Tickets are still available for Derby County supporters wishing to see the club take on Spanish side Real Unión for the Steve Bloomer Cup.
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A Derby County XI will head over to Irun in Spain to contest a game against the Segunda División B club at their Stadium Gal home, which has a 5,000 capacity and is only a short distance from the French border, on Tuesday 3rd October (kick-off 8pm local time - 7pm BST).
The game is hoped to be the first of an annual competition between the two clubs and tickets are available from the Derby County Ticket Office, presented by Showcase Cinema de Lux, on a first-come first-served basis.
Prices are as follows: Adults £14, Senior Citizens (65+) £14 and Juniors (Under-13) £10.
Purchases can be made in person at the Ticket Office, by calling 0871 472 1884 (option 1) or online at dcfc.co.uk by Clicking Here.
The nearest airport to Real Unión’s stadium is Biarritz in France, located 20 miles away, but flights do not head there on a daily basis. Instead supporters may wish to fly to Bilbao, which is 75 miles away but flights arrive each day.
The Rams Travel Club offers fans a premium travel service catering for all of your travel needs.
Rams Travel Club have this special package available for the Steve Bloomer Trophy:
FLIGHTS:
Ryanair
02OCT Stansted to Biarritz 1405 1705
04OCT Biarritz to Stansted 1730 1825
HOTEL:
3* Urdaniba Park Hotel
Room Only Basis
Double/Twin Rooms, two sharing
RAIL TRANSFERS:
02OCT Biarritz to Irun 2005 2046
04OCT Irun to Biarritz 1307 1340
MATCH TICKET:
Adult & child Tickets
£159 per person including the match ticket
For more information or to book please call: 0844 9840 816
Ts & Cs:
Subject to change & availability.
Based on two people sharing a room, single supplements are available
Real Unión were one of the founding members of La Liga in 1928 alongside the likes of current European champions Real Madrid and Barcelona. In the present day, they play in Group 2 of Segunda División B, which is the third tier of Spanish football. The league is split into regionalised groups and Group 2 contains the B teams of Osasuna, Real Sociedad and Sporting Gijón.
Officials from both Derby County and Real Unión have been in talks for several months on how to celebrate the history that the legendary Steve Bloomer made for both clubs.
The name of Steve Bloomer needs little introduction to Derby supporters after he scored 331 goals in 525 games for the club between 1891–1906 and 1910-14.
His goalscoring exploits were so impressive that he has been the Rams’ all-time leading goalscorer for over a hundred years.
Upon ending his playing career, Bloomer had a brief spell in charge of Berliner SV 1892 in Germany before he took over as the manager of Real Unión in 1923. He memorably guided them to a famous 1-0 Copa del Rey Final win over Real Madrid in 1924, after defeating Barcelona 7-2 on aggregate at the Semi-Final stage.
* Due to the international break the Derby County XI will predominantly feature the club’s Under-23 players, supplemented by some senior players dependent upon availability. The game will also be shown live on RamsTV.
