Hi folks,
many Stones fans on this board are represented through "their" country during next summers FIFA football World Cup 2006 in germany.
As I know the Stones themselfes are big football fans, I ask myself if they will have a gig , while at the same night England is playing ?
Well..they did so in the past.
The WC groups and the matchtable will be drawd in december..the same time the european dates will be fixed..

Maybe some of the international Stones fans can visit some WC matches of their country in germany, while watching Stones gigs in europe at the same time.

Yesterdays qualifier made clear that we could be pleased to say
" Hello and Welcome in Germany 2006 " to:
our Dutch fellows,( Oranje owen and Huup Holland)
our British fans, ( here we go, here we go, here we go)
the Sweds...and maybe the Vikings as well( though they are still fighting)
the Italian stallions ( forza Italia)
the Frenchmen ( mercy Zidou)
the Portugese
the polnish fans ( remember 74 ?!)
the Ukraine,
the 2 balkanys from Serbia and Kroatia
...
and now to oversea.
I say Hi to:
the southamerican Titans:
Brasil (Brasiuuuuu)
& Argentina ( famos Adelante argentinos)
Ecuador ( again after 2002)
Paraguay Hi to Santa Cruz & Valdez
The Japanese (Ariggato) and the Southkoreans are also welcome, as well as
the Oriental fraction from
Saudi Arabia and the Iranians
Say Hi to: the Mexicans & the Costa Ricans

Another Welcome to germany 2006 goes to
the USA ( you may call it soccer, but the world and the Stones themselfes call it as it is..playing ball with your foot...FOOTBALL.)

Welcome to the Africans from:
tunesia
Togo
Ghana
Angola
Ivorycoast
Hey...this seems to be a new generation of nations from the black continent.
What happened to Senegal, the Nigerian eagles, the Kameroon lions or the Southafrican bafa-bafana....they are all OUT....well, that`s life.

So that makes 27 out of 32 countrys.
Still hopes for: bahrain or trinidad&Tobago
Further hopes for: Uruguay or Australia
and still hope for 3 europeans out of the following 6
Spain,Turkey, and Chechoslowakia or Swuisse,Norway or Slovenia.

This seems to be a great summer 2006 !!!

Watching worldcupgames and then going to Stones gigs and/or the other way around.
This makes me remember 1998.
During the european leg of the Bridges to Babylon tour.
The heat of Werchter in belgium..while watching Holland vs. belgium on the stagescreen on a horrible hot afternoon.
Never forget the night at the Amsterdam Arena, while Holland vs. Yugoslavia
was playing and the whole stadium was emotionaly divided by watching the Stones on stage, ans HEARING radio to follow their Dutch team.

Or do you remeber the match England vs. Argentina..the Stones had a day off and Mick himself went to the stadium in St.Etienne to support the British team.
It was fun to watch him praying among the ordinary british fans during the penalty shootout...England lost although..poor mick.

Or while I was standing in the line in the afternoon( it must have been the second Amsertdam gig and I was pendling between the que and the small Arena bar where they showed germany vs. mexico.
It was another great memory for ME, cause that was the day I met our stones fellow, which you all know under the name "TOO TOUGH" on this board,
for the first time.
we seemed to be the only 2 germans among all the dutch fellows...
"you asked me to read my " der Spiegel"..remember, TOO TOUGH ?!"

Or the final Amsterdam show...before the encore, they showed the 2nd goal from Dennis Bergkamp on the giant Babylon stage screen with the original comment from the durtch TV..the whole stadium went nuts while Keith playd the intro of Brown Sugar at the same time.
Oh man...so much memories are overhelming me...let`s hope we will get similar emotions next summer.

Stones and the World Cup...this seems to be a kind of neverending story.
my first Stones gig was in July 4th 82...
Stones in Cologne....the same time Brasil was thrown out by the italians.
I was so happy to watch the Stones first time in my live....and so sad, hearing my favorite team brasil was beaten out of the cup.

Or in 1990....the Stones even paid tribute to the Worldcup by adding 2 footballs to the 2 inflatables during HTW...what where the names of those 2 inflatable women again ? Angie and...forgot the other one.
Does someone remember where the Stones did play, while England lost the semifinals by penalty shootout against long time rival germany ??

Anyway...c u guys next summer...
Salar

Yeah, the hottest tickets in 2006 are for the "Weltmeisterschaft" and the Rolling Stones. What a summer.

I really don't care about football.

Where do you get it that the Stones are such big fans. Ronnie is, of course, but I wouldn't have thought Keef would care that much.

