Today was a good day, full of excitement as I went to the Swiss National Football stadium (very nice)to watch the local Bern team (BSC Yong Boys)play. Well if you have a free ticket to 'Stade de Suisse' then it's an insult not to go and enjoy the football. After all I was there to support my new Buddy, Shi Jun the number 21, as he is a fellow Deutsch student and an up and coming international footballer. He is currently on a 5 year contract with BSC YB and I'm sure I will go to many more games.
As Shi Jun is still currently proving his ability he normally comes on near the end of the game, for around 10 minutes or so. But as the time was ticking away and there was no score, I thought bring on Shi, he will do the business. And like magic the coach must have read my mind and called him over to play. Shi was the first and only one of the 3 subsitutes to play today. But as Shi was getting ready you will not believe what happend....Young Boys actually scored in the 87th minute which delayed Shi coming on. I thought, 'he's never going to get on the pitch, then I will never see him play and I can not say to him in class that I watched him'. But then in the 90th minute Shi came on and was very good, creative and a joy to watch, well for 3 minutes anyway, so I look forward to the next game and another free ticket! After all I am now his number 1 fan!!
Let me fill in a few blanks, BSC Young Boys were playing against Neuchatel Xamax FC who are currently in 8th position in the 'Rangliste der Super League' which is the equivelent to the English Premiership. Whilst BSC Young Boys are currently in 3rd position and now on 39 points. There are only 10 teams in this league. The lower league is called 'Rangliste Challenge League' which has 18 teams in this, but if you want more detail check out the web site. The Swiss Cup final I mentioned earlier in the blog is called the 'Swisscom CUP' and BSC YB will play Sion a team from the lower league on the 17th April, so I hope to get some tickets for this game.
Some additional info, I went to the game with a fellow student from my Deutsch class called Marissa, as we were both given free tickets. My ticket looked very offical and had the gate number the seat allocation and the bar code to get in, but Marissa only had a blue paper wrist band, with no markings on at all, so we both thought this was a joke and not a ticket. I was very proud of my ticket as it looked offical and I new I would get in to see the game. But how wrong I was, she had the VIP ticket to all areas and the VIP lounge. Although we met up inside as I was behind the 'dung-out' I could go upstairs also, so we sat watching the game together. Marissa was not sure what she could get with the ticket so I tried it out on the VIP lounge. The doors opened and I entered and was presented with a room full of VIP tables, a bar, restuarant, everything! So I sheepishly asked what I can do with this ticket and was told that I could eat and drink as much food and drink as I like within the 3 hour time slot of the pre and post-match event. So I thought since I'm in there I will have a drink or 2, and then pop back outside and give Marissa the ticket so she can go in, which we did. Unfortunately we could not go in together so maybe next time I will ask Shi for 2 VIP tickets as these are much more fun. We mingled with the players wifes and family, then with the TV crew etc, this is the way you should always go to a football game, much more fun!!!!
After the game we thought since it is a beautiful day we would walk back into the city, not too far, about a 30 minute walk and in the sun it was very nice. We were not sure on the way so we followed the tram line and then it was easy, very easy in fact. Back in the city centre we had a coffee then went to see the bears as they are not always out and Marissa had not seen them. But to our amazement they were not there. The lazy buggers must be having an afternoon sleep, after eating all the food from the tourists. So we carried on the round trip back up the hill on the other side of the old town to the 'Rose Garden' which is situated at the top of the hill overlooking the city. This is absolutley beautiful, the views are great and well worth the walk. Be prepared cos my watch said it is 570 metres high, so a steep climb. Here is a picture of me resting on the wall at the top with a view of the old town in the distance.
BTW no it's not my yellow handbag!
Today was a good day, full of excitement as I went to the Swiss National Football stadium (very nice)to watch the local Bern team (BSC Yong Boys)play. Well if you have a free ticket to 'Stade de Suisse' then it's an insult not to go and enjoy the football. After all I was there to support my new Buddy, Shi Jun the number 21, as he is a fellow Deutsch student and an up and coming international footballer. He is currently on a 5 year contract with BSC YB and I'm sure I will go to many more games.
As Shi Jun is still currently proving his ability he normally comes on near the end of the game, for around 10 minutes or so. But as the time was ticking away and there was no score, I thought bring on Shi, he will do the business. And like magic the coach must have read my mind and called him over to play. Shi was the first and only one of the 3 subsitutes to play today. But as Shi was getting ready you will not believe what happend....Young Boys actually scored in the 87th minute which delayed Shi coming on. I thought, 'he's never going to get on the pitch, then I will never see him play and I can not say to him in class that I watched him'. But then in the 90th minute Shi came on and was very good, creative and a joy to watch, well for 3 minutes anyway, so I look forward to the next game and another free ticket! After all I am now his number 1 fan!! 
Let me fill in a few blanks, BSC Young Boys were playing against Neuchatel Xamax FC who are currently in 8th position in the 'Rangliste der Super League' which is the equivelent to the English Premiership. Whilst BSC Young Boys are currently in 3rd position and now on 39 points. There are only 10 teams in this league. The lower league is called 'Rangliste Challenge League' which has 18 teams in this, but if you want more detail check out the web site. The Swiss Cup final I mentioned earlier in the blog is called the 'Swisscom CUP' and BSC YB will play Sion a team from the lower league on the 17th April, so I hope to get some tickets for this game.
Some additional info, I went to the game with a fellow student from my Deutsch class called Marissa, as we were both given free tickets. My ticket looked very offical and had the gate number the seat allocation and the bar code to get in, but Marissa only had a blue paper wrist band, with no markings on at all, so we both thought this was a joke and not a ticket. I was very proud of my ticket as it looked offical and I new I would get in to see the game. But how wrong I was, she had the VIP ticket to all areas and the VIP lounge. Although we met up inside as I was behind the 'dung-out' I could go upstairs also, so we sat watching the game together. Marissa was not sure what she could get with the ticket so I tried it out on the VIP lounge. The doors opened and I entered and was presented with a room full of VIP tables, a bar, restuarant, everything! So I sheepishly asked what I can do with this ticket and was told that I could eat and drink as much food and drink as I like within the 3 hour time slot of the pre and post-match event. So I thought since I'm in there I will have a drink or 2, and then pop back outside and give Marissa the ticket so she can go in, which we did. Unfortunately we could not go in together so maybe next time I will ask Shi for 2 VIP tickets as these are much more fun. We mingled with the players wifes and family, then with the TV crew etc, this is the way you should always go to a football game, much more fun!!!!
After the game we thought since it is a beautiful day we would walk back into the city, not too far, about a 30 minute walk and in the sun it was very nice. We were not sure on the way so we followed the tram line and then it was easy, very easy in fact. Back in the city centre we had a coffee then went to see the bears as they are not always out and Marissa had not seen them. But to our amazement they were not there. The lazy buggers must be having an afternoon sleep, after eating all the food from the tourists. So we carried on the round trip back up the hill on the other side of the old town to the 'Rose Garden' which is situated at the top of the hill overlooking the city. This is absolutley beautiful, the views are great and well worth the walk. Be prepared cos my watch said it is 570 metres high, so a steep climb. Here is a picture of me resting on the wall at the top with a view of the old town in the distance. 
BTW no it's not my yellow handbag!
1 comment:
Heya,
Decided to drop a note. Your blog is getting on well! It's fun to read your stories and see the pretty pictures you add.
Take care,
x Neph
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