TheBrightonBard
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Lighthearted rhymes & musings from a Brighton lad now living in Tornado Alley on the Great Plains of Oklahoma. 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇲🇽 ⚽️ #BHAFC
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MEXICO CITY. 🇲🇽 I witnessed something on this street last night that I need to share. ⚽️❤️👇🏼
TheBrightonBard501,705 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
HEY, MEXICO, 👋🏻🇲🇽 I promised you I’d introduce you to my home town football club, Brighton & Hove Albion. So here’s a short video with a bit more information. (If you are looking for an English Premier League team to support, we’d love to have you!! ❤️👇🏻 Gracias! 🇲🇽)
TheBrightonBard158,144 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
I WENT TO THE GAME ALONE. 🏴⚽️ Here’s my experience: Because of my job, I’m lucky enough to be used to travelling by myself, so buying a single ticket and flying down to Miami didn’t feel that daunting. But I was still cautious. The 02:45 alarm call on Saturday wasn’t much fun and then I managed to miss the exit off the highway to the airport as I was singing ‘It’s Coming Home’ at the top of my voice in the car and had to rush to get through security to the gate! ☺️ I was surprised to have found a direct flight to Miami from Tulsa that got me in at 09:00, so it was an Uber to the Hyatt Place hotel at the airport who kindly let me have breakfast and get in a room at 11:00 to shower and get ready. Flawless. That’s the word I’d use for the organisation of transportation and logistics in Miami. Just flawless. A $15 Uber ride took me to the Martin Luther King train station (one of 4 pick-up points) where lines and lines of yellow school buses stood, each taking 50 or so ticketed fans the 11 miles to the game. Of course England and Norway shirts dominated, but it really felt like a carnival of football with tops from various countries and clubs to be seen here and there. And, man, was it hot!! As we jumped off the bus, in front of us hydration stations had been set up. Complete with electrolyte powder to mix with the iced water from huge tanks. And did I sweat a lot in the next 8 hours! So having downed a few litres of water it was a half mile walk to the stadium. Police everywhere, roads closed, huge energy, fantastic atmosphere. (Lots of locals stood at the end of the driveway with huge signs trying to sell their drive as a parking space for the night. What entrepreneurs!) I didn’t touch alcohol due to the heat - but the bars and food outlets were packed outside the stadium as a carnival atmosphere prevailed. Before heading to my seat I was able to meet a few Albion fans (Sam Harte, Ian Harte, Nick Blanco, Derek Chapman et al) which was brilliant. There we all were, 3500 miles from the AMEX! 💙🤍 I’d only bought a seat on Thursday and had a huge stoke of luck when I found it was bang in the middle of the England end. And what a fantastic group. Everyone introducing themselves to each other and sharing stories of the footballing summer so far. Passionate. Knowledgable. And just salt of the earth characters. As for the game? Well, the chanting was incessant, orchestrated by the England drummer and trumpeter how stood just a few rows behind me. We were together. We were united. And, call me old-fashioned, but it felt very healthy; it felt special. And I felt so lucky to be part of it. The game happened, you’ve seen it, no need for me to linger on that. But at the end there was a lad who was just in tears of joy. Must’ve been in his early 20s and it was clear how much England meant to him. He just couldn’t stop! It was pretty moving to witness. I manage to grab a couple of England jerseys on the way out (only XXXL left, but that’s what Mrs Bard asked for anyway as seems the fashion) and then it was a walk back to the buses in the oppressive heat and under the blinding floodlights of the walkways as random England chants erupted from various pockets of the 1000s of us walking from the stadium. The atmosphere was electric. It was a 90 min wait for a bus but the stewards did a great job and I was back in my hotel to watch the last few minutes of Argentina beating the Swiss in extra time. You know, I’m not a fan of FIFA, and despite football playing a huge part in my life, I was a little cynical about the World Cup in the build up. But as I left the stadium last night, the world felt a better place. It’s been an amazing tournament, but not because of the FIFA suits, but because of the fans. It occurred to me that, just for a while, because of football, division and politics has been replaced with humanity and wholesomeness. And that’s just what the world needs right now. ⚽️❤️
TheBrightonBard66,728 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
A FEW TUESDAY MORNING THOUGHTS BEFORE I JUMP INTO MY TAXI TO THE AIRPORT ❤️🇲🇽✈️
TheBrightonBard40,133 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
I’m here. Let’s do it!! 😄☺️🍺🏴🇲🇽❤️ Beer on me for the first 25 people!
TheBrightonBard28,847 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
RECONNECTING HUMANS IN A DISCONNECTED WORLD ® I’m launching a global movement… …want to be part of it? 🚀 My World Cup experience has pushed me to launch something that I’ve been planning for a while. It combines face-to-face human interaction and behavioural science. 👇🏻
TheBrightonBard16,269 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
A MESSAGE FOR ANYONE WHO PULLED AN ALL-NIGHTER LAST NIGHT BACK IN ENGLAND. 🏴👇🏼❤️⚽️
TheBrightonBard10,343 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
CAN'T GET OUT MUCH AT THE MOMENT..? I thought anyone stuck inside due to illness or mobility issues might enjoy a 10-minute experience of Sussex from the top deck of the 273 bus to Hurstpierpoint, which I took a trip on today. Wishing everyone an enjoyable weekend. 💙😎
TheBrightonBard10,719 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce