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begrudging congrats guv!

Surprised mate I was expecting an nil nil draw or even for your lot to nick it one nil Good results in as much that it makes us number one team on Merseyside (For the time being at least)
I've thought of a brilliant plan Let's swop Scharner for Anichebe I don't rate either but the Austrian with the multi- coloured barnet has scored about 97 at least against us over the last few seasons Whilst big Vic does absolutely nothing except score against The Baggies (Plus one belter against FC1 Nuremburg in Germany which I was lucky enough to witness in the flesh) I reckon they'd just start scoring own goals as its in their genes to score against EFC/WBA respectively !

Less than 6 months to L'Epica now Contact your soigneur immediately !

Hiya Ivan,

Just looking into Operation ‘Bianchi bundling back to Blighty’ for September. Here’s some info I’ve found on taking bikes by train to Italy (although, like Miss World, I’ll be doing this in reverse order…)

Taking bikes by train to Italy

You can reach Italy by taking Eurostar to Paris, cross Paris, then take the daily Thello sleeper train from Paris to Milan, Verona or Venice, or one of three daily daytime TGV trains from Paris to Turin and Milan. Timetables, fares & how to buy tickets for this journey are shown on the UK-Italy page. However, bikes are not carried on either the Paris-Italy Thello sleeper train or the Paris-Milan TGV trains, except unofficially as carry-on luggage in zip-up bike bags. If you take a bike on the Paris-Italy overnight trains in a zip-up bike bag, I'd suggest booking a whole compartment (in other words, both beds in a 2-bed, or all 4 berths in a 4-berth) rather than impose your bike on fellow passengers in a shared compartment.

The route via Switzerland isn't much better for bikes. Bikes are not carried on the tilting EuroCity trains between Zurich and Milan, either, although reports suggest they may be taken on the Geneva to Milan trains.

Once in Italy, bikes can travel on any train if they are semi-dismantled and placed in zip-up bike bags, or they can travel in the luggage van on most local & regional trains for a 3.50 euros 'bici in segito' bicycle pass (valid for 24 hours after stamping at the platform entrance). They can also travel in the bike spaces on a few InterCity & EuroCity trains for a bicycle supplement of 5 euros, but not on high-speed Eurostar Italia AV or Eurostar City trains. The local, regional, InterCity & EuroCity trains on which bikes can be taken are indicated with a bike symbol in the timetables (use www.trenitalia.com, make a journey enquiry, then select a train and click 'details by selection'). Bear in mind that it can take some ingenuity to get from (say) Milan to Rome by local or regional trains, often involving breaking the journey into short sections.

http://www.seat61.com/bike-by-train.htm#Italy