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jock dock tower
November 22, 2017, 10:21am
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Just to try and get something a tad different from everything else surrounding the club at the moment.

Have you ever watched Town abroad? I count Ireland and Scotland in this category, and what were your views on the games and the trips? Would you like the club to go down this route again?

For my sins I went to the Danish and Swedish pre season tours at the start of the Millenium and had a fantastic time at both. Met some great travelling Town fans, sunk a few beers, took a few penalties on the pitch pre game at Herfolge with other fans. Great countries, great people, superb beers. In Sweden the sun never stopped shining, in Denmark it p1ssed it down for a fair bit of the trip. Highlight of the Sweden trip, for me, was the games against Trelleborgs Kombination where, upon entry to the ground, you were greeted by a jazz band, barbeque and open air bar immediately you got in there. With excellent weatehr it was the perfect enivronment for watching football.

Have been on both the Ireland tours, although I could only visit one ground each time.

Linfield - scary place. To get there from my b&b had to go down a dimly lit street where every other house had King Billy flags or red hand of Ulster flags hanging outside. As I was doing a bit of scouting for the club (in the south west of Scotland) at the time, Arthur Mann told me to meet him outside the ground. I got my ticket to watch the game in a huge box which seemed to cover the whole of one end. Saw the game in (mainly) total silence having been advised it would be best to do so as I'm nearly 6 foot 3 and had very short hair then and was advised I'd be mistaken for a squaddie. This was prior to the peace process and they were words I took very seriously - until Mendonca scored late on in the game to make it 2-0 and I gave a rather muted "yay!" only to see everybody's heads turn to look at me. That's when you noticed the Long Kesh tattoos etc. Next time they got a corner and they had taken their minds off me I downed my large Bushmills quickly and left unannounced.

Following season went to the game at Cliftonville. Got to the ground in a taxi with my eldest son, both resplendent in our Town tops. As the car pulls up this huge bloke comes running over to the car and pulls the door open. I immediately think "Oh, phuck, here we go" and he said "Are you Grimsby?" Think the shirts may have been a giveaway! He said to follow him and he led us into their social club which was heaving with their fans, and they all got up and clapped us to the bar! Was absolutely gobsmacked, but was told they were just so glad that fans were prepared to come to the ground after the Troubles had just recently finished and the official peace process was up and running. Had rinks bought us and a great time. Upon entering the ground sat next to my old mate Sid Woodhead and we were kept being given hassle by some local feral youths, until a committee man came over and asked if everything was okay. We told him what was happening and he said leave it to him. He went and had a word with a small unassuming guy a few seats down and he went and spoke to them. They literally shat themsleves and went very quickly, never to be seen again. We were later told he was a provo.

In Scotland, have seen the Town at Queen of the South, Stirling Albion and East Fife (I think Steve Archibald had just come back from Barcelona to manage them!)

I love the travels to grounds you never usually get the chance to go with such friendlies. Gave the Spanish trip, the season after Denmark, as I thought it ws probably just a recipe for trouble. Wish I'd gone now, of course, but there you go.

Any other tales?






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Great stories JDT.Never seen town abroad the closest I suppose I got was Barnsley in the anglo Italian cup.We were winning 0-1 in the pouring rain and the 200 or so town fans gave a rousing rendition of que sera sera whatever will be will be were going to Italy then as usual after the joy came the pain and we lost 2-1
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I saw them play somewhere near Malmo in Sweden one preseason.
I remember seeing Livvo and Gallimore and a few others having a few in the main square in Malmo
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Never actually watched Town abroad, getting commentary is my finest achievement.
Though back in 2014 on holiday was a fun match day.
We'd just sat down in a cafe in Barcelona to grab some food after a day out and about and I couldn't get a signal to check the scores. I asked the missus and she got them on her phone and read out "Gateshead 1 - Grimsby 6 "......I now ashamedly admit I said "No, think you've got that wrong love...read it again", so gobsmacked was I at getting six away goals, especially at that place.

And as a bonus that cheat Baxter scored an OG



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Quoted from londonmariner2
I saw them play somewhere near Malmo in Sweden one preseason.
I remember seeing Livvo and Gallimore and a few others having a few in the main square in Malmo


I was there that day.



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Not abroad but I have been to exotic places like Histon, Braintree Ebbsfleet ect ect,

I do not wish to return to them though..


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November 22, 2017, 12:52pm
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I've streamed them in Iraq , Nigeria , Siberia Equatorial Guinea and various other excrement holes of the world , I watched the Wembley play off promotion when I was In Iraq  via facetime from my sisters house as I coulnt get the stream to work
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Closest to abroad I’ve seen them was in Wrexham & Newport.


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I've streamed them in Iraq , Nigeria , Siberia Equatorial Guinea and various other excrement holes of the world , I watched the Wembley play off promotion when I was In Iraq  via facetime from my sisters house as I coulnt get the stream to work


Army?


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November 22, 2017, 1:04pm
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Army?


Nope !
I come from a long line of cowards
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