possiblygeorge Posted 5 March 2017 Posted 5 March 2017 Apparently were huge in india [emoji185] "Kurry power" I laughed harder than I should've
Lambert09 Posted 6 March 2017 Author Posted 6 March 2017 13 hours ago, Steven said: What town in Thailand is that? Warin, it's on the edge of Ubon Ratchathani. In the ISAN area
Hawk17 Posted 6 March 2017 Posted 6 March 2017 I'm a new fan from Melbourne, Australia & thought you fellas would appreciate something that happened to me the other day. For those who don't know, we have our own version of football called Australian Rules Football which is the 'manly' thing to play and absolutely dominates the sports pages of the city year round. I grew up playing soccer & while people don't mind it its probably not even second fiddle to Aussie football here, It's also long been considered a 'soft' sport by Australians and our a-league is a pretty average standard. I went for a run the other day through the park in my Leicester top and saw a local Aussie football match happening, I stopped to have a look as I'm a huge fan of Aussie football as well and suddenly heard a voice boom out, "OI MATE, HOW'D LEICESTER GO LAST NIGHT!?" Addressing me was the most well known member of the largest Australian Football Club (Collingwood)'s cheer squad, a guy quite famous in his own right & about as Aussie as they come (on the right in this photo). He's the last person in the world you'd expect to want to know the soccer scores yet here he was coming straight up to me, grilling me for all the details of our Hull game and proudly proclaiming "Jesus! We'll be ahead of Palace now" when I told him the result. I was so shocked by the encounter but so ****ing happy about it. Soccer is the world game and the game I grew up playing. But its also the game so many people in Melbourne deem inferior to Aussie Football, for people that are soft and basically weren't tough enough to play Aussie Football (One of our most famous soccer faces Johnny Warren called his book "Sheilas, Wogs & Poofters" as a reference to what Australians would call people who played soccer) . So as someone that grew up playing and loving soccer, being called a poof and other words I won't repeat by others for playing a game I love, to have one of the most famous Australian Football faces grilling me about Leicester and what happened last match was absolutely surreal. Just goes to show how ****ing special Leicester City really is, because to have someone so prominent in Australian Football passionately wanting to hear about soccer goes to show that the club is helping to change YEARS of prejudicial history against soccer in Australia. And it just makes me so proud and even happier to have found this club and joined you all for the rest of my life in following them through everything
ozleicester Posted 6 March 2017 Posted 6 March 2017 15 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said: Some creative photo shopping needed here methinks. boom! (no need to thank me or praise my PS Skills) http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af138/ozleicester/fixed copy_zpsbxk3cqfu.jpg
Lambert09 Posted 27 March 2017 Author Posted 27 March 2017 Update on my travels: I'm now in Cambodia, we are on the beer cans here ??
Aus Fox Posted 27 March 2017 Posted 27 March 2017 On 06/03/2017 at 15:01, Hawk17 said: I'm a new fan from Melbourne, Australia & thought you fellas would appreciate something that happened to me the other day. For those who don't know, we have our own version of football called Australian Rules Football which is the 'manly' thing to play and absolutely dominates the sports pages of the city year round. I grew up playing soccer & while people don't mind it its probably not even second fiddle to Aussie football here, It's also long been considered a 'soft' sport by Australians and our a-league is a pretty average standard. I went for a run the other day through the park in my Leicester top and saw a local Aussie football match happening, I stopped to have a look as I'm a huge fan of Aussie football as well and suddenly heard a voice boom out, "OI MATE, HOW'D LEICESTER GO LAST NIGHT!?" Addressing me was the most well known member of the largest Australian Football Club (Collingwood)'s cheer squad, a guy quite famous in his own right & about as Aussie as they come (on the right in this photo). He's the last person in the world you'd expect to want to know the soccer scores yet here he was coming straight up to me, grilling me for all the details of our Hull game and proudly proclaiming "Jesus! We'll be ahead of Palace now" when I told him the result. I was so shocked by the encounter but so ****ing happy about it. Soccer is the world game and the game I grew up playing. But its also the game so many people in Melbourne deem inferior to Aussie Football, for people that are soft and basically weren't tough enough to play Aussie Football (One of our most famous soccer faces Johnny Warren called his book "Sheilas, Wogs & Poofters" as a reference to what Australians would call people who played soccer) . So as someone that grew up playing and loving soccer, being called a poof and other words I won't repeat by others for playing a game I love, to have one of the most famous Australian Football faces grilling me about Leicester and what happened last match was absolutely surreal. Just goes to show how ****ing special Leicester City really is, because to have someone so prominent in Australian Football passionately wanting to hear about soccer goes to show that the club is helping to change YEARS of prejudicial history against soccer in Australia. And it just makes me so proud and even happier to have found this club and joined you all for the rest of my life in following them through everything He's a huge West Ham fan I believe, you will see him at most Melbourne City games, he's almost as big into City as he is Collingwood.
