V is for VVV Venlo by retired Sec
Well a pre Christmas trip to Holland was needed to ease those pre-Xmas blues caused by the meaning of life, and what’s the point the world is being messed up by thick people anyway led me to spend 4 days in Holland. 3 games were watched, starting with Ajax of Amsterdam as their song goes where I watched them lose their first league game of the season, and finishing at Rotterdam where I watched one of those boring nil nil draws. Sandwiched in between was the highlight of my trip, a visit to Venlo. Now why Venlo I hear you ask? Well in 1951 there were a series of matches played by British teams in the Festival of Britain against European teams, and on Saturday 19 May Merthyr lost 4-1 to Venlo. So a trip was in order. A pleasant train journey from Amsterdam to Venlo started off my day in style. What a refreshing change to be able to buy a ticket which cost the same no matter when you bought it, and you could travel on any train. What flexibility it gives paying custome