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MANCHESTER UNITED v CHELSEA
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL, 21st May 2008
The Luzhniki Stadium,
Moscow
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Kick-off 10:45pm
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British Embassy:
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A
nd welcome to the city
of Moscow for the first
all-England Champions
League final, where the Football
Supporters’ Federation is operating a club-based Fans’ Embassy
service for the second time (the
first being in Athens last year).
So, what exactly is a Fans’ Embassy?
Some of you may already be familiar
with the work we’ve been doing around
England games since Italia ‘90, offering a
service run by fans for fans. We produce
a fanzine, Free Lions, and offer advice,
information and support via a telephone
helpline, website information and a team
of willing volunteers.
The service the FSF is running in Moscow
is based on that model, but with the
Away Goals fanzine instead. Inside Away
Goals you’ll find lots of travel advice and
information, contributions from both
Manchester United and Chelsea fans
reflecting on the campaigns that led you
here to the Champions League final, and
some quizzes from our resident Free Lions
quizmaster Scouse Phil (it’s part of our
equal opportunities policy to ensure that
one Scouser made it to Moscow this year)
to help you pass the time in Red Square.
swer any questions or help deal with any
problems. We’ll also have a 24 hour Fans’
Embassy helpline available, so if you can’t
find our team or need advice or information outside of normal office hours, then
just give us a call on +44 7956 121314.
Even if we can’t answer your question
ourselves, we’ll be able to put you in
touch with the people that can.
The Fans’ Embassy service is here to
provide support for ALL fans, regardless
of whether they have officially supplied
match tickets, and is both independent of
all authorities and completely confidential. No information on individuals is ever
passed on to police authorities.
ABOUT THE FOOTBALL
SUPPORTERS’ FEDERATION
T
he Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) is
the national supporters’
organisation for all football fans
comprising over 142,000 individuals and members of local
supporters’ organisations from
every club in the professional
structure and many from the
pyramid. We provide services to
and stand up for you, the matchgoing supporter.
We will be operating the Fans’ Embassy
on Tuesday 20 May and Wednesday 21
May, where our team (made up of fans
from both clubs) will be on hand to an-
If you’re getting a raw deal at home or
following your team abroad, then the
FSF is there for you, providing advice
its contents. None of the financial support we
have received to produce Away Goals impacts
on what we put in it. Consequently none of our
supporters, be they governmental or the FSF, can
be held in any way responsible for the contents
of, nor the views expressed in this fanzine
(especially not that bit about Scousers). This
fanzine has been a team effort. It was edited by
Kevin Miles and thanks are due to Fiona McGee,
Jez Walters, Trizia Fiorellino, Toby Brown, Phil
Rowley, Tony Conniford, Steve Powell, Elaine
Greenall, Peter Daykin, Phil Townsend, Kevin
Gibson, Lawrence Canning, Andy Wilkinson and
MUFC for the photos. And John Arne Riise.
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and assistance. We want to know
about and help sort out any problems
when they occur. More importantly,
we work consistently behind the
scenes with the football authorities,
police and central and local government to try and prevent problems
before they happen.
The FSF campaigns on a number of
issues, such as safe standing, no to
Game 39, ticket prices and making
sure supporters get a long overdue
voice at football’s top tables. But
we’re not just about problems and
gripes either. We celebrate all that being a football fan means to the game’s
most passionate supporters. The FSF
is your best football mate. We stand
up for supporters. We care about
what you care about.You can join the
FSF today by asking one of the Fans’
Embassy team for a form.
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ONLINE EUROPEAN TOUR
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he Football Supporters’
Federation, in partnership with
other fans’ groups throughout
Europe, is currently developing a
permanent source of fans’ embassystyle information to support the
thousands of British football fans
who travel abroad to support their
clubs each year. The information is
part of the FSF ground guide which
you can find on our website. Go
to www.fsf.org.uk to check it out
before you head off on your travels
next season.
VISAS, TICKETS AND
IMMIGRATION CARDS
To enter Russia for the match
you will need a passport with at
least 6 months validity, a visa or a
match ticket, and a completed immigration card – you’ll have been
given one on the plane or even
by the club in advance. Fill it in
before you reach passport control
to avoid even worse congestion.
back – you MUST keep it with
your passport while in Russia, and
you’ll need it to get out again.
The immigration officer will give
you half of the immigration card
Any problems, contact the British
Embassy.
If you’re using a match ticket
instead of a visa, don’t lose it!
You’ll need to keep it to produce
at immigration on the way home,
otherwise you’ll have to get an
exit visa which will take both time
and money.
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FSF helpline: +44 7956 121314
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United’s Road To
Moscow
United In Song
Champions League
Music Quiz
Moscow Guide
FSF Information
Champions League
Final 2008
Chelsea - The Road
To Moscow
Stand up if you
hate Man U...?
Wordsearch & Quiz
FANS’ EMBASSY LOCATION
The FSF Fans’ Embassy is planning
to have a base at the Golden Ring
hotel, near the top of Old Arbat.
We’ll also have volunteers where
the coaches drop off at the ground.
Remember, we are always available
via the helpline +447956 121314.
A WORD FROM THE BRITISH
EMBASSY
If you’re detained or arrested in
Moscow, insist on contacting the
embassy on +7 495 956 7301 /
02 . This number is available 24
hours a day. We’ll do what we
can to help but if you have broken
the law we cannot arrange for
you to be released from detention. Nor can we pay fines. And
we can’t provide you with money
in any circumstances, but we can
help you transfer it from home.
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BY ANDY MITTEN
U
nited We Stand fanzine
editor Andy Mitten has
been to every one of
Manchester United’s Champions League away games this
season. Here are some of his
memories from trips around the
Continent.
SPORTING LISBON
Reds drinking in the sunshine
of Lisbon’s old town on what
has become an annual visit to the
Portuguese capital.
Sporting fans optimistically brandishing an ‘Objectivo Moscow’ flag.
A ‘Road to Manchester’ flag would
have been more realistic given
they eventually reached the latter
stages of the UEFA Cup.
Other flags in the colourful home end
bore the messages: ‘Welcome Home,
The Wonder Boys’, ‘Ronaldo-Nani’
‘Once a Lion, always a lion’ and
‘1964. 5-0’ - a reference to United’s
emphatic defeat. Some good did
come from that defeat though
– Matt Busby realised that he had to
change his tactics if United were to
succeed in Europe. Four years later
United were European champions.
Flags among the 1,500 United fans
included ‘Benidorm Reds’
and ‘Edinburgh Festival Reds.’
The first names of Sporting’s substitutes were: Bruno, Pontus,
Simon, Milan and Gladstone.
Ronaldo refusing to celebrate his
goal against his former club…and
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being generously applauded at the
end of the game.
