: Tue May 05, 2009 7:05 pm  

i loved the weekend but the day itself was yet again more misery than magic,i hate been ripped off and thats what we got with the food and drink outlets and god knows what would of happend had it rained on the day with no cover other than inside the stadium which was like been in a freezer with the wind swirling around.by the end of game three id had more than enough and left frozen fed up and out of pocket.

next year i will watch one game "cas" and leave for the hotel where they knew what hospitality was all about without me having to take out a bank loan to pay for it.

cant see it been taken away from edinburgh next year because im sure richard lewis and friends were treated to an all expences weekend and watched the games from the warmth of an executive suite whilst been wind and dined foc.

: Tue May 05, 2009 7:57 pm  

alw1987 wrote:

myself and three friends went for the weekend, and all agreed it was nowhere near as good as cardiff. the stadium if too far out of the way, its way too expensive and it is impossible to get into any bars or clubs, i got sick of hearin, not tonite lads!! ( i dont consider 4 people to be a big group??) one bouncer actually asked for id, looked at it, and then decided the place was full!! Did anyone else have similar trouble? i couldnt help but feel unwelcome and uncomfortable in the city. The welsh were much more friendly and accommadating. we will be making a weekend of it in cardiff next year when we play Celtic.

If you pay £3 for a bus ticket, it lasts all day and you can hop on and off wherever you want. Buses stop right outside the ground in both directions, so can`t understand why you had a problem. And on the main road were plenty of hotels serving drinks and plenty of eating places within a short walk.
I found the Scots very friendly and even the gate steward wished us a safe journey home and hoped to see us again soon.

: Tue May 05, 2009 9:41 pm  

fair enough on the travel, 3 quid isnt bad at all, but the food and drink were very very expensive. in the main nightlife spots we were gettin turned away left right and Centre for no reason at all. i no several others that were having the same problems. imo it wasnt as good as cardiff and i wont be going back. btw im 21 as are the friends i went with and maybe this was the problem with gettin in places. i just dint have a very good experience. i also know 2 guys that were jumped and badly beat up spent the night in hospital, and are having ops at ponte tomoz, and granted i dont no the full details but from what im told it was because they were in fancy dress!!

: Tue May 05, 2009 9:42 pm  

and i didnt say there were not enough places for food and drink

: Wed May 06, 2009 8:20 am  

Loved it, had a great time and will be back.

Edinburgh over Cardiff every time for me.

: Wed May 06, 2009 9:26 am  

We got the feeling some of the Scots didn't want us there. We had to go into pubs in three's. My mate got thrown out of one for farting. I was called an "english c***t" while buying a pint. The worst thing that happened to us was two lads we were with got jumped in the street on the last night, the attackers jumped up and down on their heads! For absolutely no reason. They spent all night in the hospital.
I have been to Scotland on many occasions and I have never come across this before, I like to think a few numpties knew we were coming and decided to make a bit of trouble for us.

It wasn't all doom and gloom though we still really enjoyed our trip, the highlight was bumping into all the Super League refs in a bar on Sunday, I got my photo with them all while pretending to punch the gimbaloid that reffed our game in the face. To my suprise he seemed to think he'd had a bad game too, describing the pretend punch as "fair enough". To be fair to the guys they were all absolutely spot on and I wouldn't fancy doing their job.

Another big plus were the Hull FC fans who were smashing as usual.

: Wed May 06, 2009 9:35 am  

Therailwayendisuponus. wrote:

It wasn't all doom and gloom though we still really enjoyed our trip, the highlight was bumping into all the Super League refs in a bar on Sunday, I got my photo with them all while pretending to punch the gimbaloid that reffed our game in the face. To my suprise he seemed to think he'd had a bad game too, describing the pretend punch as "fair enough". To be fair to the guys they were all absolutely spot on and I wouldn't fancy doing their job.

Another big plus were the Hull FC fans who were smashing as usual.

I'll look forward to his public admission of such. If I'd had my hands on him immediately after the game it'd have probably been a real one.

: Wed May 06, 2009 9:45 am  

Therailwayendisuponus. wrote:

We got the feeling some of the Scots didn't want us there. We had to go into pubs in three's. My mate got thrown out of one for farting. I was called an "english c***t" while buying a pint. The worst thing that happened to us was two lads we were with got jumped in the street on the last night, the attackers jumped up and down on their heads! For absolutely no reason. They spent all night in the hospital.
I have been to Scotland on many occasions and I have never come across this before, I like to think a few numpties knew we were coming and decided to make a bit of trouble for us.

It wasn't all doom and gloom though we still really enjoyed our trip, the highlight was bumping into all the Super League refs in a bar on Sunday, I got my photo with them all while pretending to punch the gimbaloid that reffed our game in the face. To my suprise he seemed to think he'd had a bad game too, describing the pretend punch as "fair enough". To be fair to the guys they were all absolutely spot on and I wouldn't fancy doing their job.

Another big plus were the Hull FC fans who were smashing as usual.

Agreed, and I'm sorry to hear about the trouble you and your friends had. I didn't notice anything of that nature going on personally.

I know following the Hull FC game I was in the queue at the bar and as I got closer the person who was serving the queue I was in moved further down the bar, so I convinced a Hull FC fan in the queue just next to me to let me go first. I convinced him that it was the least he could do after what just happened in the stadium.

: Wed May 06, 2009 1:16 pm  

People were getting turned away from bars left right and centre and not just down Rose street etc....
We were a mixed bunch of various ages and sexes and we got turned away when it was obvious we weren't after aggro.
Even some of the player's parents of different clubs got turned away.
Hardly welcoming is it?

: Wed May 06, 2009 3:27 pm  

denbo63 wrote:

People were getting turned away from bars left right and centre and not just down Rose street etc....
We were a mixed bunch of various ages and sexes and we got turned away when it was obvious we weren't after aggro.
Even some of the player's parents of different clubs got turned away.
Hardly welcoming is it?

I think it is fair to say there were quite a few locals who didn't want us there. I found the people of Cardiff to be much more welcoming, I also thought the atmosphere was better as most pubs were down one street leading up to the stadium. I will be there next year though as is one of the best lads weekends you can have.

It does make you wonder if the RL could ever make a success of a club north of the border.