fin32 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Got a letter today from the Scotland Supporters club and its saying that the game is to be played in Bari due to the recent violence in the Sicily Derby. personally I am a bit annoyed that they didn't just forfeit the game it would make things a lot easier for us... Link to comment
swaddon Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I thought it was always going to be played in Bari? Link to comment
fin32 Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 was it??? oh well! i just found out and thought people might not know. i was sure it was gonna be played in milan! Link to comment
glasgow sheep Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 announced a few weeks ago that it was going to be in Bari, althogh not sure if it is much safer than elsewhere in Italy Link to comment
Monkey Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I understood it may have to be moved away from Bari as the stadium did not meet the new regulations..... Link to comment
grantos83 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I understood it may have to be moved away from Bari as the stadium did not meet the new regulations..... yeah its to be moved to rome its suspected.. Link to comment
fin32 Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 wait a minute rome? is that not even less safe than Bari would be? what with neo-nazi lazio fans there and all that! Link to comment
grantos83 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 sure i read that theres only 5 stadiums in Italy that an currently hold a game under all the correct safety regualtions etc... Link to comment
Monkey Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 sure i read that theres only 5 stadiums in Italy that an currently hold a game under all the correct safety regualtions etc... Aye and one of them was the scene of the rioting at the weekend..... Link to comment
Paulo Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 yeah its to be moved to rome its suspected.. I hope so because alot of us are staying in Rome Monday, Tuesday night anyway so would save the hassle of travelling to Bari early on the Wednesday. Either that or the Italian FA should cancel the rest of the season, including Internationals. Come on you know it makes sense. Link to comment
Paulo Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 sure i read that theres only 5 stadiums in Italy that an currently hold a game under all the correct safety regualtions etc... Yeh there is Turin which is under re-construction, there is Palermo which is unlikely due to trouble already this season when Newcastle played and Siena which only holds 12,000. So Rome is the only logical choice. Link to comment
grantos83 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 can never see that happening..closed doors games for the rest of the season id say Link to comment
grantos83 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 even the san siro would fail .. but not a lot of work needed to get up to standard Link to comment
mizer Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Didn't really catch it but some UEFA boy on Radio Scotland who had met with the Italian government/football authorities was interviewed. The game will not be played in Bari, the decision will be tomorrow. He even mention played the game in a neutral location - France Link to comment
glasgow sheep Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Part of the security issues that stadiums require are automatic turnstiles, and something else I have now forgotten which sounded pretty basic to me.Quite how this stops fans rioting on the streets of Italy with Police firing off tear gas, driving vans around like maniacs and smacking folk as fireworks are thrown at them, I'm not quite sure Link to comment
mizer Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 BBC clarified the situation a bit. The France chat was due to Celtic play AC Milan in the Champs league. The Scotland game will probably still be in Italy, it will be announced tomorrow Link to comment
uni_don Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Moved to All Other Football Chat. Link to comment
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