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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #280 on: May 26, 2017, 02:30:36 am »
Greatest match I have ever seen is still that night in Istanbul
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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #281 on: May 26, 2017, 04:05:46 am »
One of the happiest days in my life

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #282 on: May 26, 2017, 07:48:32 am »
Yet we still don't know the answers to the first 2 questions in my sig.  :D

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #283 on: May 26, 2017, 02:26:22 pm »
Watching the videos on youtube yesterday, brilliant stuff - "hello, hello, here we go..."

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #284 on: May 26, 2017, 02:39:04 pm »
Mostar posted a brilliant vid of it on Twitter

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #285 on: May 26, 2017, 02:43:37 pm »
One of the happiest days in my life

Absolutely! Same here. What a night.

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #286 on: May 26, 2017, 03:44:54 pm »
I hope Kevin Keegan had a glass of something nice yesterday. Great footballer, a Liverpool legend, and by all accounts a lovely man.

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #287 on: May 26, 2017, 04:45:47 pm »
Mostar posted a brilliant vid of it on Twitter

Nice one mate - quality stuff from Mostar as usual - https://xcancel.com/LFCMostar/status/867699027206258688

SH's '6 minutes of madness' is decent too (no commentary - just the crowd noise) - https://xcancel.com/Sennesation/status/867702121034129408


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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #288 on: May 26, 2017, 05:03:26 pm »
Always remember being up a on bar stool celebrating and taking a step to what I thought was another stool...must have been seeing double. Was about to take a tumble when out if the crowd stepped forward a bloke in a Liverpool goalie jersey who caught me (and promptly bounced me twice before me punting me out of the door etc etc). The spirit of Jerzy!

What a night!  Haven't actually stopped to think about it in detail for a while.  Often think back to it in terms of a quick soundbite or a fleeting memory of happiness but not often do I consider the absolute roller-coaster of emotions.

The journey to get there was one thing. What an adventure that all was just to make the final. As the game drew closer excitement turned to nerves and a bit of trepidation when you analysed how obscenely strong their line up looked on paper. No weak links at all, just legends of the game running right through their team.

That trepidation was then pushed to one side in the hour or so before kick off as the pints washed down and the atmosphere built (wasn't there by the way, just in the pub we were in!). Excitement reached fever pitch as we kinked off, one nervous clearance from Djimi,  followed by the foul he gave away. Deal with this free kick and then calm down and get a foothold in the game and... Oh fuck one down. That first half we huffed and puffed but you could see the gap in class. We could have had a penalty (never really saw a decent replay of that) and in an instant we were two down. Atmosphere went flat and before you could dwell on it it was three. Game well and truly over etc etc.

Half time was weird. A combination of feeling sorry for ourselves, a feeling of pride we had got so far,mixed with disappointment with how it had turned out. Found myself asking the rhetorical question of would a plucky semi final defeat have been better than having our pants pulled down on the global stage. At the same time there was the odd bravado thrown in, "Remember Basel etc etc".

We all know what came next,  I won't go into that. But that's the first times quite a while I've thought back to how crazy that night was. Good times!

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #289 on: May 26, 2017, 06:01:06 pm »
We don't do things simple do we, especially in finals : Champions League, Europa or FA Cup? I teared up going through those clips. What a roller coaster it has been following and supporting this team through my life. Bless you. YNWA

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #290 on: May 27, 2017, 02:47:01 pm »
I hope Kevin Keegan had a glass of something nice yesterday. Great footballer, a Liverpool legend, and by all accounts a lovely man.

"All the Kopites will be singing/Vatican bells will be ringing..."

Keegan was the catalyst for Shanks early 70s team that in turn was finessed so well by Bob, culminating in that historic night in Rome

He's routinely overlooked or dismissed when Reds start talking about the great players who have played for us and that's a great shame. He was a little diamond for us and is rightly a Liverpool legend, regardless of how things soured a bit when he announced he was leaving.

And he loved Shanks of course.

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #291 on: May 27, 2017, 06:37:24 pm »
Ah, King Kevin, what a player ... that partnership with Big John Toshack though  :)

I got both their autographs on a programme after running on the pitch after they destroyed West Ham at Upton Park.

