Swello Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I've enjoyed the Euro trip nostalgia to pass a free weekend. We have never really done anything memorable in Europe on the park - never beaten a higher seeded team or got very far in any competition - but we have managed to play in the CWC, UEFA/EL and the CL - and we've all made some decent memories along the way. I've been to Dortmund, Nancy, Odense, Reykjavik, Bucharest, Valencia and Athens and never regretted a minute of it - some of my best times as a 'Well fan and before this season, I'd been to all the home games in Europe since Katowice. I couldn't get away from work for Llanelli and that looked a good laugh (watching it in Welsh on S4C was as good as it got for me). I didn't make Reykjavik the 2nd time round and the one I regret missing the most was Aalesunds in Norway but there was no way for me to fit another trip in around everything else and in between Breidablik and Odense. By the time we got to Krasnador, I'd weirdly lost interest in European games a bit and I didn't even bother checking out the travel possibilities for that one and having a few years off wasn't the worst thing. I would have definitely made it to NI this year and if it was do-able without costing the same as a family holiday, Israel too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmen Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I've enjoyed the Euro trip nostalgia to pass a free weekend.Certainly better than worrying about poor performances and relegation worries!Kind of thankful we haven’t qualified for a group stage, the wife wouldn’t be happy!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 What we need is some sort of friendly tournament in India, some sort of hook up with Peter Hartley and Carl McHugh and we can combine foreign trips with curry. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 We probably will make a group stage eventually if this Conference thing becomes a semi permanent fixture. Don't want to count our chickens before they hatch etc but we're usually good for a few top 3 finishes a decade. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 On to more serious matters, tremendous garlic and coriander naan bread to accompany my malabari chicken curry tonight. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Good reading everyone's euro trips. We went to Athens for a week. basically a holiday with a gemme in there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 13 minutes ago, Busta Nut said: Good reading everyone's euro trips. We went to Athens for a week. basically a holiday with a gemme in there. It was actually a discussion on Tom Hateley’s set pieces. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pettywulliegrew-2 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, ropy said: It was actually a discussion on Tom Hateley’s set pieces. Managed to see my only away European goal in Denmark, we should have won that one over the 2 legs.......Nancy still my favourite euro away days Edited March 15, 2021 by Pettywulliegrew-2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazylegsjoe_mfc Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Odense, Athens and Reykjavik (the second time) were the ones I made. The Stjarnan game itself was infuriating. That was the night I was finally finish with Iain Vigurs. I remember shouting all the lazy b*****ds of the day at him as he was going off the pitch and I'm not normally like that. He spent extra time standing with his hands on his hips. To this day seeing him play against us still gets my blood pressure up However, the next day, chilling in the blue lagoon with a pint, you'd have soon forgotten you had even travelled for a Motherwell game, it was as good a Friday morning as I've ever had. The six of us all just thought we were warm because the water was though and we all came out with the worst sunburn any of us ever had. I felt Karma biting me back for laughing at my mum's suggestion of taking sun cream to Iceland. We just arrived on the day of the game fortunately, which meant we got the shitshow of a game over on the first day and managed to enjoy three cracking days in Iceland after it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 33 minutes ago, crazylegsjoe_mfc said: Odense, Athens and Reykjavik (the second time) were the ones I made. The Stjarnan game itself was infuriating. That was the night I was finally finish with Iain Vigurs. I remember shouting all the lazy b*****ds of the day at him as he was going off the pitch and I'm not normally like that. He spent extra time standing with his hands on his hips. To this day seeing him play against us still gets my blood pressure up It was the 1st game that did for us. We went 2-0 up and were comfortable until Las decided to go for a Euro penalty record all on his own I vividly recall saying to my pal at 2-0 - oh well at least we will get a draw. How prophetic and annoying. Our game management was akin to Scotland playing rugby. I missed out on Dortmund which is still a profound regret. Not being from Motherwell I literally knew no Well fans until Big Pie set up the East of Scotland Well supporters branch almost 25 years ago. Still going today...although average age of members is well into into the 60’s I have managed to get to Finland, France, Iceland (Breidlablik), Wales, Denmark, Romania and Greece. I would have liked to have gone to Norway and Spain but when working it was and is tough to organise with a few days notice having just been away. All told I have actually seen us win away 3 times in Europe. Annoying we had to miss out this year. Would have seriously considered going to Israel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazylegsjoe_mfc Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, welldaft said: It was the 1st game that did for us. We went 2-0 up and were comfortable until Las decided to go for a Euro penalty record all on his own I vividly recall saying to my pal at 2-0 - oh well at least we will get a draw. How prophetic and annoying. Our game management was akin to Scotland playing rugby. Yeah, I remember we got a corner in the dying minutes and McManus and Ramsden going up and thinking surely we should just see this out. A couple of minutes later it's 2-2. Josh Law scoring twice that night then he never scored again. Mind you, I did think he turned into a better right-back than a lot gave him credit for. I remember thinking Stjarnan were absolutely rotten and we had sunk to their level, so the week later when they play Lech Poznan and Lech Poznan were just under evens to beat them in Iceland, I thought it was printing money..... it wasn't. Sure they ended up playing Inter Milan in the round after it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Aye they did. Reykjavik and Aalesund are the only ones I regret missing. Mainly cos they are/look like class places 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Aalesund were absolutely rotten from what I remember. Usually you expect a decent game from a Scandinavian side but we beat them fairly easily.Didn't their keeper from those games sign for Man United not long after? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 16 hours ago, YassinMoutaouakil said: We probably will make a group stage eventually if this Conference thing becomes a semi permanent fixture. Don't want to count our chickens before they hatch etc but we're usually good for a few top 3 finishes a decade. Aye, this is the dream ATM. Given that we'll be sitting at either 2 or 3 teams in it from the league... forever, and the possibility of a guaranteed group stage spot being in place... get us on the plane. 300 folk going to fucking... Luxembourg, to take on the 4th best team from their league. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Ron Aldo said: Aalesund were absolutely rotten from what I remember. Usually you expect a decent game from a Scandinavian side but we beat them fairly easily. Didn't their keeper from those games sign for Man United not long after? aye he did. They also had that striker that was about 7ft. He was in the papers etc making out he was great, cuunt was a carthorse 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I like the Women's new kit 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 23 minutes ago, Busta Nut said: I like the Women's new kit It's a nice enough top - but it's really unlike our normal stuff - put a hand over the 'Well badge and it would be a Dundee top. Is there a reason for it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Busta Nut said: aye he did. They also had that striker that was about 7ft. He was in the papers etc making out he was great, cuunt was a carthorse Craigan launched into him every time the ball was in the air, I was always waiting for the whistle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillips455 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Swello said: It's a nice enough top - but it's really unlike our normal stuff - put a hand over the 'Well badge and it would be a Dundee top. Is there a reason for it? I was thinking the same thing. Dundee kits are also made by Ma9croon so I was 99% sure this was just a template used for Dundees kit in the past. Turns out they have never had a middle stripped shirt in recent years. I could see this as dundees kit next season ( with their badge and sponsor being applied obviously) but I'm not sure why the women's team needed a new away kit? Is there something in the contract that requires this? I would assume using this seasons kits would have been a better and cheaper option since they already exist and are with the club. Edit: just tool the time to read the actual news piece and its q charity shirt that was designed by the players in conjunction with YAMS. Might buy it just for that reason. Edited March 15, 2021 by Phillips455 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 The big striker was 7ft + but was a complete and utter huddy. Don't think he won a single header. And aye Anders Lindegaard signed for Man U shortly after. Fairly certain he was a decent Football Manager signing as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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