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If City do the double over ManUre, I'll be ecstatic.

I also can't believe that Martin Taylor isn't in jail for his hideous challenge
on 'Dudu' de-Silva. Callous indeed and ruined his chances of playing in Euro2008.

As for hooligan films, I'd say Football Factory was crap and didn't do the book
trilogy justice. Goal! about a Latino-Yank going off to play for the Geordies was
suprisingly good.
 
IMO though they are an absolute disgrace to both football and West Ham United, most fans have and want nothing to do with them.[/QUOTE]

I agree.

As for hooligan films, I'd say Football Factory was crap and didn't do the book
trilogy justice. Goal! about a Latino-Yank going off to play for the Geordies was
suprisingly good.[/Q


I thought Football Factory was quite good. I haven't read the books however.
 
Guess who I support !
Martin O'Neil the smartest youngest manager in the EPL
Go the VILLA !
 
Lucky_Country said:
Guess who I support !
Martin O'Neil the smartest youngest manager in the EPL
Go the VILLA !
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I agree. I reckon Villa will do quite well again this season due, in large part, to the quality of their manager. Not sure how young he is though? He would have to be 50+
 
WayneL finally you have solved all my monetary problems £££.IJH have you got a bona fide Brummie accent,will tell show you mine if you show me yours
 
IMO though they are an absolute disgrace to both football and West Ham United, most fans have and want nothing to do with them.
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I agree.[/quote]

Most fans might agree, but that didn't stop a flood of book sales in the late 90's of ex-hooligans turned...erhem...writers. Even here in Oz, pre-Borders one could walk into Dymocks on George St, Sydney and choose at will. Add to the fact that two movies were made on the subject tells you studio execs and producers thought there was money in it.


Highly recommended over the movie.

What's with all the oligarths buying into the EPL? I think BP should become major sponsor of the league or hate to say it ManUre to rub 'em the wrong way over the sour taste left over the TNK-BP deal
 
No prizes for guessing who I support. After our second half performance at Hull last week it's going to be a long season - only 37 games left!

I've got season tickets for the Cottage this season and with some luck (and a lot of planetary alignment) we'll get over the Gunners second team this week.
 
And the Chelski fans are yet to come out of the woodwork. I guess they're all too busy invading Georgia
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Not to mention, the Gunners faithfull being called to 'arsenal' as reservists' in case the road to Gori is challenged Surely we'd have heard more from US majority-owner ManUre like NATO led bombings over Russian strong holds in London?
 
...seems we can add the baggies (West Brom) to teams that are owned (Chelsea) /have a stake (Arsenal) /or interested in from Russian oligarchs (not oligarths as spelt ealier).
 
I was in England last year and still can't believe how excited people can get about their teams when they know the highest they can finish is 5th????

What a weird concept - The salary cap in AFL does have a downside but I very glad it is there.

I love the game of soccer (football) - In fact i saw Australia vs Brazil at the world cup in Munich - But i do find the EPL a little bit farcical!!!



I'm sure everybody here agrees. . . . . . yeah?

Cheers

Banjo

Go Leeds (back to the good old 'aussie' days)
 
banjosmyth said:
I was in England last year and still can't believe how excited people can get about their teams when they know the highest they can finish is 5th????
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I figure it's a little like golf. It's not necessarily about coming first, but doing well 'for you'.
 
So how to you guys choose a team to support... apart from choosing Man U 'cause they win all the time?

'specially when your local team (The Cheltenham Robins) isn't much chop.
 
I didn't have any family link to any of the clubs and to be honest never was really a great soccer fan. Over the years I've been to a few games around Europe and plenty of Perth Glory games back home and I love the atmosphere and the sport is growing on me.

Basically, I picked Fulham because its a smaller club, good family atmosphere, near to London and affordable tickets...
 
wayneL said:
So how to you guys choose a team to support... apart from choosing Man U 'cause they win all the time?

'specially when your local team (The Cheltenham Robins) isn't much chop.
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I originally come from London even though my family left when i was about 6 some of my earliest memory's are being taken to Upton Park by my Grandad to watch West Ham, he was West Ham through and through and installed it in me.

Through thiick and thin, relegation and tears Ive followed them ever since and every time i go back to England i always make sure there's a West Ham game to go and see, still get up in the middle of the night to watch games either on the net or pay TV.
 
Wayne same as pager really but brought up in my town you would either support your local team or like most of the kids here and in the UK support whoever was winning everything at the time(Liverpool,Man U you get the idea).I support Wolves hence my comment about the EPL.Maybe been through more heartache than Pager with them,relegated to the old Division 4 back in the 80s,only 2 sides of the ground open due to them being a safety hazard,club almost went bankrupt at the same time.The lows make the rare highs even better.In our heyday (back in the 50s!)we were as good as Man U,Billy Wright our Captain played 90 games as Captain for England-this in the old days before subs so if you were injured you came off and your team was down to 10 men so he just kept on playing,He retired as a player in August 1959. During his total of 541 appearances for Wolves and his 105 games for England, his disciplinary record was second to none ”” he was never cautioned or sent off by any referee!Its hard to explain to an Aussie but as Bill Shankly once said "'Some people believe football is a matter of life and death.
I'm very disappointed with that attitude.
I can assure you it is much, much more important than that"Its not quite that important but it is for many Football fans.A lot of it has to do with the camaraderie,kick off at 3PM but meet the lads at 11am and on the p1ss till 2:45 the off to the match.Win or lose its a big day out with like minded individuals some of whom you may only see on matchday but they are still your mates because of who they support.Teams like West Ham,Wolves,West Bromeekur local rivals)Sunderland etc the teams is representing your local community and there is intense pride.Even the bigger clubs have the same sort of fans but unfortunately TV rights etc have led to real fans being excluded(High prices) so the corporates can be accommodatedAs someone who supports their local team you get fed up(jealous!) of the little buggers who choose the team of the moment even though they never go to a game just buy the shirt and thats it,they support that team.Rant over
 
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