Besiktas v Zeytinburnu 26.9.1993 & v IFC Kosice 29.9.1993

A league match between Besiktas and Zeytinburnu. It ended 2-2 in front of just 8,000 people (including about 400 away fans). I found out that Besiktas were due to play in the European Cup Winners Cup 1st round 2nd Leg just a few days later so I had to go to that one as well!





View of the ground from our hotel, people were in the stadium and it was just after 2pm from an 8pm kick off!!!




The atmosphere starts to build!






..............a totally different atmosphere for the big game...........


................yes Besiktas have just taken a 1-0 lead................


................the players can just about see to restart the match.................

Ex Coventry City manager Gordon Milne was in charge of Besiktas. Thay won 1-0 on aggregate and this was the first time they had ever won a European tie!

September 1993 - Tour of Yorkshire

We opted for a few days up in Yorkshire

Saturday 11.9.93 York City v Brighton (lost 3-1)
Sunday 12.9.93 Yorkshire v Sussex at Scarborough
Monday 15.9.93 a visit to Coronation street!!!!!
Tuesday 14.9.93 Burnley v Brighton (lost 3-0)

A v Norway 2.6.1993

The company that I travelled to Turkey with offer me a free trip to Norway (Poland was mentioned but I thought perhaps not!!)



An early arrival. No drink for me as I was on antibiotics for nearly 6 months after my accident, so a new experiance of arriving before nearly everyone else!



I bump into Snips, a fellow Brighton fan................



The band are the entertainment........




As I said I got there very early!!!

The match was dire, a 2-0 defeat and virtual elimination from the World Cup in the USA.

A v Turkey (Izmir) 31.3.1993

THis was me on the front page the day after the England game. This was just after I was hit in the face with a fragment of a brick as the England fans came under attack at half time. The newspaper links my injury to bad behaviour by other England fans and a how hysel was caused by English hooligans.





At the U21 match the day before





Security!!!




Match tickets





Some views of Izmir...




Pictures by Lee Roberts


Two pictures inside the ground. I lost everything I took on the trip (Lugagge was stolen from the coach waiting outside the ground) and my camera (as well as my eye!).

These pictures dont show the intimidation of the few of us that made this trip, the estimation was just 500 travelled out after trouble in the previous visit to Turkey..................................






Some of the coverage in the National Newspapers. Not a lot until the Sunday people got involved.................................