The 900 travelling Reds hollering:
‘Fiiiivvveee Cantonas!’ in the cold
December air. The Roma ultras
booed, hissed and sang something
about ‘Manchester.’ And it wasn’t a
song of appreciation.
United’s win being overshadowed
by news of Jose Mourinho’s departure from Chelsea on the front of
the Portuguese papers.
DINAMO KIEV
Taxi drivers in the airport not
looking the slightest bit dodgy,
nor linked with any organised crime.
“I’m going home to fill my VAT
forms out after this job,” our driver
didn’t say as he dropped us off in
the centre of the Ukrainian capital.
A fearsome mob of 500 Kiev fans
walking through the city centre on
the way to the Olimpic Stadium,
a vast socialist era super bowl
holding 80,000 with floodlights the
size of Stoke.
Polish Reds outside the stadium
singing anti-Liverpool songs. And
getting their own police escort
into their own section opposite the
1,800 travelling United fans.
Tickets on sale to home fans in
ticket booths for £4.
Dynamo ball boys ignoring their
own players in the tunnel to take
photos of the United stars.
A giant number 12 ‘Dinamo Kviv’
covering hundreds of seats.
An equally large scoreboard that
was modelled on a 1980s Subbutteo board and powered by a ZX
Spectrum 48.
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UNITED’S ROAD TO MOSCOW
against the second best side in
Italy. In their coliseum.
dressing room. As if Sir Alex would
let the United players do the same.
Loads of United fans asking for
tickets before the match.
Ronaldo springing off an invisible
trampoline to head United’s first
goal. The ‘Viva Ronaldo’ song from
the 2,800 travelling Reds filling the
warm spring air.
Thousands of Reds singing in the
Catalan sun in Port Olimpic. Paddy
Crerand singing ‘Viva Ronaldo’.
Actually, make that shouting.
Every single Lyon fan in the 40,000
Stade Gerland singing and bouncing in support of their team, who
had won the past seven league
titles in France.
Ji Sung Park running the equivalent
of four marathons in 90 minutes. “I
get my energy from a well cooked Alsatian two hours before the game,”
he didn’t say in the mixed zone.
Lyon going ahead thanks to a
superbly executed goal from the
highly rated striker Karim Benzema.
Roma fans, the noisiest witnessed
all season (apart from Liverpool’s
Kop, which has magical powers to
suck footballs into goals from 500
nautical miles) applauding their
vanquished heroes from the field.
They’d given their all, but faced
with a playing budget a fraction
the size of United’s they were out
of their depth.
OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS
United fans singing Cantona
songs on the temporary big
wheel in Lyon’s main square. The
police looking on bemused.
© MUFC
Sir Alex Ferguson looking out over
an empty stadium an hour after the
final whistle and asking: “Why have
they kept our fans in for this long?”
AS ROMA
Signs on pubs and off-licences
saying ‘No Alcohol’. Or ‘No Alcool’ outside Barberini metro near
the Trevi fountain.
Flashing lights everywhere and
TAG style police officers in riot gear
sweeping between the traffic outside
the stadium, their batons poised for
action. Four United fans were later
imprisoned for five months following
disturbances which also saw five
United fans stabbed.
2,300 United fans going mental at
Carlito’s late equaliser.
As both United and Roma had qualified, there were fewer than 30,000
in the 80,000 capacity stadium.
Ambient music playing in
Olimpico for two hours before kick
off. An attempt to calm the fans
after past misdemeanours?
Roma fans cheering when Real Madrid’s goals against Lazio from the
previous night were shown on two
giant screens. And booing heartily
when the United players warmed up.
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AS ROMA
Joint United/Roma scarves on
sale outside the ground. There’ll be
a lock-up full of them in a distant
Roman suburb.
Roma fans holding up a ‘Free the
Roma 4’ banner.
United dominating the game
Tickets in the United end going for
300 on the black market – despite
them being high up in the ‘nose
bleed’ seats of the third tier.
Ronaldo missing a second
minute penalty.
Barca fans finding their voice for
the first time all season…then
booing every Ronaldo touch.
United keeping a first ever clean
sheet in the Camp Nou to retain their
status as favourites going into the
semi-final second leg at Old Trafford.
BARCELONA
The United team staying in
Hospitalet, a rough satellite
city and one player saying: ‘We
come to Barcelona and our hotel is
in an industrial estate…”
A red being chased by stewards
around the pitch after the final
whistle. He claimed to be a horticulturist who was merely checking
out the lush turf, until he saw
security approaching and panicked,
fleeing onto the pitch.
Barca’s players being pictured
stood looking down on a
discarded United shirt which had
been thrown on the floor of their
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BY MIKE KNOWLES
L
eading terrace songsmith
Pete Boyle is right when
he says that Manchester
United supporters’ songs are
the most original, the wittiest
and indeed the most memorable; even simply in terms of the
range of chants about them,
United are by far the greatest
team the world has ever seen.
Nowhere else but Old Trafford can
the fans call on a repertoire of songs
about practically every member of
the current squad – even Darren
Fletcher and John O’Shea get a
mention when we perform the full
opus – plus a regularly aired back
catalogue of ditties that heap praise
on legends of the past (‘Ooh Aah
Cantona’, ‘We all live in a Georgie
Best world’), as well as derision on
the opposition (‘Vieira, ohhh, he
gave Giggsy the ball, and Arsenal
won f*ck all’) in equal measure.
From the our brilliant cover version
of David Bowie’s Rebel Rebel
(‘Neville Neville, the name of your
dad’) to the sheer audacity of ‘He
shoots, he scores, he eats labradors
– Ji-Sung Park, Ji-Sung Park’,
United supporters are the funniest,
but also the cheekiest, around.
No-one escapes ridicule, not even
Fergie: after criticising the atmosphere during United’s home game
against Birmingham on New Year’s
Day, he was regaled with shouts
of ‘Fergie, Fergie, give us a song’.
When Wayne Rooney joined the
club, he might well have heard us
sing ‘We’ve signed a Scouser who
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looks like Shrek’, but the fact that
we were so evidently delighted
to have him in the team made it
affectionate and funny rather than
dismissive and derogatory.
This season, the Agadoo-based
admission that ‘Anderson, -son,
-son [is] better than Kleberson’
shows we’re prepared to admit
shortcomings like our manager’s
past failings in the transfer market,
embracing them as part of our
history that makes future triumphs
all the sweeter. Yes, United fans can
dish it out in bucket-loads.
Manc humour is all about this kind
of light-hearted teasing, the wit of
people who prefer to dispense with
airs and graces, break taboos and
bring everyone down a peg or two.
It’s the sardonic, mocking humour
of comedic legends like Bernard
Manning, Les Dawson, the Royle
Family, Shameless, Peter Kay and,
the most aptly named of them all,
Dave Spikey.
