One lonely soccer fan...

thomas · Jun 13, 2002, 07:40

Found the story at sankei.co.jp: the City of Osaka offered free accomodation to British and Nigerian soccer fans who were supposed to flock to town in order to support their national teams, totally 300 beds. Below you see a pic of the only fan who actually showed up at the facility, a British guy by the name of Michael Monday. He must have felt very lonesome...

moyashi · Jun 13, 2002, 08:07

ughh .... I wonder how much Japan spent for the World Cup?

Much talk has been about how this investment was supposed to help the economy but ... it looks like the construction companies and police made out like bandits.

Mr. Monday must of at least enjoyed the bit of notriety!

deborah gormley · Jun 13, 2002, 21:43

That poor fella, no company to watch the match

as for the economy, maybe the figures will not be released until after this enormous event, it must have boosted the economy somewhere, the total amount of people as visitors alone plus the increase of sales of items such as foods,beverages hehe and merchandise from the country should have made an impact somewhere,host countrys to such enormous events have planned and prayed for acceptance of such events simply because of the impact to the economy, Japan should be no different, maybe they dont want to advertise the boom yet for fear of it slowing down,or the facts and figures that they hoped for where too high, (just a thought on the economy issue).

As for the money Japan and korea has spent on the world cup preparations, It must be a figure that I cant only dream about,

moyashi · Jun 13, 2002, 22:36

1 good point though is that I can watch the games almost everyday and the Tokyo Giants no longer monopoligize TV news!

I'm a Hashin Tigers fan and can't stand seeing on Giants news up here in Sapporo. We might get the Nippon Ham Fighters though.

lolo ... off topic a bit

moyashi · Jun 13, 2002, 22:37

oops he did have some companionship .... a kitty cat

Jupernia · Jun 14, 2002, 04:34

Ahh poor guy, I hope he an dthe kitty cat got along nice and I hope he had fun.
;)

thomas · Jun 14, 2002, 04:59

I just read they offered 300 beds to fans of each nation, so we have a total of 600, err, empty 599 beds (let's not forget Michael Monday!).

Btw, that's a porcelain kitty.

TomAsInfinity · Jun 14, 2002, 07:49

Come on, thomas, are you forgetting this is Japan?! Even porcelain kitties will purr and require feeding and attention!

deborah gormley · Jun 14, 2002, 08:08

lolol

thomas · Jun 15, 2002, 05:48

HAR, HAR, HAR...... unbelieveable!

A Michael Monday fan site.....

=> http://members.tripod.co.jp/monday2ch/english.htm

What the press didn't tell us: he was NOT alone!

deborah gormley · Jun 15, 2002, 07:12

hahaha brilliant thomas,

I recommend checking out those pics 57 was hilarious,

samuraitora · Jun 20, 2002, 03:41

too funny

Jun 13, 2002, 08:07	#2
moyashi Regular Member Join Date: Apr 15, 2002 Location: SonyLand Age: 40 Posts: 1,566	ughh .... I wonder how much Japan spent for the World Cup? Much talk has been about how this investment was supposed to help the economy but ... it looks like the construction companies and police made out like bandits. Mr. Monday must of at least enjoyed the bit of notriety! __________________ crazy gonna crazy

Jun 13, 2002, 21:43	#3
deborah gormley Regular Member Join Date: Apr 19, 2002 Location: Nr. Ireland. Age: 40 Posts: 829	That poor fella, no company to watch the match as for the economy, maybe the figures will not be released until after this enormous event, it must have boosted the economy somewhere, the total amount of people as visitors alone plus the increase of sales of items such as foods,beverages hehe and merchandise from the country should have made an impact somewhere,host countrys to such enormous events have planned and prayed for acceptance of such events simply because of the impact to the economy, Japan should be no different, maybe they dont want to advertise the boom yet for fear of it slowing down,or the facts and figures that they hoped for where too high, (just a thought on the economy issue). As for the money Japan and korea has spent on the world cup preparations, It must be a figure that I cant only dream about, __________________ Debs

Jun 20, 2002, 03:41	#12
samuraitora Regular Member Join Date: May 29, 2002 Location: Detroit MI Age: 35 Posts: 782	too funny __________________ ja mata samuraitora (^_-)/

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moyashi Regular Member Join Date: Apr 15, 2002 Location: SonyLand Age: 40 Posts: 1,566	1 good point though is that I can watch the games almost everyday and the Tokyo Giants no longer monopoligize TV news! I'm a Hashin Tigers fan and can't stand seeing on Giants news up here in Sapporo. We might get the Nippon Ham Fighters though. lolo ... off topic a bit

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moyashi Regular Member Join Date: Apr 15, 2002 Location: SonyLand Age: 40 Posts: 1,566	oops he did have some companionship .... a kitty cat

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Jupernia Junior Member Join Date: Jun 5, 2002 Location: Tampa, Florida, USA Age: 28 Posts: 19	Ahh poor guy, I hope he an dthe kitty cat got along nice and I hope he had fun. ;)

Jun 14, 2002, 04:59	#7
thomas Decommissioned ex-admin Join Date: Mar 14, 2002 Posts: 4,209	I just read they offered 300 beds to fans of each nation, so we have a total of 600, err, empty 599 beds (let's not forget Michael Monday!). Btw, that's a porcelain kitty.

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TomAsInfinity Regular Member Join Date: Apr 2, 2002 Location: London (なきつらにはち ), UK Age: 30 Posts: 78	Come on, thomas, are you forgetting this is Japan?! Even porcelain kitties will purr and require feeding and attention!

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Jun 15, 2002, 07:12	#11
deborah gormley Regular Member Join Date: Apr 19, 2002 Location: Nr. Ireland. Age: 40 Posts: 829	hahaha brilliant thomas, I recommend checking out those pics 57 was hilarious,