Some of the old heads on here will remember these, hopefully with some affection, but some of you probably won´t have come across them before. In the ramble of nonsense that now follows there are 30 European (non-British) clubs to find, some are fairly obvious, some are more hidden, and one or two may need some quite lateral thinking to find. Just depending on how laterally some of you think, you may find a few that weren´t intended, if so good luck to you. Best of luck, all will be revealed shortly. Recently I spent some time On a coastal resort, On a course with my dear niece Denise, here´s my report `Football´ the agenda said But not much did we learn, All our loose earnings were spent As we had time to burn And like all the others there In the very fancy villa, At the welcoming party You went as a gorilla Strange I know, but ´when in Rome´ A wise man did once say, I axed all reservations Like a girl at a soirée And a lecture we went to On how best not to lose, Unfortunately it did ´ought Monday, but just confuse We said more than once or twice We´re here in vain, I fear, But we weren´t bored, oh no no Not with the others there There was a gent we recognised He´d barely aged at all, But he was as old as an aunt Of mine, so I recall " You trecked all this way? " we asked him " Oh yes " he said grinning, " In my young day I´ll have you know I was deadly on the wing " " So show us just what you can do " We told some cycling lads, Some were real mad riders there As were some of the dads A friendly wren we heard each morn´ But what a row it made, In normal mode, our days would start With sore ears I´m afraid " You, Denise ", the locals called When she wanted a rest, They wanted her to read their palm A talent she possessed They said " Help Ma if you can She has a slight hangover, 96 she is you know But still she is in clover " PS. Veal we had each day No hamburgers in sight, And to drink, plenty of port Oh it ended alright. I´m away from the pc for the next hour or so, but I´ll be back later to see how you´re doing
If it helps, there are: 8 French 5 Dutch 4 Italian 3 German 3 Belgian 2 Spanish 2 Swiss and 1 each from Sweden, Portugal and Turkey.
toast - I´m delighted if you´ve found the most obscure one of the Dutch, because I was afraid that one was maybe a bit wayward. The rest you haven´t found are all fair but very well hidden.
Right, here´s the full list as they appear, and thanks for humoring me, those of you who did, Monaco Nice Luzern Sevilla Juventus Roma Ajax Galatasaray Anderlecht Toulouse Dortmund Heerenveen Bordeaux Gent Liege Nantes Utrecht Lyon Sochaux Real Madrid Rennes Aarau Malmo Udinese Parma AZ Alkmaar (and sorry about that one) Hannover96 PSV HamburgerSV Porto
Interesting about Groningen, wherever did you manage to find that, and how on earth did you manage to see past Gent? I thought that would be a gimme
I think by that point my brain had melted and refused to spot anything more " You trecked all this way? " we asked him " Oh yes " he said grinning, " In my young day I´ll have you know I was deadly on the wing " pronunciation may be off but then nothing sounds the same in norfolk anyway...
Yep, I can see it, perfectly okay, certainly no more wayward, actually a lot less wayward, than my.. They said "Help Ma if you can" - for AZ Alkmaar anyway for having a go
