bristolcitysweden Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Slaget om Stäket, knappens öga. 1 200 swedes, 15-16 years old, beat 6 000 Russians 5 km from Stockholm. N E V E R T O B E F O R G O T T E N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Sorry mate, was cheering for you guys, but they looked good tonight the Russians! I've got Croatia in the cricket club sweepstake, I'm still quite happy. All looks pretty open to me still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Sorry mate, was cheering for you guys, but they looked good tonight the Russians! I've got Croatia in the cricket club sweepstake, I'm still quite happy. All looks pretty open to me still. Youre right. On the day they where the better team. The guys back the did a better job although they where half the age, starving and owned 0 and nothing. FAR MORE IMPORTANT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 It's only a game mate - history is something completely different! That's why most people hate us English, we went round raping and pillaging for years, now they get their own back on the football, rugby or cricket pitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mosquito Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Slaget om Stäket, knappens öga. 1 200 swedes, 15-16 years old, beat 6 000 Russians 5 km from Stockholm. N E V E R T O B E F O R G O T T E N Oh well, so it's now an intriguing quarter final clash between the Russian Red Army and the Dutch Orange Army. Unlike you Swedes us English have fought with just about every nation on Earth. Including the quarter finalists the Dutch and the Russians....... England versus Holland - Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653 by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, painted c. 1654, depicts the final battle of the First Anglo-Dutch-War. Outcome: score draw?....... England versus Russia: The Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava by William Simpson (1855), illustrating the Light Brigade's charge into the "Valley of Death" from the Russian perspective..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 It's only a game mate - history is something completely different! That's why most people hate us English, we went round raping and pillaging for years, now they get their own back on the football, rugby or cricket pitch! It's only a game but the day we got an Russian oligarc as owner the AGM will be most entertaining.. ; ) Never to be forgotten........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristolCity1992 Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 I can not understand why you leave someone of Kallstrom's class on the bench and I am not going just on FM here I have watched him closely since his Rennes days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouieDane Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Unlike you Swedes us English have fought with just about every nation on Earth. Britain has never fought in war, occupied by force or had a dispute leading to deaths with only a very few countries: Mexico, Canada and Greenland most importantly as well as a few of the northern most countires in South America such as Peru. I'm not sure about which African countries we have fought against because i'm not sure if troops from German colonies fought in world war one - but it's safe to say it is very rare indeed for England to play against any other country when it is not a grudge match of some sort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 and I am not going just on FM here Love that! If only football was that easy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mosquito Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Britain has never fought in war, occupied by force or had a dispute leading to deaths with only a very few countries: Mexico, Canada and Greenland most importantly as well as a few of the northern most countires in South America such as Peru. I'm not sure about which African countries we have fought against because i'm not sure if troops from German colonies fought in world war one - but it's safe to say it is very rare indeed for England to play against any other country when it is not a grudge match of some sort! The Daddy of all the wars we English have ever fought was actually between ourselves during the English Civil War. Bristol was on the winning side - the side of the English Parliament against the forces of the tyrant King Charles I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 It's only a game but the day we got an Russian oligarc as owner the AGM will be most entertaining.. ; ) Never to be forgotten........... what is an oilygarc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 what is an oilygarc? Thought the English word was oligarc (sorry for misspelling) but not sure. Oligarcy (in Swedish) is when only a few persons runs a market. (by feedingf 95% of the population with vodka) shit vodka that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 what is an oilygarc? The bastards got oil as well. Never to be greased.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 I can not understand why you leave someone of Kallstrom's class on the bench and I am not going just on FM here I have watched him closely since his Rennes days. Lacks pace. But did very well coming on when the Russians where a bit tired. His left foot is a real sledgehammer. Please correct my English. Trying to improve it. Cheers /T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Lacks pace. But did very well coming on when the Russians where a bit tired. His left foot is a real sledgehammer. Please correct my English. Trying to improve it. Cheers /T To be honest we where a pain in the ass to the Russian at the time you where making a big deal a about the Norweigan vikings crousing over open sea to beat up skinny, red haired, freckled in coming Grimsby fans. At the time we sailed fourth the distance along Russians rivers severing countless assaults to eventually reach Istanbul. Now, thats Vikings.