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    Mr. Burns, how *could* you enter a note like that without telling
    us how to get tickets??
    
    I think we should buy a CELT noter's block of seats, and you should be
    in charge ;^}
    
    Cheers,
    
    Diane

    
    
    Check the Employee Bulletin Boards !!! 	:-)
    
    
    DEC is selling $15 tickets for $13.50  (My rates are MUCH higher)
    
    
    I hear George Darcy HAS purchased several tickets and plans to give
    them away to anyone that can make any sense out of note # 888 !!!
    
    
    
    	keVin
    

    
    KeVin,
    
    What is this, only $1.50 off.  Are there any 'really' discounted
    tickets for us 'low income' types?
    
    /j
    

    
    
    JEN: Is Mr Darcy taking you to lunch tomorrow for Secretaries Week ? :-)
    
    
    
    	
    keVin
    

    Geez Kevin, you really know how to make a person feel like a cretin!!
    
    ;^}
    
    I did find the form I need, on the bulletin board....

    
     American soccer is on a par with Sri Lankan baseball...
    
     ...a zygote in amniotic euphoria.
    
     Oh, it'll be a pitiful sight under Old Glory that day.  I don't think 
    I could bring myself to watch.  
    
     Have mercy.
      

    
    Frank: You'll be missing the event of the DECADE if you don't make
           it to Foxboro. There will finally be a GREAT football team
           on the field .... :-)
    
    
    
	keVin
    

    
    
    Who else is going to be attending THE match on Saturday  ??
    
    
    
    keVin
    

    We are!  (husband and me)
    
    Row 5, seats 33 and 34
    
    Where are you sitting?

    
    
    Great !!!
    
    
    We are in Section 205 - Row 10 - and we "own" the entire row, seats 1-30 !!!
    
    
    The parking lot opens at 4:30 for "Burgers & Beer" ....   :-)
    
    
	
    keVin
    

    KeVin...I think we are in different sections.  We got our tix thru
    Digital...section 320 (?)
    
    Paddy, how do we find your car in the sea of cars??  Maybe KeVin should
    bring his windsock for your antenna.
    
    Shall we bring anything?  GUINESS GOLD perhaps?  ;^}
    
    Diane

    
    
    Ya.... you're in the cheap seats !!!   :-)
    
    To make it easy to find us, we will all wear something green ..
    
    Don't bother to bring any beer, Paddy has several OLD kegs, left over
    from some of his "Irish/Oldies but Goodies" parties ...  :=)
    
    
    keVin
    
    

    
    Oh sure, KeVin, rub it in.   Well, just because Rhode Islanders were
    snubbed from your 'soccer-club', don't think we'll be pouting.  No,
    we'll be on chaises in the pool, with the grill going, and the tv on
    with a long extension cord.....
    
    Have a good time  :*}
    
    /Jen
    

    Thanks Kevin...as I recall you directed me to my local bulletin
    board, from which I gleaned the information on how to procure
    those CHEAP SEATS!   ;^}
    
    See you there...
    
    Diane

    Was at the match on Saturday and here is my impression and summary.
    
    		US  1   Ireland 1
    
    
    The game was "Fair".  The American style of play kept ruining the
    tempo.  They rarely pushed the ball up and passed it back to 
    keeper very frequently.  The Irish squad played poor by their
    standards, but were a good team to watch.  Pushed the ball up a lot.
    They had some good offensive bids but couldn't seem to capitalize. 
    As a team qualifying for the Euro cup they should have played better.
    A couple of the American players looked good but the teams strategy
    did nothing for their talent.
    The refereeing got off to a bad start and didn't have a European ref on
    their squad.  The two 45 minute half were played through, and led to
    good continuing play.
    
    
    Quick Highlights:
    
    - Ireland's 1st goal was called back for offsides.  I wasn't watching
      for the offsides but it was close.  No slow mo on this play.
    - Several Irish breaks, shots on net and goal.
      In the 1st half the shots on net were Ireland 9 US 1.
    - The American equalizing goal.  A very confident and thorough chip
      shot that didn't give Bonner a chance.
    - a late Irish bid and shot on net that would have scored if it weren't
      for one of the American players who stopped it with his head or some
      say hand.  I thought for sure this was a goal.
    
    Stadium review:
    
    + The grass and playing area was excellent.  I haven't been to Foxboro 
      in 7 years but the grass and field looked top notch.  The sod is a
      great improvement over the artificial turf.
    
    + The video display screen is great for review the previous play.
    
