balne-wonderer
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two footed from Rooney then a tirade of abuse at the ref........still on the pitch.
two footed from Rooney then a tirade of abuse at the ref........still on the pitch.
Question for Matt: Do you think in Blackburn would be bothered if a second successive relegation came about, or would they consider it a chance to rebuild? What is your opinion on this?
Lol, talk about Fergie time. 70 seconds over the alloted time to try and get Man Utd a goal.
Lol, talk about Fergie time. 70 seconds over the alloted time to try and get Man Utd a goal.
Didn't work though, Carrick didn't deserve to be on the losing side to be fair.
Same ref that blew his whistle while Man City were in the 18 yard box in the first half. Classic.
I'll take that result thank you very much
It's not likely to win us the league but at least we beat the filth and to be honest that's all that matters on that front, pride. Now if we could win the FA Cup again that would be swell
Phil
Police are launching a search this evening for a Mr. R van Persie in the Greater Manchester area. He was last seen around January.
I wonder why such a meaningless match as the Manchester derby appears to have caused so much comment upon this thread from supporters of clubs exterior to these two teams ?
Because there is nuff all else to talk about.
Suprised the spectre of ID Cards for Football Fans has not reared it's ugly head in relation to Mrs T - mind you most contributors are probably to young to remember the idea
One thing I found sickeningly ironic yesterday were all the Hillsborough campaigners going 'Glad the old b*tch is dead; JFT96'... :roll:
I almost wish you hadn't shared that with us. Your description "sickening" is kind.
I came across this site about a week or so ago, which has plenty of interesting data.
It works in the same way as the Unofficial World Championship, spawned by Scotland's victory over World Champions England (England? Champions? What? ) in 1967, only for clubs in the English League, and goes all the way back to Preston's first ever defeat in the League in 1889, with Preston of course being the basis as they went the first season undefeated.
There are all kinds of interesting scenarios involved, including the occasional sojourn into what is now the Championship when a relegated club claims the title just before the end of the season in which they suffer the drop. An example of this is that of Middlesbrough in 1993, who claimed it in their penultimate match of 1992-93 against Sheffield Wednesday and held Norwich to a draw on the last day. Amazingly enough, the turn of events that season that even thenot-so-mighty Southend held the title of Unofficial Champions of England at one point! Also, in spite of winning the title in 2003-04 without losing a single game, Arsenal did not hold the title once, having drawn at Bolton in their one attempt at claiming the title.
One thing to try is to find the date you were born and determine who would have been Champions on the day. For example, the Unofficial Champions on my birthday would have been Wimbledon (hock, having claimed it four days earlier against top flight debutants Millwall, while my Tottenham-loving aunt would be disappointed to learn that Tottenham had the chance to claim the title three days before she was born but could only manage a draw at Burnley. Meanwhile, at the start of 1900 the title would have been held by Notts County, and at the start of 2000 the title would have been held by Man U; the current holders meanwhile are Man City after their victory at Old Trafford a few hours ago (not yet updated).
Oh, and Everton are all-time Champions, with 85 wins
Full credit to Gilmore Davidson of Australia for compiling this data.
Oldham supporters are naturally excluded from this habit as everyone knows they are insane by definition
I wonder why such a meaningless match as the Manchester derby appears to have caused so much comment upon this thread from supporters of clubs exterior to these two teams ?
I wonder what it will take for them finally to have closure.
Suprised the spectre of ID Cards for Football Fans has not reared it's ugly head in relation to Mrs T - mind you most contributors are probably to young to remember the idea
I apologise for discussing a football match on the football thread Paul.
I'm on my way to Millwall v Sheffield Wednesday as I type. A win will take us above Leeds, 6 points this week and we could be top half which wouldn't be bad. A tough match this evening however and my luck with long distance away games is mixed, 3 defeats and a win in a friendly at Kilmarnock! Currently enjoying the joys of EMT First Class in my blue and white shirt! I hope Millwall have their eye on Wembley as it would give us a good chance, with JJ on form I'm hoping he scores another rocket of a goal as he did v Millwall back in August. This will be one to watch, if we lose this game in hand it could be very damaging, if we win then were 6 points away from the bottom three. Every match is a cup final now in this notoriously tricky league but I really do hope we do the business this evening.
Ivo very interesting site, turns out Everton were champions when I was born
League One here we come!
This is something that always puzzles me about football. Why is it so full of "detest", "hate", "scum"? What is wrong with simply supporting your team? [IIRC, the Luton/Milwall "riot" was a particularly vicious one, but one of many that had brought the reputation of football about as low as it could possibly get. ID cards were one attempt to start addressing this, but, like so many ideas around football, were dismissed as "unworkable" in some bizarre way. Football was refusing to admit there was a problem, which is why a government-sponsored solution was looked for.]I remember all right. And still detest Luton Town as a result....