Saint-Armstrong Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2801432/dedicated-football-fan-spends-41-hours-1-000-travelling-9-500-miles-watch-team-play-time-win-8-0.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2801432/dedicated-football-fan-spends-41-hours-1-000-travelling-9-500-miles-watch-team-play-time-win-8-0.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Ha. Perfect choice of game for him and Papallotti. Glad he great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Pete Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 Get that man a season ticket ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronCitySaint Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 Good thing all those connecting flights worked out for him otherwise he would have been stuck in an airport for the game. Oh, and the Daily Mail got it wrong about the last time we scored eight in a game. How about the 8-2 against Coventry in 83/84, which just happened to be my first ever game at the Dell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 Fair play to him. What an experience that must have been! Surely he's a member on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 Fair play to him. What an experience that must have been! Surely he's a member on here? He's listed on here: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?45650-Official-Australian-Saints-thread-everything-you-need-to-know&highlight=thornell#.VEZnNfl4rz0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 Great story! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericb Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 Good thing all those connecting flights worked out for him otherwise he would have been stuck in an airport for the game. Oh, and the Daily Mail got it wrong about the last time we scored eight in a game. How about the 8-2 against Coventry in 83/84, which just happened to be my first ever game at the Dell. Was my first ever game too, not a bad start to supporting the Saints, though i can't feel it kind of went downhill from there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 Sky Sports News video report of the same story: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152453192372671 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets B Avenue Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 He's listed on here: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?45650-Official-Australian-Saints-thread-everything-you-need-to-know&highlight=thornell#.VEZnNfl4rz0 SSN did a piece on him yesterday and I could have sworn he said he had started off from Darwin. But the Fail said it was Melbourne and they are never wrong, about anything. Or is it that they couldn't find Darwin on a map? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaMarlin Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 Sky Sports News video report of the same story: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152453192372671 Ouch! That must have hurt Jeremy Langdon the Sky reporter. He's a p****y fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelpie Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 Amazing. The club should invite him, expenses paid, to our Prem League champions presentation in May Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint in winchester Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 Needs to sort out that beard, otherwise an acceptable supporter. (Teasing you, mate.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 Amazing. The club should invite him, expenses paid, to our Prem League champions presentation in May And the Champions League Final the year after! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2801432/dedicated-football-fan-spends-41-hours-1-000-travelling-9-500-miles-watch-team-play-time-win-8-0.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 A rare claim to fame for me I took the photo shown in the Daily Mail of the Aussie guy with his thumbs up (using his camera) as he was sat just in front of me. He was genuinely excited with the whole experience (who wouldn't be?) Hope he is not brought back to earth by Stoke on Saturday Wonder if he will be sat in the same seat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 I love him just for this quote.. 'He said I'll support Everton because they sound like Essendon and I said I'll support Southampton because that's what it said they were on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 21 October, 2014 Share Posted 21 October, 2014 Fair play to the guy, glad he enjoyed the day, but "superfan" and first game at age 30. I know others that have come across from Oz on more than one occasion, I guess he just lucked out that we won 8-0. I am so glad that the Mail decided to include a map showing where Melbourne is and the big arrow showing it to be 9500 miles. Melbourne to London Heathrow is actually 10500 (somewhere between 10509 and 10519 depending on which calculator you use). Hopefully he got his full air mile allocation. Darwin is only 8600. Actually having re-read the article Melbourne via Brunei and Dubai would work out as 11122 if you calculate each leg separately Daily Fail really is useless though, not only did we score 8 against Coventry, but also 9 against Wolves. They probably think that when we beat Man U 6-3 they were wearing grey shirts too. Anyway, lets hope his good luck rubs off on us again against Stoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappalotti Posted 22 October, 2014 Share Posted 22 October, 2014 Ha. Perfect choice of game for him and Papallotti. Glad he great time. couldn't be better............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isla Wight Posted 22 October, 2014 Share Posted 22 October, 2014 With his current profile in the media I think it would be great PR for the club to treat him a bit special for the Stoke game. Meet the players/visit to the home changing room etc. seeing the Dutch supporters on the Matchday Uncovered video was uplifting for many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieDog Posted 22 October, 2014 Share Posted 22 October, 2014 Should I feel unlucky? During my trip over I "only" got to see the Newcastle and QPR league wins (couldn't get tickets for Swansea) - oh, and the cup game at Arsenal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeny Posted 22 October, 2014 Share Posted 22 October, 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2801432/dedicated-football-fan-spends-41-hours-1-000-travelling-9-500-miles-watch-team-play-time-win-8-0.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Ive made the trip many times - and no publicity but then I only came from Perth a much quicker trip ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 23 October, 2014 Share Posted 23 October, 2014 Superb. Tip f-ing top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 23 October, 2014 Share Posted 23 October, 2014 Fair play to the guy, glad he enjoyed the day, but "superfan" and first game at age 30. I know others that have come across from Oz on more than one occasion, I guess he just lucked out that we won 8-0. I am so glad that the Mail decided to include a map showing where Melbourne is and the big arrow showing it to be 9500 miles. Melbourne to London Heathrow is actually 10500 (somewhere between 10509 and 10519 depending on which calculator you use). Hopefully he got his full air mile allocation. Darwin is only 8600. Actually having re-read the article Melbourne via Brunei and Dubai would work out as 11122 if you calculate each leg separately Daily Fail really is useless though, not only did we score 8 against Coventry, but also 9 against Wolves. They probably think that when we beat Man U 6-3 they were wearing grey shirts too. Anyway, lets hope his good luck rubs off on us again against Stoke. Jonathan Pearce on MOTD did on Saturday ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 23 October, 2014 Share Posted 23 October, 2014 Should I feel unlucky? During my trip over I "only" got to see the Newcastle and QPR league wins (couldn't get tickets for Swansea) - oh, and the cup game at Arsenal Dont think you're a proper fan mate, unless you can show that you've been subject to a lot of press and media attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 23 October, 2014 Share Posted 23 October, 2014 Fair play to the guy, glad he enjoyed the day, but "superfan" and first game at age 30. I know others that have come across from Oz on more than one occasion, I guess he just lucked out that we won 8-0. I am so glad that the Mail decided to include a map showing where Melbourne is and the big arrow showing it to be 9500 miles. Melbourne to London Heathrow is actually 10500 (somewhere between 10509 and 10519 depending on which calculator you use). Hopefully he got his full air mile allocation. Darwin is only 8600. Actually having re-read the article Melbourne via Brunei and Dubai would work out as 11122 if you calculate each leg separately Daily Fail really is useless though, not only did we score 8 against Coventry, but also 9 against Wolves. They probably think that when we beat Man U 6-3 they were wearing grey shirts too. Anyway, lets hope his good luck rubs off on us again against Stoke. There's a lot of things to bash the Daily Mail with, but that ain't one of them. It's about 9,600 nautical miles on any aeroplane. But you are right, it would have been 11,122 miles if he had driven over in his Ford Fiesta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieDog Posted 23 October, 2014 Share Posted 23 October, 2014 Dont think you're a proper fan mate, unless you can show that you've been subject to a lot of press and media attention. Well I did get an echo journalist contact me when we came back for the JPT final, but our story obviously wasn't anywhere near as interesting as after wanting to hear my story he never got back in touch! We've only made it back 4 times in 8 years so we're obviously part time plastics Funnily enough the first time I brought the missus back for a game, we suffered a 2-1 defeat to QPR but it obviously didn't put her off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andoru Posted 23 October, 2014 Share Posted 23 October, 2014 99% of Man Utd fans are reading that story and thinking, "So? I travel that far to see them every week." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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