| AMSTERDAM 81 12:36 - May 20 with 3642 views | ONEKEVINBEATTIE |
On this day twenty years ago i was in Amsterdam to witness Mick Mills lifting the UEFA Cup! I was 20, still a student and not sure how I afforded the trip. Can't remember much about it to be honest apart from it being a very hot day, having a few of beers in a park in the city and watching all the young ladies cycling round!
I still have the programme, my match ticket and an AZ Alkmaar scarf I swapped for mine after the match.
Anyone else have any memories of this fantastic day? |  | | |  |
| AMSTERDAM 81 on 12:37 - May 20 with 3621 views | Superblue95 |
20 years ago? |  |
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| AMSTERDAM 81 on 12:38 - May 20 with 3608 views | mrshallisfit |
Did we win the UEFA cup in 1999 then? | | | |
| AMSTERDAM 81 on 12:41 - May 20 with 3588 views | Pendejo |
| AMSTERDAM 81 on 12:37 - May 20 by Superblue95 |
20 years ago? |
Today IS 20th May 2001 isn't it? |  |
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| AMSTERDAM 81 on 12:43 - May 20 with 3575 views | Superblue95 |
| AMSTERDAM 81 on 12:41 - May 20 by Pendejo |
Today IS 20th May 2001 isn't it? |
I wish it was. We’d be looking forward to playing in Europe next season | |
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| AMSTERDAM 81 on 12:43 - May 20 with 3571 views | bahri |
I thought we won it in 1981.... | |
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| AMSTERDAM 81 on 12:43 - May 20 with 3569 views | SouthBucksBlue |
You didn’t study maths then? | | | |
| AMSTERDAM 81 on 12:48 - May 20 with 3539 views | SitfcB |
Alright 12th_Man. |  |
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| AMSTERDAM 81 on 12:51 - May 20 with 3525 views | billlm |
| AMSTERDAM 81 on 12:37 - May 20 by Superblue95 |
20 years ago? |
I know the ferry disco and bar floor was a wash with beer on the way home, awsome 24 hours |  | | |
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| AMSTERDAM 81 on 12:55 - May 20 with 3503 views | ONEKEVINBEATTIE |
Sorry I was 20! Wish it was 20 years ago, I might remember a bit more of it!! | | | |
| AMSTERDAM 81 on 13:08 - May 20 with 3441 views | bahri |
Just realised, I went to the thirtieth anniversary dinner eight years ago! | |
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| AMSTERDAM 81 on 13:10 - May 20 with 3431 views | Pendejo |
FWIW
I was not yet a teenager and had been sent to bed early following another fight with my step-brother...
Remember back then it was only aware live on the radio or as highlights on Sportsnight. | |
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| AMSTERDAM 81 on 13:12 - May 20 with 3413 views | BloomBlue |
Student, hmmm, was your degree in mathematics by any chance? |  | | |
| AMSTERDAM 81 on 13:14 - May 20 with 3407 views | Blue_Order |
New song coming next season celebrating the victory.
“Out in Amsterdam in 1981...”
Edit - Should probably be “Out in Amsterdam in 1999” though I suppose. [Post edited 20 May 2019 13:18]
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| AMSTERDAM 81 on 13:34 - May 20 with 3314 views | Ftnfwest |
| AMSTERDAM 81 on 13:10 - May 20 by Pendejo |
FWIW
I was not yet a teenager and had been sent to bed early following another fight with my step-brother...
Remember back then it was only aware live on the radio or as highlights on Sportsnight. |
I was 14 and listened on the radio. Remember the last 15 minutes seemed to take forever. Parents then let me sit up to watch Sportsnight - still about the briefest highlights there's ever been of a European final (certainly in the colour TV age). |  | | |
| AMSTERDAM 81 on 13:55 - May 20 with 3247 views | Swansea_Blue |
| AMSTERDAM 81 on 12:43 - May 20 by bahri |
I thought we won it in 1981.... |
We did. The poster was just a bit late getting there. Couldn't find Mick or the boys anywhere. The blighters wouldn't even let him into the ground even though he had a ticket. |  |
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| AMSTERDAM 81 on 14:14 - May 20 with 3206 views | DistantBlue |
Does anyone remember why the second leg wasn't actually played in Alkmaar? Couldn't imagine Town wanting to play the first leg anywhere other Portman Road. |  | | |
| AMSTERDAM 81 on 15:19 - May 20 with 3136 views | bluelagos |
| AMSTERDAM 81 on 14:14 - May 20 by DistantBlue |
Does anyone remember why the second leg wasn't actually played in Alkmaar? Couldn't imagine Town wanting to play the first leg anywhere other Portman Road. |
Think it was cos Ajax had a much bigger ground.
Was only a school kid - would love to have gone - and was about 25 years later (on Twtd) that I discovered the match wasn't in Alkmaar as I'd always thought/assumed. |  |
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| AMSTERDAM 81 on 15:45 - May 20 with 3094 views | ONEKEVINBEATTIE |
| AMSTERDAM 81 on 15:19 - May 20 by bluelagos |
Think it was cos Ajax had a much bigger ground.
Was only a school kid - would love to have gone - and was about 25 years later (on Twtd) that I discovered the match wasn't in Alkmaar as I'd always thought/assumed. |
Think it was because of the fact it was a bigger ground. And given the reputation of English fans abroad maybe they thought they could control it better, not knowing the nature of Ipswich fans. Not sure but there were quite a few empty seats as you can see in the highlights. | | | |
| AMSTERDAM 81 on 21:23 - May 20 with 2866 views | Lord_Lucan |
I was there (38 years ago) and I’m currently approaching Harwich - soon to be getting on the boat to go to Amsterdam for well over the 50th time.
Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye. |  |
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| AMSTERDAM 81 on 20:22 - May 21 with 2558 views | textbackup |
I wasn’t there in person, hadn’t been born, but my dad went over with his mates.
And my mum was there with my grandad and uncle.
mum and dad hadn’t met at this point I might add.
So sperm me, and egg me, were there. |  |
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| AMSTERDAM 81 on 20:28 - May 21 with 2547 views | jaykay |
| AMSTERDAM 81 on 20:22 - May 21 by textbackup |
I wasn’t there in person, hadn’t been born, but my dad went over with his mates.
And my mum was there with my grandad and uncle.
mum and dad hadn’t met at this point I might add.
So sperm me, and egg me, were there. |
you might have a dutch brother or sister then |  |
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