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Influx of Belgians since January
shirty5
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Anyone noticed more groups of people sitting near you at home games not speaking the queens English especially speaking Dutch, French, German or Flemish since Roland has taken over. Is young Kensell sweating the asset to Liege and other parts of Belgium?
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Not me no, only difference i have noticed is less people lol,shirty5 said:Anyone noticed more groups of people sitting near you at home games not speaking the queens English especially speaking Dutch, French, German or Flemish since Roland has taken over. Is young Kensell sweating the asset to Liege and other parts of Belgium?
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Definitely in the West Upper. Different groups each game.shirty5 said:Anyone noticed more groups of people sitting near you at home games not speaking the queens English especially speaking Dutch, French, German or Flemish since Roland has taken over. Is young Kensell sweating the asset to Liege and other parts of Belgium?
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Yep, loads of Dutch0
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I`m sorry, but I am sure there is still only one Belgium.0
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Not for long as the Flemish is pushing hard for self government... There's two cultures and languages so the "Belgiums" is becoming a reality soon.Half Nelson said:I`m sorry, but I am sure there is still only one Belgium.
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Loads on the bus earlier from north Greenwich trying to sing Charltons name.0
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Should be influx of Belgian's0
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Wouldn't have bothered but as you have pointed this out - it should be 'Belgians' not 'Belgian's'. A pedant should get his facts right ;-)LargeAddick said:Should be influx of Belgian's
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British football for British people. 26 million people in Europe are looking for football, and who's seat do they want to take? YOURS. Vote UKIP.13
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yeah, sorry about thatSensei said:
Wouldn't have bothered but as you have pointed this out - it should be 'Belgians' not 'Belgian's'. A pedant should get his facts right ;-)LargeAddick said:Should be influx of Belgian's
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Come on Sensei, surely you're not expecting adults to be able to cope with basic primary school grammar!0
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Adults?????
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Same in the lower west. Any extra money coming into the club is fine by me, but just wondering how this was advertised and how much did it costEynsfordaddick said:
Definitely in the West Upper. Different groups each game.shirty5 said:Anyone noticed more groups of people sitting near you at home games not speaking the queens English especially speaking Dutch, French, German or Flemish since Roland has taken over. Is young Kensell sweating the asset to Liege and other parts of Belgium?
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shirty5 said:
Same in the lower west. Any extra money coming into the club is fine by me, but just wondering how this was advertised and how much did it costEynsfordaddick said:
Definitely in the West Upper. Different groups each game.shirty5 said:Anyone noticed more groups of people sitting near you at home games not speaking the queens English especially speaking Dutch, French, German or Flemish since Roland has taken over. Is young Kensell sweating the asset to Liege and other parts of Belgium?
It wasnt on groupon which is the main thing
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No, but three very friendly Norwegian guys sat behind me today. Happy to talk to, wanted to know about the team etc.
Better than the guy four rows back who abuses whoever he likes whenever he likes at top of his voice.
It's a great thing. Reminds me of the premier days when you'd have different nationalities joining us to support players eg Danish for Dennis.0 -
Saw a black Skoda Superb with Belgian plates sneaking up Floyd Road0
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I'd like to see an influx of Belgian beer instead of the fizzy pop masquerading as lager/bitter at The Valley. Would at least make drowning our sorrows somewhat better.2
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grammar WHOOSHSensei said:
Wouldn't have bothered but as you have pointed this out - it should be 'Belgians' not 'Belgian's'. A pedant should get his facts right ;-)LargeAddick said:Should be influx of Belgian's
Ha ha. Where is the genetive requiring the apostrophe? Influx of belgians' first rate football banter - now that would be correct gramatically although highly unlikely.
Influx of Belgians
what were u saying about pedants?
shirty5 got it right first time. If you're the Sensei, then heaven help the rest of us. 0 -
Really loved the prem days
Ah, I agree! Was great to see, used to have a few fins in front of us for JJ too, remember more Chinese as well when we had ol' ZZ. Alas...those were the days! It was great, the people of other nationalities came because we had their top players, because we were a top club! I bet it's always nice to see your own flag in the crowd when playing in another country... Imagine if you were a pro playing abroad and you kept seeing an England flag popping up when you scored, would make you feel right at home!stoneroses19 said:
It's a great thing. Reminds me of the premier days when you'd have different nationalities joining us to support players eg Danish for Dennis.
Can't wait until we are back in the big time :-)
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Double whoosh. He was using the apostrophes to highlight the word Belgians.. Hence why there was an apostrophe at the start before the B as well as after the S.calydon_road said:
grammar WHOOSHSensei said:
Wouldn't have bothered but as you have pointed this out - it should be 'Belgians' not 'Belgian's'. A pedant should get his facts right ;-)LargeAddick said:Should be influx of Belgian's
Ha ha. Where is the genetive requiring the apostrophe? Influx of belgians' first rate football banter - now that would be correct gramatically although highly unlikely.
Influx of Belgians
what were u saying about pedants? shirty5 got it right first time. If you're the Sensei, then heaven help the rest of us.
Still, would have been easier if he italicised or put the word in bold.1 -
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Pedants galore !
(or is it Pedant's !)
Getting coat.0 -
Yes! Finally some understanding of punctuation on this site. Apostrophes pluralise nothing. That's the job of the S. Apostrophes are for possession or contractions. Everyone take note? No more sentences looking like they were written by an 8 year old? Great.0
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Yep so did i, euro Tunnel to the valley.PragueAddick said:Saw a black Skoda Superb with Belgian plates sneaking up Floyd Road
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Whilst walking from the club shop to the main ticket office, there was a group of around 10 guys who sounded dutch (or something similar). One of them was wearing a snazzy jacket that was white, but covered in red love hearts. Not something an Englishman could pull off ( apart from Plaayer maybe)...................0
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From the Visit Britain web site, talking about footie fans visiting the UK each year:
The 900,000 foreign football tourists spent a substantial £706 million, the equivalent of £785 per fan and £200 more than the average visitor (£583).
Also:
Holiday visitors from Norway have the highest propensity to include ‘going to a football match’ (one-in-thirteen), followed by visits from the UAE. The markets generating the highest numbers of football spectating visits in 2011 were; Ireland (174,000), Norway (80,000), USA (61,000), Spain (54,000) and Germany (48,000). Mexico, Sweden and Iceland also featured highly in the category of ‘highest chance of going to a game’.
On the question of Belgium plates on cars, I'm pretty sure that Katrien has a Merc that (still) has Belgium plates on it and at least one of the player's cars too. (Edited to say I'm sure that as she's a lawyer she'll know that you must tax and register your vehicle in the UK straight away if you become a resident in the UK or your stay is longer than 6 months.)0 -
Yes I've noticed this too. But maybe it's just that the tourists are more noticeable as the regular support fades away!0
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New sponsors perhaps.0
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It's just a lot of waffle ;0)
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I walked up to the ground alongside four Dutch teenagers, one had the Dutch flag painted on his cheek.0
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I go through North Greenwich when going straight to the ground on match days and have been asked the way to the Valley by Europeans quite a few times this season ,but I think the interest actually predates Duchalet although I have spoken to a few Belgians since the takeover.
Some seem to do football weekends and they plan their visit to a London Sunday Premier League match and supplement this with a visit to the Valley the day before.0
