Odd football matches

[RowleyBirkinQ.C(deceased)]

For my birthday my father in law bought us a pair of Olympic football tickets. When the fixtures came out I waited with baited breath. "Oooh, great Britain play on the 1st of August, the date of my ticket" "oh bugger they're playing in Cardiff that day"
The game i'm watching at wembley, 1st of august? South Korea vs Gabon!!!!!!!!
I'm still looking forward to going for a day out in London and drinking in the heady atmosphere of the Olympics. But what a shit fixture
What's the oddest game you've attended.

 

[Mackenzie]

Cefn Druids v Airbus UK. Welsh cup game up in Rhyl in March. My missus was visiting her granny, I couldn't face a day of drinking tea and talking bollocks so I went off to the football and left them to it.

 

[Vicar!]

Argentina v Cameroon, World Cup Opening day 1990. Thought what a poor game to open with. The rest, they say, is history.

 

[cloud]

AC Milan vs Ajax, at Brisbane Road a couple of months back. It was the NextGen final - the champions league for kids.

 

[stripeyshark]

Torquay United v Shrewsbury Town.
Torquay actually do the "Give us a T. O. R. Q. U. A. Y." chant.
Hearing them sing the Q and U bit with no irony in their voices was utter priceless.

 

[Beach Hut]

Argentina v Cameroon, World Cup Opening day 1990. Thought what a poor game to open with. The rest, they say, is history.

Was on my honeymoon in Zante for that game, watched in the hotel bar all on my own, sign of things to come for the wife who married a football fanatic

 

[Superphil]

In Gambia we watched a couple of matches in their 'league cup'. The police plaed against one of the hotels, then the other hotel played against the brewery, the preliminary rounds are plaed barefoot on pitches made of sand. The final was in the national stadium which had real grass, but most of the players didn't have boots/shoes to play in, I gave one player my Adidas trainers so he could play.

 

[The Rattler]

One summer, about 1990 I think, I stayed with a mate in Sheffield who was a Blades fan, so naturally we went to Doncaster (Belle Vue) to see them play in a pre-season friendly. Not so naturally, the following night, out of what I can only think was a complete lack of common sense, we drove to Hull (Boothferry Park) to see them play Middlesbrough (another friendly). Think it ended 0-0

 

[Working class pride]

Brighton v York City, a short while after the goal posts came down. Played to fulfil the fixtures and Yorks relegation was still on the line I think as well

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Afan Lido vs. Total Network Solutions.

I have always wanted an Afan Lido shirt (don't ask) so went along when working in Wales.

It was utter shit. No club shop.

0-0 btw.

 

[jackalbion]

For my birthday my father in law bought us a pair of Olympic football tickets. When the fixtures came out I waited with baited breath. "Oooh, great Britain play on the 1st of August, the date of my ticket" "oh bugger they're playing in Cardiff that day"
The game i'm watching at wembley, 1st of august? South Korea vs Gabon!!!!!!!!
I'm still looking forward to going for a day out in London and drinking in the heady atmosphere of the Olympics. But what a shit fixture
What's the oddest game you've attended.

see you there i'm going to that one i think i might support gabon
i looked at the fixtures in anticipation and saw the fixture and i was dissapointed but might as well get the most out of it

 

[RowleyBirkinQ.C(deceased)]

see you there i'm going to that one i think i might support gabon
i looked at the fixtures in anticipation and saw the fixture and i was dissapointed but might as well get the most out of it

I might have to do some research about them both but I'm thinking Gabon as well. I don't even know where Gabon is. I'm thinking Africa ?

 

[Spoon]

For my birthday my father in law bought us a pair of Olympic football tickets. When the fixtures came out I waited with baited breath. "Oooh, great Britain play on the 1st of August, the date of my ticket" "oh bugger they're playing in Cardiff that day"
The game i'm watching at wembley, 1st of august? South Korea vs Gabon!!!!!!!!
I'm still looking forward to going for a day out in London and drinking in the heady atmosphere of the Olympics. But what a shit fixture
What's the oddest game you've attended.

I am also going to this game - disappointment to say the least! S.Korea for me because I know Park Ji-Sung whereas I know no Gabonians(?) I'm in the spirit for the Games as I am volunteering for 4 days in the Velodrome

 

[Grombleton]

I am also going to this game - disappointment to say the least! S.Korea for me because I know Park Ji-Sung whereas I know no Gabonians(?) I'm in the spirit for the Games as I am volunteering for 4 days in the Velodrome

Probably the most well known Gabon player is ex-Rangers player Daniel Cousin...don't know if he's still about or not though.

