London!
3 overnighters for me. Eurostar from Kings Cross is really convenient for Paris & Lille.
Flying from Stansted to Bordeaux with my 10 y/o son on Saturday at 7.20am, returning on Sunday. Then back over early on Wednesday for the Italy game, back Thursday.
We were about 20 yards from you outside O'Sullivan's judging by your picture. I'll look out for your flag at the next games and look to say hello.
I love the way French women pronounce words, like "obessity" instead of obesity.
The French are quite welcoming this time. Maybe all the other times they thought I was English.
D69er and Tets (or anyone else): Bordeaux weather report please! I'm not packing any clothes for what's only an overnight trip. I'm assuming shorts are fine. Is rain gear necessary?
Ended up watching it in a bar on the harbour. Apparently I missed you in there last night too! Getting the bus there and back on the day itself - early start tomorrow!
it's lovely at the moment, but there was a light shower earlier. If you have a light rain jacket, bring that
Had a chance to watch the game on play back for the first time. Don't really want to talk about the match but the anthem - sorry if this has been covered already. Most emotional anthem ever for some reason. 8 of our regular group of supporters were at the game. At least 5 were moved to tears as we only found out as we chatted about it afterwards. George Hamilton said that if there was a roof on the stadium, it would have been raised. But the real point I wanted to make was about the adverse comments I have read elsewhere in some thread about Andy Townsend and his lack of "Irishness". At the end of the anthem, Jim Beglin says something along the lines of "Andy Townsend has just looked over and said 'come on' with a clenched fist". Obviously Andy had been effected by it as well.
Last edited by OwlsFan; 25/07/2016 at 4:33 PM.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
They would have thought he was french then.
I wish my brother had the cop on to record them for me on Sky, I would enjoy looking back on it now.
Funny everyone thanked KingOfFifa saying we played well. I look back on that, Sweden were very poor, their fans were extremely underwhelmed throughout the tournament bar the last game against Belgium for about half an hour. We really did miss a trick in that game. It doesn't really matter too much but I just wanted to point it out as hadn't seen many of the posts until now.
Anyone any idea how I could get the RTE one that Owls is on about? Actually all of them.
Andy would have been on ITV co-commenting. I gather he was looking over to the Irish commentary box. I'd like to see the ITV panel and listen to Andy as well when they scored.
Last edited by paul_oshea; 25/07/2016 at 3:30 PM.
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
Andy was **** a hoop on ITV. "Get in!" you could hear him say off mike. Full of references to "we" in his commentary, but referring to the players as "they". Team = we, the individuals = they. There was no ambiguity as to just how much he was rooting for us.
I see Hoolahan's goal was compared to McAteer's against The Netherlands on here, thought the same myself at the time. It also reminded me of this from the Austrian porn star.
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