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|1-England V Scotland
an I-was-there article done by Mammoth/Syndicate
First, this article is not biased in any way, there is no preference to
either side here, I saw the match as an interested spectator.
|1-DID I BOLLOCKS!!!!
|1-ENGLAND!! ENGLAND!! ENGLAND!!!!
9:00 am
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Woke up and had breakfast, have to be in Richmond by 11:00 am to wake my
mate up who has the tickets, set off to East Croydon with the
essentials, 100 quid, England away shirt on and St.George flag over my
shoulder. Reach Richmand and go to mates place, we go into local pub
and down a few beers, place is packed, he gives me my ticket which goes
straight into wallet, set off for Wembley about 1:00pm.
2:00pm
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Reach Wembley park tube station and walk up to ground, observe massive
police presence and lots of Scotland fans around, get to ground, more
jocks singing and dancing, England fans start singing in retaliation
"You`ve never won fuck all" and my favourite "Costa Rica 1 Scotland 0
hallelujah!". Jocks get angry, loads of police so nowt happens. In
ground, take seat in top tier on bend near Scotland fans, note lots of
Scottish flags in with England fans, they are singing, we are singing,
atmos is good.
2-50pm
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Teams come out to a tumultuous roar, flags are raised and voices heard,
the jocks try to drown out God Save the Queen but fail, the Englishmans
heart is in his voice today. The good thing was the fact that we
drowned out Flower of Scotland, 1-0 to the England fans!
3-00pm
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Kick off, Scotland get a lot of posession but not much else, few chances
here and there, thats it really for the first half, the only other
interesting bit was when a drunk Scotsman fell down the stairs, poor sod
did`nt know where he was.
4-00pm
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Second half, Redknapp is on for Psycho, straight away the difference is
there, Mcmanaman goes close, the crowd are rising expecting something,
then good interplay on the right, Neville crosses, Shearer is there at
the far post, thak you very much, one-nil. Cue scenes of orgasmic
delight from the England fans, I get hugged by a fat Chelsea fan for
about thirty seconds, who cares, we`re one up, silence to our left.
4-25pm
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Scotland are pressing, Durie gets a header which Seaman saves, then with
ten minutes to go Tony Adams brings down Gordon Durie for a Scottish
penalty, this is not good. Mcallister runs up to take the pen amidst a
cresendo of whistles, belts the ball and Seaman saves it somehow, the
ball goes out for a corner and we are ecstatic. From the corner the
ball goes out for a goal kick which Seaman takes, Gascgoigne to
Mcmanaman, flicked back to Gascgoigne who lobs the ball over Colin
Hendry and smashes it past Andy Goram. The rest you can guess for
yourselves, just add large Chelsea fan sitting down crying his eyes out.
4-50pm
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The final whistle goes, Swing low sweet Chariot and two-nil to the
England can be heard reverberating around Wembley, the jocks are quiet
and we are happy. Walk down Wembley Way singing and dancing a conga
with about 500 other people, get to Clapham Junction where I say goodbye
to my mate and go towards platform 13 to go home. Get back around
eightish and change cos my shirt is stuck to my back, what a memorable
day.
Update
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We got to the semifinals before cruelly losing to the bloody Germans
again, but we can hold our heads up high and say that English football
is a force to be reckoned with again... I still say we peaked to early
against Holland.
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