Thursday
10th October 2002 |
!["the wheels on the bus go round and round"](ice_087_small.jpg) |
On the bus in
from the airport, being blasted by Atlantic gales |
![Me? Drunk? In Reyjavik? On my stag party? With my reputation?](ice_089_small.jpg) |
Bryan getting to
grips with Icelandic culture |
![Lovely pups, can I stroke them?](ice_091_small.jpg) |
Helen sporting
her "Lovely Pups" t-shirt in Unkle Tom's Kabin. |
![What a charming man](ice_093_small.jpg) |
Coyle, as
repulsive as ever |
![Ally, Sue and a big hairy man](ice_094_small.jpg) |
Ally and Sue with
Scott Patterson from Canada |
![Dicky Bell, Iain Beat and friend](ice_097_small.jpg) |
Iain Beat, the
winner of the Reykjavik "Dicky
Bell-a-like" competition and a pal in the bar at the Radisson hotel. |
!["take it all"](ice_099_small.jpg) |
Marge administers
Craig's anal probe, Nelly's |
![Jaggy? No, blunted](ice_101_small.jpg) |
Ally & Sue's
pal "Jaggy Bunnett", all TAMBed out! |
![The Dream Team](ice_102_small.jpg) |
Rich and David D
in the Celtic Cross |
![Lovely pan](ice_103_small.jpg) |
Rich showing his
unique toilet arrangements - I'm in his room, he's in his corridor, and
the toliet is in the bathroom. |
Friday 11th
October 2002 |
![The stadium, from afar](ice_109_small.jpg) |
The
Laugardalsvollur stadium on the Friday morning (on the way to get the
KSI tickets) |
![boatspotting](ice_114_small.jpg) |
Ally turns the
trip to Hafnarfjordur into a busman's holiday. |
![He wasn't in...](ice_117_small.jpg) |
Alan's retirement
plan... |
![...even though his car was outside!](ice_119_small.jpg) |
...
and his shiny white car. |
![Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen](ice_121_small.jpg) |
The Robin Hood
pizzeria in Hafnarfjordur, just round the corner from the ground |
![The queue at the gate](ice_123_small.jpg) |
The plush
entrance to the ground that the U-21 game was being played at. |
![Oops, wrong end](ice_124_small.jpg) |
The view across
to the main stand, where we should have been |
![The new away kit, in the flesh](ice_125_small.jpg) |
The teams lining
up for the anthems |
![Hello Mum](ice_126_small.jpg) |
The cushy UEFA-approved
media facilities on offer. |
![Singing in the rain](ice_127_small.jpg) |
Incidentally, Jim
Bett's sons both play for FH, the team that owns this ground. |
!["Go away, you skirted freak"](ice_129_small.jpg) |
A wee Icelandic
fan sheltering from the rain in the concourse. |
![The memory lives on](ice_130_small.jpg) |
The memory of
Clydebank lives on, in the form of a pennant on the concourse wall |
![Craig tasting the tension](ice_132_small.jpg) |
Back in town, and
Ally and Craig discuss the finer points of the TAMB |
![Over-inflated, just like the balloon](ice_138_small.jpg) |
Kellas shows he
has plenty of practice - he's been blowing his own trumpet for years! |
![But Craig just can't get it up](ice_140_small.jpg) |
That's just the
colour of the balloon reflecting in Craig's cheeks! |