svetigpung Posted 8 September, 2011 Share Posted 8 September, 2011 Hi to all saints fans in sweden and scandonavia. I've always wondered where everyone on this site is originally from and where they're living now. How many are swedes? I'll start...Kev from Winchester , now live in Gothenburg. Hälsningar från väst kusten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwaysaint Posted 8 September, 2011 Share Posted 8 September, 2011 Think I may have met you some years back when saints were over there. Originally from Romsey now live just outside Bergen. Moved over for a woman, as most of us probably did. I haven't been to Stockholm, but I lived in Gøteborg for a short while and I have to say it's one of the few cities I've been to that I'd be happy to live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDG Posted 8 September, 2011 Share Posted 8 September, 2011 Hi, Mark, originally from Swanwick now living just outside Malmö - Also moved as a Love Refugee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 8 September, 2011 Share Posted 8 September, 2011 I'm from Christchurch , have lived in Hässleholm north skåne since 2000. Think i might have met sweaty ******** at saints v Värnamo pre season a few years ago. I'm here because of a fruntimmer too. Next match i will be at is saints v boro 29th oct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetigpung Posted 9 September, 2011 Author Share Posted 9 September, 2011 Hi majestic. I rememberd that wet day in the forest. A fun day. Norway. Jep, We had a few drinks at the Dubliners before the Gais game. My parents now live in Romsey , Wellow. Planning for à trip in okt/nov and xmas and spring. Skål gubbar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 23 September, 2011 Share Posted 23 September, 2011 Hi majestic. I rememberd that wet day in the forest. A fun day. Norway. Jep, We had a few drinks at the Dubliners before the Gais game. My parents now live in Romsey , Wellow. Planning for à trip in okt/nov and xmas and spring. ISkål gubbar remember Michael Svensson's mother in law singing ' we got brett ormerod' in the road after the game. any sweden based saints over for the Boro game let me know, we are staying in london for 4 days , training it down on the sat, skål! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 23 September, 2011 Share Posted 23 September, 2011 (edited) 25 years + over here..Is this a record ?.. Many great memories of the Paine, Sydenham, Ron Davies period, and lots of exciting games after the first promotion 1966, and later right through the McMenemy era. Had lots of fun and light-hearted banter with a great bunch of fellas for several decades as we stood under the West Stand I first visited Sweden in the early 1980's ....and then eventually moved here to marry Eva. Three children later I'm still here. Was born in So'ton ... grew up in Shirley, and later lived in Millbrook till I moved to Stockholm. Edited 23 September, 2011 by david in sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 23 September, 2011 Share Posted 23 September, 2011 25 years + over here..Is this a record ?.. Many great memories of the Paine, Sydenham, Ron Davies period, and lots of exciting games after the first promotion 1966, and later right through the McMenemy era. Had lots of fun and light-hearted banter with a great bunch of fellas for several decades as we stood under the West Stand I first visited Sweden in the early 1980's ....and then eventually moved here to marry Eva. Three children later I'm still here. Was born in So'ton ... grew up in Shirley, and later lived in Millbrook till I moved to Stockholm. Are your kids saints fans David? I'm working on it with my 6 year old , without success so far. Am planning to take him to st marys when he's 8 , maybe he will be a bandy freak instead BTW Saints v Derby is apparently sceduled to be shown on tv4 sport in 3 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 23 September, 2011 Share Posted 23 September, 2011 (edited) Are your kids saints fans David? I'm working on it with my 6 year old , without success so far. Am planning to take him to st marys when he's 8 , maybe he will be a bandy freak instead BTW Saints v Derby is apparently sceduled to be shown on tv4 sport in 3 weeks well " the kids " are grown up now, and all have gone through Gymnasium. I've been to a couple of games at SMS with the eldest, and so they are all aware and supportive, though it was more apparant a few years back when we had Swedish players at the club.... When one of them visits So'ton... I get a Saints gift of some sort; cup, book etc when they come back, and when we watch internationals on TV they cheer for England ..even did so when we played against Sweden. Guess I'm satisfied with that. If you want to get your boy interested, get a DVD with some games on .. maybe last seasons matches... or that great MLT DVD . That'll get him hooked if anything does, but awareness in a 6 year old isn't what you think it is. They do not always comprehend the difference between cartoon characters and real people, and football with all its rules and regulations are impossible to understand...my wife has a very good educational background but still doesn't understand the offside rule..or always comprehend which way we are kicking ..