It's real hard to contribute from NZ; I read the e-mails 18 hours after they're
sent. Any replies would seem to be way out of step.
I've been lurking since 96, fan since 76, never been to Elland Road, only ever
seen Leeds twice in the flesh, and subsist on 30 seconds of highlights on TV,
these
SAVE DARLINGTON FC ALF RAMSEY KNEW MY GRANDFATHER
>From www.footballblog.co.uk
Alf Ramsey Knew My Grandfather, the smash-hit play about West Auckland
football club, the team comprised of Durham miners who won the first World
Cup in 1909, is to be performed at Darlingtons prestigious Civic Th
Been here a long time in lurk mode, can't quite remember when, but mid 90's i
would think. (note to Betty: do you have any records on when listers first
signed up?)
Was at the LC final in '96, travelled from Tewkesbury with the South West
branch, coach driver kept getting lost in London on the
Just watching from afar . . . .
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From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On
Behalf Of rhys hodge
Sent: Thursday, 29 March 2012 6:33 AM
To: 'Leeds List'
Subject: Re: [LU] That's FrankenSTEEN!
No, Ralph isn't the only one left
Rhys
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14, in Surrey, kicking a pair of socks around my bedroom.
>> Uncanny...I was 10 living in Surrey (Kew) doing exactly the same
>thing
>>
> 1. As an eight-year-old (living in Surrey at the time) laying in bed
>on a Wednesday evening in 1975 and tuning in to "European Soccer Special"
>on B
I can honestly say that this afternoon's and this evening's posts have reminded
me why I consider it a privilege to be a member of the list. We've had a bit if
a laugh eh?
In between reading the posts here, I've been writing bollocks about the Jubilee
on Voicey's facebook page and arranging a
No, Ralph isn't the only one left
Rhys
--- On Thu, 29/3/12, Peter Castlehouse wrote:
From: Peter Castlehouse
Subject: Re: [LU] That's FrankenSTEEN!
To: "'Jeremy Adams'" , "'Leeds List'"
Date: Thursday, 29, March, 2012, 10:10 AM
So much so, that the inbox is being 'bombarded' with a recor
>
>Shame you weren't in the Leeds end that day.
>At half-time, West Ham in their wisdom played Kool and the Gang's
>"Celebration" for their Hammerettes to dance to.
>I doubt they've ever had such enthusiastic audience participation before
>or since. I'm pretty sure we kept the "Cel-e-brate Good Tim
I started a new job on the 15th or 16th January 1996 - I got my first ever
access to the internet and was shown Netscape. Of course the first thing I
typed in was "Leeds United". List membership was the same day, list
netiquette guide was immediately digested though the bit about avoiding the
Wilko
The curry with Eric Cantona?
Damian ;)
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:35 PM, Chris Briggs wrote:
> Suprised that nobody has mentioned the Rising Sun.
>
>
>
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So much so, that the inbox is being 'bombarded' with a record average of TWO
emails per hour! Someone in WikiLeaks must have let the secret out about
our fun and games, and I suspect list subscriptions will go through the roof
again!
Sad to say though, with the exception of Ralph (NZ), the antip
Memories, I was at both. Back in those days the LU Ticket Officer was a guy
called Don Toulson, who was also ont' committee at Tinshill & Cookridge Working
Mens Club - if you were a member no problems getting tickets.
BTW Jabba's uncle was t' steward at 'club - Bob Howard - still here Jabba?
Best "armchair" experience:
1972 cup final. A 6 year old in front of the telly, bedecked in Leeds scarf
and bobble hat and swinging a rattle (remember them?). No doubt about it.
Worst "armchair" experience:
1973 cup final. A 7 year old in front of the telly, bedecked in Leeds scarf
and bobble
Nah.. there'll be some football game which will spoil it all.
Graham White
--- On Wed, 28/3/12, Jeremy Adams wrote:
From: Jeremy Adams
Subject: [LU] That's FrankenSTEEN!
