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Podcast w/c 08/02/10

Written by admin on February 7th, 2010

Due to technical problems at footballportugal Podcast Towers, we won’t be able to do a podcast this week. Our apologies.

Do tune in next week, though, when we’re sure to be back with all that’s happening in Portuguese football.

Steve & Phil

 

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6 Comments so far ↓

  1. ben says:
    February 8, 2010 at 6:42 pm

    bummer!

  2. admin says:
    February 9, 2010 at 2:00 am

    Yeah, ben … sorry!

    Meanwhile, try the ‘footballportugal’ link on the right to get brief updates on what’s going on.

    Cheers

    Phil

  3. ben says:
    February 9, 2010 at 1:31 pm

    no worries phil, the site will sustain me…as long as you promise to mention quieroz getting into a fight with that journalist…sounds interesting..

  4. Sergio says:
    February 9, 2010 at 3:43 pm

    What’s this? a footballportugal “blackout”? They are so popular in the Portuguese football world aren’t they… j/k

    Looking forward to the next podcast. Hopefully there won’t be so much scandal-related fodder between now and then to cover –but I must confess that I did enjoy the last podcast’s tabloid section!

    I’m hoping the excitement from tonight’s (or this afternoon’s, if you’re on this side of the Pond) fixture in the Taça a Feijões will be on the pitch…

  5. Steve Burrows says:
    February 10, 2010 at 11:43 am

    The internet has finally returned to podcast HQ!

    I went to Sporting v Benfica last night, missed the first 25 minutes because the police kept about 2000 Benfica supporters with tickets outside. I knew there would be problems and got to the gate 45 minutes before kick-off but even that was not early enough, the police refused to let anybody enter. There was an understandable panic to get in once the game started, which was met by police hitting some poor people with their batons who just happened to be in the way. To enter the stadium you have to go down a flight of fairly steep stairs and with 2000 people trying to surge their way into the ground there was a very real danger of someone falling down the stairs and a subsequent crush. Whilst still being kept out of the ground, Benfica scored their first goal and the police really panicked, baton charging indiscriminately and I really did fear something horrible was going to happen. I can’t remember much of the first half because by the time I found a place to sit I’d been through so much that it was very hard to concentrate on the game.

    I’d estimate about 90% of the Benfica supporters kept outside the stadium were just normal season ticket holders like myself who wanted to avoid the traditional parade by the “claques” and the flying bottles and trouble surrounding it. We just wanted to support our team in a stadium which is supposed to meet the finest UEFA specifications without being treated like troublemakers or cattle. It was a horrible experience.

  6. Phil says:
    February 10, 2010 at 3:49 pm

    Sounds horrendous, Steve.

    Perhaps you should write to someone about it (the Liga, for example).

    The right result though, in the end.

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