This ride is in aid of the Marina Dalglish Appeal.
The mission is to visit by motorbike, all 32 clubs who have qualified for the group stages of the Champions League and collect a signed shirt to auction as a complete collection for the Marina Dalglish Appeal.
The ride will be in either one complete ride or sections depending on sponsorship and will be on a Yamaha 125 Drag Star or a Derbi 50cc. This will depend on whether backing from Derbi of Barcelona is forthcoming.
Clubs already in the championship - Glasgow Rangers, AZ Alkmar, CSKA Moscow, Rubin Kazan, Dynamo Kiev, Urinea Urziceni, Besiktas, AC Milan, International Milan, Bayern Munich, Marseille, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Seville, Porto, Bordeaux, Standar Liege, Wolfsburg, Chelsea, Manchester Utd, Liverpool.
It is hoped to ride to all clubs but should Macabi Haifa qualify then it is intended to ask the club to send a shirt due to the location of the club in distance.
The ride is hoped to run in the order of the clubs above with newly qualified clubs introduced into the route.At this stage I am not sure if the ride will run the full length in one ride, or whether the bike will be parked at stages and returned to.
Help is required with sponsorship from businesses, especially in the motorbike world. Supporters groups and individuals on the route for accomodation and assistance if needed.
Contact leads for the qualified clubs.
The full route will be posted when all the qualifiers are known by August 31.
The total mileage of the route encompassing the teams already qualified is 10,000 miles.
Traveling from Liverpool to Glasgow then Newcastle, ferry to Holland, through Germany to Denmark, Stockholm Helsinki, St Petersburgh Moscow, Kazan Kiev, Urziceni, Istanbul, Munich and then through the med teams to Porto and Bordeux finishing with Standard Liege Wolfsburg before returning to England.Likely teams to gain entry apart from Arsenal/Celtic include Stuttgart, Macabi Haifa, Sofia, Sparta Prague, Fiorentina.
All except Macabi Haifa can be introduced into the route.