To: "Leeds List"
Date: Wednesday, 28 March, 2012, 17:54
It's alive I tell you, the list is alive! You have resurrected
On 28/03/2012 19:37, Jeremy Adams wrote:
Or any mention of the Totty Twins
Dave Dowden (Totty Twin Number 1) is here on the list and an ever
present at ER most of the time :-) Chris Fitz (Totty Twin Number 2)
lives in Swinnow. Nuff said.
Bert
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>>>
One of my fondest memories is sitting in the Bobby Moore stand at Upton Park
watching an O'Leary side thump one of Rednapps 5 - 1 with 3 of theirs being
sent off.
Hasselbaink scored inside 15 seconds, me holding onto my seat to prevent me
giving my presence away. Some
Suprised that nobody has mentioned the Rising Sun.
On 28 Mar 2012, at 18:41, "Chris Nickson" wrote:
> I *think* I joined the list in 95, when I was living in Seattle, and made a
> few meets at the Adelphi over the course of a couple of years. Remained
> subscribed ever since.
>
> And I've run
Or any mention of the Totty Twins
> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:26:35 +0100
> From: chrisnicks...@googlemail.com
> To: leedslist@gn.apc.org
> Subject: [LU] Fwd: That's FrankenSTEEN!
>
> or camels in chippies, looking for the best available pint and curry house.
> _
I missed that leg but watched the first leg at a mate's house in Teddington,
somehow think we were on half term break. I was 12 and was full of the belief
that we'd win and we did.
Looking on wikipedia I see Barca had 110,000 attendance for the second leg!
Jezza
From: wiscole...@hotmail.com
To:
or camels in chippies, looking for the best available pint and curry house.
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and not one mention of best chippy to boot!
Nor indeed any mention of camels...
Maverick.
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OK - I shall have to try.
1 in 3.14159265 will try to eat this joke.
There, will that do Pete?
Steve
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From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On
Behalf Of Peter Castlehouse
Sent: 28 March 2012 14:29
To: 'David Komadina'; 'Leeds Li
I *think* I joined the list in 95, when I was living in Seattle, and made a
few meets at the Adelphi over the course of a couple of years. Remained
subscribed ever since.
And I've run into Betty at various musical soirees in Leeds that only the
finest folk attend.
Chris
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> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:24:30 -0700
> From: arm...@yahoo.com
> Uncanny...I was 10 living in Surrey (Kew) doing exactly the same thing
>
1. As an eight-year-old (living in Surrey at the time) laying in bed on
a Wednesday evening in 1975 and tuning in to "European Soccer Special"
on BBC R
Uncanny...I was 10 living in Surrey (Kew) doing exactly the same thing
1. As an eight-year-old (living in Surrey at the time) laying in bed on a
Wednesday evening in 1975 and tuning in to "European Soccer Special" on BBC
Radio 2 to hear Alan Parry et al bring live second-half coverage of the
MOALM= Mother Of All List Meets
Cheers
Mark "Absinthe" Tuffey
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Leeds United
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OK I'll be the one to show my ignorance
What the fuck is MOALM?
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Favorite "armchair" experiences:
1. As an eight-year-old (living in Surrey at the time) laying in bed on a
Wednesday evening in 1975 and tuning in to "European Soccer Special" on BBC
Radio 2 to hear Alan Parry et al bring live second-half coverage of the
second-leg European Cup semi-final wit
>Surely the Listmeister can get a list of when people joined?
That would be the only way to figure out how long I have survived this
place, I am getting old, and can not remember (was impressed of that guy
remembering his subscription date!)...
It was before CCC and MOALM, but it was after th
It's alive I tell you, the list is alive! You have resurrected the list with
tales of when you joined, memories of the MOALM (which I just missed, think I
joined right after that.) and various other anecdotes, and not one mention of
best chippy to boot!
Long may it continue.