    - They kept showing adds on the video screen during play!  Not only
      this but they cranked the volume which made it harder to ignore and
      watch the game.
    
    - They made serveral non game announcements over the PA and on the
      video very loadly that interrupted one's attention when watching the
      game.
    
    
   Opening Ceremonies:
    
    -  Ray Flynn presented the Irish minister for trade some silver bowl 
       wearing only an open collar button shirt.  All the people around
       him had jacket and ties on.  He look very unprofessional.
    
    +  The Irish national anthem was sung very clearly and professionally.
       With all the Irish singing along in Gaelic you'd think Ireland  was the 
       home team.
    
    -  The American national anthem was sung by a 5 member be-bop group,
       who sang their own vocal interpretation of the anthem.
       This up and down verision lost everybody and sounded stupid.
       I heard a few people start singing but then gave it up.
       It sounded real poor in comparison to the Irish anthem.
    
    
    Cheers,
    Paul
    

Hello,  

We were there too.  I have just one question:  what was it with the clock??

We had never been to a 'live' soccer match and failed to see the
point of having 'real' time running on the clock, and 'game' time nowhere
to be seen.   

We both thought this was absurd and took away from the excitement of the
game.

I doubt I will ever go to Foxboro again, for any reason.  The traffic and
chaotic parking system (not to mention getting stiffed for $10.00 to park)
was frustrating beyond belief.  Silly us, we thought it would be as organized
as Great Woods....

Diane

    
    Diane,
    
    Welcome to Soccer! Thats the way it is...If there are any injuries
    etc then the ref can add on the time lost at the end..at his
    discretion. When the ball is out of play then its still game time.
    (Did I explain that right????)..Gary, if your around,????????
    
    Can't believe that they were showing ads during the game. 
    
    slainte,
    
    Mick

Mick,

That's interesting...thanks for clearing that up.   

I did enjoy the fact that there weren't a lot of 'time outs' and the game
just flowed on.

And KeVin...the people in our section were asleep!  Not a nose bleed to be
seen.  I think they were all confused.  All the noise was coming across the 
field from your side!

Diane

    RE: .16
    
    I like the idea of running time with penalty time added at the
    discretion of the referee.  As a player or spectator you keep an
    eye on the running time and when that runs out the end of the game 
    is in the hands of the head referee.  It could be a few seconds to 
    several minutes.  I think it adds a lot of excitement to close
    games.
    
    The Irish side was very festive (section 105).  I think I heard all 
    of the 1990 world cup songs and had a good few of Jack Chalton's bald spot.
    
    RE: Leaving Foxboro:
    
    Leaving Foxboro is never easy unless you park about a mile away on Rt
    1, you are the last one in the main carpark, you leave real early or
    you have a great pahhhhty in the pahhhking lot after the game and just
    watch all those cars stand still!
    
    Cheers,
    Paul
    
    

    
    
    	I've been told that quite a few people came over to the "Irish"
        side of the field for the second half !!!   :-)
    
    
        Paul: Are you sure that there was a goal disallowed ??
    
    
    	keVin
    

    The goal in the opening minutes was disallowed for offside.
    
    What traffic??? There was absolutely no traffic at midnight....
                            
    A most enjoyable day!!! And hopefully successful in getting some of
    the world cup in '94. 
    
    There's already rumours of a rematch between now and then.....   

    
    
    
    WHAT GOAL !!!!!     :-)
    
    If your talking about Cascarino's header in the first few minutes, it
    was WIDE by about 2 feet. I taped the match off the Sport Channel the 
    following afternoon.
    
    
    keVin
    
    

    Hey Kev,
    
    There was either an American editing the sports channel rerun or they
    didn't cover the goal on TV.  
    One of the Irish forwards took a long lead pass on the right side
    of the box and beat the US keeper with a shot to the left hand corner
    of the net.  This of course was not allow due to the referee calling
    offsides on the Irish.  This happened very early in the game, probably
    before 3-5 minutes had elapsed.
    
    Are you sure you were at the game?  Maybe you were at the wrong gate,
    your tailgate!  Or maybe you were still trying to sing along with 
    the American National Anthem when the goal was disallowed....
    
    
    Cheers,
    Paul

    
    
      keVin and I saw that goal but we elected to blank it from our memory
    banks.  We both agreed that the officiating was sooooooo slanted
    towards the US team Ireland didn't have a chance.  But then when it
    really counts as a game and not a 'pick up' game Ireland will clearly
    come out on top.    8*)  8*)  8*)  8*)  8*)  8*)'s
    
    paddy