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Post by masterson on Sept 6, 2010 19:20:17 GMT
the town of mostar was blown off the map during the civil war over there, i think the people have only just moved back there in the last 2/3 years.
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Post by clydebankcelt on Sept 6, 2010 19:27:25 GMT
we didn't stop for a pee though. was it this game pat?. we peed oot the winday....aye thats the game, hilarious thing happened as the teams came out, the whole home end turned their back on the pitch and bared their arses!..every single one of them. we didny have a windy.
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Post by masterson on Sept 6, 2010 19:30:56 GMT
we peed oot the winday....aye thats the game, hilarious thing happened as the teams came out, the whole home end turned their back on the pitch and bared their arses!..every single one of them. we didny have a windy. niether did we coming back from turin..over the alps wi nay windays feckin frozen.
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Post by clydebankcelt on Sept 7, 2010 18:07:47 GMT
toronto..
brisbane..
las vegas..
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Post by honeybhoy on Sept 7, 2010 18:44:22 GMT
I live about an hour's drive away from PrairieBhoy and like him I have a subscription to Channel 67+ which allows me to watch every (well almost every) match live.
I've taken my wife and two sons to supporter's clubs in New York, Washington D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia. Funny enough I've never been to the one in Chicago although it is my intention to do that this season. I've never met a bad egg at any of the CSC pubs. They even let a couple of huns in to watch the match in Atlanta who sat quietly and didn't wear their colors. Not that they had anything to cheer about mind you as that was Boxing Day against the huns in 2008 when Skippy trapped the ball and did a wonderful turn and shoot for the 1-0 winner.
When we play the huns it's the worst because not only does the match kick off at 6:30 a.m. and I can't sleep a wink the night before. I play every ball and kick every hun in sight all night long and about the time it's time to get up I'm exhausted. The good thing about being tired though is it helps calm the nerves.
There are two good things about having the games on early in the morning. The first is I get all day to either bask in the glow of victory or stew about dropped points so that by the time I go to bed later that night I've worked through my emotions and I can sleep. The other good thing about early kickoffs is that I have all day to do other things and not have the footy get in the way.
Before I subscribed to Channel 67 I didn't really know about finding a "free" stream online. As a result I used to watch the BBC game update ticker and listen to Radio Clyde. It's hard to believe that my love for the Club wasn't squashed during my early formative Celtic supporting years by having to rely on the Beeb and the gaggle of huns on Radio Clyde.
One of my most painful times was the last day of the 2002-2003 season. I was watching two score update ticker windows from the BBC at the same time. As everyone knows here things did not go well that day. I thought that two goals from Sutton and one each from Larsson and Petrov would be enough to carry the day but I didn't count on those spineless bassas from Dunfermline laying down for the huns. What was it 6-1 in that match? I remember that the FT score was not put up on the ticker for about 5 minutes after the matches were over. Those five minutes felt like five hours. Awful stuff.
My most enjoyable memory of the Radio Clyde/BBC text era was when Larsson scored against Boavista around the 80-85th minute to get the win 1-0. I was at work and had the computer on and I screamed and jumped out of my desk and scared the crap out of everyone else in the office that day. I don't expect to be alone in fondly remembering that goal.
Hail Hail!
