Rags
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Post by Rags on Aug 31, 2010 6:53:53 GMT
Schalke have just snapped up Klaas-Jan Huntelaar from AC Milan, so the Rossoneri should be in with a bid for Benners to replace him. Talking of Schalke, back in the mid-70's I used to see a couple of lads hanging around Sherwell Valley wearing Schalke 04 tracksuit tops; I think they lived along Courtland Road. I presume that they were foreign exchange students who were either fans, or maybe youth players, of Schalke. Back in those adolescent days I would never dream of asking them about the team but I've always kept an eye out for Schalke's results since then. Consequently, I was rather chuffed to be able to go to the Mexico v Portugal 2006 WC match at the Veltins Arena, which boats a retractable roof and pitch, plus a suspended video square above the middle of the pitch. We were a bit high up:  ..but at least we could see the action clearly on the video screen!  |
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Post by capitalgull on Aug 31, 2010 7:03:45 GMT
Merse will remind me of the actual name of it, but I have always been a Schalke fan because of the mug I was given at the 'greasy spoon' by the side of the A1 in Sherwood Forest on the way to a game oop north one Saturday morning. I can't recall now but he may even have swapped it (and the one he picked up) for a TUFC mug he had somewhere in the car. The place with the lovely bacon sarnies, the tea served in football club mugs and the rather horrific chemical toilet! What a combination  Indeed, after all these years, the mug remains in one piece and sits among all the other mugs in its cupboard, no doubt telling them he is the king because he is the oldest mug in there (or is that some kind of disturbed dream I had a few nights ago??) |
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merse
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Post by merse on Aug 31, 2010 7:59:54 GMT
 We always called that Greasy Spoon "The Igloo" ~ no reflection on the culinary standards but the coldness of the bog with the sign telling you to "now wash your hands" but neglecting to include a washbasin in which to do so ~ were we expected to do so in the thunderpot?  It eventually fell victim to the mystrious series of fire bomb attacks that one by one eliminated rival such establishments along that stretch of the A1 through Sherwood Forest. I'm glad your mug is still intact, (mine legitimately obtained I might add) crashed to the kitchen floor early one morning leaving me with just the handle. The old dear who ran the gaff had been given a carton of those mugs by a friendly lorry driver and so fitted her cafe out in them. I always thought I was the biggest mug in there as it goes! 
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