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Congratulations to Barcelona and all of their fans!

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 26 April 2006 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Edmilson - most handsome man in football? Kaka is the cutest!

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Wednesday, 26 April 2006 21:24 (eighteen years ago) link

I am pleased.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 27 April 2006 06:47 (eighteen years ago) link

My favourite bit was when Ronaldhino turned his face away from where he was going to play a pass and nonchalantly flicked the ball over to his team mate. The whole pub cheered him. If he's on top form, they will take Arsenal to bits ~~I hope~~.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 27 April 2006 06:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Fuck me. I gave up on the idea of watching the Boro game after I saw they were 2 goals down. Just turned on for the last five minutes. Yowsa yowsa yowsa.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 27 April 2006 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Can't find a UEFA cup thread, but... extraordinary!

I'm happy, above all, for Mat Smith.

Also, Downing should certainly be in the England squad.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 27 April 2006 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Am I the first to say he should have been the England manager? :-)

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 27 April 2006 19:59 (eighteen years ago) link

I was otherwise engaged with something very dull. A text from Onimo had me racing back down the road to watch the last ten minutes. Quite possibly the BEST CUP SEMI-FINAL EVER!!

(aldo, I nearly sent you and Onimo a text saying JUST THAT!)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 27 April 2006 20:00 (eighteen years ago) link

For the first half hour I thought 'Boro looked as bad a team as I've seen all season. Perhaps they needed to recreate the second leg of the last round to gee themselves up. Also, why wasn't Macarone playing from the start?

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 27 April 2006 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link

I admit i stopped watching. then my dad shouted it was 2-2 so i switched it on again. Absolutely amazing.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 27 April 2006 20:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Gah. I've been watching Ronnie the Rocket instead. And I missed their amazing come back last time around as well.

― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Thursday, 27 April 2006 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Actually, I noticed even Sven stayed right to the end, so I bet Downing does make the cut...

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 27 April 2006 20:14 (eighteen years ago) link

BBC Radio Cleveland are playing 'We are the champions' at the moment.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 27 April 2006 20:24 (eighteen years ago) link

downing's a cert, i think.

good performances by rochemback, viduka and the lad maccarone. although, to answer jerry's maccarone question above, the answer would be: because he's usually hopeless.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 27 April 2006 20:32 (eighteen years ago) link

For the first 15 minutes, Boro looked like one of the worst sides I'd seen in Euprope for many years, then Steve 'For England' McLaren takes off his best defender to mlove from 3-5-2 to 4-3-3. Oh, how we laughed.

Maybe that's why I was never in the running for the job.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 27 April 2006 21:15 (eighteen years ago) link

Let's go to Rochembach, Texas with Willie and Waylon and the boys
This successful life we're livin' got us feuding like the Hatfield and McCoys
Between Hank Williams' pain songs, Newberry's train songs, and blue eyes cryin' in the rain
Out in Rochembach Texas ain't nobody feelin' no pain

― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Thursday, 27 April 2006 21:21 (eighteen years ago) link

How the fuck did watching Middlesbrough become so exciting? That was amazing... an entire pub full of Londoners going mental.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 27 April 2006 21:50 (eighteen years ago) link

That was one of the greatest matches I've ever watched in my life. I have no time for Muddlesborough, I have a sack full of reservations as to why Steau played like idiots, but not only did Boro' play the greatest European game I've ever seen an English team play, but...fuck it...it was such a newspaper-obvious event...all hail east cleveland.

― Ricky Nadir (noodle vague), Thursday, 27 April 2006 22:35 (eighteen years ago) link

PS aprohpoh of NADA, poorly reduced to my current very drinked frome of mind: G1N DARN13LLE is J3BUS!!!!!

― Ricky Nadir (noodle vague), Thursday, 27 April 2006 22:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Even as a drunk tho, what a match to have watched thru.

― Every Time I Open Up My Mouth All Bullets Spit Out: Bang! (noodle vague), Thursday, 27 April 2006 22:42 (eighteen years ago) link

I didn't think it was on the telly. Listened to the first half on the radio. Then watched 'The Street', which was poor.

After the match, I could hear singing and shouting in Maidenhead. Surely a coincidence? I don't think I've ever even seen a Middlesbrough supporter in real life.

So I can't congratulate them on a tremendous achievement.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 28 April 2006 06:03 (eighteen years ago) link

What are Seville like? Are 'boro likely to get battered in Eindhoven?

― Johnny B Was Quizzical (Johnney B), Friday, 28 April 2006 06:12 (eighteen years ago) link

The most extraordinary thing is that they've done this precise same recovery from 0-3 down in two consecutive rounds. I can't think of a precedent for this in European football. I missed both games, obv.

Final's gonna be a 0-0, right?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 28 April 2006 06:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Seville - mercurial.

Michael, I was going to say it's like when there's a hole in the Matrix or whatever, but I thought it might make me look like a spazz.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 28 April 2006 07:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Has Massimo Maccarone justified that transfer fee yet?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 28 April 2006 07:46 (eighteen years ago) link

he still doesn't pasta ball enough

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 28 April 2006 09:06 (eighteen years ago) link

argh i completely forgot about Boro, didn't even know the score until clicking this thread and then on bbc football page. maybe i can download this incredible-sounding match somewhere...

