Really nice story on the 'boro fanzine FMTTM. Our first-ever European fixture is on Thursday vs Banik Ostrava, and it happens to be their first European adventure too this year. One of the Banik fans has been an absolute star fielding up to 30 or so e-mails a day about accomodation, seats, bars etc. The FMTTM forum all clubbed together in a fashion not dissimilar to the travel fund and have now bought him and his son flights, accomodation and tickets to the home fixture :
aureole wrote:Really nice story on the 'boro fanzine FMTTM. Our first-ever European fixture is on Thursday vs Banik Ostrava, and it happens to be their first European adventure too this year. One of the Banik fans has been an absolute star fielding up to 30 or so e-mails a day about accomodation, seats, bars etc. The FMTTM forum all clubbed together in a fashion not dissimilar to the travel fund and have now bought him and his son flights, accomodation and tickets to the home fixture :
Ipswich did something similar with fans of Helsingborg in our UEFA cup match of a couple of years ago. Football is full of these stories but they very rarely make the press. Nobody seems to believe football fans can be nice people.
Can't believe we lost to Stoke last night. Bugger.
@Geeza: That's an interesting point I reckon. Football fans get such a lot of bad press, it would be really nice to see these kind of good will stories making press with a wider circulation than just the fanzine of the club involved.
Tranmere won 2-0 last night (although it wasn't the best game). Yay! Up to 3rd in League One now.
I see the referee of the Roma match left the field at half time with blood pouring from his head after someone threw something at him.
It'll be interesting to see what punishment is dished out, because if that had happened in an English ground, we'd probably have been collectively kicked out of Europe for at least a year.
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Aye, you're gonna need him. You lot are cack this season!
:Looks at league table:
Oh, hang on....
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Much as I like Hamann, I think Rafa's got to stick with the Alonso+Gerrard combination. If those two plus Garcia and Cisse click big-time, someone's going to get a tonking.
KevG wrote:Much as I like Hamann, I think Rafa's got to stick with the Alonso+Gerrard combination. If those two plus Garcia and Cisse click big-time, someone's going to get a tonking.
Yeah. As a Liverpool fan, I'm especially wary of false dawns, but that felt pretty damned good last night.
Garcia is the creative link-player we've been crying out for, and Alonso is the perfect compliment to Gerrard.
Josemi had a great game, too. And the more goals Cisse gets, the better.
Aye, you're gonna need him. You lot are cack this season!
:Looks at league table:
Oh, hang on....
Sadly, Paul, I think that you are right. We have watched them three times now this season, and have to say that they aren't all that.
Andy Gray said last night on Sky that Van Nistelrooy saved them and that is what he is good at. Yes, but he keeps having to do that - again, and again.....
And people also quickly forgot about the fact that Scholesy cleared two clear goals off the line. Sad days indeed
But - Doncaster Rovers at the weekend! yayayayayayay!!!
Sickboy wrote:
Garcia is the creative link-player we've been crying out for, and Alonso is the perfect compliment to Gerrard.
Josemi had a great game, too. And the more goals Cisse gets, the better.
Getting rid of Owen certainly hasn't hurt you either . I think I'd take Baros over Owen, anyway. I saw the goal highlights, and I think it was the first goal was just _gorgeous_ - three or four lightning quick passes over 35 yards and a nice finish. I actually muttered "Fuck me, that was nice" at the telly. Reminds me of how Liverpool *used* to play.
.. very happy tonight, my team has stormed to the top of the Championship (formerly known as division 1 which was formerly known as division 2 
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. I think I'd take Baros over Owen, anyway. I saw the goal highlights, and I think it was the first goal was just _gorgeous_ - three or four lightning quick passes over 35 yards and a nice finish. I actually muttered "Fuck me, that was nice" at the telly. Reminds me of how Liverpool *used* to play.
