Jill Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I'm in that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Not looking particularly happy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Four lads in our hostel were frantically searching for alternative travel arrangements after being told they wouldn't be returning on the ferry after one shat in a glass. Unfathomable. I cant stop laughing at this haha Only saw one of them while I was there, his mates had fucked off and left him cos he was the only one who couldn't afford a flight back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Looks like Michael Chopra in the burgundy away shirt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 One of my mates is in that photo as well, I'll have to upload it to Facebook and confuse him as I was in a different stand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 http://i47.tinypic.com/301d7ki.jpg :lol: we had to pull him back in, does all the chants on the mic in sam jacks on match days, was trying to do it out the window but he got a few renditions of 'who the f***ing hell are you' and 'we'll sing what wee want' he got a bit emotional got a canny video of someone doing a klinsman in that pile of rubbish not sure what gans through peoples heads tbh haha some bloke was wading around in it, in what can only be described as budgie smugglers Went to school with this daft fucka... ...canny lad usually. Seen him outside in the street as well. Trying to start chants only about 10 people knew the words too and kept doing that bloody magpie ranger song, can't stand it personally. Looked off his nut on shall we say, 'chemicals' as well Didn't see much aggro. Some bloke jumping into a load of cardboard boxes. A pissed up fella who asked "Hoo, excuse me love, dya mind if ya get your tits oot"to some pissed off looking local bird. Some twat that tried to kick a cyclist, missed and fell head first into a moving car and three lads that were stood on the back of a moving trailer singing the "We're drinking in Brugge" song. All of this was on the walk to the game and didn't see any actual bother as such. That's as bad as it got from what I saw. Most locals I spoke to said there was less aggro and damage than when Birmingham where there, and that most of us just seemed like alocholics. About right really It's a beautiful city, stayed until the Saturday morning and loved every minute of it. The beers are lethal. Even Jupiler (lovely drop I thought) is Stella strength, so you're soon on your way. Kasteel beer was the strongest I had I think. 11% it was. Strange when you just choose to have a local beer, then it comes out and it's 8%. No warning or owt most the beers were decent mind. The bars must have made some serious money last week! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Aye, think we must have been a canny economy boost. I took 400 euros and came back with about 40. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Saw that yellow jacket fella in Raffertys after the match yesterday, looking slightly more subdued. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I was there from about 11am Thursday until 10.30 am Saturday. Went with the missus and another couple, but just went to the game with me mate. So had a quieter one on the Friday, but we still spent about 800 euros between us. Spent most my money on the first night mind. Luckily my phone ran out of battery, so I just had a late one with me mate and then got told off by the wench when I got back to the hotel Such a weird change in atmosphere around town from the Thursday to the Friday! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKSC Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Class trip like. Me and the wife in that one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 http://i.imgur.com/tixXb.jpg sneak into this one with the back of jill's head and neesy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Back of my heed in that one too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Class going mad to this pre-match Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 http://i.imgur.com/tixXb.jpg sneak into this one with the back of jill's head and neesy NSG looking bored far right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Couple of things I learned while out there - Geordies love quilted jackets - The Geordie accent sounds remarkably similar to Flemish - I can't handle 8.5% beers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Just remembered one of the lads fell asleep on our bus on the way there so somebody set a banger off under his seat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Class going mad to this pre-match Ohhhhhhh Gutierrrrezz, WE ARE BRUGGES! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WashyGeordie Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 http://www.fsf.org.uk/news/In-Bruges.php In Bruges... with Newcastle United 12th November 2012 Last Thursday Newcastle United travelled to Belgium for their Europa League fixture against Club Bruges. An estimated 6000-7000 fans made the trip but the authorities missed a trick, and made supporters’ lives more difficult, by treating fans as a problem rather than a huge opportunity. So argues Michael Martin, editor of Newcastle United fanzine True Faith... “There is a bit of a football cliché that when fans of the Scottish and Irish national teams visit a foreign city the locals are almost always entertained and amused by the visitors’ songs, colour and appetite for the local brew. The second part of that cliché is English fans generate a different sense of anticipation amongst potential hosts. “It seems when the draw for the Europa League was made the authorities in Bruges experienced the same anxiety felt by many others at the prospect of an invasion of thousands of football supporters from the North East of England. Maybe their fears were justified. After all, Bruges by accounts had a pretty dismal experience of Birmingham City supporters in the same competition twelve months ago. “I’m in no position to comment on what did or didn’t go on last year with Birmingham but certainly when the Bruges club and citizenry look back on the visit of Newcastle United, maybe they will with the kind of amused smile the Scots and Irish generate. “However, the response by Bruges to being placed in the Europa League with Newcastle United was hardly a study in efficiency. Perhaps taken off guard by Geordie enthusiasm for a short trip across the channel to visit continental Europe and support our team, Bruges waited three weeks before announcing only 1400 tickets would be allocated to visiting fans. “Given thousands had already booked rail, air, coach, ferry and digs that did not