ijjysmith
Calm
Hello all! Been a while since i posted anything on here. Been away in Prague for a bit so i thought i'd write a bit about what it was like watching the Toffees abroad.
I arrived last week in the freezing and snowy conditions, and had one priority...find a pub/bar/club that will show the Everton games while I am here. My girlfriend obviously didn't think this, we were there to spend Valentines and do that kinda stuff!
I had three days before the Sporting match, plenty of time to find somewhere...you'd think. It seems they freakin' love the Winter Olympics a little bit too much over there! Anyhow, whilst walking up Wenceslas Square on the Monday i spot a man wearing a bright yellow top advertising an Irish Sports bar called Rocky O'Reilly's! Perfect!
Tuesday arrived and I get confused about the time difference (only one hour!!) and end up in the pub at 4:30 their time, when it kicked off at 6:45! I walk in loads of seats and a massive big screen. I check with the landlord they will show it and he says they will! hurrah! 2 hours of drinking before kick off!
The pub slowly fills up, loads of different nationalities, and hot barmaids! I'm the only one with an Everton shirt on, and the match get's under way. Pienaar scores just as i'm eating a massive nacho, chilli goes everywhere, i'm the one cheering (girlfriend smiles...i'm a better boyfriend when we are winning) and Distin makes it two. All going great...UNTIL Sporting are on the attack and i hear some cheering and encouragement for them. I turn round and it's a Norwegian bloke with last seasons Man UTD shirt on with Solskjaer (!) on the back. This bloke drove me mental for many reasons. A) he's a Norwegian in a United shirt...B) why does he want us to lose and C) i was a bit battered by now.
As we know Distin ballsed up (Norwegian loved this), and then later that night United vs Milan was on. (i'm still in the pub at this point!). Now i've never watched a Norwegian watch football before but this bloke was so passionate about United it made me wonder. Then behind me there's a Spanish bloke, talking to a French bloke about wh he doesn't follow a Norwegian team. French bloke says 'becasue they don't win'.................................I NEARLY SNAPPED!
Anyway, after many shouts of 'scoot scoot' which I took to mean shoot he went home happy and i returned to the hotel a bit gutted by Sporting's late goal.
On Saturday we had to check out of our hotel at 11, with Everton Vs Man U starting at 1:45 their time. Persuade the Mrs that Rocky O'Reilly's nachos were so good we should have some more....and watch the Toffees. We return to the pub loads of British people in there i share a knowing glance with a group of Irish blokes, one of which wearing the black and pink away shirt.
I'm praying Norwegian isn't in there, as i'm fearing the worst, Berbatov scores and i wanna fly home there and then. We all know what followed and i wished more than anything that Norwegian man came in...but to no avail!
So that's where i've been! Anyone else have any good stories about watching Everton abroad?
I arrived last week in the freezing and snowy conditions, and had one priority...find a pub/bar/club that will show the Everton games while I am here. My girlfriend obviously didn't think this, we were there to spend Valentines and do that kinda stuff!
I had three days before the Sporting match, plenty of time to find somewhere...you'd think. It seems they freakin' love the Winter Olympics a little bit too much over there! Anyhow, whilst walking up Wenceslas Square on the Monday i spot a man wearing a bright yellow top advertising an Irish Sports bar called Rocky O'Reilly's! Perfect!
Tuesday arrived and I get confused about the time difference (only one hour!!) and end up in the pub at 4:30 their time, when it kicked off at 6:45! I walk in loads of seats and a massive big screen. I check with the landlord they will show it and he says they will! hurrah! 2 hours of drinking before kick off!
The pub slowly fills up, loads of different nationalities, and hot barmaids! I'm the only one with an Everton shirt on, and the match get's under way. Pienaar scores just as i'm eating a massive nacho, chilli goes everywhere, i'm the one cheering (girlfriend smiles...i'm a better boyfriend when we are winning) and Distin makes it two. All going great...UNTIL Sporting are on the attack and i hear some cheering and encouragement for them. I turn round and it's a Norwegian bloke with last seasons Man UTD shirt on with Solskjaer (!) on the back. This bloke drove me mental for many reasons. A) he's a Norwegian in a United shirt...B) why does he want us to lose and C) i was a bit battered by now.
As we know Distin ballsed up (Norwegian loved this), and then later that night United vs Milan was on. (i'm still in the pub at this point!). Now i've never watched a Norwegian watch football before but this bloke was so passionate about United it made me wonder. Then behind me there's a Spanish bloke, talking to a French bloke about wh he doesn't follow a Norwegian team. French bloke says 'becasue they don't win'.................................I NEARLY SNAPPED!
Anyway, after many shouts of 'scoot scoot' which I took to mean shoot he went home happy and i returned to the hotel a bit gutted by Sporting's late goal.
On Saturday we had to check out of our hotel at 11, with Everton Vs Man U starting at 1:45 their time. Persuade the Mrs that Rocky O'Reilly's nachos were so good we should have some more....and watch the Toffees. We return to the pub loads of British people in there i share a knowing glance with a group of Irish blokes, one of which wearing the black and pink away shirt.
I'm praying Norwegian isn't in there, as i'm fearing the worst, Berbatov scores and i wanna fly home there and then. We all know what followed and i wished more than anything that Norwegian man came in...but to no avail!
So that's where i've been! Anyone else have any good stories about watching Everton abroad?
