bonny78 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 March 2005 A good exciting day for international football. Remember going to the pub to cheer on the Northern Irish v the English in the early game, but in the back of my mind was looking forward to Italy V Scotland. Went back to the house for this late game and fired up the telly. Great time for a game (saturday evening) and Scotland had a sexy yellow strip on with a lovley Jambo tinted goalie strip as well! I can't mind if it was Gary Caldwell or Lee Mcullock who was running around daft and doing everything short of touch the football (pressing I think it's called) but that said person did an effective job. We lost a first half free kick goal due to Rab being slightly injured and unable to dive properly. W.S. quickly subbed the old bugga with Scotland's number 1 Craig Gordon. Unfortunatly he was to suffer a similar fate in the 2nd half when another free kick hit the net. In between both goals though we had a brilliant chance when Kenny Misser was running through on goal…. GO ON… (HELD BREATH) Save by Buffon "ah dam.." am sure the pub stopped breathing too. Just before that Nigel Squashie had put in a good shot from a narrow angle that was well saved. Thought we did alright but I had already given up on the campaign in October so was just watching for pride. God bless international football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I remember it well...... Milan a place I won't hurry back to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 why is that? not good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolhibby Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 why is that? not good? Think Birmingham with a nice cathedral and grumpy locals. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 City full of bums & muggers. San Siro a dump. Nice cathedral though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larky Masher Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I remember it well...... Milan a place I won't hurry back to. I can't understand that was there in September for my holidays i (and the wife and daughters) love it, not without its flaws but a great city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Milan is a very overrated city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 is pretty p1sh for a city with such a fine reputation as is turin tho give me Genoa any day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 My first away trip. Our support that day was phenomenal. Probably not bettered since IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 yep, the perfect storm -attractive fixture , city, country long weekend , easy flights - loads of capacity saturday game my next one was jacksonville ; a cultural change for sure , but sitting at the beach bar was great stop off in NY for wales v mexico next day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IJM Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 My first away trip. Our support that day was phenomenal. Probably not bettered since IMO. Do you mean in terms of numbers? (I think there might have been more in Paris 2007?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Do you mean in terms of numbers? (I think there might have been more in Paris 2007?) Atmosphere/vocal support for team. Definitely more in Paris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bzzzz Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 My first away trip. Our support that day was phenomenal. Probably not bettered since IMO. You clearly weren't in Dortmund then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 You clearly weren't in Dortmund then Yip I was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 My first away trip. Our support that day was phenomenal. Probably not bettered since IMO. I can mind a good sing song at FT & waiting to get out the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Remember at 2-0 down we started giving Doh a Deer full blast, and it upset the Italians so much that they tried to drown it out with boo'ing, but just could not silence us. The atmosphere was good that night (agree though, sh*t city and stadium!) but Paris was goosebumps stuff from the moment you walked into the stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagtag Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Milan is by far the worst place I've ever been following Scotland. So much so that I refused to go back to Italy in 07 when we played in Bar. Everybody from bar staff, shop staff, cafe staff to taxi drivers just tried to blatantly rip us off and made no apologies for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Milan is by far the worst place I've ever been following Scotland. So much so that I refused to go back to Italy in 07 when we played in Bar. Everybody from bar staff, shop staff, cafe staff to taxi drivers just tried to blatantly rip us off and made no apologies for it. Bari I preferred a lot more than Milan, but only just and seemed type of place that if I had to stay any longer than I already had, probably would have grew to hate very fast. Have to say though, if we got Italy again, I would be looking to spend as little time in Milan as possible and Bari would have to really force myself to consider. If it was Rome or Genoa I would jump at the chance, or even out on the Islands... Everywhere else think would be a massive disappointment (from what I hear about Turin it is only just better than Milan) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewelk Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 That's the game where this was filmed isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Great trip, me and the missus were working in Bratislava at the time. Drove our wee company Skoda across the Alps and back via Venice, Lake Garda and Salzburg. Happy memories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 That's the game where this was filmed isn't it? That's the one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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