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Originally posted by gspain gspain wrote:

Originally posted by Het-field Het-field wrote:

Was anybody here in Tirana in 1993? I remember reading a lot of books published by various Irish players at the time and they never seemed too fond of their time there.

Yes.  Very poor country at the time but not as bad as described by the travel agents.  Tony Cascarino's late winner helped make it a great trip.    

Thanks!

I remember being fascinated by the trips to places like Latvia and Lithuania at the time.
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Originally posted by Het-field Het-field wrote:

Originally posted by gspain gspain wrote:

Originally posted by Het-field Het-field wrote:

Was anybody here in Tirana in 1993? I remember reading a lot of books published by various Irish players at the time and they never seemed too fond of their time there.

Yes.  Very poor country at the time but not as bad as described by the travel agents.  Tony Cascarino's late winner helped make it a great trip.    

Thanks!

I remember being fascinated by the trips to places like Latvia and Lithuania at the time.
This one seemed especially fascinating due to the lack of television coverage. It really added to the intrigue as I remember it being the only big game I my formative years that couldn’t be seen. I still remember the crackling radio coverage and the late winner.
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Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by Het-field Het-field wrote:

Originally posted by gspain gspain wrote:

Originally posted by Het-field Het-field wrote:

Was anybody here in Tirana in 1993? I remember reading a lot of books published by various Irish players at the time and they never seemed too fond of their time there.

Yes.  Very poor country at the time but not as bad as described by the travel agents.  Tony Cascarino's late winner helped make it a great trip.    

Thanks!

I remember being fascinated by the trips to places like Latvia and Lithuania at the time.
This one seemed especially fascinating due to the lack of television coverage. It really added to the intrigue as I remember it being the only big game I my formative years that couldn’t be seen. I still remember the crackling radio coverage and the late winner.

I vaguely remember watching it live in a cinema or some special screening somewhere? It's all a bit foggy.. the lads who ran the Albania FA at that time had some notions.
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Bratislava for me too. The train station had p*ss running out of the mens jax onto the platform and onto the tracks ffs. Best hotel I've ever stayed in on the Danube was the only saving grace. The Danube was flooding lots of countries during that visit, and a large tree flowed by the hotel.  The Dubliner Bar was a kip. 
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Originally posted by Trap junior Trap junior wrote:

Lille was a bit of a dump now to think of it. Ruined a great night.  Couldn't find any bars in town open so got a taxi back to the accommo.

I know now there were some places open.
 
you didn't look hard enough, we had a brilliant night there. Before the game in the square with the sun beaming down was great too. Actually had a another good day after sitting outside a couple of pubs for the day before moving on to Lyon the next morning.
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Originally posted by coyne coyne wrote:

I’m not angry at all! 

Every f**ker there was actually a dealer to the point the very first bar I went in I asked for a Vodka and Coke (not cola as I was apparently meant to) and I was served with a straight Vodka and a gram of coke LOL

This is when I knew the place was a kip LOL
 
LOL
 
Get the f**k out of here, I'm calling bullsh*t on that.
 
Been quite a few times and I very much doubt the bar staff were dealing coke, like any holiday destination though if you are looking drugs you will find it.
 
"nearly everyone there is a dealer" come on to f*ck man.
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Originally posted by TonyNotJack TonyNotJack wrote:

Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by Het-field Het-field wrote:

Originally posted by gspain gspain wrote:

Originally posted by Het-field Het-field wrote:

Was anybody here in Tirana in 1993? I remember reading a lot of books published by various Irish players at the time and they never seemed too fond of their time there.


Yes.  Very poor country at the time but not as bad as described by the travel agents.  Tony Cascarino's late winner helped make it a great trip.    

Thanks!

I remember being fascinated by the trips to places like Latvia and Lithuania at the time.

This one seemed especially fascinating due to the lack of television coverage. It really added to the intrigue as I remember it being the only big game I my formative years that couldn’t be seen. I still remember the crackling radio coverage and the late winner.


I vaguely remember watching it live in a cinema or some special screening somewhere? It's all a bit foggy.. the lads who ran the Albania FA at that time had some notions.


Could it have been the Point Depot? That's where I think I watched it anyway!
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Originally posted by BrendanD88 BrendanD88 wrote:

Originally posted by coyne coyne wrote:

I’m not angry at all! 

Every f**ker there was actually a dealer to the point the very first bar I went in I asked for a Vodka and Coke (not cola as I was apparently meant to) and I was served with a straight Vodka and a gram of coke LOL

This is when I knew the place was a kip LOL
 
LOL
 
Get the f**k out of here, I'm calling bullsh*t on that.
 
Been quite a few times and I very much doubt the bar staff were dealing coke, like any holiday destination though if you are looking drugs you will find it.
 
"nearly everyone there is a dealer" come on to f*ck man.

I’ll give him that the strip is a sh*thole but the rest is absolute nonsense LOL
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Originally posted by coyne coyne wrote:

I’m not angry at all! 

