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Originally Posted by h8kurdt
Yeah I'm from this tiny dullsville. I live about 15 minutes walk from the stadium and I go to games every now and then. It's a nice ground actually. P.N.E are stuck in league 1. They keep getting in the playoffs to go up a league but keep getting knocked out at the final hurdle.
Random facts about pne. They were the only team to ever do a season unbeaten (back in 1888-89), that was until Arsenal did the same a few years back. Tom Finney is their hero who also gave us this classic photo. He died in February and every game played the following week gave two minutes silence/applause for him.
I went to school just outside of Liverpool even though I lived here in Preston (about a 40 minute drive) and it's through school I supported Everton. |
aaaaah…. i understand everything now.
so dullsvillse or not i'm jealous of the fact that you can walk to the stadium and catch a game. the closest stadiums for me would be in denver and somewhere in utah… both *hundreds* of miles away--if not over 1,000.
so instead i get to pick and follow teams like i'd follow a band whose music i like but i have no real loyalties there. the club i grew up watching is in a different part of the planet and out of reach and i don't know a thing about it anymore and actually don't give a shit.
damn, i miss going to the stadium. last i did was for dc united when i lived there. it was a crap team but you'd get a nice seat for $12.
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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
I already miss the World Cup, I get that way after every big Summer tournament. Spending 3-5 weeks watching big games and events daily becomes very habit forming.. You get into that rhythm.
Revised now that its all over..
Honorable mentions: Messi's goal against Iran; anything James from Colombia did; Von Persie's header looking like Flipper; Brooks' goal against Belgium; Italy win against England a match of art vs discipline
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i'm terrible at ranking stuff but chronologically my most memorable world cup events began with van persie's header against spain and ended when neuer bypassed the handshake and hugged merkel like she was his long lost grandma-- this not strictly football but still a part of the whole thing. otherwise the last one would be gotze's goal, a thing of beauty.
too many things in between to mention.
really it's been a fantastic world cup. in a way it's been exhausting. i'd like to imagine this is how the ancient greeks felt after their dyonisian festivals and attending the theatre for days upon days.