Korean Job Discussion Forums

[hogwonguy1979]

I'll tell you this for those of us who were fans we were some of the luckiest people in the universe as the tickets were affordable and available and if Korea wasnt playing the odds were you could find a ticket at far below face value outside the venue. I paid 30,000 won for tickets at the edge of the penalty area for US-Mexico

I never thought in my wildest dreams I would be able to land tickets to the opening match 8 group matches, 2 round of 16 and both quarterfinal games.

Its also why FIFA will never bring it back to Korea again as the Koreans didnt support it

[catman]

[jvalmer]

[deizio]

Yeah 10 years man.. I first landed in Korea Feb '02. Made 6 games including 2nd round and QF matches that turned out to be the epic Spain-Ireland and Korea-Spain penalty extravaganzas. Was right behind the penalty end goal for the latter, unreal.

Was largely limited to weekend and holiday games but pulled off a masterstroke to get out of work to see Spain-Paraguay (I'm a huge Chilavert fan and had to pay my respects) after the school told me to forget about getting time off despite having bought the match and train tickets. A co-teacher pulled a runner that very day (a Friday) and I convinced the school I could find her and bring her back from Incheon where she was hiding out in her boyfriend's apartment. The school said OK and I promptly headed for Suwon Station and made my train to Jeonju by a few minutes. Rocked in on the Monday and said I couldn't track her down, least I tried eh?

[Zyzyfer]

[catman]

I think the World Cup won't be coming back here for a very long time.

South Korea should just focus on getting the Asian Cup in 2019. (being held in Australia in 2015).

[12ax7]

I've heard stories of Europeans getting jobs at hagwons a month or two before the World Cup began, and then pulling a runner as soon as they got their airfare reimbursed. I knew a guy who got burned that way by two teachers he had hired.

[jvalmer]

[Benjamino]

I was in the British Navy and watched the England - Argentina game in the Falklands. How the locals did celebrate that night after we beat their occupiers of 20 years previously.

[Greekfreak]

Was here, got to see two games without much hassle. Great feelings at the time, after the fact, not so much. A few things bothered me.

--The fact that there was a huge "keep Korea clean" campaign while the games lasted, then the day after the last game was played at Sajik Stadium, f*** all that. So short-sighted.

--The obvious match fixing, particularly in the Spain/Korea game. I couldn't rightfully cheer for them after that, and took great pleasure in watching them lose to Switzerland 4 years later, showing extremely poor sportsmanship, no surprise there.

--Went to France/Uruguay, the stadium was half-full. Waited 4 hours in line for tickets, and other people were able to get in for free. The Senegal/France opener had similar problems and FIFA was upset to see the first circle of stadium seats completely empty, so subsequent games were shown with huge tarps covering the $$$ seats so Korea wouldn't "lose face".

We've since learned that Korea doesn't love football, it loves Korea. It didn't help the K-league, the stadiums are huge white elephants, and the outright racism at the 2002 Asian Games left an even worse taste in my mouth.

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[jvalmer]

[Zyzyfer]

[jvalmer]

[happiness]