First Champions League Experience

I've always wanted to watch a champions league match- it's one of my dreams as a kid to see top elite clubs battle it out for europe's top prize- the champions league trophy.

As much as I want to see my favorite team, Liverpool in the champions league, I don't see that coming yet unless they buy some world class players to bolster their position in the league; but I guess, a match between the reigning English champions, Manchester City and the Spanish champions, Real Madrid would suffice.

A dream came true indeed. Now let's hope that Real Madrid win this. (Sad thing that i'm sitting on the Manchester City fan area..but oh well)

Hala Madrid!!! Hahah!

This Is Liverpool. This Is Anfield.

We're going to Wemmmmmmmmm-----be---rrr----(wait for ittt)----leyyyyyyy!!!

What a match it was last night. I still couldn't believe that i've watch the 2nd leg semi final carling cup match at Anfield and it was one of my best nights ever!! I'm still buzzing and feeling euphoric and could dance around in my room gleefully.

On the day me and my friends went to Liverpool, we arrived early in the afternoon, roughly around 12pm, so we had a lot of time to walk around and enjoy the city. Our first destination was Tesco (this is mainly because they still have the 1 pound for 5 snickers bar promo), the Albert Dock, and followed by the Liverpool eye (we paid 5.50 pounds- student price), The Beatles story museum and store, Liverpool one and the official Liverpool club shop and finally, Anfield, the holy ground for the mighty reds.

Here's some pictures of the day.

We came inside the stadium quite early, as it was dark outside and raining, so there was no point in lingering around. As soon as I've arrived and came inside, I can feel the smell of victory, the sound of the loud kopites singing and the electric vibes of the upcoming match. The seats at the stadium are very narrow so its quite hard for us to move and about but that didn't deter our spirits to enjoy the whole 90 minutes.

During the match, everyone was singing loudly, especially at the kop end and everytime the Man City fans sang or cheered, kopites will reply them back with a chant or our own song. I love the "We only hate Mancs, we only hate Mancs. We're not racists, we only hate Mancs" song. When City gave two goal frights against us in the first and second half of the match, kopites in the stadium sang their heart out, trying to lift the spirits of The Reds. I screamed my head off when Bellamy scored the 2nd goal and my word, it was a very good goal indeed. When the final whistle comes to a close, everyone in the stadium were singing You Never Walk Alone and holding out their scarfs and waving it around. It was such a spectacular atmosphere. Credits to all Redmen on the pitch tonight, they work their socks off- and not forgetting the fans too!!

And here's some pictures of the night! =P.

One of those many days that I wouldn't forget in my life. What a day, what a night!!!


WEM----BERRRR--LEYYYYYYY!!!
Here we comeee!!!

Liverpool Vs Man City

Finally! I'm going to watch a Liverpool match at Anfield!!

It's been a dream come true for me, as a Liverpool fan, to watch my favorite team play at their home ground. It's a match between the big bucks, Man Citeh and its the semi-final of the carling cup!!

The ticket costs 39 pounds and the trip to Liverpool itself cost another 21 quid so there's a lot of spending there, but, heck, given the circumstances, it's a one in a lifetime experience! I'll be watching the match with two of my friends, Kuna and Muadz.

Though I still have exams next week, i'd probably take this as a day off and give myself a treat. I'll post the pictures of the trip to Liverpool and inside Anfield after the match.

Can't wait!!

Hopefully it'll be like those special european nights in Anfield!!

YNWA!!


P:S// I'm predicting a 3-1 score for the Reds!!

Liverpool!

I know i've should done this post a week ago, but yeah, i'm lazy and I always procrastinate, so what the heck.

Last week, I went to Liverpool with my friends, in occasion to "enjoy" the atmosphere of the stadium when Manchester United came to Anfield for a BPL match.

Our trip started very early, as we walked from Sheffield to the bust station as early as 8a.m. The bus would be leaving at 9a.m and the estimated time of arrival at Liverpool was 11.40a.m.

During the bus trip I saw a lot of hills, water flowing from the rivers and some sheep, cows and goats munching on some grass. It was quite an unbelievable sight though, since it was the scene was so beautiful and mesmerizing.

Once we arrived at Liverpool, we took the taxi from the coach station to Anfield and it costs around 6 pounds. At Anfield, the atmosphere was really sick! I see everyone walking, with their Liverpool jerseys everywhere and I was like-

"Whoa..I'm at Anfield, I am really at Anfield!"

Everyone was singing, shouting and sadly enough, I can't enter into Anfield to watch the match since I don't have any tickets. Speaking of tickets, there were some people offering us some tickets but the price was sooo fucking expensive- 200 pounds!!

