Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:45 pm  

Paul HHZ wrote:

Hmm. It looks a bit a bit fishy to me. Overriding urge to bait on Liverpool, league table appears on the tele, then...

No, it genuinely was from a mate who told me he'd taken it from scouse 'comic' John Bishop's twitter.

Paul HHZ wrote:

I've never not looked forward to Challenge Cup Final day so much in all my life. Don't care for either team, which is a shame, because I love Cup final day. Don't know who I'll be cheering for yet, I'll see how I feel come kick off.

Lancashire all day long. Come on, you know it makes sense



Osvaldo to Roma for €18 million. Strong, quality forward who would have been a great signing for a Premier League club.
Spurs after another player, Iago Falque Silva from Juventus. Anyone know anything about him?

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:40 pm  

Champions League draw

Group A
Bayern Munich
Villarreal
Manchester City
Napoli

Group B
Inter Milan
CSKA Moscow
Lille
Trabzonspor

Group C
Manchester United
Benfica
FC Basel
FC Otelul Galati

Group D
Real Madrid
Lyon
Ajax
Dinamo Zagreb

Group E
Chelski
Valencia
Bayer Leverkusen
Genk

Group F
Arsenal
Marseille
Olympiacos
Borussia Dortmund

Group G
FC Porto
Shakhtar Donetsk
Zenit St. Petersburg
Apoel FC

Group H
Barcelona
AC Milan
FC Bate Borisov
FC Viktoria Plzen

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:04 pm  

Is it a rule that Real Madrid and Lyon have to be in the same group?

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:05 pm  

Mark wrote:

Is it a rule that Real Madrid and Lyon have to be in the same group?

Does seem like they always play each other every year!

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:30 pm  

Group A
Manchester City
Bayern Munich

Group B
Inter Milan
CSKA Moscow

Group C
Manchester United
Benfica

Group D
Real Madrid
Lyon

Group E
Chelsea
Valencia

Group F
Arsenal
Borussia Dortmund

Group G
FC Porto
Shakhtar Donetsk

Group H
Barcelona
AC Milan

Maybe Leverkusen to push a weakened Valencia but there are your qualifiers.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:50 pm  

Nasri in paper having a dig at Arsenal fans, whilst kissing the butts of Man City fans. Slight problem Nasri, anything involving Man City isn't real!

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:26 pm  

Roofs wrote:

Nasri in paper having a dig at Arsenal fans, whilst kissing the butts of Man City fans. Slight problem Nasri, anything involving Man City isn't real!

I hate it when players feel the need to do this. Show a bit of class.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:01 pm  

For the first time since European club football began in 1955, there will be no Scottish teams in contention on September 1.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:43 pm  

Irish League > Scottish League

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:58 pm  

Harrogate and district Sunday league U15's > Scottish league