DO YOU THINK THE ARCADIA TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM WOULD WORK OVER ALL THE SITE ?

Being involved in Glastonbury for nearly 30 years . One of the biggest problems is crowd movement between the big main stages . IE bottle necks some of them can be very frighting . The huge never ending circle between . Pyramid , Dance, Other Stage , Jazz and round again . With The John Peel Stage becoming more popular going into the mix . The Park helps taking some of the strain out of the circle . But in that circle people travel one way round it , People travel the other way . Creating three very nasty bottle necks . Inevitably people panic in crushes add a bit of mud into the mix and a couple of prams scary stuff . Disasters go through peoples mind Hillsbough ,Heysel,The Pearl Jam gig . The crush in tunnel in Germany ,Not nice.

So as you wander round the chaos of Arcadia the Traffic lights flash red green amber above your head at strategic points . People stop dance laugh then off they go . The crowd travels round Arcadia 9 times out of 10 unhindered .

So would it work all round the site at the bottle necks . Well why not give it ago . As the capacity of the festival rises rightfully so . Plans to illuminate this problem must be in the pipe line surly this system has been tried and tested and must be be a front runner . What do you think ?

So 30 years at Glastonbury I hear you say how do you beat the bottle necks? Well I do beat them, But if I tell you then it will close the door . No it is not the back stage area routes thats cheating . Sod its Glastonbury lets share .

AT GLASTONBURY YOU ALWAYS GO UP THEN COME DOWN , THEN BACK UP AND BACK DOWN AGAIN . Easy no panic  

WHERE THE WATERS MEET

Glastonbury 2005 was the first time the Festival was in danger of being pulled , totally unthinkable .The story unfolds as follows . The meet and greet at the bottom of muddy lane was very busy , the weather was very hot and sticky , But every think had gone smoothly considering we had put a new one way system in round the main market area;s . To speed the setting up period even quicker . We had broke the back of the set up by mid evening Tuesday night , a new record .

At tea time on Tuesday night a blue Merc van with a a hippy type guy who I Knew his face previous festivals. I was explaining the one way system to him, as he wanted to drop some stuff at J market over by dance then head up the greenfield . I noticed he had 3 canoes strapped to the roof asking him “what are you going to do with 3 canoes at Glastonbury” . He replied “Not sure I put them up there on a whim , may be rig up some swings for the kids with them” “Yeah that could work” He drove off happy .

Meet and greet job done after resting the legs from four 16 hour shifts . It was Thursday night out on a jolly Avalon way . One thing led to an other made it back to my tent in New Holts 6 to 6.30 . Looking at the sky it was that dirty yellow pink grey colour and it was so warm . Or was it the cider I crashed . Only to be waked ,,by some one hammering on the roof of the tent . Opening the tent it was rain drops the size of gob stoppers . My son Niall ran over to me from a gazebo . “Dad there are little rivers are forming and running down the Jazz field”

Jumping out of the tent soaked in a nano second Niall ran back to the gazebo . Lighting of the fork type was hitting every couple of seconds scary stuff the jazz stage was hit . There was at least half a dozen small steams coming down the jazz field in to the main river behind us . One was in line with a friends stall I was banging on the side of her van waste deep in water . But at that stage it was clean water running over the grass . More like paddling up a chalk stream in Dorset than muddy puddles Glastonbury is noted for . The next 2 hours was mental trying to save traders stock, lightning strikes stages no power, porta cabins no power .

Then gliding round the corner at Babylon you guessed it the the guy from the blue Merc in a blue canoe . “The next time I see them on your roof I am going to confiscate them” He laughed . He must have been photographed a thousand times . It was nearly 11.30 .

More people were milling around . But the sky was looking that sickly colour it had done earlier . I needed a break checking the main river that runs though the middle of the site, it was dangerously high . For the first time ever I feared for the festival going ahead . Time for a Guinness . The back stage jazz bar was open . My mate Mike was in there he was on tour with the Coral armed with Guinness we sat at the opening of the tent as the havens opened for the second time . Mick looked at me . “Is this going to be cancelled or what”. I shrugged my shoulders . “Its looking very dodgy” . Michaels Land Rover pulled into the Jazz Back Stage area he was alone . With a very glum look on his face . Mike asked me “What is he doing here”?

