Oii, I do the 'On this day in.....' articles!
Could we ever forget,a wonderful evening,I think that maybe Brummie is slowing down a bit now,only to be expected !
What a great day though.
I'd spent a 7 month tour in Afghanistan, only returning in April and so had only managed the Norwich home game all season before deploying in September, so I knew i wouldn't get a ticket.
A few mates were going without tickets with the hope of getting one there so I went with them. We couldn't get flights direct to Munich from anywhere in the Midlands or south so flew via Hamburg to Stuttgart and the hire car to Munchen.
Two of the lads had managed to get tickets but 3 of us hadn't and ended up in a bar in the Odenplaz area with a pub full of Northern Irish Chelsea.
We place went mad when the Drog headed the equaliser and totally erupted when the winning pen went in. Fantastic night!
As you probably can imagine ,what with having Bayern in-laws and the wife in attenance, I had to celebrate rather conservatively,didn't stop me getting drunk though !
So you married into a glory hunting family harle!
Favourite game of all time by far. Unforgettable for any Chelsea fan.
The greatest thing about that night (IMO) was it being the culmination of one of the greatest football stories ever.
The amount of ups & downs between 2004-2012 in the CL that had poetic significance throughout the run was insane. The rivalries with Liverpool & Barcelona were so fitting being we were counter culture to the perceptions of what those clubs pride themselves on, to this day you still see Barcelona fans justifying the 2009 screwjob saying it was 'justice for football' (i.e. good triumphed over 'anti-football'. From our prospective of the story correcting the wrongs of both in such poetic circumstances was beyond satisfying
And lets not get started on all the unjustified and/or extremely unlucky exits.
I know I'm clearly ignorant & biased saying this, but the day Man City & PSG win their first Champions League's I can't imagine it being satisfying in the same way for them. They've waited longer than us since their takeovers but they've not had these mini-stories waved within their CL history, maybe PSG with their repetitive choking? I dunno, feels like we were blessed with an amazing narrative that had the perfect finish
Drogba taking the final penalty in Munich as well after not being able to do so in Moscow. It's ridiculous how everything played out.
DA, for me the game took on extra significance in that we were playing Bayern in what was a home fixture for them, with a team that was barely at 50% full strength and Gary Cahill barely fit.
It, for me remains one of the most resolute defensive performances I've ever seen, with an outcome that overcame all the odds!
Terry not being able to take one in Munich after missing the winning one in Moscow. The truly great stories have a bittersweet thread weaved in somewhere
Perhaps the greatest C/L performance of all time ! especially when everything that DA has mentioned,is taken into account.
Yeah Terry kind of got screwed over I guess. There was the whole dressing up in full kit joke as well. Not that he cares I'm sure
Yeah Terry kind of got screwed over I guess. There was the whole dressing up in full kit joke as well. Not that he cares I'm sure
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Perfect example of non-Chelsea fans believing that triumph was about one match or even one CL run. As I loosely outlined it was eight years in the making
I think non Chelsea fans probably know that Terry deserved to lift the trophy, it's just because it was him of all people that he got a bit of stick. I think more than taking the penalty, it was a shame he couldn't play in the final. He deserved to lead the team that day.
Probably right, general anti-Terry bias.
What's weird about the anti-Terry bias is the fact that Ryan Giggs did something much worse, yet I don't think he's anywhere near as hated as Terry.
I've never yet met a Terry hater,who would go up to him and insult him,shows the kind of little phannies they are !
The whole full kit jibe was a joke spun by idiots anyway.
He had qualified for his medal an rules dictated you had to be in kit!
Rooney went full kit off the bench for the league win that season, nigh a peep.
The entire 2011-12 season was really good, we weren't the only team that had stories climax, grudges settled.
Real & Mourinho knocked Barcelona off their pedestal, Juventus got their redemption after being relegated to Serie B, City winning the title the way they did was iconic to me as a natural so can't begin to imagine how they must've felt. Lot of good stuff that year, lots of drama & great teams.
And to top it, tomorrow's another anniversary!
I don't remember all this. May 19th?
Munich? 2012?
I remember the shed needed painting that evening...
Did I miss something?
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 13 minutes ago
And to top it, tomorrow's another anniversary!
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Sorry - Thursday!
comment by bloomike (U7734)
posted 11 minutes ago
I don't remember all this. May 19th?
Munich? 2012?
I remember the shed needed painting that evening...
Did I miss something?
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Oh if we could still paint The Shed bloo!
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posted on 19/5/20
Oii, I do the 'On this day in.....' articles!
posted on 19/5/20
Could we ever forget,a wonderful evening,I think that maybe Brummie is slowing down a bit now,only to be expected !
posted on 19/5/20
What a great day though.
