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| Yohan |
7pm weeknight starts is a freaking nightmare, with apparently the Verve had a concert in Ricoh Coliseum right near BMO Field
Traffic nightmare!!!
Still had a good time despite the crap weather.
I dunno what I'm going to do for 2 weeks without TFC football :p
PS: The Red Bulls are so e
PPS: This article rocks
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/column...oot=mls&cc=5901
| quote: | Toronto fan passion unsurpassed in MLS
TORONTO -- The first thing you notice is all the red. Whether it is the red scarves, red hats, red jerseys or red jackets, Toronto FC fans are easy to spot when they converge on the southwest part of Toronto, ready to take part in the most impressive display of fan support in Major League Soccer.
While teams throughout the league are struggling to fill their stadiums, Toronto FC has no such problems. The second-year franchise has struck gold with a passionate fan base that has embraced its soccer team, something I saw firsthand on Thursday night when Toronto tied 1-1 against the Red Bulls on "MLS Primetime Thursday."
A typical Toronto FC match day begins with the club's largest supporters' groups, the Red Patch Boys and U-Sector, converging on a pair of local pubs hours before kickoff. Spend some time in Shoeless Joe's, home of the Red Patch Boys, and you almost feel like you are having a pint at The Bishops Blaize in Manchester or The Sandon Pub in Liverpool. The room fills with like-minded fans in red, singing, laughing and creating chants to insult that night's opponent. It's enough to make you want to throw on a red scarf, and it is why thousands have become "converted." |
More article on the link |
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| Zentac_75 |
^in regards to TFC 'passion'
I was escorting a lady friend to the gotrain station in aldershot last night and there were about 12 OPP officers waiting at the station. I chatted it up with them and they said they were there 'in case' any returning TFC fans decided to celebrate at the station.
Behold, two elderly people were the only ones on that particular train.
But it should still be noted that 'our passion' has caught the attention of the OPP. Are we already hooligans ???
Then again a 4 game unbeaten streak has me pretty excited.
Can't wait until the next game I'm privileged to attend.
"ohhhhh Toronto, Im going crazy!!!! what can I do ?????"
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| Yohan |
There have been incidents (incl last game) where a bunch of supposedly TFC 'fans' vandalised Go trains after games.
Always few bad apples in the barrel, but stuff like this only plays into media perception that football fans are hooligans |
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| verndogs |
how hard is it to get tickets?
I may be in toronto this summer, and I'd really love to go to a match |
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| Yohan |
| quote: | Originally posted by verndogs
how hard is it to get tickets?
I may be in toronto this summer, and I'd really love to go to a match |
pretty damn hard
sometimes some extra tickets get released few days before the game
I think visiting team supporters get a block of tickets, but i don't know how you'd be able to get those |
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| dEsidEL |
can't wait till we get our 2nd MLS team .. unleash the derbies!! :D
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| _tAmiKo_ |
I have Seasons in 113 where I will be for most of the season after miami...
but i also have tickets 109...close to the center of the pitch...
so i will be selling the 109's slowly....I'll let you guys know whats available if anyone is interested...(kinda playing it by ear though)
TFC fans....particularly supporters section fans are pretty awesome crazy...but I have to say the best fans I have seen yet in Toronto are the chili fans during the U18 game lastyear...WoW what an adrenaline ruh that was....Semi-Finals...what an awesome time. (Minus the horrible fifa refs) |
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| Yohan |
Apparently Danny Dichio is a DJ. LOL! (rest of the article is pretty cool about danny talking about family and stuff)
http://www.firsttouchonline.com/db/dbdichio.html
| quote: | It's not usually a phrase that's associated with West Bromwich Albion's number nine Danny Dichio. After all Deech has made a living largely from his prowess in the air, though as his third goal against Bradford last month proved, he's pretty useful with his feet as well. But Danny could well have been forging himself a different career than professional football had he chosen to do so, because in his youth, Danny was a much in demand DJ back home in London, a hobby that he maintains to this day, though he's had to modify his stance a little bit - physically, if not musically.
"I do have problems with my back and my old man is always blaming it on me being a DJ, bending over the decks! I've got a seat for myself now, so I don't have to bend over them too much any more. I do have back trouble and it's something that will be with me right through my career so all I can do is look after it as best I can with good warm up routines, plenty of massage, preventative stuff, that's all you can do."
Deech's back problems can be traced back to his career as a footballer, but his musical roots go much further back than that, to his upbringing in Hammersmith when exploring new musical horizons was something of a guilty pleasure.
"My interest in music started when I was really young because one of my best friends, his brother was on the DJ circuit in London and we used to go round his house and when his brother used to go out at night to go DJing at various places, we'd go in his bedroom and get all his records out and sit listening to all his music. I was just infatuated by it, great records he had there, these big turntables and sound systems and I just get into the whole feel of it, the music, the equipment, I just loved it.
And my dad, he's a typical Italian, he loves his music and he had some fantastic stuff, Isaac Hayes records, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, all the great classics so I was just a little soul boy when I was a kid, just hooked on these wonderful songs. He had them all on the old 7 inch vinyl singles and over the years I just nicked them from his collection - he's only just found out that I've pinched them!
