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Broony
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David/Tartan Sheep
That U21 game in Croatia was a right laugh. I remember all the above too.
After that game we were all being escorted back to the station when RossTheShepherd & I decided to nip into a shop for a carry-out. We caused a bit of a scene in there and by the time we got out there was no TA in sight. We started heading back in the general direction of the station when we were stopped by 2 riot police. One spoke pretty good english & we started walking with them. After a short while he turned to Ross and asked if he liked "schoolgirls"... If anyone on here knows Ross, then you can imangine the sh*t I thought we were going to get ourselves in
They then took us on a "short-cut" through a university campus where we received a standing ovation from about 200 Croatian stunners who were all at the windows. Our police pals thought this was great too and were most impressed with the effect the kilt had on the young ladies of their town.
Magic memories.
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Total Posts: 192 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 3:57 pm on July 11, 2002 | IP
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GoldenOldie
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Play offs at Wembley 99.
My mate falling down the underground escalator and hurting rather a delicate part of his anatomy. The commuters looked a bit shocked when he decided to examine the damage!
Scotland's goal at the game - we were all standing on the seats and when we landed again all fell in a heap
Singing doh-a-deer at the end to the growling gorillas they called stewards
Magic game - shame we were put out of the Euros as a result!
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Total Posts: 26 | Joined May 2002 | Posted on: 10:22 am on July 12, 2002 | IP
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KennyL
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5am in Rimini after the San Marino game,(+England vGERMANY) and having been eventualy thrown out the Rose and Crown,we found a wee cafe where an Italian 'mama' was selling plates of pasta, large bottles of beer and a few other TA (,including a drummer!.)
What an. end to a great 'day'. 'Demolition man' a young TA with a 'crash helmet' on,who started knocking walls down, by running at them 'bull style'!!!!.
We all chipped in for the damages.(to the walls!)
Then best of all a half dozen of us running round a roundabout' arms outstretched (bomber style) singing Ha! Ha! Ha!, Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!, Ha! Ha! Ha!, Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!......... ......to the tune of the Dambusters theme....pure poetry in dance!!!!
GuernseyTA ,Channel Highlanders
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Total Posts: 37 | Joined July 2002 | Posted on: 12:58 am on July 18, 2002 | IP
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Andy Gray
GET A LIFE!!! |
I nearly got drunk once.....it was rather funny, ha, ha, ha. I still chortle at the thought.
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Total Posts: 1780 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 1:39 am on July 18, 2002 | IP
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Ruary
GET A LIFE!!! |
Anyone remember the guy that ran through the square in Prague before the last game with only a pig mask on and his trainers????????
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The future is bright the future is Scottish
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Total Posts: 1677 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 2:20 am on July 18, 2002 | IP
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Tartan Sheep
GET A LIFE!!! |
Why Ruary - was it you?
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...if we join, we can win. if we win, well then we'll have something that we've never had...a country of our own
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Total Posts: 709 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 10:43 am on July 18, 2002 | IP
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craig smith
GET A LIFE!!! |
"tight scots"
a bit of an embarrasing tale during the san marino croatia double header, after getting to grips with italian lira we had tae leave and get to zagreb, me and the wifey left the hotel to get into the town centre and thought **** it well take a cab, we climbed into the taxi and told the guy where we wanted to go, he told us a price that sounded like £50, we told him tae f off and started to talk him down, we got him down to £30 much to his anger, he started saying things like he had a family to feed etc, we paid what we thought was a rip off for a 15 min taxi ride and left his cab about 10 seconds later I worked out that it was only £3, poor guy, I was still adding on all sorts of zeros because of that stupid italian currency, if I had found him i would have given him a huge tip cause we felt so bad, even now I feel quite ashamed.
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BRING STICKS!
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Total Posts: 362 | Joined Jan. 2002 | Posted on: 10:46 am on July 18, 2002 | IP
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Bzzzz
One and Only! |
Tight?
Naw... good thinkin!
The guy obviously wasn't a good businessman wis he!?!?!
