It Could Get A Bit Messi In Here - The Football Thread.

[Joe Mac]

Derby County... with 3?

EDIT it was 1

Funnily enough Utd won the league and European cup that year and very nearly lost to that derby team. Rested a load of players and won 1-0 with 3rd choice Ben Foster as the man of the match!

 

[Jan]

Really glad a scrappy underdog club like City can scratch together enough money to pull a deal like this.

It'll be interesting to see if they can stabilize his health. He has missed a third if this season and a quarter if the season before due to injuries. it's good for Dortmund to sell him because they simply cannot afford a decent back up for such a central player and that hurt them this season

 

[Joe Mac]

It'll be interesting to see if they can stabilize his health. He has missed a third if this season and a quarter if the season before due to injuries. it's good for Dortmund to sell him because they simply cannot afford a decent back up for such a central player and that hurt them this season

Also ouch! The old release a pic in the new kit before you’ve signed fuck up, as pioneered by Paul Ince. That always goes down well…

I hope he’s every bit as successful at city as his dad was…

 

[Jonathan Y]

Anyone who caveats facts by “Premier League only” Is immediately wrong and invalid. FOOTBALL EXISTED BEFORE 1992

Nah I was born in 1992. Therefore this too is NOT VALID!!!!

Only acceptable answers: The Invicibles, Arsenal, Gunners, Gooners, or Bergkamp and Henry's gang of winners

 

[BazookaTooth]

Bayern is just so far away from the rest in Germany

in just about everything

 

[Joe Mac]

Nah I was born in 1992. Therefore this too is NOT VALID!!!!

Only acceptable answers: The Invicibles, Arsenal, Gunners, Gooners, or Bergkamp and Henry's gang of winners

I think they’re still the team that won the league having drawn the most games…

 

[Jonathan Y]

I think they’re still the team that won the league having drawn the most games…

That is a neat stat! I mean I know there point total of 90 has been beaten many times over by now...wouldn't surprise me. 12 draws is alot

 

[Joe Mac]

Nah I was born in 1992. Therefore this too is NOT VALID!!!!

Only acceptable answers: The Invicibles, Arsenal, Gunners, Gooners, or Bergkamp and Henry's gang of winners

Baby boojy! I still remember the pre sky first division with the match on free tv every Sunday…

 

[nolalady]

Nah I was born in 1992. Therefore this too is NOT VALID!!!!

You are a baby, booji.

 

[Jonathan Y]

EFL playoff starts this week! Forest against Huddersfield final is my guess/hope with Forest ultimately winning it all

 

[Joe Mac]

That is a neat stat! I mean I know there point total of 90 has been beaten many times over by now...wouldn't surprise me. 12 draws is alot

It turns out it’s not even right, our treble winners drew one more game…

Edit: in a 38 game season, there were obs more back pre 95/96 with the 42 game seasons.

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

Could be worse. Germany is the first major European league to have a team win 10 in a row. That’s not even happened in Scotland. And still that damn league is the hipsters choice…

You’ve really got it out for those hipsters, don’t ya.

 

[Joe Mac]

You’ve really got it out for those hipsters, don’t ya.

People like them?

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

No one is watching Sheffield Wednesday/Sunderland?

 

[Joe Mac]

No one is watching Sheffield/Sunderland?

Wednesday damnit!

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

Wednesday damnit!

It’s only Monday

 

[Joe Mac]

As an aside if there’s a city/town with two teams in it they tend to not be referred to by the city/town, that be rude.

 

[wokeupnew]

As an aside if there’s a city/town with two teams in it they tend to not be referred to by the city/town, that be rude.

City of Liverpool FC in shambles

 

[Joe Mac]

City of Liverpool FC in shambles

Yeah I mean Liverpool and Dundee are exceptions for very obvious reasons

 

[Joe Mac]

Radom Liverpool fact. Anfield was originally Everton’s ground and they won their first league title there. They felt the landlord’s were taking the piss with the rent and built Goodison for themselves. The landlords were left with an empty stadium and set up Liverpool to make use of it!