As Julian Hall wrote last year in his
Rough Guide to British Cult Comedy,
it is a humour defined by the fact
that it pulls no punches. “The
word that I think best describes
Mancunian humour is ‘irreverence’,”
he says. “There are the endless
put-downs. Northern humour can
be very caustic and abrasive. But,
once you’re in the mindset, you can
understand and love it.”
What’s more, the joyous celebration of nearly every United player,
at times with a healthy dose of
black humour, cements the relationship fans have with the team.
(We’re yet to sing about a few
players, like Edwin Van der Saar
and Patrice Evra, but we could
probably put a full eleven out if
we stuck O’Shea in goal.) Like the
paeans to Ji-Sung Park’s supposed
penchant for pooch, the brazenness
with which the troubled history of
Nemanja Vidic’s homeland Serbia
is brought to the fore makes our
version of Volare a particularly
good example. ‘Nemanja, ohhh,
Nemanja, ohhh oh-ohhh; He
comes from Serbia, he’ll f*cking
murder ya!’ It doesn’t exactly
pander to political correctness, but
that’s the great thing about it. Far
from convincing anyone that our
tough-tackling centre-back is the
next Ratko Mladic, it tells fans and
players alike that Vidic is a valued
and admired member of the team,
while telling opposing fans that
he is to be feared. It’s a massive
compliment to the player, in the
tradition of ‘Jip Jap Stam is a big
Dutch man, get past him if you
f*cking can’.
Some of these songs are even
adopted by the players themselves.
A favourite ditty about Ronaldo featured prominently at a recent MUFC
Christmas party: ‘He plays on the
left, he plays on the right; that boy
Ronaldo, made England look shite.’
United’s fans care even more about
their team than they do about their
country, and they’re not afraid to
sing about it. Shouts of ‘Argentina!
Argentina!’ are currently a regular
feature of United games, prompted
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previously by Gabriel Henize and,
nowadays, Carlos Tevez. For a player
from overseas, that can be a real
confidence boost that helps them
settle at the club and makes the
team stronger.
It’s not just about the humour.
Another great thing about the
people who come up with United’s
best chants is their inventiveness.
Take the Darren Fletcher version of
the Proclaimers’ 500 Miles (‘Dar-ren,
Dar-ren, Dar-ren, Dar-ren, Dar-ren,
Da-da!) or indeed our old song
about Nicky Butt (to the tune of KC
and the Sunshine Band’s Give It Up
– ‘Nicky Nicky Butt, Nicky Butt, Nicky
Nicky Butt; na-na na-na na-na na-na
na-na-na…’), which we still sing
even when he visits with Newcastle.
These are funny, novel and entertaining regardless of your personal
affiliation. Even the West Ham fans
chuckled when we sang ‘You can
stick your f*cking bubbles up your
arse’ earlier this month. Well, some
of them did. Our rendition of Knees
Up, Mother Brown (‘We’ve got
Wesley Brown’) shows the fans are
in touch with the club’s sizeable
Cockney contingent, while the fact
that our Paul Scholes chant is based
on campfire favourite Kumbaya
(‘He scores goals galore, he scores
goals’) suggests we know what it
means to create community spirit.
they’re in the mood, or with the
players themselves – positive
action on the pitch sparks a vocal
tribute, which then drives the
players to push harder.
We’ve got financial acumen: ‘Leeds
are going down and they’re going
f*cking bust, going f*cking bust,
going f*cking bust’ (to the tune
of Yellow Submarine), and we
know our pop music too, drawing
inspiration from Manchester’s
finest bands like Inspiral Carpets:
‘This is how it feels to be City, this
is how it feels to be small; This is
how it feels when your team wins
nothing at all.’
It’s not just a reactive thing,
either. When Ryan Giggs came
on during our last home game
against West Ham, he looked out
of sorts. But seconds after we
sang our Joy Division-inspired
‘Giggs, Giggs will tear you apart
again’, he promptly did just that
to the Hammers defence, almost
scoring in the process. Eight days
later, he would seal the club’s
tenth Premier League triumph
with a goal.
Many, including our great leader,
have been critical of the supposed
lack of atmosphere at Old Trafford,
but I think this is to a large extent
unfounded, particularly at European games. Every home crowd
gets nervous from time to time,
but that reflects the mood of the
team. If they’re up for it, attacking
with verve and vigour, then we’ll
throw ourselves at the game too.
The best matches are those that
turn into something of a dialogue,
either with opposing fans if
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Ultimately, our songs all reflect
our sense of fun and the enjoyment we get from United’s lively,
attack-minded football. How
apt then that the words we’ll
all be singing on the way to the
Champions League final are to
the tune of The Entertainer: ‘Follow, follow, follow, ‘cause United
are going to Moscow; There’ll be
thousands of Reds, we’ll be pissed out our heads, ‘cause United
are going to Moscow.’
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LONDON MUSIC QUIZ
MUSIC QUIZ
FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
Resident FSF Quizmaster Scouse Phil has dried his eyes and put pen to paper
to come up with an evenly-balanced Champions League Final Music quiz,
with ten questions each on London and Manchester music, to entertain and
bewilder the assembled fans from the USA and Malaysia. Not that he’s bitter.
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MANCHESTER MUSIC QUIZ
WELCOME TO MOSCOW
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Which is the only member of
The Spice Girls who was born in
London?
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What was the name of the London
band fronted by Ray Davies which
had numerous hits in the 60s, 70s
Pete Shelley was the lead singer
of which Manchester punk band,
whose most famous hit was “Ever
Fallen In Love”?
Which band got their name from
the name given to a group of
prostitutes formed to entertain SS
officers in the 2nd World War?
Born Mark Berry in 1964, he was
a dancer and percussionist of a
Manchester band in the 90s. How
is he better known and in which
band was he a dancer?
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What was the name of the 2002
film starring Steve Coogan which
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Question 1: Shaznay Lewis from All Saints
and 80s, including “Lola”, “You
Really Got Me” and “Waterloo
Sunset”?
How did girl band All Saints get
their name?
Born David Jones in Brixton 1947,
he has had a string of hits in the
last 4 decades, with songs such
as “Ashes to Ashes” and “Let’s
Dance”, but how is he better
known?
THE STADIUM
Who replaced Glen Matlock in The
Sex Pistols in 1977?
Which seminal heavy metal band
was formed in London in 1968,
comprising the members Jimmy
Page, Robert Plant, John Paul
Jones and John Bonham?
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London’s most famous nutty
boys, Madness, have had numerous hits, but what is their only
UK Number One?
celebrated the Manchester music
scene?
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Heather Small was lead singer of
which Manchester band who had
numerous hits in the 90s including “One Night in Heaven” and
“Search For The Hero”?
Which band was responsible for
“World in Motion”, the England
1990 World Cup song?
Who was once a roadie for
Manchester Band Inspiral Carpets,
before forming his own band,
who became perhaps the biggest
band in the Britpop scene?
