Rot Weiss Essen 9th July

[DaveF]

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From Essen one is already looking forward to this highlight!

Scotland is already worth a trip, especially Edinburgh is a beautiful city on pictures and videos.

Who has a tip for a pub after the game? And please let the city know that the beer stock needs to be increased


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With it being a 7pm kick-off, I'd suggest a before game bar as Robbie's on Leith Walk. If the sun is shining, perhaps The Boundary Bar just a little further up Leith Walk as that has seating outside I think (Robbie's dos not but if the pub is packed they do allow an overspill to the street)

[sascha1907RWE]

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With it being a 7pm kick-off, I'd suggest a before game bar as Robbie's on Leith Walk. If the sun is shining, perhaps The Boundary Bar just a little further up Leith Walk as that has seating outside I think (Robbie's dos not but if the pub is packed they do allow an overspill to the street)

Before the game could be tight with a planned landing at 1:30 p.m. Is there nothing going on after the game?

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[DaveF]

All pubs will be open post game but it's a wednesday so most will close around 11pm. I'm sure the younger crew could tell you where to head for late night nonsense.

[Carheenlea]

This commemorative coin looks a pretty nice item.

https://www.zenithcoins.com/product/...0th-match-coin

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This commemorative coin looks a pretty nice item.

https://www.zenithcoins.com/product/...0th-match-coin

That's lovely.

I'm unclear why the FF isn't open for this game bearing in mind the signifance of the occasion. We should be trying for a sellout.

[DC_Hibs]

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That's lovely.

I'm unclear why the FF isn't open for this game bearing in mind the signifance of the occasion. We should be trying for a sellout.

They’ll open it if they need to. History would suggest they won’t and we’ll get nowhere near 16,000 for a Wednesday night game in close season against third tier German opposition. 10,000 would be decent if 2,000+ German fans whets the appetite for some. Another signing or two would also help.

All the best x

[Paul1642]

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That's lovely.

I'm unclear why the FF isn't open for this game bearing in mind the signifance of the occasion. We should be trying for a sellout.

We didn’t even come close to selling out the Luzern European game in 2023. Our support is up since then and the away crowd will be better, but there’s still surely no way we come close to selling out a friendly. The club have recognised that by not opening one stand, and in the unlikely case that changes, they can simply elect to open it up.

[B.H.F.C]

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That's lovely.

I'm unclear why the FF isn't open for this game bearing in mind the signifance of the occasion. We should be trying for a sellout.

I don’t think it’s unclear, it’s just that they don’t think it’ll be needed that’s all.

We’re not going to sell out a friendly game when a hell of a lot of folk are on holiday.

[ManlyOz]

Just purchased ours today, poor tickets sales so far, hopefully more up take nearer the time.

[Brightside]

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That's lovely.

I'm unclear why the FF isn't open for this game bearing in mind the signifance of the occasion. We should be trying for a sellout.

There is zero chance this will be even close to a sell out. Do well to get 12000 and thats only coz they are bringing a load over.

[Broken Gnome]

There's absolutely no need to buy early for this either.

Think it was Clyde and next year when people were fretting about crowds of about 5/6k. It'll pick up to something respectable, but ultimately it's a friendly just like testimonials for even the greats would be naturally capped at a certain level.

[Hibspur]

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There is zero chance this will be even close to a sell out. Do well to get 12000 and thats only coz they are bringing a load over.

You don't think this will be well attended? I'm quite surprised to be honest. It's the showpiece game of our 150th anniversary celebrations is it not? And I wondered if Gray might be using it as preparation for our European ties. I know Essen aren't a top side by any means but their fans seem to be coming over in very large numbers and it would be a bit disappointing if there's only a sparse Hibs turnout. I got my tickets early thinking it would be a bit of a crowd puller.

[Bobby's Cinema]

Think it was a mistake attendance wise not including this one in the purchase of a season ticket. Even a pay what you want offering would have ensured more of a crowd.

[SteveHFC]

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You don't think this will be well attended? I'm quite surprised to be honest. It's the showpiece game of our 150th anniversary celebrations is it not? And I wondered if Gray might be using it as preparation for our European ties. I know Essen aren't a top side by any means but their fans seem to be coming over in very large numbers and it would be a bit disappointing if there's only a sparse Hibs turnout. I got my tickets early thinking it would be a bit of a crowd puller.

