Football thread

[matsa]

Anyone follow the footy on here? Shall we have a footy thread?

I'm a Manchester City supporter. Have been since 1969. Dad liked United better and 1st game I ever went to was in 68 Utd v Arsenal. My cousin who was Blue through and through was outraged and then took me to every City match until about 1974 when I started going with my mates from School. We used to have one of the best teams in the world back then (pull up a chair children), but things started going tits up after we lost the FA Cup final to Spurs in 81. Anyway. Here are a few of the great City players from BITD. I'll just post links:

Colin Bell at Wembley. Think this is the 69 Cup final. Defo at Wembley. Check the fence: http://www.sporting-heroes.net/files...00307_EL_R.jpg

Neil Young scored the winning goals for us on the day we won the Championship in 68, the day we won the Cup 69 AND when we won the European Cup Winners Cup 70. I met him in 2001 and he's a fucking legend:
http://cards.littleoak.com.au/196970...neil_young.jpg

Mike Summerbee also after we won the 69 Cup. I met Mike and George Best once at a Stockport County game. The let me sit right between me and scoffed all me salt and vinegar crisps. One of the days of my life that, brothers. Here with our greatest ever manager, the late Joe Mercer:
http://www.2sgfm.co.uk/bigp/ghaz/Deb...-and-Joe-M.jpg

Mick Doyle. Hard as fuck midfield defender who HATED United. My dad hated him too! His dad was a copper and once gave my old feller a parking ticket. Haha!
http://cards.littleoak.com.au/197475...mick_doyle.jpg

Tommy Booth partnered Mick at the back. Hero.
http://www.sporting-heroes.net/files...97903_GH_L.jpg

Tony Book was our captain. he came to City in his 30's WITH NO LEAGUE EXPERIENCE and then lead us to all the great times. See. There's hope for ya in ya 30's lads:
http://www.uit.no/mancity/pictures/bookawards.gif

Here's the whole team at Maine Road, Moss Side, Manchester:


There were some other great teams around back then from the NORTH; Liverpool and their legendary manager Bill Shankly (read all this site. He was the greatest of them all) http://www.shankly.com/index.htm
Leeds United had one of the best and most fearsome teams I've ever seen. But I'll let Drammy do that one. Or are you, like Geoff Boycott, a Yorkshire red mate?

OK. Back to the future. I think United have a good shout at the Prem this season. Fergie seems more focused on it this year, and that's good. Chelsea are getting on everyone's tits now and it's time to put Europe into perspective. Ie, a bunch of cheating, diving wankers with long hair. City could make top 6 or bottom 6. That's us. Hope Wigan do well again and would like to see Leeds back in their proper place in the Prem. Hope Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea get relegated.

Well that's the season. We could have two footy threads if anyone's into it. Weekly updates and one for My Team. I suppose this is that one. Come on lads. No reason it has to be football either. US footy, Aussie rules, whatever.

[Juho L]

My interest in football is restricted on HatTrick (http://www.hattrick.org). Actually is a game night today. Go FC B?ren-hermesetas, GO!

[Drammy]

Nice thread Matsa,

I'm actually a Red Devil - I grew up in a village outside Manchester and all my mates were ManU fans so I followed suit. Since then I have lived in Leeds and went to Uni in Liverpool.

I always wear my ManUtd shirt with pride no-matter where I am - even in Leeds or Liverpool where you can often get spat at, although not as much as a City fan

But contrary to most United fans I have a soft spot for Leeds and Man City - hate Liverpool though!

I really hope United do it this year - I feel that Chelsea might slef destruct. I think their inability to conduct themselves like the big club they aspire to be will be their downfall this season...


As for Hattrick I gave up - too much day-trading - I didn't have time to compete!

[AlexHall74]

Karl Heinz Rummenigge still RULES!!!

The World Cup in 1974 was in Germany.

I was born in Frankfurt a.M. in 1974.

There will be no Fussball conversations about the year 1974 without proper praise for Germany OR Karl Heinz Rummenigge.

[matsa]

City lost 1-0 to Reading last night. I watched it on the web via some REAL feed from Serbia (you couldn't make it up!) We've got Nicky Weaver back in goal after a few years abscence, and we'd've lost more heavily had it not been for him. If last night's performance was anything to go by, we could be in a relegation battle this season. Disorganised defence, uncreative midfield, no strength up front. Very disappointed with that. Stuart Pearce (manager) reckons it was our best performance of the season so far. Jesus.

[matsa]

I don't believe this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxOE4AWQhZM

Woman referee!

[matsa]

I'm sorry, but man utd are the biggest fucking shower of shite of all time.

[ledge]

Originally Posted by matsa

I'm sorry, but man utd are the biggest fucking shower of shite of all time.

Indeed. Arsenal supporter checking in, only because when I got to the UK I was initialy living near Finsbury Park and the guys I was living with were all Arsenal fans.

I went from not giving a hit about football to fairly obsessed with it over the course of the two years I was in the UK, only got to go to Highbury once though as it is a pain in the fucking arse to organise if you don't have season tickets.

[The girl next door]

Originally Posted by matsa

I'm sorry, but man utd are the biggest fucking shower of shite of all time.

Oi....Easy tiger

[The girl next door]

Anyone watch Soccer AM
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