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Post by masterson on Sept 7, 2010 18:51:37 GMT
I live about an hour's drive away from PrairieBhoy and like him I have a subscription to Channel 67+ which allows me to watch every (well almost every) match live. I've taken my wife and two sons to supporter's clubs in New York, Washington D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia. Funny enough I've never been to the one in Chicago although it is my intention to do that this season. I've never met a bad egg at any of the CSC pubs. They even let a couple of huns in to watch the match in Atlanta who sat quietly and didn't wear their colors. Not that they had anything to cheer about mind you as that was Boxing Day against the huns in 2008 when Skippy trapped the ball and did a wonderful turn and shoot for the 1-0 winner. When we play the huns it's the worst because not only does the match kick off at 6:30 a.m. and I can't sleep a wink the night before. I play every ball and kick every hun in sight all night long and about the time it's time to get up I'm exhausted. The good thing about being tired though is it helps calm the nerves. There are two good things about having the games on early in the morning. The first is I get all day to either bask in the glow of victory or stew about dropped points so that by the time I go to bed later that night I've worked through my emotions and I can sleep. The other good thing about early kickoffs is that I have all day to do other things and not have the footy get in the way. Before I subscribed to Channel 67 I didn't really know about finding a "free" stream online. As a result I used to watch the BBC game update ticker and listen to Radio Clyde. It's hard to believe that my love for the Club wasn't squashed during my early formative Celtic supporting years by having to rely on the Beeb and the gaggle of huns on Radio Clyde. One of my most painful times was the last day of the 2002-2003 season. I was watching two score update ticker windows from the BBC at the same time. As everyone knows here things did not go well that day. I thought that two goals from Sutton and one each from Larsson and Petrov would be enough to carry the day but I didn't count on those spineless bassas from Dunfermline laying down for the huns. What was it 6-1 in that match? I remember that the FT score was not put up on the ticker for about 5 minutes after the matches were over. Those five minutes felt like five hours. Awful stuff. My most enjoyable memory of the Radio Clyde/BBC text era was when Larsson scored against Boavista around the 80-85th minute to get the win 1-0. I was at work and had the computer on and I screamed and jumped out of my desk and scared the crap out of everyone else in the office that day. I don't expect to be alone in fondly remembering that goal.Hail Hail! i was in oporto that night craig and nearly fell over the top tier, i have never been in a celtic crowd that has celebrated a goal like that and i have been in a few in my time,
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Post by honeybhoy on Sept 7, 2010 18:56:31 GMT
I'm envious Pat. I remember thinking at the time how nuts it must have been to be in the Celtic end that night. I remember that the tension was almost unbearable up until that point in the match.
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Post by masterson on Sept 7, 2010 19:05:29 GMT
I'm envious Pat. I remember thinking at the time how nuts it must have been to be in the Celtic end that night. I remember that the tension was almost unbearable up until that point in the match. after the game craig, we had to walk into the city centre from the suburb of boavista, it took us over an hour as you get into the city you are on a hill and as we got to the top of the hill, we looked down into the main square and over 50,000 porto fans as they had reached the final that night also.we got plenty of handshakes for beating their big rivals, we took great pleasure in telling them that we already had most of the tickets bought over the internet 2 rounds previous.
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Post by honeybhoy on Sept 7, 2010 19:08:36 GMT
Thanks for sharing that Pat. To this day when I hear anyone mention Porto all I can think of is Mourinho and his band of diving cheats led by that wee jerk Deco.
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Post by masterson on Sept 7, 2010 19:11:05 GMT
Thanks for sharing that Pat. To this day when I hear anyone mention Porto all I can think of is Mourinho and his band of diving cheats led by that wee jerk Deco. cannot disa -gree craig..
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Post by vinny25 on Sept 7, 2010 20:13:53 GMT
Where I live in Canada we are 5 hrs behing Scotland. The 12:30 kickoffs are crap for us that's for sure! I can remember walking into our CSC the morning of the 6-2 game iwth a hell of a hangover. Seeing guys drinking pints at that time of the morning in the state I was in made me sick! When the 3rd goal went in 12 minutes into the game I was working on my second hangover of the day!
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Post by lennox on Sept 7, 2010 21:50:31 GMT
I've been away 25 years and the hardest thing is not being able to just get up and go to the game. A direct flight is almost impossible to get and flights via Gatwick, Manchester, East Midlands etc can take about 5 hours or more. All in it costs me about £500 to come up for a game as i have to come on a Friday afternoon/early evening and stay until sunday so that i can see my mother and brother/sisters, but its worth it
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Post by thehoopster on Sept 7, 2010 22:18:19 GMT
I've had to do the early shift to watch Celtic while in America a few times. Getting up at 6am to watch Rangers hammer us in the 4-2 game was not a great experience.