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Quia quamdiu Centum ex nobis viui remanserint, nuncquam Anglorum dominio aliquatenus volumus subiugari.
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Total Posts: 3332 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 10:49 am on July 18, 2002 | IP
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craig smith
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Bzzzz,
in a country where ye can get a pint for 80p, where the f uck did I get £50 for a taxi ride, I really am still gutted about this and the picture of the guys hurt face is still imprinted on my mind
oh evil tourist that i am
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BRING STICKS!
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Total Posts: 362 | Joined Jan. 2002 | Posted on: 10:53 am on July 18, 2002 | IP
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Slinky
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It didn't happen on a Scotland trip, but it involved four of my TA footsoldier mates.
We went down to Newcastle for the usual weekend piss up. We had managed to get tickets for the Sunderland Chelsea game, and decided we would just get a taxi through to Sunderland. The Taxi driver had a good bit of banter with us, and said he would come back for us after the game. He said he would pick us up an hour after the game, to allow the crowds to die down, and pointed out a street that was full of pubs to go for a post-match pint.
After the game every pub on this street was queued out the door, except for the last one on the street. As soon as we went in it was strange, the place was in silence, and the tv was on teletext - not the Sky Sports football results. No music either.
All five of us wanted a different drink " a JD & coke with ice, a JD & coke no ice, a pint of John Smith, a Pint of Guiness extra cold, and a bottle of budweiser"
For the pub not being that busy, Gavin was taking ages at the bar. He came back empty handed and said "eh - you's all not just wanting a pint of McEwans - that would be easier and pointed to the sign behind the bar"
We were in "The Sunderland Deaf Association Pub"!!!
It was funny seeing him go back and do the international sign language for 5 pints please.
No wonder we couldn't get our original order.
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"whit's below your kilt?" said the pretty foreign lass. "pit yir haun up and see" I replied. "Oooh it's gruesome" she shrecked. "well" I answered, "Put you haun up again, cause its grew some mare!!"
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Total Posts: 261 | Joined Feb. 2002 | Posted on: 1:34 pm on July 18, 2002 | IP
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Proud To Be Croat
Fresh ideas |
Hey
(sorry for my poor english)
And I am also sorry because lifting this topic up.. but i really liked some stories in this topic. Expecially from Croatia.
It seems like you had great time in Koprivnica on U-21 match Croatia - Scotland.
I spoke to few members of Tartan Army while they were in Zagreb and I got really great impressions.
I admire you.
I was wondering if you could help me with one thing.
I am seeking for reports, stories or articles about TA trip to Croatia.
So if anyone could give me link on smth like that or even better to write its own story about it if that is not problem.. 
Thank you very much
Best regards from Zagreb
Dani, Bad Blue Boys
(Edited by Proud To Be Croat at 8:48 pm on Aug. 19, 2002)
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ZNAJ DA TE VOLIM DINAMO JA
JER TI SI PONOS HRVATSKOG NARODA
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Total Posts: 3 | Joined Aug. 2002 | Posted on: 8:48 pm on Aug. 19, 2002 | IP
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WillfaeSwindon
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Dani, Glad to hear that you enjoyed the game as much as we did. It gave me alot of good memories, and no bad ones!
I have emailed you with a link to some photos
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willfaeswindon@swindontartanarmy.com
http://www.swindontartanarmy.com
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Total Posts: 2282 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 9:18 pm on Aug. 19, 2002 | IP
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clydeman
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Check out mirzas site, it has a lot of stories about croatia
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Total Posts: 142 | Joined Feb. 2002 | Posted on: 9:19 pm on Aug. 19, 2002 | IP
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Proud To Be Croat
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Hey
Thanks for your time and answers.
Will, i got your mail and i wrote you back.
Clydeman, i tried to open Mirza's site which is in his profile but it doesn't work.
Is there any other site maybe?
