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Going by past European form Inter Baku would be the toughest of those options.

 

They played four matches in the Champions League qualifiers last season and only lost one of them.

 

They have also beaten Austrian and Finnish teams in the Inter Toto Cup.

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some cheap flight sites to save a wee bit of time later

 

here are return flight costs from london all for as close to the 1/7/9 as poss returning 3/7/9

 

macedonia...........costs about £350

(http://www.kayak.co.uk/r/L4_3y_)

 

azerbaijan............costs from about £399

(http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/Baku/London/)

 

estonia form £227

(http://www.kayak.co.uk/r/JdQG5W)

 

albania from £255

(http://www.opodo.co.uk/opodo/flights/searc...rchLowCost=true)

 

Kazakhstan from £659

(http://www.kayak.co.uk/r/Kob2u3)

 

Armenia from £337

(http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/Yere...;srctype=search)

 

Faroe islands from 234 euros ( altho this only arrives in faroes at 1815 another £100 to fly on the monday)

(http://www.atlantic.fo/Default.aspx?pageid=9010)

 

Luxembourg from £154

(http://www.travelsupermarket.com/flight/Fl...500000000077374)

 

Montenegro from £214.90

(http://www.skyscanner.net/flights/uk/me/09...-july-2009.html)

 

Malta from £ 150

(http://www.travelrepublic.co.uk/availabili...f=0&src=CFL)

 

:rolleyes:

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Llanelli would obviously be the dream tie.

 

Inter Baki appears to be the toughest match but perhaps the nicest city to visit. Azerbaijan is also an Islamic country so possibly nae booze allowed except in hotels???? - NAW ditch that, there's actually a Scottish pub there called Caledonia Bar, owned by someone from Montrose!!!!!

 

Yerevan(FC Banants) looks ok and is the country's capital city. It appears to have decent airlinks to many European cities, so maybe some reasonable flights. Yerevan also has a square for us to party in by the looks of things!!!

 

Narva is closer to St Petersburg than Tallin - so could be a fecker to get there. It also appears to be the poorest of the cities/towns so could also be dodgyville.

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Used to visit Baku regularly until a few years ago. Plenty of bars and lots of ahem ....ladies of the night (so I was reliably informed!!!). Went to see the Azebaijan v Turkey WC qualifier at some run down stadium in the town centre and it was manic from the policing to there being only 1 entry way in to the ground. Bloody frightening with 50,000 nutters. Small number of Turkish fans were pelted with bottles and cans. Police just stood by watching. It was a local derby of sorts. There was a smaller satium nearer the airport which is where we would play. Would be fun to visit again but take plenty of money as police corruption is rife (minor traffic vilotaions by your taxi driver can cost a fortune). Also, you need backsheesh to get in and out of the country, due to "visa issues".

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