Reesh Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Any of us on here go to see their country play, I know Sheffieldblue follows Scotland. I've been to just one England game, in Berlin, on their end, would like to get to more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 I did England V Uruguay at Anfield, Peter Crouch came on with 21 on one side of his shirt and 12 on the other… IIRC.. At least I think he did… I’d had a few I remember Gary Neville and Beckham getting absolute pelters with every touch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Saw England play Sweden (iirc) in a friendly. 0-0. One of ours got sent off. Scholes I think. Could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelters Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Not that bothered about England these days but went to Japan in 2002 and saw four games including the quarter final against Brazil. Was a great experience and thankfully was too far for most of the nobheads to travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelters Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Also recall the Nigeria game where the band walked down the steps past my sent. I said ‘up the Owls’ and they looked daggers at me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, Skamp said: Saw England play Sweden (iirc) in a friendly. 0-0. One of ours got sent off. Scholes I think. Could be wrong. Not a friendly. European qualifier group 5 1999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverlining Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Seen them 3 times in total, 3-0 vs Ukraine at St James Park in 2004, 1-2 vs Germany at Wembley not long after it had reopened in 2007, and 2-0 vs Costa Rica in the warm-up game prior to the 2018 World Cup. Glad I've seen them play in person, and my lad is 8 soon so he's getting to the age when he'll be angling after me taking him as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M42Owl Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 I think I’ve only seen them live twice. A pre Moscow friendly and Rooney’s* 100th cap (I think it was). I have however, travelled all the way to Ljubljana to watch a qualifier against Slovenia in a pub. It was my son’s first England away day and he wanted the company on the planes, trains, and tortuous journey he’d identified as being the cheapest. * Can someone get the auto correct sorted. Typed in Rooney and it changed to Romney. FFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pook Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 I've seen the USA play, I'd guess, 30-35 times. World Cup qualifiers (especially v Mexico) can be very, very good fun. The Gold Cup (CONCACAF's Euros) is hit and miss. Semis and finals can be good, but they're usually fairly tame. When CONMEBOL held their 'centenario' here, that was pretty good, and USA games were quite worth the effort. Friendlies tend to be just mates, beer, and footy, which is a decent combination regardless of the quality of the latter. We don't have a 'home' stadium, like Wembley, so they play all over the country. Whenever they're in the Midwest, I go if I can. I've seen them in 7 or 8 different venues ranging from around 20k to maybe 80k capacities. If I had a local 11 that I could go to every other week, I might not make the effort for USA. But I'm 2.5 house from MLS, and frankly, it blows. So USA is as good as it gets for me without flying halfway round the globe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Used to go to every home England game in mid 80s onwards. Saw Hirst debut v France think it was. Only been a couple times last 10 years. Doesn't have anywhere near same appeal as Owl's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl4ever1867 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 I vaguely remember watching a England game at Huddersfield a few years ago now, can't remember if it was U21s or Schoolboys My old man has been to Wembley to watch England in a World Cup Qualifier. I'll admit I'm not that bothered when it comes to "Friendlys" but love the Euros & World Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl4ever1867 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 7 minutes ago, Mark said: Used to go to every home England game in mid 80s onwards. Saw Hirst debut v France think it was. Only been a couple times last 10 years. Doesn't have anywhere near same appeal as Owl's Made his Debut vs Australia on 1st June 91, scored his one & only England goal on 8th June 91 vs New Zealand with his last game coming against France in February 92. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 17 minutes ago, Mark said: Used to go to every home England game in mid 80s onwards. Saw Hirst debut v France think it was. Only been a couple times last 10 years. Doesn't have anywhere near same appeal as Owl's Cos of the band I assume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 37 minutes ago, pook said: I've seen the USA play, I'd guess, 30-35 times. World Cup qualifiers (especially v Mexico) can be very, very good fun. The Gold Cup (CONCACAF's Euros) is hit and miss. Semis and finals can be good, but they're usually fairly tame. When CONMEBOL held their 'centenario' here, that was pretty good, and USA games were quite worth the effort. Friendlies tend to be just mates, beer, and footy, which is a decent combination regardless of the quality of the latter. We don't have a 'home' stadium, like Wembley, so they play all over the country. Whenever they're in the Midwest, I go if I can. I've seen them in 7 or 8 different venues ranging from around 20k to maybe 80k capacities. If I had a local 11 that I could go to every other week, I might not make the effort for USA. But I'm 2.5 house from MLS, and frankly, it blows. So USA is as good as it gets for me without flying halfway round the globe. I would love England to tour the country again like they had to when Wembley was rebuilt but the blatant over spend on the National Stadium means they won't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 55 minutes ago, Reesh said: Cos of the band I assume. Exactly 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 55 minutes ago, Reesh said: I would love England to tour the country again like they had to when Wembley was rebuilt but the blatant over spend on the National Stadium means they won't Same. I went to game at Weeds when they played Sweden. Had a good wash after. Decent game though tbf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 1 hour ago, owl4ever1867 said: Made his Debut vs Australia on 1st June 91, scored his one & only England goal on 8th June 91 vs New Zealand with his last game coming against France in February 92. Apologies, yes your right I forgot about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mark said: Same. I went to game at Weeds when they played Sweden. Had a good wash after. Decent game though tbf Pre Euro 96? