Club Arnage

Can anyone recommend a decent place to watch the football on Sunday night. Oh and to annoy the french!!!(Obviously just friendly cross channel banter)? ;D

Stop on your return trip in a pub in the Le Mans city centre !!!

We watched the republic v spain match in 2002 in a bar opposite the carrefour (across the main road). The owner was a cracking chap who kept plenty of drinks on the house coming. Only one of the three of us was actually Irish but it didn't seem to matter. Scottish is apparently close enough. Not sure about that though.

We watched the same game at a bar near the carrefour, it had a tv at the front of the bar with one game on and another in a back room with the Ireland game on... Good crowd in there and very friendly

If all works out , should have a BIG Tv and English SKY to broadcast on Maison Blanche.

Just bring Beer

On the same subject, does anyone know if there is somewhere to watch it in Caen or preferably the ferry port at Ouistreham (nr Caen).

During the world cup they had the games showing on the tv's in the terminal building

Always good to have a fall back option. Thx

sod the football, we have DVD porn on the projector this year!

Ah, now there's a piece of rare common sense.  I think  :-\

Don't know about in and around Le Mans, but if you're on the way back up to the ports, stop in at Rouen.
We always spend the Sunday night there.
There is an Irish Bar, right in the middle of town. Plenty of out door seating in the square and several TV's to watch the game inside.

no need to choose, if enough TV-equipment is available. I will never forget an incredible scene a couple of years ago during  world  cup time (probably 1990), seeing a bunch of people on Houx Annexe, completely drunken, watching 2 TVs at the same time: a big widescreen TV showing a worldcup football game and another, smaller TV on top of that with the volumne off showing hardcore porn. The bunch in front of the TV sets was waiving and cheering all the time, but it was difficult to say at which program...:-)

With a bunch of friends we're trying to find a private huge place and set up a giant screen to watch this match...

... we probbaly gonna ask a few euros to assist with some beverages included, but not too far of the track.

Anyone interested ?  ???

I need to be at least as far as Rouen before the match starts. I will be heading off for Calais on Mon am.

Has anyone got any names or numbers of suitable hotels? Around the £30 would so (i.e. not cheapies). I'll also need space to park the car & caravan.

Or suggestions other than Rouen?

Smokie.  We are staying at a 'Campanile' (bit like a THF Lodge) at Evreux which is not too far short of Rouen.  Web site is www.envergure.fr.   Not sure what vacancies might be like now.  Best of luck.

http://www.bernay.net/berhot.htm


This is the hotel in Bernay that you have stayed at I believe. Not sure about the town showing the football but I know the rooms all have TV's. Not as far as Rouen but a very good start none the less.

Rick.

i like the idea of setting up a giant screen on one of the campsites somewhere. throw in a few beers and you've got it made  ;D

That would have been perfect Tink except I have to go home at some stage...

tink how do you expect to put up a large screen you are coming by train!!

Maybe hes driving the train??

If it's anything like our group, you always find a load carrier... are you volunteering  ;D ;D

Tink is my brother and should know better than that. We do have more space than usual but have not got a sat dish and are not bringing a TV. We are hoping to set up near someone with the Dish and TV.

I gonna offering you a giant screen not too far the track !

Gilles, I think Robbo and Steve B have got this one sorted already on MB. The famous trailor is being rigged up with a satellite dish.

As long as Robbo remembers the TV and digibox and I remember the dish  ::)

I was going to wait a little nearer the time for that. TV is arranged 28 inch thingy and a set top box. Still trying to find a spare dish , to save you the hassle of finding it a home in the car( wonder what the postal cost would be ? )

How much cord do you have ??? I would need a good few metres, at least 5.

Then its Bring On the French.

Or if it doesnt work i  will just tune in the French channels or ......

go and find Gilles !

It shouldn't be a problem (the arm comes off the dish).

I've got a reel of good quality satellite coax cable (40 odd meters) - how much will you need?

Be safe on 10 metres, The pole is scaffold and is attached to the trailer.

Will i need any other retaining bolts or can you supply for the dish ? ( Big Beer favours coming  - Real Ales or Wife Beater )

f**k all that wiring,
We're all off to a bar in Rouen dude.
Rusty

Im going to MB - you'll be able to tell who i am because i will be wearing a Reading FC Strip.........

If i look lost, wonder past, or fall into your campsite, please say hello to me, offer me a seat, and I will provide any beer that is left over at that stage of proceedings..... ;D :-X

Not another one. Tink will wear one at some point over the weekend

You mean there are 2 of them ???

c'mon the royals!!!

as for the big screen, i WAS planning to bring a huge projector and screen in my rucksack, but my bag wasn't quite big enough, so i'll have to rely on someone else

Gilles, did you sort out the large screen near the track of has the idea been put in the bin.
Can we have a survey of where the match is being shown. I was going to head for the Lotus Se7en area but I reckon that the marquee will be full and with over 200 possibles its gonna be bloody hot  

There are around 80,000 of us actually :-)

UUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRZZZZZZ

common then...

Speedchills for the footy.Just beside BSJ campsite.

Apparently they will be showing the match.

Check their website  www.speedchills.com (http://www.speedchills.com)

My membership arrived yesterday.

Does the footie clash with the Canadian GP, or will we be able to see both? My traveling buddy in more interested in the GP than the fottie (although this is his first LM & I expect after 24 hours he will have forgotten what a GP is!!)