 

[RickofBHAFC]

For my birthday my father in law bought us a pair of Olympic football tickets. When the fixtures came out I waited with baited breath. "Oooh, great Britain play on the 1st of August, the date of my ticket" "oh bugger they're playing in Cardiff that day"
The game i'm watching at wembley, 1st of august? South Korea vs Gabon!!!!!!!!
I'm still looking forward to going for a day out in London and drinking in the heady atmosphere of the Olympics. But what a shit fixture
What's the oddest game you've attended.

We bought tickets to the Olympics for myself, my wife and adult son and daughter - picked an event at random that we could afford and all make it to and decided on women's football - could have been any game but when the draw came out we are seeing Great Britain v Brazil! How good is that? OK it's not the men's football but I have watched women's football on the box before and seen some cracking goals and we are going to be able to cheer on our own country . . . well happy!

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

Wimbledon vs Bursaspor Kubulu (I think) at the Goldstone in the inter-toto cup...

 

[Jesus Gul]

Costa Rica v Turkey in Incheon, Korea 2002. Brilliant game. Packed stadium. Night out in Seoul with a load of misbehaving US marines after

 

[RowleyBirkinQ.C(deceased)]

Heres all you need to know about Gabon.

Gabon national football team

Gabon

Nickname(s) Les Panthères
(The Panthers)
Association Fédération Gabonaise de Football
Sub-confederation UNIFFAC
(Central Africa)
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coach Paulo Duarte
Home stadium Stade Omar Bongo
FIFA code GAB
FIFA ranking 42
Highest FIFA ranking 30 (July 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking 125 (April 2005)
Elo ranking 71
Highest Elo ranking 63 (November 1996)
Lowest Elo ranking 123 (June 2004)

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Away colours
First international
Upper Volta 5–4 Gabon
(Madagascar; 13 April 1960)
Biggest win
Gabon 7–0 Benin
(Libreville, Gabon; 2 April 1995)
Biggest defeat
Morocco 6–0 Gabon
(Rabat, Morocco; 15 November 2006)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances 5 (First in 1994)
Best result Quarter-finals, 1996 and 2012
The Gabon national football team, nicknamed Les Panthères (The Panthers), is the national team of Gabon and is controlled by the Fédération Gabonaise de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals, but have qualified five times for the Africa Cup of Nations.

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The following squad was called for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

Caps and goals updated as 5 February 2012.

# Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Didier Ovono 23 January 1983 (age 29) 54 0 Le Mans
16 GK Yann Bidonga 20 March 1979 (age 33) 6 0 Mangasport
23 GK Yves Bitséki 23 April 1983 (age 29) 0 0 Bitam
2 DF Georges Ambourouet 1 May 1986 (age 26) 33 1 KS Flamurtari
3 DF Edmond Mouele 18 February 1982 (age 30) 7 0 Mangasport
4 DF Rémy Ebanega 17 November 1989 (age 22) 6 0 Bitam
5 DF Bruno Ecuele Manga 16 July 1988 (age 23) 32 3 Lorient
12 DF Henri Ndong 23 August 1992 (age 19) 1 0 Bitam
17 DF Moïse Brou 4 February 1982 (age 30) 27 1 Brest
19 DF Rodrigue Moundounga 28 August 1982 (age 29) 54 1 Olympique Béja
22 DF Charly Moussono 15 November 1984 (age 27) 7 0 Missile
6 MF Cédric Boussougou 20 July 1991 (age 20) 2 0 Mangasport
8 MF Lloyd Palun 28 November 1988 (age 23) 9 0 Nice
14 MF Lévy Madinda 11 June 1992 (age 19) 8 0 Celta
15 MF André Biyogo Poko 7 March 1993 (age 19) 12 0 Bordeaux
18 MF Cédric Moubamba 14 October 1979 (age 32) 58 2 Bitam
23 MF Henry Antchouet 2 August 1979 (age 32) 58 2 Churchill Brothers
7 FW Stéphane N'Guéma 20 November 1984 (age 27) 33 7 Bitam
9 FW Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 18 June 1989 (age 22) 24 8 Saint-Étienne
10 FW Daniel Cousin 7 February 1977 (age 35) 30 9 Rangers FC
11 FW Eric Mouloungui 1 April 1984 (age 28) 31 7 Nice
13 FW Bruno Mbanangoyé Zita 15 July 1980 (age 31) 42 4 Dinamo Minsk
20 FW Fabrice Do Marcolino 14 March 1983 (age 29) 19 4 Laval
21 FW Roguy Méyé 7 October 1986 (age 25) 34 6 Debreceni VSC
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[Storer 68]

Colombia vs United Arab Emirates in the 1990 world Cup

 

[Storer 68]

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15 July 1995 (1995-07-15) - (Intertoto Cup)
Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Öster
Goldstone Ground, Hove
Attendance: 2,143