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 28 April 2006 09:10 (eighteen years ago) link

It did seem a bit odd that it was tucked away on ITV4. If it had been a more "glamorous" team in a UEFA cup semi it would surely have been on ITV1... or at the very least, Channel 5?

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 28 April 2006 09:16 (eighteen years ago) link

Also, why wasn't Macarone playing from the start?

He was too busy posting to ILX, I imagine.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 28 April 2006 11:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Goals from the Middlesbrough game here (disappointingly with a bit too much German analysis and not enough of the post-goal celebrations):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeT6jZ_otP0

And some local radio commentary with mad screaming here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/video_and_audio/help_guide/4304501.stm

― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Friday, 28 April 2006 16:44 (eighteen years ago) link

It did seem a bit odd that it was tucked away on ITV4. If it had been a more "glamorous" team in a UEFA cup semi it would surely have been on ITV1... or at the very least, Channel 5?

Was Celtic's UEFA Cup semi against Boavista televised nationally?

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 28 April 2006 17:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 28 April 2006 17:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Both legs.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 28 April 2006 17:03 (eighteen years ago) link

managed to download the entire Boro match but with Romanian commentary!

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Saturday, 29 April 2006 14:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Thanks Onimo, I just googled and found out they were both on the BBC nationally, with separate commentary teams in Scotland and elsewhere. I am therefore quite surprised that Middlesbrough were stuck away on ITV4. Presume the final will be on a real channel?

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 29 April 2006 14:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Aye, they couldn't trust Scottish pundits on English telly so they used Alan Hansen :-P

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 29 April 2006 14:28 (eighteen years ago) link

I think ITV have the rights to the final. I don't think they'll hide that one on ITV79

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 29 April 2006 14:30 (eighteen years ago) link

"we'll be watching the Bill, while they're playing Seville..."

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 29 April 2006 14:42 (eighteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

What a twat of a referee.

― Teh HoBBercraft (the pirate king), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 18:11 (eighteen years ago) link

this thread cruelly denied it's rousing climax on account of This is the thread for the Arsenal/Barcelona Champions League final being set up instead.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link

That happened to my Champs League thread last year which would have been rivalling Try Glasgow More for length had someone not set up a separate thread for the final, and the subsequent fight over ~~fudging the rules~~ letting Liverpool take their rightful place in the competition as winners.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link

I just want to post this here as well...

ARSENE WENGER, DAVID DEIN, GEORGE GRAHAM, TONY ADAMS, THIERRY HENRY, PATRICK VIERA, DAVID SEAMAN, JENS LEHMANN, NIGEL WINTERBURN, MARTIN KEOWN, GEORGE ARMSTRONG, FRANK MCLINTOCK, DAVID O'LEARY, IAN WRIGHT, JOHN JENSEN, SOL CAMPBELL, FREDDIE LJUNGBERG, BOB WILSON, ALAN DAVIES, CLIVE ANDERSON, RORY MCGRATH, NICK HORNBY, JULIO D'SOUZA... CAN YOU HEAR ME? YOUR BOYS ARE ONE HELL OF A TEAM OF DIVING, CHEATING DOUBLE STANDARDS FLAUNTING BAD LOSERS!

Ahem.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 21:46 (eighteen years ago) link

That's a well-made list. It's so ugly. Except for Bob Wilson - he's OK by me.

― the pinefox (the pinefox), Thursday, 18 May 2006 12:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Pinefox, do you remember when Sinister beat the NME in the five-a-side final at ATP 2000? "Charles Shaar Murray, Nick Kent, Steve Lamacq, Paul Morley, Julie Burchill... can you hear me, Julie Burchill?" Oh, we did laugh. I wonder whose idea it was to start shouting that.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 18 May 2006 12:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Paul Morley was on some shite about Brad Pitt the other night.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 18 May 2006 12:48 (eighteen years ago) link

does he fancy him?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 18 May 2006 13:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Didn't listen long enough to find out.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 18 May 2006 13:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Juventus v Werder Bremen gorblimey!
-- Matt DC (runmd...), March 7th, 2006 9:59 PM

i felt sorry for the werder bremen goalkeeper.
weasel diesel (kilian(dot)murphy24@mail.dcu.ie), March 7th, 2006 10:59 PM

Hmmmmm... in the light of the scandal that's bringing down Juventus at the moment, I can't help but wonder whether this incident was quite as accidental as it seemed.

― Teh HoBBercraft (the pirate king), Saturday, 20 May 2006 18:10 (eighteen years ago) link

How do you think they should have the competitions in future?

I've said scrap the InterToto, get rid of the UEFA group stages and have more knockouts in the CL.

― Dave B (daveb), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 14:22 (eighteen years ago) link

I've said don't just stop at getting rid of the Intertoto, get rid of the Super Cup and the UEFA Cup as well, just have the CL and make it knockout right from the start, no group stages whatsoever, that revenue generation should be the least important consideration, and that if they keep the UEFA cup it should be made knockout right from the start too, and not be infiltrated by CL failures in January.

― Teh HoBBercraft (the pirate king), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 15:30 (eighteen years ago) link

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