Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
General Topics => Football => Topic started by: hornedfrog on October 12, 2019, 16:46:44 PM
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Hello, all.
I'm bringing my 16yo son and two of his friends out on 26 this month and noticed there's a Fethiyespor match on at the local stadium. Anybody have some advice on whether we should give it a go? What's it like to get tickets (walk up?) and what's the crowd like? Safe? Friendly? Not worth the effort?
Any advice is greatly appreciated and if you're up for meeting up at the match, let me know.
Dale
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I have never been so I cannot really comment but....
You ask if it would be safe/friendly - I am fairly sure that it won't be like fenerbahce v galatasaray :).
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Have a chat with Brian Lloyd through his Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/brianthegardener
He's a resident of Ovacik, a regular attendee at Fethiye Spor games and also does the match reports for Fethiye Times.
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Thanks @Highlander and @KKOB...every little helps!
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My husband went to their last home game whilst we were there
Got a ticket no problem from the kiosk outside the stadium
He said, rubbish football but the best supporters he'd seen anywhere. Said he'd more fun watching the supporters than the match. He thoroughly enjoyed it
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Friends go to quite a few of the home matches. They always rock up on the day for tickets & have never mentioned any crowd issues
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Thanks, @Anne and @Liz101...my son's two friends have never been to Turkey and I've never been to a local match but have seen the immediate post-match revelry throughout Fethiye centre (cars, flags, music, etc.) so looked interesting but the boys' parents are slightly worried because of historical Galatasaray v England scuffles (if that makes sense). We're all more rugby than footie so understand the crowds tend to be different...
Thanks again. I'll put it to the boys and make a decision on the day.
Dale
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Give it a go it’s something new me and the wife have been on numerous occasions and never had a problem
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Give it a go it’s something new me and the wife have been on numerous occasions and never had a problem
Thanks @trainer.
We've decided to go and I'm looking forward to it...plus, I've heard you can get a cracking köfte ekmek on the grounds, so that's reason enough!
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I have watched Fethiyespor several times over the last 10 years ... and yes, the football has been rubbish on most occasions.... and I watch lower league football regularly when I am back in the UK.... and yes.. watching and listening to the animated and sometimes volatile turkish fans is generally more entertaining than the football
Only once did I experience / witness any violance outside the stadium
But all UK visitors to the lovely Fethiye who like watching english football at any level, should visit the stadium for at least one match, just to view the differences and compare....
The turkish national anthem is played before kick off, and at that moment everyone including any UK visitors treat it with respect
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Thanks, Sleuth...I guess an update may be in order.
We went to the match with some Turkish friends and had an absolute blast. The playing was "a bit less than Premiership standard", but Fethiyespor scored three times in the final 12 minutes. And yes, we stood quietly to respect the Turkish anthem when played and cheered for the scores and sometimes hilarious miscues.
Before we left, we'd gone to the Fethiyespor shop on the Cordon four times to buy kit, but it was NEVER open. Finally, just a few hours before heading back to the airport, we went back to the stadium where after having free run of the complex and the pitch, we found a marketing lad selling a boxful of odds and sods. We never got the kit, but ended up with coffee mugs, caps and towels...we've become fervent Fethiyespor supporters (at least while in Turkey).
If anyone knows where we can get kit (tops), we'll take 4 sets of home, away and alternate. Just let me know how to find or order, if you can.
Thanks, and "up the Fethiyespor!" ;D