Once again thanks
Dani
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ZNAJ DA TE VOLIM DINAMO JA
JER TI SI PONOS HRVATSKOG NARODA
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Total Posts: 3 | Joined Aug. 2002 | Posted on: 10:45 pm on Aug. 19, 2002 | IP
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Proud To Be Croat
Fresh ideas |
Mirza's web site worked for me
Apologies
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ZNAJ DA TE VOLIM DINAMO JA
JER TI SI PONOS HRVATSKOG NARODA
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Total Posts: 3 | Joined Aug. 2002 | Posted on: 11:09 pm on Aug. 19, 2002 | IP
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BARNEY
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Iceland in 1985 for the WC qualifier, back in the hotel bar after the game Rod Stewart and all his entourage come in, now at this time he was going out with a wee tasty blonde called Kelly Emberg. The DAFTA boys got a hold of her for pictures etc and she came out with the line "surely you want Rod in the picture too" she was met with howls of derision so much so that RS came over to see what was going on, he laughed it off but you could see he was just a little pissed off that his girl had centre stage and that we were mock ridiculing him.
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Total Posts: 217 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 7:13 am on Aug. 20, 2002 | IP
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Swanners
Talks too much |
DHD/Tartan Sheep/ Broony
To carry on with the U21 theme in Croatia. Will never forget the Croat Polis putting on riot vans for us after the game to get us to the station in time. I ended up sitting in the back of a van covered in riot gear with Reeky pishing himself and snapping away on his camera legendary.
Also one of my mates in Prague had his accordian out with him and the day before the game Shuggie Dallas ws walking through the crowd, all you heard was him start playing the Dallas theme tune. Classic!!!!
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Total Posts: 147 | Joined April 2002 | Posted on: 8:51 am on Aug. 20, 2002 | IP
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Broony
Opinionated Wind Bag |
Another Rod Stewart/Kelly Emberg story:
In Wales the night Jock Stein died we were in the enclosure when Rod & Kelly arrive to take their seats in the front of the stand above us. Everyone starts singing "get your T**s out for the lads" and much to the chagrin of Ms Emberg Rod stands up and claps along.
Unfortunately, she didn't.
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Total Posts: 192 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 10:01 am on Aug. 20, 2002 | IP
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scottcross45
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Being met off the train by the police in Wlocavek and marched to the ground, we went early to do the tourist bit but no, no pavement cafes for us watching the world go by in yet another country, no square for the singing and no Irish bar for the traditional meeting place. We were off to the ground at least three hours before kick off. As we passed Macdonalds we decided to make a break for it we dragged our heels as we approached and then ran over the flower bed and in through the doors into the toilets. After a big mac and beer we were all rounded up again led on to the ground and guarded, they wanted us all to get into this pen complete with guard dogs and hot dog van (dry). Again we managed to escape to a bar at the corner of the ground, we were locked in, gutted! Just got 2 pints in each when the coppers closed it. Escorted into ground, stood on open terracing, did I mention that it was pissing it down. Well it was bouncing, stone cold sober and soaked to the skin ashamed to say we walked out at half time totally ****ed off. Again when the police started shouting us back we just put our heads down and kept walking, we jumped into a taxi which took us to a hotel bar, there were some TA already in who'd left the game before us so we did'nt feel as bad then. We got a few drinks and dried off then caught the train back to Bydgoszcz free men.
The worst of it was none of us are kids we're all over 40 and without insulting the rest of the TA not many younger members were present god knows what they expected we were after doing, some of our party are card carrying OAP's. Funny story now but at the time bloody infuriating.
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Total Posts: 10 | Joined April 2002 | Posted on: 1:21 pm on Aug. 20, 2002 | IP
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Rents
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mines is not a classic like but a bet a few of us there have done it.
Paris in march had been drinking from six o clock in the morning started off wi beers by the time we were on the eurostar it was on to the champagne then to the auld alliance so youse can imagine what state a was in so a fancied a wee sleep on the train to the grund. I wake up to find to old french deers wi big smiles on there faces there is me wi ma legs wide open all they can see is the last chicken in sainsburys pure embarrased just smiled and grabbed another can
always keep yer legs shut
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