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Post by truth on May 7, 2017 13:18:48 GMT -5
God i hated going to Millwall away, all those angry dock workers and butchers, Coldharbor lane was like" hell on earth", i never used to wear anything Chelsea related there , you took your life in your hands . Leicester was magic,sadly it will probably not happen again for a long time. Jewel SF Giants, my local Baseball team, though i do love the Raiders fan base. Yes Truth im a limey lol . Wola ..yes she is just plain annoying . lol Good thing Millwall won't be playing in PL anytime soon, huh? Even if they get promoted to Championship this year, I don't see them coming up to PL anytime soon. So what brought you all the way to SF leaving the Stamford Bridge behind?
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Post by ajk on May 7, 2017 16:54:17 GMT -5
Holy crap, MTR you actually went to The Den as an away fan? Seriously? I'm totally, completely blown away. Yeah I have a series of books about hooliganism written by a couple of Watford fans/reformed hooligans and I know all about the Millwall experience. If you braved all that then you have bullet-proof 100% fan credentials. Deep bow in your direction, that is darned impressive.
The violent segment of it aside, that's what I meant about the communities with extra-deep passion for their teams. Those working-class kinds of fans, it means more to them because they have less in their lives and you can really feel that in some places. Same with the Raiders. They're going to leave Oakland and eventually the team will go soft and lose its edge. It happened in Los Angeles and this time it will probably be much worse. An absolute tragedy and a disgrace.
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Post by MTR on May 8, 2017 19:36:53 GMT -5
Ha ha AKJ, i survived the Den about 3 times, that is really the key AKJ, it was very much a working class sport, people had terrible jobs and conditions, and all they had to look forward to was the pub, and footie on the weekend, luckily though the sport seems to have retained its working class element as well as the new money fans.
If the Raiders move to LA its over sadly.
Truth ..Work was the main reason to move here, plus every working class plonker dreams of America really, we probably do not appreciate it so much once here, but over there it was the stuff of dreams and legend.
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Post by jewel on May 8, 2017 22:54:09 GMT -5
1) i never used to wear anything Chelsea related there , you took your life in your hands . 2) Jewel SF Giants, my local Baseball team, though i do love the Raiders fan base. 1) lol - that's what my baby brother says about wearing his Raiders jersey to a Giant game 2) my Giants are the NY Giants, love love love them!! Can I ask you a question, Mtr? (Or anyone else who knows the answer) I know Brits say "crikey" which is similar to "darn" here. But what does the word really mean? I've always been very curious about that word.
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Post by MTR on May 8, 2017 23:46:08 GMT -5
That is pretty much an old term Jewel, never used it myself but my father used to. It was very prevalent in the upper classes and of course old Brit comedies like Are You Being Served . It comes from the phrase "Christs Blood". Over the centuries it somehow migrated to Crikey, same as "God Blind Me "became "Cor Blimey".
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Post by truth on May 9, 2017 0:52:56 GMT -5
Can I ask you a question, Mtr? (Or anyone else who knows the answer) I know Brits say "crikey" which is similar to "darn" here. But what does the word really mean? I've always been very curious about that word. I thought crikey was an Australian slang?
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Post by MTR on May 9, 2017 15:16:24 GMT -5
No Truth, but as Australia has so many ex pat Brits, they just use a lot of the same terms, the word actually dates all the way back to the late 1600's.
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Post by truth on May 9, 2017 16:51:00 GMT -5
No Truth, but as Australia has so many ex pat Brits, they just use a lot of the same terms, the word actually dates all the way back to the late 1600's. The reason I thought it was an Australian slang is because I've never heard any British person saying "crikey," not that I personally know any British people, it's that I've never heard any British say the word "crikey" on media. First person that comes to my mind when I see "crikey" is Steve Irwin, which is why I always thought it was Australian. I did hear British people saying "Blimey," so I knew that was a British slang.
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Post by jewel on May 11, 2017 21:34:18 GMT -5
It comes from the phrase "Christs Blood". Over the centuries it somehow migrated to Crikey, same as "God Blind Me "became "Cor Blimey". Thank you!! This is what I wanted to hear. How come no one could tell me this until now?? That's really neat. Just like how "St. Nicholas" became "Santa Claus."
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Post by jewel on May 11, 2017 21:44:01 GMT -5
The reason I thought it was an Australian slang is because I've never heard any British person saying "crikey," not that I personally know any British people, it's that I've never heard any British say the word "crikey" on media. The first time I ever heard it was on "Bridget Jones's Diary" when Colin Firth says it. Ohmgosh, I remember my girlfriends and I kept replaying that scene over and over again to figure out what he muttered under his breath. We knew it was some expression of disappointment/discontent cuz he says it when Bridget tells him she likes him, when he had already taken a job in New York and was moving across the pond. Omg, what a crush I had on him back then.
