Iam suprised no one has blamed the club for a fixture that they dont agree with, they get blamed for everything else.

Making it a weeks holiday this time, staying in Spain & travelling over for the game. Might be a wee bit cheaper than 4 days in Perpignan, cost us a fortune last season
Really do think Perpignan rip the travelling rugby fans off, so decided that the appeal of "happy hours" + full english brekkie's are better value.
W/end in Perpignan last season cost for 2xadults & 2x kids in region of £1400, got "all inclusive" for 7 nights for just over £1000 this morning.

Hope you all have a great time BBM. Me, I'll be in the bars of Perpignan as usual pretending to be Albert Camus (and looking more like Albert Steptoe).

Think I'll be heading for Girona via Murkydive, flights seem cheap enough at around £100. Gutted that the match potentially clashes with Utd playing in the Champs League Final but I'm sure it'll be easy enough to get a train from Girona to Madrid. Do you reckon there's any chance of them moving the Cats match to the Sunday to accommodate us Utd fans?

Also, can anyone recommend any decent (ie cheap) camp sites anywhere on the coast within reach of the train into Perpignan? Think I'll take my own tent as I've had it 12 months and not tested it out yet!

Think I'll be going via Eurostar, spend a few hours in Paris then get the night train to Barcelona and take it from there.

I seem to remember Yorkshire Red trying to arrange a Eurostar cohort last year, did that go ahead or did everyone just fly?

Ginge and Mike went via Eurostar and Yorkie Red was banned from France as usual.

Eurostar was pretty good last year. Definitely one you should try if you haven't done it before.

Magic Weekend game has been announced at Warrington. Let hope we show up a bit better than Cardiff where the team fell apart and our 200 fans were slightly shown up by their 5,000.

Yeah I will start looking into it. I think they only set timetables 3 months beforehand mind. That Seat61 site is useful for stuff like this.

What happened with Yorkie Red?

He got deported from Montpellier following United's visit their in 91 (I think), and so he can't go back. Or something.

Yes Eurostar only do their timetables 3 months in advance. Make sure you check as soon as they're announced to get the limited number of special offer seats.

We went from Paris to Perpignan on an overnight Corail (Lunea iirc) train. You should pay the extra 20EUR to upgrade to 1st class if you take that route as 2nd class looked a bit hellish.