ladysaint Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 So we are back in Europe tonight. Anyone have any photos or stories from our previous trips to Europe. If my photos from Steau have dried out I will dig some out, or the ferry going to Anderlecht was fun.
sussexsaint Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 My first game at the dell was the Hamburger game, 0-0. I think but I was just swept up in the magic of the game and seeing my heroes in the flesh. Also there when SKP scored whilst wearing the 'European kit' didn't get many airings
Pancake Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 My first game at the dell was the Hamburger game, 0-0. I think but I was just swept up in the magic of the game and seeing my heroes in the flesh. Also there when SKP scored whilst wearing the 'European kit' didn't get many airings tasty match?
ladysaint Posted 30 July, 2015 Author Posted 30 July, 2015 And who could forget Jim Steele at the end of the Anderlecht home game, felt so sorry for him.
FloridaMarlin Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 And who could forget Jim Steele at the end of the Anderlecht home game, felt so sorry for him. I'm afraid that is my abiding memory of our European campaigns. Had we knocked Anderlecht out at the quarter-final stage, the Cup-Winners' Cup was wide open and who knows how far we cold have gone. As it was, Anderlecht reached the final, where they lost to Hamburg. Big Jim had been a rock in the previous season's cup run and that ECWC run as well. But I'm not sure he played for Saints much after that ricket.
lloydie Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 Will be giving the UEFA cup shirt a run out tonight, sure i wont be the only one... i'm just glad it still (just about) fits!!
The9 Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 Will be giving the UEFA cup shirt a run out tonight, sure i wont be the only one... i'm just glad it still (just about) fits!! I'll be interested to see if we have a tweaked home shirt with a panel (we don't need to for the qualifiers, only the Group stage onwards), and if the numbers used are Premier League font or a generic adidas one, which would be an interesting change. We could wear the green though. Technically we also don't need to have names on shirts but I'm sure we will. As for my (player's stock) UEFA Cup shirt, I think I'll leave it in the garage with the other 50-odd Saints shirts and give a second outing to the home shirt, unless the club specifically says we're in green for some reason before I leave home today. Also, 2003 shirts were a lot baggier than current ones, so...
JackFrost Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 During the Steaua trip, didn't someone (Vicar of Dibley style) jump into what they thought was a puddle and it turned out to be waist deep drain or something?
ladysaint Posted 30 July, 2015 Author Posted 30 July, 2015 Or there was the guy who swapped his Saints shirt for what he thought was a Steau shirt and ended up to be a flag or something the size of a tea towel.
The9 Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 During the Steaua trip, didn't someone (Vicar of Dibley style) jump into what they thought was a puddle and it turned out to be waist deep drain or something? Yup, in the dark, in the coach park, which was basically full of holes up to 5 ft deep. I managed to get a Steaua scarf from the 1988 European Cup Final in exchange for five american dollars which caused the guy to go nearly apoplectic when I gave it to him through the segregation fence - we'd agreed $3 but it meant a lot more to him than me. Got soaked head to toe by a bus ploughing through a pothole around the corner from the hotel in Bucharest, motorbike outriders on the coach to the ground, our fans being on extra good behaviour because there was a fit Romanian policewoman, someone buying a round of pizzas for the hotel bar full of about 30 people, drinks prices being "put up" to an appalling 50p a pint from 40p, didn't stop raining for the 5 days I was there, all that stuff. Apparently there was a match going on too.
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 I remember watching the first leg in the Mutley Crown in Plymouth (Batman should know it), whilst I was at Uni. Only thing I really remember was the appalling shirts.
Suhari Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 Was at the first leg. Remember watching the guy on the Steaua right midfield who was described as the Romanian David Beckham and thinking we should sign him. Do remember reading on hear that on of the Romanian policewomen at the away leg was seriously fit. Still got my shirt, and it still fits!
The9 Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 Wasn't joking about the rain: Irony: With police outriders: Just getting dark in said coach/car park: Match time:
ladysaint Posted 30 July, 2015 Author Posted 30 July, 2015 Great photos thanks for posting, see some of the Fair Oak lot in the photos who were in the same hotel as me the Novotel.
lloydie Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 Wasn't joking about the rain: Irony: With police outriders: Just getting dark in said coach/car park: Match time: Great photos!!
suewhistle Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 Chanson d'Amour, dumdedededum.. Anderlecht away..
Golden Balls Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 I remember watching the first leg in the Mutley Crown in Plymouth (Batman should know it), whilst I was at Uni. Only thing I really remember was the appalling shirts. Used to be my local when I lived down there. It's a Sainsburys now I believe. Only ever been to 1 European game. The home game Vs Staua. Was sat right next to their fans who were a great bunch. Was too young to go away. Can't wait for next week.
