In footballing terms the best and worst day of my life rolled in to oneAway to listen to H&H Manchester pod now.
Gutted I was too young to go, envy everyone who got a great day out - result aside.
Have a ticket, a frame of inside the ground and a programme (signed by KT).
I can imagine mate, such a high to such a low.In footballing terms the best and worst day of my life rolled in to one
Doesn’t compare to the 800,000 (and rising) that went to Seville.Biggest travelling support ever, will never be beaten. WATP.
Yip, you appreciate how amazing it is just to get there however the feeling of losing a European final is a feeling which compares to no other loss in football. It was absolutely devastating. All the other stuff that happened that night never helped either. Going from the singing in the sun to watching the news the next day... Must have been the biggest and quickest change of mood possible in football. Still goes down as my best ever day as a rangers fan though, just that feeling of standing in another city, with the sun belting down, uniting and feeling like the Kings of the world and your team in a EUROPEAN FINAL. What dreams are made of! 13 years on and most of us still haven't conjured up the baws to watch the match highlightsI can imagine mate, such a high to such a low.
Yip, you appreciate how amazing it is just to get there however the feeling of losing a European final is a feeling which compares to no other loss in football. It was absolutely devastating. All the other stuff that happened that night never helped either. Going from the singing in the sun to watching the news the next day... Must have been the biggest and quickest change of mood possible in football. Still goes down as my best ever day as a rangers fan though, just that feeling of standing in another city, with the sun belting down, uniting and feeling like the Kings of the world and your team in a EUROPEAN FINAL. What dreams are made of! 13 years on and most of us still haven't conjured up the baws to watch the match highlights
I think it would bring it all back, better off sweeped under the carpet mateVery true Uncle. I’ve never watched it again.
I still have the rage at the delay over making the subs that day.In footballing terms the best and worst day of my life rolled in to one
Not a lot happens, Darcheville has a chance at an angle which the keeper saves and Barry hits the post.Very true Uncle. I’ve never watched it again.
Would have probably been roughly around this minute 13 years ago that I’d be waking up in the stairwell of my hotel and trying to remember wtf happened last night then
Same for us. We spent all day at Deansgate, got a table outside at a pub next to the canal and the sun shone all day. It was a long walk to the stadium but the further you went the more the crowd of bears grew heading to the game. As many others have said before I've never seen any footage of that game at all.Incredible to be part of spent most of the day at Deansgate lock next to where my apartment was shrewd move going by the huge crowds in the fanzones there was plenty of pubs open there and got served no bother all day bit of a walk to the Stadium but didn’t mind never thought I’d see my team in a European final emotional.Bit like 55 tomorrow quite a few lads I was with that day are gone now and sorely missed absent friends but great memories.
There were mistakes made that's for sure. We had it in us to win that final, it was ours for the taking. The gaffer had been spot on all the way up to the final then seemed to have doubted his own decision making under the pressure in the final hurdle. That's what's so devastating about it, it was our trophy and we didn't go and take it. There's the myth that zenit were a step too far for us and too good for us. That is well and truely a myth, the only thing that stopped us winning that was a few wrong decisions. No disrespect to Walter though, happens in football.I still have the rage at the delay over making the subs that day.
I still don't get what Smith was doing as the minute they scored we didn't have a Plan B. The use of our subs was absolutely deplorable.
Everything pre-match was great, a brilliant day in Manchester.
I arrived in Albert Square just after 9am, having driven across from Anglesey that morning. Greggs sausage roll and a can of lager and settled myself down to marvel at what was before me and await the arrival of family from Scotland.Would have probably been roughly around this minute 13 years ago that I’d be waking up in the stairwell of my hotel and trying to remember wtf happened last night then
Hemdani arguably had his worst game for us, id have subbed at HT however he was given a full 80minutes before being subbed for McCulloch. Our subs that day:There were mistakes made that's for sure. We had it in us to win that final, it was ours for the taking. The gaffer had been spot on all the way up to the final then seemed to have doubted his own decision making under the pressure in the final hurdle. That's what's so devastating about it, it was our trophy and we didn't go and take it. There's the myth that zenit were a step too far for us and too good for us. That is well and truely a myth, the only thing that stopped us winning that was a few wrong decisions. No disrespect to Walter though, happens in football.
Away to listen to H&H Manchester pod now.
Gutted I was too young to go, envy everyone who got a great day out - result aside.
Have a ticket, a frame of inside the ground and a programme (signed by KT).
With the exception of Copenhagen and Lyon that probably applies to every European trip I've been on hahaOur supporters bus waited outside my school for me to finish a pishy exam on the afternoon, the day before the game.
I'd my Gers strip on underneath my school gear, so it was a quick change in the toilets and then on to the bus.
My old man was already on the bus and it was bouncing in the school car park as I came out.
I think I was the envy of whole school.
The trip down, the night before the game and Manchester on the day of the game will live with me forever.
The actual game was the worst part
Traffic report on radio 2 that morning ..Never seen the likes of it and never will again. From the minute our bus left on the Tuesday night all we seen was other supporters buses on the motorway. Stayed in Blackpool on the Tuesday night and it was rammed with bears and then Manchester was totally overrun - red, white and blue everywhere.
I think it would bring it all back, better off sweeped under the carpet mate
Biggest movement of man since WW2.
Had to turn that off there. Eyes started welling up. Can't face anything relating to it
Do any FFers appear in this?
I think it will happen again under Gerrard. Just a gut feeling. I'm completely convinced that we will get to another european final under this management team.We run a family business and it’s fair to say that almost all our clients know our allegiance to the bears.
So, financial office or not, I closed the business from Tuesday lunchtime to Thursday lunchtime to make sure that every member of staff could go to Manchester, which they all did plus partners and family
Wonderful memories and I’m sure it won’t be the last time I see us in a European Final. This season has reminded me again of the feeling I had as we nudged closer and closer to Manchester. It will happen again. I’m sure of it