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NAPOLI!!!!!!
at 21:52 16 Dec 2013

We stayed at the Santa Lucia hotel which was a standard higher than usual for us . About 60 quid each . Right on the Marina and 10 mins walk to the port for the transport .

Your team might be staying at the hotel next door as Arsenal did but players not allowed out for same reason of safety . But this area is fine

When we got back to the port there were 2 taxis there for 700 of us !! But more came quick and this area was fine .. You could easily walk back to the Santa Lucia ... Police around in big numbers plus this huge helicopter !!

Safer to stay in the city than near the ground and chance a walk to the stadium . It's in a bad area !

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NAPOLI!!!!!!
at 21:30 16 Dec 2013

In answer to a few points ..

Stay outside Naples an option but possibly only Sorrento . You get a ferry or train there from Naples . Might be better if you want to feel more relaxed .

We reached the port at 1 am after the game so over 2 hours after the game finished . There won't be any trains to reach Sorrento or Rome ?

Italy is no like other counties so at 1 am it's very hard to find loads of places open !

The buses are arranged by the police with the assistance of the British consulate in Naples . We had Embassy staff with us . You will be advised on all this in weeks before the game . The buses are free !

I won't bother getting Into a cyber war with the HUddersfield fan .. He has a point on the new sanitised Premier League . He also has a point with no disrespect that for Swansea it's a big chance that might not come round too often .. So yes I agree and go but take an extra effort to be careful on this one .... Please do take my comments on board as unlike the HUddersfield fan I was there watching a uk football team last week so have first hand experience .

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NAPOLI!!!!!!
at 19:10 16 Dec 2013

Hi All

Been asked to post by HitchinJack , I am the Arsenal fan who went to Napoli with Arsenal last week . I have been abroad with Arsenal every year since 1992 ( sorry not rubbing it in honestly ) and so have been to many dodgy places Turkey ,Belgrade , Russia etc .

Napoli is on a different level and whilst many Napoli fans are welcoming as I have seen on here , MANY are not !!!! They also do not play by the rules and anybody is fair game ...ANYBODY !

If you go and keep a very low profile the night before the game which means stay in the hotel , or drink in restaurants or hidden away places in small numbers you should be ok ... The night before the game with us Napoli had lads out looking for Arsenal

If you go on the organised transport which is laid on by Napoli police you will be absolutely fine ,,,,just be prepared for hours of waiting and the most crazy escort ever ... we had 7 coaches and potentially 20 police vans , 30 cars full of police and a helicopter directly overhead there and back .

We only reached the ground late and the word was that was because if we arrived early the coaches would be bricked

The area around the station and Piazza Garibaldi where the cheaper hotels are is a nightmare .....I laughed about this when people told me ...but when we went it was !!!

Do NOT go to the game on the Metro and nor by cab ...the away end is by CURVA A which is their Ultras end , the taxis will NOT go there as no Napoli fans travel in taxis ,,,so when they see a taxi , its the away fans and they attack it . So the taxis take you to the end of this dual carriageway where the Napoli lot wait and attack you . I personally know 2 taxis full of Arsenal attacked , one lot before they got out of the cab , the other lot bottled within seconds of getting out !

Sometimes you think a group of 50 together is safety in numbers , in Napoli its not

They will come to you as they did to the Emirates where 100 smashed up a Pie Shop and Deli full of families , pushing 3 teenage girls off chairs so they could attack fathers aged 50 ...this is what they are like ...( by the way our lads pub was nearby and they knew it but decided the family pie shop was more fun )

Daytime wandering around is ok as long as keep to main areas and keep an eye on people , we went to VESUVIUS and wandered around the city the day after the game no probs !

The atmosphere in the ground is awesome !!!

We went via Rome and got the train and overall had a great time and would go again for sure

If you take 1500 or so I think what I have said above will be the case for you lot ,

ENJOY !!!!

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