"From listening to that and seeing what my friend's brother was doing, I just progressed from there into trying to be a bit of a DJ myself. We got into the pirate radio scene which was very big in London in the late 1980s, got involved with a few different stations at different times and it evolved from there. There was no big plan or anything, it just took its own direction, just something I enjoyed and took a bit further, bit like football really!
"Probably when I was younger I did have a chance to go and do the DJ business professionally, to go around the world with it, play in Ibiza and Ayia Napa and that was a nice idea but football has always been my first love, no doubt about it, it was what I'd done and what I'd always wanted to do since I was very young, so to kind of go away from football and concentrate on the music wasn't really an option for me. I just still enjoy doing it as a hobby, it's good fun.
The real trouble is that football and DJing aren't so compatible really, the healthy life and the late night club life. I had a few bust ups with managers in the past about it, Ray Wilkins and one or two others have asked me after a few bad games if I've been out DJing the night before! I've never really mixed it in that sense.
"But it is a nice thing to carry on with. I never stop listening to music, that's one of the things I love most in the world, so it's not like something you're having to do, it's a nice way of getting away from things. And from listening it's not much of a step to doing a little bit of DJing in my spare time. I still do occasional cds and the occasional gigs during the summer for friends and birthday parties and the like, it's a good way to relax, but clubwise I haven't done anything in ages now, because like I say, football and clubs don't get on any more!
"It's like the football, you don't want to get stale with music either. You have to get away from football, it doesn't matter how much you love it or how dedicated you are, you need to leave it behind sometimes. If you only ever think about it, you get stale, you go mad!
And especially if you're having a bad time, you need to forget about it for a while and music is my escape route if you like. I don't just listen to one kind of thing, I like to vary it and mix it up a little bit. At the moment I'm listening to a lot of different things, from Coldplay to The Streets to Red Hot Chilli Peppers, I don't like to put any restrictions on what I hear. If I like the sound then I'll listen to it, I'm as happy to listen to classical music as the modern things. But for DJing, it's mainly r'n'b, soul, rare groove, bit of garage thrown in sometimes as well, it's a nice mix."
At least Deech is disproving the age old theory that footballers have completely appalling taste in music. Back in the glory days of the player's questionnaire in Shoot! every footballer would list his favourite artist as Barry Manilow, though if Danny is to be believed, there are a few Baggie boys with a pretty dubious music collection.
"That's my mum's favourite artist, Barry Manilow! We've got a few guys in the dressing room who've got good taste in music and a few who let the side down!
"Footballers are into their music a lot these days and I've been lucky, I've made a lot of friends in football, maybe through the music side of things funny enough. When I was in London as a young player, I used to do club nights as a DJ and a lot of players from the London teams down there used to come along and we had some great nights, we had a really nice base there in the centre of London. A lot of players are into their music and I think they liked coming to see me doing something different, the word got around and we had a lot of footballers in there and I'm still in contact with a lot of them now, because it was good to talk about music instead of football all the time!"
One thing you notice when you talk to Dichio is that football isn't the be-all of his life. Music is very much a social activity and that rubs off on his personality, though he also credits a former colleague with a heavy influence.
"Niall Quinn was a big influence on me in lots of ways. He was someone to look up to as a footballer when I played for Sunderland but he was also a really nice man off the pitch, and I try to take some of that in the way I behave as well, he was a genuine guy, didn't play the big man.
But musically, no, no! Quinny was into his Irish jigs. He's a great friend but I've been lucky that I've got on with most people at the clubs I've been at and I've done what I can to keep in touch with them when I've moved on or when they've left.
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On other TFC news, Nick Dasovic, formerly a coach with Canadian youth teams has signed on, along with 2 coaches for the academy teams.
A good coaching staff is critical for a successful team and I'm glad to see that TFC is laying the foundation down for the future of the team
PS: All TOTA TFC fans should sit in the southend ;) |
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| Yohan |
According to Bob McClown on Fan590, and with CFL commish on his show, possible that the Argos might move into BMO field.
I will lose it if BMO field has to be modified for CFL! (IE, permanent football lines on the pitch) |
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| English Rachel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yohan
According to Bob McClown on Fan590, and with CFL commish on his show, possible that the Argos might move into BMO field.
I will lose it if BMO field has to be modified for CFL! (IE, permanent football lines on the pitch) |
!!!! THIS IS OUR HOUSE, OFF ARGOS!!! |
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| Zentac_75 |
| quote: | Originally posted by English Rachel
!!!! THIS IS OUR HOUSE, OFF ARGOS!!! |
FSSSST!!!!
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| Yohan |
From the mayor's office... Finally that moron does something right
| quote: | Hi and thanks for writing:
Both the mayor and I are have been season ticket holders since Day One and as such are concerned about the integrity of our stadium for soccer purposes. This is our house!
The mayor has stated repeatedly, and his position remains, that BMO is a soccer stadium first and foremost.
Further, I believe Mike Clemons has made public statements saying this plan to play at BMO is off the table.
Come on you Reds!!!
Cheers,
Stuart Green, Deputy Director of Communications
Office of Mayor David Miller
p: 416-338-7119
e: [email protected] |
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