urban.spaceman Posted 27 March 2017 Posted 27 March 2017 On 06/03/2017 at 04:01, Hawk17 said: I'm a new fan from Melbourne, Australia & thought you fellas would appreciate something that happened to me the other day. For those who don't know, we have our own version of football called Australian Rules Football which is the 'manly' thing to play and absolutely dominates the sports pages of the city year round. I grew up playing soccer & while people don't mind it its probably not even second fiddle to Aussie football here, It's also long been considered a 'soft' sport by Australians and our a-league is a pretty average standard. I went for a run the other day through the park in my Leicester top and saw a local Aussie football match happening, I stopped to have a look as I'm a huge fan of Aussie football as well and suddenly heard a voice boom out, "OI MATE, HOW'D LEICESTER GO LAST NIGHT!?" Addressing me was the most well known member of the largest Australian Football Club (Collingwood)'s cheer squad, a guy quite famous in his own right & about as Aussie as they come (on the right in this photo). He's the last person in the world you'd expect to want to know the soccer scores yet here he was coming straight up to me, grilling me for all the details of our Hull game and proudly proclaiming "Jesus! We'll be ahead of Palace now" when I told him the result. I was so shocked by the encounter but so ****ing happy about it. Soccer is the world game and the game I grew up playing. But its also the game so many people in Melbourne deem inferior to Aussie Football, for people that are soft and basically weren't tough enough to play Aussie Football (One of our most famous soccer faces Johnny Warren called his book "Sheilas, Wogs & Poofters" as a reference to what Australians would call people who played soccer) . So as someone that grew up playing and loving soccer, being called a poof and other words I won't repeat by others for playing a game I love, to have one of the most famous Australian Football faces grilling me about Leicester and what happened last match was absolutely surreal. Just goes to show how ****ing special Leicester City really is, because to have someone so prominent in Australian Football passionately wanting to hear about soccer goes to show that the club is helping to change YEARS of prejudicial history against soccer in Australia. And it just makes me so proud and even happier to have found this club and joined you all for the rest of my life in following them through everything Haha that's an awesome story. I was out in Southern Africa myself for the last 6 months of last season and the effect we've had in places like Cape Town, Botswana and Namibia is immense and makes you realise just how special our story is. I was in a bar in Observatory in Cape Town watching Man Utd vs Arsenal, one that Arsenal had to win to keep up with us. I had tears of joy in my eyes when Rashford put Man Utd's third goal in, and a local guy wearing a Man U shirt asked me if i was OK; I told him I was a Leicester fan and he was ecstatic - told all of his mates and they all kept buying me drinks. The goodwill we got from other team's supporters was just insane. Now, if we could just get Karl or Suze off Neighbours to mention us....
Thracian Posted 27 March 2017 Posted 27 March 2017 On 05/03/2017 at 12:09, sylofox said: And a sign inside reads Fuchs Upstairs. Simple Sons welcome.
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