(but then again we've have defenders in the past who had the same problem). If you watch a game on TV / DVD with him, cheer loudly when your team scores.. thats enough! Edited 23 September, 2011 by david in sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin Strain Posted 23 September, 2011 Share Posted 23 September, 2011 remember Michael Svensson's mother in law singing ' we got brett ormerod' in the road after the game. She's an ace lady. She told me how she was on holiday in Thailand and the waiter was a POmpey fan. She told him about Michael, and called the waiter a skate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 25 September, 2011 Share Posted 25 September, 2011 well " the kids " are grown up now, and all have gone through Gymnasium. I've been to a couple of games at SMS with the eldest, and so they are all aware and supportive, though it was more apparant a few years back when we had Swedish players at the club.... When one of them visits So'ton... I get a Saints gift of some sort; cup, book etc when they come back, and when we watch internationals on TV they cheer for England ..even did so when we played against Sweden. Guess I'm satisfied with that. If you want to get your boy interested, get a DVD with some games on .. maybe last seasons matches... or that great MLT DVD . That'll get him hooked if anything does, but awareness in a 6 year old isn't what you think it is. They do not always comprehend the difference between cartoon characters and real people, and football with all its rules and regulations are impossible to understand...my wife has a very good educational background but still doesn't understand the offside rule..or always comprehend which way we are kicking ..(but then again we've have defenders in the past who had the same problem). If you watch a game on TV / DVD with him, cheer loudly when your team scores.. thats enough! Tried the DVD's and i always bring the house down when we score, oh well still time he's only 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetigpung Posted 25 September, 2011 Author Share Posted 25 September, 2011 Hej gubbar I got my son into the saints when he was around 7 yrs. Took him to a few games at St.Marys and we were so lucky that they were always here in Gothenburg for their pre-seasons , back then , and he got to meet all the players , photos of him and his favourites (BT) and a good collection of autographs. Now he is a saint for life! Brilliant and brave , when all around the classroom they're supporting Arse, Utd, and Barcelona. He passionately hates United So all saints out there, dont give up, and lets get the next generation going. As for supporting England or Sweden, thats a tricky one, but i think England just win it. Mainly, by having a proper fan culture around the team. The World cup trip in S.Africa last summer helped convince him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 2 October, 2011 Share Posted 2 October, 2011 we seemed to have missed " St.Patrik "... a guy i've had occasional conversations with who lives in ...Alvesta ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 2 October, 2011 Share Posted 2 October, 2011 She's an ace lady. She told me how she was on holiday in Thailand and the waiter was a POmpey fan. She told him about Michael, and called the waiter a skate. Interesting family comment about Michael Svensson. My wife's aunt was a local school teacher in Småland (now retíred), who had a class when Michael Svensson as a pupil. She remembered him as a friendly / outgoing lad who was a good " stödkamrat " to a boy in the class who had learning difficulties.... said he was a helpful and loyal lad. Nice comments, I thought ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin Strain Posted 5 October, 2011 Share Posted 5 October, 2011 Interesting family comment about Michael Svensson. My wife's aunt was a local school teacher in Småland (now retíred), who had a class when Michael Svensson as a pupil. She remembered him as a friendly / outgoing lad who was a good " stödkamrat " to a boy in the class who had learning difficulties.... said he was a helpful and loyal lad. Nice comments, I thought ! I got to know Michael, Terese and Lukas fairly well over the 3 years prior to him going back to Sweden in December 09. Nice family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eesti matty Posted 15 October, 2011 Share Posted 15 October, 2011 St. Patrik is from Fagersta. I am originally from Basingstoke and now live in Uppsala. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Martini Posted 15 October, 2011 Share Posted 15 October, 2011 Well, I guess I'm the odd one out since I seem to be the only one without any kind of connection to the city of Southampton. I grew up in the Netherlands and watching MOTD as a teenager MLT was my idol so I started supporting Saints. A few years ago I moved to Valbo just outside Gävle. I don't have to worry about my son supporting Saints just yet, he's only 1,5 so there's some time left. Btw Majestic, the worst sport your son could become a fan of is not bandy, its the indoor version. I'm not sure you can call innebandy a sport anyway, its just something you do during PE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 17 October, 2011 Share Posted 17 October, 2011 Well, I guess I'm the odd one out since I seem to be the only one without any kind of connection to the city of Southampton. I grew up in the Netherlands and watching MOTD as a teenager MLT was my idol so I started supporting Saints. A few years ago I moved to Valbo just outside Gävle. I don't have to worry about my son supporting Saints just yet, he's only 1,5 so there's some time left. Btw Majestic, the worst sport your son could become a fan of is not bandy, its the indoor version. I'm not sure you can call innebandy a sport anyway, its just something you do during PE. even stranger...in Sweden it's called... FLOOR BALL ! (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 17 October, 2011 Share Posted 17 October, 2011 [/b] even stranger...in Sweden it's called... FLOOR BALL ! (?) Eh?? In Sweden it's Bandy or Innebandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwaysaint Posted 17 October, 2011 Share Posted 17 October, 2011 I have found it impossible to get a decent game of innebandy since moving from Oslo to Bergen. Used to play every week with a group of Canadian ice hockey players, no rules. If I played now I'm pretty sure I'd be crippled for a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetigpung Posted 19 October, 2011 Author Share Posted 19 October, 2011 Innebandy is for wimps.....Fact! