Priti priti priti Patel Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Also going to the final on Saturday. I was at Enfield for a Northern Cyprus game earlier in the week. The ground is plum in the middle of north London's massive Turkish and Turkish Cypriot communities who turned out in force to watch the game. Made better by the fact my colleague is one of them and know about 30 odd people in the crowd from playing in the local Turkish Sunday League. During the week, Tibet's opposition (don't know who, Ellan Vannin maybe?) pulled out, so the Sunday League got a represenative side together, and smashed them 4-0. Not sure what to think about this tournament. Pro's: seeing minor states you'd never get to watch, Con's: shitty fake teams like Cascadia, low attendances, poor marketing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted June 7, 2018 Author Share Posted June 7, 2018 4 minutes ago, Margaret Thatcher said: Also going to the final on Saturday. I was at Enfield for a Northern Cyprus game earlier in the week. The ground is plum in the middle of north London's massive Turkish and Turkish Cypriot communities who turned out in force to watch the game. Made better by the fact my colleague is one of them and know about 30 odd people in the crowd from playing in the local Turkish Sunday League. During the week, Tibet's opposition (don't know who, Ellan Vannin maybe?) pulled out, so the Sunday League got a represenative side together, and smashed them 4-0. Not sure what to think about this tournament. Pro's: seeing minor states you'd never get to watch, Con's: shitty fake teams like Cascadia, low attendances, poor marketing. Yeah. It's a weird one... Gimmie a shout if you spot me mate. The standard (largely) is very Sunday League tbf. None of the players I've seen would get a game for Haringey Borough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priti priti priti Patel Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 5 minutes ago, Girth said: Yeah. It's a weird one... Gimmie a shout if you spot me mate. The standard (largely) is very Sunday League tbf. None of the players I've seen would get a game for Haringey Borough. You have been to more games than me, but I think you will be pleasantly surprised by Northern Cyprus if they win their semi tonight. Their standard was around National League South / Southern Premier level. Their team includes a couple who have played professional in Turkey and Billy Mehmet formerly of St Mirren, Dunfermline etc. https://thesefootballtimes.co/2018/06/07/former-ireland-under-21-billy-mehmet-on-representing-northern-cyprus-at-the-2018-conifa-world-football-cup/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted June 7, 2018 Author Share Posted June 7, 2018 15 minutes ago, Margaret Thatcher said: You have been to more games than me, but I think you will be pleasantly surprised by Northern Cyprus if they win their semi tonight. Their standard was around National League South / Southern Premier level. Their team includes a couple who have played professional in Turkey and Billy Mehmet formerly of St Mirren, Dunfermline etc. https://thesefootballtimes.co/2018/06/07/former-ireland-under-21-billy-mehmet-on-representing-northern-cyprus-at-the-2018-conifa-world-football-cup/ Padania looked good as did Tzekely Land but then the opposition were awful so hard to judge. Just seen Northern Cyprus are through to the final beating Padania 0-2. I hope Tzekely Land lose - their fans seemed to be absolute thugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priti priti priti Patel Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 13 minutes ago, Girth said: Padania looked good as did Tzekely Land but then the opposition were awful so hard to judge. Just seen Northern Cyprus are through to the final beating Padania 0-2. I hope Tzekely Land lose - their fans seemed to be absolute thugs. I think the game kicks off at 5 pm...so if true, that will be spooky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted June 7, 2018 Author Share Posted June 7, 2018 6 minutes ago, Margaret Thatcher said: I think the game kicks off at 5 pm...so if true, that will be spooky. You're right. Donut alert! You backing Northern Cyprus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priti priti priti Patel Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 47 minutes ago, Girth said: You're right. Donut alert! You backing Northern Cyprus? I have not seen Padnia. If, as you say, they are basically the Italy C team (or did someone else say that?) then it could be difficult for them. 0-0 after 15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted June 7, 2018 Author Share Posted June 7, 2018 I have not seen Padnia. If, as you say, they are basically the Italy C team (or did someone else say that?) then it could be difficult for them. 0-0 after 15 minutes. 3-2 Northern Cyprus in the end. Come on team playing Szekely Land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emiliano ZaBankie Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 I see Székely Land is a Hungarian enclave within Romania. Fingers crossed they come looking for Czaba to take over as I believe this is his background also. They used to have a great flag as well How pissed off does that sun look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 N. Cyprus vs. Karpatalya in the final. Should be a good one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priti priti priti Patel Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 13 hours ago, Broomhill Ultra said: I see Székely Land is a Hungarian enclave within Romania. Fingers crossed they come looking for Czaba to take over as I believe this is his background also. They used to have a great flag as well How pissed off does that sun look? The lad hasn't smiled since the Teletubby redundancies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 Game yesterday was pretty meh tbh. I couldn’t see too much of it as the crowd was huge! Great atmosphere mind and great to see other teams watching the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hip Priest Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 11 hours ago, Girth said: Game yesterday was pretty meh tbh. I couldn’t see too much of it as the crowd was huge! Great atmosphere mind and great to see other teams watching the final. Enfield isn't really set up for big crowds. Apart from the (very lovely but small) pavilion/stand there's next to no elevation - in that respect it's like a lot of Scottish non league grounds. Fine if you've got a few hundred - which is what I understand is all Enfield get - but not for big(ish) crowds. I don't have much experience of visiting non league grounds in London but certainly Bromley would have been better. Watched the final on the internet. It wisnae great. Wanted Northern Cyprus to win but well done to Karpatalya, doing a Denmark to come in as a late replacement and go all the way. And as the final was a repeat of a group game I went to, whichever way it went I knew I would be able to say that I saw the champs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 11 hours ago, Hip Priest said: Enfield isn't really set up for big crowds. Apart from the (very lovely but small) pavilion/stand there's next to no elevation - in that respect it's like a lot of Scottish non league grounds. Fine if you've got a few hundred - which is what I understand is all Enfield get - but not for big(ish) crowds. I don't have much experience of visiting non league grounds in London but certainly Bromley would have been better. Watched the final on the internet. It wisnae great. Wanted Northern Cyprus to win but well done to Karpatalya, doing a Denmark to come in as a late replacement and go all the way. And as the final was a repeat of a group game I went to, whichever way it went I knew I would be able to say that I saw the champs! Yeah, didn't help it started pissing it down either and most of us were only rocking t shirts. I really like Haringey Borough's ground tbh, greats a great atmosphere...it's closer to me too! Slough's ground is alright but it's in Slough. Read same for Bromley/Bracknell etc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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