BIRMINGHAM CITY JULY 18TH

[friendly76]

Hi there

My name is Phil and i am a Birmingham City fan, i will be coming over to Bergen when we play Brann Bergen on the 18th July.

I would like to chat to a few Brann fans and get to know more about your team and city

Cheers

Phil

[DJ_ADG]

News about Sk Brann in English;
http://www.skbrann.org/en/

[mr-bolstad]

hello

you are welcome to Bergen in July!

Do you have any idea about aprox. how many birmingham fans are coming?
I know it is still a long time to july, but i hope it will be many supporters!

[friendly76]

At the moment we know of about 11 Birmingham fans coming, but not all will be at the bergen game, some are coming just to stavanger some are doing all 3. most are doing stavanger and Bergen

We think that there will be around about 40-50 of us coming

we have another tour to Deportivo la Coruna in Spain in august and a lot of fans are going there

[BcfcDave]

Hello
My name is Dave
I will also be coming over with Phil for the Bergen  game.

What is the nightlife like in bergen ??

Regards
Dave

[jinxter]

expencive

[BcfcDave]

HaHaHa

yeah we already know   :(

Were going to Stavanger first to watch us play Viking, We've already been warned about the beer prices  :(

Do you have any good pubs ?  In stavanger they have the "sports cafe" AKA Beverley Hills Fun Pub.....do you have anything like that ?

[friendly76]

whilst we are in Bergen Dave and myself sre staying in the Crowded  House hotel/hostel.

Does anybody know where this is and what it is like. also are we far from the stadium and nightlife of Bergen.

Do the Bergen fans have a pub/ bar they drink in before matches that we can come to and have a few beers with you all

Cheers

Phil

[RC]

whilst we are in Bergen Dave and myself sre staying in the Crowded  House hotel/hostel.

Does anybody know where this is and what it is like. also are we far from the stadium and nightlife of Bergen.

Do the Bergen fans have a pub/ bar they drink in before matches that we can come to and have a few beers with you all

Cheers

Phil

Yes, we have Fotball Puben. That's a pub were a lot of Brann fans take a beer or two before matches.

[Brann-Peter!]

whilst we are in Bergen Dave and myself sre staying in the Crowded  House hotel/hostel.

Does anybody know where this is and what it is like. also are we far from the stadium and nightlife of Bergen.

Do the Bergen fans have a pub/ bar they drink in before matches that we can come to and have a few beers with you all

Cheers

Phil

I don`t now where crowded house hotel lies, but our pub is called Fotballpuben (The footballpub)..
here you can have some beers and a chat with us before the match!
Welcome to Bergen..

[capp]

Crowded House hotel is in the middle of the town... just a few metres from Fotballpuben (if i remember right) and to get to the stadium you have to take a bus or taxi... ask somebody at fotballpuben, they can guaranteed tell you how to get to the stadium....

[BcfcDave]

Thanks guys !!

Will look forward to it

[mr-bolstad]

I will recommend most of you to take the trip to Bergen.
I think there will be alot of fans on the stands and a very good match.

Not to brag or anything , but Brann is one of the best supported teams in Norway!

[BcfcDave]

Great !

We are really looking forward to comming over !

We shall meet you in that pub for a drink.

if you need to know about Birmingham City goto  www.bcfc.com

Thanks for all info

Dave

[Mr_Soma]

Great folks!

I'll be there with my Villa'shirt ;)

One City,One team - Aston Villa!

Cheers!

[BcfcDave]

Great folks!

I'll be there with my Villa'shirt ;)

One City,One team - Aston Villa!

Cheers!

Theres allways one isn't there  :?

[Kruxleiven]

You are very welcome here. Is Pandiani going to stay with at your club?
What happened to Dugarry and is there any chance you can keep Forssell?

Cool situation you got in Birmingham now. The derby against Av seems to be the derby with the most hatred in England. Okay if I wear purple and skyblue? Just kidding. I support BCFC in those derbies.

[ErlendG]

Hi!

Nice to hear that some one is coming over :) Well.. you asked about city-facts. Here is Bergen in a nutshell ;)

Bergen
230 000 inhabitants
Aprox 20 000 students
A bunch of museums and things to watch.
Pictures and A LOT of info, check it out!!:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen,_Norway

The most important football-clubs from Bergen:
SK BRANN BERGEN, League and Cup champions 2005.

Löv Ham (1.div)
Brann 2 (2.div)
Fyllingen (2.div)
Fana (2.div)
Aasane (2.div)
Hovding (2.div)

British Brann players and players that have been a part of british squads:

Scottish:
Robbie Winters (former Dundee United and Aberdeen)
Charlie Miller (former Glasgow Rangers, Leicester, Watford, Dundee United)
Norwegian:
Martin Andresen (former Wimbledon and Blackburn)
Ragnvald Soma (former West Ham)
Icelandic:

[kabelmann]

Cato Guntveit, Aberdeen

[friendly76]

thanks for the replys.

I Think we have a good chance of signing Pandiani, he wants to come, we want him, we just need to sort a fee out.

Forsell is a different matter all the Birmingham fans would love to see him back, but the longer its is the less likely it will be that we will sign him, he is unsure what he wants to do, he states he wants to stay at Chelsea and win a first team place, but we will wait and see.

There is talk that we are looking to sign Nicky Butt from Newcastle, i am not sure about this one he turned us down last year and went to Newcastle instead, the move has not worked out and his form has been very poor so i for one do not want him.