Of course, everyone supports their country in international matches but if your not really into football - well, I know what I'd rather do out of going to see the Rolling Stones or going to see England playing in the Wolrd Cup final! To be honest, I get bored by watching men kicking a ball around (unless it's Rod and Ron and they're playing rock n roll at the same time...)

the european leg of the Bridges to Babylon
> tour.
> The heat of Werchter in belgium..while watching
> Holland vs. belgium on the stagescreen on a
> horrible hot afternoon.

damn i remember that one as if it was yesterday, man it was hot at the Werhterfield that afternoon, and what a bad play we did then...
and now afer 7 continous edtitions no Red Devils at the worldchamps, sad

Salar

"our British fans, ( here we go, here we go, here we go)"

its not the British that have qualified mate. it's the ENGLISH!


Britain is not a country and i doubt our cousins in Wales, Scotland & Ireland will be happy to be classed as 'British' during the world cup. they'll all be sticking pins in voodoo dolls of the English team as usual whilst slowly turning green with envy. being English, we're used to their nonsense by now and can only encourage it. its a good laugh

sadly, they'll all be elsewhere weeding their gardens whilst we all enjoy a summer of football, beer & rock n roll )

It's "hup holland" and "oranje boven", you know!

And Holland is in! YEAH!!!! Germany- here we come! Marco Van Basten rules! He's gonna' do what Rinus Michels did in '88!

Well...I'm pleased to see your enthousiasm in your post and yes you missspelled Hup Holland en Oranje Boven but hey, I'm surprised you know it at all! Nice! So be a little more gentle please reptile.

you can't have a world cup or european championships without the Dutch

its good to see them there and the Swedes too

i'm annoyed that Columbia failed though, and Rep Of Ireland

I hope Spain finally gets into the world Cup, although we don't really deserve it because of our playing.

But, what kind of World Cup would you have without Spain getting kicked in the ass in quarter-finals???

[There'll be no wedding today...]

StonesBart Wrote:
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> Well...I'm pleased to see your enthousiasm in your
> post and yes you missspelled Hup Holland en Oranje
> Boven but hey, I'm surprised you know it at all!
> Nice! So be a little more gentle please reptile.

I'm quite suprised he knows aswell.

Reptile Wrote:
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> It's "hup holland" and "oranje boven", you know!
>
> And Holland is in! YEAH!!!! Germany- here we come!
> Marco Van Basten rules! He's gonna' do what Rinus
> Michels did in '88!

Or what he did in 1974! (That was mean...sorry).

I like the Dutch football and the fans, really. Would have
been bad without them.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2005-10-13 21:19 by TooTough.

RUGBY LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>
> Britain is not a country and i doubt our cousins
> in Wales, Scotland & Ireland will be happy to
> be classed as 'British' during the world cup.
> they'll all be sticking pins in voodoo dolls of
> the English team as usual whilst slowly turning
> green with envy. being English, we're used to
> their nonsense by now and can only encourage it.
> its a good laugh
>

Nope.you qualified and good luck to you. I hope you do well.
But I dare say I got a bigger kick out of our 1-0 against England last month than you'll probably get out of either qualifying for the finals or playing in it next summer

Don't forget that Canada's football team may be at the World Cup final, too.

If it can find some tickets to see whoever's playing.

Hockey, however, now that's another matter.

andy js Wrote:
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> >
> Salar
>
> "our British fans, ( here we go, here we go, here
> we go)"
>
> its not the British that have qualified mate. it's
> the ENGLISH!
>
>
> Britain is not a country and i doubt our cousins
> in Wales, Scotland & Ireland will be happy to
> be classed as 'British' during the world cup.
> they'll all be sticking pins in voodoo dolls of
> the English team as usual whilst slowly turning
> green with envy. being English, we're used to
> their nonsense by now and can only encourage it.
> its a good laugh
>
> sadly, they'll all be elsewhere weeding their
> gardens whilst we all enjoy a summer of football,
> beer & rock n roll )
>
my fault....how could I forget...SORRY.

Now the English team just needs to get rid of coach Ericson, than they will have the chance to make the Big deal...it would be exactly 40 years after the Wembley 66 victory...Ericson has that kind of defesive italian mentality...cattenacio like...control the game...no risks...just keep the zero.
That does not suite to English football...they have to move forward from minute one till the end....and man..they have such a good team...they maybe did not realized it yet .
Anyway...we´ll see next summer.

