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crcsnail
10-01-2013, 12:51 PM
hi all
here are some photos from the game in London .

well let me start by saying tina and I made the trip to London for the game . I had to take tina to a show on Saturday nite in the westend and she would then come to the steelers game(small price to pay) . let me explain , we have been married 27 ish years and all that time I have supported the steelers. tina has never watched a full game , ever.

so she said" how long does game last"? I said "3 hours ish" . her reply "im gonna be fed up real quick "!

so after breakfast we make our way down Olympic way . so I could take some photos before the crowd arrived.

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view from the tube train station steps



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da beard and me . hoping wearing the t shirt might get some new uk steeler fans :)


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tina and me ,picture taken by a polish steeler fan

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tina outside the stadium

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all of these photos were taken ,between 9.30am and 10.30 am as u can see the crowd was already starting to arrive. kick off still seven hours ish away.


now in all the time we have been married . tina has never wanted a t shirt with my team on it by now the steeler bug was biting and she bought one lol

we then made our way back to our hotel for a drink or two.also to drop off gameday purchases.tina also wanted to change into her new shirt !


we then met 6 season ticket holders from the steelers and spent the next 2 hours ish (timing is very hazy )chatting and drinking . I do know something. we are all so alike in our views and opinions :)

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here are there names (if we have remembered correctly ) Stephen,andy, john,lisa,sandy and jill .we really enjoyed there company and they did say if we ever came to Pittsburgh they would get us tickets to a game :) they also said they had no history to show us which I thought was kinda funny.

now the last one in this post. is after we had staggered ;) from the hotel to the stadium at 3 pm (3 hours before kick off) as u can tell the game of American footie is very popular over here . it was a sell out .

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I will post some from inside the stadium tomorrow.

stillers4me
10-01-2013, 04:35 PM
:applaudit: Thank you for sharing, Steve! I know how excited I get everytime I get to see the Steelers, either in a game or at camp. I'm really happy you got the chance...even though we lost.

Count Steeler
10-01-2013, 06:15 PM
So is she a convert now? How did your wife enjoy the game? Too bad we lost, though.

TheRuneMeister
10-02-2013, 05:57 AM
Thats craaazy! Met those guys on the train back from the stadium. Awesome people!
Couple of picks from section 105 :) (pun intended)

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crcsnail
10-02-2013, 03:40 PM
so before we go to stadium piccys . I have one from the chrysler stand . they were doing free photos for u to download . always nice to get something for free.

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the team come out to warm up

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tiny tempeh did a medley of his hits (not that I know them )

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aided by the Vikings cheerleaders (soz to post this one , but hey )

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view from our seat

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the coin toss

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kick off . by now the stadium was jumping.tina was starting to get all dancy and boppy . :)

a few in game shots


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da beard!

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troy

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these next shots are on our last drive to try and win . by now tina had taken my old terrible towel and was nearly taking off everyones head in the vicinity with it . the Viking fan in front of her was not best pleased lol

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sadly we didn't win or get to overtime . :(

but as we left, tina said it was brilliant and she wanted to see another game .

Wembley as we left . luckily for us in 10 mins we were in our hotel with a nice beer chatting to fellow fans .

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yes we lost but what a fantastic day. best of all tina is now a steeler fan !!!

I must also mention Michael, a big steeler fan from Houston (a season ticket holder at the Texans as well) but a true steeler fan who was going to explore the uk and Scotland in the next week . sadly had to much drink by then to remember to take his picture .

it is now a definite ambition to get to Pittsburgh and see a game a Heinz field .

thanks for looking

snaily and tina

vader29
10-02-2013, 03:50 PM
Awesome pics! Rocking the Steelers Universe t-shirt also. :tt02:

steelerdude15
10-02-2013, 09:43 PM
Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing!

crcsnail
10-06-2013, 04:41 AM
As a follow on from this , Tina is now showing interest in coming to pittsburgh to watch a game (she left web pages open showing different flights to Pitt ! ). It will be next year if we do it . Can u guys recommend some hotels for us to browse at . Tina likes more traditional ,old style hotels . Easy access to stadium ,shops,sights etc would be good . Any other info would be appreciated ie things to see and do . I know I could google this but u can't beat feedback from people who live or have been to Pitt .thx.