With RWE bringing over 2000 fans or so. You’ll get a good atmosphere at least.

[lucky]

I'm not convinced many will be bothered about this game or DM’s testimonial. At this time of the year people have holidays, European games at home and for some away and ST. People only have so much to spend on Hibs and these two games will be lucky to break 8k

[Hibspur]

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I'm not convinced many will be bothered about this game or DM’s testimonial. At this time of the year people have holidays, European games at home and for some away and ST. People only have so much to spend on Hibs and these two games will be lucky to break 8k

Fair enough. I'd actually forgotten about Daz's testimonial. I'd just thought that the commemorative nature of the Essen game might have carried a bit of clout as well as being a first chance to welcome the players back on to the pitch at ER.

[Dashing Bob S]

Have a sense that this will be a more popular game than many believe. Think they might open up the FF

[Carheenlea]

Will I be going to the game? - 100% yes and look forward to it

Have I bought my ticket yet? - No

[Lancs Harp]

First time ive loaded a file on here, was a bit clumsy. Hope it works. A prize possession from our first meeting
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First time ive loaded a file on here, was a bit clumsy. Hope it works. A prize possession from our first meeting
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Shame that the tournament wasn't played a couple of years earlier with Hibs at their peak. The Lisbon Lions would have been in our shadow.

[Carheenlea]

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First time ive loaded a file on here, was a bit clumsy. Hope it works. A prize possession from our first meeting
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A great souvenir

[Carheenlea]

Cost of the programme equivalent to around 50p today?

It’s no wonder folk were able to amass quite sizable programme collections back in the day!

[theonlywayisup]

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I'm not convinced many will be bothered about this game or DM’s testimonial. At this time of the year people have holidays, European games at home and for some away and ST. People only have so much to spend on Hibs and these two games will be lucky to break 8k

The DM testimonial I can understand. But, the Rot Weiss Essen game is one of our 150 year celebration games, to also celebrate the first European Cup game by a British side.

Following on from last season, I can't wait to see the Hibees play.

[overdrive]

Trying to buy a ticket for this and Daz’s testimonial but I’m getting an error message saying my browsing activity has been paused.

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Not on my VPN, tried both WiFi and mobile data, tried different browsers, tried phone and laptop - all the same.

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[Houston7]

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Trying to buy a ticket for this and Daz’s testimonial but I’m getting an error message saying my browsing activity has been paused.

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Not on my VPN, tried both WiFi and mobile data, tried different browsers, tried phone and laptop - all the same.

Any ideas?

I had exactly the same problem the other day, using my usual iPad. I only managed to overcome it by switching to my Chromebook I.e. using the third suggestion above.

[NAE NOOKIE]

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Will I be going to the game? - 100% yes and look forward to it

Have I bought my ticket yet? - No

Where I'm at as well. Fully intend to go to that and the Daz Testimonial, but waiting for a few things to drop into place, EG will they open the FF so I can get my usual seat for the RWE game and is my mate intending to go to either game so we can book seats together.

The other thing is that in the age of downloading tickets to your phone and print at home, unless there's a huge demand for tickets you can practically wait until the morning of the game to download a ticket knowing you will get one. So even if there hasn't been a huge uptake a few weeks before kick off, it doesn't mean the game won't see a decent uptake later on.

As for the super uptake by the RWE fans. I doubt the excitement of seeing the mighty Hibees in action is the main attraction, whereas the chance for a fanbase who don't get many trips to Europe to visit one of Europe's more attractive cities and have a bit of a jolly at the same time most definitely will be

[DaveF]

I wasn't going to this game but with the unveiling of the Stanton stand taking place before the game, it's now a no brainer to attend.

[RIP]

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I wasn't going to this game but with the unveiling of the Stanton stand taking place before the game, it's now a no brainer to attend.

Likewise

[04Sauzee]

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Will I be going to the game? - 100% yes and look forward to it

Have I bought my ticket yet? - No

I knew about the game but didn't actually realise it was next Wednesday 😬 , I'll get my tickets.

[Garymcl]

Already got my tickets but if I didn’t have them ,I would be definitely be going after todays great news ,I think ther will be a number of people especially of my generation who will not want to miss this great occasion and honour to Mr Hibs