A Bournemouth fan who’s in Prague together with his son for the membership's furthest away sport but has described it as a "pinch me second".
Thursday's Europa League sport will see the Cherries play Sparta Prague at 17:45 GMT.
Gamers skilled on the pitch on Wednesday night forward of the match, the place greater than a 1,000 away followers will roar them on within the Czech capital.
Matt, who’s in Prague together with his son Felix, informed the BBC: "I believe it will likely be a troublesome sport, we're in it away from residence. I believe the boys will do us proud."
He added: "No matter occurs, pinch me second, and we're simply completely happy to be right here."
Cherries fan Laura spoke to the BBC in a packed pub crammed with chanting.
"That is wild… everybody's having a good time," she mentioned.
"Everybody's pleasant, you can not get a greater staff spirit than this."
She added: "[The club] has received such an exquisite group spirit and that's strolling to and from the video games, that's contained in the pub, that's simply the whole lot – and particularly if you have a look at it right here immediately."
Bournemouth boss Marco Rose spoke to the media forward of the match.
On the travelling Cherries followers, he mentioned: "Prague is a extremely very nice city. My residence city is 2 hours from right here.
"It’s a actually stunning city, you may see a number of cultural issues, and perhaps the evening life as properly.
"You’ve gotten good breweries and revel in your time and be prepared for the sport.
"We need to current them a win."
Again in September, the Cherries' 2008 FA Cup nemesis Blyth Spartans' Croft Park was erased from the document books because the furthest Bournemouth had travelled for a aggressive match, as they started their maiden European marketing campaign at Actual Sociedad.
On Thursday, Sociedad (512 miles or 823.9 km from Bournemouth) might be itself changed by Sparta Prague (714 miles or 1,149 km away) because the longest away journey of all time – and one which many Cherries followers have been eagerly anticipating because the draw.
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