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Post by truth on May 20, 2017 21:57:30 GMT -5
At least Leicester is in the Premier League, Millwall is in League One. Not only is it impossible for them to win PL, you can't even watch their games if you live outside of Britain. Most L1 games don't get broadcasted even in England, so you have to attend the games in person. Very hard to do for non-English fans. It's hard to root for a team when you can't even watch their games, not just Millwall but any League 1 or non-PL team for that matter. Welp, at least they are in Championship now, which doesn't really make much difference since most Championship games, like L1 games, don't get broadcast in their native country of United Kingdom, let alone the U.S. Truth, you guys will win the title next season, Jose always wins the title in his second season. I have been to Old Trafford, really amazing stadium and atmosphere (unlike the other half of Manchester and their empty seats). Even going there as a Chelsea supporter, you cannot help but be awed by "The Theater Of Dreams. Fergie in my opinion was the best manger in the history of the sport, he won everything, multiple times, built awesome teams, did not tolerate egotistical players like Beckham, raised superstars like Ronaldo .Simply the best. Congratulations to MTR for Chelsea's 2017 Premier League title win! Hope you guys beat Arsenal and win the double though I wouldn't mind Arsenal winning the FA Cup if it means Wenger will sign a new lifetime contract lol. Now I just hope United can win the Europa.
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Post by ajk on May 21, 2017 1:42:35 GMT -5
Hey Millwall got promoted! Woohoo! Hope they can stick in the second tier.
p.s. But now I'm reading that they may have to relocate to Kent because there are designs on their stadium land? Good grief I hope that gets stopped. Talk about Raiders similarities, that would suck the entire character out of the team.
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Post by truth on May 21, 2017 7:59:33 GMT -5
p.s. But now I'm reading that they may have to relocate to Kent because there are designs on their stadium land? Good grief I hope that gets stopped. Talk about Raiders similarities, that would suck the entire character out of the team. They would become the new MK Dons in that case. I agree that it shouldn't happen.
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Post by truth on May 24, 2017 16:27:01 GMT -5
Now I just hope United can win the Europa. Champions League here we come!
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Post by ajk on Jun 7, 2017 3:15:25 GMT -5
How can you not love this.... London attack: Football fan shouted 'F*** you, I’m Millwall' and took on knife-wielding terrorists with his bare fists Calls for Roy Larner, the 'Lion of London Bridge', to be given a medal after reportedly saving lives and making Millwall fans popular by single-handedly taking on the three attackersby Adam Lusher | Tuesday 6 June 2017 | The Independent A football fan reportedly yelled “F**k you, I’m Millwall” as he single-handedly took on the three knife-wielding London terror attackers armed with nothing more than his fists. Roy Larner has already been hailed a hero, with a petition launched for him to be awarded the George Cross medal for his actions in the Black and Blue steakhouse on Saturday night. In fighting back, the 47-year-old Millwall fan gave dozens of others who were in the Borough Market restaurant the chance to escape. Now out of the intensive care ward of St Thomas’ Hospital, where he was treated for knife wounds all over his body including his neck, the father-of-one has told The Sun how he reacted when the killers burst into the restaurant shouting “Islam, Islam” and “This is for Allah”. “Like an idiot,” he told the newspaper, “I shouted back at them. I thought, ‘I need to take the p*** out of these b******s’.” “I took a few steps towards them and said, ‘F*** you, I’m Millwall’. So they started attacking me.” Mr Larner added: “I stood in front of them trying to fight them off. Everyone else ran to the back. “I was on my own against all three of them, that’s why I got hurt so much. “It was just me, trying to grab them with my bare hands and hold on. I was swinging. “I got stabbed and sliced eight times. They got me in my head, chest and both hands. There was blood everywhere. “They were saying, ‘Islam, Islam!’. I said again, ‘F*** you, I’m Millwall!’ “It was the worst thing I could have done as they carried on attacking me. “Luckily, none of the blows were straight at me or I’d be dead.” Mr Larner’s actions have won him a huge following on social media, where he has been called “The Lion of London Bridge”, a reference to Millwall Football Club’s nickname the Lions. Fans of the south London club have long prided themselves on their refusal to duck a fight, celebrating their intimidating reputation with the chant: “No-one likes us, we don’t care.” Mr Larner’s bravery, however, seems suddenly to have made Millwall fans popular. On Good Morning Brtitain, presenter Piers Morgan, a fan of rival London club Arsenal, told viewers: “Millwall fans get a very bad rap, a lot of it very deserved, but there are times when you really want a lot of Millwall fans, and that was one of them.” Mr Larner has certainly made his mother proud. Phyllis Larner, 78, told The Sun: “He’s fearless, my son. He’ll give as good as he gets. “He’s quite nippy and lippy and wouldn’t back down from a fight. “He wouldn’t care who it was or if they had a knife or gun.” Mr Larner, from Peckham, south-east London, said the attackers eventually “ran out of the pub and legged it”. Despite his injuries, he said he followed them outside. “It wasn’t until I was in a police car,” said Mr Larner, “That I realised I was in a bad way. I’d been sliced up all over.” “I didn’t think of my safety at the time,” he added. “I’d had four or five pints — nothing major. “I can handle myself. But I was out with an old person and it was out of order.” As he recovers in hospital, Mr Larner’s friends have brought him a running magazine. The front cover headline reads: “Learn to run.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-bridge-terror-attack-fk-darn-you-im-millwall-hero-roy-larner-football-fan-lion-of-london-a7775246.html
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