Too bad Pulisic is injured and you're not going to see Chelsea. This would match his shoulder tat.
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No; both of those examples are for 4th of July parades in the US only.
I remember the JFF situation; I had fun with that!
I remember the JFF situation; I had fun with that!
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Totally wear this and just keep yelling, "The Redcoats are coming! The Redcoats are coming!"
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I would tend to agree here that it will be seen by some as poking the bear. I've actually worn an FC Dallas jersey to matches and that was different. People were curious, not antagonistic. The one thing you CANNOT do is wear the visiting team colors in any form or fashion if you're in any of the home team seating areas. That goes for jerseys, scarfs or in many cases, even a t-shirt the same color as the visiting team (Think baby blue of City if they're the visiting team).BearkatRunner88 said:Lol I don't see this going well...monarch said:
BKR:
We need to find two American Flag shirts somewhere and wear them!
Just like I didn't see you wearing your Cleveland Browns Johnny jersey going well when we played Carolina for the first time in Columbia. You might remember that JM and Connor Shaw were fighting it out for the #2 spot on the depth chart.
I remember when you came down the elevator that morning and first thing I said was go change now cause that's gonna cause problems later...you didn't and there was A LOT of chirping. End of that story was those fans suck and I was too young at the time not to let some of it get to me.
Tickets are hard enough to come by and those folks aren't gonna love a bunch of yanks taking up their seats...just sayin...
Sorry to hijack this thread a bit, but I just learned I will be traveling to London the week of 2/27 for work. My favorite team is Leeds and 2nd favorite is Chelsea. I looked at the schedule and, remarkably, Leeds plays AT Chelsea on 3/4. I am thinking about extending my stay to watch this one. Some questions…
1. Where do I even begin to look for tickets and what should I expect to pay?
2. Will it be easier to get Leeds (I.e. away) tickets or Chelsea?
3. Will it be enjoyable if I am on my own? Never been to a sporting event solo.
1. Where do I even begin to look for tickets and what should I expect to pay?
2. Will it be easier to get Leeds (I.e. away) tickets or Chelsea?
3. Will it be enjoyable if I am on my own? Never been to a sporting event solo.
You definitely should try and make it:Hacker_2003 said:
Sorry to hijack this thread a bit, but I just learned I will be traveling to London the week of 2/27 for work. My favorite team is Leeds and 2nd favorite is Chelsea. I looked at the schedule and, remarkably, Leeds plays AT Chelsea on 3/4. I am thinking about extending my stay to watch this one. Some questions…
1. Where do I even begin to look for tickets and what should I expect to pay?
2. Will it be easier to get Leeds (I.e. away) tickets or Chelsea?
3. Will it be enjoyable if I am on my own? Never been to a sporting event solo.
1. I would go through the Chelsea site and then look on the secondary market. Stamford Bridge is not a huge stadium, so don't think there will be extra tickets at this point just for sale, so secondary market on supporter groups sites is probably best bet.
2. Much easier to get tickets through home team. Leeds travels very well, and away tickets are normally gobbled up by the Supporters groups of the away team. Look on Chelsea sites. Here are some available tickets I found easily: https://www.footballticketnet.com/premier-league/chelsea-vs-leeds-united
3. I have gone to many European soccer matches on my own while traveling for work. I enjoy it because I really like to take in the entire scene and watch the supporter groups. Don't go in Leeds gear, go in either Chelsea gear or as a neutral. Leeds gear in the non-Leeds section can get you thrown out.
29 hours approx to departure…
Peace for Ukraine!
Hacker_2003 said:
Sorry to hijack this thread a bit, but I just learned I will be traveling to London the week of 2/27 for work. My favorite team is Leeds and 2nd favorite is Chelsea. I looked at the schedule and, remarkably, Leeds plays AT Chelsea on 3/4. I am thinking about extending my stay to watch this one. Some questions…
1. Where do I even begin to look for tickets and what should I expect to pay?
2. Will it be easier to get Leeds (I.e. away) tickets or Chelsea?
3. Will it be enjoyable if I am on my own? Never been to a sporting event solo.
I've enjoyed it the couple times I've done it when traveling over there for work. You can normally find someone scalping tickets near the stadium as well, but in my experience it wasn't much cheaper than what was being offered online
I've gone to sporting events by myself many times. It's always fun.
It's actually easier to get 1 ticket than 2 sometimes.
Best of luck!
It's actually easier to get 1 ticket than 2 sometimes.
Best of luck!
Ok, we are at our house; getting freshened up then off we go in different directions. Old house, but with a few $$$ this could a neat place. Nice little fish pond in the garden, 4 stories, park across the street. I'm thinking we'll be ok. Off to King power stadium in a few. Past Brentford's new stadium off the M4 with cranes swinging in the air as that place is being built.
