tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post7287408433889696516..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: Uncle Gabriel from ClujGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-89392942452599530292008-10-06T16:17:00.000+01:002008-10-06T16:17:00.000+01:00Dare one whisper the name Ray 'Drac' Reardon in th...Dare one whisper the name Ray 'Drac' Reardon in these hallowed halls? The man's a Clujerer if I ever saw one. Slick on the reds as I recall.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-9795899646700233672008-10-04T05:47:00.000+01:002008-10-04T05:47:00.000+01:00I'm reminded now of Norman 'bites your legs' Hunte...I'm reminded now of Norman 'bites your legs' Hunter. It's that sideways leap for poetkind thing George.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-77856709786979702332008-10-02T07:30:00.000+01:002008-10-02T07:30:00.000+01:00Uncle did for Drogba...Uncle did for Drogba...George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-83704379714604333872008-10-02T07:24:00.000+01:002008-10-02T07:24:00.000+01:00Chelsea clueless at ClujCluj 0 Chelsea 0 From his ...Chelsea clueless at Cluj<BR/><BR/>Cluj 0 Chelsea 0 <BR/><BR/>From his place in the Director's Box after this European Champions League match played under floodlights Cluj's Uncle Gabriel said: <BR/>'Hardly a pulsating game.'Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-5563199694576974482008-10-01T10:14:00.000+01:002008-10-01T10:14:00.000+01:00Tonight's BIG MATCHCluj v. Chelsea kick-off time: ...Tonight's BIG MATCH<BR/>Cluj v. Chelsea <BR/>kick-off time: after sunset<BR/><BR/>Uncle Gabriel will be galumphing through the streets of Cluj in his claret drip dry football shirt tonight ... you have been warned.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-48660067524102343972008-09-30T16:50:00.000+01:002008-09-30T16:50:00.000+01:00George, Ref the Blackburn chant I take your point ...George, Ref the Blackburn chant I take your point and suspect an origin: German verb 'wanken' meaning to waver or falter (according to my Langenscheidts)Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-36715350346180464272008-09-30T14:36:00.000+01:002008-09-30T14:36:00.000+01:00George, we can't go on about football without ment...George, we can't go on about football without mentioning Preston North End. You wrote a poem about watching them with your dad. <BR/>So, here's the latest news from the PNE blog:- <BR/>The gaffer says it will be back to winning ways against the Swans.<BR/>----<BR/>I wish I'd been a football manager. Accrington Stanley, some place like that. <BR/>It's the way they talk, or used to. Beyond poetry it was. Brian Clough, Bill Shankly, Kenny Dalglish ...Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-42132925950768458202008-09-30T08:26:00.000+01:002008-09-30T08:26:00.000+01:00RESPEKT maybe, but in 1907 Cluj was Kolozsvár and ...RESPEKT maybe, but in 1907 Cluj was Kolozsvár and a part of Hungary, so perhaps TISZTELET!<BR/><BR/>I like Blackburn Rovers but <I>Cum on yer Bloos!</I> sounds like a piece of obscene advice to me, PiR. But Lancashire folk will know best.<BR/><BR/>Cluj had a roughly 40% Hungarian population when my mother was born there. Under Ceausescu it became about 20%. Crafty shifting of populations. Still has a Hungarian university that Ceausescu tried to close down and an important Hungarian theatre and opera that was also under pressure.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-7235191339109912392008-09-30T07:25:00.000+01:002008-09-30T07:25:00.000+01:00George, I just noticed that Cluj was founded in 19...George, I just noticed that Cluj was founded in 1907 so RESPEKT! My Blackburn Rovers (1875)"Cum on yer Bloos" is a founder member of the English Football League and strange as it may seem Rovers Hon. Pres. is Baroness Maggie 'Iron Lady' Thatcher. Too blues together then. <BR/>I recall watching Rovers, home at Ewood Park, playing Crew Alexander in a cup tie and defeating them by a massive score. The 2,000philosophical Crew fans at the Darwen End sang Crewe's theme song 'Blue Moon' throughout. A wonderful heart-lifting scene. Don't suppose you have it on You Tube by any chance? By the way, do Cluj have a song I wonder. Here in Vienna is a curious thing; fans of Rapid, the only Austrian Team to have won the Deutsche- Bundesliga, sing Liverpool's 'You'll Never Walk Alone'.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-27250988173493361832008-09-29T14:17:00.000+01:002008-09-29T14:17:00.000+01:00George, Uncle Gabriel might be interested in the r...George, <BR/>Uncle Gabriel might be interested in the result of the Austrian General Election which is causing quite a flap in the dark corridors of power here in Vienna. I've been requested for my take on current events. The article should appear on 'The Recusant' website's Rostrum page anytime - but hopefully before sunset. <BR/>ps - I also support the blues - Blackburn Rovers.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com