http://leohoenig.com/2007/12/02/the-perils-of-platini-part-3/ Notes and News by Leo Hoenig Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:46:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://leohoenig.com/2007/12/02/the-perils-of-platini-part-3/#comment-96 Dulwich Mishi Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:57:28 +0000 http://leohoenig.com/2007/12/02/the-perils-of-platini-part-3/#comment-96 Your last sentence says it all. Fans have NO CHANCE of getting a fair crack at tickets for the final, even if they could afford them in the first place! And what right do 'we' have to complain? After all we're happy enough for our clubs (as fans,both armchair & nouveau, it's the 'old school, who have followed through thick & thin before the modern game was invented in the summer of 1990) to take the millions on offer for this. What they mean is we can go on a family holiday, & spend a fortune to enjoy the 'experience', but not see the game. We're only supporters after all. Doff yer cap, gawd bless you guvnor! thank you for allowing to watch the game in the town square, five miles away from the ground, where all the corporates are soaking up the match. Bastards the lot of them! Your last sentence says it all. Fans have NO CHANCE of getting a fair crack at tickets for the final, even if they could afford them in the first place!
And what right do ‘we’ have to complain? After all we’re happy enough for our clubs (as fans,both armchair & nouveau, it’s the ‘old school, who have followed through thick & thin before the modern game was invented in the summer of 1990) to take the millions on offer for this.
What they mean is we can go on a family holiday, & spend a fortune to enjoy the ‘experience’, but not see the game. We’re only supporters after all. Doff yer cap, gawd bless you guvnor! thank you for allowing to watch the game in the town square, five miles away from the ground, where all the corporates are soaking up the match. Bastards the lot of them!

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