As for Rome I'll never forget the heat, cracking the flags it was. I met two great lads on that mad train journey, Kenny Mawson and Alan Lancaster, still remember them well - one of them had a camera, but we lost touch and I've never seen those snaps!

We had in our party us three, a young couple and two young Scotty Road scallies who had bunked the entire journey. None of us had met before, we just ganged up at Victoria. We hid those lads in the racks every time a guard came down the corridors. These lads paid us back by thieving for Britain. The basket sellers and stalls on the station platforms didn't know what had hit them.

The match is a bit of a blur now, mainly because I was pissed as a handcart on Chianti, and we'd just had the maddest day in and out of fountains and confusing Italian folk by shouting 'Liverpool sono magico' which we thought was Italian for 'Liverpool are magic', one of our songs of the moment.

Only regret about the whole thing was missing the Homecoming and Tommy Smith's Testimonial, but them were the breaks in those days  :P

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #292 on: May 27, 2017, 08:25:59 pm »
Nice one mate - quality stuff from Mostar as usual - https://xcancel.com/LFCMostar/status/867699027206258688

SH's '6 minutes of madness' is decent too (no commentary - just the crowd noise) - https://xcancel.com/Sennesation/status/867702121034129408


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Thank you for posting those oojason. I've felt like shit recently and you have just cheered me up. Thanks.

That Istanbul one is special. They hardly touched the ball. Didn't have a chance.
For some reason I have never appreciated how good Gerrards header is as well.
Our boys singing and cheering is bloody beautiful.
Imagine if we weren't Liverpool supporters, what a waste that would be.

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #293 on: May 28, 2017, 03:30:27 pm »
Thank you for posting those oojason. I've felt like shit recently and you have just cheered me up. Thanks.

That Istanbul one is special. They hardly touched the ball. Didn't have a chance.
For some reason I have never appreciated how good Gerrards header is as well.
Our boys singing and cheering is bloody beautiful.
Imagine if we weren't Liverpool supporters, what a waste that would be.


Nice one mate - love that last line you posted there too :)

This video is decent too - I think it's the half-time YNWA (with scenes from throughout the 2nd half comeback) - still a top video, either way:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCJ5uBA3DU4




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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #294 on: May 29, 2017, 09:37:43 am »
been away, so not had chance to see the thread, 25-5-2005 what a night that was, was priveleged to have been there, could write a book on my experience that day.  Anyway can't believe it was 12 years ago, almost a generation has passed, the sounds , smell and sights of Istanbul seems like yesterday.
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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #295 on: May 29, 2017, 10:13:47 am »
Some awesome clips there.. anyone still got a link to the Spanish commentary?

I remember the guy sounded like he was going to die with excitement.
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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #296 on: May 29, 2017, 11:24:02 am »
Been lucky enough to return to Istanbul for 4/5 games we've played there since 05,always had a good welcome & a brilliant time...
1st time we went back there, people in shop doorways,bars etc whistling Ring Of Fire...

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #297 on: May 29, 2017, 01:00:42 pm »
The red and white scarf I had tied around my wrist when I was sat on the settee alongside my brother Mal back in 1977 was tied around my wrist when I stood next to him in the Ataturk stadium 28 years later.

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #298 on: May 29, 2017, 07:52:47 pm »
The red and white scarf I had tied around my wrist when I was sat on the settee alongside my brother Mal back in 1977 was tied around my wrist when I stood next to him in the Ataturk stadium 28 years later.
MIchael , that is what supporting this great club is all about. Connections as deep as the red sea.
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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #299 on: May 29, 2017, 10:06:12 pm »
I remember being a skinny seven year old and running into the street with all the neighbours kids when we scored , jumping up and down and then running back in to watch the rest of the game. I wasn't skinny by the time Istanbul came around.
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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #300 on: May 25, 2019, 11:21:46 am »

14 years to the day (or the early hours of the 26th May if you were there at the ground ;))...


'The Miracle of Istanbul | Liverpool vs AC Milan Champions League final highlights':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/PWErN627Il8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/PWErN627Il8</a>

^ 22 minute highlights from BT Sport - click on the settings icon to change quality to HD




'MILAN 3-3p LIVERPOOL: #UCL 2005 FINAL FLASHBACK' (13 minute video from UEFA.tv):-

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'Liverpool FC 2005 'In My Life' Istanbul':-

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^ or similar video (with the same song) from a promo video night before - www.dailymotion.com/video/x2syjr




'Istanbul 2005 - Best week of my life':-

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #301 on: May 25, 2019, 11:26:52 am »
Fourteen years, bloody hell.

