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ALL WHITES V BAHRAIN - Official 2nd Leg T

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Posted November 19, 2013 07:03 · last edited November 19, 2013 07:04

Every time I watch such footage I get emotional - some  great fan footage here of the stadium erupting v Bahrain:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzsRSWWLB1o&list=PL40A37E5239B51BDD

Hope it's a lively crowd again tomorrow...

Nice lengthy feature put together by the Herald today with players looking back at the 2009 play-offs:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/allwhitesbahrain/

Fallon

When we left for the stadium, there was a bit of a rush. There were people out the front of our hotel yelling and screaming and even when we got into the stadium there were people lining up and screaming at us. Straight away we knew this was going to be one of the biggest games in 28 years of New Zealand football.


Sigmund

I still remember it. I heard the thud of the ball hitting his head and then I tried to chase him - and he's a slow bastard - but he outsprinted me because he was so happy.


Sigmund

My grandad was about 84 at the time. He was out 'til five in the morning with us and my old man lasted the whole night.


Fallon

Then we got on the bus. The bus was the craziest ride I have ever taken in my life. The ride from the stadium to the hotel should take us only 10 minutes. It took us over 30. Everyone was stopping the bus. There were hundreds of people on the street stopping the bus at every opportunity. People were streaming out of the bars jumping in front of the bus, banging on the windows. There was one lad who must have been running for at least 20 minutes alongside the bus and everyone was just watching him. Either he was a fit boy or extremely drunk.

....As soon as we got changed, we all met up at a private bar and that’s where I met up with my mum and dad. When I got to the bar my dad was there and he was absolutely steaming. He was outside, drinking whisky out of the glass with a massive cigar celebrating. And the first thing I remember was walking into the bar and seeing him. He was so drunk I don’t think he even recognised me until I was like, 'Dad, hey it’s me'. But that moment when I saw him and we first hugged is something that will be with me 'til the day I die. We both realised what that meant.


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Big Pete 65 edited November 19, 2013 07:04

Every time I watch such footage I get emotional - some  great fan footage here of the stadium erupting v Bahrain:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzsRSWWLB1o&list=PL40A37E5239B51BDD

Hope it's a lively crowd again tomorrow...

Nice lengthy feature put together by the Herald today with players looking back at the 2009 play-offs:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/allwhitesbahrain/

Fallon

When we left for the stadium, there was a bit of a rush. There were people out the front of our hotel yelling and screaming and even when we got into the stadium there were people lining up and screaming at us. Straight away we knew this was going to be one of the biggest games in 28 years of New Zealand football.


Sigmund

I still remember it. I heard the thud of the ball hitting his head and then I tried to chase him - and he's a slow bastard - but he outsprinted me because he was so happy.


Sigmund

My grandad was about 84 at the time. He was out 'til five in the morning with us and my old man lasted the whole night.

Fallon

Then we got on the bus. The bus was the craziest ride I have ever taken in my life. The ride from the stadium to the hotel should take us only 10 minutes. It took us over 30. Everyone was stopping the bus. There were hundreds of people on the street stopping the bus at every opportunity. People were streaming out of the bars jumping in front of the bus, banging on the windows. There was one lad who must have been running for at least 20 minutes alongside the bus and everyone was just watching him. Either he was a fit boy or extremely drunk.

....As soon as we got changed, we all met up at a private bar and that’s where I met up with my mum and dad. When I got to the bar my dad was there and he was absolutely steaming. He was outside, drinking whisky out of the glass with a massive cigar celebrating. And the first thing I remember was walking into the bar and seeing him. He was so drunk I don’t think he even recognised me until I was like, 'Dad, hey it’s me'. But that moment when I saw him and we first hugged is something that will be with me 'til the day I die. We both realised what that meant.