Arsenal Pre-Season Tour to Austria 2007 - Dates

[ChampsIn07/08]

Thanks. I would like to watch the game on the 25th, fly in on the 24th and mybe catch a training session? Then i would go to the emirates tournament. Any advice on the hotel stays in Austria and England? I am intersted in the VIP tickets. Hoe do i go about getting one. Thanks!

[Red Agave]

Thanks. I would like to watch the game on the 25th, fly in on the 24th and mybe catch a training session? Then i would go to the emirates tournament. Any advice on the hotel stays in Austria and England? I am intersted in the VIP tickets. Hoe do i go about getting one. Thanks!

Training camp is in Bad Waltersdorf near Graz. Sessions are normally about 10.00 -12.00 and then 16.00 - 18.00. The match on the 25th is in Salzburg.

If you fly to anywhere but Graz you've got quite a long train journey to get to BW. Distances aren't big but BW is on a little branch line. If you hire a car you can drive from Vienna in about 90 minutes or Salzburg in about 3 hours. Graz is about 45 minutes.

Hotels in BW - the team stay in a ************* There's 4* called the Quellen. 3* called the Fischer and a guest house called Haus Sabine. All of these are used by Gooners. If you Google Bad Waltersdorf you can find a site with English translation showing a long list of places.

Check some of the other travel threads for hotels in London.

[Rick B]

Training camp is in Bad Waltersdorf near Graz. Sessions are normally about 10.00 -12.00 and then 16.00 - 18.00. The match on the 25th is in Salzburg.

If you fly to anywhere but Graz you've got quite a long train journey to get to BW. Distances aren't big but BW is on a little branch line. If you hire a car you can drive from Vienna in about 90 minutes or Salzburg in about 3 hours. Graz is about 45 minutes.

Hotels in BW - the team stay in a ************* There's 4* called the Quellen. 3* called the Fischer and a guest house called Haus Sabine. All of these are used by Gooners. If you Google Bad Waltersdorf you can find a site with English translation showing a long list of places.

Check some of the other travel threads for hotels in London.


First year we went we were asked not to stay or put about the players hotel as they would attract loads of unwanted attention at the hotel. The idea was to give us access to the players at the training ground, but to leave them alone at the hotel - thats why I removed it.

[antifan]

First year we went we were asked not to stay or put about the players hotel as they would attract loads of unwanted attention at the hotel. The idea was to give us access to the players at the training ground, but to leave them alone at the hotel - thats why I removed it.
Doesn't matter, they don't have any available rooms anyway. And i still haven't heard back from the Quellen.

[Red Agave]

First year we went we were asked not to stay or put about the players hotel as they would attract loads of unwanted attention at the hotel. The idea was to give us access to the players at the training ground, but to leave them alone at the hotel - thats why I removed it.

Perhaps you should tell IFCS to take it off their website then :rolleyes:

http://www.footballcampstyria.com/default.asp?lang=2 Click on "location" and scroll down.

[canadagooner]

Apparently the Roma match is on the 19th now.

[Jeff L]

Apparently the Roma match is on the 19th now.

That's good ! I fly in on the 18th !! :D

[phishy]

Apparently the Roma match is on the 19th now.


u sure bout that?

[Rick B]

Apparently the Roma match is on the 19th now.

Can I ask where you got that from Bob?

[canadagooner]

Can I ask where you got that from Bob?


Andy Kovacs and the Tyrol Gunners website

[Rick B]

Andy Kovacs and the Tyrol Gunners website

Hmmmm, different to what Marcus told me at the Fulham game.................I have sent an e-mail to Marcus to ask him if there has been a change for definate, as you know by now rumours are always a part of pre-season!!!

[Frankgarrison]

Does anyone know when the Champions League calendar is announced?

[Ziegler1988]

Does anyone know when the Champions League calendar is announced?
3rd Qualifying Round matches will be on August 7th/8th and the 21st/22nd. The 3rd round draw will be made July 27th.
Here's hoping we are at home first leg, so I can go to the match :).

[Rick B]

3rd Qualifying Round matches will be on August 7th/8th and the 21st/22nd. The 3rd round draw will be made July 27th.
Here's hoping we are at home first leg, so I can go to the match :).

I believe you will find we are away first leg because of the seedings.

[Frankgarrison]

3rd Qualifying Round matches will be on August 7th/8th and the 21st/22nd. The 3rd round draw will be made July 27th.
Here's hoping we are at home first leg, so I can go to the match :).

What about for the rest of the season? When is the full season calendar released?

[Rick B]

What about for the rest of the season? When is the full season calendar released?

As far as I know the fixtures are correct as of this page, I believe the qualifying dates are actually Aug 14/15 and Aug 28/29.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/calendar2007.html

[Frankgarrison]

As far as I know the fixtures are correct as of this page, I believe the qualifying dates are actually Aug 14/15 and Aug 28/29.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/calendar2007.html

Excellent, Rick, thank you. Looks like a trip sometime b/w November 1st through the 16th for a Premier League and CL match (knock wood) is in my future...

[Ziegler1988]

I believe you will find we are away first leg because of the seedings.
It's an open draw; that's why Liverpool were home first leg and we were home second leg last season even though we were both seeded.
As far as I know the fixtures are correct as of this page, I believe the qualifying dates are actually Aug 14/15 and Aug 28/29.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/...endar2007.html
Just going by the last few years, the 3rd QR has always started the second week of August.

[red & wite army]

Right, on Sunday I got a friends request on myspace from a similarly aged girl to me, from Austria. After chatting a bit, it turns out she is a Gunner and her dad was a professional player in Austria, and is now a coach...she's met most of the Arsenal players, and will do so again this pre-season...

Everything is just pointing in the direction of frikken Austria!:p

[jadw59]

So are Arsenal staying at Der Steirerhof? As you say makes no difference as they are booked up.

Does anyone who has already been to the Bad Waltersdorf camp have any tips for newbies? Can you just turn up and wander around?