Pre Season Tour 2007-8
Bad Aussee , Austria

July 2007 sees Stoke once again head to Austria for their pre-season tour. The tour organised by IFCS will see Stoke  based at the Bad Aussee training camp using Falkensteiner Hotel Wasnerin.

Having visited that area of Austria extensively during previous tours our group have chosen to base ourselves some 80 miles away in Zell-am-See.

Airline: Ryanair
Airport: Standstead (STN) v Salzburg (SZG)
Hotel: Hotel Gruner Baum ,Zell-am-See
Mileage (road) 2,400
Tour cost £400
Admission costs
10 euros ( Bad Aussee )
12 euros ( R Madrid)

14 July The proposed Charter flight already announced to be a non starter ..club now advising supporters to book via Thomas Cooke.. the club's partnered travel agent.

13 July Stoke on the BBC website and the Star newspaper as contemplating chartering a plane to Austria for the Real Madrid game...

Nice idea.. but... Short notice , likely cost to fans , the cost and difficulty of chartering a plane or finding the free airport space on traditionally one on the busiest weekends of the year for air travel - can't see it happening...besides the 30-60 hardcore who'd be needed to make such a flight viable tend to travel independently and made their arrangements ages ago.

Finally, Stoke have  'history' at that ground when we played Roma...inviting another 150-180 extra fans on a one day jolly to a non policed tiny ground with no security arrangements ..a none starter.

PS see the Bad Ausee game has been official announced as being played on Monday 23rd 6:00pm ( the original date)

10 July 2nd game of Austrian tour announced.. Real Madrid on 27th July 18:30 at Irdning - same place that we played Roma in 2004

 

 

07 July Appears from comments on the official site that the 1st game v Bad Aussee has been moved to Tuesday 24th July

To be updated as details of the tour develop.

Last update 14th July 2007
 

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