31-12-2021, 09:28 PM
With England was in home section in Bari at the 1990 World Cup 3rd/4th play-off. Spent about 8 hours on a crap local train from Sorrento, arrived at Bari station about 15 minutes from kick-off, dumped my rucksack in lockers and caught a taxi to the ground. Within seconds, I had bought a ticket at less than face value from a tout who was about to give up and made it in time for the kick-off.
Fortunately the locals and us English got on very well - nobody gave a monkeys about the result as we were all hacked off at missing out in the semis. After the game, the whole of Bari's old town was out of bounds for English fans, but my new local friends gave me a lift on one of their scooters and we spent the night boozing in a mafia drinking den which had a wild west feel to it. A very lively night but I was looked after and treated like one of the family!
Fortunately the locals and us English got on very well - nobody gave a monkeys about the result as we were all hacked off at missing out in the semis. After the game, the whole of Bari's old town was out of bounds for English fans, but my new local friends gave me a lift on one of their scooters and we spent the night boozing in a mafia drinking den which had a wild west feel to it. A very lively night but I was looked after and treated like one of the family!