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actually the game was in Melbourne and the next in Asian cup might be in Sidney. :-)__________________________________________________ ________________________________________
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Still remember that day like it was yesterday. Watched the game with the whole family and Dick Howard in the VERY dingy and smokey Swan Club in Toronto - the only place that was showing the game. I tell you, I had never seen an Englishman become a fan of TM so quickly!
He was of course supporting Australia and after a jubilant celebration of the 1st Australia goal and realizing he was the only one cheering for Australia, in a sea of 200-300 somber Iranians sitting on tables, sticking out of doors and windows and hanging from lamps he had a much more reserved celebration on the 2nd goal.
By the time Iran scored the 2nd goal, he was a hardcore TM fan and was going nuts with the celebrations with the rest of the crowd jumping up and down giving everyone hugs. He suffered with the rest of us for those last 15 nail-biting minutes and after the game told me that in his whole football career and travelling to commentate on games, he had never seen fans like us - but then again, there are no fans like TM fans, are there?!
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Originally posted by Bi-honar View PostStill remember that day like it was yesterday. Watched the game with the whole family and Dick Howard in the VERY dingy and smokey Swan Club in Toronto - the only place that was showing the game. I tell you, I had never seen an Englishman become a fan of TM so quickly!
He was of course supporting Australia and after a jubilant celebration of the 1st Australia goal and realizing he was the only one cheering for Australia, in a sea of 200-300 somber Iranians sitting on tables, sticking out of doors and windows and hanging from lamps he had a much more reserved celebration on the 2nd goal.
By the time Iran scored the 2nd goal, he was a hardcore TM fan and was going nuts with the celebrations with the rest of the crowd jumping up and down giving everyone hugs. He suffered with the rest of us for those last 15 nail-biting minutes and after the game told me that in his whole football career and travelling to commentate on games, he had never seen fans like us - but then again, there are no fans like TM fans, are there?!
He was very fair to Iran always.
Good on you guys for getting him on our side.
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Originally posted by Bi-honar View PostStill remember that day like it was yesterday. Watched the game with the whole family and Dick Howard in the VERY dingy and smokey Swan Club in Toronto - the only place that was showing the game. I tell you, I had never seen an Englishman become a fan of TM so quickly!
He was of course supporting Australia and after a jubilant celebration of the 1st Australia goal and realizing he was the only one cheering for Australia, in a sea of 200-300 somber Iranians sitting on tables, sticking out of doors and windows and hanging from lamps he had a much more reserved celebration on the 2nd goal.
By the time Iran scored the 2nd goal, he was a hardcore TM fan and was going nuts with the celebrations with the rest of the crowd jumping up and down giving everyone hugs. He suffered with the rest of us for those last 15 nail-biting minutes and after the game told me that in his whole football career and travelling to commentate on games, he had never seen fans like us - but then again, there are no fans like TM fans, are there?!
Funny thing is we went to this other place the next day to watch the game and saw how lucky we got. I don't think there is another game that was this memorable. The ones that come to mind are the US game and the infamous Bahrain game.
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Interview with Viera about the "hemashe Melbourn":
http://footballitarin.com/video_page.php?id=12666
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