The European football thread

[ukhotstove]

Sarah Brightman mmmmmmmmm

[The Professor]

Originally Posted by Sdpm100

Today's game will make the second Wembley Stadium the 10th venue to host an FA Cup Final. The original home for the final was the Kennington Oval, now a home for cricket, and hosted 20 finals in the late 1800s; the same number as Crystal Palace hosted across the boundary of the 19th and 20th Century.
The original Wembley Stadium hosted 72 games.

Stadium				City		Years			Finals
Kennington Oval			London		1872, 1874-1892		20
Lillie Bridge Grounds		London		1873			1
Fallowfield			Manchester	1893			1
Goodison Park			Liverpool	1894			1
Crystal Palace			London		1895-1914		20
Old Trafford			Manchester	1915			1
Stamford Bridge			London		1920-1922		3
Wembley Stadium			London		1923-2000		72
Millennium Stadium		Cardiff		2001-2006		6
Wembley Stadium II		London		2007-			0*

No finals 1916-1919 or 1940-1945.

Neat...good info, thanks!

I knew about the Oval, Crystal Palace, Wembley (I) and Millennium...and may have read somewhere about the final at Fallowfield.

[Sdpm100]

Originally Posted by The Professor

Neat...good info, thanks!

I knew about the Oval, Crystal Palace, Wembley (I) and Millennium...and may have read somewhere about the final at Fallowfield.

Fallowfield was a bicycle track (although I'm guessing it wasn't like the velodromes of nowadays) so the pitch must have been inside of it. I guess that's where the history of cycle racing in Manchester started.

[Muppetus Galacticus]

Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh!

[ukhotstove]

I'm wondering how I should describe this game, tedious ? boring ? rubbish ? crap ?

[ukhotstove]

Love the excuse that the pitch isn't good, what a load of bs, I watched the Blackpool v Oldham game which ended up 3-1 to Blackpool and was a decent game to watch and was played in a howling gale and driving rain.

[Sdpm100]

The last two FA Cup Finals that have been 0-0 at half-time have involved these two teams - and both ended up losing (2002 - Chelsea to Arsenal and 2005 - Manchester United to Arsenal on penalties)

[The Funk]

Booooooooooring. Only watched 15 mins. Can't be arsed with any more.

[Muppetus Galacticus]

Originally Posted by ukhotstove

I'm wondering how I should describe this game, tedious ? boring ? rubbish ? crap ?

****e bollocks seems to fit

[The Funk]

Test match special > FA Cup final

[The Funk]

Bollocks to this, I'm going to start my Newcastle thread. 'bout time too.

[Muppetus Galacticus]

Originally Posted by The Funk

Bollocks to this, I'm going to start my Newcastle thread. 'bout time too.

[theasfl]

Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Yeovil make it 5-2 on the night 5-4 on aggregate with 10 minutes left.

is Agogo still on Forest?

[Muppetus Galacticus]

Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Yeovil make it 5-2 on the night 5-4 on aggregate with 10 minutes left.

Ideal for Wembley!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WEMBLEY-new-ye...QQcmdZViewItem

[ukhotstove]

Well we had the excuse that it was a long season hmmm didn't Yeovil & Forest have long hard seasons but managed to score 7 goals, didn't Blackpool & Oldham have long hard seasons they managed 4 goals and didn't MK Dons & Shrewsbury have long hard seasons and they even managed 3 goals.

We had the excuse that there was to much pressure and they didn't want to lose, the above teams didn't want to lose but managed to be entertaining and score goals.

And then we had the excuse about the pitch, this same pitch that Stevenage and Kidderminster played on in the FA Trophy and managed to score 5 goals and AFC Totton and Truro City managed to score 4 goals on in the FA Vase.

Very poor game.

[rudel.dietrich]

Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Hmmm wonder if Falls has inside information and if he does why isn't he telling us all so we can put large bets on nobody mentioned Magath as the next Man City manager until Falls the other day now it's been reported in the Times and Daily Star he will be City's next manager.

Simply putting 2+2 together

Fluent in English and needs job + good manager and proven track record



Man City did stay up didnt they?

[ukhotstove]

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

Simply putting 2+2 together

Fluent in English and needs job + good manager and proven track record



Man City did stay up didnt they?

Yeah they stayed up, used to go watch Man City a few times a season with a friend who supports them but because of time and work I don't get to many City games but I'd say they need a complete change. I know they finished above Wigan but apart from maybe Barton, Richards and Dunne I wouldn't be screaming for Hutchings to bring any City players to Wigan.

[ukhotstove]

Originally Posted by theasfl

is Agogo still on Forest?

Yup but with them not going up this season they were saying they may have to sell some players.

http://www.soccerbase.com/players_de...4&seasonid=136

[ukhotstove]

Couldn't care less if United were denied a penalty, we were denied a good game so what goes around comes around. Also he says "I think the pressure Jose Mourinho put on the referee before the game has certainly worked and I'm disappointed at that." The words pot, kettle and black spring to mind

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...up/6668517.stm

[Sdpm100]

Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Couldn't care less if United were denied a penalty, we were denied a good game so what goes around comes around. Also he says "I think the pressure Jose Mourinho put on the referee before the game has certainly worked and I'm disappointed at that." The words pot, kettle and black spring to mind

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...up/6668517.stm

Yeah, the Manchester United players were moaning at the officials right from the first decision.