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just binge watched all 7 episodes - bizarre , dark and amazing feels a bit like trainspotting in parts too

I remember the game ; but wasnt at it - 2-0 win for Dons - for some reason i recall there was only 2000 or so at the game ? But that photo doesn’t suggest that i think the willie garner reference may of been another / earlier game tho as i honestly dont recall him featuring at that stage - season we beat celtic 2-1 in final i believe on the stadium thing ; is tenuous link to clyde / qpr / wimbledon and thames afc ( bizarrely played in a 120k stadium but had one of the lowest ever league attendances )

sounds like a Swedish statto ; austin mcphee type ? ; mayb not as charismatic as Ebbe (another bizarre choice) all i know about him tho is that Robert Lual piece below https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68783946

Am sure theres a Frank McAvennie joke reference to moby dick somewhere in there ….

Jings ; that slipped past me - i was still referring to the 1980 version =thought i was up to speed on all things ww2 ..... but if its not 'hollywood' out here , tougher to track down i keep asking folk here " have you seen babylon berlin ?" and met with vacant look ( i know its pre ww2) ah its got subtitles ,,,,, never watching that , typical reply

das boot a film ? or a series ..... ?? i understand there was different endings yeah maybe unfair on the pacific ; in that i was def comparing it i had to google the actress name ; but pretty much confirmed it was the melbourne episode / greek parents book by Sledge is supposed to be amazing i liked The Thin Red Line film too ; some of his other films are very heavy going - Malik ? , but think because of subject matter its bearable

Yeah saw it ; not bad story/acting wise , but the CGI (not as bad as Midway tho....) gives it a Disney feel imho

lost my netflix account - saw jumped onto Disney watched Hill St Blues Ep 1 ; then NYPD Blue Ep 1 - only 10 years-ish apart , but felt like a lifetime , at the time both great at the time ; and enjoyed them both again - i knew it was same writers , but strange/lazy ? that both opening episodes have a/ main character(s) being shot (badly) & surviving b/ main character - ex wife , separation papers , complaining to husband etc etc c/ main character (from b) ; love interest with another main cast member ; whilst dealing with ex ....

US airmen completed "tour" after 50 missions i recall ? RAF just kept going til war ended , or they never made it back i thought even the Pacific was a step down from BoB at the time - wonder if they'll ever do a Naval version ; Das Boot Re Boot

am bit out of touch these days tbh - but as its a summer 'friendly' and the fact that a large majority of your supporters at these events ; will be of the 'plastic / day tripper ' variety ; added to the fact that (based on my own match attending even in 70s and 80s) that 1969 game was likely attended by 95-99 % blokes - majority of those being in drinking/swadging age group/demographic ; am sure will still be bit of bother tho ; but nothing like Fairs Cup or Uefa in Manchester

That was really interesting !

It was a bawhair in 95 tho ; at least then we had some very decent players in the team ; who finally got it together- then actually breezed through the play off versus dunfermline we seem to be on a similar trajectory now though ; but not much faith in players we have am still baffled by the warnock affair ; did he jump or was he pushed ? tbh i would take lennon rather than go down … admittedly hes a notch up on scott brown and roy aitken on being disliked ; i was more concerned about his record ; cyprus i think ?

I was only closing the loop on the "other connotations" although i believe intent was firmly tongue in cheek (no other connotation in that part either though )

brighton ; the pink pound , light on ones loafers , dancing queen , friends of dorothy etc etc i assume

off at tangent , but late 90s last minute bank hol w/e in london , all was available was BA flight to Cologne (twin prop - passengers facing each other ....) got a boat/cruise down to Koblenz = highlight for me was seeing the 'bridge at remagen ' en route - then jumped on a train back to Cologne - stayed in cheapo hotel near the station = this time booked a hotel in bonn / then for stuttgart = heidleberg - hope that works out ..... got a 7 day in month eurail pass for me & the loon - reservations thru DB mostly

Thanks ! thats very helpful = i had no idea ; showed it to mate today also

thanks for reply mate - i havent been on here in ages = only decided last month to take plunge and book accom - tbh avoided this forum ; as knew i was getting hosed on prices as hadnt booked ahead ; really even planned on going- but mate over here got a bunch of tickets in uefa ballot - few randoms plus our game v Swiss in Cologne ; so am taking my son and meeting some of the lads too hopefully - so i havent seen any tickets , fan passes etc we are flying Calgary to Paris (dont ask.....: ) ) then plan to train it to munich,prague,leipzig,bonn (all change for cologne)berlin,heidleberg (fencing and stuggart access...) back to paris - plan on 7 days in month eurail pass for me and the loon -dont think the fan pass would be good for me as thinks it just germany .... hes been to couple of games at pittodrie as 3 yr old ; so 18 yrs later be a bit of a culture shock i think

15% off rail passes interrail thru 5 March am looking at eurail option as outside europe - i didnt see a huge discount on the fanpass ???

Berwick ...

tbh i was kind of surprised we sold out so quickly for the final ; i know your casual "office bus / xmas party/ stag weekend" type typically doesn't up their interest when either of old firm are playing us in a final ; but i had a sense of the mystical 40k that appeared for the ICT league cup final at Parkhead am out of touch these days ; was speaking to few of the lads in Helsinki about it ; my personal opinion was i glad i chose a frozen dead rubber trip over the forthcoming league cup final v huns ; just cant be arsed with the hassle of it all now - maybe its just me , but since they disconnected the euro qualification from the league cup its go way less value ; and I've seen this movie way too many times ......

dont know ; but definitely some simple minds on the council

i also saw a cheap / slower train option on a you tube vid ; it looks legit but if you read the blurb below ; you need to sign up then cancel - it does allow for public transport in cities too = if you had a tent on your back , and summer off on a budget may be an option https://fahrkarten.bahn.de/privatkunde/start/start.post?lang=en&redirected=1

the original Thos Crown , or the re-boot .....i thinks Oceans 11 was an old film too i just finished 'The Crown' new episodes ; prob flogged on here ...... Diana actress very good as was Charles - I've never really liked Imelda Staunton tho but am sure she did a fine job ; Jonathan Pryce pulls of a passable Duke as most actors seemed to do took my son to see Napoleon last night - so looking fwd to it - huge bore i thought - ashamed to say i enjoyed the new hunger games recently with my daughter

Okay a film not a series ; but couldn’t find relevant thread Filip - on Netflix Polish Jew escapes warsaw ghetto sets up new life as a french waiter in frankfurt ; ‘romances’ lots of women i only saw ‘the pianist’ for the first fairly recently ( and embarrassingly so must admit ) not as dark as that though

Thanks for that ! it is mind boggling what went down in living memory ; and attitudes of the time think even the public are more savvy now after a constant diet of police procedural shows