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #302 on: May 25, 2019, 11:38:08 am »
I was 14 at the time :-\

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #303 on: May 25, 2019, 11:39:42 am »
Jack has just watched it on that BT thing. He's gobsmacked we beat that Milan team as almost all are Icons on his footie game he plays.

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #304 on: May 25, 2019, 11:44:58 am »
A truly remarkable game of football.

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #305 on: May 25, 2019, 12:27:24 pm »
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For the oldies [cough]...



'1976-1977 European Cup: Liverpool FC All Goals (Road to Victory)' - with a great tune:-

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'EUROPEAN CUP FINAL - LIVERPOOL V BORUSSIA MUNCHENGLADBACH - SOUND - COLOUR' - by BritishMovieTone (like those old BBC News programs of the 50's):-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/NL3-DOQOAN0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/NL3-DOQOAN0</a>



'ROME '77: Liverpool 3-1 Mönchengladbach | HIGHLIGHTS' (a 4 minute video from LFC):-

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^ or https://xcancel.com/LFC/status/1528811751785086976



'European Cup 1976-77 FINAL: Liverpool x Borussia Mönchengladbach':-

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^ not the best quality picture...



'The Story of Liverpool's First European Cup | Rome 1977' - by The RedMen TV:-

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #306 on: May 25, 2019, 12:58:41 pm »
Istanbul what a game what a comeback. Cannot believe it has been 14 years. how time goes by. happy Istanbul and Rome day my fellow reds. Lets hope we can add to our amazing history in 7 days time to bring number 6 home. 

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #307 on: May 25, 2019, 01:00:12 pm »
Oh we're on our way to Romaaaa
On the 25th of May...
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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #308 on: May 25, 2019, 01:04:15 pm »
Remember it like it was yesterday, will never forget it

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #309 on: May 25, 2019, 01:07:09 pm »
That Milan team was outrageous

Pretty much wall to wall greats, even on the bench.
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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #310 on: May 25, 2019, 02:08:05 pm »
They all look so young.

Such an incredible night. I was in my 1st year at uni and managed to watch it at the Students Union.

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #311 on: May 25, 2019, 02:09:39 pm »
That Milan team was outrageous

Pretty much wall to wall greats, even on the bench.

Only thing it lacked was a top class keeper thankfully.

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #312 on: May 25, 2019, 02:54:46 pm »
Outside of the birthdays of my immediate family, the 25th of May 2005 is THE date I remember over all others.

Happy Istanbul Day everyone!

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #313 on: May 25, 2019, 03:40:45 pm »
Oh we're on our way to Romaaaa
On the 25th of May...

At 15.40 42 years ago we were in a bar in the Via del Babuino working our way slowly to the Olympic stadium.

Ridiculously it only seems like yesterday.

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #314 on: May 25, 2019, 03:54:10 pm »
Both Rome and Istanbul were amazing groundbreaking nights. I'll never forget either for the rest of my life.

Just watched a few YouTubes of Istanbul and it seems like something flew into my eye, must be that's why they're watering so badly.

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #315 on: May 25, 2019, 04:24:35 pm »
Fuck can’t believe I was 14 years already , feels like 5

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #316 on: May 25, 2019, 07:49:55 pm »
What a night! Given Rome 77 as well it must be the best date in our history.

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #317 on: May 25, 2019, 08:01:22 pm »
14 years... Fucking hell. I was a young man of 25 back then. Now, I'm rapidly approaching my 40th but birthday...

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #318 on: May 25, 2019, 08:35:08 pm »
At Istanbul everyone was talking about how it had been 21 years since we last lifted Ol' Big Ears.  And now it's 14 years since Istanbul. :o

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Re: The 25th of May, Happy Istanbul Day and Rome day.
« Reply #319 on: May 25, 2019, 08:40:26 pm »
I remember being a skinny seven year old and running into the street with all the neighbours kids when we scored , jumping up and down and then running back in to watch the rest of the game. I wasn't skinny by the time Istanbul came around.

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