games in the Paris - Brussels - Cologne corridor on 29/30 Sep.? (consolidated match schedules?)

[zdog]

Hi everyone,

I will be in Paris on 29/30 September, and am trying to figure out if there are any games I can attend that weekend. I am having a devil of a time finding any games that weekend, tho:

It doesn't appear that Ligue 1 plays that weekend -- maybe there is a cup competition that weekend?

The closest Bundesliga game appears to be at Bochum on Saturday afternoon.

Feyenoord plays at home on 29 to Heerenveen (where American Michael Bradley plays), so this appears my best bet. Ajax plays at home the following day, but I can't find a kick-off time, and the site only allows me to buy ridiculously expensive 'from abroad' tickets (77 Euro -- presumably there are checking my IP and know I am coming from outside Holland). Do these games sell out?

The other option to see a (relatively) 'big name', it appears to me, is Anderlecht, who play in Brussels at 8pm on the 29th.

I have been trying to find a consolidated schedule of all football matches in that part of Europe that weekend (surely there must be such a thing?), but have so far had no luck. (I haven't even been able to find consolidates schedules within a country -- they seem to be divided into separate schedules for league games, cup matches, UEFA and CL action, etc.)

Does anyone know if there is a consolidated schedule like this available on the web? (Perhaps on a betting site?)

I figured if any knew, it would be someone on this board.

Thanks in advance for any help.

["Eisenfuß" Eilts]

Does anyone know if there is a consolidated schedule like this available on the web? (Perhaps on a betting site?)

That was my first idea, too, but at betandwin i couldn´t set the date to 29.9,
so i tried it at kicker.de.

There i also couldn´t find an overview of all matches,
but the matches of the different leagues.

Belgium (http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/intligen/tabelle/NaviIndex/1/liga/1711/tabelle/1/saison/2007-08/spieltag/8)
29.September 8:00 PM CET
Anderlecht - Charleroi (305 km from Paris, dunno about tickers, but normally yes)

Netherlands (http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/intligen/tabelle/NaviIndex/1/liga/1733/tabelle/1/saison/2007-08/spieltag/6)
29. September, start at 8:00 PM CET
Feyenoord Rotterdam - Heerenveen (445 km from Paris, dunno about tickets)
30. September 2:30 PM CET
Amsterdam - Venlo (500 km from Paris, dunno about tickets)

Germany (BL) (http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/spieltag/tabelle/liga/1/tabelle/1/saison/2007-08/spieltag/8)
29. September, all start at 3:30 PM CET
Leverkusen - Bayern München (500 km from Paris, impossible to get tickets legally)
Bochum - Nurnberg (550 km from Paris, tickets avaiable)
Karlsruhe - Dortmund (550 km from Paris, tickets avaiable)

In France there is Coupe de Ligue (league cup round of best 32) from 25-27 September, so that´s why they don´t play next weekend.

hint:
to find out the distances between the cities, http://www.de.map24.com/
is a good tool (maybe you need to change the language in the upper half,
click on ändern/change near the flag symbol)

[96Squig]

I'd check out what 2nd league games in Germany are available on the dates. The 2nd Bundesliga has almost bigger crowds than seria A, cheap and available ticket prices and some teams in the area you are looking for.

[zdog]

Thanks guys! Excellent suggestions.

Unfortunately it looks like the 2. Bundesliga games on Saturday are more towards the east (the closest game appears to be in Wiesbaden that day).

The Coupe de Ligue doesn't look too good either for the 29th.

So it looks like I will be off to the low countries! (most likely to see Anderlecht, but Feyenoord or NAC Breda home to Eindhoven are also possibilities)

(Herr Eilts, thanks also for the head's up on the Kicker.de list of all int'l leagues --> in case anyone else is interested, even if you don't read German it should be quite easy to follow, http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/intligen/ligen/).