YELLOW CROSS WERE THE WATERS MEET 

In the far corner of the back stage area 2 of the main rivers meet . He wandered of there alone for about 10 minutes . When he come back to the Land rover the rain was easing the sun was trying to get through . He turned smiled got in the Land Rover and drove off .I said to Mike . “The fesival is defiantly on” . I wandered over there to have a look myself it was on the verge of bursting its banks were the 2 streams met . I am thinking if it would of burst there it would of flooded the site , flood stop play . It must have been a close call , But if a farmer doesn’t know his own land than no one does

especially when there is so much at stake . 

2005 was a great festival hard work , but everyone helped each other With some sights to behold 

More Glasto Stories Soon . Norm  

SCOUSE Guardiola

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Cole eyes Liverpool comeback

Joe Cole is hoping to fight his way back into the Liverpool team when his loan term with French side Lille expires.

The former Chelsea star appeared to have no future at Anfield after being marginalised by manager Kenny Dalglish, who took the reins from Roy Hodgson last January.

However, following the Scot's sacking, the 30-year old now has a chance to impress any new manager and has set his sights on staying with the club.

"I haven't had any conversations with Liverpool, but as it stands I'm back there for pre-season,” .

"When you don't know who the manager is going to be you cannot do much else really. I'm hoping to make it at Liverpool," he added.

The 56-times capped England international netted nine goals during his time in Ligue 1, helping Rudi Garcia's side qualify for the Champions League for a second consecutive season.

He has regularly featured in a central attacking role for the French giants this term, a position which he believes he will occupy for the rest of his career.

"My time at Lille has been extremely positive. I’ve moved back from the wing into a more central midfield role and I have thrived there.

"It's my best position, I was doing it at 19 for West Ham.

"The days of me running down the wing are over, I see my future in the middle now. It's where I can get my foot on the ball and get the best out of myself."

Cole, who was left out of Roy Hodgson's England squad for Euro 2012 last week, also refuses to give up on his international career.

"England has gone in a different direction and there's nothing I can do about that. But I still believe I could play in two years' time at the World Cup in Brazil.

"I won’t give up. I'm going away for a couple of weeks but then I'll start training by myself to keep ticking over in case I'm in the Olympic squad. That would be brilliant."

We could of done with Joe last season . Not one of Kenny's better decisions 

THE BOOT ROOM IS A COLD AND LONELY PLACE

The boxes are piled up in the corner with old boots falling out . There is odd socks slung all over the place . Old unsold programmes are littering the floor . The light has stopped working ,most of the shelves are falling off the wall . The door will only open a third of a way . As I strain my head round the door, peering in , my touch flickering around nervously . A voice behind begs me not to go any further . But I can not resist taking my first step into the darkness . There is a muffled three way conversation/argument strikes up in the darkness It makes me jump kicking a old kettle into a tea cup it smashes . Making me yelp the door slams behind me . Dropping the touch it is pitch blackness the muffled voices get louder louder louder LOUDER LOUDER !! SHITTTTT!!!!!.

The boot room 

I wake up sweating turning my lap top on to news that Frank,de Boer . Has ruled him self out of the Liverpool job . Following Brendan Rogers decision a few days ago . Have we got are selves in a position of being unmanageable? . It has got to be down to the owners . What signals are they sending out . When and if, we ever get the Boot room mentality back . Where the owners just trust the team management to come up with the goods . With the Americans I am convinced they do not and will not grasp that . Making Liverpool not a good managerial prospect , it is proving to be the case . Out of all the candidates that have been mentioned . The only one who stands a chance of working with the Americans is Rafa . He has been down this road before . But I think all the persuading will have to be done on the Americans side . They have got to start thinking the Liverpool way . Other wise the boot room will stay a lonely and cold place for ever YNWA........