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Post by wolfy on Sept 8, 2010 3:32:47 GMT
Here in Qld, we're 9 hours in front, so you settle down at midnight to watch the games at celtic park. The away games are a wee bit easier as theyre usually 12 pm KO.
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Post by prairiebhoy on Sept 8, 2010 4:27:27 GMT
I've run into guys in Rangers tops a couple of times while wearing the hoops and it has been a novelty. The first was a few years back at a local Irish fest that was held just about this time every September. We would go to hear a Derry lad who has been singing in Chicago for the last 15 years or so, Gavin Coyle. Anyway, Gavin always notes hoops among those listening and treats us to Fields of Athenry. Anyway, I'm enjoying Gavin's set and look across the clearing where we were seated, and note this flash of blue. I stop and look up and a guy in a hun home shirt is looking across toward me. I nod and then he does. Imagine, a Rangers fan at an Irish festival where some of the performers had rebel songs in their performances. That struck me as curious as well as his choice of attire for the occasion. Well, it's a free country.
The next time was at the Chicago Fire - Celtic friendly in 2007. There is another guy in a Rangers top sitting in the middle of his friends who all wore Celtic shirts of one variation or another. He is pulling for the Fire and giving it to Celtic. His friends are telling him to pipe down, and then start tossing peanuts and popcorn at him. It was really a funny sight.
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Post by jimmylarsson67 on Sept 8, 2010 6:38:13 GMT
About £300 for me and my eldest,thats train,tickets,hotel and spending money.If only you could do Lincoln to Glasgow return on the train in a day.
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Post by wolfy on Sept 8, 2010 6:38:33 GMT
Yet to meet a hun on the sunshine coast. Only tims i've met. Sure there's some. I'm just lucky I suppose
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Post by rem6 on Sept 8, 2010 9:24:55 GMT
clocks change soon , so a 3pm kick off will be 4 in the mornin , sundays are murder fir me , am oot the door at 6 monday mornin , so thats only 2hrs kip none at all fir a later kick off , an aboot 12 ton tae go tae the game unless a grow wings
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Post by candyball on Sept 8, 2010 21:48:13 GMT
I feel quite embarrassed that i live only two stops on the train away from CP after reading this thread.
Sometimes i forget just how lucky i am.
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Post by mikbhoy on Sept 8, 2010 22:39:32 GMT
What a great thread this is. We're spoiled rotten these days with internet technology but just imagine how it was back in the day when you emigrated and then depended on someone back home to write to you with the scores. Sitting there biting your nails for a fortnight wondering how they got on against the huns just disnae bear thinking about! I've always loved this poem.... THE QUESTION By devious ways where the exile strays, In many a land afar, Their fancy flies to the Paradise, No matter where they are. The Green and White, like a beacon light, Upon their path has shone - The question slips from Celtic lips, 'How did the Bhoys get on?'
Tho' seas divide we think with pride Of the team we left behind; We are faithful still, through good and ill We bear the Celts in mind.
So memory clings in their wanderings To lighten an exile's load - The tramp of feet down Janefield Street Or a vision of London Road.
Far across the surf we can see the turf That came from the shamrock shore. The team tripping out, the welcoming shout We heard in days of yore.
We read with zest of Britain's best And the mighty deeds they've done: One thought in view when the mail comes through - Have the dear old Celtic won? Poem by J. C. (Glasgow Observer: 23 January 1926)
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Post by Sassenach on Sept 9, 2010 8:09:15 GMT
we didn't stop for a pee though. was it this game pat?. we peed oot the winday....aye thats the game, hilarious thing happened as the teams came out, the whole home end turned their back on the pitch and bared their arses!..every single one of them. Cause their team were playing sh*te?
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