The Football Thread

[mitchspur]

Bad result for Daggers,

Picture 2 is in the Imps Supporters lounge, Happy looking bunch???!!!

Picture 9 is the travelling Daggers injured players, middle one is Martin Ling's son.

Oh and by the way it was further than I thought!!!!





Oh! and by the way: spot the cathedral!!! It is one of the most beautiful in Britain in my opinion

[Meini Again]

This ones about Pep, reading about his one time Arsenal connection above ^^

...seems he failed a trial in 2001, as a player
~ at Man City

Now, I didn't know that, but I suppose a lot of people on here did.

[Meini Again]

@ mitch...

Yes, their Cathedral is good....well, bloomin massive, especially considering the catchment area when it was built and also nowadays. Went round it when G Taylor was the Imps manager, I can't remember if it was Blues or a non-league side we sometimes followed, but it was a cup match, and as per, when we make our own way, we "do" the Cathedrals/Churches and Galleries.

Ely is another favourite of ours, but I think we must have been lost that day
~ no footie

[victor meldrew]

Been to both but with dearly beloved and no footie either time.

Only visit to Sincil Bank was 79/80 if memory serves went with two friends from work, one of whom was a Millwall fan and they were playing Lincoln. Just kept my head down.

[Meini Again]

Dangerous Friend Vic.... Been there as well.

Pre-Seating, the Holte Terrace at Villa Park was pretty huge, like the North at the Gooners, but it went back further.
I worked with a lobotomised villa fan, and we had, with both a Cov an Baggie fan, a loose arrangement that each would get the tickets when 'our' matches came around. Villa were always cheapest...but there you go
Lobotomy Stan had one weekend, when we were at Carlisle I think, somewhere foreign, and two spares for VP which was out-of-synch, so I took one for a laugh and he gave the other to a guy called 'Martin', who was your usual 'spout-off' on footie in the rest room/dinner/pub. He'd seen Shrewsbury once I believe.
I was concentrating on not cheering when the opposition went ahead, being in the middle of the zombies in the Holte...Stan Lobotomy was stamping his feet when 'Martin' started yelling how cr@p villa were...then he started on every mis-kick, lost cross etc etc as if he was at home watching MotD.
The last thing I heard as I eased and struggled away was him yelling about the parentage of every numbered villa player...he knew none of them...
He was at grown-up match for his first time.
Both of us were unscathed at 8.00 am the next morning at work, Lobotomy came in on duty on Monday night with cuts on his cheek.
Months later, I was stepping out the lift with both of them, when lobotomy thumped 'Martin' to the floor and walked away.
I was their Rep and feared the worst ... thankfully neither did nor said anything. I 'ran away' again.


Long ramble, about the dangers of going to matches with non-friends.

[victor meldrew]

The London Okey Cokey back on as its Wenger in & Bilic out. bilic is probably on borrowed time, might go in the morning or after Swansea at the weekend should we lose this must win game. Defeat and we might well join Sunderland & Boro in the Championship next season.

Some media outlets and the usual rumour mill suggest we have agreed terms and a fee with Zabaleta & City. We have also been linked to some deadwood, injury prone oldies and a couple of big names in Rooney & Wilshere, I doubt we could afford to pay either.

[Greenman]

Dear oh dear oh dear! Not again! How is it that Liverpool play so well and brilliantly against the top teams and yet when at home they cannot seem to beat the other teams(i.e. the middle to bottom ones) and I hope to god we've not lost another player to injury - it is bad enough that Mané is out for the remainder of the season, Danny Ings still injured, Jordan Henderson still injured but to lose Coutinho would be absolutely devastating to Liverpool and completely blow their chance of getting back into the Champions League. Stoke City next, perhaps a bit more luck in this game?

[victor meldrew]

Originally Posted by Meini Again

Dangerous Friend Vic.... Been there as well.

Long ramble, about the dangers of going to matches with non-friends.

I have known Baldie for years and still have a pint with him from time to time, but no more away games at friends teams, far too dangerous.

[ginny76]

I want Swansea to be relegated because one of their players was wearing gloves. In April. What's happening to the world?

[tsunamiSD]

Long Days, Google Docs and Anonymous Surveys: How the U.S. Soccer Team Forged a Deal

As the talks intensified in recent weeks, players like Becky Sauerbrunn and Meghan Klingenberg conferred with teammates like Kelley O’Hara and Christen Press to propose changes as small as a single word in page after page of precise contract language. Then they would rehearse what they would say at each negotiating session, and even decide who would say it.
The result of all those long days and late nights is the team’s new collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Soccer, which was announced on Wednesday morning. The agreement includes a sizable increase in base pay for the players — more than 30 percent, initially — and improved match bonuses that could double some of their incomes, to $200,000 to $300,000 in any given year, and even more in a year that includes a World Cup or Olympic campaign.

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The U.S. women’s national team says it’s ready for redemption. But can it really win against Russia?

The senior team’s two matches against Russia will be its first competition since putting an underwhelming performance at the SheBelieves Cup in March, where the USWNT first beat Germany, but then fell to France and England.
USWNT are 7-0-1 against Russia. But don’t assume those stats mean the U.S. should handily win: After the poor showing at SheBelieves, along with an onslaught of injuries over the past month that have taken out several key players, including Tobin Heath, Morgan Brian and Lindsey Horan, there is no clear winner in this set of friendlies.
Even Carli Lloyd, who returns to the USWNT for these friendlies after her first stint overseas at Manchester City, isn’t counting out Russia.
“I’ve never in my career looked past any team,” Lloyd said earlier this week in a video released by U.S. Soccer. “And I know Russia, they are coming in and they are fit, they are sharp they are getting ready for the Euros.”