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 18 November, 2011 Share Posted 18 November, 2011 Svetig This might be a bit random for this forum but Roy chubby brown is coming to sweden for the first time next month! Don't know if your'e a fan but was thinking of coming up to Göteborg to see him. God knows how the swedes will react to chubbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 29 November, 2011 Share Posted 29 November, 2011 Eh?? In Sweden it's Bandy or Innebandy what I meant was ...the official Swedish translation of " inne-bandy " is .. FLOORBALL (for some ridiculous reason! ) If I had to describe Bandy (when played OUTSIDE)... I'd say it was like Hockey but played on ice... but NOT Ice Hockey ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted 29 November, 2011 Share Posted 29 November, 2011 Sweden playing England in Stockholm next November in a friendly. 5 of us saints fans booked to go over there for the game, any of you swedes plan on attending? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 29 November, 2011 Share Posted 29 November, 2011 Sweden playing England in Stockholm next November in a friendly. 5 of us saints fans booked to go over there for the game, any of you swedes plan on attending?[/QUO Being an ex pat i will certainly be there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetigpung Posted 30 November, 2011 Author Share Posted 30 November, 2011 Been to a few of these in Stockholm through the years. Not too many good games have i seen. I will certainly take the trip up from Gothenburg even though i hate friendlies. The match is a special event to open their new national stadium. Lets hope we can keep this new trend up - were unbeaten against sweden since......well , several days now. We hadn't beaten sweden since 1968 FFS. Dan in Yorkshire - Donny is nearly a home game for you this weekend. You going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted 2 December, 2011 Share Posted 2 December, 2011 Dan in Yorkshire - Donny is nearly a home game for you this weekend. You going? Yea Il be there. Living up here works in my favour for games like Donny, took me an age to get to Bristol and back last week though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 2 December, 2011 Share Posted 2 December, 2011 Been to a few of these in Stockholm through the years. Not too many good games have i seen. I will certainly take the trip up from Gothenburg even though i hate friendlies. The match is a special event to open their new national stadium. Lets hope we can keep this new trend up - were unbeaten against sweden since......well , several days now. We hadn't beaten sweden since 1968 FFS. Dan in Yorkshire - Donny is nearly a home game for you this weekend. You going? But now we can say the swedes have'nt beaten us since 2004! which brings me to your point about hating friendlies, me too was at nya ullevi in 2004 and it was probably one of the worst games i've seen. still, will be there in november, any swedish based saints up for a meet and a stor stark eller åtta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetigpung Posted 5 December, 2011 Author Share Posted 5 December, 2011 Majestic , i was also at Ullevi in 2004. Blagged my way into the England fans section. ****e game , ****e result. Lets hope they're no longer our bogey side since we broke the jinx last month. Gonna see how it goes this summer down in The Ukraine. That's a huge game for us ex-pats over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 12 December, 2011 Share Posted 12 December, 2011 Majestic , i was also at Ullevi in 2004. Blagged my way into the England fans section. ****e game , ****e result. Lets hope they're no longer our bogey side since we broke the jinx last month. Gonna see how it goes this summer down in The Ukraine. That's a huge game for us ex-pats over here. I was sat with the swedes, infact quite a few england were! mainly ex pats i imagine.Met an ex pat from shaftsbury who knew 2 saints lads i knew from there, small world.If you got any ideas regarding getting tickets for the England section next time can you let me know? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Martini Posted 11 January, 2012 Share Posted 11 January, 2012 Csports.se is showing the match against Nothingham on saturday. It might also be on TV4 Sport but the TV guide only mentions "The Championship". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 12 January, 2012 Share Posted 12 January, 2012 Now confirmed http://www.tv.nu/kanal/tv4sport/lordag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_fred Posted 22 January, 2012 Share Posted 22 January, 2012 Any Saints in Stockholm who plans to watch the leicester game on Monday at a pub? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Martini Posted 23 January, 2012 Share Posted 23 January, 2012 The match will be shown through unibets website, on csports.se and on canal+ fotboll. Plenty to choose from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Martini Posted 1 February, 2012 Share Posted 1 February, 2012 Birmingham - Saints will be shown via Unibet, if you don't mind a small screen and they risk of being tempted into a bet you will probably lose its a good option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 17 April, 2012 Share Posted 17 April, 2012 SWEDISH SAINTS ....think this is the thread that someone asked about. Dates back a few months. there are more but not everyone over here may have seen this . