One Team Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 As gutted as I felt last night on not beating Portugal, it paled into insignificance compared to the pain I felt in Cardiff, almost a month ago. Trying to explain this to people this morning was like banging your head against a brick wall, of course, but to have football ruin your summer TWICE is going some. It did make me realise Bristol City do, and will always, come first. One Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSN Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 I am as much City as I am English. So I now feel like crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jesser Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 yeah when england lost (and they shouldn't have) I kept thinking of the city game in cardiff it was a double blow....how can we be so unlucky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucksred Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 CIDER-RED FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 The disapointments worse for me when City lose. Although I'm a member of the English football tribe through' and through' the England team seem so remote and distant. With City its a tribe within a tribe which makes defeat much more personal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WillsbridgeRed Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 English over everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompo Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Club for me every time. I felt disappointed last night but not so much that we lost but how we lost. This morning I feel OK but it took a long time to get over defeat in PO Final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordofthebling Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 same old City.... same old England..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neo Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 I don't know. I always presumed club beforehand (although always been very proud to be English). But, when I walked away from the Mill Stad, I was gutted but able to laugh with friends and family on the way back to the coach and resign myself once again that it is the life of a City fan. Last night; I was crushed. Absolutely deflated and I am sat in work at the moment with nobody even daring to speak to me; I have a permanent scowl which will not go away. In short, more upset by last nights result that the Mill Stad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonsKev Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Club, wasn't as bothered last night as much as i was at Cardiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Club every time without question. The loss in Cardiff really mattered to me, I didn't sleep the night before or after that game. No problem sleeping last night. I haven't seen any player who played last night in the flesh ( so to speak ). whereas I watch the City players week in week out, you get to 'know' them and share the highs and lows. I feel down that England lost, but we got what we deserved if we are honest. We sat back on a 1 goal lead, didn't we learn anything from the France game? Beckham was a huge disappointment, a shadow of his former self. Rooney shone in most of the games we looked poorer when he went off. The best player for me was Campbell. What hit me most when watching our England is that I found myself questioning is that really the best we have got? What is happening to English football. ? Shocking. Take all the 'imports' out of the Prem and you aren't left with much. Sven might have to dip into the coca-colas for some players! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granty Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Country over club every time, last night hurt, really hurt - worse than Cardiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmerD Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Definitely BCFC for me. Last night was disappointing for various reasons, not least the inept performance, but I am no where near as gutted as after the Mill Stad. Everytime I hear "England till I die" being sung - I always sing "City till i die"!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompo Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WillsbridgeRed Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 No you're not Nick, this was my view posted somewhere else "I'm looking forward to ***** like Beckham saying how the players let down the fans and are sorry. It's not good enough, perform on the pitch or **** off. I'm fed up of this **** appearing on endless commercials even though time after time he's been exposed this season as hardly world class" And also, those of you that said you would but City over England - HOW MANY OF YOU WORE ENGLAND TOPS DURING THE EURO'S? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southport Red Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 For Various reasons (which I won't bore the forum with), I was unable to go to the playoff final. Instead I watched in a local pub (getting them to screen City games up here is a negotiation skills challenge-and-a-half). The last three times I have been to that pub have been: Rugby Play-off final (code for we WIN the league by 6 points and the other team are the champions) - BATH LOST Div 2 Playoff final - CITY LOST and now Euro2004 Quarter-Final - ENGLAND LOST (I will NEVER set foot in that pub again). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider red Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Well said. Its hard trying to explain the feeling of loosing in the playoff final compared to that. To be honest i wasnt that bothered about england loosing last night , i knew we would loose , and france will win that tournament whoever they play in the final anyway. I think its because we follow our club through thick and thin for 9 months each year , we go to places like colchester , it just means so much more than England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 And also, those of you that said you would but City over England - HOW MANY OF YOU WORE ENGLAND TOPS DURING THE EURO'S? I have several City shirts but not one England, although I am tempted to get the England away. Perhaps that's because it is red? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmerD Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 And also, those of you that said you would but City over England - HOW MANY OF YOU WORE ENGLAND TOPS DURING THE EURO'S? I wore my BCFC 2004/5 shirt to a boozer in Leamington Spa last night for the game. I have now worn this twice watching footie games - the first being that dreadful day in May in Cardiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WillsbridgeRed Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 I have several City shirts but not one England, although I am tempted to get the England away. Perhaps that's because it is red? No, it's because you're really WELSH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 No, it's because you're really WELSH How cruel ! Sorry welsh people. The funny thing is Mr RedM and I got a 'History of your Surname' type printout and it says our surname has Welsh origins, he was horrified that he could be somehow Welsh! If i ever want to annoy him I just remind him! On the subject of shirts I have got 2 Republic of Ireland shirts, and proud to be half Irish! Welsh indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WillsbridgeRed Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 So you're half and half, yet you wear Ireland tops. Shocking. Yet another example of someone that wants to be anything but English. Your not a Labour MP by anychance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 How can you say that I don't want to be English. I support England, I just don't have a shirt with it written on. I can be both, Ireland when they play ( I like the underdogs). But Bristol City most of all, and for the record our players can come from any country, be any sexuality, be purple with pink spots for all I care. If they are wearing a city shirt they are my players. Labour MP? I'm used to dealing with children, might give it a try if I fancy a career change. They are all as bad as one another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WillsbridgeRed Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 be purple with pink spots for all I care I doubt they'd pass their medical with a disease like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Club. Without a shadow of a doubt. Last night I was devastated, but by the end of the night I was able to laugh and joke with mates whereas in Cardiff I was almost silent for the rest of the day and it took me weeks to get over the disappointment! Yes, I care about the England football team, but nowhere near as much as City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rikku Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Club - I'm still gutted about the game last night but nowhere near as bad as I was after Cardiff. The bottom line is, I will do everything within my power to get to a city game (I've already planned to pull a sickie at work so I can go to the Barnsley away game in August as I can't take that day as holiday) but I don't do the same to get to England games. If I'd really tried I could have afforded to go to Portugal but all my money goes on seeing City and I'm happy with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucksred Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 But Bristol City most of all, and for the record our players can come from any country, be any sexuality, be purple with pink spots for all I care. If they are wearing a city shirt they are my players. Says it for me without a doubt.....................City and proud. Club every time for me There are probably a lot of City fans who aint English too...the Danish guys for example, and i've seen City tops in SA, on locals, not expats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Gows' Tash Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 As gutted as I felt last night on not beating Portugal, it paled into insignificance compared to the pain I felt in Cardiff, almost a month ago. Trying to explain this to people this morning was like banging your head against a brick wall, of course, but to have football ruin your summer TWICE is going some. It did make me realise Bristol City do, and will always, come first. One Team Count yourself lucky mate - mine was ruined 3 times - City, Italy, England, not a good year for footy, summats gotta go right this next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo1bc Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Don't forget England Rugby as well so for those of us who watch both it's been complete agony for over a month! There's always Wimbledon I suppose!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylus Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Bristol City will always be first as they seem to be my team! Week in week out i chat about them with my friends, i watch them and splash money on them. Although last night really hurt,the millenium stadium made me feel sick with disbaliefe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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