Peace for Ukraine!
Post some pics of your trip if you can!
Brentford's stadium was finished a few years ago. It is really nice. The cranes are for all the flat buildings that are being built around the area which has exploded over the past 5 years or so mostly due to the club's success and new stadium.
Enjoy your trip! Cloudy today but not too cold. It's been sunny all week so you barely missed the good stuff.
Brentford's stadium was finished a few years ago. It is really nice. The cranes are for all the flat buildings that are being built around the area which has exploded over the past 5 years or so mostly due to the club's success and new stadium.
Enjoy your trip! Cloudy today but not too cold. It's been sunny all week so you barely missed the good stuff.
Hacker_2003 said:
Sorry to hijack this thread a bit, but I just learned I will be traveling to London the week of 2/27 for work. My favorite team is Leeds and 2nd favorite is Chelsea. I looked at the schedule and, remarkably, Leeds plays AT Chelsea on 3/4. I am thinking about extending my stay to watch this one. Some questions…
1. Where do I even begin to look for tickets and what should I expect to pay?
2. Will it be easier to get Leeds (I.e. away) tickets or Chelsea?
3. Will it be enjoyable if I am on my own? Never been to a sporting event solo.
Here's a couple of the resale sites I'm using for my trip next week, supposedly reliable:
https://www.livefootballtickets.com/
https://www.fanpass.co.uk/
PIX coming.
Peace for Ukraine!
Using livefootballtickets for the Liverpool game tomorrow. I was sent the tickets yesterday so unless they're fakes, no issues with them
What a match yesterday! Of course the boys would give an early goal but they have fought back hard the last two weeks now. We got to see a stunner by Mendy and a few other great goals. Really long day with the travels but we are excited this morning for the Leeds match against United.
Great seats!
Wow. Thanks for sending those pics. Hopefully today you're not too tired.
Well the atmosphere at Elland Road certainly did not disappoint. Had a beer or two prior to the match at the Old Peacock which was a pretty cool pub. Got to watch the United players during warm ups which was just surreal seeing some of those names in person out there. Also was really cool to hear Leeds supporters cheer on guys like Tyler Adams and Mckennie. To that point, after the match as the players walked around thanking the supporters, there were some USA USA chants as those two walked around together.
Felt like Leeds was the better side for about 80 mins of the match. Honestly shocking for me though to have just now gone back and check the stats and see that United had the majority of the possession. I was probably just overwhelmed by the atmosphere thinking that. Place was freaking electric. Constant noise just drowning out any attempt by the United supporters to be loud until that first goal by rashford in the 80th. It felt like if Leeds got a goal the roof might just come off. Unfortunately it didn't end that way but man what an experience.
One thing we knew but really learned about was the sheer hate in the blood of these two clubs. Just talking to a guy in line for a coffee (yes, we were exhausted from the prior day) he was saying how they wouldn't let the United supporters out after the match by about an hour because someone would literally get killed if they did. I have no doubt he wasn't exaggerating at all. As we walked back to the hotel after the match, the busses taking the United supporters to the train station starting coming up behind us and we heard a really loud bang behind us. Dad said he thought it was a gun shot, I would have thought a car crash almost. Well it was a bottle hitting the bus window. This was followed by a few more throws at the busses by some Leeds fans as they literally ran after the busses to throw more stuff at them. One guy literally just grabbed a rock off the ground and started running after the busses. Just crazy.
Anyways. What a freaking match and experience.
Felt like Leeds was the better side for about 80 mins of the match. Honestly shocking for me though to have just now gone back and check the stats and see that United had the majority of the possession. I was probably just overwhelmed by the atmosphere thinking that. Place was freaking electric. Constant noise just drowning out any attempt by the United supporters to be loud until that first goal by rashford in the 80th. It felt like if Leeds got a goal the roof might just come off. Unfortunately it didn't end that way but man what an experience.
One thing we knew but really learned about was the sheer hate in the blood of these two clubs. Just talking to a guy in line for a coffee (yes, we were exhausted from the prior day) he was saying how they wouldn't let the United supporters out after the match by about an hour because someone would literally get killed if they did. I have no doubt he wasn't exaggerating at all. As we walked back to the hotel after the match, the busses taking the United supporters to the train station starting coming up behind us and we heard a really loud bang behind us. Dad said he thought it was a gun shot, I would have thought a car crash almost. Well it was a bottle hitting the bus window. This was followed by a few more throws at the busses by some Leeds fans as they literally ran after the busses to throw more stuff at them. One guy literally just grabbed a rock off the ground and started running after the busses. Just crazy.
Anyways. What a freaking match and experience.
