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Don't know about the rest of you all but I'm finding it very hard to generate an interest in the Euros. I should be happy cos I'll be shouting for the boys in green and we will have NIR, Wales and England to look forward to. Ourselves, Northern Ireland and Wales will probably struggle some bit but IF England put it together they could go a long way. Even though Roy doesn't come across as a very NOBLE person he probably will get the luck. My prediction is Belgium to raise the trophy. Role on next Friday and maybe the whole thing will have stepped up a gear.

Yet again he has scored another wonder free kick and his statue in the game keeps rising I only hope his form dips during the euros and he cant hit a barn door as this will hopefully stop the Madrid/barca/and now munich rumours if he keeps this up chelski/manure and everyone else will have bought him by the start of the tournament!

Just wondered how many on here has done the Stadium tour at the Boleyn. My wife and kids were all out and about over the weekend so early Sunday morning I decided to head for Green Street for the last time just to have a look about. First I had a quick look at the OS which was a bit soulless, well no one about of course but anyway I'm sure it'll be fine... I then headed to familiar territory cam-corder in hand. Most of the cafe's and all the pubs were closed which was a pain until it dawned on me, it was in fact 9.30 Sunday morning.
My favourite Queens fish shop and even Ken's Cafe were both closed! Green Street in the cold light of day wasn't great. The houses and shops were all run down and in need of a coat of paint, or two.. Anyway the gates to the ground were open along with the West Ham shop where I got three shirts and a few more odds and sods and was asked if I'd done the Stadium tour, I paid only a tenner for a ticket but had to wait for 2pm, it was now nearly 11.30am. I sat by the World Cup statue for a bit and watched the traffic building up and the girl putting the signs out and opening up the Boleyn pub. Strangely enough I saw a building mate from Andover heading into the pub so I stayed for a couple of Pepsi's, killing time.
The tour was really excellent and a group of about twenty or so were taken 'round by none other than Wembley winner Alan Taylor and absolutely top man Phil Parkes. Tony Cottee was in reception just sitting about with a coffee. The tour was about an hour long but I'm sure most of you have been on it. When the old stands were demolished and upgraded, they retrieved a capsule buried underneath with loads of Bobby Moore stuff in it. That capsule will be buried under the centre circle with the houses built around it, something like 40 homes a garage and a shop. I just reckon Karren Brady looked at what I looked at down Green Street and thought lets 'move on' and after being at both Stadiums in one morning, I completely back her 100%, we have to move away.
I just hope the shop and cafe owners can carry on without the thousands of fans around and most importantly, the 'ATS, SCARVES AN, BADGES will move with us all too.

Forget the transfers forget the euros this threads all about the summer and off season..so anybody going somewhere off the beaten track for your summer holidays? or you staying at home and have weekends away if its affordable? good mate of mine has asked me and the better half if we fancy going off to Vietnam in july! she's not hot on the idea as never been anywhere other than the usual spain Greece etc me I am always up for something different anyone been know anything about the place?.....and wheres the most unusal place you have ever been and never thought for a second that its somewhere you would go.