Football crazy, football mad!!

[Ally]

Conor and his friends, that is.

Before college this morning Conor went into Malaga to La Rosaleda (Malaga's football stadium) to buy a ticket for tonight's Copa del Rey match.

They were selling them for 5 euros and that boy likes a bargain.

Then very early tomorrow morning him and a mate are going into a football agency in Torremolinos to buy tickets for the Porto Malaga match on the 19th February.

Now..on the 19th February Conor and 3 friends will be sharing the driving from Malaga to Porto in flippin Portugal!
A distance of 860kms.
They'll be leaving at 2am and reckon they'll be there within 10-11 hours allowing for pit stops.

The match kicks off about 9pm and afterwards they'll head back home to Malaga.

Mad..mad as a box of mad things the lot of them.

[JoM]

What we'll do for the things we enjoy!

[Ally]

What we'll do for the things we enjoy!

I know! I'm a fine one to talk!

I'm flying hundreds of miles to see Bruce Springsteen!

[JoM]

That's why I didn't say anything like "What? Is he crazy???" seeing as I flew alone to New York to see Billie Joe Armstrong appear on Broadway

[Ally]

That's why I didn't say anything like "What? Is he crazy???" seeing as I flew alone to New York to see Billie Joe Armstrong appear on Broadway

Be rude not to.

[JoM]

My thoughts exactly!

I'm of the mindset that if you get the chance to do these things then do them, no matter how crazy they may seem to others. Do I want to sit back when I'm 80 and think "I wish I'd done that...."? No, I want to sit there and think "That WAS fun!!!"

[miasmum]

Brilliant both of you. I drove to Stratford on Avon which isn't far but it did involve a short trip along the M40 and boy was that brave for me

[Ally]

My thoughts exactly!

I'm of the mindset that if you get the chance to do these things then do them, no matter how crazy they may seem to others. Do I want to sit back when I'm 80 and think "I wish I'd done that...."? No, I want to sit there and think "That WAS fun!!!"

Exactamento Jo!

That is my philosophy on life.

[TheOstrich]

I would hate to think what sort of mileage I've covered in pursuit of football matches since August ..... so far, the top six "most distant" round trips from home - Rocester, Bishops Cleeve, Evesham, Oxford, Broadstreet and Ellistown - would, I reckon, total not far short of 500 miles and we're only half way through the season.

[Ally]

I would hate to think what sort of mileage I've covered in pursuit of football matches since August ..... so far, the top six "most distant" round trips from home - Rocester, Bishops Cleeve, Evesham, Oxford, Broadstreet and Ellistown - would, I reckon, total not far short of 500 miles and we're only half way through the season.

I must admit to liking your penchant for going to 'non big league' footie games Os.

Love the fact you get scores like 9-5 or 8-6 or 9-8...you get my drift.