Generic small time football blather thread FOREVER

[PaddockLad 18799]

1 hour ago, Alex said:

Also is it Wallonia where the Ardennes Forest is and where they have F1 GP where some people speak German? Not been to that but like. I would love to go back. I’ve only been the one time (Brussels and Bruges or Bruxelles and Brugge  ). The flight times were a bit shit so we saw Bruges properly and not very much of Brussels. We did see the Grand Place (and Manneken Pis ) though

When we played Lokeren we stayed in Antwerp 

 

Zulte Waregem we stayed in Ghent

 

Bruges was Bruges, fairly obviously 😆

 

When we played Bordeaux we got a cheap flight to Brussels and flew to Bordeaux from there 

 

It’s always brilliant. Lots of folk come up and chat about football, what always surprises me the range of clubs lots of them  support. Lots of Ajax, Feyenoord, Lille, Lens, Dortmund, Cologne etc depending on where you are… 

[Alex 36549]

1 minute ago, PaddockLad said:

When we played Lokeren we stayed in Antwerp 

 

Zulte Waregem we stayed in Ghent

 

Bruges was Bruges, fairly obviously 😆

 

When we played Bordeaux we got a cheap flight to Brussels and flew to Bordeaux from there 

 

It’s always brilliant. Lots of folk come up and chat about football, what always surprises me the range of clubs lots of them  support. Lots of Ajax, Feyenoord, Lille, Lens, Dortmund, Cologne etc depending on where you are… 

I went to the home leg in the UEFA Cup when we beat Antwerp 5-2, after the 5-0 away and the Rob Lee hat trick of headers. Happy days  

Also, while I’ve never been Ghent has long had a reputation for a cracking techno scene including the home of R&S Records

[PaddockLad 18799]

1 minute ago, Alex said:

I went to the home leg in the UEFA Cup when we beat Antwerp 5-2, after the 5-0 away and the Rob Lee hat trick of headers. Happy days  

Also, while I’ve never been Ghent has long had a reputation for a cracking techno scene including the home of R&S Records

I’d have given a kidney to have been there (and Bilbao) but I was in the US in autumn 94… I think by the time I got back we were out 😑

[Alex 36549]

1 minute ago, PaddockLad said:

I’d have given a kidney to have been there (and Bilbao) but I was in the US in autumn 94… I think by the time I got back we were out 😑

Bilbao put us out on away goals. Won 3-2 at home, after being 3-0 up and lost 1-0 away in the return leg. Everyone who went to Bilbao says it was incredible. At that time I was frequenting Chris Needham country, studying English at Loughborough 

[PaddockLad 18799]

20 minutes ago, Alex said:

Bilbao put us out on away goals. Won 3-2 at home, after being 3-0 up and lost 1-0 away in the return leg. Everyone who went to Bilbao says it was incredible. At that time I was frequenting Chris Needham country, studying English at Loughborough 

Aye Keegan was fuming after the first leg, hugely experienced in European football he knew what was likely to happen, his players not so much  

[Howmanheyman 36158]

2 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

Aye Keegan was fuming after the first leg, hugely experienced in European football he knew what was likely to happen, his players not so much  

 

Players AND the crowd. 

[Howmanheyman 36158]

2 hours ago, PaddockLad said:

I’d have given a kidney to have been there (and Bilbao) but I was in the US in autumn 94… I think by the time I got back we were out 😑

 

I was trying to get to one of those games but it fell through, was gutted about it, especially Bilbao when you heard the crack. Still a bit jealous all these years later when you hear people that went reminiscing about it. (I'm more gutted about missing those games than I was the CL games).