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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2015 22:26:29 GMT
Went to the Olympic Stadium today, off to Barcelona - Levante tonight.  I've seen a game there. Horrible ground! I can't see it being a good venue for football. Camp Nou was impressive but the atmosphere was awful...   ]Espanyol - Valencia on Tuesday. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2015 22:55:28 GMT
I've seen a game there. Horrible ground! I can't see it being a good venue for football. Camp Nou was impressive but the atmosphere was awful... ]Espanyol - Valencia on Tuesday. Yep, went to an El Classico on a different trip and even then the atmosphere was bollocks. Plenty of skirmishes outside the stadium though, and as far as I could tell it was Barca on Barca! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2015 10:15:44 GMT
I can't see it being a good venue for football. Camp Nou was impressive but the atmosphere was awful... ]Espanyol - Valencia on Tuesday. Yep, went to an El Classico on a different trip and even then the atmosphere was bollocks. Plenty of skirmishes outside the stadium though, and as far as I could tell it was Barca on Barca! It was just a tourist trap, going in the away end for the Espanyol match. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2015 21:34:52 GMT
Espanyol - Valencia ended 1-0 and was a drab affair. Good atmosphere and stadium though, the Valencia fans I was with weren't happy...  |
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Post by csssmooth on Sept 28, 2015 7:59:59 GMT
Over the summer, I was in Croatia, and I went to see Hajduk Split play at their Poljud stadium, it was the 3rd qualifying round for the Europa league against Norway's Stromsgodget, and the atmosphere was electric, people going mental from an hour before kick off til the final whistle. I had some apprehension as they, along with the other big Croatian teams have a rep for being racist/right wing, but not a trace of anything outside good natured went on. Also they are a real lesson in how as a football team engages their local community. If anyone is up for a relatively cheap European football experience I would so recommend a trip to Split, my ticket was the equivalent of £7.50 (£38 for a season ticket).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2015 11:07:33 GMT
Over the summer, I was in Croatia, and I went to see Hajduk Split play at their Poljud stadium, it was the 3rd qualifying round for the Europa league against Norway's Stromsgodget, and the atmosphere was electric, people going mental from an hour before kick off til the final whistle. I had some apprehension as they, along with the other big Croatian teams have a rep for being racist/right wing, but not a trace of anything outside good natured went on. Also they are a real lesson in how as a football team engages their local community. If anyone is up for a relatively cheap European football experience I would so recommend a trip to Split, my ticket was the equivalent of £7.50 (£38 for a season ticket). I'm considering doing Belgrade in the new year as my friend has recently moved out there, certainly want to do it soonish since reading Grobar by James Moor. I've had a fair few mates go to the Balkans to watch football and have spoke highly of it. My friend Ffion recently went to Croatia and watched NK Lokomotiva of Zagreb and when they found out she was English and had come to watch she was presented with a signed shirt at half time! |
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Post by csssmooth on Sept 28, 2015 15:13:00 GMT
Over the summer, I was in Croatia, and I went to see Hajduk Split play at their Poljud stadium, it was the 3rd qualifying round for the Europa league against Norway's Stromsgodget, and the atmosphere was electric, people going mental from an hour before kick off til the final whistle. I had some apprehension as they, along with the other big Croatian teams have a rep for being racist/right wing, but not a trace of anything outside good natured went on. Also they are a real lesson in how as a football team engages their local community. If anyone is up for a relatively cheap European football experience I would so recommend a trip to Split, my ticket was the equivalent of £7.50 (£38 for a season ticket). I'm considering doing Belgrade in the new year as my friend has recently moved out there, certainly want to do it soonish since reading Grobar by James Moor. I've had a fair few mates go to the Balkans to watch football and have spoke highly of it. My friend Ffion recently went to Croatia and watched NK Lokomotiva of Zagreb and when they found out she was English and had come to watch she was presented with a signed shirt at half time! Yeah I was treated very well by everyone I met at the match. However when I was approaching the stadium I got surrounded by 5 cops with machine guns, I think they thought I was a stray Norwegian who needed messing with (I was the only person I could see in the the home area who didn't have black hair). When they found found out I was English they asked how much I had had to drink, `i said 1 bottle of beer, they came back with the class line of "You are English and you have only had one beer, this does not make sense" (they were right it was a lot nearer to double figures), and then sent on my way with a terse "You go now" and a poke with a gun. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2015 10:14:00 GMT
Don't know where to go tomorrow, maybe somewhere in South Wales. Did consider doing Sheffield United. Wales - Andorra on Tuesday night should be fun. Get to tick off Mansfield and Cambridge soon as well.
