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Sami Hyypia, man of the people



Not Andy Naylor

Not Andy Naylor

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Dec 12, 2007
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Rather than remaining in his hotel room ordering room service and charging quail in caviar and champagne to Tony Bloom's account, Sami H is getting out and about in central Brighton. In fact on Wednesday evening he was in a hostelry serving Harvey's on the fringe of North Laine that's popular with one or two local journos.

They/we left him to his own devices, but I had a chance to ask him about it a couple of days later and he said: "I want to get to know the city."

You've got to love managers and players who don't mind mixing with the people. Mark McGhee springs to mind, and Calde, of course - the first footballer I think I've ever seen on a train.
 




DNB_Seagull

DNB_Seagull

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Apr 27, 2014
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Tony Bloom on the train as well as Calde now we have a down to earth manager who won't link him self to better jobs and l**ds all the bloody time.
 


Herr Tubthumper

Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
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Not Andy Naylor said:
Rather than remaining in his hotel room ordering room service and charging quail in caviar and champagne to Tony Bloom's account, Sami H is getting out and about in central Brighton. In fact on Wednesday evening he was in a hostelry serving Harvey's on the fringe of North Laine that's popular with one or two local journos.

They/we left him to his own devices, but I had a chance to ask him about it a couple of days later and he said: "I want to get to know the city."

You've got to love managers and players who don't mind mixing with the people. Mark McGhee springs to mind, and Calde, of course - the first footballer I think I've ever seen on a train.
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He has also visited Brighton Finnish bar come restaurant Northern Lights. This was also after they put up a sign which read Sami Hyppia eats for free.
 








shaolinpunk

shaolinpunk

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Nov 28, 2005
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Brighton
I saw him in the Northern Lights for the night after we'd the preseason game at Lewes. Didn't approach him as he seemed to have a steady stream of strangers striking up conversations. Overhead a snippet saying that he was very impressed by Tony Bloom describing him as "an ambitious owner that's also realistic"
 




seagullsovergrimsby

seagullsovergrimsby

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Aug 21, 2005
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In the old days the Albion players used to travel to some away games on chartered trains organised by the club. They had their own carriage and the rest of us were in the remainder of the train. After a decent performance they would sometimes pass down the train to receive their plaudits. John Vinicombe always had a captive audience when he gave his opinion of the game which we then saw in print in the Monday edition of the Evening Argus.
 




Stat Brother

Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
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Is this thread actually:-

'manager goes out while living in thriving city'.


No offence but I'm going to need a little more than that, to be fully impressed.
 








Tricky Dicky

Tricky Dicky

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Jul 27, 2004
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I think he's a pretty down to earth sort really, no big ego. If you wanted to, you could read into his comment about getting to know the city as him expecting to be here long-term, at least in his mind. Most would not want to put that slant on it though, and find something less optimistic to say.
 




Barrel of Fun

Barrel of Fun

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Aug 22, 2005
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He should head to that pub, I forgets it's name, by Moshimo.

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ken tiler

ken tiler

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Nov 24, 2007
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Not Andy Naylor said:
Rather than remaining in his hotel room ordering room service and charging quail in caviar and champagne to Tony Bloom's account, Sami H is getting out and about in central Brighton. In fact on Wednesday evening he was in a hostelry serving Harvey's on the fringe of North Laine that's popular with one or two local journos.

They/we left him to his own devices, but I had a chance to ask him about it a couple of days later and he said: "I want to get to know the city."

You've got to love managers and players who don't mind mixing with the people. Mark McGhee springs to mind, and Calde, of course - the first footballer I think I've ever seen on a train.
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Glen Murray was on the train yesterday with his baby and partner travelling from Preston Park to Brighton sitting by the loos chatting to another parent with a baby. Ive seen him catching the train quite often.
 






Thunder Bolt

Thunder Bolt

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Aug 18, 2009
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ken tiler said:
Glen Murray was on the train yesterday with his baby and partner travelling from Preston Park to Brighton sitting by the loos chatting to another parent with a baby. Ive seen him catching the train quite often.
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His partner is now his wife as they married this summer.
 








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