The9 Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 I also remember how much trouble people had spelling Steaua in 2003.
ladysaint Posted 30 July, 2015 Author Posted 30 July, 2015 Chanson d'Amour, dumdedededum.. Anderlecht away.. Was only talking about this last week.
The9 Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 Great photos thanks for posting, see some of the Fair Oak lot in the photos who were in the same hotel as me the Novotel. Ibis, IIRC. Seeing as I was there too and that's where the coaches went from...
Saint Lindford Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 Or there was the guy who swapped his Saints shirt for what he thought was a Steau shirt and ended up to be a flag or something the size of a tea towel. You are right, the was only wearing the shirt and had nothing else to put on. It was one of the funnier moments of what was a very damp night stood in a stand that should have been condemned. Great trip mind, hope next week is as good, just not as wet.
Trumush Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 Beat me to it. Why did that one start up ????????? Was I hallucinating or was there a fairground outside ?
ladysaint Posted 30 July, 2015 Author Posted 30 July, 2015 Ibis, IIRC. Seeing as I was there too and that's where the coaches went from... Sorry I meant the Ibis not the Novotel. Flags hanging from the ceilings in the reception area etc.,
The9 Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 Sorry I meant the Ibis not the Novotel. Flags hanging from the ceilings in the reception area etc., No need to apologise, I just wanted an excuse to post the exterior of the Ibis in Bucharest, it's not a frequently called-for photo.
solentstars Posted 30 July, 2015 Posted 30 July, 2015 remember going to france when we lost 2-1 to olympic marseille,they made are football hooligans look soft. they smashed the windows on our coach on the way back to the airport.
View From The Top Posted 31 July, 2015 Posted 31 July, 2015 I was 17 when we played away in Hamburg. It was a real eye opener!
oldsarum Posted 31 July, 2015 Posted 31 July, 2015 remember going to france when we lost 2-1 to olympic marseille,they made are football hooligans look soft. they smashed the windows on our coach on the way back to the airport. Was there too, my first European away game Anderlecht was great occasion around 2000 saints fans over there Hamburg was great trip loads of interesting stuff going on, but walk back to Ubahn after games when ambushed by their fans not fun In Steau four fun days in Bucherest, rain and two gents toilets and I from memory one for Women on facilities for fans in a wreck of a stadium
krissyboy31 Posted 31 July, 2015 Posted 31 July, 2015 Limerick was interesting. Less sure of getting out of there alive than I was from Marseilles.
Horley CTFC Saint Posted 31 July, 2015 Posted 31 July, 2015 Vitoria Guimaraes down the Dell - wet wet wet but a good result
krissyboy31 Posted 31 July, 2015 Posted 31 July, 2015 I was 17 when we played away in Hamburg. It was a real eye opener! I was 17 when we went to Hamburg for the Port Cup after Keegan signed. My eyes were well and truly open in '85.
oldsarum Posted 31 July, 2015 Posted 31 July, 2015 Limerick was bad after game, and we had to leave there supporters club in city centre early after the game as their fans were trying to wreck our coaches
teamsaint Posted 31 July, 2015 Posted 31 July, 2015 Limerick was interesting. Less sure of getting out of there alive than I was from Marseilles. I went there with London Saints, and we were certainly careful round town. there was a pretty decent turn out of Saints fans. We got the train from Roslare ( I think) to Limerick which was unbelievably slow.
Badger Posted 1 August, 2015 Posted 1 August, 2015 I wasn't at the game but a story that lives in my mind is Carrick Rangers away in 1976. One of their players was injured and placed on a stretcher to be carried off. Stupid bastards carrying the bloke managed somehow to tip him out of the stretcher back onto the ground. I heard the commentary on this on the radio at the time. It certainly seemed to fit the 1970's 'Irish joke' culture of the time.
70's Mike Posted 1 August, 2015 Posted 1 August, 2015 I wasn't at the game but a story that lives in my mind is Carrick Rangers away in 1976. One of their players was injured and placed on a stretcher to be carried off. Stupid bastards carrying the bloke managed somehow to tip him out of the stretcher back onto the ground. I heard the commentary on this on the radio at the time. It certainly seemed to fit the 1970's 'Irish joke' culture of the time. Remember it well , had to be their for people to believe you. as some else said marseille WAS tough especially after game Anderlecht was great occasion lots of people worst for wear on home trip but many of us still back in the pub at 10am when we got back before that i had a trip to Trondheim in norway but a different era up to the young to enjoy the experience now
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