Atletico game off?

[Newport]

Could do the same with Wolfsburg v Fulham tie.

 

Hamburg

[Nunavut Patrick]

Hamburg

 

 

Cheeseburg

[Ryehauge]

Good news for everyone travelling.

 

From Sky.

 

UK Airspace To Start Opening Tomorrow

 

Ed Merrison & Carole Erskine, Sky News Online

Airspace in Scotland is to reopen from 0700 tomorrow as dust from the Icelandic volcano ceases to affect UK airspace.

 

Manchester Airport is to open at 0900 tomorrow but passengers are being warned to contact their airline before travelling to the airport.

 

Sky sources understand airspace in the Midlands will reopen at 1200 and southern UK at 1800.

 

Air traffic control company Nats is lifting restrictions restrictions for Scotland and parts of the North of England.

 

Airspace south to a line between Teesside and Blackpool will also be open.

It's understood that UK airports will then be allowed to conduct operations 24 hours a day until the flight situation returns to normal.

 

Nats said: "The volcanic eruption has reduced and the volcano is not currently emitting ash to altitudes that will affect the UK.

"Assuming there are no further significant ash emissions, we are now looking at a continuously improving situation.

"This is a dynamic and changing situation and is therefore difficult to forecast beyond 0700 local."

 

The news will come as an enormous relief to cash-strapped airlines and the estimated 150,000 Britons stranded abroad by the flights ban.

The go-ahead for flights came as airlines pointed to successful test flights through closed airspace as a reason for lifting restrictions.

The British Air Transport Association that includes airlines British Airways, Flybe, Easyjet and Virgin, has written to Lord Adonis criticising the way the crisis has been handled.

 

"We remain concerned that the approach taken by NATS has been too sweeping and that key decisions have been taken on very limited empirical data," the letter to the Transport Secretary said.

 

"While safety of the travelling public must have the highest priority, we urge NATS and the CAA to examine all available data sources and the practice in areas of the world that have greater experience of operating in areas of volcanic activity with a view to allowing a decision to reopen UK airspace and airlines to resume their usual operations."

 

The letter also called for government compensation for the airlines.

British Airways had carried out a test flight yesterday and said it has provided fresh evidence that blanket airspace restrictions were unnecessary.

The airline's chief executive Willie Walsh yesterday took a two-hour flight at 40,000ft which turned up no sign of damage to the aircraft or its engines.

But the BA findings contradicted information from military sources.

A senior Western diplomat said several Nato F-16 fighter jets that flew through the ash cloud had suffered engine damage, saying glass-like deposits were found inside the planes' engines.

 

The crisis is estimated to be costing the European aviation industry more than £130m a day.

[RobbieOR]

Id say we will be flying over now.

[Carradona]

22 hour trip our lads are doing. Bus, train and plane all involved.

[Original202]

22 hour trip our lads are doing. Bus, train and plane all involved.

 

Should be good for team spirit if nothing else. Remember doing a trip to Switzerland at school for a football tournament which took forever as we went on the school coach, but it was great fun.

 

We ended up getting spanked 6-0 in our opening game though.

[Carradona]

I bet they're all calling shotgun to sit beside Pepe. Last to shout it has to sit beside Rafa.

[jackofdk]

Madrid game to go ahead - Liverpool FC

 

The game is on. Let's hope everyone can get there in time.

[aws]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Rafa in the John Candy role?

[Archimede]

He has the figure for it

[Sangria]

Anyone off here going.

[Rex Banner]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Rafa in the John Candy role?

 

Yep I can see the similarities

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[Antynwa]

Pepe: Watch this boys...

*Pepe puts 2 fingers up to passing drivers*

 

Carra: Argh aye Pepe you're sick you lad

 

Gerrard: You proper mad head

[PaulMcC]

22 hour journey is shit.

 

Can see us losing this now.

[Jonte]

Whats the difference between cheryl cole and the iceland volcano?the volcano is still blowing ash

[Bellflower]

Heard Rafa on the radio today saying the club were working on a plan A and plan B for travelling. Hope they're better than the team tactics ...........

[Nunavut Patrick]

John Candy the big leg.

 

I want to be a shower ring salesman.

[dave u]

Flintstones, meet the Flintstones!

[Ryehauge]

Will anyone be going by coach or car?

 

We're three guys going. We are flying from Denmark tomorrow afternoon and it looks like our flight will be on. We don't know if we can get back home friday and our tickets are in Liverpool right know but we will deffo go if we can.

 

Are there some specific bars/pubs where the travelling people will meet in Madrid?

[Liverpool lad]

I was reading the updates from Rory Smith for the Telegraph;

 

Liverpool travel to Madrid: live - Telegraph

 

I love the thought of the Greek leading the way as they leave the train

[hamstrung]

"They're not pillows"

 

[navbasi]

I was reading the updates from Rory Smith for the Telegraph;

 

Liverpool travel to Madrid: live - Telegraph

 

I love the thought of the Greek leading the way as they leave the train

 

I have also been reading the various blogs, one thing that comes over is that all the media lads seem to think Rafa is a decent bloke, they might want to remember that when they are twisting the knife at every opportunity especially when Whiskey nose and his croneys pipe up.

[Red Nick]

BBC Sport - Football - Liverpool arrive in Madrid after marathon journey

Journos are pretty brainless at times