Every f**ker there was actually a dealer to the point the very first bar I went in I asked for a Vodka and Coke (not cola as I was apparently meant to) and I was served with a straight Vodka and a gram of coke LOL

This is when I knew the place was a kip LOL

What a weird lie to make up
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Originally posted by BrendanD88 BrendanD88 wrote:

Originally posted by coyne coyne wrote:

I’m not angry at all! 

Every f**ker there was actually a dealer to the point the very first bar I went in I asked for a Vodka and Coke (not cola as I was apparently meant to) and I was served with a straight Vodka and a gram of coke LOL

This is when I knew the place was a kip LOL
 
LOL
 
Get the f**k out of here, I'm calling bullsh*t on that.
 
Been quite a few times and I very much doubt the bar staff were dealing coke, like any holiday destination though if you are looking drugs you will find it.
 
"nearly everyone there is a dealer" come on to f*ck man.
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Originally posted by 9fingers 9fingers wrote:

Originally posted by BrendanD88 BrendanD88 wrote:

Originally posted by coyne coyne wrote:

I’m not angry at all! 

Every f**ker there was actually a dealer to the point the very first bar I went in I asked for a Vodka and Coke (not cola as I was apparently meant to) and I was served with a straight Vodka and a gram of coke LOL

This is when I knew the place was a kip LOL
 
LOL
 
Get the f**k out of here, I'm calling bullsh*t on that.
 
Been quite a few times and I very much doubt the bar staff were dealing coke, like any holiday destination though if you are looking drugs you will find it.
 
"nearly everyone there is a dealer" come on to f*ck man.

I’ll give him that the strip is a sh*thole but the rest is absolute nonsense LOL

I was 30 mins in the new town in August and i saw 3 scuffles, a bouncer baitin the head of some Spanish lad and the cops rolling in heavy handed. 

Spent the next 5 nights down the old town. Some contrast LOL

Absolute dirty kip at night. A sense of claustrophobia walking down that narrow strip with disco bars either side of the small road. Wouldnt be heading back.

But Coyner LOLLOLLOLLOL
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Originally posted by BigPodge BigPodge wrote:

Originally posted by BrendanD88 BrendanD88 wrote:

Originally posted by coyne coyne wrote:

I’m not angry at all! 

Every f**ker there was actually a dealer to the point the very first bar I went in I asked for a Vodka and Coke (not cola as I was apparently meant to) and I was served with a straight Vodka and a gram of coke LOL

This is when I knew the place was a kip LOL
 
LOL
 
Get the f**k out of here, I'm calling bullsh*t on that.
 
Been quite a few times and I very much doubt the bar staff were dealing coke, like any holiday destination though if you are looking drugs you will find it.
 
"nearly everyone there is a dealer" come on to f*ck man.


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Originally posted by irish_major irish_major wrote:

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Originally posted by BigPodge BigPodge wrote:

Originally posted by BrendanD88 BrendanD88 wrote:

Originally posted by coyne coyne wrote:

I’m not angry at all! 

Every f**ker there was actually a dealer to the point the very first bar I went in I asked for a Vodka and Coke (not cola as I was apparently meant to) and I was served with a straight Vodka and a gram of coke LOL

This is when I knew the place was a kip LOL
 
LOL
 
Get the f**k out of here, I'm calling bullsh*t on that.
 
Been quite a few times and I very much doubt the bar staff were dealing coke, like any holiday destination though if you are looking drugs you will find it.
 
"nearly everyone there is a dealer" come on to f*ck man.


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Originally posted by Trap junior Trap junior wrote:

Lille was a bit of a dump now to think of it. Ruined a great night.  Couldn't find any bars in town open so got a taxi back to the accommo.

I know now there were some places open.

I was down on a big long strip near the main square after the game, which was very lively, but didn't seem to be much else going on.

Enjoyed lille a lot, very tough to get back in from the stadium though. Walked the motorway until a French lad decided to take about 6 of us in a Nissan Micra-sized car, while telling us wholly fictitious stories about how he was on the books at Metz
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Originally posted by TonyNotJack TonyNotJack wrote:

Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by Het-field Het-field wrote:

Originally posted by gspain gspain wrote:

Originally posted by Het-field Het-field wrote:

Was anybody here in Tirana in 1993? I remember reading a lot of books published by various Irish players at the time and they never seemed too fond of their time there.

Yes.  Very poor country at the time but not as bad as described by the travel agents.  Tony Cascarino's late winner helped make it a great trip.    

Thanks!

I remember being fascinated by the trips to places like Latvia and Lithuania at the time.
This one seemed especially fascinating due to the lack of television coverage. It really added to the intrigue as I remember it being the only big game I my formative years that couldn’t be seen. I still remember the crackling radio coverage and the late winner.

I vaguely remember watching it live in a cinema or some special screening somewhere? It's all a bit foggy.. the lads who ran the Albania FA at that time had some notions.

I think Albanian officials and leaders had a long history of notions. If my recollection serves me well, it was the last country to emerge from communist control, and it could well have done with being the first. The first act in the fall was to topple a statue of Stalin.

Mick McCarthy’s book “Captain Fantastic” was pretty scathing of the way their players acted on the pitch in Dublin in 1992, while Big Jack gave a good account of the hospitality for the 1993 game in his 1994 Diary book
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