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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Archie on November 04, 2010, 10:23:12 PM
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Fulham is my favourite away trip.
That beautiful stadium with the superb Archibald Leitch (the same architect of VP) facade in red bricks, the Cottage itself, the tranquil streets around the ground, the unique location in the middle of Bishop Park and alongside the river, the nice pubs around Putney Bridge, the walk alongside the river Thames from the tube station to the away End, and the nice relationships with their decent, loyal, not glory-hunter fans; all these things make Fulham a beautiful day out. The Italian contingent will be present, as usual. . .
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And souvenirs will be available near the away turnstiles at reasonable prices.
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Fulham is a great away day. £3.80 a pint is not so great.
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A bus ride from my house, Nice. Unfortunately I'm at a bloody first birthday party!
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You can skip that. He/she is unlikely to remember.
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Archie, I believe we will be meeting up at some point, you know where. Looking forward to seeing you again.
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Yes Viillajk, thank you!
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I am going to the Bricklayers Arms on Mike Jeffries' advice. Looking forward to the day's drinking a lot more than I am looking forward to the game with us having no strikers!
I am taking my boots, just in case.
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I'll be there as well. First time to Fulham.
Here's hoping for a clean sheet, as I can't see us scoring unfortunately!!!
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Beer prices are shocking in London - but there is a Wetherspoons opposite the tube in Putney!
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I am going to the Bricklayers Arms on Mike Jeffries' advice. Looking forward to the day's drinking a lot more than I am looking forward to the game with us having no strikers!
I am taking my boots, just in case.
Bricklayer's is a very nice pub, just a bit pricey unfortunatley.
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Fulham is a great away day. £3.80 a pint is not so great.
£4.05 in the o2 Academy.
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Fulham is a great away day. £3.80 a pint is not so great.
£4.05 in the o2 Academy.
That's ridiculous.
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Bagsy you first round CD....
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Fulham is a great away day. £3.80 a pint is not so great.
£4.05 in the o2 Academy.
That's ridiculous.
Yep, I paid £4.20 for a pint of Gaymers Cider at Brixton Academy. Suffice to say I only brought one.
Anyway back on topic, Fulham is a fantastic away day. Wish I was going...
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Fulham is a great away day. £3.80 a pint is not so great.
Clampy that is cheap compared to £3.95 a pint in my South Cambs village,
London prices, Cambridge wages..
best away day.
UTV
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Must try and go next season!
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Diverting from the topic I know, but a mate of mine works on the bar at O2 Academy, he says the beer costs so much when they have gigs on there to subsidise the reduced drinks prices at their weekend club nights. So those of us who prefer to keep music live are getting exploited, not for the first time. Grrr.
Hope all the Villa fans going to Fulham tomorrow have a great day, hopefully with our winning goal coming from an unlikely source- Habib Beye perhaps?
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Fulham is my favourite away trip.
That beautiful stadium with the superb Archibald Leitch (the same architect of VP) facade in red bricks, the Cottage itself, the tranquil streets around the ground, the unique location in the middle of Bishop Park and alongside the river, the nice pubs around Putney Bridge, the walk alongside the river Thames from the tube station to the away End, and the nice relationships with their decent, loyal, not glory-hunter fans; all these things make Fulham a beautiful day out. The Italian contingent will be present, as usual. . .
I'm looking forward to meeting you and the other Latin Lions, Archie. If Villa could score a goal, that would be a nice bonus!
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Sorry to stray from popular opinion here, but I found the place a bit of a dump that lacked atmosphere, let alone paying full whack to sit in a temporary stand with about two urinals serving the whole stand.
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Looking forward to it couple a beer's and hopefully see the lads win good day out.
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Great Away game. I remember been brought a pint because someone liked my Ellis 666 shirt. Got in the ground, had a great time, then randomly about 80 minutes in the game a chinese fulham fan decided to start shouting at me and my mates. We just pissed ourselves.
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Looking forward to tomorrow. Is it worthwhile venturing into Putney for pre match drinks, or even along the river opposite the ground?