Jezza
I sort of feel that I am in permanent lurk mode these days...
Øystein
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From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On
Behalf Of Chris
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 11:05 PM
To: Jeremy Adams; Leeds List
Subject: Re: [LU] 1950???
I've been o
I was there!
Been on the list quite a while - before it was even a server based list
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From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On
Behalf Of John Boocock IFA
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 1:44 AM
To: leedslist@gn.apc.org
Subject: [LU] MOA
Astonished. Fulham fans are normally very genteel. Location by the river puts
everyone in a chilled mood...
Unless you are in The Omen of course
From: "Kneale, Andy"
To: "leedslist@gn.apc.org"
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: [LU] li
So are we going to get a Lards team up for this? We need to have a warm
up if we are going to worldnet Vets anyway (I've entered a team but
don't even know if we have any players)now read on:
Supporters Direct have asked us if we would like to stage a mini IFA
tournament as pa
>I think if there is any club in England that you could go to and openly swear
>your allegiance to the opposition in the home end it would be Fulham.
Well, actually it was like Enemy at the Gates before the match, with club
stewards marching about, shouting through megaphones that any away fans
I joined in 2000 as a first year student, left I think in 03. I thought the
list had died, only to rediscover it last year (or the year before).
Have met verner a couple of times, Alan (Geordie guy, surname escapes me!) and
Martyn Brown. Had tickets off of Stotty, Rich Walker and Mark K who I m
Out of interest which pub were you in after the Fulham game? This one by any
chance? http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/10/109
From: "Kneale, Andy"
To: "leedslist@gn.apc.org"
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [LU] list down?
I really
I think if there is any club in England that you could go to and openly swear
your allegiance to the opposition in the home end it would be Fulham.
SW London White
From: "Kneale, Andy"
To: "leedslist@gn.apc.org"
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:56 AM
Subje
On 28/03/2012 16:56, Kneale, Andy wrote:
Remember us mocking the Charlton team's accents by singing the Eastenders theme
tune, Betty?
They deserved it, can you remember Wiggy screaming "Janine Leave it!"?
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I really can't remember when I joined! However, I went to my first game
courtesy of the list - stood in the home end at Fulham, with Brian the sceptic,
trying not to look suspicious. It was Fowler's first game, and the beginning
of the end for O'Leary, with his stupid team selections and cluel
And you think we have wage problems...(welll maybe not the same problems)
Indeed, Wenger is expected to let the likes of Andrey Arshavin
(£75,000-a-week); Marouane Chamakh (£60,000); along with Sebastien
Squillaci, Nicklas Bendtner, Denilson and Carlos Vela (all on £50,000) leave at
the end of
On 28/03/2012 16:45, John Lee wrote:
the Noggie who was there with his geisha-dressed Japanese missus
Odvar?
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No way is that going to happen. The guy is on the verge of Arsenals first team.
Sent from my iPhone.
D"r Michael Benjamin.
Community Psychiatrist.
On 28 Mar 2012, at 17:06, Jeremy Adams wrote:
>
> From teamtalk's rumours page
> Kieran Gibbs is expected to moved out on loan to Leeds United
i found the list in 92 I think, just after the t-shirts. was a revelation, and
the arguments, christ, they were great and very very funny (take note some of
ye bitter folk). blimey, even the woodmansey era was entertaining compared
with, erm,.. you know. Adelphi memories are mostly drunken one
I think I have been around since the early 90s. Remember the IRC stuff
very well as I was living in Manc at the time and I had a big aerial fitted
to the roof so I could pick up commentary. I even used Netmeeting so one
luck lister could connect and listen to live comms while I typed away on
the
Nif,
I think you may be giving me credit for someone else's generosity. I do
remember meeting you at the Adolphi, and I remember giving a few listers a
lift from there to the ground, but whether they were on the same day and if
one of those listers was you I have no idea. I can barely remember wha
I joined as a final year student in 94-95 and stayed a subscriber for a few
years then left it for a LONG time and came back the summer of relegation to
the 3rd tier.