SUPER CUP FOR PAST WINNERS

Last night Stan Collymore was tweeting about a Super Cup knockout for all the past winner's of the European Cup. I like the thought of it ,but when will it be played?. He also went on to say that the trophy would be the same as the one now but in gold . Also a nice thought . But I tweeted to him the fact it would be to predicable . The four semi finalist was a no brainier it would be Liverpool,Notts Forest,Aston Villa , Steaua Bucuresti . 

But jokes apart there are 23 different winners after Chelsea winning from 10 countries . But I am sure the odd number would be the least of the problem of setting it up. But its a interesting idea Stan . WHAT DO YOU THINK ??????

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Real Madrid	9	3	1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002	1962, 1964, 1981
Milan	7	4	1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007	1958, 1993, 1995, 2005
Liverpool	5	2	1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005	1985, 2007
Bayern Munich	4	5	1974, 1975, 1976, 2001	1982, 1987, 1999, 2010, 2012
Barcelona	4	3	1992, 2006, 2009, 2011	1961, 1986, 1994
Ajax	4	2	1971, 1972, 1973, 1995	1969, 1996
Manchester United	3	2	1968, 1999, 2008	2009, 2011
Internazionale	3	2	1964, 1965, 2010	1967, 1972
Benfica	2	5	1961, 1962	1963, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1990
Juventus	2	5	1985, 1996	1973, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2003
Nottingham Forest	2	0	1979, 1980
Porto	2	0	1987, 2004
Celtic	1	1	1967	1970
Hamburg	1	1	1983	1980
Steaua Bucureşti	1	1	1986	1989
Marseille	1	1	1993	1991
Chelsea	1	1	2012	2008
Feyenoord	1	0	1970
Aston Villa	1	0	1982
PSV Eindhoven	1	0	1988
Red Star Belgrade	1	0	1991
Borussia Dortmund	1	0	1997

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL HOME ADVANTAGE SEEMS TO COUNT

ROME 1983

Well Chelsea have their work cut out tonight in Munich . In Champion League /European Cup only 4 teams have manage to over come the home advantage of their opponents . Whether it be in their home country or their actual home stadium . In fact only one team has come out victorious when the team they were playing was at their own stadium . That was the mighty Liverpool in the Olympic Stadium in Rome against Roma in 1983 . So Chelsea will have to make it 2 teams to lift the silverware . Here are the stats

VICTORYS FOR TEAMS WHO'S OPPONENTS HAD HOME STADIUM ADVANTAGE

1983–84 England Liverpool 1–1*[B] Roma Italy Stadio Olimpico, Rome 69,693

VICTORYS FOR TEAMS WHO'S OPPONENTS HAD HOME COUNTRY ADVANTAGE

1955–56 Spain Real Madrid 4–3 Stade de Reims France Parc des Princes, Paris 38,239

1985–86 Romania Steaua București 0–0*[C] Barcelona

Spain Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville 70,000

2008–09 Spain Barcelona 2–0 Manchester United England Stadio Olimpico, Rome 62,467

DEFEATS FOR TEAMS WHOS OPPENENTS HAD HOME STADIUM ADVANTAGE

1964–65 Italy Internazionale 1–0 Benfica Portugal San Siro, Milan 85,000

DEFEATS FOR TEAMS WHOS OPPENENTS HAD HOME COUNTRY ADVANTAGE

1967–68 England Manchester United 4–1 Benfica Portugal Wembley Stadium, London 92,225

1971–72 Netherlands Ajax 2–0 Internazionale Italy De Kuip, Rotterdam 67,000

1977–78 England Liverpool 1–0 Club Brugge Belgium Wembley Stadium, London 92,000

1995–96 Italy Juventus 1–1*[F] Ajax Netherlands Stadio Olimpico, Rome 67,000

1996–97 Germany Borussia Dortmund 3–1 Juventus Italy Olympiastadion, Munich 59,000

SO CHELSEA YOU WILL HAVE TO DO A LIVERPOOL !GOOD LUCK!

WELL THEY DID SHIT!!!!!

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