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Post by willien on Jun 14, 2024 21:28:57 GMT
Tonight in whatever German toon the game was ....held? There might be a few drunk and dizzies but a bitter vicious riot is unlikely. Does that mean Scots drowning their sorrows are less likely to riot than Scots celebrating victory? In the lat 1980s in munich in a taxi with the English (and really nice) Head of Production for the Business Unit I worked for - at a rather lower level- the Taxi driver elicted that we had flown in from Edinburgh. There had been recent footie matches involving bothe the Scots and English teams. There had been trouble after the english match. The Taxi driver said we love the Scots. if they win they have a party. If they lose they have a party, so you are Scots? Ron,somewhat abashed, said Willie is Sc ots I am English - one very emarrased Munich Cabbie. When we got out of the Cab at the fancy hotel we were booked into I said to Ron "I telt ye tae pretend that ye were Scottish". It is not that our footie supporters are, in the round, not free from complete and utter aerosoles, it is just that in internationals they have no expectation of winning so they just go to drink beer, have a good time and be mellow. Edit - if the typos/spellos worry you fix them yourself. Too many for me to be arsed.
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Post by MJB on Jun 15, 2024 8:37:19 GMT
They all count, obviously wasn't going to be a Scot that scored for Scotland. Antonio Rudiger is Scotland's joint top scorer in tournament football in the last 25 years. |
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Post by kate on Jun 15, 2024 8:51:22 GMT
Nice memories.
Reminds me of the meme with a couple saying Just think what air travel will be like in 50 years time!
This was 1979.
When do you think this was?
BA flight
Lunch 3h10 Mexico
Afternoon Tea 2h40 Kingston
Dinner 6h30 London
Here's lunch
Stuffed avocado pear
Escalopines of veal zingara
Fresh batons of carrots
Marquise potatoes
Strawberry flan
Cheese and cream crackers
Coffee
Big bar service to go with it all too. 🙂
Happy days.
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Post by zou on Jun 15, 2024 9:19:31 GMT
They all count, obviously wasn't going to be a Scot that scored for Scotland. Antonio Rudiger is Scotland's joint top scorer in tournament football in the last 25 years. That figures. A world class player, at the world's biggest club. |
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Post by MJB on Jun 15, 2024 17:45:33 GMT
From a Scottish friend: "aye, we were battered like a Mars bar".
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Post by daves on Jun 15, 2024 22:02:03 GMT
England have scraped a win against Namibia despite the best efforts of the rain to wash us out of the tournament.
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Post by daves on Jun 16, 2024 7:59:58 GMT
And the Aussies did us a favour by dumping Scotland out of the group stages, so we're through to the Super Eight.
Yeah, I know T20 isn't "real cricket" but it'll do.
Edit: but who thought it was a good idea to schedule cricket during the Antigua rainy season?
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Post by spinno on Jun 16, 2024 8:17:56 GMT
And the Aussies did us a favour by dumping Scotland out of the group stages, so we're through to the Super Eight. Yeah, I know T20 isn't "real cricket" but it'll do. Edit: but who thought it was a good idea to schedule cricket during the Antigua rainy season? They haven't played many games in Florida... |
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Post by daves on Jun 16, 2024 21:06:15 GMT
We *just about* scraped a win against Serbia and go to the top of the group.
England will need to improve if they hope to go any further.
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Post by spinno on Jun 17, 2024 6:17:11 GMT
We *just about* scraped a win against Serbia and go to the top of the group. England will need to improve if they hope to go any further. Start slowly... |
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Post by geoffr on Jun 17, 2024 11:39:15 GMT
We *just about* scraped a win against Serbia and go to the top of the group. England will need to improve if they hope to go any further. Start slowly... From a personal perspective, I wouldn’t worry if UK teams were knocked out if it meant that there was no reporting on the rest of the tournament. Unfortunately reporting will continue irrespective of the status of UK teams so winning, and the associated celebration, is better than losing. |
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Post by steveandthedogs on Jun 17, 2024 13:07:03 GMT
How about a specialist "Sport" thread?
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Post by zou on Jun 17, 2024 13:43:28 GMT
How about a specialist "Sport" thread? We've tried that, and everyone who complains about sport in other threads comes into it to complain about sports. |
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Post by zou on Jun 17, 2024 13:44:33 GMT
From a personal perspective, I wouldn’t worry if UK teams were knocked out if it meant that there was no reporting on the rest of the tournament. Unfortunately reporting will continue irrespective of the status of UK teams so winning, and the associated celebration, is better than losing. They're still reporting that one time England won something before, nearly 70 years ago. Be careful what you wish for! |
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Post by kate on Jun 17, 2024 13:55:47 GMT
Went to the bank and I honestly thought the guy behind the counter fell asleep looking at his monitor. I crouched down in the end to peer at him and try to catch his gaze. Did what I came for and escaped without lectures on account management this time. Phew!
I'm sure that teller has a brother working in the Co-op. dour? You could say that.
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