Cal88 said:
Big C said:
Cal88 said:
Cheers Tom.
I had season tix at PSG in my early teens, the stadium was not very far from our home. Game tickets were around $5-$10, vs about $70 today.
The French national team played most of its international games at the same venue in Paris, my time there coincided with a very talented generation of players headed by Platini.
Semi-brush with fame: I was at a restaurant in central France about a quarter of a century ago and Michel Platini was dining there. We knew the owner so he seated us fairly close to his table so we could gawk. Unfortunately, I had never heard of him before. One more strike against me, never having been much of a soccer fan,
Been following this thread, though, so I'm making a half-hearted effort!
Was that near St Etienne? Platini played there for a while, close to central France, but that was in the early 80s, a bit older than a quarter century ago.
A sports celebrity we often run into was Jacques Laffite, who was a very charismatic and popular F1 driver and was a regular at our favorite restaurant in Paris.
This was long after he retired. Restaurant La Fontaine, 16 rue de la Fontaine, 03300 Creuzier-le-vieux. He ordered one of their salads (lettuce picked fresh from their garden, 30 meters away). It was his third visit; the whole restaurant was abuzz. I have no idea what Platini was doing there, but if it was anything close to my situation, it involved somebody of the fairer sex.
Dang, I'm always trying to take the focus away from soccer. Is there any hope for me? My daughter is trying to help... scored three goals over the weekend for concordtom's old club, Bay Oaks. Gonna try and take sluggo's advice. Problem is, I recognize what a great sport it is and how huge my knowledge gap is to be able to appreciate it... but I'm like an old dog trying to learn new tricks.
