Swello Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 1 hour ago, thisGRAEME said: Nancy, Iceland and Athens, for me. Athens remains the most burnt I've ever been in my entire life, and a huge regret after my camera broke and ate all my photos. Upsetting. Athens was mental - remember getting off the BA flight at 2am or similar and the temp was 35 degrees. The day of the game it was like an oven, still can't believe our players were able to deal with that (although obviously we got pumped)... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezz Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Speaking of Levante, I was at their game vs Eibar back in March and there are mentions of Motherwell in a number of places around the stadium as we were their first ever European opponents. They were still selling half and half Motherwell/Levante scarves (which a decent number of people in the crowd were wearing) and had copies of the pre-match line up picture of the game at Fir Park in their club shop. We spoke to a few of their fans at the game who were delighted when they found out the majority of us were Motherwell fans, mentioned they came over for their away leg and said a lot of Levante fans keep an eye out for our results. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Are we signing anyone today or not? BOOOOO 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmen Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Gannon was before 10/11. With out loooking it up I am sure we never qualified as I mind being a bit peeved cos the cup runner up wasn't getting in and that was relatively new to me.Your right, gannon was season before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Swello said: Athens was mental - remember getting off the BA flight at 2am or similar and the temp was 35 degrees. The day of the game it was like an oven, still can't believe our players were able to deal with that (although obviously we got pumped)... Aye. I'd started working in London about a month previous, and had no leave to take as their year was about to end. Ended up having to take unpaid leave and explain to my boss that I was away to Athens for 48 hours to see a game we were 3-0 down in. Athens was just generally a bit surreal. Being told we couldn't get the metro cause we'd get stabbed. Drinking in the square with Nicky Law's brothers who then ended up being a Motherwell player. The dozens of 'Well taxis out to the stadium passing beers from car to car. Almost falling out the window trying to climb onto the door. Running down the line of robocops at full-time trying to get high-fives. The Taxi driver reacting with genuine disdain for a boy who'd just been knocked off a moped in front of us and fucking his bike oot the way. The whole thing felt like I'd been there for about 15 minutes. Odense is the one I'm gutted I missed. I'd planned a route there which I shat out of, as it was like, Train, bus, flight, train, bus, train or something stupid. Ended up destroying my living room when Tom Hateley's free-kick went in, so maybe I'd have been better there. Edited May 21, 2019 by thisGRAEME 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, thisGRAEME said: Odense is the one I'm gutted I missed. I'd planned a route there which I shat out of, as it was like, Train, bus, flight, train, bus, train or something stupid. Ended up destroying my living room when Tom Hateley's free-kick went in, so maybe I'd have been better there. I mind watching the Odense game on a honking stream and my dad & I similarly turning the living room upside down when Hateley scored. I was convinced we'd make it all the way when that went in. Similarly when he scored that last minute free kick against St Mirren I absolutely thought we'd win the league. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Odense was the only proper jump I got in all these trips (unless you count the penalty save in Nancy) - the goal at Breidablik was a polite round of applause job, so it was brilliant to go mental. I would love to have been at Aalesund - but the logistics weren't happening as it was a few days after Iceland and there was no way I was getting off work again. I'd seen this photo: and I was fucking desperate to go. Still want to go there actually... f**k it - back into Europe in 2020 please! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Nancy (Llanllei) & Athens for me only. I couldn't afford the rest or get holidays. Nancy was great. Eurostar and a train to Nancy. That big square was great. I lost my Passport I was that drunk. The French polis gave me a letter that they let me through Passport control with on the way home (after a bit of background checking). I woke up on a bench in the middle of one of the nights and a bunch of guys knew my name and described themselves as the "Pather boys", well that's my drunken recollection of events. Athens was even better, about 5 of us went out for a week. It was 42 degrees every day. We were in a hotel in the middle of the city, roof pool, the wee guys in the hotel feeding us free melon as we cooked in the sun. One night we went out and found an open air nightclub, Greek hip hop blaring all night we asked them to play "Jump Around". it was some night. Then all the well fans arrived and we did the usual fitba fans abroad stuff. Athens was full of Junkies anaw. I dunno how folk got the Holidays from work for some of the "runs". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desp Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, Busta Nut said: I woke up on a bench in the middle of one of the nights and a bunch of guys knew my name and described themselves as the "Pather boys", well that's my drunken recollection of events. Did you have a sore arse when you woke up from this encounter? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 24 minutes ago, Busta Nut said: I dunno how folk got the Holidays from work for some of the "runs". I used the excuse at work (and at home!) that it could be the last time for 20 years that we would play in Europe. That one kept me going for years as it was (a) true and (b) quite difficult to argue against 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 My pal going off on his own to play strip rock paper scissor in Nancy with a couple of french lassies and a few other pals, and being unaware of where we were staying, only to appear in the morning after just 'getting on a tram cause we were on one' minutes before we left for the ferry remains the most incredible pieces dumb luck I've ever seen. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desp Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, thisGRAEME said: My pal going off on his own to play strip rock paper scissor in Nancy with a couple of french lassies and a few other pals, and being unaware of where we were staying, only to appear in the morning after just 'getting on a tram cause we were on one' minutes before we left for the ferry remains the most incredible pieces dumb luck I've ever seen. For your mates' sake, I hope they weren't "the Pather boys". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) Playing squad update announced here. Quote A number of players will leave Motherwell at the conclusion of the 2018/19 season. The following first team players were either not offered contracts or have informed the club they intend to leave after 31 May 2019. Carl McHugh Elliott Frear Alex Rodriguez Gorrín Aaron Taylor-Sinclair George Newell Christian Mbulu Jake Hastie Curtis Main The following reserve players will also depart: Shaun Bowers Liam Brown Shea Gordon Kyle MacDonald Neil McLaughlin Akeal Rehman Broque Watson Four further players will leave as their loan deals expire when the summer transfer window opens again in early June. Tom Aldred (Bury) Gboly Ariyibi (Nottingham Forest) Ross McCormack (Aston Villa) Conor Sammon (Heart of Midlothian) Chris Cadden has been offered an extended contract but is yet to sign. Craig Tanner has been offered a short-term deal to help ensure he regains full fitness, following a long-term knee injury that has sidelined him since March 2018. When Craig is fit to rejoin training, he will be assessed by the coaching staff with a view to winning an extended contract. The following players have already signed pre-contract agreements and will join the club for pre-season training in June. Declan Gallagher Liam Polworth Jake Carroll No real surprises there tbh. Nice to finally have it all confirmed though. Edited May 21, 2019 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one m in Motherwell Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Announce Fané you cowards 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Oh aye. I also shat in the bath in Nancy. Horrible. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezz Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Oh aye. I also shat in the bath in Nancy. Horrible.Grim. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weemac Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Busta Nut said: Oh aye. I also shat in the bath in Nancy. Horrible. " I once shat on Nancy in the bath" The Sven-Goran Eriksson autobiography chapter 14, page 254 * * Not really 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) FROM RIGHT OUT OF THE LEFT FIELD...we've signed a Danish International midfielder lads. Casper Sloth ladies and gentlemen. Edit: YASSSSSS! Quote On 5 March 2014, Sloth started for Denmark in a 1-0 loss to England at Wembley; Sloth put in an impressive performance though he did get booked for a bad tackle on England's Steven Gerrard. Edited May 21, 2019 by capt_oats 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 I'm impressed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Manhattan Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 That's the closest we're likely to get to Europe for the foreseeable future. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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