Author Topic: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day. (Read 53532 times)

please, I have my reasons for it but... · « **Reply #160 on:** May 25, 2013, 12:19:29 am »

So what were you lot doing right now 8 years ago?

I was just thinking about it, couldn't go to bed thinking what will happen that day. Sure we can get some great stories on here of people remembering trips to Istanbul.

Dirk18Kuyt · « **Reply #161 on:** May 25, 2013, 12:21:31 am »

to be honest I can't even remember what I was doing, was about 10 years old, just remember me and my dad sitting up watching the match then going mental when we won!

Hij · « **Reply #162 on:** May 25, 2013, 12:24:25 am »

If the game was over, then after about 15 Efes, I fell asleep on the floor in the free minibuses back to the airport. I then spent the next 8 hours waiting for a flight, using a kerb as a pillow, waking up periodically like "fuck yeah!". Came out at Luton to loads of camera's pointing at us and then got dropped home where my parents pulled out a bottle of Cava and had all the newspapers (bar one ofc) for me to keep for the future.

When I get back home in 2-3 days I might have a bottle of wine and go through my draw of the all the memorabilia.

mikey_LFC · « **Reply #163 on:** May 25, 2013, 12:26:29 am »

I was just a kid, 12 years old, begging my dad to take me with him to Istanbul in the morning. But I didn't get there. He did and he made me believe at half time when I thought all was lost, practically in tears, he phoned up and just said completely sincerely "Don't worry we'll win this." And you could feel it from the background noise that everyone else believed it too, it was serial. You could hear that immense YNWA in the background and at that point I absolutely believed that we were going to win. Magic day.

Happy Istanbul day everyone.

iAnfieldRoad · « **Reply #164 on:** May 25, 2013, 12:30:23 am »

I was happy in 1984 but still at school so didnt celebrate too much but in 2005 i was pissed

HAPPY ROME AND ISTANBUL DAY.YNWA

hoppyLFC · « **Reply #165 on:** May 25, 2013, 12:41:01 am »

Those videos make the hairs on my neck stand on end and bring a tear (of joy) to my eyes, unforgettable history in the making.

....roll on number 6.

hitman89762000 · « **Reply #166 on:** May 25, 2013, 12:42:43 am »

8 years..

Thanks boss.

We'll get #6 soon.

lessthanmatt · « **Reply #167 on:** May 25, 2013, 12:49:35 am »

Quote from: hitman89762000 on May 25, 2013, 12:42:43 am

8 years..

wow, that long? time sure flies

aggerdid · « **Reply #168 on:** May 25, 2013, 01:37:44 am »

8 years on and it still brings me to tears every time. tears of joy at what happened, and tears of sadness about how the beauty of what we had going was brutally destroyed in the years that followed. i was saying the other week to some mates remember the days when "we can only do it in europe, not in the league" was a genuine criticism that people used as a stick to beat rafa? seems crazy when you look back.

my 2 regrets are 1) i had the best day of my life at the age of 12 and it'll never be beaten in football terms ever; 2) i wasn't there when i'd been to all those great anfield nights that season.

you never realise just how high you are, when you're on top of the world.

oojason · « **Reply #169 on:** May 25, 2013, 01:51:19 am »

Quote from: aggerdoo on May 25, 2013, 01:37:44 am

you never realise just how high you are, when you're on top of the world.

Well put mate - 8 years has flown by but some of it seems like yesterday. Remember after the game trying to get some kip at the airport (Sabia Goksun?) on the kirbs outside and then the indoor carousels - at first they wouldn't let flights out without original passenger manisfests - eventually they relented and we got out around 7/8am - I think. Crappy tokens for ice cream and the like in the marquee - nowt indoors lol. Remember a few kids over there would be missing their GCSE exams at the time - loads not making it back for the celebrations in Liverpool - can only imagine it was worth it for them exam kids. It'll probably never be bettered in terms of how the game, and season, went. True and total squad effort.

Raises a glass to Rafa - and everyone who helped make that magical night happen.

Red Zeppelin · « **Reply #170 on:** May 25, 2013, 02:05:46 am »

What a day! I was offered 2 tickets inside one of the corporate boxes in exchange for my 2 behind the goal for me and my arl fella on the bus to the stadium... Toyed with the idea of free champagne and nibbles ... But then proceeded to telling him to shove them! .... Good decision I'd say!

ConqueredAllOfEurope · « **Reply #171 on:** May 25, 2013, 02:26:24 am »

8 years?! Shit I was only 11 at the time and I remember watching the match. At half time my uncle called me to take the piss. Then we suddenly scored 3 goals. It was fucking amazing. Rang my uncle back saying, "you rang too soon" (being 11 couldn't think of anything clever to say). Then at extra time Dudek made an amazing save from a Shevchenko shot. That's when my dad said, "you're going to win it now". Amazingly enough it went to penalties and we did.