I did briefly pop into that bar in London in 1996 prior to the final against
Villa and my list claim to fame is that I have ind
>From teamtalk's rumours page
Kieran Gibbs is expected to moved out on loan to Leeds United at the start of
the season
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I'm trying to recall when I joined the list. Definitely during the George
Graham period which started in 1996.
One of my fondest memories is sitting in the Bobby Moore stand at Upton Park
watching an O'Leary side thump one of Rednapps 5 - 1 with 3 of theirs being
sent off.
Hasselbaink scored insid
And I was at the Adelphi that time too! My one and only visit...
From: Jeremy Adams
To: Leeds List
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [LU] a lot of history here
typing out irc commentaries was a serious duty in
> ths household...even when
> Those irc comms were vital to me in the olden days before
> radio was streamed and way before things like justin.tv.
> We were up to about 35 irc members at one point but did
> dwindle down to just about me and nif at the end!
My abiding memory of IRC (apart from doing my own stints at the
c
typing out irc commentaries was a serious duty in
> ths household...even when there were only 2 or three of us (me, jezza and a
> couple of bots) left. Only a fraction but like Andy says, the list will
> continue and this happy sentimental period of nostalgia is lovely!
Those irc comms were vita
An Italian grandmother is giving directions to her
Grown grandson who is coming to visit with his wife.
"You comma to de front door of the apartmenta. I am
Inna apartmenta 301. There issa bigga panel at the
Front door. With you elbow , pusha button 301.
I will buzza you in. Come inside, the eleva
On 28/03/2012 14:09, Andrew Ewart wrote:
Betty disappearing and later returning to the Argie
bar with a Leeds shirt for the owner..
It was my daughter, Alice's..
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On 28/03/2012 14:27, N If wrote:
aaah memories
posting of the week (wipes tear from eye)
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On 28/03/2012 14:13, Nicholas Armit wrote:
Surely the Listmeister can get a list of when people joined?
I think this would require our man in Eire to send me a disk of the list
archives for a wee trawl, James are you out there?
Betty
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Bloke walks into the local police station, straight from the boozer, pulls
up a chair, stands on it and proceeds to slap his dong on the counter...
"Breathalyze that!" says the bloke...
"Whatever for?" asks the Desk Sergeant
"Coz.."" says the bloke, with a grin, "I'm gonna be driving it home
tonigh
aaah memories
What good times the list has providednot just the entertaining mails
but all the good deeds and friendliness. List Generousity more real than
PC's virtual beer truck..obvioulsy Damian's beer truckbut the
magnificence of Andy C sorting me and everyone out for the Play Offs no
http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/after-failing-to-score-in-5-games-magdeburg-fans-show-their-players-where-the-goal-is/
German Regionalliga Nord side Magdeburg are having a woeful campaign in one of
the regional leagues that makes up the fourth division in Germany.After 25
matches, they are
Graham,
I remember seeing you at MOALM. You were half crashed out on a seat
somewhere with scarves wrapped round your wrists. All makes sense given
what you just said...
Vaguely remember going for a post-pub curry with Gav and others, and a
long taxi ride back to Bob Case's somewhere near Wa
Surely the Listmeister can get a list of when people joined?
From: Graham White
To: "leedslist@gn.apc.org" ; John Boocock IFA
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 7:10 AM
Subject: Re: [LU] MOALM the Villa debacle
Guy Thornton?
Graham White
--- On Wed, 28/3/12
Think I joined around 96/97 sometime after the Villa debacle. Definitely
wasn't around during the fizzy pop fiasco MOALM as I was based in Oslo then
and travelled over with a plane full of mad Noggies.
Remember the Valencia chants well...before I got totally smashed. God only
knows what that Arg
I was first on around 92 I think - my name is on that t-shirt that the list
did - I bought one but it mysteriously disappeared from my washing line
around 97 - never could work out who would want to pinch it or if it the
wind just took it away.