I'd spent a 7 month tour in Afghanistan, only returning in April and so had only managed the Norwich home game all season before deploying in September, so I knew i wouldn't get a ticket.
A few mates were going without tickets with the hope of getting one there so I went with them. We couldn't get flights direct to Munich from anywhere in the Midlands or south so flew via Hamburg to Stuttgart and the hire car to Munchen.
Two of the lads had managed to get tickets but 3 of us hadn't and ended up in a bar in the Odenplaz area with a pub full of Northern Irish Chelsea.
We place went mad when the Drog headed the equaliser and totally erupted when the winning pen went in. Fantastic night!
posted on 19/5/20
The* place
posted on 19/5/20
As you probably can imagine ,what with having Bayern in-laws and the wife in attenance, I had to celebrate rather conservatively,didn't stop me getting drunk though !
posted on 19/5/20
So you married into a glory hunting family harle!
posted on 19/5/20
Favourite game of all time by far. Unforgettable for any Chelsea fan.
posted on 19/5/20
The greatest thing about that night (IMO) was it being the culmination of one of the greatest football stories ever.
The amount of ups & downs between 2004-2012 in the CL that had poetic significance throughout the run was insane. The rivalries with Liverpool & Barcelona were so fitting being we were counter culture to the perceptions of what those clubs pride themselves on, to this day you still see Barcelona fans justifying the 2009 screwjob saying it was 'justice for football' (i.e. good triumphed over 'anti-football'. From our prospective of the story correcting the wrongs of both in such poetic circumstances was beyond satisfying
And lets not get started on all the unjustified and/or extremely unlucky exits.
I know I'm clearly ignorant & biased saying this, but the day Man City & PSG win their first Champions League's I can't imagine it being satisfying in the same way for them. They've waited longer than us since their takeovers but they've not had these mini-stories waved within their CL history, maybe PSG with their repetitive choking? I dunno, feels like we were blessed with an amazing narrative that had the perfect finish
posted on 19/5/20
Drogba taking the final penalty in Munich as well after not being able to do so in Moscow. It's ridiculous how everything played out.
posted on 19/5/20
DA, for me the game took on extra significance in that we were playing Bayern in what was a home fixture for them, with a team that was barely at 50% full strength and Gary Cahill barely fit.
It, for me remains one of the most resolute defensive performances I've ever seen, with an outcome that overcame all the odds!
posted on 19/5/20
Terry not being able to take one in Munich after missing the winning one in Moscow. The truly great stories have a bittersweet thread weaved in somewhere
posted on 19/5/20
Perhaps the greatest C/L performance of all time ! especially when everything that DA has mentioned,is taken into account.
posted on 19/5/20
Yeah Terry kind of got screwed over I guess. There was the whole dressing up in full kit joke as well. Not that he cares I'm sure
posted on 19/5/20
Yeah Terry kind of got screwed over I guess. There was the whole dressing up in full kit joke as well. Not that he cares I'm sure
-----------------------------------------------------------
Perfect example of non-Chelsea fans believing that triumph was about one match or even one CL run. As I loosely outlined it was eight years in the making
posted on 19/5/20
I think non Chelsea fans probably know that Terry deserved to lift the trophy, it's just because it was him of all people that he got a bit of stick. I think more than taking the penalty, it was a shame he couldn't play in the final. He deserved to lead the team that day.
posted on 19/5/20
Probably right, general anti-Terry bias.
posted on 19/5/20
What's weird about the anti-Terry bias is the fact that Ryan Giggs did something much worse, yet I don't think he's anywhere near as hated as Terry.
posted on 19/5/20
I've never yet met a Terry hater,who would go up to him and insult him,shows the kind of little phannies they are !
posted on 19/5/20
The whole full kit jibe was a joke spun by idiots anyway.
He had qualified for his medal an rules dictated you had to be in kit!
posted on 19/5/20
Rooney went full kit off the bench for the league win that season, nigh a peep.
posted on 19/5/20
The entire 2011-12 season was really good, we weren't the only team that had stories climax, grudges settled.
Real & Mourinho knocked Barcelona off their pedestal, Juventus got their redemption after being relegated to Serie B, City winning the title the way they did was iconic to me as a natural so can't begin to imagine how they must've felt. Lot of good stuff that year, lots of drama & great teams.
posted on 19/5/20
And to top it, tomorrow's another anniversary!
posted on 19/5/20
I don't remember all this. May 19th?
Munich? 2012?
I remember the shed needed painting that evening...
Did I miss something?
posted on 19/5/20
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 13 minutes ago
And to top it, tomorrow's another anniversary!
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Sorry - Thursday!
posted on 19/5/20
comment by bloomike (U7734)
posted 11 minutes ago
I don't remember all this. May 19th?
Munich? 2012?
I remember the shed needed painting that evening...
Did I miss something?
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Oh if we could still paint The Shed bloo!
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