Still can't believe it was 8 years ago. After watching that amazing final my passion for LFC became intensified. If only I could have been there live at the stadium, but maybe in the future I will be live at the stadium in another Champions League final.

TheShanklyGates · « **Reply #172 on:** May 25, 2013, 02:42:47 am »

Can't believe its been 8 years, bloody hell.

reds7 · « **Reply #173 on:** May 25, 2013, 03:17:51 am »

25th May, will never forget it

evie · « **Reply #174 on:** May 25, 2013, 04:06:05 am »

What a night

dorsetgill · « **Reply #175 on:** May 25, 2013, 06:37:56 am »

A brilliant night,never to be forgotten

jay.taller.than.spearing · « **Reply #176 on:** May 25, 2013, 06:42:13 am »

My voice has never been the same since that night .

Earl of Dingleberry · « **Reply #177 on:** May 25, 2013, 07:17:08 am »

Quote from: stevie_legend_g on May 25, 2013, 02:26:24 am

8 years?! Shit I was only 11 at the time and I remember watching the match. At half time my uncle called me to take the piss.

You should have sneaked in to your uncle's house and shit into his slippers.

Fat Scouser · « **Reply #178 on:** May 25, 2013, 07:28:56 am »

And a happy birthday to the Fat Scouse fella

fizzyp · « **Reply #179 on:** May 25, 2013, 08:02:12 am »

Quote from: DangerScouse on May 25, 2012, 12:09:52 am

Still get shivers when I think about it. Best week of my life and I feel safe in saying it'll never be matched. Thank you Rafa.

Thats the 1. You dont know what you had to till its gone.

Special place special memorys.

Instanbul best city outside of liverpool !

Kovai Red · « **Reply #180 on:** May 25, 2013, 08:10:52 am »

Ah! It is still like it happened yesterday. Memories are the greatest assests a man can get. Pure ecstasy that day

stoa · « **Reply #181 on:** May 25, 2013, 10:03:08 am »

Fuck Bayern, Fuck Dortmund... Happy Istanbul and Rome Day...

007.lankyguy · « **Reply #182 on:** May 25, 2013, 10:05:54 am »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/4WDdM-jrgAY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/4WDdM-jrgAY</a>

pewithree3 · « **Reply #183 on:** May 25, 2013, 10:09:22 am »

Someone I know was on holiday in Spain with his
family, his son`s birthday.
All the family in Liverpool kit and at half time a
bloke said to them, Scouse it looks like you`ve had it.
The father just said, "has the ref blown for full time yet?"
The other bloke said he would expect his team to get
stuffed 6/7 nil.
Reply was, we are Liverpool, we don`t give in though
that was more bravado than feeling confident.
After the pens, the father and his missus couldn`t
drink all the ale that was bought for them by all kinds.

stoa · « **Reply #184 on:** May 25, 2013, 10:51:15 am »

I remember at halftime I got a text from a mate saying "What's the matter with Liverpool?" I just replied "3-3". Also, I was watching the game with some mates at some bar. We had a pot going on the table (you put in two Euros and predicted the score). At half-time nobody could win it, because the results were wrong. So, we had another go (another two Euros into the pot and one more prediction). I said it will be 3-3 and that I'd pay a round, if Liverpool win the cup. So, I made 48 Euros by winning the pot, but had to pay 56 Euros for the ale...

That's basically the last thing I remember from that night. Next thing I know is, I wake up at one in the afternoon on the 26th with a huge hangover...

Buck Pete · « **Reply #185 on:** May 25, 2013, 10:56:54 am »

We got chatting about our memories of Istanbul on the way home from Fulham last week. Lots of memories never to be forgotten were taken away with me that night.

The night really began with YNWA at HT and Rafa's wonderful introduction of Didi Hamann.

Ryan Giggs can shove his league titles as the sight of Steve Gerrard willing his team on after that first goal will stick with me forever. Would Stevie swap that night for a title medal? I'd think not.

I still love Milan Baros for getting out of the way of Vlad's shot and Vlad's subsequent celebration was epic. It Reminded me of Tardelli's goal celebration in the 1982 World Cup final. I knew then we were going to win the cup. I Just knew it.

Alonso then giving us the fright of our lives was not good for the heart.

For me, Jerzy Dudek etched his name in the Liverpool legends roll of honour that night. I still don't know how he saved Shevchenkos shot in extra time and neither does he I suspect. Dudek and Carra were a perfect double act that night. The sorcerer and his apprentice.

Carra, already a Liverpool legend bared his whole body and soul for all to see on 25th May and gave one of the greatest performances in a Liverpool shirt I have ever seen. Although a massive team effort in that 2nd half, if not for that massive display of world class defending and leadership, I don't think we would not have won that game.

