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This would (Selfishly) suit me down to the ground, would rather they play in Southampton or Brighton, both near to Airports and both in places worth going to for a fair p!ss up.

What grounds in London could they hope to fill?

I can’t see them using Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal etc because of the cost implications but here are some options……

Loftus Road, Capacity: 18,360 (Quite fancy a trip here before they pull it down, The stands are tight to the pitch, lots of noise can be created and Shepherds Bush has some nice boozers, easy to get to and from, good tube links etc)

Craven Cottage, Capacity: 25,678 (Enjoyed visiting here but would rather go somewhere new)

Selhurst Park, Capacity: 26,309 (Been before and the ground is old and a bit dilapidated, remember seeing some dodgy looking boozers on the walk there)

Boleyn Ground, Capacity: 35,333 (Would love to go to the ground as only been outside it but the area is rough as feck from what I could see)

The Den, Capacity: 20,146 (Nice wee ground, not much room inside them though. The pubs in the area are best avoided unless you’re a Millwall fan, been in a few with some Millwall mates prior to match and they filmed Sean of the dead round there for a reason)

The Valley, Capacity: 27,111 The Ground looks OK but the area looks like a sh!t hole from my one visit.

My personal favorites are…

Griffin Park, Capacity: 12,763 how can you not want to see a game at a ground where there is a pub on each corner of the ground!!!

Or Brisbane Road, Capacity: 9,271 because it has an amazing supporters bar and a cracking pub with it’s own brewery just up the road, their own ale £2.50 a pint!

Both might be a bit on the small side though as I think we could take 20k + if we are in with a shout of qualifying and it is a Sunday so only one days holiday required..... Ooooooh the prospect of this game in London is getting me a bit over excited, may have to go for a lie down.

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Pissed off getting mucked about by football associations, airlines and t.v. companies . We have already booked flights and hotels . If the Gibralter F. A. can't stage the game within the vicinity their rock then why let them enter the tournament in the first place . Should have been told to hang off until they had a ground .

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Pissed off getting mucked about by football associations, airlines and t.v. companies . We have already booked flights and hotels . If the Gibralter F. A. can't stage the game within the vicinity their rock then why let them enter the tournament in the first place . Should have been told to hang off until they had a ground .

It sounds like they had issues with the ground, security, taxes etc they couldn't have forseen these issues.

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Anyone got email address for Gibralter FA . Think if some of us who have already booked contact them then it might put a bit of pressure on to fulfil the fixture in Faro.

Good luck

GIBRALTAR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

BAYSIDE SPORTS COMPLEX,

PO BOX 513

GIBRALTAR

GX11 1AA

Tel: +350 200 42941

Fax: +350 200 42911

E-mail: info@gibraltarfa.com

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If it's in London, then so be it. if you're daft enough to book a year in advance in hope then its hard luck.

Bit harsh. Know plenty who book holidays a year in advance. For some it's the only way they can do it.

Wouldn't say it was in hope either, Gibraltar said they planned to play all thier gsmes out of Faro.

As much as it's always decent, could do without another trip to London.

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TBH I would imagine it will not be just us who have got the package holidays to the Algarve booked, would guess that a fair share of the Irish and Germans have holidays booked to take in a sun and sea break there also.

Given they were happy to tell everyone that Faro was going to be there "home" for the next couple of years until their own stadium was built, probably find it will not be just us who are unhappy.

I am not really expecting the game to be moved, just they are considering it and that is probably/hopefully as far as it goes.

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