Swiss Fan Camps & Bloody English Touts! (Oh and some Arsenal content too)
Friday, 20 June 08, 05:44 AM · Comments(0)
During the day yesterday in Basel I came across those most odious of all human beings, ticket touts. I've seen a few during Euro2008 already but I was able to see them in operation, at close hand, yesterday. One approached an asian couple asking if they wanted tickets and tried to persuade them to part with too many Euros for, probably, a fake ticket. His mate, meanwhile, looked as if he was contacting someone to arrange to pick up said tickets. Along with these 2 guys(visible in my photos) - stay clear - I saw the "infamous" American touts who have been spoken about on and Off the Ball podcast earlier in the tournament (I think it was that podcast anyway). I hate 'em almost as much as bloody Spanish journalists (see Arseblog).
Anyway, on a cheerier note, I heard on the Guardian Euro2008 podcast, yesterday, that the Austrian fan camp in Vienna was not that good, according to their Scouse sources. So, with deep trepidation, I visited my local fan camp at Pratteln to watch the Germany v Portugal game there. This was much more your traditional fan camp with tents etc rather than the Austrian "prison camp". 100s of 2 man tents were on display as well as quite a number of Dutch fans own tents. The drinking / eating are looked good and we had some good food and local beer during the game. I think the main Dutch army arrives today!
There was a small story in the Guardian today about the potential impact of the housing market slowdown in the UK on the sale of Highbury flats. Nothing definite yet but maybe a potential worry for the future?
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