![Aye, aye, cap'n](por_004_small.jpg) |
Rich standing to
attention. Of course we can't show that on a family website, so her's
his face. |
![Dance, bitch, dance](por_005_small.jpg) |
David,
dancing, apparently |
![Beige and brown - the new black, apparently](por_006_small.jpg) |
Helen, Rich and
David upstairs in Ryan's Irish Pub |
![It's oh so quiet](por_007_small.jpg) |
The Estadio Prof
Dr. Vieira de Carvalho, taken from the Wimpy doorway. |
![Spot the England shirt](por_010_small.jpg) |
Inside the Wimpy |
![A statue](por_011_small.jpg) |
A monument in the
Stadium gounds |
![shiny, shiny](por_012_small.jpg) |
The trophy room,
under the stand. We shouldn't have been down here, but they did
let us take the photo. |
![Love is...](por_013_small.jpg) |
Helen and Paul
outside the ground. |
![The loneliness of a non-league football fan](por_017_small.jpg) |
Paul inside the
ground. Packed, isn't it? |
![Over heeeeeere](por_019_small.jpg) |
Helen and David
inside the ground (back row) and the NATA flag (on the fence) |
![The travelling Rio Ave army](por_027_small.jpg) |
The view of the
Rio Ave fans from our seats |
![A-one, a-two, a-one-two-three...](por_028_small.jpg) |
The Rio Ave
hardcore, complete with horns, drums and teddy bear |
![Fc Maia 2 Rio Ave 1](por_029_small.jpg) |
An action shot
from the first half |
![Eat too many liquorice allsorts and this could be YOU](por_031_small.jpg) |
Paul
modelling his pride and joy - a Corinthian Casuals shirt. Jimmy
Hill is the chairman, which probably explains quite a lot! |
![FC Maia 2 Rio Ave 1](por_040_small.jpg) |
Second-half
action. |
![Two little boys](por_033_small.jpg) |
Pretty in pink |
![A church, in the dark](por_045_small.jpg) |
The church in the
square outside the hotel |
![A hotel](por_046_small.jpg) |
The Holiday Inn
Garden Court in Porto |
![Porto on the Sunday](por_047_small.jpg) |
The Sunday night
crowd, complete with embarrassed Portuguese girl who changed her mind
about being in the photo... |
![Porto on the Sunday](por_048_small.jpg) |
... and without. |
![Mark, Rich and Brian](por_051_small.jpg) |
Rich, Mark and
Brian in the bar with the male strippers |
![Barrels, in the dark](por_053_small.jpg) |
Inside Taylor's
Port House (very dark, but then that's how it was) |
![Porto](por_055_small.jpg) |
Porto, from the
terrace at Taylors |
![Porto](por_057_small.jpg) |
Another shot of
Porto |
![Helen (and Porto)](por_058_small.jpg) |
And another, with
a Helen in the way |
![Porto](por_060_small.jpg) |
A close-up of
Ribeira, showing the promenade and the square. |
![An Azulejo](por_061_small.jpg) |
An "azulejo"
- Portugal's famous painted ceramic tiles |
![The Boavista bar](por_062_small.jpg) |
Sue, Ally, Helen,
Rich and David in the Boavista bar |
![Where's the sink?](por_063_small.jpg) |
Inside the gound
(just inside the turnstiles, not the toilets) |
![Boavista's ground](por_069_small.jpg) |
The Estadio do
Bessa |
![Boavista 0 Gil Vicente 1](por_077_small.jpg) |
Gil Vicente on
the attack |
![Draughty, isn't it?](por_078_small.jpg) |
Paul as an ultra
(or is it a penguin?) |
![Nothing to celebrate](por_079_small.jpg) |
The Boavista fans
in the stand opposite |
![Something to celebrate](por_080_small.jpg) |
The Gil Vicente
fans celebrate the only goal of the game. |
![Ally and Sue, and pizza](por_088_small.jpg) |
Continuing a long
tradition of photographing Ally and Sue in pizzerias, here's Ally and
Sue, in Pizza Hut |
![It really was as green as this](por_089_small.jpg) |
The weirdness
never stops at the Bar Vulcao |
![Two little boys](por_090_small.jpg) |
Machar and Kellas
in the Porto porn bar |
![Look at the flash reflecting off that well-buffed pate](por_093_small.jpg) |
Craig McDowall in
tartan shocker (and it's not burberry either!) |
!["Quick, let's get back to the hotel..."](por_097_small.jpg) |
Ally and Sue make
their excuses... |
!["...so we can catch the end of the film!"](por_098_small.jpg) |
... just as
things get interesting on the telly. |