Royals on Tour

[Barry the bird boggler]

Reading have 3 games in Slovenia/Croatia between 12th and 21st July:

Red Star Belgrade B team, Wednesday, 14 July in Slovenia, with kick-off at 1600 local time.

Inter Zapresic, on Saturday, 17 July at 2030, in Croatia

NK Celje, Tuesday 20th July at 2000 in Slovenia

Anyone sad enough to be going, just to watch these games

[RG30]

I'll be at all three games,looking forward to it

[Upper West Ginger]

Yes I'll be there - but combining it with a family holiday and a bit of railway tourism too.

[Big Foot]

Will be at 2 of those

[Row Z Royal]

Won't be at any of them.

[Y21_Royal]

Won't be at any of them.

Me neither

[Tad Showbiz]

Reading have 3 games in Slovenia/Croatia between 12th and 21st July:

Red Star Belgrade B team, Wednesday, 14 July in Slovenia, with kick-off at 1600 local time.

Inter Zapresic, on Saturday, 17 July at 2030, in Croatia

NK Celje, Tuesday 20th July at 2000 in Slovenia

Anyone sad enough to be going, just to watch these games

Next season can we have a tour closer to home like Scotland, Northern Ireland or random north Yorkshire non league sides?

[Upper West Ginger]

Next season can we have a tour closer to home like Scotland, Northern Ireland or random north Yorkshire non league sides?

Hopefully not.

[North Eaat royal]

Next season can we have a tour closer to home like Scotland, Northern Ireland or random north Yorkshire non league sides?

Hopefully not.

Spain or Portugal would be nice

[Rex]

A passport would be nice.

[West Stand Flash]

What a waste of your life. Friendlies to Farnborough are too far to watch players make zero effort, let alone a 3rd world country

[Rex]

Cultural exchanges in the whore house might not though.

[Mike Hunt]

Reading have 3 games in Slovenia/Croatia between 12th and 21st July:

Red Star Belgrade B team, Wednesday, 14 July in Slovenia, with kick-off at 1600 local time.

Inter Zapresic, on Saturday, 17 July at 2030, in Croatia

NK Celje, Tuesday 20th July at 2000 in Slovenia

Anyone sad enough to be going, just to watch these games

Next season can we have a tour closer to home like Scotland, Northern Ireland or random north Yorkshire non league sides?

Australia? Now that would be awesome.

[10539.4 Miles Away]

Reading have 3 games in Slovenia/Croatia between 12th and 21st July:

Red Star Belgrade B team, Wednesday, 14 July in Slovenia, with kick-off at 1600 local time.

Inter Zapresic, on Saturday, 17 July at 2030, in Croatia

NK Celje, Tuesday 20th July at 2000 in Slovenia

Anyone sad enough to be going, just to watch these games

Next season can we have a tour closer to home like Scotland, Northern Ireland or random north Yorkshire non league sides?

Australia? Now that would be awesome.

+1000000

although the players may get a better test from random north Yorkshire non league sides

[toppy]

What a waste of your life. Friendlies to Farnborough are too far to watch players make zero effort, let alone a 3rd world country

Third world

[Barry the bird boggler]

Expecting coverage and reports from BBC Berks on these games......

[I was there at Elm Park]

What a waste of your life. Friendlies to Farnborough are too far to watch players make zero effort, let alone a 3rd world country

Third world

+1

Having been to Slovenia I can tell you that it is most definitely not third world.

Also out of interest guess where Sir Steve is taking Bristol City on tour?

Yes you guessed it... Sweden! Bit annoying though that after all the years of crap opposition that we played that they're playing IFK Gothenburg and Helsingborgs IF. http://www.bcfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0 ... 04,00.html

[Upper West Ginger]

I've been trawling t'internet to try to find the precise location of the first match, against Red Star Belgrade "B".
I think I've narrowed it down to here:
46.407897,15.788416
(Cut and paste those co-ordinates into Google Maps and it should take you there).
Appears to be about 7km from Ptuj, and less than 1km from the local railway station, Kidricevo (but not much stops there).

This is the website of the team whose home ground it is:
http://www.nkaluminij.net/naslovnica/

[Upper West Ginger]

Update - venue change.

As per the OS, the match against Red Star Belgrade B is no longer being played in a remote field somewhere near an aluminium smelter, but is now taking place in a stadium in the centre of Ptuj, just here:

46.416803,15.87563

It is about 5 minutes walk from the railway station - result!

[Ark Royal]

NK Celje's manor, the wonderfully named Celje Arena Petrol: