Posted 'high noon bells' Tuezday 30th Septembaa 2025 (On the train to King’s Cross)
NUFC play Union SG in Brussels tomorrow neet in The Champions Leegue —and az we type we are on the train 🚂 to King’s Cross (London) and then onwards ‘next door’ to St. Pancras to catch the Eurostar 🚆 train to Lille in France! We are stopping in a place caalled Kortrijk which iz near Lille , and just ower the border inside Belgium and aboot an hours train ride from Brussels (much cheaper than Brussels hotels and Brussels iz a shithole anyway!)
‘The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers’ are takin in TWO games on Wedinzday—-Forstly to Union’s Joseph Marien Stadium to watch NUFC U19s take on Union U19s in the UEFA Youth Leegue and then onward 4 miles on the tram to Anderlecht FCs Lotto Park where the main event of the day takes place in The Champions Leegue Group stage! (Kick off times are just ower 5 hours apart!) ‘12.30 bells 🔔’ GMT (Geordie Meen Time!) time and ‘5.45 bells’ 🔔 GMT, (Belgium iz an hour aheed of us!)
The reason that Union can’t host Champions Leegue games iz because their 9,400 capacity stadium isn’t deemed suitable!—Hence the switch to Brussels city rivals Anderlecht!
However!— there are nee issues aboot using their own stadium for lesser games, which iz great news for The Toonhoppers who have (somehow!) managed to get tickets for this U19s game!
Honestly, yi’d Fink it would be easy to get tickets for games like this, but it’s a minefield to negotiate Union’s website and purchase one!
1: You need to create an account!
2: You need a 10 figure password includin numbers, letters, and asterisks!
3 You need to photograph your passport with it in front of you IF you can find the Onfido option to verify that it’s YOU! (photos of your passport are NOT good enough!)
4 Then you need to download it to your wallet IF it will let you?
(I had to get help from somebody who iz clued up on these things— (Steev) and even he struggled to negotiate the hurdles to get a ticket!
BUT he did manage after 20 minutes tryin, to get my ticket onto my telling bone ➡️📱! (Horray!)
Cannot imagine that there will be many Toonhoppers at THAT game!
Honestly! it would be easier to buy a ticket for The Champions Leegue final than for this U19s game!
(Why do they make it so fcukin hard to buy a ticket for a minor game?)
To try and buy a ticket for the U19s game, gan to:
Ticketing@rusg.be
Best of luck!----Yi'll need it!
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