Safe travels

Cliftonville Football Club extends thanks to Perfection Travel for their expertise throughout this week’s trip to Latvia.

Departing Belfast on Tuesday morning, players, staff and Club officials arrived on schedule in Riga before lunch was served in the team hotel.

Short bus journeys for a training session at Skonto Stadium were then overseen ahead of dinner, while matchday itself again saw transportation provided to the venue for the second leg of our UEFA Conference League second qualifying round tie with Auda.

Post-match, the Club’s travel party headed straight to Riga International Airport ahead of our return to Belfast, for which we again offer gratitude to Rob and Sharon at Perfection Travel for the attention to detail that was evident over the course of the trip.

We likewise record our appreciation to the supporters who travelled to the game.

Given the relatively short notice of the fixture, we were delighted to see members of the Red Army not only at the match itself but throughout the city in the days and hours prior.

We are well aware that, alongside those fans who undertook direct flights from Ireland, many others travelled via Finland and Estonia and, as those numbers continue finding their way home via similarly convoluted routes, it would be remiss not to acknowledge your continued commitment and dedication, as well as the sterling fashion in which you represented our Club throughout the streets, hotels and hostelries of Riga.