STOP PRESS. My Old Blue...........................

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:52 pm

nah you wouldnt it unles you lived there i rememeber i had been seeing a bloke for few weeks asked him to come to mine one night for dinner when i said scraptfot he was like no way not leaving city centre! soon got rid of him

Mid A 15 · Post by **Mid A 15** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:54 pm

blondie95 wrote:nah you wouldnt it unles you lived there i rememeber i had been seeing a bloke for few weeks asked him to come to mine one night for dinner when i said scraptfot he was like no way not leaving city centre! soon got rid of him

He was a silly boy!

UserRequestedRemoval · Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:30 pm

A very silly boy indeed

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:05 am

blondie95 wrote:and i went to uni in Leicester

That explains the fondness for Leicester Tigers, then. Did you get along to a few games?

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:01 am

I had a season ticket for all 3 years, my parents treat for getting to my first choice uni! I had followed them since i little as lived near leciester for while when younger

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:04 am

blondie95 wrote:I had a season ticket for all 3 years, my parents treat for getting to my first choice uni! I had followed them since i little as lived near leciester for while when younger

What nice parents you must have!

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:59 pm

I do, i have the best parents, i think my dad's alteria motive was it meant he could come up and see matches as he oculd see me too!!

Going up on 4th November to see them play worcester, cant wait get to see the crowd i used to sit with-what an atmosphere nowhere beats it

UserRequestedRemoval · Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:34 pm

I have never seen a club match, wouldn't mind going to one to see what the atmosphere is like. Trouble is, I don't know which are the good clubs to see.

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:37 pm

soc wrote:I have never seen a club match, wouldn't mind going to one to see what the atmosphere is like. Trouble is, I don't know which are the good clubs to see.

I went to see my very first professional footie match recently. Was taken by Oliver to watch Plymouth Argyle play Luton at home. Great fun - but I do not feel a pressing need to go again.

UserRequestedRemoval · Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:40 pm

Rugby and association football are poles apart. I have been to hundreds of footy matches but no rugby matches.

jhopgood · Post by **jhopgood** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:11 pm

I have been fortunate enough to go and watch the Pumas in Buenos Aires (vs England, Australia and the Springboks, although not at the same time) and a fair number of World Cup qualifiers for the Argentine Football team.
My wife is not a sports fan, but she far prefers the Rugby, more continuous action and far more "manly". The crowd was better as although a fair amount of wine and beer flowed at the Rugby, there seemed to be no violence, except on the pitch.
Going to the footie, meant continually being on the lookout for potentially violent situations. Getting to the ground was the worst bit.
At Boca, they actually close of the one road leading to and from the opposing teams fans entrance, with two metre wire fences across the crossroads so that fans cannot attack one another. This goes on until the fans are about 6 or 7 blocks from the stadium, and then the police try and keep them apart.
Inside the footie stadium the atmosphere and singing is far more involved than at the rugby match.
I enjoyed both, but my favourite continues to be my visits to the Valley, maybe because the Addick fan's doom and gloom attitude barely changes when we occasionally win, which I find hilarious.
Its a bit like why I like to travel on Iberia, because the service can only improve, and when it does, it is a pleasant surprise.

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:14 pm

well up north the only premiership teams there are are Sale Sharks, Leeds and Newcastle. Unless you want to see rugby league which i cannot stand but there are more league teams up north

UserRequestedRemoval · Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:02 pm

I thought rugby league was called poofs rugby

Mid A 15 · Post by **Mid A 15** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:07 pm

jhopgood wrote: but my favourite continues to be my visits to the Valley, maybe because the Addick fan's doom and gloom attitude barely changes when we occasionally win, which I find hilarious.

A good summary John!

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:36 am

blondie95 wrote:well up north the only premiership teams there are are Sale Sharks, Leeds and Newcastle. Unless you want to see rugby league which i cannot stand but there are more league teams up north

Nope! Leeds were relegated at the end of last season. Sale would be worth watching, though.