As the last couple of times we've been there we've found the 2 pubs right by the tube station to be rammed by midday. Therefore we've gone accross the bridge but always ended up in the first pub you come to, which is just an Aussie Bar like the one on Broad St!
So was wondering if it's worth going on further into Putney?
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Attending a football match at Fulham is about as far removed from attending one at Villa Park as it is possible to imagine.
Great day out.
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Best away day in the Premier League.
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We're driving down tomorrow, does anybody know of a place to get parked remotely near the ground?
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Attending a football match at Fulham is about as far removed from attending one at Villa Park as it is possible to imagine.
Great day out.
What paulie said. The ground may be 'antiquated' but the drink before the game, the view and atmosphere in the ground, and the drink afterwards are splendid. As good as it gets at a football match, with possibly the exception of european games.
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Sorry to stray from popular opinion here, but I found the place a bit of a dump that lacked atmosphere, let alone paying full whack to sit in a temporary stand with about two urinals serving the whole stand.
Not sure which Villa game at Fulham you went to where there was no atmosphere created by the Villa fans?
Fair enough, you have to plan ahead if you want a piss, the ground is made up of 4 totally unrelated stands (one of which is a masterpeice - take a look at it from the outside and if you squint you can almost see traces of the old Trinity) and the tickets are 35 quid. It's not the Emirates ( thankfully), it's the closest thing you'll get to a "proper" football ground though. The cottage in the corner is a wonderful quirk, the kind of eccentricity that you no longer see at most premier league grounds
And that cheeky monkey, Al-Fayed, usually flogs his 4 quid bottles of lager throughout the whole match, flaunting FA rules.
I'm looking forward to getting mugged again by Woodhall on the Stevenage Road...... American Express, chief?
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Love going to Fulham a proper ground
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Myself and a few mates will be drinking in the Crabtree on Rainville Road from 1pm. Beautiful old pub right on the river. Good ale and good food. Its a short walk from Hammersmith tube and then a pleasant stroll to the ground.
http://thecrabtreew6.co.uk/
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A bus ride from my house, Nice. Unfortunately I'm at a bloody first birthday party!
Your Internet skills are excellent for a one-year old!
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A bus ride from my house, Nice. Unfortunately I'm at a bloody first birthday party!
Your Internet skills are excellent for a one-year old!
Kids today are just amazing with technology. Its like they're born with the knowledge.
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Looking forward to tomorrow. Is it worthwhile venturing into Putney for pre match drinks, or even along the river opposite the ground?
As the last couple of times we've been there we've found the 2 pubs right by the tube station to be rammed by midday. Therefore we've gone accross the bridge but always ended up in the first pub you come to, which is just an Aussie Bar like the one on Broad St!
So was wondering if it's worth going on further into Putney?
Yes go south of the river and then left at the church. There's a decent boozer called the boathouse. Its a Youngs pub so pretty good ale.
Or go second right south of the bridge onto Lacy road and on the right you have the Coat and Badge (sit outside if the weather is nice) and a little further on the left the Jolly Gardeners.
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We're driving down tomorrow, does anybody know of a place to get parked remotely near the ground?
Made a suggestion on your post in the Tickets and Travel forum.
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Apart from London beer/food prices this is without doubt the best away-
Eight Bells at Putney Tube is normally rammed by 10.40am with the
obligatory head tennis outside by midday, using the police horses as goals
(yes definately one to avoid if you want a relaxing time with mates) -
As previously posted decent bars the other side of the river ............
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So you did, much appreciated. I've sent you a PM
We're driving down tomorrow, does anybody know of a place to get parked remotely near the ground?
Made a suggestion on your post in the Tickets and Travel forum.
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Wish I was going now. :'(
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Great day out, we were there in 05 when we missed 2 penalties and could have won 5-0, in the end Lee Clark equalised in the 90th minute, fantastic atmosphere all round so let's hope we get a good result and the fonz bangs a couple in!
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Time for aperitif with our fellow Villan countrymen now, and then we are ready to go!
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Time for aperitif with our fellow Villan countrymen now, and then we are ready to go!
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If this was Facebook I'd tick the like button. Have a good time and see you tomorrow.