Also it is reported we are on the verge of signing Oliver Bernard from Southampton (ex Newcastle) again im not too sure about this one i dont rate him as a player.

we should find out more in the coming weeks when all the transfers start to happen, we will want to have our new signings sorted before we come to Norway so you guys may be lucky enough to see them first.

Phil

[BcfcDave]

What is the capacity of your stadium ?
It says on some websites you have 5,000 seating and 12,200 standing...can you confirm this as all the pictures I have seen i quite cant see where you would fit 12,000 standing, and your seating looks a lot more than 5,000

Oh...and me and Phil arrive in Bergen on 16th July (Saturday), before we fly down to Stavanger would it be possible to BUY tickets for our game whilst we are there....Do you have a ticket office at the Stadium ? if so will it be open on Saturdays.

Thanks

[abe78]

Roughly the opposite - 12500 seats and 5000 standing. Last years average attendance was around 13500.

Maybe you can purchase tickets here: http://www.ticnet.no/Ticnet.html

You have to wait until the match is about to be played though. Around 10th of July or something...

[BcfcDave]

Roughly the opposite - 12500 seats and 5000 standing. Last years average attendance was around 13500.

Thanks Abe78

[RC]

Will Birmingham City come with their first team?

[BcfcDave]

Will Birmingham City come with their first team?

Yes, and with new signings as long as they complete them in time.

[Straffe!!!]

But nevertheless I doubt it if there will be any problem getting tickets for this match.

In the middle of summer, against a (sorry to say it) not that interresting opponent (in a friendly) without a big crowd of norwegian supporters.

I would say 1000 - 5000 spectators, and you can probably buy tickets at the gate.

See you there...

[RC]

Will Birmingham City come with their first team?

Yes, and with new signings as long as they complete them in time.

Good! It will be great!
You have a lot of good players in your squad, like Upson and Dunn, I like them.... But where did Jesper go? Didn't you like Jesper?

[Xminator]

Hanstveit where halfway to ManU, got injured and where close to signing for Celtic after that.
Sæternes played for Brugge, and Kvisvik&Scharner where Austria Wien players.

So if its the first team we throw at you its talented players. The will to win aint always there tough :p

[friendly76]

I think it was more Jesper didnt like us and didnt want to play.

Im sorry but there is not many more interesting teams in the prem than us.

unfortunately the likes of Chelsea and Man u etc wont tour Norway as it is not commercially viable enough for them, for us its intersting, and guarantees good warm up fixtures against a fair standard opposition.

[Straffe!!!]

By all means!

I see pretty much all the Brann-matches and find them all interesting, and look very much forward to making the acquaintance of Birmingham. But I doubt it if everybody sees it that way.

For example, in the unimportant game against IFK Göteborg in Royal League (the Scandinavian Championship - Brann were already out), attendance was a mere 1800.

[KennethS]

Great folks!

I'll be there with my Villa'shirt ;)

One City,One team - Aston Villa!

Cheers!

Its Brann-Birmingham that are playing. Why wear a ugly villa shirt when you can wear a nice Brann shirt? anglofil?

[BcfcDave]

Great folks!

I'll be there with my Villa'shirt ;)

One City,One team - Aston Villa!

Cheers!

Its Brann-Birmingham that are playing. Why wear a ugly villa shirt when you can wear a nice Brann shirt? anglofil?

Good Post KennethS
:D  :D

[Blææ]

Dave,check your personal message innbox......

[davew_uk]

Hope you enjoy your trip up here to Bergen, it is a fantastic city, especially when the weather is good.

I was hoping to go to the game as I used to know Maik Taylor when he played for Farnborough many moons ago, but like a lot of people in this town I'll be on holiday then.

[friendly76]

i am looking forward to meeting up with many Bergen fans and sharing a few beers before and after the match, and having a few laughs.

what is the nightlife like in Bergen, is there many pubs and clubs and are they open on a tuesday

[Mr_Soma]

i am looking forward to meeting up with many Bergen fans and sharing a few beers before and after the match, and having a few laughs.

what is the nightlife like in Bergen, is there many pubs and clubs and are they open on a tuesday

Yes indeed - Just ask Dylan Macallister and Charlie Miller!

[Tittis]

You are lucky if you are staying at the Crowded House. The football-pub is just across the street. After the drinking u will be in bed in about 47 seconds..  
See you there and...
Welcome to Bergen !

(I have to add that 18th of July is a monday so dont expect it to be a wild nightlife,  but i bet the footballfans will be there for you)

[brannsupporteren:-D]

Well I guess that most of the things has already been said on the previous pages so all I can say is: Welcome to bergen, we look forward to having you here :D

[BcfcDave]

We are looking forward to comming over !

What will the weather be like in July ?

[Northside]

We are looking forward to comming over !

What will the weather be like in July ?

hopefully better then now... I will guess around 20-25 degress and sun/rain

[BcfcDave]

There are rumours that our Norway Tour may be cancelled because of UEFA cup games being played in July.

I hope this dosent happen :(

[AlexS]

Når legges det ut billetter til denne kampen?

Alexander

[Brann-Peter!]

Noen som er higen på å samles i hansa til denne kampen? Det er vel en slags "tradisjon", så jeg regner med det vil bli der vi står (altså tenker på storestå, BBB)

Regner vel med at du får billetter til denne kampen uansett! men de legges vel ut uken før eller sånn.