Benfica Europa League trip will herald biggest Everton exodus in 25 years

[Sharpys top lip]

EVERTON will be backed by the biggest European exodus of Evertonians for 25 years in Lisbon on Thursday.

The Blues have officially sold close to five-and-a-half thousand tickets for the eagerly anticipated trip to the Stadium of Light against Benfica.

But many more fans are expected to travel independently and occupy home sections of the stadium – making it the largest away following since the successful European Cup Winners’ Cup campaign of 1985.

The biggest number of away fans to leave Goodison since then went to Nuremburg two years ago.

Everton officially sold their total allocation of 3,500 tickets for that UEFA Cup tie – but such was the appeal of the fixture thousands more were crammed into home sections of the stadium.

A huge army also travelled to Villarreal for the Champions League qualifier of 2005, but with the Stadium of Light boasting an official capacity of 64,500, effectively any Evertonians who want to make the trip will be able to do so.

COYB........

 

[Goat]

Lets just hope they behave.

 

[little curly alan ball]

I'm starting to get pangs . I want to GO !!!

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

I'm starting to get pangs . I want to GO !!!

so brassed off here as well lcab, in my formative years i used to wish we would play against the likes of bolton and wigan with being so close, now i have to make do with a trip to the breezeblock on sunday, you really do have to be careful what you wish for.
if i found a mega cheapo flight today, i'd go as i am.

 

[NeoNaoNeo]

I'm starting to get pangs . I want to GO !!!

Mate, get some money together, come up here in a caravan, and we'll go. Sling ourselves at them until they let us in.

 

[Robert Jarvis]

What, bigger than Villareal??