i searched long and hard to find if there was anywhere in denver i could get to see the cup final between chelsea and liverpool being televised. i eventually stumbled across an irish pub that was showing the england ireland rugby game in one half of the pub and the football in the other. due to the time difference the action started at 8am. it was quite surreal to be surrounded by a crowd who emerged from somewhere sporting either liverpool or chelsea shirts.
i was beginning to wonder if i should have stayed in bed when liverpool scored after 43 seconds. but chelsea then dominated the game and finally managed to score after 80 minutes. two more in extra time and a final score 3-2 to chelsea - up the blues!!!
you were lucky!!
Posted by: roy | February 28, 2005 at 01:21 PM
give me a break...'dominated the game'? It was obviously a selectively edited US version that you got. Dominated the last 20mins maybe. Chelsea were, as Roy suggests, lucky!! Even a bankrolled team costing £240mill still needs Lady Luck on its side. I'm really not bitter.
Posted by: si | February 28, 2005 at 02:56 PM
If Chelsea were 'lucky' it was the sort of 'luck' Liverpool used to have in the 1970s. Long, long time ago, that. Remember the 70s, un-'lucky' Reds!
(I'm not biassed, I'm an Evertonian...... hahahahahahaha)
Posted by: John Davies | February 28, 2005 at 03:21 PM
Man it sucks - still I'd rather win the champions league than the league cup :)
Posted by: Paul | March 01, 2005 at 07:14 AM
Just make sure there's no talk of the 'triple'. Can't be done with the Carling Cup mate!
Posted by: K | March 01, 2005 at 09:50 AM
just enjoying winning a trophy! forgive me...
Posted by: jonny | March 01, 2005 at 10:18 AM