yes Anderlecht was great - possibly the best football-wise, we totally
destroyed a team with a long unbeaten home euro record, and we played some
scintillating stuff BUT the sing-a-long after the Milan game was just something
else - probably unique in the whole of football
From memory we did try and have a bit of a sing with the players after one of
the later games (possibly Anderlecht ?0 but it was not anywhere near the same
level being preplanned and a pale imitation. Milan was just totally off the
cuff as we were kept in for ages by the police
The after match celebrations in Milan and the hotel I was in were special too
- I did not make it to bed at all, and we emptied everyones mini bar after the
barman left at 4am so we could keep on drinking and enjoying the night.
It almost went wrong when one lad stepped over a velvet rope and touched a huge
'Ming' vase - taller than me- and set it rocking. For a minute it looked like
it was going to fall and break but it rocked and rocked for what felt like ages
and then righted itself.
The whole European adventure was brilliant and really was 'living the dream'
for those of us lucky enough to be able to go , especially to the away games
I feel sorry for the younger fans who are unlikely to experience it- because it
was new to us all we took huge numbers 5 or 6,000 were normal size followings.
If we had carried on in europe I am sure that this would have dropped right
down. (we took 6,000 to Rome for Roma game but only 900 v Lazio a year later,
lots, like myself, giving it a miss since I had already been to that country,
city and ground
Dave
From: "James A. Lundon @ Gmail Home" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, 9 November 2017, 12:18
Subject: Re: [LU] 17years ago
Ted & Dave,
How can anyone leave out Anderlecht, that magic evening of the 4-1 tonking?
James.
Message: 2
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 00:26:04 +0000
From: Ted <[email protected]>
To: David Nattan <[email protected]>
Cc: leedslist <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [LU] 17years ago
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Totally agree Dave. For me, 50 years of being a Leeds fan and that night
was so special - don't think it'll ever be matched. Closest I ever came was
Barca at home in 75.
I don't care whether Ridsdale fucked us over - his heart was in the right
place. To those of us who were lucky enough to "live the dream", those
days will never be matched.
Moscow, Rome, Madrid, Milan, Prague, Barcelona, etc - will Leeds fans ever
again be able to match where we went? Not in my lifetime I bet.
I still love going to games but fuck me, those trips were something else.
Sad. But great memories.
MOT
Ted
On 8 Nov 2017 17:30, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> San Siro and Dom Matteo and his 'f-ing great goal'
> Proably the best match of my life - not so much the game itself but the
> sing-a-long afterwards
> For those who were there it really is unforgettable. Ridsdale, Kelly and
> all the team leading the fans singing , Bowyer messing it up and being
> chased off
> Then we had an absolutely tremendous all nighter in the hotel - it was
> amazing
> I doubt if any fans ever have had such a bonding with the players
> experience - Alan Green (radio commentator) raved over it.
> It is one of the trips that mean I still find it hard to criticise
> Ridsdale and his 'living the dream' - for me it was worth it, since I was
> able to get to most of the away games - great days indeed
> Hard to imagine it was 17 years ago and of course a lot has happened since
> then - although I quite enjoyed some of the 3rd Division experience and
> 'taking over' whole towns and much of the ground
> Never dull being a Leeds fan
> Dave
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