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    Just now, GunnerBill said:

     

    Leyton Orient's ground, Brisbane Road, is also famous for having two corners filled in by supposed "luxury" apartments with views over the pitch from the balconies. At one point one of those apartments was rented by someone who basically ran a brothel from there and the home fans would be treated to scantily clad women coming out onto the balcony for a smoke between clients. I believe it has been closed down by law enforcement now.

     

    It's also the closest professional club to my current address. I went a couple of times last season. 

     

    No further questions, Your Honour 😆

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    19 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

    I have no idea where either of those two play…but since beggars can’t be choosers so …I’ll take it! 👍 “Come on, you Stevenagers?”

     

    Leyton Orient are another London club. They've just been promoted to League One. 

     

    The stadium is in the E10 area of London. E10 is also the home of the famous Hackney Marshes which playing fields holds 88 full sized soccer fields used by amateur teams and leagues from all over London. 

     

    Stevenage is a boring commuter town outside London. Don't ever go there. 

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    6 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

    Checked it out Brit. In a word….yikes! Makes me so thankful that you agreed to treat me to the game. 😉

     

    I said "A" game. Might be Leyton Orient v Stevenage 😜

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    38 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

    I missed it 😔

     

    I think most people did. I was around 7,000th in the queue and when I was allowed into the site to buy all the cheapest options had sold out. 

     

    Almost unremarkably, I received an email from StubHub about 30 minutes later telling me tickets were on sale for the game. 

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    2 hours ago, Virgil said:


    I’m really hoping they give Bills season ticket fans first crack at seats, seeing how it is one of our home games technically 


    I agree. Season ticket holders should always get first dibs. 

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    London Updated

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    1 minute ago, SoCal Deek said:

    Thanks Brit….check it out online it even on google maps. It’s just a block from The Emirates and has been completely transformed. In Buffalo they only saved an archway from the old stadium but in London they were able to keep entire sections and convert it to what appears to be apartments and offices. There are Bills fans that would die to live in an apartment that looked into the field of Rich Stadium! And talk about a money maker on game day if it was a hotel. 

     

    I sure will check it out. If we go to London for the game a day early we're planning on going to visit a few of the London stadiums so will add Highbury to the list if we do. 

     

    I suppose a lot will depend on what the expected structural damage after demolition of most of the stadium as to whether what could be left to be used as part of future building?

     

    My soccer team have moved to a new stadium the couple of years and they've only been allowed to keep a small part of the terrace of the old stadium which will be incorporated into gardens where new housing is being built on the site. 

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    8 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

    Gunner or Brit:

     

    Have either of you been by the re-purposed/renovated Highbury Stadium, which I understand was the home of Arsenal before The Emirates? The photos I’ve seen of the transformation look incredible! For Bills fans it’d be like The Rockpile but on a much more ambitious scale. I urge everyone to google it. 

     

    Gunner will definitely be your man on this one. 

     

    I sadly never even got to Highbury while it was standing. 

    Buffalo Suggestions ??????????????

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    I must say, I didn't particularly notice anything too bad about Niagara Falls when we went. However, I do remember each person/group catching the bus got progressively higher the further away we got from Buffalo and closer to Niagara Falls. 

     

    Pleasant enough bus ride out of the city and back though. 

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    1 minute ago, GunnerBill said:

     

    In any other year I'd be doing this. Sadly it comes in the year when I just spent £90k on renovating my house 😫

     

    I'm going to go in and see what the prices are like first. As a Yorkshireman I'm on a tight budget as well 😁

    Share some music thread

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    9 hours ago, DrW said:

    Ever heard of the Eurovision Song Contest? This is a competition of European countries (well, broadly defined; there are entries from Azerbaijan, which actually is in Europe, but also from Israel and Australia, which clearly are not) in commercial pop, starting in 1956.

    For sheer hilarity, here is the 2022 entry of Norway, by a group called "Subwoolfer", admittedly a very clever word play. If I get the lyrics right, it questions why the wolf did not eat a banana instead of Grandma. One positive thing I noticed, the A/V quality is extraordinary.

     

     

     

    That's great but it's no 2014 Poland

     

     

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    3 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

    And…Jacksonville no longer sucks. So they actually have some home fans who’ll want to travel, just like Bills fans. 

     

    And they can make a 10 days/fortnight of it too this year. 

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    1 minute ago, SoCal Deek said:

    One thing that hasn’t been mentioned about London is whether tickets are going to be even more at a premium with Jacksonville fans being able to go and catch two games while they’re there. I know I would. It’ll be interesting to see how it plays out. 

     

    Yes, I suspect you're right considering the Jags following the NFL has drummed up over here over the years. I'm a bit surprised Bills season ticket holders don't get first dibs at the tickets. 

    3 minutes ago, Bills Bud said:

    Game is not at Wembley which sucks

     

    It would have meant a lot more tickets being available but Spurs is an excellent venue. 

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    2 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

    Hey Brit, have you ever been to Bruges/Ghent? My wife says she saw it on The Bachelor and said it looked cool. 

     

    I think I've been to Bruges but that was on a soccer tour back in the early/mid 90s. We did a few cities in Belgium but can't be sure or confess to knowing much about either city. I know it has 2 professional top flight soccer teams (Cercle & Club) 👍

     

    My sister has been to Bruges a couple of times and enjoys it. 

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    13 hours ago, Buffalo ill said:

    I first read that as "tiddies and a rub".  The internet has ruined me 

     

    It was not an offer. That's what I'll say in court anyway. 

    19 minutes ago, K-No said:

    Ok. 
    airline tickets 👍

    airbnb 👍

    game tickets? Are they available yet anywhere?

     

    https://shp.csharmony.epsilon.com/pages/NFL_US/2023_London_ROI/?ck=

    14 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

    I’m gonna have to google that. 
    Starting in London, then Paris, Lille and Bruges/Ghent. 

     

    You'll have to watch In Bruges before you head there 🙂

    Share some music thread

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    Posted · Edited by BritBill

    1 hour ago, muppy said:

    being a Brit I am guessing  this band is second nature to you..HUGE Band. But I was not aware of them until I heard Liam sing Slide, ..

     

    I am a convert. How did I miss this band?  😲

     

     

    Yes without a doubt. I was 14 years old when they released Definitely Maybe. A bit too young to be "in moment" influenced by the likes of The Stone Roses releasing their first album "The Stone Roses" so Oasis and Definitely Maybe became the first album which appealed to me in that moment of my youth when I was starting to really take an interest in music and youth culture.

     

    Coming from the north of England and also sharing a forename with Liam made Oasis appealing outside of their music. 

     

    My life for the next 15 years or so mainly consisted of going to watch soccer and going down to the record shop to buy albums (on CD back then!). Once I turned 18 regular trips to the pub were integrated. I was always the first to a jukebox.

     

    The video of them playing Lyla in Manchester in 2005 was one of 2 consecutive gigs they played over 2 nights. I was at one of them. Whether I was at the gig in the video I can't confirm or if I was at the other night's gig. I remember they'd just released Don't Believe The Truth and Turn Up The Sun was the first song they performed before following it with Lyla to get the whole stadium bouncing. 

     

    If they ever get back together I'll pay whatever I have to. Also, my 12 year old son is also bang into them. So whenever we travel to soccer matches in the car he's always asking for Oasis on. 

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