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T
he Luzhniki Stadium is
located in the Khamovniki
district of Moscow, just
southwest of the city centre.
It’s situated in the Olympic
park, along with various other
stadia and sporting venues developed, unsurprisingly, for the
Olympic games in 1980 (clue’s
in the title, see?).
Which massive London band of
the 80s only had one Number One
with the song “Gold” in 1983?
Which West London rock band
brought us the unforgettable
London Calling in 1979?
Estelle was born Fanta Estelle
Swaray on 18th Jan 1980 in London, but what is the title of her
recent UK Number One record,
which featured Kanye West?
The best band to come out of
Manchester is without doubt The
Smiths, but which of their songs
starts with the line” I was happy
in the haze of a drunken hour”?
Which Manchester band had a
Number One in 1965 with “I’m
Alive” but had to wait until 1988
for their next one with “He Ain’t
Heavy, He’s My Brother”?
Ian Brown fronted which band
who were at the forefront of
the Madchester scene in the late
80s/early 90s?
Answers on page 15
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W
elcome to Moscow,
a city famous for
vodka, The Kremlin,
Red Square and of course,
more vodka.
Welcome too, to the Away Goals
guide to Moscow, where in our own
inimitable style we’ve tried to bring
you the information and tips that
you might need to make your stay
go as smoothly as possible. And
don’t forget, if there’s something
else you really want to know, then
you can just ask one of our Fans’
Embassy volunteers, or give us a
call on our round the clock helpline
on +44 7956 121 314.
The Luzhniki is home to Torpedo
Moscow and neighbours Spartak
Moscow have also played here. It
is one of the few major European
stadia to use an artificial pitch,
having installed a Uefa / Fifa-approved Field / Turf system in 2002,
in order to cope with the effects of
extreme Russian winters. However,
a temporary natural grass pitch is
being installed for the Champions
League final.
The stadium will have a capacity
of 69, 500 for the match with both
Chelsea and Manchester United
being allocated 21,000 tickets
for their supporters. Manchester
United fans have been allocated
the North section, whilst Chelsea
fans have been allocated the
South section. A further 10, 500
tickets have been distributed via
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the general ballot run on the UEFA
website, with the remaining 17,000
(just under a quarter of all tickets)
going to UEFA, the local organising
committee, sponsors, broadcasters
and national associations.
This vast bowl of a stadium was,
incredibly, built in just one year and
was officially opened to the Russian public in 1956. Further work
was carried out in readiness for
the 1980 Olympics. The stadium
has a retractable transparent roof
and, when not hosting Champions
League finals, can usually seat
a sizeable 82, 365 spectators.
However, it’s not blessed with the
most glorious of histories. It was
the setting for one of Europe’s
worst stadium tragedies, when,
on 20 October 1982, a mass crush
during a UEFA Cup match between
Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem,
saw scores of people trampled to
death. The official death toll was
66, but the actual number is widely
believed to be significantly higher.
There is a monument at the stadium, marking the tragedy. A large
statue of Lenin also stands near the
entrance and many Muscovites still
use its former name – the Central
Lenin Stadium.
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WELCOME TO MOSCOW
GROUND RULES
T
he stadium gates will open
at 7.45pm, three hours before kick-off, and the usual
UEFA stadium rules will apply.
This means you’re not allowed
to take in anything that can be
used as a weapon, like fireworks,
knives, guns, flagpoles and sharp
objects. A list of prohibited items
should be printed on the back of
your ticket. Phones and cameras
(although not video cameras)
should be fine.
GETTING TO THE GROUND
T
he recommended way of
getting to the stadium is
the metro, the nearest stop
being Sportivnaya, which is on
the red line, number 1. Upon
exiting the station, you walk
straight ahead to the stadium
and it should take you about 15
minutes. We are reliably informed
that there will be plenty of signs
in colours to match those on your
ticket to direct you to the right
part of the ground. There will
also be stewards and volunteers
to help direct people.
Alternatively, if you’ve got some time
on your hands and fancy taking the
scenic route, you can walk along
the banks of the Moskva river
from the Kremlin right down to the
ground. The stadium is about 6.7km
from Red Square – a journey that
should take you about 15 minutes
in a cab, if there was no other traffic
around. However, given that traffic
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tends to be heavy in Moscow pretty
much all day every day, the journey
can take hours and end up costing
you a small fortune. The metro is
therefore a much more attractive
and financially realistic option and,
to quote the Moscow police, is “safe,
secure and also beautiful”. Signs on
the metro system are virtually all in
Cyrillic script, which can be confusing
to those of us unable to read it, so
take a minute to check out the guide
we’ve included on page 14.
T
here will be two “fan areas” at the stadium, one for each
set of supporters, outside the ground itself but within
the wider security cordon, which will be accessible to
ticket holders only. Be warned though, it’s highly unlikely that
there will be any alcohol available in the fans’ areas and once
you’re in the fans’ area you won’t be allowed to leave and reenter. These areas will open at 12pm on match day.
There will also be a “Champions Festival” in Red Square, which will
include dedicated information booths for supporters of each team.
This will be open from 11am – 8pm on non-match days and from
10am – 9pm on match day.
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There are going to be three security
cordons before entry into the stadium. The first is a visual ticket check
at the approach to the stadium, once
you’ve exited the metro station and
are making your way to the ground.
The second cordon will involve
ticket validation and will take place
at the perimeter of Luzhniki Park.
Tickets will be scanned by hand-held
scanners at this point. It is important
to remember that once you’ve gone
through this cordon, you will NOT
be able to exit and re-enter, as the
scanner will have registered you as
already having entered.
There will also be a body search conducted and an opportunity to leave
bags / luggage for collection after the
match. However, as this is likely to
be a bit of a free-for-all, we’d say it’s
probably a much better idea not to
take any bags / luggage / stuff you’re
not allowed with you in the first
place. The fan areas lie between this
second cordon and the third one. The
third security cordon will be at the
stadium perimeter and will involve
another body search and electronic
reading of your match ticket through
turnstiles (like the ones we have at
home). There will be airport-style
metal detectors at this stage.
Getting through all these security
checks could take some time, so
make sure you leave yourself plenty
of time. It’s also worth noting the
Russian legislation on drunkenness
at football grounds is strict and there
won’t, of course, be any alcohol
permitted at the stadium itself.
AFTER THE MATCH
At the time we went to print, arrangements were still being finalised,
but these are the things that are
likely to happen:
•
•
If you are heading to the airport
by coach, you may be held in
the fan areas after the match as
part of the process for getting
everyone away from the ground
At the airport, there will be 3
security checks which may take
some time
FLAG HANGING
Flags are accepted inside the ground,
but at the time of writing we don’t
have any information as to whether
it will be possible to arrange a time
in advance of the stadium opening
for people to hang flags, so you’ll
need to ask the Fans’ Embassy team
for the latest information.
