ARTICLE: Pre-season to end at Mainz

[ClaretTony]

Final pre season game confirmed

See link
https://www.uptheclarets.com/pre-season-to-end-at-mainz

[1989_claret]

Flights to Frankfurt are more expensive than i thought they would be.

[ChrisG]

Flights to Frankfurt are more expensive than i thought they would be.

Only flights from Manchester are with Lufthansa so generally pretty expensive. You could try Cologne which is 90 minutes or so by train

[1989_claret]

Only flights from Manchester are with Lufthansa so generally pretty expensive. You could try Cologne which is 90 minutes or so by train

Will have to sit this one out with Genk and Betis booked unfortunately although this and Benfica would have probably been the better ones too which is a shame.

[ChrisG]

Will have to sit this one out with Genk and Betis booked unfortunately although this and Benfica would have probably been the better ones too which is a shame.

40 minutes train journey for me, so I'm very happy about this

[DukeOfBar]

Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Germany pre-season games.... a far cry from the old days of the Isle of Man Tournament...

[ChrisG]

Interesting wording on the Mainz website regarding the format of the game:

The game will kick off at 3:30pm and will be played over 2 halves of 45 minutes each and another 30 minutes.

[ICL]

Just wish we could have had one preseason friendly at home

[Tribesmen]

Lads if you do travel to this game and need public transport we found that the €49 deal for a month traveling within Germany on 2nd class transport was very good . We came back from Germany yesterday and it only took us a day and a half to use up the whole value of the deal .

[ChrisG]

Lads if you do travel to this game and need public transport we found that the €49 deal for a month traveling within Germany on 2nd class transport was very good . We came back from Germany yesterday and it only took us a day and a half to use up the whole value of the deal .

I have one of these "Deutschland Ticket", it's very good.

How did you find cancelling the subscription? I've heard varying success stories depending on who you use to set it up.

[mybloodisclaret]

What a pre season. Wow!!! Unreal opposition, just wish I earned about 30k a year more

[ŽižkovClaret]

Booked! Only an hour flight from here so rude not to really. Easier and cheaper than most trips i'll do to home games

[Stevebfc40]

This last game has rubbed salt into my wounds . Couldn't make other games with working, so decided to watch my German team, Union Berlin. I'm flying to Berlin Saturday 5th August to watch them v Atalanta, back on the Sunday afternoon.

It's about 5 hours on train from Berlin to Mainz, does anyone know if there's a late entry turnstile .

[ŽižkovClaret]

Gone for a hotel by the Haptbahnhof. Should be out and about by lunchtime so hope to meet up with some other clarets and head to the ground

[Burnley1989]

This last game has rubbed salt into my wounds . Couldn't make other games with working, so decided to watch my German team, Union Berlin. I'm flying to Berlin Saturday 5th August to watch them v Atalanta, back on the Sunday afternoon.

It's about 5 hours on train from Berlin to Mainz, does anyone know if there's a late entry turnstile .

Surely theres no choice when it comes to choosing which team to watch

[ŽižkovClaret]

Tickets for home fans on sale tomorrow at 10am local time (9am UK) so imagine we'll see away ticket options be some time soonish after that

[Tribesmen]

I have one of these "Deutschland Ticket", it's very good.

How did you find cancelling the subscription? I've heard varying success stories depending on who you use to set it up.

Yer Mrs Tribes was in charge of things and she had to cancel before the 10th of the month so we bought it on the 2nd of July and cancelled on the 10th no problem as long as you follow their instructions . Now we could use it until the end of the month .

[Colburn_Claret]

Loving the quality of these final pre season games.
I know results are meaningless at this time, but it will be a good examination of our qualities for the new season.

[ChrisG]

Gone for a hotel by the Haptbahnhof. Should be out and about by lunchtime so hope to meet up with some other clarets and head to the ground

In Mainz or Frankfurt?

Mainz is quite a hip city, has a big student population. There's a load of bars near the cathedral, they will be buzzing on a Saturday afternoon. There is also a bit going on by the Rhein with pop up bars and food stalls.

The only downside is the ground is out of town, but you can get the tram up there from the Hauptbahnhof.

[SGEclaret]

In Mainz or Frankfurt?

Mainz is quite a hip city, has a big student population. There's a load of bars near the cathedral, they will be buzzing on a Saturday afternoon. There is also a bit going on by the Rhein with pop up bars and food stalls.

The only downside is the ground is out of town, but you can get the tram up there from the Hauptbahnhof.

Out of town - and in the middle of farmer‘s fields Live close by but will miss due to hols so will have to rely on my sons to represent us.
Same day Forest also play in Frankfurt so will be busy there too I guess…

[ChrisG]

Out of town - and in the middle of farmer‘s fields Live close by but will miss due to hols so will have to rely on my sons to represent us.
Same day Forest also play in Frankfurt so will be busy there too I guess…

Where are you based SGE? I'm in Oberursel

[ŽižkovClaret]

In Mainz or Frankfurt?

Mainz is quite a hip city, has a big student population. There's a load of bars near the cathedral, they will be buzzing on a Saturday afternoon. There is also a bit going on by the Rhein with pop up bars and food stalls.

The only downside is the ground is out of town, but you can get the tram up there from the Hauptbahnhof.

Mainz. Makes the most sense with it being direct link from the airport too

[Willy]

We went to Frankfurt at the 2006 World Cup.We stayed in Amsterdam and hired a car to Frankfurt and back so there should be loads of options I'd think.

[ChrisG]

Mainz. Makes the most sense with it being direct link from the airport too

Aye was going to say the area round the Hbf in Frankfurt is, erm interesting to say the least!

Mainz is about 20 mins on the S Bahn from the airport and they are very frequent.

[SGEclaret]

Where are you based SGE? I'm in Oberursel

Kronberg

[CallumCalrets]

Whoever is going to the game what mode of transport will you be using i at unsure on best and cheapest way to travel there

[ChrisG]

Kronberg

Bloody hell it's a small world, what's that, 4km away?

Up the Taunus Clarets!

[Hedontplayforyou]

Do we think there will be any coverage of the overseas friendlies?

[dougcollins]

Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Germany pre-season games.... a far cry from the old days of the Isle of Man Tournament...

And Morecambe will be upset.

[ŽižkovClaret]

Whoever is going to the game what mode of transport will you be using i at unsure on best and cheapest way to travel there

Lufthansa PRG-FRA then S Bahn to Mainz

(Admittedly, probably not much help, but you asked)

[ChrisG]

Whoever is going to the game what mode of transport will you be using i at unsure on best and cheapest way to travel there

Most direct route is flight from MAN to FRA, then an S-Bahn from the airport to Mainz. Looking at £330 return on Skyscanner with Lufthansa.

Might be cheaper looking at a flight to Cologne, then a train from there to Mainz.

If you do go to Frankfurt, make sure you go to Frankfurt International Airport and not Frankfurt Hahn which is about 2 hours away

[Cazaris]

I'm mostly a lurker here but I just grabbed 3 tickets myself too to drag the wife and a mate from work along, used to live in Frankfurt but I'm now out in the Riedstadt area so it'd be rude not to!

See you lot there!