StonesBart Wrote:
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> Well...I'm pleased to see your enthousiasm in your
> post and yes you missspelled Hup Holland en Oranje
> Boven but hey, I'm surprised you know it at all!
> Nice! So be a little more gentle please reptile.

Sorry again...just wrote it by hearing..never saw it written
Okey..Hup Holland and Oranje boven then !

Enthusiasm ?
Well....there is nothing I love with the same fanatical, enthusiastical hardcorelike, than my love and passion for
a) watching & hearing & talking & reading about the Rolling Stones and
b) watching & talking & reading & playing(used to) about football.

Same here Salar

I cant wait!, come on Argentina!, we want the world cup again!, 1986 was the last time, wow, it was so great, Maradona was awesome!, but now we have a lot of great players like Riquelme, Tevez, Messi, Sorin, im sure you will remember this names...

sjs12 Wrote:
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> I really don't care about football.
>
> Where do you get it that the Stones are such big
> fans. Ronnie is, of course, but I wouldn't have
> thought Keef would care that much.
>

Charlie is (supports Tottenham), Mick is (although more of a cricket fan) and if you want to include Bill Wyman, he certainly is (Crystal Palace fan - as is Ronnie)

Keith is the only member of the band who isnt known to be a big fan. Maybe he's been living in the US for too long!

NO Chance!!

Portugal will confirm they performance in Euro 2004 and win the Cup!!


Rooooonnnnnnnaaaaallllldooooooo !!!!

Mick was at the 1/8 finals, in France 1998 (Argentina/England). There
were some snippets where the cameras caught him chanting "here we go...here we go...here we go" + clapclapclapclap "ENGLAND" Great to see!
A superstar amongst fans!

After the game the german TV station showed the snippets
again und played "As Tears Go By".


Argentinien - England
6:5 n.E.
Di 30.06.1998, 21:00 Uhr in Frankreich
WM 1998, Achtelfinale
36.000 Zuschauer - Schiedsrichter: Marc Batta (Frankreich)

Tore:
1:0 Gabriel Batistuta 6. (Elfmeter)
1:1 Alan Shearer 10. (Elfmeter)
1:2 Michael Owen 16.
2:2 Javier Zanetti 45.

3:2 Sergio Berti (Elfmeterschießen)
3:3 Alan Shearer (Elfmeterschießen)
--- Hernan Crespo (Elfmeterschießen)
--- Paul Ince (Elfmeterschießen)
4:3 Juan Sebastian Veron (Elfmeterschießen)
4:4 Paul Merson (Elfmeterschießen)
5:4 Marcelo Gallardo (Elfmeterschießen)
5:5 Michael Owen (Elfmeterschießen)
6:5 Roberto Ayala (Elfmeterschießen)
--- David Batty (Elfmeterschießen)

Argentinien:
Carlos Angel Roa
Roberto Ayala
Jose Chamot
Nelson Vivas
Javier Zanetti
Matias Almeyda
Diego Simeone
Ariel Ortega
Juan Sebastian Veron
Claudio Lopez
Gabriel Batistuta

England:
David Seaman
Sol Campbell
Graeme Le Saux
Tony Adams
Gary Neville
Paul Ince
David Beckham
Darren Anderton
Paul Scholes
Alan Shearer
Michael Owen




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2005-10-14 21:28 by TooTough.

not much detail in that post, Too Tough

any chance you could post the names and addresses of all the fans in the crowd as well?

Gazza Wrote:
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> not much detail in that post, Too Tough
>
> any chance you could post the names and addresses
> of all the fans in the crowd as well?


Hey, Gary, sure, but it takes a while...

I'm proud to say I'm Swedish!
Sweden qualified for the 4th big tournament in a row!
And even better I'm proud to be a Stones fan too!

Been Stoned since 1964 and still am!

Sweden will take it this time. Zlatan's gonna be the number one in the world.
But I hope that the tour dates are fixed after the group matches are drawn, that will take place in December.

Peter, lol, I was there too in Werchter 1998. Only thing I remember is the weather and the football game on the screen. Funny somehow. Other gigs I remember performance stuff, but maybe Werchter was just too hot...

The German Newspaper Express write the Stones Play in the new and best Arena in west Germany LTU Arena Düsseldorf. The Acoustik in this is the best. I hope the Stones Play in the new Allianz Arena in Munich. The best Stadium in the World. I think they are play in Gelsenkirchen and Cologne too, but the Fifa World Cup is in the Summer ...

Watch out for us @#$%& Americans - we are catching up and our keepers are top shelf!