03 Mar 2018 22:07:46
So, Saturday night is date night but the missus has a headache. Early night for me then! I'm looking for something to watch when I find my 'Road to Seville DVD. No mistake, this was an absolute pivotal point in my younger life. I remember each game whether I was there or watching it on telly. I was lucky enough to be at the Celta Vigo and Liverpool home games with having a young family at the time but I managed to catch them all on TV. Unfortunately I missed out on being in Seville but managed to convince the wife to look after the chiddlers so I could get to the pub to watch the final. I was in the company of a bunch of Huns at the time but even their gloating couldn't take the shine off the occasion. The rest, of course, is history. What a brilliant year it was for us, I'll never forget it!

{Ed007's Note - I thought the whole Seville season was an absolute let down and can never get my head round why people celebrate it. It promised so much and delivered nothing. Is being Runner-Up in the UEFA Cup really something to compare to days of winning leagues and cup finals? We finished the season with diddly squat, the whole thing cost me an absolute fortune and a night in the dub and there's hee haw to show for it. Coming back from Seville felt like THE longest journey of my life and I flew out the night of the final. I've never watched the final since the day after it when I watched my own recording and have no intention of ever watching it again.}

1.) 03 Mar 2018
03 Mar 2018 22:59:39
I get you big Rab, strong strong memories of every round, Where I watched it etc. Which is unusual as I was pissed most of the time. 😂. The nearly bit was a major let down although the memories are fond. I was off work with Debility the week of the final . Disciplinary on return etc. Some laugh.

2.) 03 Mar 2018
03 Mar 2018 23:25:14
It's a bitter sweat memory for me. I have never watched a repeat of the final.
But as fans we covered ourselves in glory and I will always be proud of how we done in that tournament.
We beat some big names to get there and if big Hartson was fit we'd have won it.

3.) 03 Mar 2018
03 Mar 2018 23:36:30
Great memories the final I can't get over Jose's divers we didn't win anything that season would I change the run to the final? No the thing that killed us that season was the 2 goals we conceded against dundee in a 6 2 home win I remember thinking at the time that's gona cost us.

4.) 03 Mar 2018
03 Mar 2018 23:05:29
Fair enough old boy, the season in general for us was naff. I can't say what it was like for the bhoys who were in Seville that day after the game. I left the pub in a weird state of euphoria. We'd just lost the final but it was a great game to watch. It was good to look back at our cup run considering the disappointment we've had over recent years. That's what they old DVDs are for!

{Ed007's Note - Nah man it would be like watching ET or Forrest Gump for me - I'd end up blubbering like a kid.}

5.) 03 Mar 2018
03 Mar 2018 23:28:04
As an older supporter it reminds me of the 1970 European Cup final, where the night was full of shoulda, coulda, ifs and buts - but nae trophy and deep disappointment - even more so in 2003 when the support had traveled in numbers never seen before and then for the season to end in such disgust with Dunfermline lying down at Ibrox will always be a bitter pill to swallow.

6.) 04 Mar 2018
03 Mar 2018 23:07:17
Feel your pain Ed007 but a little harsh on the team tbh. Porto as much as they dived like clowns were an excellent team and proved it by winning the Champions League the next year.

That Celtic side overall were at some level, if only they sorted their away record in Champs League, but some amazing home nights.

{Ed007's Note - I'm not slagging the team as such, just highlighting the overall disappointment I feel about it all. Forgetting the league etc and looking back winning that UEFA cup would have put us into a different stratosphere from the rest of Scotland even with the financial shenanigans at Ibrox.}

7.) 04 Mar 2018
04 Mar 2018 00:10:59
Ed that's always been a recurring problem keep the foot down when on top.

{Ed007's Note - I know a song about that......

8.) 04 Mar 2018
04 Mar 2018 00:30:33
Lol a think I know what angle your coming from there ed unless I've got u totally wrong lol.

{Ed007's Note - You might very well think that, but I couldn't possibly comment.}

9.) 04 Mar 2018
04 Mar 2018 04:53:38
Seville has nothing but regret for me, I was promised tickets and flights but got bumped. Young daft ****in stupit whatever. Lost a fortune n got done out of the time of a lifetime. Av heard stories of people who couldn't give a **** about celtic havin a party in Seville n a was stuck in the barras watchin it. Every cloud tho, a seen Shane McGowan getting carried on stage on a chair by 2 guys that looked shocked he was breathing never mind singing. Honestly tho a don't think al ever watch it again.

10.) 04 Mar 2018
04 Mar 2018 08:17:01
I was living in Jakarta Indonesia at the time and sat up to watch it. I have never watch any recordings of it since watching the live game and I don't think I am bothered about seeing it again. Nostalgic for some but I would watch any of Big Jocks games again before that.

11.) 04 Mar 2018
04 Mar 2018 10:18:13
I’m the same, didn't feel like glory once we lost the final, if we had won the treble but lost that, then maybe, but we lost the lot to them, it was a disasterous season, the following season was much better, winning the double, knocking out Barcelona and beating Rangers 5 times out of 5.

12.) 04 Mar 2018
04 Mar 2018 21:28:04
The Seville season for me was magic, yes we won nothing in the end, but the memories of that season I have are up their with winning the league at love street the centenary year as well.
Hartsons goal at Anfield and Larrson’s goal against boa vista will live long in the memories.
I would take getting to a European final anytime over domestic trophies.