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 I've been to Cardiff a few times to watch Wales and watched them at Wembley against England in 2010. First 'international' was watching Sterland capt the under 21s at the Sty and beat Spain to win the Euro championship. I've followed football when World Cups and Euros have been close. Went to all the games at Hillsborough in 96, popped across to France in 98 and Belgium in 2000 but only got in the fan zones. Managed to get tickets for Argentina Serbia and Portugal Mexico in Gelsenkirchen in 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogbad Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Back in the 80's a group of us used to watch England 2 or 3 times a year. We'd make a day of it, travel down in the morning, park near Wembley, tube into London, couple of drinks, a curry, take in a sight, then back to Wembley. It was a great day out. We stopped going when we got into a tube station one night which was full of Chelsea supporting England fans who thought it would be fun to search out fellow England fans from the North and beat the sheeite out of them. We managed to get out of the station unscathed but ended up missing the first 15 minutes of the match. We couldn't be arsed after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Reesh said: Pre Euro 96? I think must have been. Think it was something like 3-3, we left before end I couldn't stand being in that place for moment longer 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 Umbro Cup 95 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl71 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Once. A friendly in the late 90s. Atmosphere and game were both shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Reesh said: I would love England to tour the country again like they had to when Wembley was rebuilt but the blatant over spend on the National Stadium means they won't I agree. The atmosphere at Wembley comes across as flat and sterile. What’s with the constant paper aeroplanes. I can’t think of many other national teams outside the Uk who are based in one City. I believe Germany, Spain and Italy all tour around their country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirstys 12th Pint Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Went to England v Slovakia about 7 years ago. Enjoyed it as took the lad who loved it. Match a bit boring and atmosphere crap. Rooney was man of the match as he has been the two other times seen him live pre Derby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Owl Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 I went to both England v Scotland games in the play off under Kevin Keegan. We were lucky that Scotland forgot their finishing boots - especially at Wembley when we were very fortunate to lose by the one goal. It was the worst performance I've seen from an England team until Iceland I can't be bothered with the New Zealand football team until they move to the Asia qualifying stage as what Australia did. There really is zero competition against the mighty island nations round here for them. They're always going to qualify for the play off spot and then 99% of the time, will always lose the play off. May as well go into the Asia qualifying and compete there, as well as within the Asia cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 I actually think Australia have got stronger through playing in the Asia group. The same could happen for New Zealand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Saw a qualifier v Luxembourg at the old Wembley, won 6 - 0. Also got some freebie tickets from a pension company for a friendly v Sweden at the new Wembley. Was in the mid tier corporate seats, all very soulless, got a free beer at HT so just stayed drinking that for 20 minutes. There was also some B international v France in about 1984 at S6. Schools were dishing out free tickets in the West Stand, but we declined preferring the Kop. Our school won a prize for distributing most tickets, which our Head of PE went onto the pitch to collect. To a rendition of "Mr Moss, Mr Moss what a wanker what a wanker" from a section of the Kop. In truth he was, a lad I used to sit with Todd decking him at a basketball game was proof of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank_Owl2,0 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Yes. Saw em against Italy a few years back 1-1 it finished if I recall. I also went to a game when I was much younger against an Eastern European team, I think it was a Czech team and it was boring, it was when Greenwood was the manager I think. I just don't feel any connection with them. Don't get me wrong I watch our games (mostly) when we get to the finals of the various competitions but that's it. The most I was ever interested was when we had a few players in the squad back in the 90s. No comparison to following Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobster Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Can't say I have ever watched England at Football , But I regularily used to go to Twickenham , Dublin , Cardiff and Edinbrugh to watch them at Rugby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrySpeakup Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 I went to the famous 1967 England 2 Scotland 3 game when Jim McCalliog scored the late winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffieldblue Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 6 hours ago, HarrySpeakup said: I went to the famous 1967 England 2 Scotland 3 game when Jim McCalliog scored the late winner When we crowned world champions. No Russian linesman to save England that day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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