PROGRAMMES
There will be match programmes
Website: www.fsf.org.uk
FSF helpline: +44 7956 121314
available, which we are reliably
informed, will be 96 pages long and
will set you back the ruble equivalent
of £5. These will be on sale at the
fan areas up by the ground and also
at the city centre Fans’ Park in Red
Square. If you’re unable to lay your
sticky mitts on a programme whilst
you’re out in Moscow, we have been
told that UEFA, having cottoned on
to the prospect of making even more
cash, have also hinted that they will
be printing additional copies of the
programme, for people to purchase
upon their return home.
BLACK MARKET TICKETS
Due to visa restrictions and the
prohibitive price of flights, not to
mention the lack of any available
hotel rooms, we are not anticipating
that there will be the usual volume of
ticketless fans in Moscow. However,
if you have decided to splash out
and come anyway, then there are a
couple of things you need to know
about black market tickets in Russia.
Both the sale and purchase of tickets
on the black market are an offence
under Russian law, and the police
operate a policy not only of arrest,
but also of what can only really be
described as entrapment. In other
words, plain clothes police officers
may go round offering tickets for
sale, arresting anyone who attempts
to take them up on their offer.
Arrests for black market activity
are criminal and not administrative
matters, which means that they’re
likely to result in a month or two in
custody awaiting trial, not a simple
on-the-spot fine.
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HANDY HINTS
HANDY HINTS
>>>Local Customs
You need to carry your passport at all
times when you’re in Moscow, as you
may be stopped in the street by the
police and asked to produce it as ID. A
copy won’t be sufficient.
The Russian authorities have a zero
tolerance attitude towards drugs, both
hard and soft. Penalties are severe and
can result in long-term jail sentences.
Drinking is quite likely to be a part of
your itinerary, but it’s worth remembering that you can’t drink or smoke in
Red Square. It’s illegal and you will be
arrested. Also, pickpockets do operate
in some bars, so you need to be vigilant.
It’s also a good idea to make sure you
don’t leave your drinks unattended
in bars as they could be spiked – the
same reason it’s not wise to accept if a
stranger offers to buy you a drink.
>>>Safety
Unfortunately, we have been made
aware of a wide range of credible
reports of random, unprovoked attacks
on football supporters by seriously
organised gangs of weapon-carrying
hooligans in many locations around
Moscow. We are told that, with reasonable precautions, everybody should
have a good time, but it might be best
to refrain from wearing club colours
until the actual day of the game, to cut
down on the risk of attracting unwanted
attention.
>>>Toilets
Russian public toilets are rare and
dreadful. So go out armed with paper
and make use of restaurant or museum
facilities, which are marginally better!
>>>Tourist information
There are no tourist information offices
in Moscow – hotel reception and service
desks are the best source of information.
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WELCOME TO MOSCOW
if you reported it to the Football
Supporters’ Federation Fans’
Embassy team – anonymously if
necessary, and in all cases fully
confidentially – for the purposes
of monitoring only.
suggest speaking only in English,
trying to keep a smile on your
face at all times and repeatedly offering your passport for
inspection usually results in them
getting bored and moving on.
Criminal arrest will result in
detention for AT LEAST a month
or two, pending legal process, in
conditions not known for their
comfort. In the event of a criminal arrest, you should DEFINITELY
contact the British Embassy,
who will be able to help put you
in contact with possible legal
representation, inform your next
of kin and so on.
>>>Currency Exchange
>>>Police
GETTING AROUND - THE MOSCOW METRO SYSTEM
A
lthough the city centre
is best explored on
foot, Moscow is so big
you won’t get by without the
metro. It is comprehensive,
boasts some great architecture
and is relatively cheap, clean,
efficient and safe even at
night. In fact, the only downside to the Moscow metro
system is that some grasp of
the Cyrillic alphabet is a must
if you’re keen on making sense
of the signs. Normally operating hours are from 6am – 1am,
but the plan is that public
transport will keep running
until 5am after the match.
A red neon letter M indicates a
station entrance. A single trip costs
17Rbl, irrespective of the length
of the trip. Tickets are sold only in
staffed booths within the stations
(“Kassa”). A convenient way to
avoid queuing is to buy a multi-trip
card for 10 or 20 trips. There are
no day tickets or similar offers
available to visitors.
Colours in the underground’s signs
don’t necessarily correspond to the
ones on the maps, so it’s best to
refer to numbers – in other words,
line 3 is line 3, no matter what the
colour of the sign!
TAXIS
Hailing a cab (taksi) is a relatively
simple process, especially in the
centre of town – just stick your arm
out and watch a queue of eager
drivers form around you. Official
cabs (marked by a “T” in a circle)
are equipped with meters, but
these are few and far between.
The fare should be agreed before
you get in. If necessary, write
down the fare and the destination.
Don’t get in a cab that already
has passengers and do not let the
driver pick up additional fares on
the way. Women travelling alone
at night should avoid taxis completely. Many western-run hotels
have their own cabs which are far
superior to the local taxis, although
they will be pricier.
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It’s probably stating the obvious, but we’d generally recommend having as little contact
with the Russian police as you
can manage and in particular,
it’s worth avoiding being arrested.
There are two forms of arrest
in Russia – “administrative
arrest”, for minor misdemeanours, and “criminal arrest” for
more serious infringements of
the law. These would include
black market ticket transactions,
drunk and disorderly and illegal
money changing.
Administrative arrest usually
results in a fine – which could
be for something like not being
able to produce your passport.
Some form of paperwork should
be issued to you at the time,
although in practice you will
often be required to pay on the
spot. The general rule of thumb
is that it’s not worth arguing, as
this could result in an escalation, which may well involve a
full criminal arrest. The British
Embassy are not in a position
to do much about incidents of
this nature, but we’d appreciate
Another major cause for concern
is that corruption is reputedly rife
amongst the local police force,
who are apparently quite adept
at exploiting scenarios which
allow them, if at all possible, to
relieve visitors of some of their
spending money by imposing
distinctly dubious on-the-spot
fines. The official advice from the
British Consulate concerning this
is to remain polite at all times,
not pay any fine and to ask to
ring the Consulate immediately.
You should, wherever possible,
also take the badge number of
the officer in question – though
it must be borne in mind that this
could lead to you spending some
time in the local police station.
Our connections in Moscow
Website: www.fsf.org.uk
FSF helpline: +44 7956 121314
The official currency in Russia is
the Ruble. It is theoretically illegal
to use any other currency in Russia, though cab drivers and members of the world’s oldest profession generally prefer US Dollars
or Euros. Euros and US Dollars are
definitely easier to exchange than
sterling. One pound is equivalent
to around 47 Rubles, 1 US dollar
is about 23 Rubles. DON’T change
money on the street – it’s illegal
and you’re begging to be ripped
off. The most reliable ATMs are
those inside metro stations and
branches of Sberbank, Alfa Bank
and Bank Moskvy. Most big
hotels have a 24 hour bank or
money-changing facility.
