A Friday afternoon topic for you.
do you have any personal memorabilia - what's the story behind it?
My personal piece is a signed Ossie Ardilles "official Singapore supports club" shirt.
Back in early 2010 I was doing the standard around the world finished Uni thing when we landed in Singapore. After months of travelling with one other person you find your evenings revolve around free beer and the Prem as there isn't much left to talk about. Especially when you're saving cash. We stumbled onto a Spurs bar and wandered in. As it was dead at 1pm on a week day we learned if you are a spurs fan you get half price drinks - amazingly you had to prove you were a spurs fan. Due to communication difficulties he pointed at pictures on the wall and naming the players. Haggard signed prints of Ande ton, Mabbatt and Jose Dominigues (spelling) alongside Mido - quite a collection.
After proving my worth the bar man gave us "tickets" to come back the following eve to see the FA cup game - he was amazed to finally meet fans who had been to WHL. This dude was loving it. He also kept talking about Ossie...due to the breach in communication I simply assumed he was talking about his favourite all time player.
We bounced back the following eve to watch the game and the bar was packed. I remember each side of the bar signing shelf side v park line which is greatly assuming no-one had ever been. But trust me these were fans - they hated Man Utd and Chelsea as "that's what most Asian fans pick without knowing the history of football"l. What a place.
After the final whistle (lost to Portsmouth), everyone stayed......and eventually Ossie walked through the door. he had been doing some TV presenting in Kuala Lumpa and stopped into the "official supporters club" for a bit of Q&A. What a guy! Ossie answered the questions like a pro and strung out the questions with dramatic effect. Remember him saying how he shouted at Ricky to pass before 'that' goal. After his QA I scrambled to buy a spurs related top and have a pic of him signing it in front of me.
the shirt, and the printed photo of him signing it, are framed on my bedroom wall. I'll take a pic tonight.
do you have any personal memorabilia - what's the story behind it?
My personal piece is a signed Ossie Ardilles "official Singapore supports club" shirt.
Back in early 2010 I was doing the standard around the world finished Uni thing when we landed in Singapore. After months of travelling with one other person you find your evenings revolve around free beer and the Prem as there isn't much left to talk about. Especially when you're saving cash. We stumbled onto a Spurs bar and wandered in. As it was dead at 1pm on a week day we learned if you are a spurs fan you get half price drinks - amazingly you had to prove you were a spurs fan. Due to communication difficulties he pointed at pictures on the wall and naming the players. Haggard signed prints of Ande ton, Mabbatt and Jose Dominigues (spelling) alongside Mido - quite a collection.
After proving my worth the bar man gave us "tickets" to come back the following eve to see the FA cup game - he was amazed to finally meet fans who had been to WHL. This dude was loving it. He also kept talking about Ossie...due to the breach in communication I simply assumed he was talking about his favourite all time player.
We bounced back the following eve to watch the game and the bar was packed. I remember each side of the bar signing shelf side v park line which is greatly assuming no-one had ever been. But trust me these were fans - they hated Man Utd and Chelsea as "that's what most Asian fans pick without knowing the history of football"l. What a place.
After the final whistle (lost to Portsmouth), everyone stayed......and eventually Ossie walked through the door. he had been doing some TV presenting in Kuala Lumpa and stopped into the "official supporters club" for a bit of Q&A. What a guy! Ossie answered the questions like a pro and strung out the questions with dramatic effect. Remember him saying how he shouted at Ricky to pass before 'that' goal. After his QA I scrambled to buy a spurs related top and have a pic of him signing it in front of me.
the shirt, and the printed photo of him signing it, are framed on my bedroom wall. I'll take a pic tonight.