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I had the good fortune of going to an EPL game while in London on business. Scalped 4 tickets to the Arsenal vs Bolton game. Don't ask me how much!
The atmosphere was incredible. Really fun. 62,000 soocerr addicts in a sea of Red. The chants ands songs were fantastic. Everyone definitely knows the sport.
Surprised you can not brink beer into the seats. Have to drink on the concourse.
It truly is a great time! I've been fortunate enough to see Blackburn @ Blackpool and Bologna (IT) @ Chelsea on a trip to the UK in 1999 and saw the Liga Polka Championship (preseason tourney final) in 2001 between FC Schalke and Hertha Berlin in Mannheim, Germany. The flares in the stands were awesome, but a little unnerving and you are correct on the beverage consumption locale!
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so why isnbt fox soccer showing man u chelsea i looked yeterday for the 9th of may and it didnt have the chelsea manu game
biggest game of the year and theyre not showing it.. does fox soccer show one leg and setanta show the other or something
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We love you Liverpool,
We do,
We love you Liverpool,
We do,
We love you Liverpool,
We Do,
Oh Liverpool we love you.
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The UEFA games are "owned" by ESPN. I hear ya forgot to tape it myself, but they replayed it on Classic. Just remember if you are wanting to see ManU and AC it is on ESPN2 wednesday.
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Setanta has the Man Utd/Chelsea game on May 9th at 3 p.m. It is a league game so there aren't "legs". Hopefully after this weekend it won't matter anyway because United will have already wrapped up the league!! I have ITVN for setanta and it is one of the best investments I have ever made. I highly recommend it. They are even showing the Championship playoffs this may!
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Kyle, my girlfriend and I went to England over christmas for the boxing day-new years day games (4 in 12 days for most teams). We were able to see a london derby, fulham v west ham, at Craven Cottage on Dec 23. Then we went to Manchester to my Mecca (old trafford), we saw 2 games there, United v wigan on boxing day (dec 26th), and United v reading on dec 30. You want to talk about atmosphere?! Try 77,000 fans. The highlight of the trip was through some connections, we were able to score director's box tickets to St. James' Park (Newcastle) to watch Newcastle v Man United on new years day. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! We even met, and had a pint with Sir Bobby Charlton in the Director's box lounge!!
Anyway, all 3 grounds we went to were unbelievable in their own way. If anyone is thinking about taking a trip, that is the time of year to go! You will never be able to see 4 premiership games in 2 weeks during any other time of the season.
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Keepcoach, Who are these "connections", and can you introduce me? Also, if you would be so kind....send the name of your travel agent, airline, and hotel info, too? Sounds like a great way to spend a vacation! 
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Rosicky,
My connections shall remain nameless, so as they can remain connections(kidding). It was trough a girl that plays for me at PC, a freshman goalkeeper from Charlotte who's dad is an official with NSCAA.
As for my airline, we flew us air out of charlotte, non-stop (definently the way to go). We didn't use a travel agent. As for getting tickets for the big clubs i.e. arsenal, chelsea, MAN U, I would go through the club website and check out the package deals they have. That is the easiest and probably cheapest way to get tickets. We still paid about $150-$200 a ticket at Man Utd. But man was it worth it. Email me if you want to know details.
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why does fox soccer go through the trouble of building up the FA Cup and not even show the final on May 19... unless im getting my dates wrong and they had a typo its not on the schedule? and setanta doesnt have it either? does anyone know if its just an error?
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It's not an error. The BBC owns the rights to the FA cup final and Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta can't get it. The FA cup games that you have seen are Sky Sports. It sucks, but it is what it is. You can get it on Pay-Per-View, call your cable company and see if they are going to offer it. I am going to be watching it at a fantastic irish pub in Atlanta. Anyone willing to make the journey let me know and I will give you directions.
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