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I Was There! Were You?

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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I Was There! Were You?

Supporter world's best and worst football teams: Waikato/WaiBop, Kingz, Knights, Phoenix, The Argyle, The Whites & the All Whites

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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I've just got to Exeter from going and watching the boys in Wrexham. Meet up with a bunch of kiwis in London and took a coach upto the game and was proudly wearing my AW shirt (mitre one from late 90s, our best looking strip I think). I was at the very front of the kiwi fans waving a big balck NZ flag...

Anyway, who else here on the forum was at the game?

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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I wish I was, I stayed up for it though.

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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Nope-stupid australian tv doesnt care about anything to do with nz sport!

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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

disco_mart wrote:

I've just got to Exeter from going and watching the boys in Wrexham. Meet up with a bunch of kiwis in London and took a coach upto the game and was proudly wearing my AW shirt (mitre one from late 90s, our best looking strip I think). I was at the very front of the kiwi fans waving a big balck NZ flag...

Saw you on TV, right on kick-off, centre of camera.

I've got the same old Mitre shirt somewhere. It was certainly one of our best strips. I remember being shown 3 or 4 Mitre prototypes of potential AW's shirts at Soccer New Zealand back then, and recommending to John Morton that they went with the one they eventually chose. I've always been proud of my very limited contribution to the sartorial elegance of our national players.

Nix, Leyton Orient and Alloa Athletic supporting schmuck.

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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

yeah u and the nz fans were on tv, i saw u with your flag

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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

-J15M- wrote:

Nope-stupid australian tv doesnt care about anything to do with nz sport!

Know how you feel dude. :(

a.haak

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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I was there as well.I was on the right side of the nz fans half way up. close to the goal line end. I was impressed. I think there was 200-250 nz supporters there. Disco-MArt, how many kiwi's do you reckon were there?

It was a great game to watch. I was just about to have a heart attack even after the first goal. When we replied again after Wales equalised, I couldn't believe. It was great to get a draw. It was even better to get a couple of goals. An area we normally lack in.

If we build it, they will come...

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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I recon that there must have been at least 200 of us but probably more. I loved the fact that at the end of the game, the Welsh police escorted us because they were afraid that some welsh fans might have been a bit keen for a scrap!

The Welsh I spoke to after the game heaped praise on us though, which made me very happy and those of us who came by coach had a photo taking with the Welsh FA president who thanked all Kiwi fans at the game for the atmosphere we created and the way we behaved!

Obviously he is used to British football fans!

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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

haha.. brilliant!

If we build it, they will come...

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