The normal ticket price was 48 pounds and there were a few people asking us too, wether if we have any tickets but we told them there were some "people" who were selling at 200 pounds and they tell us-

"I dont give a damn. As long as I can enter the stadium, then it's 200 pounds money well spent"

Oh well.

Me and my friends decided to watch the game inside the bar, just opposite of the stadium. The bar was fully packed of people and there's this bodyguard infront of the bar keeps on reminding us-

"Don't just stand there and watch the game; BUY SOME DRINKS!"

Feeling kinda scared that they would throw us out, we bought some cola's and for every miss, there's a loud sigh and when Gerrard scored the goal from the free kick, everyone was jumping around and screaming. After the goal, a few Liverpool songs and chants were heard but when Hernandez scored that fucking goal close range at the dying minutes, everyone went silent and in all of a sudden-

"FUCK THIS SHIT. FUCK THIS SHIT. FUCK THIS MAN UNITED SCUM"

And everyone continues to swear, curse and yell every nasty word they could think off.

After the game, me and my friends went to the scarfs shop to buy some Liverpool scarfs. It was 5 pounds each and we bought a lot of them. The shop owner was nice enough to give us some free gifts too.

That was when, disaster came. Me and my friends wanted to go to the city of Liverpool to tour a bit and visit the Legendary Beatles Museum but little do we know that there were no taxi's and buses near Anfield after the match. We tried to call the taxi but they told us that the taxis were sold out?! WTF? SOld out?! We had to wait for the bus nearly for two hours and we arrived at the city at 4.30p.m, in which our bus back to Sheffield was due at 6p.m. Shit.

The only place we managed to visit was the Liverpool city centre and visited the Liverpool's Sport Direct shop where I bought a pair of gloves. During the trip back to Sheffield we transited at Leeds for an hour and managed to grab a few pictures.

I asked a friend of mine, "Hey, what do you think of this trip overall?"

"Disaster. A fucking disaster. It wouldn't be a fucking disaster if Liverpool won."

Yeah, I thought, if only there was a taxi after the match, we could've visited the museum, waterfront and even ride Liverpool's eye.

I wouldn't mind at all, if the score was 1-0 or 3-0 instead of 1-1 the other day.

Will visit Liverpool again next time.

Middle Finger

Did anyone noticed Meireles showing his middle finger yesterday on the Arsenal vs Liverpool game?

Was kinda shocked to see that..funny that Suarez swatted his hand down shortly..lol.

Picture Source: Tumblr

Still, fantastic away win (First win at the emirates and against arsenal on their own turf for 10 years) and 3 points in the bag for Liverpool!

Btw, I love this picture a lot..sums up my weekend today. A win for my team surely gives me that feel good mood.

P:S// I kinda like that Frimpong guy..nice name..haha

Liverpool Vs Malaysia- Incredible. Totally, totally incredible!

You know,

They say- "Form is temporary, but CLASS, is permanent"

That was what I saw, at Bukit Jalil National Stadium at KL, last Saturday, when Liverpool condemned Malaysia XI in a 6-3 demolition during the Liverpool Vs Malaysia match.

Not bad; considering that most of the 1st team Liverpool players are absent. (The likes of Suarez, Lucas, Gerrard, Glen Johnson, Reina and co)

As the King himself said- no one is bigger than the club and that statement was absolutely true when an array of 37000 liverpudlians swarm in the Bukit Jalil stadium during the training session and more than 80000 fans turned up during the match!!

Lagi ramai dari BERSIH rally YO!!

Watching glimpses of the Liverpool players such as Carroll, "Kunyit", Maxi, Aquilani and Adam really made my KL trip simply worth it. Not to mention the Arsenal team too, I had fun watching them, but not as fun as watching my favourite team live in action.

Here's some of my best snaps that I took during the training session and the match. I hope you guys enjoy it, as much as I do! ;) (I had a hard time taking pictures with my 55-200mm f5.6 zoom lens..a faster aperture could really do the trick- mostof my pictures suffered from vignette when zoomed at 200mm!)

Ok. Rant over.

PICSSSSS!!!!!

It was one of the most valuable experience that I've had thus far in my whole life, watching Liverpool in a packed Bukit Jalil Stadium. Every goal was cheered with a roar of screams, yells and shrieks. When Safee scored the third goal for Malaysia- I almost dropped down from my seat when I was celebrating the goal.

Good stuff.

I was a bit disappointed though- that during the meet and greet player sessions at Pavilion, only people who had passes could get the players autographs..I really wanted them to sign one of my Liverpool jerseys..but, what the heck, better luck next time I guess.

I wonder when could I see them live in Anfield?

Hmmm...one day..i guess..maybe one day..

And oh, let me end this post with this picture.

Now that's, candid!




P:S// Liverpool Vs Malaysia, an experience, never to be forgotten.