go down well. Club Bruges was well within its rights to limit the away allocation to the UEFA imposed instructions. “It is understandable the host club wanted as many of its own fans in the Jan Breydel Stadium as possible but what they and the authorities in Bruges imagined ticketless supporters with travel arrangements already made would do was never really clear. “Fair play to Newcastle United who quietly lobbied for extra tickets and finally succeeded, with the rumoured support of the local mayor, in getting an additional 900 tickets for fans with travel arrangements already made! That met some of the additional demand but far from all. “If I had to characterise Bruges response and planning for our visit it would be one word - unhelpful. The extra tickets made available, the arrangements in the town square all performed with a kind of 'do we have to' insouciance which convinced me they might have been happier had we stayed at home. “The officious letters from Belgian Police to travelling fans beforehand, clumsily retracted, didn’t exactly do much to dissuade me the red carpet wasn’t exactly being rolled out for a large, travelling support, which has avoided any kind of continental disgrace. Not to worry. Off we went with that Jolly Boy air these trips never fail to generate. “Logistically, I had to wonder if the lack of transport laid on to get us up and back from the Jan Breydel Stadium hadn’t actually been deliberate. Our little party of travellers caught an ordinary commuter bus, which we foolishly imagined would get us up to the ground in good time for the 7pm kick-off. The bus got us about a third of the way there before it unhelpfully stopped and told us it wasn’t going any further. We then spent a good 30 minutes walking through dimly lit suburban streets with little or no signage for the stadium. “When we eventually did get to the stadium we had to go through around four ticket checks with Belgian police carrying out 95% of the tasks carried out by stewards in England. I did hear hundreds of police had been redeployed from Brussels for the game. They were certainly there in big numbers. There was an aura of jumpiness about them and little of the warmth and friendliness you often get from the Dutch constabulary but to be fair they were well-disciplined and there was none of the over-reaction I’ve seen elsewhere. We got in five minutes after kick-off. “The stadium was far from full. There were large spaces around the ground left vacant and you couldn’t wonder at how badly Bruges had judged this game. Newcastle’s largest contingent was in a corner behind one of the goals. There was no stewarding worthy of the description to ensure walkways were kept clear or that fans were kept from the exit stairs. A Newcastle fan was stopped and prevented from taking a hot dog into the stand though. “Really, Newcastle should have had the whole of one end and if home fans had been allocated the other three sides of the stadium I don’t think any Belgian football enthusiast would have missed this match had they wanted to attend. This is modern football though. “If transport to the game beforehand had been extremely limited afterwards it was shamefully non-existent. The Bruges taxi driving community also picked a bad night to have off (or be instructed to stay away). This resulted in 2500 Newcastle supporters walking en-masse back to the city centre. I couldn’t tell you the distance but it was the thick end of an hour before we got back into town. “That was all very well for our robust party of 40-somethings who can cope with blistered feet but for older fans, children or any supporters with health problems or disabilities it was less tolerable. Let’s just say the toilet facilities at the Jan Breydel, were well, primitive, nothing was open on the way back and you have a picture of the discomfort at the 'arrangements' in place. “Who knows if this was a deliberate ploy on the part of the authorities to reduce the amount of drinking time available to fans but as we had a good contingent remaining in the city centre, drinking in its lovely bars and squares, it did seem a muddle-headed strategy. “Overall, I’d say the local Bruges citizenry were friendly, hospitable and engaging and the local bar owners will surely look forward to a return visit of Geordies in future. The official hospitality however, left something to be desired and I just don’t think Bruges can do big football matches. This was my first visit to Bruges and it won’t be my last but that will be with my missus rather than 6000-7000 of my best mates. “As for our support, I’m not going to kid anyone and say everyone who went to Bruges was an angel but I will agree with our manager Alan Pardew who described us as good ambassadors for Newcastle United FC. Maybe one day, the Bruges authorities will view football fans as a huge opportunity rather than a threat.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 http://i49.tinypic.com/196sg6.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Icke - Son of God Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 That big screen was ripe for abuse. Managed to get a tweet up declaring that one of the lads I was with was in fact a whopper. When you're off your tits that sort of shit is really very funny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Any more pics of the big screen I fkn sent loads of tweets Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 That's a spot on assessment by Martin on the previous page. The Bruges authorities were terrified we were going to kick off. Stopping the buses 1.5 miles away from the stadium and then lying to fans that KO had be delayed was particularly shitty. Hundreds of us were just wandering through housing estates following the stadium glow and being ticket checked on the way. Nothing in the way of food in the concourse, dangerous overcrowding in the exit areas and everything shut on the way back. On the whole they just couldn't be arsed with us. To be expected though. You travel abroad as a football fan and you get treated poorly at best and with violence by police at worst (Marseilles was particularly bad with coppers randomly whacking fans with truncheons). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 i somehow managed to spend 300 euros Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Class going mad to this pre-match Ha ha! just listening to this on a loop now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WashyGeordie Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Does anyone know where I can buy the half Newcastle-Bruges scarf by any chance? Would Backpage be me best chance...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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