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Lacks pace. But did very well coming on when the Russians where a bit tired. His left foot is a real sledgehammer. Please correct my English. Trying to improve it. Cheers /T To be honest we where a pain in the ass to the Russian at the time you where making a big deal a about the Norweigan vikings crousing over open sea to beat up skinny, red haired, freckled in coming Grimsby fans. At the time we sailed fourth the distance along Russians rivers severing countless assaults to eventually reach Istanbul. Now, thats Vikings.. After a good nights sleep I will be more than willing to ask for Nogbads summer amnesty for crazy posts. Good night Bristol. Kicking off in the Baltic sea that is but never to be forgotten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 To be honest we where a pain in the ass to the Russian at the time you where making a big deal a about the Norweigan vikings crousing over open sea to beat up skinny, red haired, freckled in coming Grimsby fans. At the time we sailed fourth the distance along Russians rivers severing countless assaults to eventually reach Istanbul. Now, thats Vikings.. After a good nights sleep I will be more than willing to ask for Nogbads summer amnesty for crazy posts. Good night Bristol. Miklagård, not Istanbul. Sorry. Kicking off in the Baltic sea that is but never to be forgotten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted June 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Slaget om Stäket, knappens öga. 1 200 swedes, 15-16 years old, beat 6 000 Russians 5 km from Stockholm. N E V E R T O B E F O R G O T T E N Russian media ignores the battle of Stäket and are instead comparing to the battle of Poltava 1709.. Welcome out of the vodka mist to modern times http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotb...ticle2722095.ab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinC Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 To be honest we where a pain in the ass to the Russian at the time you where making a big deal a about the Norweigan vikings crousing over open sea to beat up skinny, red haired, freckled in coming Grimsby fans. At the time we sailed fourth the distance along Russians rivers severing countless assaults to eventually reach Istanbul. Now, thats Vikings.. Bloody vikings, coming over here, raping our women, pillaging our towns, and the government of the day did naff all to set about repatriating them. Wouldn't happen today, not with that nice Mr Brown in charge :noexpression: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderEagle Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 I leave the forum alone for a week, then I come back to find there's a Swedish version of Red Goblin posting ! Good on yer mate - oh and some of us DID know what an oligarch is, you only missed out a pesky h on the spelling but it seems you have a better grasp of English than most Bristolians ! I've been to the royal palace at Drottingholm (I think?) and was amazed at (a) how little fuss is made of it - there were only twelve people waiting to get in the day I went, imagine that at Buck House! and (b) what a long and bloody history the Swedes have had. Fair play to those teenage kids I say. Mind you there's eff-all else to do in those long winter nights ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mosquito Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 I leave the forum alone for a week, then I come back to find there's a Swedish version of Red Goblin posting ! Good on yer mate - oh and some of us DID know what an oligarch is, you only missed out a pesky h on the spelling but it seems you have a better grasp of English than most Bristolians ! I've been to the royal palace at Drottingholm (I think?) and was amazed at (a) how little fuss is made of it - there were only twelve people waiting to get in the day I went, imagine that at Buck House! and (b) what a long and bloody history the Swedes have had. Fair play to those teenage kids I say. Mind you there's eff-all else to do in those long winter nights ... Fair shout, there's a Swedish version of me bringing the fine history of his country to our attention. I do have a Scandinavian sounding name - perhaps we're related? ..... This poem was written to memorialize a suicidal charge by light cavalry over open terrain by British forces in the Battle of Balaclava (Ukraine) in the Crimean War (1854-56). 247 men of the 637 in the charge were killed or wounded..... "The Charge Of The Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1809-1892....I often quote the text I've put into bold type to my wife when told to do some DIY........ Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. 'Forward the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!' he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. 'Forward, the Light Brigade!' Was there a man dismayed? Not though the soldier knew Some one had blundered: Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them Cannon in front of them Volleyed and thundered; Stormed at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred. Flashed all their sabres bare, Flashed as they turned in air Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, while All the world wondered: Plunged in the battery-smoke Right through the line they broke; Cossack and Russian Reeled from the sabre-stroke Shattered and sundered. Then they rode back, but not Not the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them Volleyed and thundered; Stormed at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell, They that had fought so well Came through the jaws of Death, Back from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred. When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made! All the world wondered. Honour the charge they made! Honour the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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