

Xavi6 wrote: »

Can you say that again? I didn't quite catch it.

Ill bet you did get it but you are saying that on porpoise to make me repeat myself! Careful Xavi you dont want to make anemone out of me :D:D:D

grames_bond

Fish puns make me laugh.
Laughing is good for the sole

IrishMike

grames_bond wrote: »

Fish puns make me laugh.
Laughing is good for the sole

Laughing is also contageous, its a pity i dont hear it too often though as im hard of herring....

pickarooney

Was that guy ****-stirring with his comments about Man United? I wonder what Arge meant?

grames_bond

IrishMike wrote: »

Laughing is also contageous, its a pity i dont hear it too often though as im hard of herring....

haha you're like a stand up comedian, you're the next lee mackeral

gustavo

This has to be a cod really , I can't see why they'd bother going to all that trouble to see some minnows play , against a Faroese team:)

yahoo_moe

Lads, ye better change your tuna fairly sharpish - the fish puns are starting to wear a bit thin

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This story brings a ray of hope, these lads certainly aren't the prawn sandwich brigade.

IrishMike

Oh Cod these fish puns are making me eel, Des i was hoping of all people wouldnt take the bait.

yahoo_moe

Seriously, I don't wanna carp on about it but can we give it a rest?

IrishMike

You're just trawling for a reaction. You won't hook me.

grames_bond

damnit mike you beat me to the eel pun,

i thaught for a few seconds that this thread was finished but it seems to be moving along swimmingly!

IrishMike

Thats debaitable!

grames_bond

IrishMike wrote: »

Thats debaitable!

hey im having a whale of a time!

yahoo_moe

C'mon, back to the match... my prediction is that Micah Richards will take a dive for City to net the winner late on from the spot

yahoo_moe

Oh and apologies for joining the pun-off lads - probably shouldn't just have come wading in without asking...

grames_bond

i hope there's no bad tackles coz they can really sting-ray!

yahoo_moe

Trying to worm your way back into the match discussion, Grames?

ciaran76

I bet none of them had to take a 38 bus from Blanchardstown to Phibsboro, Dalymount. Now thats a trip and half at times !!!


EDIT : Better add a fish pun !

This thread is a reel shame !!!!:o

grahamo

Fair play to them. Mind you, it'd be a reel kick in the pollocks for the lads if the minnows from the Faroes could get a result

yahoo_moe

I'm glad more people are chipping in here - I felt like we were being a bit shellfish there for a bit

grames_bond

do people know the players on this minnow team? do they have a good goalscorer, or even a goal poacher!!

Juan Pablo

I cant remeber having elver seen this team play, I hope this campign doesn't end in a European Flounder for City

grames_bond

all city need is a good natural goalscorer, like rudd van nistelrooy!

Tom65

I can definitely sea Man City getting a result here.

Xavi6

Xavi6 wrote: »

So what are the biggest extremes you've gone to to get to a game?

Paid an extra €150 on my round trip to thailand so I could stop off in Amsterdamage to see United play in the tournament