Alexander, I think they will, 3-0.There you go, you can look forward to the next round now.Anyway truth be told, this idea of being knocked out of the champions league and into the UEFA Cup is nonsense, dont you agree?

It seems a good idea if we put our arrival times at Amsterdam then some of us could share taxis.Mine is Friday at 4.30pm.

Yeah Andy he did. I asked him if he could help with a few signed items to auction etc. He said he would be glad to help and for us keep him up to date with what is planned. Would love a copy of CDs. Will email you.

See you in Amsterdam. Will be there from Thursday so no doubt see you in the hotel. Not sure if I'll be going to Rotterdam yet. Do we know start time of the gig there ?

donald make sure you put it somewere everyone can see it.

donald do you know you just made your 1000 posting .vinny are you still giving me a maureen a lift to airport on sat.maureen working this afternoon so i think i`ll dig out some old albumsand give them a spin tssy

Cliff, we arrive at 4.05 so will wait for you. How's Henry getting over? Had a trial case-packing run yesterday and surprisingly everything fitted in with ease, which means I can now pack some more:) Let's all pray for calm weather next w/e. Is the chatroom working okay? We could do with arranging a time to log on one night this week to get organised – not too late mind, I need to store up some early nights.

Hope your w/e went well Jackie. Did you catch the CBB final? Nice guys always win out in the end, which is as it should be. Also watched Fame Academy on Friday and that song they'd written (supposedly) was pretty cool - bit Proclaimers-ish. They've certainly made progress since the first episode (wasn't difficult). Stand by Me version was worth a listen too.

OK Lindsay, who's 'we'...you and Jackie? I don't know what Henry's doing.

I feel at this point I have no alternative but to 'out' Donald and Jon....NOT GOING TO ROTTERDAM YET YOU'LL BE IN AMSTERDAM ON THE SAME NIGHT???!!! its only down the road!

Thanks Cliff! I feel terrible now. I'm not making any firm plans and wouldnt rule Rotterdam out but more likely be having Friday in amsterdamwith a big Undertones Finale to top off the w/e on Sat.We arrive around 9am Sat (me , Tony Blackburn, and TB's little bruv and doninblack and are meeting Alex at the airport around 10am. Donin and Alex are staying at the park Hotel so thats probably the meeting place.

We'll have a few hours to work on you.Imagine if somebody told you 5 years ago the Undertones would be playing an hour away from where you were yet you'd choose not to go.Dosent even bear thinking about.

apparently these are some pubs to 'check out';- Teasers, Old Sailor, The Tara, Three Sisters.Anyone heard about them?

Cliff, Derek's drawn the short straw of having to sit next to me on a plane (again!). I'll look up those pubs in the guide I've bought. It says Sats in the Paradiso are Paradisco nights - John Travolta bad impressions not allowed! Well it doesn't say that last bit but we humdingers have to set some standards. Best go dig out the bodyglitter, anyone's free to borrow some.

Not that I'd want it back!!

when you get to Amsterdam - don't forget to post reports of what's happening on the site.

Weather permitting I should arrive in Amsterdam (or at least the ferry port) at 9am on Friday morning. Have spent today looking at replacing my 10 year old car for a slightly newer model. Problem was looking at the prices on the car window I kept wondering how many Undertones gigs I could attend or even organise for that price.

Don't worry Arthur, I'm sure the hotel will have internet access. The reports may be a bit slurred though:)

woohoo - Managed to salvage CLiff's Dutch T-Shirt