calumnus said:
blungld said:
Definitely England. Past glory...a tortured pessimistic fan base.... watching England vs Argentina in Madonna's flat with Douglas Adams and a bunch of Manchester United players
Wow, sounds like a scene from one of Douglas Adams' books! And yes, they don't get more tortured and pessimistic than him.
I was hired to interview and film Douglas Adams for Apple as part of their "genius" campaign. I followed him for three days and became fast friends. He invited me out on the town and introduced me to a bunch of celebrities there. He was hilarious and very kind. We played guitar together--a fender given him by David Gilmour that he he got to play on stage with Pink Floyd in an encore.Those few days are one of my fondest memories and made me love soccer as much as I love Cal Football.
Other fond memories was being with Paul Scholes as they passed a photo around of him doing a slide tackle where his junk came out of his shorts. Much laughing.
And was in Portugal when Beckham skied his PK and they lost in Euro Cup.
And was at Manchester United vs Real Madrid when Sir Alex kicked a boot that his Sir David in the face, His last CL game for United and he came in as sub and scored 2. After the game, he was stomping around in my hotel lobby still in his kit with his cleats around his neck--fuming with his agent. A few weeks later he transferred to Real Madrid.