Lost My Virginity
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2002 4:25 pm
Some of my friends here thinks its really strange that I spent a whole year and didn't go to a single football game. Well I went yesteday and what a great time.
Everyone meets at the pub at 5:00 PM and drinks and smokes and eats bacon rolls. And then the game starts. No beer is allowed in the stadium seats, but you can always go down to one of the 4 pubs at the stadium. Most people only go at half-time.
And then its more football. My adopted team, Leyton's Division 3 Orient, won the game 3-2. My favororite thing were the chants. When Orient was up 3-1 some of the chants were:
Can we play you every week?
CAn we play you every week?
and another one something like:
Are you Scotland in Disguise
Are you Scotland in Disguise
and there were great roars of:
East London East London
East London East London
and directly after a score they pointed at the other team's stands and cajoled:
You're not singing any more
You're not singing any more
and there were plenty of other ones I can't remember.
And then after the game you go back to the pub and drink until they throw everyone out at 11:30 in time for the last tube.
No wonder people like football here.
Everyone meets at the pub at 5:00 PM and drinks and smokes and eats bacon rolls. And then the game starts. No beer is allowed in the stadium seats, but you can always go down to one of the 4 pubs at the stadium. Most people only go at half-time.
And then its more football. My adopted team, Leyton's Division 3 Orient, won the game 3-2. My favororite thing were the chants. When Orient was up 3-1 some of the chants were:
Can we play you every week?
CAn we play you every week?
and another one something like:
Are you Scotland in Disguise
Are you Scotland in Disguise
and there were great roars of:
East London East London
East London East London
and directly after a score they pointed at the other team's stands and cajoled:
You're not singing any more
You're not singing any more
and there were plenty of other ones I can't remember.
And then after the game you go back to the pub and drink until they throw everyone out at 11:30 in time for the last tube.
No wonder people like football here.