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Malmo would be good, fly to Copenhagen and cross the bridge into Malmo, easy. Then cry when a pint costs 8 quid.
Had a mooch on some websites, the agreeable trips in terms of cheap flights on current match days are Malmo, Sevilla, Juventus, Lyon, Wolfsburg, Gent, PSV Eindhoven, Borussia Monchengladbach (God bless C and P).
Ones that are either too complicated, or too expensive (or both!) are Astana, CSKA Moscow, Zenit, BATE Borisov, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dynamo Kyiv, Maccabi Tel-Aviv. Dinamo Zagreb kinda hangs in the balance, expensive to fly direct but alternative flights might make it feasible.
I think I've just bokked us a group comprising Zenit, Kiev and Tel-Aviv......get those balls heated, UEFA.
Will take that group, get it all confirmed please UEFA.
Flights were 86 quid return, I nearly had them at 77 but they just crept up before my payment went through. Checked a few mins ago and already comfortably over £100. Wonder how much by morning....
In honour of said old man, I'll start with a moan. 9 left in the 9.30 BH last night, get KK in vs JJ and a micro stacks Q3 and lose, marv. Least Q3 didn't also beat me, meaning I got 8th instead of 9th. Every cloud.
Fun and busy, albeit slightly bittersweet, weekend coming up. Seeing the comedian Stewart Francis in York on Friday night. Love his puns and dry sense of humour, if he's half as funny as he is on stuff like Mock The Week then we're in for a treat.
Heading to Manchester on Saturday for the Bournemouth game (gl Mick!), then racing to Leeds straight after to catch the Editors. A band that I really like, but also a band that I'm not overly familiar/fond of their newer stuff. In the unlikely event they play just stuff off their first 2 albums I'm laughing! So many bands from that era around the mid 2000's that I like but think went off the boil in recent albums; Arctic Monkeys, Maximo Park, The Enemy etc etc.
Didn't get a sniff for Sevilla tickets, so for the 2nd time I'm heading abroad ticketless. I think (hope) there will be a couple of spares kicking about, failing that we'll try get in the home end. Failing that, a bar in Seville will suffice. Ryanair have moved our flight out, from 12.30 to 8am. Good, in that it means we get more hours in Spain, bad in that we now have to leave York at 3am instead of 7. With it clashing with UKOPs, I guess its logical to just play loads the night before, hopefully go deep in something so I have to stay up, then just sleep in the car and plane.
Speaking of UKOPs, looking forward to it. Won't get to play it all due to work and whatnot, but reckon I should be good for at least half of it, bankroll permitting of course. I have my eyes on the PLO bounty hunter
Be nice to get a few cashes in it, as I'm heading Vegas again in January. Flying from Gothenburg is the new flying from Dublin!
How's that Chelsea bet of yours coming along?
Been a right faff to shift a ticket I don't even want money for, but got there eventually at gone 1am this evening, so I don't have to go on my lonesome.
Stewart Francis was, as expected, hilarious tonight. I thought I had a dry SOH....
''People are fragile things you should know by now, be careful what you put them through''.
Loads of goals
Was finally in my seat that I have for the season now. Basically the club allocated me an £800 seat for £299, that is running good! Sat slightly behind and to the left of the dugouts, so right near the halfway line with a cracking view. Pellegrini is about 20 yards from me when he's out in his technical area, so maybe he'll hear my shouts to sub that lazy twa... Toure
Spot on with Editors as well. I knew they had a good live rep, but I was genuinely blown away at how good they are. I've been lucky enough to see some excellent live performances over the years (Green Day, RHCP, James, Libertines), and Editors are right up there with them.
Been a good year gig wise for me, and still have The Enemy in York next month and then Shed Seven in Leeds in December to look forward too.
Hope old man Jackson is back to full health soon, and enjoys his holiday down in Portugal.
I don't even know what one of them is, but I heard it on A Place In The Sun and it sounds cool so we'll go with it.
UKOPS....bit of a washout sadly. Had moderate hopes for the series but they didn't materialise. Ran pretty gross in some spots, played pretty gross in others. Slight redemption by cashing in the ME last night, whilst also coming 2nd in the 9.30 BH, but comfortably down for the fortnight. Pleasing to see a couple of friends have excellent series', I know who to go to when I need to lend a few quid
Away from the tables, October was a grim month, starting off by being badly let down by someone I was close to, extremely close to; you think you know someone, but in reality you don't know them at all. The month was bookended by the pooch popping her clogs. I'm not too proud to say that both these events have taken the wind out of my sails.
Whats next? Going to Dusseldorf at the end of the month for the boxing. Nice to squeeze in another trip on the back of the successful jaunt to Seville. And that signals the last escape for the year.
I'm a sucker for punishment, so might still play DTD when free on a Monday (couldn't play tonight as seeing The Enemy in York), but that's me done on Sky and the forum for 2015.
Maybe see you back again in 2016, run well all, on and off the tables.
''There's just too many dreams in this wasteland, for you to leave us all behind''
Hope you are soon back amongst us, & buzzing as usual, you liven this place up a treat when you are on form.
The Diary section will be poorer, too, with Paul Lambert closing his diary door yesterday, Lord Grumpy currently AWOL from his Diary, & yours (temporarily?) closing, at this rate, mine will be the only one left. And think how awful that would be, as I drone on about penny DYM's.
I wish you a Merry Christmas & HNY, before you depart. Be great to see you return, & sooner rather than later.
Too many similar names here - Penny, Harry, Paul Jackson (NTTP). No wonder I get confused.
You will be sadly missed, always enjoy your post's and your banter on the tables.
Sorry to hear about your dog.
All the best.
Rainman397