Ships that pass in the night
November 27th 2009 19:00
At the grubby end of the A38 a lot is made about some boat that set sail from the docks down there and ended up in a place called America. The football club of that city delight in taking their nickname from that voyage, designing their moustachioed mascot around the trip and even have a stand bearing the name of the boat I believe.
Well bully for them but back in the brighter lights of Devon we have a journey in our annuls which simply blows their tale out of the water.
We not only played Brazil on their patch but took the five time World Cup winners on in their first game and got the ball rolling for the rest of the planet to enjoy Joga Bonito.
I recently had the pleasure of talking to the BBC’s Tim Vickery, a font of knowledge for all football related matters in South America. I posed him the question of how much the name of Exeter City Football Club is bandied about in Brazil and was pleasantly surprised to find out that our place in their history is very much honoured.
The game in 2004 was testament to the warm feeling the Brazilian FA have towards our club and it was very good of them to give us all that barmy summer’s afternoon at The Park. In particular I remember Careca’s movement off the ball just being too much for my brother who had recently spent three hours in a toilet cubicle on the 09:00 from Paddington.
The trouble is with being a football fan a taste of something good just leaves you wanting more.
What with the final places having just been decided for South Africa 2010 (Well done Uruguay!) it is maybe a bit early to be looking forward to Brazil in 2014. However I would just like to share with you that central to Brazil’s winning bid, aside from having no opposition, was the fact that 2014 is their centenary year. 100 years since the first incarnation of a Brazilian national team took the field.
So we not only gave Brazil the platform to become the most successful footballing nation on the planet but also made them a shoe in to host the World Cup.
Now as fans we have to decide what is fair to ask from Brazil in return for all we have given them. Personally the idea of an 18 month loan of Kaka would do nicely but I don’t think that the Brazilian FA have the only say in the midfielder's movements so what else?
What Tim Vickery said he would like to see happen was a match between Brazil and Exeter over in this neck of the woods as a World Cup curtain raiser. I think I would settle for that and will be petitioning the Brazilian FA to try and make sure it happens.
Back in 1914 City played Argentine North, Argentine South, Racing Club of Buenos Aires, Rosarian League XI, Combinadoes, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Aside from Brazil the team that stands out for me from that list is Racing Club. The Buenos Aires team are one of Argentina’s ‘big five’ and might make a nice little warm-up before the Brazil game in 2014. Plenty of space on my living room floor just bring your own sleeping bags.
Up the City!
Tim
http://timsturtridge.com/
Well bully for them but back in the brighter lights of Devon we have a journey in our annuls which simply blows their tale out of the water.
We not only played Brazil on their patch but took the five time World Cup winners on in their first game and got the ball rolling for the rest of the planet to enjoy Joga Bonito.
I recently had the pleasure of talking to the BBC’s Tim Vickery, a font of knowledge for all football related matters in South America. I posed him the question of how much the name of Exeter City Football Club is bandied about in Brazil and was pleasantly surprised to find out that our place in their history is very much honoured.
The game in 2004 was testament to the warm feeling the Brazilian FA have towards our club and it was very good of them to give us all that barmy summer’s afternoon at The Park. In particular I remember Careca’s movement off the ball just being too much for my brother who had recently spent three hours in a toilet cubicle on the 09:00 from Paddington.
The trouble is with being a football fan a taste of something good just leaves you wanting more.
What with the final places having just been decided for South Africa 2010 (Well done Uruguay!) it is maybe a bit early to be looking forward to Brazil in 2014. However I would just like to share with you that central to Brazil’s winning bid, aside from having no opposition, was the fact that 2014 is their centenary year. 100 years since the first incarnation of a Brazilian national team took the field.
So we not only gave Brazil the platform to become the most successful footballing nation on the planet but also made them a shoe in to host the World Cup.
Now as fans we have to decide what is fair to ask from Brazil in return for all we have given them. Personally the idea of an 18 month loan of Kaka would do nicely but I don’t think that the Brazilian FA have the only say in the midfielder's movements so what else?
What Tim Vickery said he would like to see happen was a match between Brazil and Exeter over in this neck of the woods as a World Cup curtain raiser. I think I would settle for that and will be petitioning the Brazilian FA to try and make sure it happens.
Back in 1914 City played Argentine North, Argentine South, Racing Club of Buenos Aires, Rosarian League XI, Combinadoes, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Aside from Brazil the team that stands out for me from that list is Racing Club. The Buenos Aires team are one of Argentina’s ‘big five’ and might make a nice little warm-up before the Brazil game in 2014. Plenty of space on my living room floor just bring your own sleeping bags.
Up the City!
Tim
http://timsturtridge.com/
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