Travellers’ cheques are not widely
recognised in Russia, and use of
credit cards is not as widespread
as in England. Basically, only posh
restaurants and hotels will accept
them. It’s worth noting that Russian criminals are world leaders
when it comes to “skimming”
credit card information, so pay
cash wherever you can, and if you
have to use your credit card whilst
you’re in Russia, check your bill
thoroughly when it arrives.
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CYRILLIC ALPHABET
LETTERS SHOWN IN BOTH UPPER
AND LOWER CASE
Moscow’s a big city and the
Russians like a drink, but the
Moscow police advice was to
stay in your hotel. We didn’t think
that was particularly realistic (not
least because most of us don’t
have hotels), so we’ve come up
with a couple of suggestions.
The main gathering point for
British football fans in the past has
been a pedestrianised street some
five or ten minutes walk from Red
Square, by the name of Old Arbat.
It’s a tourist-orientated area with
lots of souvenir stands, but also
a number of bars (among them
the John Bull Pub), cafés and restaurants, including a McDonalds
and a Hard Rock Café. A Big Mac
costs 52 rubles (£1), by the way.
We anticipate that this will be the
most convenient and safest place
to congregate; it also has the
advantage of being within easy
reach of the FSF Fans’ Embassy
base at the Golden Ring hotel, and
the British Embassy.
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If you’re up for a spot of multi-tasking and fancy tackling drinking and
eating at the same time, Kruzhka is
a chain of beer- restaurants, which
serve cheap food and mugs of beer
and are to be found all over Moscow. The menu is relatively simple,
consisting mainly of kebabs and
shaorma with chips. Sports events
are often shown on big screens.
You’ll also find plenty of street
stands selling hot dogs, chebureki
(Caucasian meat pasties) and blini
around metro stations and many
of the central streets. Look out for
Kroshka-Kartoshka – green kiosks
selling stuffed baked potatoes and
toasted sandwiches – and Teremok
– brown coloured kiosks that sell
Blinchki (Russian pancakes with a
wide variety of fillings).
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b as in bit
v as in vet
g as in goat
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z as in zoo
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k as in king
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m as in my
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r as in rib
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Here at the Football Supporters’
Federation we believe it’s important
that the powers that be get to know
what your experiences of the trip to
Moscow were really like; so that’s
why we’ll be publishing a report on
the organisation of the Champions
League Final. However, in order for
us to be able to do that, we need
your help. We are interested in
finding out about all aspects of your
trip – from the moment you take
WHY YOU SHOULD
JOIN THE FSF
Ticket allocations, prices, kick off
times, safe standing, the ridiculously
ill-conceived Game 39…these are
just some of the issues all football
fans have to contend with, no matter
who they support. We at the FSF
believe that football should truly be
the people’s game, which is why we
exist to provide services to and stand
up for all match-going supporters,
offering advice and assistance whenever necessary. We’re also striving to
ensure that fans have a long-overdue
voice at football’s top table.
Quiz
The obvious location for most
visitors to Moscow to head to is
Red Square, designated the home
of the Champions Festival. Just
off Red Square are the Alexander
Gardens (Aleksandrovski Sad),
which are bordered on one side
by a number of terrace bars, (and
a McDonalds, and a pizza place)
offering a natural gathering point
for thirsty tourists. Beer here was
139 rubles (about £2.70) for half
a litre of German lager, 84 rubles
(about £1.65) for the same amount
of local Russian beer. In smarter
bars around the city however, be
prepared for prices of four or five
pounds a pint.
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HOW WAS IT FOR
YOU?
off to the moment you find yourself
back home again, either celebrating
madly or clinging on to the notion
that yours was the moral victory
and that’s all that really counts. Be
they good or bad, we want to hear
your accounts of Moscow 2008, so
if you’ve got something you want
to tell us, either talk to one of our
fans’ embassy team, or drop us a
line at [email protected].
You can, of course, contact us
anonymously, and we don’t pass
on information on individuals to
the police or authorities.
By becoming a member of the
FSF, you’ll have the inside track on
all our campaigns, like “Playing
Away” – getting a fair deal for
away supporters – and “How Was
it for You?” looking at policing
and stewarding issues. You’ll also
be eligible for big discounts on
publications like the annual Sky
Sports Football Handbook (the old
Rothmans). And as if that wasn’t
enough, you’ll get a free subscription to our fantastic magazine
– The Football Supporter, which
your less savvy mates would have
to pay two quid a copy for. All this,
and so much more, for the bargain
Scouse Phil’s Champions League Final Music Quiz
1.From the All Saints Road area of London where they
came from 2.David Bowie 3.Emma Bunton (Baby Spice)
4.The Kinks 5.Sid Vicious 6.Led Zeppelin 7.“House of Fun”
8.Spandau Ballet 9.The Clash 10.“American Boy” 11.The
Buzzcocks 12.Joy Division 13.Bez (or Marky Mark) of The
Happy Mondays 14.24 Hour Party People 15.M People
16.New Order 17.Noel Gallagher of Oasis 18.“Heaven
Knows I’m Miserable Now” 19.The Hollies 20.Stone Roses
WHERE TO EAT & DRINK
FANS’ PARLIAMENT
On Saturday 5 July, the FSF will
be holding its annual fans’ parliament at the Emirates Stadium.
Entry is free and fans from all over
England and Wales will have an
opportunity to take part in sessions on all the important issues
affecting our game, including:
• Ticket prices and distribution
(time for a new deal for fans on
prices and access to tickets!)
• Laws of the game – dissent,
respect, goal-line technology
• Diversity – making sure that
playing, administering and
watching the people’s game is
open to everyone.
There’ll also be lots of guests and
lively debate, so to make sure you
don’t miss out, go to our website
– http://www.fsf.org.uk and
download the registration form.
basement price of £14 a year,
direct debit or £15 by cheque. So,
if you’ve seen the light and want to
join, just ask one of our volunteer
team for a form or log onto our
website – http://www.fsf.org.uk.
You know you want to.
Scouse Phil’s Away Goals Football Quiz
1.Real Madrid 2.Reims 3.Nottingham Forest
4.Marseilles 5.Glasgow’s Hampden Park 6.Raul
of Real Madrid 7.AC Milan beat Juventus on
penalties at Old Trafford, Manchester in 2003
8.Peter Withe 9.The New Saints (formerly known
as TNS) 10.Benfica, Borussia Moenchengladbach,
Brugge, Malmo, Hamburg, Real Madrid, Bayern
Munich(twice), Roma and AC Milan
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Website: www.fsf.org.uk
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WELCOME TO MOSCOW
CHELSEA: THE ROAD TO MOSCOW
BY THE CFCNET CREW WWW.CFCNET.CO.UK
BY SHAUL ADAR
mains a potent memory of that era,
softened only slightly by our return
to European football in the Cup
Winners Cup the following season.
