posted May 21, 2008

Actually, RyanRoon, I support my home-town club, Sliema Wanderers, and I will side with them with deep pride if they one day come across Arsenal. I am a very passionate fan, I even almost almost got beaten up once because I went to the the capital city (Valletta( wearing the Sliema kit, since Valletta are our rivals.

And I am also very proud of it for your information. They are the most glorious team in Malta, 26 league title, nine more than Man Utd, and have produced the very best Maltese talents, Michael Mifsud, and Tony Nicholl, who despite never playing abroad is touted to have benn even better than Mifsud.

And I only support Arsenal because every person in Malta supports a foreign team, but my love arsenal is nowhere near the love I have for my home-town club, who I play for at U-16 level.

Watch what you say before you speak .Mr.Ryan Roon, and I bet you're not even Manchester born, so why the hell argue?

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posted May 24, 2008

Fair play, you do have at least one saving grace then!
I would suggest that you should be proud of supporting your team Sliema, they sound like something to be proud of in your country/league.

As such, I would suggest that you would be better off sticking to putting your obvious passion and support into them, not splitting it between them and a team you've never seen the ground of, and have never seen any of the players play in front of your eyes - live, at the ground, not on TV.

As a passionate Sliema supporter, does it not cause you some issue to have another team? Does supporting Arsenal not detract from your support of your actual team?

At least you have the decency to say that if your team played Le Arse, you would support Sliema - but do you not see how this causes a conflict?
As such, why don't you forget about Arsenal and stick with your real, proper team?

I'm not about to start comparing honours won again, we already did that with Arsenal and United clearly come out on top.
I think it would be disrespectful to Sliema to compare their success with United's.

As for where I'm originally from, not that you'll have any idea of where it is, but I'm from Didsbury, which is quite firmly part of Manchester thank you.
I don't live there any longer, I moved away when I was 23 for work.
But my family still do, and I visit them frequently.
They're all United fans, and have been for generations.
My Father and Grand-Father (RIP) were both at the '68 final in Wembley, and both watched the Busby Babes play week in, week out 12/13 years earlier.

My whole family have been United fans, and I fully expect future members to continue to be so.

By the way, there's an official help-line been set-up for distraught Arsenal and Chelsea fans this season:

0800 10 10 10

That's 0800 won nothing, won nothing, won nothing.

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posted May 26, 2008

RyanRoon I told you that Sliema is my first love and Arsenal will never take Sliema's place in my heart.

So why do I support a team from London ?

Because in Malta football is not pro, therefore we follow English football, and therefore we have to support a team. It' a culture which has long been going on here, and if it's true you're coming in June, you'll know what I mean.

Because in Malta there are thousand of fans who follow Italy and when they win a game, there'll be a massive street party.

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posted May 26, 2008

regarding the helpline mate, that is a line which was used by utd fans for 26 years.

and it was also used in the 3 years leading to 2007.

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posted May 26, 2008

Cool! I'm really looking forward to my fortnight in your country next month, and now that I know this I'm looking forward to it even more!

We're staying in Valetta, my other half wants to see the Rennaisance centre etc, & we were also planning to go to St. Julians and St. Andrews, both of these are quite close to Sliema I believe? Gozo is the other place that we wanted to have a look at, maybe you can add some places of interest to the list?

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posted May 26, 2008

comment by GeorgeGrahamsBackFour (U11344761)
posted 2 Minutes Ago

regarding the helpline mate, that is a line which was used by utd fans for 26 years.

and it was also used in the 3 years leading to 2007.
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Lighten up fella, it was a joke.

It's been doing the rounds for Chelsea fans since the CL win, you know when we did the double this season and won our 3rd European Cup/CL, and secured yet another back to back title in England?

3 years to 2007? Not sure I follow you there, the only year we didn't win anything was 2005.
That's one year, not 3 mate.

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posted May 26, 2008

What did you win in 2006 ?

I know it's a joke. In fact, I liked it and past it on to my friends.

Any way cheers for the CL. Just wanted to show that I always give credit when its due.

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posted May 26, 2008

We're staying in Valetta, my other half wants to see the Rennaisance centre etc, & we were also planning to go to St. Julians and St. Andrews, both of these are quite close to Sliema I believe? Gozo is the other place that we wanted to have a look at, maybe you can add some places of interest to the list?

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st.Julians is nieghbouring sliema. Beautiful seaside there, beleive me there's nowhere better for swimming than Sliema.

Gozo is simply fantastic. Beatiful countryside, beatiful sea, culture, simply excellent. I'm sure you'd love it, it's MUCH nicer tahn Malta.

In Gozo, you should visit Ramla l-Hamra, one of the best beaches in Europe.

Other places of interest, the south of Malta is very nice. Similar to Gozo. Anyway enjoy it. Hope the Italy fans don't disturb your sleep.

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posted May 26, 2008

What did you win in 2006 ?

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League Cup mate. Not much, but something all the same.

Many thanks for the advice, will most certainly be checking out Gozo - the other half will like to hear about Ramla l-Hamra! Really should have a look at Sliema too then after your info, especially about the swimming!

Thanks for the congrats on the CL, did you enjoy the game?

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posted May 27, 2008

Your welcome mate. By the way, if you want to hear the Italian street party, if Italy win a game that is, Sliema is the place to be. I don't think there'll be anything in VAlletta, it's actually quite a quiet city after 5 pm.

About the CL, beautiful game, SOS, Chelsea-Utd = game of 2 halves. Could have gone either way, and I'm steel feeling sorry for John Terry!!

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