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Highlights from the Swiss news programme last night.
 
http://www.srf.ch/player/tv/sportaktuell/video/fussball-el-quali-fc-luzern-st-johnstone?id=36ffc10f-72a9-4b1e-8ebf-8c6489aebd52

As expected, I met nothing but a bunch of sound folks. It was quite lovely to have the town invaded with friendly Scots. The older guys I met in Legends on Tuesday, the PSJ lads whom we had a game with, and the fans who came to Zone on Wed, to the randoms dotted about all over town on the Thursday. It was a good craic. I'm quite sure there will be a Saint or two coming back to LU for a wee holiday. 
 
I was outside Zone when the kerfuffle took place. A few daft laddies (who'd probably been getting smashed in the sunshine all day) almost letting the side down for you by goading and throwing beer at the worst kind of bams with hooligan tendencies. Thankfully there were enough sensible punters on both sides to stop it from being anything more than drama queens swinging their handbags at each other. 
 
Quite a few of the Swiss lads have commented to me how sound they found the Scottish fans to be.  

It wasnt the ultras you had trouble with. In switzerland the hooligans and ultras are seperate culture. Ultras are the ones in charge for supporting the team, preparing choreos in their freetime, not missing a single game. Stealing flags is a ultra thing (one of the things i dont like/agree), looking for trouble/fight in casual wear, like the guys you met, is more hooligan style.

We drank in the Zone 5 ultras bar on the Wednesday night.  I've only got nice words to say about them.  Even if they bought us all shots of some disgusting Swiss liquer.  Even seen a couple of them a bit worse for wear at the Roadhouse pub getting pictures with some certain special individuals who shall not be named....

Lovely evening for it.

Lovely evening for it.

Meanwhile on BBC Alba, let's cross over to Ibrox where we're absolutely f'king delighted to bring you an epic encounter as Rangers take on Montrose.

Living the dream.

Would,be great if this idea went ahead

Nice to meet JCBT and the other swiss lads who made us welcome in zone 5 on Wednesday night.

That JCBT is no bad for a Pars fan. COYS

Lovely evening for it.

Away and drink another beer and get over it. 
 
3-0 to FCL. In front of a crowd rumoured to be around 200 folks, St J started off as the better, fitter team, however, after expending all their energy in the first twenty mins, the power of the sun kinda got to them. After all, this is a race of people from Northern Europe where 15°C is classed as summer.
FCL went in at half time with a 2 goal lead and scored a third direct from a sensational
style corner. Yiz wur pumped. Danke.  It was a good craic and thank you to all who played a part in organising it and making it happen.

Lovely evening for it.

This is Switzerland. Everything here is done to the clock ;-)

Its no kicked aff yet!

Meanwhile on BBC Alba, let's cross over to Ibrox where we're absolutely f'king delighted to bring you an epic encounter as Rangers take on Montrose.

Living the dream.

Meanwhile on BBC Alba, let's cross over to Ibrox where we're absolutely f'king delighted to bring you an epic encounter as Rangers take on Montrose.

Living the dream.

Roadhouse is 10chf for pint in late hours last night. Been to legends and zone 5 with no issues totally opposite view from lawman. In fact we were last standing saints in zone 5 last night. Best to take FCL advice and avoid ultras in zone 5 on match day. Although might pop in to say hello to the fans we met yesterday. Sound geezers.

Meanwhile on BBC Alba, let's cross over to Ibrox where we're absolutely f'king delighted to bring you an epic encounter as Rangers take on Montrose.

Living the dream.

Piss poor effort that the Scottish Cup Winners 2014 are being ignored.

So, did the Swiss not roll over

So who is here and where are you? Standing outside waldstatterhoff hotel wondering whether to go or wait on team arriving. Just went to get beer at restaurant, they only do alcohol free! Bleurgh!

like the best ages, where football was in the stadium only

Just a wee note too all Saints fans arriving in Lucerne over the next 24 hours. The weather here is fantastic and even better at the Coop the beer is as little as 12 Swiss francs for 24 cans (anker larger)

Lucerne is far more appealing.