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetigpung Posted 20 April, 2012 Author Share Posted 20 April, 2012 O'Learys in Gothenburg this saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icehagman Posted 21 April, 2012 Share Posted 21 April, 2012 O´Learys in Örebro is where I will celebrate in the event of promotion. Guess I will be quite alone in my celebrations. Especially since Alexander Axén, (the GAIS manager, and a keen Saints supporter) moved to Gothenburg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stev2001 Posted 21 April, 2012 Share Posted 21 April, 2012 (edited) My wife is from trelleborg and lives with me in chandlers ford. Our son will definitely be a saints fan. He is only just 2 so doesn't quite understand yet. Edited 21 April, 2012 by stev2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 21 April, 2012 Share Posted 21 April, 2012 My wife is from trelleborg and lives with me in chandlers ford. Our son will definitely be a saints fan. He is only just 2 so doesn't quite understand yet. My wife is from malmö and we aren't living a million miles from trelleborg. If you ever move here you will have to master ' skånske' good luck with that, trust me it's hard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stev2001 Posted 22 April, 2012 Share Posted 22 April, 2012 (edited) My wife is from malmö and we aren't living a million miles from trelleborg. If you ever move here you will have to master ' skånske' good luck with that, trust me it's hard! I know I still get stuck at 7 when counting to 10. My son is learning both now and will hopefully master it. Edited 26 April, 2012 by stev2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 27 April, 2012 Share Posted 27 April, 2012 I know I still get stuck at 7 when counting to 10. My son is learning both now and will hopefully master it. 7- just say fwoo or shoe if you are from northern sweden you been here? thinking of moving over? i moved here in 2000 and have never regretted it. my kids are 2 and 7 and speak both , though my 2 year old doesn't say much at all yet. It's fascinating how kids latch on to 2 languages so easily! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stev2001 Posted 29 April, 2012 Share Posted 29 April, 2012 7- just say fwoo or shoe if you are from northern sweden you been here? thinking of moving over? i moved here in 2000 and have never regretted it. my kids are 2 and 7 and speak both , though my 2 year old doesn't say much at all yet. It's fascinating how kids latch on to 2 languages so easily! I've been over loads and I think if it was up to my wife we'd be over there now but I have a good job here and would be hard to leave right now. Maybe in 2 or 3 years?? I'm over again in August so might make a bit more of an effort to learn the language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetigpung Posted 29 April, 2012 Author Share Posted 29 April, 2012 "swooh" been here over twenty years. Still get hassled for my dialect. But its all part of the deal. Most peeps will still want to talk to yer as soon as they realise or hear that you hava a british dialect to your swedish. Most guys just wanna talk football while the women love to talk to you. Sorted. Fanatstic country with **** weather. Just about sums it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stev2001 Posted 15 June, 2012 Share Posted 15 June, 2012 What's the atmosphere like in your respective households after tonight's result? Mine is ok even after I dressed our son in an England kit for the game. My wife is not really a football fan so it made it easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Martini Posted 16 June, 2012 Share Posted 16 June, 2012 I'm Dutch my wife is Swedish so we started a two person supportgroup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 16 June, 2012 Share Posted 16 June, 2012 I wasn't home i watched with mates in kristianstad, they didn't really give a toss so i didn't get too much grief. my wife doesn't care either and my lad was supporting england. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetigpung Posted 17 June, 2012 Author Share Posted 17 June, 2012 Ive lived here and waited for this result for over twenty years. Fan Vad Skönt! We had loads of swedish mates around for the evening. Enjoyed the whole evening. Got some verbals when they scored two quickies , and to be honest i was not too confident then. At 3-2 i was back to being the big mouthy bugger i normally am. Loved it. To even it out, i was very generous with my malt whisky after the game. Been wearing my England top everywhere all weekend. That and one huge hangover. Cant stop smiling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 18 June, 2012 Share Posted 18 June, 2012 What makes the win sweeter is the fact that the swedish media have been so cocky in the days leading up to the match, they accuse our media of making out England are better than they actually are yet if you read aftonbladet last week you would think they were brazil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Martini Posted 18 June, 2012 Share Posted 18 June, 2012 You can't take anything from either Aftonbladet or Expressen seriously, they are worse then the Daily Mail.... Proper newspapers like Svd and DN have been very critical of this Swedish team and especially their defending. The only reason I'll be closely following the rest of the tournament is for the sake of my team in drömelvan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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