Wonderful pictures! Thanks for sharing and allowing some of us to live vicariously through y'all. Family and I are going to Liverpool in 3 weeks time to catch the Liverpool - Man U match. What's the weather been like? Y'all look cozily bundled up!
Keep the pics coming!
Keep the pics coming!
-FTA c/o 2013
Looks awesome and makes me want to buy a ticket over to London in a week or two and just go to matches...family be damned!
I could post more. Just don't want to over do it on you guys.
At Anfield; waiting for Everton-Liverpool at Arkles.
Peace for Ukraine!
Liverpool in town is colder than Anfield!
Peace for Ukraine!
BearkatRunner88 said:
I could post more. Just don't want to over do it on you guys.
Always post more.
But less of that guy in the backwards hat
BTW: Until you gentlemen talk, no one will expect you to be a yank.
You fit in very well there.
You fit in very well there.
I'm going to need y'all to go to the rest of Liverpool's games this season.
Delayed post given that I was just tired as hell after the past few days but here we go. Had a great day leading up to the match. Nice scenic train from Leeds. Grabbed a little lunch once we got into Liverpool and then made our way walking around the city where dad got to see some Beatles stuff he had wanted to see and we went into the LFC shop to get some souvenirs. Got to the pubs a couple hours before the match and had some good conversations with those that we met. This was the first match we were going through a broker so I was actually fairly nervous still on this one. Once we met up at the pub it seemed all good and nerves calmed. Really weird though how we never actually had possession of physical tickets or digital tickets. They basically took us to the gate where the turnstiles were and scanned us all in and I just handed them a wad of cash as my scan went through. Was given specific instruction not to talk to any of the stewards going into the seats and memorize the section, row, and seat numbers. The whole cash handoff at the gate felt like we did a drug deal haha. Anfield was electric last night and you could feel the energy / nervousness prematch at the pubs given their current form. Would have liked to see a better match but Everton just blows. We were getting into it and the chants were great all match. Def a serious level of hate in this derby which made it fun. Stayed to the very end and let most folks clear the stands before heading out. Then went back to the pub after for another pint or two until the traffic was all clear and we could grab an Uber back. Had to score some late night pizza and by that time we were only left with a few hours to sleep until our 6:50am train this morning. Great time, will never forget Anfield and the experiences had!
BearkatRunner88 said:
Really weird though how we never actually had possession of physical tickets or digital tickets. They basically took us to the gate where the turnstiles were and scanned us all in and I just handed them a wad of cash as my scan went through. Was given specific instruction not to talk to any of the stewards going into the seats and memorize the section, row, and seat numbers.
That seems WAAAAAAAAY sketchy! I'm not sure my anxiety could have handled that.
Awesome story and experience!
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did that for Juventus a couple years back (champions league v athletico Madrid) but they actually gave us their members cards and a return envelope. Helps that my wife needs a B1 in Italian and could get around but felt shady all around.AgRyan04 said:BearkatRunner88 said:
Really weird though how we never actually had possession of physical tickets or digital tickets. They basically took us to the gate where the turnstiles were and scanned us all in and I just handed them a wad of cash as my scan went through. Was given specific instruction not to talk to any of the stewards going into the seats and memorize the section, row, and seat numbers.
That seems WAAAAAAAAY sketchy! I'm not sure my anxiety could have handled that.
Awesome story and experience!
AgRyan04 said:BearkatRunner88 said:
Really weird though how we never actually had possession of physical tickets or digital tickets. They basically took us to the gate where the turnstiles were and scanned us all in and I just handed them a wad of cash as my scan went through. Was given specific instruction not to talk to any of the stewards going into the seats and memorize the section, row, and seat numbers.
That seems WAAAAAAAAY sketchy! I'm not sure my anxiety could have handled that.
Awesome story and experience!
It was sketch, needed to have a few beers to stay calm through it all. That said, with touts being illegal, I could understand their concern as a broker and wanting to do it that way. They were all really cool guys but I just didn't really know for sure until the first one of us got through the turnstile.
This is awesome! My wife and I will be heading to a match next year. We are doing the Farrow Islands followed by Norway and finally Liverpool. I can't wait to experience Anfield! YNWA.
Sitting at Bank of Friendship sucking a few down before heading to Emirates to watch the Gunners.
Peace for Ukraine!
Man when it's all said and done y'all will be able to say you saw the greatest goal scorer ever score.
And I'm talking about Grealish of course. Hah. Kidding.
And I'm talking about Grealish of course. Hah. Kidding.
Watching a match at Anfield is the greatest spectacle in professional sports worldwide from what I have seen personally. The NFL doesnt cut it and neither does the NBA. MLB WS maybe, but this is at the top of the list.
Peace for Ukraine!
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