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Eight Bells at Putney Tube is normally rammed by 10.40am with the
obligatory head tennis outside by midday, using the police horses as goals
(yes definately one to avoid if you want a relaxing time with mates) -
As previously posted decent bars the other side of the river ............
Yeah, lovely pub that ....................................... to be avoided at all costs. I could be closed as didn't some of our not so nice supporters cause trouble in/outside there last year?
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Time for aperitif with our fellow Villan countrymen now, and then we are ready to go!
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If this was Facebook I'd tick the like button. Have a good time and see you tomorrow.
If this was Facebook I'd tick the like button. Have a good time and see you tomorrow.
Same for me. . . :-)
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A slight cloud on the horizon this year is that there is a fair chance of having to share the pubs with the Twickers egg-chasers. Particularly Putney after the game.
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A slight cloud on the horizon this year is that there is a fair chance of having to share the pubs with the Twickers egg-chasers. Particularly Putney after the game.
It will be fine 'cos it will be all the kiwi fans celebrating and they aint upper class twats like the English fans.
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The Latin Lions and the Knowle and Dorridge Lions at Fulham
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Great picture Frank. Lovely to meet up with Archie and his Latin Lions. Good company and good beer before a match.
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Oops, just remembered the cheese. *quickly runs into kitchen to put said cheese which was brought over from Italy into the fridge*
Frank, yes it is a good photo and it was good to meet Archie again and to briefly meet his fellow Latin Lions. Shame we didn't have more time.
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It was a decent day, apart from the last 10 seconds. A good sing song was had by all in the Kings Arms.
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I hate missing this one.
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The Latin Lions and the Knowle and Dorridge Lions at Fulham
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Bloody hell Frank, aren't you supposed to put black scribbles over all the faces in these types of pics?!
Old Bill will be picking the K&D Lions off one by one over the next few weeks now!!
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The Latin Lions and the Knowle and Dorridge Lions at Fulham
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Where was that taken Frank?
It looks very much like the view from the Duke's Head where I was having a pre-match beer...
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Thank to Frank, Pauline, John, Dave and all the others for your welcome, warm and beautiful as usual.
The style of our fans reflects the unique style of our beloved club.
If outside the pitch the atmosphere was great, we enjoyed very much the game aswell, despite of the disappointing last minute equalizer by Hangeland.
We played in style, showing a great committment too. we kept playing much better than under MON (we try to play football now): Schwarzer made a save with one hand in Gordon Banks style on Young's header, our youngsters Bannan, Albrighton and Clark were amazing, and with a normal forward we'd have won 3-0.
But this day was much more, asap I'll open another thread to write a brief report. ;)
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The Latin Lions and the Knowle and Dorridge Lions at Fulham
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Where was that taken Frank?
It looks very much like the view from the Duke's Head where I was having a pre-match beer...
It was indeed outside there.
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It was indeed outside there.
So you were the rowdy Villa fans then!!!! ;o)
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Yeah, we look 'ard don't we? I think the rowdy lot were on the upper floors of the pub.
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The bloke in brown looks like he's 'shitting on the city'. Just sayin' like.
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But who are the Latin lionsand who are the other lot? There is just no way of telling...
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Is Pauline/villajk the woman with the big brown boots? What about supertommyknibba?
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Is Pauline/villajk the woman with the big brown boots?
Given that there is only one female in the picture, the odds are pretty good.
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Yeah, we look 'ard don't we? I think the rowdy lot were on the upper floors of the pub.
Like the handbag.
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Is Pauline/villajk the woman with the big brown boots?
Given that there is only one female in the picture, the odds are pretty good.
Not the best of photos of me, there again none of them are these days. *sob*
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The Latin Lions and the Knowle and Dorridge Lions at Fulham
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Who is who?
I'm obviously the female, next to me is daveclarkfive and next to him, legs apart trying to look shorter, is suppertomyknibba. Next to Tom is Frank's nephews friend, then Frank, Archie, Frank's nephew. Except for Archie, all being members of the Knowle and Dorridge Lions Club. The rest are Latins Lion Club.
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The bloke in brown looks like he's 'shitting on the city'. Just sayin' like.
