[Albion] ***Europa League Group Stage Draw - Official Thread***

[Guinness Boy]

Good luck with today’s draw, Roma, Betis, and AEK would just about do you eh?

Big grounds so plenty can travel,

I think BHA will catch out a few teams in Europe.

Enjoy

Cheers. Almost my top three but we've got a fan alliance with Leverkusen and we often have a few of them on our away days. Would be a brilliant trip there but even better here. Only problem being they're my joint second team in the competition along with USG.

 

[The Wookiee]

I was thinking about exactly this on the way back from this morning's (wet) dog walk. My first away game with my mates was away to Southend in Division 3 in 1987. Less than 1000 of us, one coach, scrap in the corner of the terrace in the first half and we lost. I was 16.

 

[kevo]

Your wish is granted - there is a completely new format for next year which does exactly that.

Didn't know that. So we have qualified for the competition in the final year that we could take advantage of the present set up.

Tbh, we would stand a much better chance of winning the Europa Conference, so dropping down could work in our favour.

 

[SockMonster]

Nope.

Atalanta, Slavia Prague and TSC

 

[hart's shirt]

Anybody heading to the 'Europa League Draw Watch Party' at Mendoza's Caxton Arms near the station?

 

[dejavuatbtn]

This really is bonkers,

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Club being represented by PBOBE and nice from the club, Paul Camillin.

I just texted PC he's very excited.

 

[chimneys]

Anybody heading to the 'Europa League Draw Watch Party' at Mendoza's Caxton Arms near the station?

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"Book flights and hotels"?! Is it a 24 hour Draw Watch Party at The Caxton then?

Suggest not wise to book anything (perhaps bar cancellable Bookings.Com for all 6 days for all 3 teams we draw to cover all bases if people are that desperate) until fixtures are out on Saturday morning? 17 hours on from Newcastle's CL draw and they are still none the wiser as to who they are playing when in their group, and think they have been told Saturday morning.

 

[Change at Barnham]

Has anyone created a list of the ground capacity for each possible opponent?

 

[PeterT]

"Book flights and hotels"?! Is it a 24 hour Draw Watch Party at The Caxton then?

Suggest not wise to book anything (perhaps bar cancellable Bookings.Com for all 6 days for all 3 teams we draw to cover all bases if people are that desperate) until fixtures are out on Saturday morning? 17 hours on from Newcastle's CL draw and they are still none the wiser as to who they are playing when in their group, and think they have been told Saturday morning.

At least in Newcastle’s case they already know there’s no point in planning anything for beyond the group stage

 

[Krafty]

Has anyone created a list of the ground capacity for each possible opponent?

I would suggest to research the ground capacity after the draw has concluded, it would make it a lot easier as you'll only be needing to find 3 capacities instead of 22.

 

[hart's shirt]

Club being represented by PBOBE and nice from the club, Paul Camillin.

I just texted PC he's very excited.

From midweek 5 a side at Portslade and the first REMF game with the likes of me to representing the Albion at the Europa draw.

He's come a long, long way.

 

[chimneys]

I would suggest to research the ground capacity after the draw has concluded, it would make it a lot easier as you'll only be needing to find 3 capacities instead of 22.

I think you also said on the other thread Krafty, that all qualifiers have to play in 8k min capacity stadia? So Hacken (Sweden), Rakow (Poland) and TSS (Serbia!) will need to play in borrowed stadia, so their own ground capacities not relevant.

 

[Vin]

Nope.

Thank f*** for that

 

[Mellotron]

The anthem is giving me goosebumps

I repeat what I also said about Ansu Fati;

WHAT THE f*** IS GOING ON

 

[Simster]

I was thinking about exactly this on the way back from this morning's (wet) dog walk. My first away game with my mates was away to Southend in Division 3 in 1987. Less than 1000 of us, one coach, scrap in the corner of the terrace in the first half and we lost. I was 16.

It wasn't my first away game by any means but I was also 16 and also went to that game (for some reason I actually remember the gate being 3,589). Mental really. All those games at places like Southend, Orient, Barnet back in the day.

And it is mad that no so long ago we used to consider Leyton Orient a rival of sorts because we were slipping off Championship Palace's radar.

 

[Simster]

I would suggest to research the ground capacity after the draw has concluded, it would make it a lot easier as you'll only be needing to find 3 capacities instead of 22.

Even that might be a pointless exercise. That Swedish team last night averages just under 5,000 in a 6,500 stadium. No way will they be playing their games in that stadium when there are stadiums in the same city that hold 18k and 43k. Atalanta did the same thing when they were in the UCL.

 

[Gazwag]

Today is so much more exciting that our first PL* fixture day

* I was too young to appreciate the first top division fixtures day

 

[LamieRobertson]

It wasn't my first away game by any means but I was also 16 and also went to that game (for some reason I actually remember the gate being 3,589). Mental really. All those games at places like Southend, Orient, Barnet back in the day.

And it is mad that no so long ago we used to consider Leyton Orient a rival of sorts because we were slipping off Championship Palace's radar.

First home game at 9 (Portsmouth first away can’t remember when) Torquay Utd late 60’s boy have things changed

 

[Krafty]

Our ball is here