sylofox Posted 17 March 2017 Share Posted 17 March 2017 23 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said: If ever a ref was bought, it was that game. Time for revenge. its 20 years ago forget it. This is the here and now. Support our lads and enjoy the games. Iso feel some will get locked up in Spain because of 20urs ago. Just laugh at our win don't go over being bitter. The cops were shite then they won't be any better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzy Posted 17 March 2017 Share Posted 17 March 2017 3 hours ago, Lionheart10 said: It was a great day away,sitting out in that big square boozing all day in the sun,set us up nicely to get batoned by the police at the ground!! We took over that main square, there were Leicester everywhere. I'd love to know how many of us were actually in the stadium that night. I'm not sure if an official figure was ever released but it felt like at least 4,000 When Marshall scored we all went mental but I was so pissed I can't remember much else about the game We ended up in some nightclub and lost a few of the lads along the way. Ended up with 7 of us crashing in the same hotel room. Very messy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 17 March 2017 Share Posted 17 March 2017 15 minutes ago, sylofox said: its 20 years ago forget it. This is the here and now. Support our lads and enjoy the games. Iso feel some will get locked up in Spain because of 20urs ago. Just laugh at our win don't go over being bitter. The cops were shite then they won't be any better. Absolutely the revenge should be on the pitch. Anything else is just children bickering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saigon Fox Posted 17 March 2017 Share Posted 17 March 2017 49 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said: If ever a ref was bought, it was that game. Time for revenge. At the time AM were owned by the notoriously corrupt Mayor of Marbella, Jesus Gil. The ref was deffo bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durnerz Posted 17 March 2017 Share Posted 17 March 2017 I remember listening to the away leg on the radio going mad when Marshall scored. Can't remember seeing tv coverage of the home leg but watching it back it was farcical and the referee was rightly never allowed to officiate in UEFA again, a clear state of match fixing. I went to the Madrid derby at the Calderon and also my stag do was there against Getafe, superb ground and a great atmosphere but wouldn't fancy being in the company of the local police for the evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanguedocFox Posted 17 March 2017 Share Posted 17 March 2017 I watched the first leg with a bunch of mates at a pub somewhere in South London (where I lived at the time) and remember going bonkers when The Marsh scored our goal. I actually thought we could have got a draw, so I was well up for the home leg. Travelling up from London for the second leg I was so full of hope, and really thought we were going to get a result. We had been playing well in the league (we were third or fourth when we played them) and I thought we had the beating of them if we hit them hard. And we did. Problem is, we were playing against at least 12 men - not sure about the linesmen, but the ref, Remi Hamel, was definitely on their side and put in the worst performance of any ref I have ever seen. The headline was about him sending off Gary Parker for a second yellow card, for taking a free kick too quickly, but he also denied City two or three stone-cold penalties, gave every offside decision against us, and pulled City players up for every tiny infringement. The fact that UEFA suspended him after that didn't make a bit of difference - they should have checked his fvckin' bank account. This will be the third time we've played them in Europe - FFS, I am old enough to remember the first time in 1961-62, so I hope we do it this time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxesDeb Posted 17 March 2017 Share Posted 17 March 2017 I went to Madrid on the infamous coach trip. It was horrific. Stopped just outside Lutterworth so a lad could be taken to hospital he'd drunk so much vodka. We were promised drinking time in Madrid, but when we got to the Spanish border we crawled all the way there so we only just made it for the game. I was escorted to the loo by an armed police officer who wouldn't let me close the door, we were held in pens for ages, the Madrid fans threw bricks at our coaches as we left, and there wasn't anything to eat or drink at the services we stopped at. Came home with swollen ankles to find the Mercury reporters waiting for us and all the tickets for the home leg sold out while we were away. But my goodness when Marshall scored it was all worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGBFitness Posted 17 March 2017 Author Share Posted 17 March 2017 1 hour ago, Saigon Fox said: At the time AM were owned by the notoriously corrupt Mayor of Marbella, Jesus Gil. The ref was deffo bought. Explains why their shirt sponsor was Marbella did think it was a weird sponsor for a big side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chico1958 Posted 18 March 2017 Share Posted 18 March 2017 I was drunk both games I'm not sure they even played each other Welsh Guy bouncing around the pub in Cardiff spings to mind In fact I can't remember the hangovers but I do remember MO being a bit peed off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAN Posted 18 March 2017 Share Posted 18 March 2017 Went on the Sport Options trip by plane. Amazing trip with a day in Madrid in the square in the sun. Amazing atmosphere and chants of "the wheels on the bus" as the official coach fans arrived late mayhem when we scored. Held back for a good while at the end. The home sections has little cushions on the benches and collectors went round picking them up. One of our fans decided to make an early exit pretending to be a collector. I started a chant of "we can see you sneaking out" spotting Pegguy in a bar after the game... raided the mini bar in the left luggage room on way home. Panic as hotel staff boarded the bus for unpaid bills only to be relieved as a number of lads were called forward to pay for TV extras at the airport cracking open a stolen beer (mini bar) and having to deal with the shame of it exploding all over a female leicester fan... Something I will never forget. Hoping to take my son this time but without any similar incidents (he's 10 and I'm now 45 and grown up) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregdj Posted 18 March 2017 Share Posted 18 March 2017 6 of us went by plane from Stanstead with David Dryer sports tours, had most of the day in and around the bars of the Plaza Mayor. I remember the official coaches arriving at the stadium about 15 minutes before KO, surely no coaches will be going this time round. One thing I remember was John Elsom saying in the Mercury that anyone not on an official LCFC tour may be denied entry in to Spain (he was, after all' a director of Lunn Poly who had ran the official trips). Someone replied in the Mercury 'I didn't realise that membership of LCFC supporters club was a pre-requisite for movement around the European Union'. *for those who don't know 'The Mercury' was the equivalent of social media at that time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike the Metal Ed Posted 18 March 2017 Share Posted 18 March 2017 I don't remember many atmospheres from my early days at Filbert Street, especially since we sat in the Carling Stand then, but I remember the crowd during the home leg. I don't think there was anyone who didn't leave the ground completely livid that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Guvnor Posted 18 March 2017 Share Posted 18 March 2017 15 hours ago, 5waller5 said: It really was a travesty ...... how that ref wasn't match fixing is still a mystery to me. He never refereed another European match it was that diabolical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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