Lokeren 16yrs today!!

Worst hang over I’ve possible ever had on the day if the match....just remember feeling very green sat in that square in the town with no booze and blues over running the local supermarket buying all and every bit of booze going....great day out
 
bluevengence said:
Great times following City....locals never knew what hit them...can still hear the sceams of the blue that was in the porta cabin at the back of the temporay stand as his mates pushed it over.
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That was Groclin.

I'm not sure they were "mates".

There was the bloke who booked hotel and transport to Grodzisk near the German border. Wrong Grodzisk...
 
It was my sons first European away game, he was 11 ( yes eleven ), we traveled by Eurostar meeting a mate in Paris at the station ( he ran along after our train on the platform hehe ).
Great time in pubs beforehand, nightmare after trying to get on train back to Brussels that was packed. Son ended up in luggage racks above our heads all the way back.
Brussels was shut when we got there so back to digs to then enter into a massive farting competition ( i won ).
No ones mentioned the guy singing McManaman do do do do de all the way through the game ! Chuffin annoying
 
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Vic said:
That was Groclin.

I'm not sure they were "mates".

There was the bloke who booked hotel and transport to Grodzisk near the German border. Wrong Grodzisk...
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I didn’t go to Groclin but I heard about that little episode. Also another incident where a well-known City fan who hadn’t missed a game in decades got filled in by some other blues.
 
Back on the Lokeren trip, it was my first European away and still one of the most memorable. So many stories. Like the 2 Belgian girls in one of the first bars we went in after arriving in Ghent taking the piss out of us for drinking beer that they felt was too weak and telling us to get on the Duvel. Bagging the best room in the ex-convent while most of my mates had to slum it. The morning of the game when we were getting ready and there was an almighty crash. Turns out my mate’s prized digital camera had smashed into a thousand pieces. Arriving in Lokeren late morning and getting straight on the Kriek. The atmosphere in the town square which was bouncing with blues in high spirits and getting up to high jinks but it never turned nasty. The flyers outside the bars welcoming City fans with open arms. The Belgian police - who we thought might take a hardline approach - always having a presence but keeping a low profile. The Feyenoord fan who travelled from Rotterdam just to see Bosvelt play. The match itself which was instantly forgettable apart from that guy who got a right kicking in their end, with many of us thinking it was a City fan. Oh, and my mate finding a full magazine of bullets which had obviously been dropped by a copper and leaving one in the kebab house when we got back to Ghent.
 
M18CTID said:
I didn’t go to Groclin but I heard about that little episode. Also another incident where a well-known City fan who hadn’t missed a game in decades got filled in by some other blues.
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The person responsible lives in Whaley Bridge, and ironically we were talking about the incident a couple of weeks ago.
Nowadays, he's full of remorse, but at the time, he was totally out of control.
 
M18CTID said:
Back on the Lokeren trip, it was my first European away and still one of the most memorable. So many stories. Like the 2 Belgian girls in one of the first bars we went in after arriving in Ghent taking the piss out of us for drinking beer that they felt was too weak and telling us to get on the Duvel. Bagging the best room in the ex-convent while most of my mates had to slum it. The morning of the game when we were getting ready and there was an almighty crash. Turns out my mate’s prized digital camera had smashed into a thousand pieces. Arriving in Lokeren late morning and getting straight on the Kriek. The atmosphere in the town square which was bouncing with blues in high spirits and getting up to high jinks but it never turned nasty. The flyers outside the bars welcoming City fans with open arms. The Belgian police - who we thought might take a hardline approach - always having a presence but keeping a low profile. The Feyenoord fan who travelled from Rotterdam just to see Bosvelt play. The match itself which was instantly forgettable apart from that guy who got a right kicking in their end, with many of us thinking it was a City fan. Oh, and my mate finding a full magazine of bullets which had obviously been dropped by a copper and leaving one in the kebab house when we got back to Ghent.
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The walk back to the train station was eventful as well,loads of us running over the tracks in the pitch black to the platform,like you say not a hint of trouble,but the poor guard on the train to go back to Ghent,hadn't a clue what had descended on his train,funny as fuck.

Must admit as well on arriving at the ground,when I walked around the corner,it was my first real life experience of seeing a water canon at a football match ! And I was 32 at the time
 
I recall the nonsense about not being allowed into town but our coach from Ostend airport went straight into the centre so we stayed there sampling the local brew.
We even bumped into @Vic before the game.
As for Halford: Did "Mr Manchester City" ever fight the corner of the fans?
 
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