Farthest Flung Reds

That's a great story! I did obviously watch the match on TV and was sick for a week with Di Canio's antics and then his bloody winner.

When I was younger, as a kid my Dad took me to Wednesday a couple of times in the early 80s and we sat in the home ends. I think it was cheaper for home fans, lol! As I was a kid, nobody batted an eyelid when we did score. One was a 2.2 draw, the other was a League Cup defeat.

We were, thankfully, sat in the away end when Glavin scored that wondrous goal in 1983 to win the game 1.0.

 

We were sat in the North stand for Glav`s winner - can`t ever recall seeing any replay of this posted.

 

i was working in reading ( late 80's- early 90's) laying optical fibre cable we ended up in this pub that was run by a father and son who were off athersley north ( i lived new lodge) and we knew a lot of the same people we came out of there at about 0500 very drunk

 

Moving from London to Mexico City was relatively straightforward. I was on my own then. No baggage. Moving from Mexico to LA was harder as the US is not easy to get employment as a foreigner. A lot harder now of course. Moving from LA to China was not easy as i had a family in tow.

Am lucky my company has overseas offices so if you want to they make it easier than it would normally be. It's a good chance to see the world and new cultures.

I miss good fish n chips. I miss even more a chippy that also does Chinese takeaway, i think that is a typically Northern thing. You don't see that in London much. There's a place just opened up in Shanghai which is the best I've had outside of the UK. 99% of places overseas that offer 'English Fish n Chips' can't do it right. and I'd include London in that.

My accent has eroded overtime but people usually guess Leeds when they speak to me for the first time, if they're from the UK at least. Mexican's, American's and Chinese wouldn't know a Yorkshire accent if it hit them in the face.

If you're prepared to pay a pretty penny Shanghai is so international you can usually get your hands on marmite, crumpets, muffins, Robinsons, wine gums etc.... But i do miss McCoys. can't get them for love nor money. And believe it or not i miss a UK Chinese takeaway. Can't get a good sweet and sour here (well you can, it's just a little different). Much in the same way you can't get a Vindaloo in India.

 

I'm not surprised your accent has eroded. I lived in Leeds for 5 years and lost my Barnsley accent. I wouldn't say I have a Leeds one either, more of a cleaned up, but still Yorkshire accent. My Mrs (who's from Glossop) thought I sounded very broad Barnsley when we first met, until she met my mates.

 

Not beinh able to get UK style Indian or Chinese food was a problem early on in my time in Singapore.

Now I am converted to fishball noodle , mala hotpot , zha jiang noodles , yong tau foo prefer it to the UK stuff now.

Indian food , now there has been a massive increase in North Indian folks in Singapore , can get all the good stuff from UK here , its just very expensive.

Choc Orange what I miss most , my Singaporean friends know that if they see any here , they message me and then proceed to buy almost all of them even thought they almost $8 a pop , around £4.50 at time of writing.

 

All my travelling has been work related , whenever an opportunity came up to move I moved.

Singapore is the hardest one as you need a work permit and need to renew every 2 years , and the criteria tighten every time.

Being single has made things a bit easier as well.

Now though I have a girlfriend who would like to move to UK

 

Interesting to hear about ‘exiles’ and losing/ regaining their accents. I know someone who married a Florida lass and he’s been out there at least 15 years. They live in a remote place in northern Florida about 40 mins drive from the nearest town/ outlet. He does come over to tarn at least once a year to visit his family as this is his second marriage, and when he talks, you would think he’d not been out of tarn for a day let alone 15 years. It was funny though when during a hot spell over here, both him and wife were sat in the pub with their big coats on.

 

I was on holiday in Jamaica for two weeks and missed the promotion game against Bradford, I was desperate to ring home but didn't want to get my father in law out of bed, we’re sitting in this boardwalk having breakfast I’m in my Barnsley shirt and a taxi driver pulls up. He wound down his window and shouted “ You from Barnsley then ?” “I am” he smiled and gave me the thumbs up and said “ I grew up in Thurnscoe, have you heard yet, we’ve gone up !” And that’s how I found out, from a bloke from Thurnscoe living in Jamaica. It seems reading this thread tarn fans are spread far and wide but wherever they are remain as fans of the club. Brilliant.

 

I wonder what he went over for?

 

Brilliant. That would still probably be one of my less unflattering nicknames compared with some of the ones I picked up at uni.

 

What a bonkers series of coincidences!

 

Talk of Reds meeting up in random places, I often wonder about a lad I arranged to watch Barnsley vs. Man U replay back in 1998 (The 3-2 win).
I was working in Glasgow and staying in the old Jurys Pond hotel. Had a beer with a couple of Barnsley lads in the hotel and arranged to meet them the next night to find somewhere to watch the game. Unfortunately my job was cut short and I drove home next day instead. Always wanted to say 'sorry pal, hope you managed to watch the game'.

Also remember a Reds fan in the Don Quixote Hotel, Lloret de Mar, 1980, who told a drunken 14 year old me that he was proud of me singing "forever and ever, we'll follow our team" in the hotel foyer, but could I keep the noise down a bit.

And a bloke at the Fanatic Joker Bar, Carvoeiro, Algarve who I watched the Swansea play-off match with, 2006 with my young son. Bought him 2 beers and never got one in return. Left straight after the match. If you are on here, hope you got (mild) food poisoning.

 

Does Stahlrost just turn up everywhere? Was he wearing his curtains?

 

A Yorkshire accent can be difficult to ‘lose’ because of the elongated vowels, the missing ‘the’, and other obvious pronunciation of certain words. ‘Covering up’ the accent can also feel forced on certain words too, ‘window’ is a good example. However, the most obvious sign of someone being from Barnsley is usually the dialect more than anything else. I’d imagine that’s something you have to lose as soon as you leave the place, or if you have to regularly converse with people from outside the area. I’ve got friends that have lived in Australia and sound no different from the day they left. I’ve got friends that have lived in Barnsley all their life and sound totally different now to how they did when we were younger.

However, getting back onto the main topic of this thread, I’m loving hearing everyone’s stories and realising just how many expats we have out there!

 

Michigan USA here, I used to live on Agnes Road, my Mum and Stepdad had the chippy there before they sold it and it turned into a Chinese.Living walking distance to the Well was so cool, never missed a home game. Thing I miss the most about Blighty is food, fish n chips, Sunday roast from a pub. Bangers n mash. For some reason sausages are boring here, can`t get pork and leek, cumberland, nothing.

 

recall walking to Oakwell some years ago with son and his mate (11 ish.)

Son would talk 'non-broad Barnsley' to me (his Taff father) and very 'broad-Barnsley' to his mates.

 

My accent comes out more when I'm talking to other people from Barnsley.

 

Funnily enough, my family insist my accent becomes broader the further away from Barnsley we go. I'm not aware of it, but they're adamant it's true.

 

I lived and worked away from "home" for nearly 30 years. I had one accent when I was away from Barnsley, and my Barnsley accent when I visited