Birmingham promoted

john_smullen · Post by **john_smullen** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 6:30 pm

Sorry I could not resist

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oompah18 · Post by **oompah18** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:07 pm

brilliant, well deserved! I know just how you feell, going to the premiership - I am from READING!!!!

mumra · Post by **mumra** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:12 pm

Nice one can we expect £50 away tickets for your "Category A" games next season then?

Rip off merchants, hope you get relegated again sorry

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:34 pm

oompah18 wrote: I am from READING!!!!

So am I. Grew up in Woodley, long time ago.

Which bit of Reading are you from?

oompah18 · Post by **oompah18** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:06 pm

erm, Wokingham actually, but went to school in Reading & spent more evenings & weekends in Reading than at home in Wokingham! Have been a Reading supported since I saw them play Watford with my dad when I was about 11 I think! My family live in Wokingham & Calcot now! I can´t believe Reading came last in a Readers Digest survey recently, as the WORST place to live in UK! But only less than 2000 people were questioned so it wasn´t so important a result, but, still!!!!!!

john_smullen · Post by **john_smullen** » Tue May 01, 2007 4:37 pm

mumra wrote:Nice one can we expect £50 away tickets for your "Category A" games next season then?

Rip off merchants, hope you get relegated again sorry

More than likely but we have to pay the same price for the games. If we all keep paying it they clubs will keep charging it

john_smullen · Post by **john_smullen** » Tue May 01, 2007 4:37 pm

mumra wrote:Nice one can we expect £50 away tickets for your "Category A" games next season then?

Rip off merchants, hope you get relegated again sorry

More than likely but we have to pay the same price for the games. If we all keep paying it they clubs will keep charging it

COBHC · Post by **COBHC** » Sun May 06, 2007 7:08 pm

[quote="oompah18"] I can´t believe Reading came last in a Readers Digest survey recently, as the WORST place to live in UK!/quote]

ive been to reading many times and i think it is such a nice place, especially along the thames on summer time, shame the only time i went was for the carling weekender, im taking my girlfriend on a tour of england next year and im definately taking her to reading

EDIT - congrats to birmingham, lets hope you dont go straight back down

MikeEwing · Post by **MikeEwing** » Thu May 24, 2007 6:13 pm

Remember this one from about 10 years ago John.....
NEWSFLASH..NEWSFLASH.....Burglary at Birmingham City Football Club...Police report that intruders targeted the clubs trophy room and stole the ENTIRE CONTENTS....Police are looking for a man with a rolled-up carpet!...

......Boing Boing

john_smullen · Post by **john_smullen** » Tue May 29, 2007 9:58 am

MikeEwing wrote:Remember this one from about 10 years ago John.....
NEWSFLASH..NEWSFLASH.....Burglary at Birmingham City Football Club...Police report that intruders targeted the clubs trophy room and stole the ENTIRE CONTENTS....Police are looking for a man with a rolled-up carpet!... ......Boing Boing

Nice one Mike it was good to meet you yesterday sorry about the result

MikeEwing · Post by **MikeEwing** » Tue May 29, 2007 12:11 pm

Hi John,yep,I'm still a bit shellshocked.I found it hard to speak after that...I am devastated....we really went for it but Lady Luck just wouldn't let us score...as a Bluenose I don't need to tell you about hard luck stories,you know the script as well as us...good luck in the Prem mate....

astanger · Post by **astanger** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:45 am

Mike, are you the guy I met in the Aussie Bar after the game?

Up the Rams!

MikeEwing · Post by **MikeEwing** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:14 am

Hi...yep,that was me.I'm still a bit shellshocked about things to be honest.I still can't believe we lost.One of your players said that if WBA had scored in the second half we would have gone on to win....but the fact is we didn't score..

.....so didn't deserve to win..

.....Up the Rams!!???...Yeah RIGHT UP the Rams...

.....Good Luck in the Prem though.I sincerely wish the Rams all the best....

astanger · Post by **astanger** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:25 am

As we said at the time, in the grand scheme of things it is fair as we finished the season in 3rd, 8 points ahead of 4th place. But as a single game you had the best chances. But Derby had a game plan and it worked. Kevin Philips summed it up when he basically said "we didn't score, they did, fair enough".

It's a cruel game and I have been at Wembley when we outplayed Leicester and still lost so I know how it feels.

Strangley I have always had a little soft spot for the Baggies. When I was young I painted my Leeds United Subbuteo players with dark blue stripes to change them to WBA!

Keep smiling ... August is only a few days away!

MikeEwing · Post by **MikeEwing** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:14 am

I am absolutley in stitches at that....SO DID I!!....I got a pot of HUMBROL(remember those?) paint and spent HOURS converting my REAL MADRID/LEEDS UNITED team into the Baggies.To this very day I still have one of those Subbuteo players in his Baggies strip.He is a sort of lucky charm.I call him Jeff(Astle)..

...the Mrs thinks I am off my head but that little plastic man means the world to me.Just holding it can transport me back to my childhood.Games of Subbuteo on the bedroom floor on a saturday afternoon...then downstairs to watch the vidiprinter on Grandstand....followed by Jim'll Fix It....The Pink Panther...and Dr Who...magic,just magic!!..

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