Maybe heading to Lille in November and I'm considering Belgrade in the new year.
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Post by irishrover on Oct 9, 2015 10:23:47 GMT
Don't know where to go tomorrow, maybe somewhere in South Wales. Did consider doing Sheffield United. Wales - Andorra on Tuesday night should be fun. Get to tick off Mansfield and Cambridge soon as well. Maybe heading to Lille in November and I'm considering Belgrade in the new year. I will be going to Paulton on Saturday I think. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2015 10:26:25 GMT
Don't know where to go tomorrow, maybe somewhere in South Wales. Did consider doing Sheffield United. Wales - Andorra on Tuesday night should be fun. Get to tick off Mansfield and Cambridge soon as well. Maybe heading to Lille in November and I'm considering Belgrade in the new year. I will be going to Paulton on Saturday I think. Carry on down the road and go to West Clewes to watch Welton Rovers. You can have an afternoon with the Green Army. Proper lovely club! |
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Post by Rex on Oct 9, 2015 12:40:05 GMT
Don't know where to go tomorrow, maybe somewhere in South Wales. Did consider doing Sheffield United. Wales - Andorra on Tuesday night should be fun. Get to tick off Mansfield and Cambridge soon as well. Maybe heading to Lille in November and I'm considering Belgrade in the new year. Dings are at home to Old Patesians, I can pick you up if you need a lift? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2015 14:53:36 GMT
Don't know where to go tomorrow, maybe somewhere in South Wales. Did consider doing Sheffield United. Wales - Andorra on Tuesday night should be fun. Get to tick off Mansfield and Cambridge soon as well. Maybe heading to Lille in November and I'm considering Belgrade in the new year. Dings are at home to Old Patesians, I can pick you up if you need a lift? I'm too busy bleaching my eyes. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2015 14:56:45 GMT
Don't know where to go tomorrow, maybe somewhere in South Wales. Did consider doing Sheffield United. Wales - Andorra on Tuesday night should be fun. Get to tick off Mansfield and Cambridge soon as well. Maybe heading to Lille in November and I'm considering Belgrade in the new year. How can you have never been to Mansfield?! |
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Post by Rex on Oct 9, 2015 15:05:06 GMT
Don't know where to go tomorrow, maybe somewhere in South Wales. Did consider doing Sheffield United. Wales - Andorra on Tuesday night should be fun. Get to tick off Mansfield and Cambridge soon as well. Maybe heading to Lille in November and I'm considering Belgrade in the new year. How can you have never been to Mansfield?! Even my wife has been to Field Mill. Poor show. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2015 17:20:18 GMT
How can you have never been to Mansfield?! Even my wife has been to Field Mill. Poor show. I don't really know, it's an odd one. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2015 11:20:07 GMT
Belgrade trip is gaining momentum, could be for the Eternal Derby.  |
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Post by Bridgeman on Oct 16, 2015 18:02:10 GMT
Belgrade trip is gaining momentum, could be for the Eternal Derby. Cool, just imagine doing that at the Mem, only with blue flares of course  |
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Post by Rex on Oct 16, 2015 21:47:58 GMT
Working up north in late November, so have suggested to my wife that she joins me on the Friday and we make a weekend of it. I will mention the opportunity to tick off St. Johnstone (v Dundee) and Kilmarnock (V Partick) at some point, but I'm sure she has probably already guessed there will be some football at some point.
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Post by severnbeachline on Oct 20, 2015 10:27:58 GMT
Went to up to Stoke last weekend to see my old mate. Saw Stafford Rangers vs Rugby Town in the NPL Div One. Great crowd for the level and a thoroughly enjoyable 4-0 romp for the home team.
Then on the way back we stopped off at Aggborough to catch Worcester City vs Nuneaton. Lovely ground that. Insanely great pies. Worst refereeing I've seen since FGR at the Mem in 2014.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2015 10:43:44 GMT
Did anyone get involved in the Western League Hop the weekend just gone? Great to see attendances near 300 for the matches. Worth it for the clubs involved.
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