Since then, Chelsea have gradually
caught up with United as the most
powerful team in English football.
Our record against them is as good
as any club in the world, summed
up by our catennaccio display in the
2007 FA Cup Final when United were
cancelled out and then hit with a
Drogba sucker-punch in extra time.
© Stewart Damonsing
S
o, with the semi-final over,
thousands of supporters
begin thinking about the
long journey to one of Europe’s
most dangerous cities, putting
out of their minds worries
about gangs, murderers, prostitutes and thieves. But enough
about Liverpool, we’re on our
way to Moscow!
Our journey to the final couldn’t have
been scripted better. As one wag
said, “Carlsberg don’t do revenge
but if they did, it would be knocking
out Liverpool in extra time in a
Champions League semi”. Never
has retribution tasted sweeter.
Indeed, if there is one shared value
amongst United and Chelsea fans it’s
our mutual loathing of the ‘bin dippers’ of Merseyside. It’s not just us
either. After the Champions League
Final 2007, UEFA came clean with
exactly what they thought of the
Scouse scallywags leaving Director
of Communications William Gaillard
to deliver the knock-out punch, “the
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With UEFA and Moscow breathing
a collective sigh of relief and police
leave being reinstated, Chelsea
now find themselves pitted against
another nemesis, Manchester
United. Our rivalry, however, is
based only on football and this
year’s Champions League Final is
set to be something special.
United hold no fear over us at all.
Their poor record in Europe, especially given their status, is testimony
to Ferguson’s naïve approach of attack at all costs. This swashbuckling
style might sit well with the nation’s
football scribes who biasedly drool
over the teams’ every pass, but
Fergie’s single Champions League
trophy in 21 years is a poor return,
as he himself readily admits. Indeed,
if Carsten Jancker hadn’t hit the bar
when it was easier to hit the net,
Fergie wouldn’t have won it at all.
When Chelsea fans think of Cup
Finals and Man Utd, our minds cast
back to 1994, an event otherwise
known as the David Elleray Cup.
The Harrow Schoolmaster effectively
ruined the game when he awarded
the Manc’s a diabolical penalty
after Kanchelskis’ dive in the 67th
minute. Elleray later admitted in
his autobiography that it was the
worst decision of his career and
has haunted him ever since. It’s
haunted us too and our rain soaked
exit down Wembley Way still re-
Jose Mourinho got it spot on when
it was put to him that United were
a great attacking side. “No they’re
not”, he replied, “they’re a great
counter-attacking team”. Jose
realised what every continental
manager before him had concluded
– namely, just sit deep and stifle
the life out of United before hitting
them when they’re tired later in the
game. It might not be pretty but
it could well bring the Champions
League trophy home to the Bridge.
Come on you Blues!
problems in Greece were typical of
the behaviour of some Liverpool
supporters during the past four years.
They are the worst in Europe”.
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A
nybody who was there
won’t forget that moment for the rest of his
footballing life. Stamford Bridge
was celebrating like nothing
before. About 40,000 fans were
hugging each other, calling their
mates on the phone, dancing and
waving the blue & white flags.
So much for plastic atmosphere
and nouveau riche fans. On the
pitch the players were embracing
each other while Avram Grant,
the Chelsea manger, was down
on his knees overwhelmed with
emotions while the PA system
was blaring out One Step Beyond,
by Madness, the house band.
Amidst the mayhem and delirium,
Frank Lampard was walking his
way slowly to the players’ tunnel.
Oblivious to the greatest party in
Chelsea history, he had tears in his
eyes after scoring the crucial penalty,
still mourning his mother Pat, who
sadly died six days earlier. It was
the proudest moment of his career
and while people around the world
watched him and his team reaching
the Champions League final for the
first time in the club’s history, there
was one person missing.
Three times the team couldn’t go
beyond the semi-final but against
their arch rival they managed it after
a troublesome season. Once Moscow
won the right to host the final, many
fans thought that Chelsea’s name
was on the big cup. With Roman
Abramovic’s homecoming, after assembling one of the finest squads on
earth, the team was due to go the full
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distance; and with a leader like Jose
Mourinho at the helm, who would bet
against them?
It looked so different on the 18th of
September. Chelsea played their first
game in the Champions League and
had to make do with 1:1 draw against
lowly Rosenborg of Norway. In a half
empty Stamford Bridge, the boos
echoed around the stands, the directors boxes and the dressing room. The
long internal war of attrition was over
in less then 24 hours when Mourinho
left the club to the utter disbelief of
the Chelsea fans. His successor was
an almost unknown Israeli manger,
named Avram Grant.
A defeat at Old Trafford was followed by a 0:0 draw at home to
neighbours Fulham. In the match
programme, the chairman Bruce
Buck wrote: “As you will have seen,
Avram is a normal guy. It may take
you some time to get to know
him”. Grant, then the first team
coach, said in an interview to the
programme: “My philosophy is
that football is entertainment and
Website: www.fsf.org.uk
FSF helpline: +44 7956 121314
you need to fight for the points. To
win is very important but the way
to the title is also very important”.
Title? Entertainment? What was he
talking about? Chelsea was closer
to losing the impressive undefeated
run at home than to mustering any
meaningful attempt at silverware.
Moscow looked beyond any dream.
So when did it all go right? The
Mastalla at Valencia was the site
of Mourinho’s greatest European
victory at the previous season’s
quarter final. Maybe it was an omen
when Grant managed to repeat the
feat. A 2:1 win after falling behind
9 minutes into the game, with goals
from Joe Cole and Didier Drogba,
took some of the pressure away and
when Chelsea beat Schalke 04 2:0
it was clear that despite the poor
start, Chelsea were going to make it
beyond the group stages. An impressive 4:0 away win at Trondheim was
sandwiched between two 0:0 draws
with Schalke and Valencia. Not the
height of entertainment, yet.
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CHELSEA: THE ROAD TO MOSCOW
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BY THE GUY WHO BLAGGED ME CFCUK SHEDITOR
STAND UP
IF YOU HATE
MAN U...?
© Rajesh Tailor
It’s fair to say that the next two set
of games failed to set the Bridge on
fire. Olympiacos, despite a 0:0 draw
in Athens, didn’t bother Chelsea
too much after a clinical 3:0 win.
Another team from the east caused
much more problems. A wonder
goal from Deivid did the damage in
Istanbul, where Fenerbache won 2:1
and only a late goal from Lampard
eased the nerves when Chelsea won
2:0 at home to set another date
with its European nemesis.
