Middlesbrough - A Jolly Place - Riverside Game

[joggerjayne]

One of my pals and I went to Middlesbrough, in Scotland, for Brighton's last game of the season. It was really jolly. We went up on Friday night, had an Indian, and went drinking at a place called Valentino's. We had a scrummy breakfast at a café called The Mannequin, run by a lovely Polish lady. in. Fact, two Polish ladies. We decided they might be a lez couple, so it was just like being at home.

So, yeah, when the teams came out, the Boro fans in the (hang on, on our left, so ... South?) Stand threw paper in the air, and had red smoke things. That was fun.

They sang lots of songs that I couldn't quite make out, including a very jolly one to the tune of The Sting. It might've been something to do "Red Army From The Boro??"

We sang "Sea Sea Seasiders", and "Sussex By The Sea", and "We Are Brighton, From The South".

Boro have a chance in the Play Offs, so they sang "We're Going Up". We escaped relegation, so we sang "We're Staying Up". Then we sang "We're Staying Up With The Boro", ha ha.

We teased them about losing top spot in the Championship. We sang "You Topped The League And You ****d It Up". Best LOL chant of the day.

They teased us about everyone in Brighton being gay. We sang back "You're Too Ugly To Be Gay".

All very, very jolly. And just fab people in Middlesbrough. Really friendly. Just like when they came down to us. They had put posters in the loos with seagulls on them, saying Thank You For Travelling 316 Miles To The Riverside Stadium.

We drank lots of wine on the train(s) to help us on the basically six hour journey.

A totally jolly trip.

Oh, it was 0-0, but that made no difference to Boro, because Bournemouth won, so Boro couldn't get a top two spot, and no difference to us because we were not going to go down (as they say) (unlike the ladies in The Mannequin café, ha ha).

At the end of the game, the Seagulls team gave all their shirts to the kids in the stand who'd made the trip, which was nice.

What we didn't know was Middlesbrough has seagulls. I mean real ones, flying around near the stadium. Gay café owners, and real seagulls. It really was a home from home for us.

Anyway, Boro fans ... they are all very jolly, and we Seagulls love them.

(and I have, through all this, avoided spelling it "Middlesborough")

[joggerjayne]

And something to do with stars, or something like that?

[alexanderd]

Joggerjayne, just logged on and read your post. I always thought of you as intelligent but if you really believe Middlesborough is in Scotland then there is something seriously wrong with your education. It a long way from the Boro to Scotland. Is Brighton in France?

[sandyRoe]

Might have been Mussleburgh. They'd sound much the same to a southern ear.

[joggerjayne]

It can't be THAT far from Middlesbrough to Scotland.

We were on the train for HOURS!

Actually, we had to get off and change at ... was it Darlington? Maybe that's the place that was in Scotland.

[thesecondlaw]

It can't be Middlesbrough AND a jolly place. I got a damn good kicking when I went to watch a match there many moons ago.

[yogi-bear]

JJ,

You'll give us sarffeners a bad name for gawds sake, miss

Geography isn't one of your strong points, is it, sweetheart? lol

Darlington and Middlesbrough are not anywhere near Scotland!

Bless ya, you dont t'up norf much do ya? x

[joggerjayne]

Obviously Brighton isnt in France, otherwise The Seagulls would be called Les Mouettes.

If the Beighton contingent at the Riverside Stadium had been chanting "Mouettes, Mouettes!" it would have sounded like we were a herd of very small cows.

However, whilst Brighton is not in France, one suspects that much of France (or at least, the French themselves) are in Brighton.

This is perhaps because the south coast might not have put up the best of resistances when the Normans invaded. In fact, to be honest, one feels that an early form of Gay Pride might have been taking place at the time. Far too busy dancing and partying to repel the invaders.

Actually, I think I blame the Kentish lot down the road. They put up a pretty poor show at Hastings (well, technically, at Battle). After that, it was downhill all the way, and a lot of French blood getting into Ye Olde Sussexe population.

Still, hey ho. Or D'Accord, as we say in Brighton.

[joggerjayne]

// you dont t'up norf much do ya? //

You're kidding! I have friends up in Reigate. I visit them quite often.

[joggerjayne]

secondlaw ... that's terrible.

We thought the Boro supporters were lovely. Really welcoming.

[yogi-bear]

Lol.......Thank gawd you know how to get to Reigate,eh? x :-)

[jno]

are you prepared for independence, JJ?

[yogi-bear]

She's gone to check if William Wallace has any links to Middlesbrough or Darlington, jno

[jno]

they have high hopes of allying with Scotland

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/shortcuts/2015/may/12/britains-latest-breakaway-nation-peoples-republic-brighton-hove

[yogi-bear]

Going off topic for a minute, i'm watching a great game of footie at the moment....2nd half just getting under way... Real Madrid vs Juventus ....1-0 at mo....2-2 on aggregate now on Sky Sports 1 and 5 in HD....Ronaldo playing well, and its about 32C in the stadium, which is 90F ...wooof

[yogi-bear]

Yeah I know, jno....interesting though bearing in mind we live at the most southern end of the UK .....next stop...the french! aaaarghhh

[joggerjayne]

Happily, I rarely venture into the Red bit of that map.

It's those blighters in Hove. Bunch of pinko Trots, the lot of them.

[Graudian]

Latest is Madrid 1 Juventus 1 ( 2,3)

Joggerjayne I love reading your posts but surely you must
realise that after drink has been taken you are not sure which
match you watched and where?

[yogi-bear]

It's a good match, graudian....nip and tuck both ends...Bale has missed two sitters

Lol @ your comment about our JJ....drink? she hardly touches the stuff!!

[Graudian]

Juventus through to meet Barcelona with the winners having
to play the mighty Brighton in the final in Scotland

[yogi-bear]

Well, blow me down with Kylie Minogue......I wasn't expecting that!

Juventus outplayed them, Graudian :-)

The final in Scotland will of course be played in JJ's favourite place there in Scotland...yep... Stockton-On-Tees :-)