I remember sitting on one if the many buses laid on to take us from the Ataturk. A packed bus full of emotionally drained Liverpool fans sat in an almost stunned silence reflecting on what we had just witnessed. Looking back it was very surreal. I remember buying a can of warm Effes from a little Turkish kid running alongside of the bus. I paid about a fiver for it but the lad was welcome to it

I went to every game home and away during that 2005 CL campaign and am still suffering financially for it now. But every day I take a quick look at my framed Match ticket still in one whole piece and match-day programme hanging proudly in the Hall and know that what we saw on 25th May 2005 was an honour and privilege to be part of.

King_doggerel · « **Reply #186 on:** May 25, 2013, 11:22:51 am »

Good times...

Red_Mist · « **Reply #187 on:** May 25, 2013, 11:35:00 am »

Quote from: Y2J on May 25, 2013, 12:19:29 am

So what were you lot doing right now 8 years ago?

Drinking Efes on a boat in the middle of the Bosphorus

What a day. Sitting here getting shivers.

G1-tiga · « **Reply #188 on:** May 25, 2013, 11:56:46 am »

I was 13, when asked who I supported I answered England. Little did I know that the 25th may 2005 would change my football life forever.

I'd always liked Liverpool FC, but that night I fell in love and have never, and will never look back. Watching the game again now, just unbelievable.

Thank you Liverpool FC. Lets go and win the 6th, hopefully under Rodgers!!!

UntouchableLuis · « **Reply #189 on:** May 25, 2013, 12:34:21 pm »

8 years ago is crazy really. Still remains the best day and night of my life. I was 13 so was in school that day but there was such a great buzz, no one focused on any lessons that day. There was just something magic in the air you could feel it - I brought a Turkish Delight for good luck.

Went round to a mates at about 6, there was 7 of us, we played footy then watched the match - half time everyone was deflated but one or two of us still believed. Then came the craziest most unbelievable 6 minutes ill ever experience watching football. We spilt drink everywhere, tv almost got knocked over but we didn't care. Then the penalty shoot out. When Dudek saved everyone but me ran out the house into the street and went mental. I was just shell shocked trying to take it all in.

What a night.

AJL · « **Reply #190 on:** May 25, 2013, 01:06:21 pm »

The DVD is going on about 5pm.

What a day/night/week.

Twelfth Man · « **Reply #191 on:** May 25, 2013, 01:09:35 pm »

As wonderful as those days were, I think we need to look to the future. Sometimes I wonder whether our glorious past makes us a bit complacent.

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #192 on:** May 25, 2013, 01:17:43 pm »

Never went through the scale of emotion as much in my entire life. Agony to ecstasy in a little over 2 hours. What a night

psycllone · « **Reply #193 on:** May 25, 2013, 01:20:33 pm »

I live in Germany now, and was talking to a few Dortmund fans last night at a pub. And they were telling me about going into tonight's game as underdogs and doing what we did exactly 8 years back.
I love the fact that we set a benchmark for clubs around the world who are not considered to be the favorites.
8 years on and the memory still remains !

rhylred · « **Reply #194 on:** May 25, 2013, 01:22:32 pm »

Went to both either very very lucky

or very very old

... · « **Reply #195 on:** May 25, 2013, 01:32:41 pm »

I was lying on my mum's bed watching the game and reading gamesmaster magazine (I was 13), at half time I thought there wasn't much hope left so I started reading the magazine properly whilst half-watching the game. When Gerrard scored I put the magazine down and was glued to the TV - the moment after he scored when he put his arms up trying to get everyone going again was the moment for me. When Smicer scored I started crying and it was a rollercoaster from thereon. I went downstairs to watch the pens as my step dad and his mate were watching it down there, I remember wanting to scream when Dudek saved the last pen but my sister and brother were in bed so I had to stifle it somewhat.

The morning after we were on a school trip to Alton Towers so I had to get up at 6 and we were all buzzing throughout the day.

Mutton Geoff · « **Reply #196 on:** May 25, 2013, 01:34:34 pm »

Also my wedding anniversary good day all round, got married same year we beat Newcastle at Wembley if you want to work it out?

Spanish Al · « **Reply #197 on:** May 25, 2013, 02:06:04 pm »

Quote from: Y2J on May 25, 2013, 12:19:29 am

So what were you lot doing right now 8 years ago?

I was just thinking about it, couldn't go to bed thinking what will happen that day. Sure we can get some great stories on here of people remembering trips to Istanbul.

I was 12 so was in school. Think I was in Art at this precise moment just smiling constantly. Not many football fans in that particular class at the time and if there was, they were not Liverpool fans so 'forza milan' etc etc. I didnt care, I was just amazed we were actually there. Legged it home from school and straight into the clothes I wore for the chelsea semi which me and me old man went to. He wore the same too, but we both changed at half time!

Gonna have to get the dvd out later with a few bevvies just before the main event tonight!

CHOPPER · « **Reply #198 on:** May 25, 2013, 02:20:47 pm »

Happy emotional roller-coaster break your heart crying day, everybody!

And cry!...................

Paul-LFC · « **Reply #199 on:** May 25, 2013, 03:06:40 pm »

Best night of my life, thanks Rafa

Happy Istanbul day!