Ha ha He definitely looks like he's having a tom tit :-)
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Fulham, I will miss you today!
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The Latin Lions and the Knowle and Dorridge Lions at Fulham
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Who is who?
I'm obviously the female, next to me is daveclarkfive and next to him, legs apart trying to look shorter, is suppertomyknibba. Next to Tom is Frank's nephews friend, then Frank, Archie, Frank's nephew. Except for Archie, all being members of the Knowle and Dorridge Lions Club. The rest are Latins Lion Club.
6 of the above were here today Archie. Wish we hadn't been!
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Day out spolied by the 90 minutes as usual. It is a pity that our ticket money doesn't go to charity instead of filling the pockets of the dross who play for us.
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Fulham, I will miss you today!
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Kiddy Lions!
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I hate half time at Fulham which competes with West Ham and Wigan for smallest concourse going. Good luck if you need the toilets, the bar or some food.
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I love going to Fulham, although it was slightly ruined yesterday by that bloody big tailback we were stuck in just outside London meaning we didn't get there until 12.30pm. We did have Doug in his Rolls for company in the next lane for a while though.
We also had the misfortune of having two arseholes standing behind us whose every other word was 'wanker', spent most of the game shouting at the Fulham crowd calling them 'fucking tourists' and called Benteke a 'useless c**t'. They also told one Fulham player to 'fuck off back to Greece'. How charming.
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To be fair with his cheating, we're better off with him in Greece.
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The view from my seat:
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Jammy sod. That was much better than my view. I had to watch the game.
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The view from my seat:
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Did you pay full price for that seat?
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The view from my seat:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/150x100q90/c/9/wb3n.jpg) (http://imageshack.com/i/09wb3nj)
So that's:
Prince William
David Cameron
Tom Hanks
The Monolith out of 2001
Nigel Kennedy
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I love going to Fulham, although it was slightly ruined yesterday by that bloody big tailback we were stuck in just outside London meaning we didn't get there until 12.30pm. We did have Doug in his Rolls for company in the next lane for a while though.
We also had the misfortune of having two arseholes standing behind us whose every other word was 'wanker', spent most of the game shouting at the Fulham crowd calling them 'fucking tourists' and called Benteke a 'useless c**t'. They also told one Fulham player to 'fuck off back to Greece'. How charming.
that might of been the lads next to me, called Benteke, Westwood and Weimann allsorts of names and the ref (deservedly)copped plenty too....
had a few ales before the game around Liverpool St and went straight to the game and after we sampled a few of the delightful pubs of Fulham....got home at 10pm....feel a little tired today for some reason.
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I love going to Fulham, although it was slightly ruined yesterday by that bloody big tailback we were stuck in just outside London meaning we didn't get there until 12.30pm. We did have Doug in his Rolls for company in the next lane for a while though.
We also had the misfortune of having two arseholes standing behind us whose every other word was 'wanker', spent most of the game shouting at the Fulham crowd calling them 'fucking tourists' and called Benteke a 'useless c**t'. They also told one Fulham player to 'fuck off back to Greece'. How charming.
that might of been the lads next to me, called Benteke, Westwood and Weimann allsorts of names and the ref (deservedly)copped plenty too....
had a few ales before the game around Liverpool St and went straight to the game and after we sampled a few of the delightful pubs of Fulham....got home at 10pm....feel a little tired today for some reason.
What row were you on?
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I love going to Fulham, although it was slightly ruined yesterday by that bloody big tailback we were stuck in just outside London meaning we didn't get there until 12.30pm. We did have Doug in his Rolls for company in the next lane for a while though.
We also had the misfortune of having two arseholes standing behind us whose every other word was 'wanker', spent most of the game shouting at the Fulham crowd calling them 'fucking tourists' and called Benteke a 'useless c**t'. They also told one Fulham player to 'fuck off back to Greece'. How charming.
that might of been the lads next to me, called Benteke, Westwood and Weimann allsorts of names and the ref (deservedly)copped plenty too....
had a few ales before the game around Liverpool St and went straight to the game and after we sampled a few of the delightful pubs of Fulham....got home at 10pm....feel a little tired today for some reason.