Let’s be honest: in years to come, the
road to Moscow will be remembered
for two games mostly. They were the
crucial ones, the nerve racking ones
and beyond any doubt – although
for very different reasons - the very
entertaining ones. I was there at
Anfield when John Arne Riise scored
that goal. There were maybe two or
three seconds of silence in the whole
of that game, it was when the ball
went in and the Liverpool supporters
stared in disbelief at the Kop and
before the roar of the travelling fans
at the other end filled the stadium.
Where Eidur Gudjohsen missed in
the last minute in 2005 and Luis
Garcia scored the ghost goal, where
Liverpool won by penalties in 2007
and locals taunted the Chelsea fans
twice and were about to do so for
the third time, a bizarre own goal
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made all the difference and it was
sweeter then a wonder goal.
Four days later, a rampant Chelsea
beat Manchester United in a convincing fashion and those words about
title and style which rang hollow
in the autumn were booming now.
There was one thing missing yet
from Chelsea’s journey- an epic win.
A victory through greet and skill,
with moments of euphoric football;
unbearably tense when one goal is
enough to give your opponents the
pass to the final and they’ve got
the momentum. Epos needs heroes
and there were plenty that day at
the Bridge. Grant, who went for the
win at extra time, Drogba with his
sheer power and determination (and
thanks to Benitez for setting him up
for the task), the leadership of JT and
the courage, professionalism and
commitment of Frank Lampard. It
was one step beyond for Chelsea at
last. In the proud history of Chelsea
FC, there is a place of honour for
those 120 minutes already.
It was a journey of despair and salvation, sublime and ridiculous goals,
some luck and pure quality, twists
and turns that the scores alone don’t
reflect. From underwhelming start to
mass ecstasy, it was a journey like no
other. It was the special one.
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K then… who amongst
the Chelsea supporters
reading this HASN’T
stood to sing “Stand up if you
hate Man U”? I know I have,
and those who sit around me
in the Lower Matthew Harding Stand at Stamford Bridge
are never slow to join in with
that particular song.
However, many Chelsea supporters – and for that matter – those
who follow Manchester Utd, may
not be aware of the close cooperation between certain supporters
of both teams when the two clubs
reached the first FA Cup Final that
took place at the newly revamped
Wembley Stadium in 2007.
Appalled at not only the outrageous tickets prices and the once
again poor allocation given to the
participating clubs, supporters were
also incensed at the prices that the
venue was asking for the food and
beverages that would be on offer
to those attending the match.
After using their contacts at the
Football Supporters’ Federation,
Chelsea supporters contacted likeminded Manchester Utd fans and
together they organised a protest
that became known as ‘The Wembley Boycott’. This was an action
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that involved encouraging supporters
who were fortunate enough to get
a ticket for the Wembley showpiece
not to purchase anything from both
the official catering and merchandising outlets either within the stadium
or the immediate vicinity outside.
With the campaign being launched
initially on several independent Chelsea and Manchester Utd websites and
within the cfcuk fanzine, the word of
the boycott spread quickly and soon
caught the attention of both the press
and broadcasting media.
A week before the FA Cup Final
was played, a massive 20,000 flyers
giving notice of the protest were
distributed outside both Stamford
Bridge and Old Trafford prior to
Chelsea and Manchester Utd’s last
league matches of the season, a
factor that also helped boost the
numbers of those who took part.
So much so in fact that, in the final
week that led up to the game,
almost every newspaper story
concerning the final mentioned the
supporter action and several high
profile broadcasters such as the BBC
gave time to hold debates about the
subject on high profile stations such
as 5 Live, Radio Four and the like
which added greatly to the success
that the campaign undoubtedly was.
Many supporters helped with the
boycott by way of ordering vast
amounts of food and drink at the
catering outlets and, when presented
with the bill, simply walked away
causing the staff to spend as much
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time clearing up and removing the
unwanted foodstuff as they did in
carrying out their ‘normal’ duties.
Although they didn’t publicly admit
the fact, the truth slowly but surely
emerged in the days following the
Final that there was a huge dent to
the incoming revenue from the catering outlets at Wembley and, as a
consequence, the National Stadium
was massively down on forecast
predictions catering, something that
ensured that those in charge had total overhaul of their policy towards
their intended target customers.
As well as support from followers
of both teams, those behind the
Wembley Boycott were grateful
to several within the Football
Supporters’ Federation such as
Malcolm Clarke and Steve Powell
who, although not connected with
either team, gave their wholehearted backing to the protest.
Also worthy of a mention are Andrew
Kilduff (Stretford End Flags) and Mark
Longden (Football Supporters’ Federation), both of whom follow Manchester Utd as well as the fanzines ‘Utd
We Stand’ and ‘Red Issue’ while
from Chelsea, the main protagonists
Website: www.fsf.org.uk
FSF helpline: +44 7956 121314
involved were Cliff Auger, Kelvin
Barker, Neil Beard, Geoff Edwards,
Mark Worrall and David Johnstone, all
of whom are connected in one way
or another with the Chelsea fanzine
‘cfcuk’ and last but by no means least,
the Chelsea Supporters’ Group.
Whilst not wishing to detract from
the rivalry between the two sides
– and some might say the more
bitter the better – the joint action
involving the two sets of supporters
was a roaring success, going to prove
that, together, those who follow their
teams and for whom football is an
essential part of their lives can, if
they pull together, make those running the game stop and think.
Similarly, the Football Supporters’
Federation is, for those who feel
that today’s game is slowly but
surely being taken away from them
in favour of the super rich and those
just simply following the ‘trend’
that has seen football become the
‘in-thing’, the organisation to join if
you want to help win back football
for the real supporters.
Our thanks go to the FSF for allowing
us the space in this fanzine for the
above article.
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took part in the Semi-Final second leg to record famous victories against Liverpool and Barcelona, thus
securing the trip to Moscow.
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Scouse Phil’s Away Goals Football Quiz (answers on page 15)
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Which team won the first ever European Cup
final in 1956?
And which team did they beat in the final,
Reims, Rennes or Roma?
Who are the only team to have won the
European Cup/Champions League and
to have played in the third tier of their
domestic league?
Which team won the first Champions League
final in 1993 beating AC Milan 1-0, but were
subsequently stripped of the title?
Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3
in the 1960 final in front of 135,000, the
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largest ever attendance for a final, but in which
stadium in which UK city was the final held?
Which Spaniard holds the Champions League
goalscoring record with 61 goals?
Which team won the Champions League the
only time the final has been held in England?
Who scored the goal that brought Aston Villa
their success in the 1982 European Cup final v
Bayern Munich?
Which team represented Wales in this season’s
Champions League?
Which 9 teams have English teams beaten in the
final of the European Cup/Champions League?