Unsubbed for a few years around 2000? can't remember
I'm a long-time (feels like it, anyway) lurker/digester. Been on-list since mid
to late 90s, with a brief break in 2001 I think, after being made redundant.
Never had much to say, so no-one will have heard of me, though a fair few have
corresponded briefly (and Martyn Brown still owes
You and me both, I'd been to some protest at lunchtime where I met Guy (plus
bobblehat). Afterwards went with Guy and some Green Party folks to the pub.
After a few Guy very sensibly went off to get something to eat whereas I
continued on the liquid diet. By the time I got to TMOALM I was alre
I was, I think, I was terribly, terribly drunk
On 28 Mar 2012, at 09:43, John Boocock IFA wrote:
> On 28/03/2012 06:53, Graham White wrote:
>> surprised no one has mentioned TMOALM yet
>
> Who besides, me, our Dave, Rog, John Lee and Graham was at the MOALM and is
> still on the list?
>
> Bett
Guy Thornton?
Graham White
--- On Wed, 28/3/12, John Boocock IFA
wrote:
From: John Boocock IFA
Subject: [LU] MOALM the Villa debacle
To: "leedslist@gn.apc.org"
Date: Wednesday, 28 March, 2012, 9:43
On 28/03/2012 06:53, Graham White wrote:
> surprised no one has mentioned TMOALM yet
Who
That was down to Dunderhead who had a
Sent from my iPhone
On 28 Mar 2012, at 09:46, "leeds list" wrote:
> I joined during the '94-'95 season, when disillusion with Wilko ("Mad Dog")
> was beginning to set in. Met a few of you at the Marylebone pub before the
> League Cup Final in March '96 but
I'm not entirely sure when I first joined the list (I think I unsubbed for a
short while so I can't fully recall) But I do know I was around during the
discussions about Mad Dog, so I figure some time in the mid 90's will be
when I first saw the light of listership
Steve G
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I joined early 1996.just before the Villa debacle.
Graham (Grimsby)
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I can't remember when I joined, must have been around 94/95, but I remember
Mark Kitching getting me tickets for the last home game Vs Boro when they were
relegated. Was that 1997? Was on the piss all weekend with Fieldsy in Leeds and
managed to frequent some incredibly ropey places!
Whatever ha
it looks like the other noggies apart from myself, Øystein and Einar
were part timers init..
I dont know when I joined the list, but around 97 I think it was. I ve
had my moments in the early days but Im more "retired" now.
I d be keen on knowing how many were on the list at its peak? Anybody
got
I've been on since 7 november 1995. I remember it well as the day tomas
brolin signed. My first post from from one of the then BOTLs - Helen
Hamshaw(?) - "we've got a new player". Cue many hilarious attempts at
getting a chant going for our new "superstar". Little did we know...
Greg
Azania
Allegedly eh DRB? You are the dogs bollocks when it comes to sarcasm, as
always :)
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From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On
Behalf Of David Brennan
Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012 7:49 PM
To: 'leedslist@gn.apc.org'
Subject: Re: [LU] li
I think I've been on here since 94. Found it via the rec.sport.soccer
newsgroup I believe.
In those early (pre Netscape?) internet days it was a very popular recreational
news group, along with those alt.binaries.pictures groups which contained a
range of interesting images. But it wasn't li
I joined during the '94-'95 season, when disillusion with Wilko ("Mad Dog")
was beginning to set in. Met a few of you at the Marylebone pub before the
League Cup Final in March '96 but have mostly lurked.
Surely the high point in List meets was prior to the match in Valencia
(another 0-3 defeat o
On 28/03/2012 06:53, Graham White wrote:
surprised no one has mentioned TMOALM yet
Who besides, me, our Dave, Rog, John Lee and Graham was at the MOALM and
is still on the list?
Betty
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