I’m in Valencia now on holiday and just been to the Mestalla for a look! Depressing to think that’s as good as it got on the pitch and it’s been downhill ever since
Sent from my iPhone > On 18 Nov 2017, at 14:14, Guy Thornton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Only just been catching up with posts due to circumstances recently. Most > glanced through and > taken in but this thread really brings home memories. Dave said the whole > european adventure > was brilliant. Absolutely. Totally agree with him and shown by the comments > of listers on the > various games. Not going to cover them all but some of the outstanding one's > for me. > > Munich - No problems with their fans. Just a great time. Stopped with Stuart > and Traudi who lived > in Munich. There where seats but they could be put up and then the catering > staff coming round > the stadium dispensing draught beer (they have containers on their backs) and > worst. > > Anderlecht - Probably our best performance of any (as has been said). Superb > football, no > problems and an easy trip down from Amsterdam and back. > > Valencia - I'd been at a meeting in Milan, got the night train to Barcelona, > changed for train to > Valencia and waited dozing on the station till Jabba and Andy Ewart turned up > to find me. They'd > arrived the day before and I crashed out on their floor. A glorious day going > round the city, a bit of > hassle getting into the ground but had worse, losing Jabba and Andy in the > ground but then we > found each other again at the Argie bar where Argentinian-Yorkshire > friendship cemented. As I > remember it we drunk them dry. The only real hassle was on my way back when I > was mugged in > Barcelona where I had to stop overnight for an early morning flight. (and > despite the Sarge's > memories I didn't get mugged at most games). > > The the adventure continued the next season with two outstanding memories. > > Troyes - We picked in a mini-bus in Amsterdam and collected people on the way > down. There > where about ten to twelve of us (can't remember exactly). Got to Troyes early > afternoon and meet > up with more listers. We may have lost the game but still got through. > Afterwards the dodgy bar > with halloween decorations where Clare was taken with the graffiti, in > particular 'L'etudiant, comme > le fleuve cherche suiver son cours sans quitter son lit'. We drove back > through the night and after > dropping everyone off John and I got the the hire about 6.30. They didn't > open till 07.00 so we > went and had a coffee and beer at a market cafe then back to the hire firm, > sort things out and > then to bed. > > Eindhoven - This was truly memorable. We'd made contact with the PSV list > before the game and > we organized lots of things over two days, get togethers, five-a-side games > on blow up pitches, > dutch tv coming and filming us showing hows fans could have fun together > rather than fight. > > Those where great days indeed. What chance of a repeat sometime? > > guy > > > > On 10 Nov 2017 at 14:07, MATTHEW GAYNOR wrote: > > I do look back at some of those trips and wonder how we all came back > unscathed - more luck than > judgement I think. > Rome games somehow the police missed us when sweeping the bars pre-match to > put us on coaches - so > we ended up walking to ground and getting in 5 minutes before KO - no trouble > at all. > Milan I seem to remember the police making us walk around the whole stadium > before letting us out in an > effort to delay our arrival to the city > Moscow - Escaping through a hole in a fence from the Leeds fans compound to > get back to the bar before the > Leeds coaches. > Prague - Walking across a very dark park after the game - pitch black > Ukraine - The list crew stumbling around pissed on vodka and entirely lost > until friendly police gave us a lift to > the game. > Only hassle I had was some police baton bruises at Valencia - but that was > due to the crush at the turnstiles - > nothing to do with the home fans > Matt > > From: {broken-address} Richard Walker > <[email protected]> > To: {broken-address} Nicholas Armit <[email protected]> > Cc: Leeds List <[email protected]>; "James A. Lundon @ Gmail Home" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, 10 November 2017, 7:57 > Subject: Re: [LU] 17years ago > > I think most were put off with their experience in Rome first time. They kept > us in the ground after the match > for ages and then put us on busses and dropped us at different places around > the city, the idea being we > wouldn't all congregate and cause trouble - bloody ridiculous policing. > > > >> On 9 Nov 2017, at 13:32, {broken-address} Nicholas Armit >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Rome is worth two visits Dave! :-) >> Nick >> On Thursday, November 9, 2017, 8:25:24 AM EST, [email protected] >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> yes Anderlecht was great - possibly the best football-wise, we totally >> destroyed a team with a long unbeaten home euro record, and we played some >> scintillating stuff BUT the sing-a-long after the Milan game was just >> something else - probably unique in the whole of football >> From memory we did try and have a bit of a sing with the players after one >> of the later games (possibly Anderlecht ?0 but it was not anywhere near >> the same level being preplanned and a pale imitation. Milan was just totally >> off the cuff as we were kept in for ages by the police >> The after match celebrations in Milan and the hotel I was in were special >> too - I did not make it to bed at all, and we emptied everyones mini bar >> after the barman left at 4am so we could keep on drinking and enjoying the >> night. >> It almost went wrong when one lad stepped over a velvet rope and touched a >> huge 'Ming' vase - taller than me- and set it rocking. For a minute it >> looked like it was going to fall and break but it rocked and rocked for what >> felt like ages and then righted itself. >> >> The whole European adventure was brilliant and really was 'living the dream' >> for those of us lucky enough to be able to go , especially to the away games >> I feel sorry for the younger fans who are unlikely to experience it- because >> it was new to us all we took huge numbers 5 or 6,000 were normal size >> followings. If we had carried on in europe I am sure that this would have >> dropped right down. (we took 6,000 to Rome for Roma game but only 900 v >> Lazio a year later, lots, like myself, giving it a miss since I had already >> been to that country, city and ground >> >> Dave >>> __ > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > FLAME WARS 'R US > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > FLAME WARS 'R US _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ FLAME WARS 'R US