What row were you on?
P6 Row NN seat 128 right on the end of a row mate.
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Jammy sod. That was much better than my view. I had to watch the game.
The photo doesn't do it justice. It doesn't depict the amount of rust on the inside of the steel. I also observed that Paint had flaked away on a number of areas too, this was brought to my attention as Weimann fell over for the umpteenth time forcing me to to look away and wonder if he was actually wearing slippers.
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I love going to Fulham, although it was slightly ruined yesterday by that bloody big tailback we were stuck in just outside London meaning we didn't get there until 12.30pm. We did have Doug in his Rolls for company in the next lane for a while though.
We also had the misfortune of having two arseholes standing behind us whose every other word was 'wanker', spent most of the game shouting at the Fulham crowd calling them 'fucking tourists' and called Benteke a 'useless c**t'. They also told one Fulham player to 'fuck off back to Greece'. How charming.
that might of been the lads next to me, called Benteke, Westwood and Weimann allsorts of names and the ref (deservedly)copped plenty too....
had a few ales before the game around Liverpool St and went straight to the game and after we sampled a few of the delightful pubs of Fulham....got home at 10pm....feel a little tired today for some reason.
What row were you on?
P6 Row NN seat 128 right on the end of a row mate.
You was'nt by us then, we were in P6, Row S.
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I love going to Fulham, although it was slightly ruined yesterday by that bloody big tailback we were stuck in just outside London meaning we didn't get there until 12.30pm. We did have Doug in his Rolls for company in the next lane for a while though.
We also had the misfortune of having two arseholes standing behind us whose every other word was 'wanker', spent most of the game shouting at the Fulham crowd calling them 'fucking tourists' and called Benteke a 'useless c**t'. They also told one Fulham player to 'fuck off back to Greece'. How charming.
Was doug doing the driving clampy ?
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I love going to Fulham, although it was slightly ruined yesterday by that bloody big tailback we were stuck in just outside London meaning we didn't get there until 12.30pm. We did have Doug in his Rolls for company in the next lane for a while though.
We also had the misfortune of having two arseholes standing behind us whose every other word was 'wanker', spent most of the game shouting at the Fulham crowd calling them 'fucking tourists' and called Benteke a 'useless c**t'. They also told one Fulham player to 'fuck off back to Greece'. How charming.
Was doug doing the driving clampy ?
Nope, he was the passenger.
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I love going to Fulham, although it was slightly ruined yesterday by that bloody big tailback we were stuck in just outside London meaning we didn't get there until 12.30pm. We did have Doug in his Rolls for company in the next lane for a while though.
We also had the misfortune of having two arseholes standing behind us whose every other word was 'wanker', spent most of the game shouting at the Fulham crowd calling them 'fucking tourists' and called Benteke a 'useless c**t'. They also told one Fulham player to 'fuck off back to Greece'. How charming.
Was doug doing the driving clampy ?
Nope, he was the passenger.
Was he sharing his Roller with Iggy Pop?
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I often use to see him arriving with Steve stride to away games and doug used to love the attention - i remember when we were linked to collymore and someone shouted 'have you got collymore in the boot doug ' - which seemed to have the old boy in stitches .
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The view from my seat:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/150x100q90/c/9/wb3n.jpg) (http://imageshack.com/i/09wb3nj)
So that's:
Prince William
David Cameron
Tom Hanks
The Monolith out of 2001
Nigel Kennedy
Ace, that really made me laugh.
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Kingston Lions…..and Friends at Fulham.
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The view from my seat:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/150x100q90/c/9/wb3n.jpg) (http://imageshack.com/i/09wb3nj)
So that's:
Prince William
David Cameron
Tom Hanks
The Monolith out of 2001
Nigel Kennedy
Fantastic, made me laugh!
You missed Meg Richardson and Sir Mervyn King ...
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The view from my seat:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/150x100q90/c/9/wb3n.jpg) (http://imageshack.com/i/09wb3nj)
So that's:
Prince William
David Cameron
Tom Hanks
The Monolith out of 2001
Nigel Kennedy
Excellent.