The football thread

[dutchie]

Lost opportunity to clean out football.

Blatter returned as president. Pathetic.

Australia (and Europe) rightly voted against him.

Says a lot about the integrity of world football, especially it's administration.

I will still watch the World Cup, but that is it.

Sport and money and corruption - ugly.

 

[trainspotter]

F. A. Cup Final - Gunners 4 - 0 Aston Villa

FIFA Presidential Election - Blatter 1 - 0 - Integrity

 

[dutchie]

Lost opportunity to clean out football.

Blatter returned as president. Pathetic.

Australia (and Europe) rightly voted against him.

Says a lot about the integrity of world football, especially it's administration.

I will still watch the World Cup, but that is it.

Sport and money and corruption - ugly.

Blatter resigns.

Excellent.

Now somebody clean up FIFA.

 

[Logique]

Friends, if you didn't see the Tillies defeat Brazil this morning in the round of 16, Womens World Cup, you missed one of the great moments of Australian sport.

They couldn't beat world powerhouse Brazil. But nobody told them the script.

Sam Kerr powering up and down the left touchline, what else would we expect from a WA Kerr family member. She ran them off their legs.

Catch the replay if you can.

 

[Tink]

A week of football in Melbourne.

Looking forward to seeing the game tonight.

The International Champions Cup wraps up on Friday night as a sold out crowd at the MCG witnesses Real Madrid take on Manchester City.

There have been so many narratives surrounding the two giants of European football since they’ve been in Melbourne.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/f...match-at-the-mcg/story-fnp0lxax-1227454542548

 

[Tink]

Whilst in Europe, am enjoying the atmosphere of the euro
http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/

 

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Why do we pay for this over bloated SBS?

Where are the World Game Finals?

 

[noirua]

Kenyan Ref Aden Marwa Handed Life Ban
https://allafrica.com/stories/201807090522.html
Nairobi — Kenyan referee Aden Marwa Range's glowing and rising career as a football arbitrator has been nipped in the bud with the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) handing him a lifetime ban after he was caught on tape receiving a Sh60,000 'gift' in an expose aired by British broadcaster BBC in June.

 

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[noirua]

Diego Maradona successfully underwent surgery for a blood clot on the brain, says his doctor | CNN

Football great Diego Maradona has successfully undergone surgery for a subdural hematoma — more commonly known as a blood clot on the brain — his personal doctor confirmed on Tuesday.

edition.cnn.com

 

[noirua]

China football: Hair colour cancels play at women's match

A women's university football match is called off after one player's hair is deemed "not black enough".

www.bbc.co.uk

A women's university football match in China had to be called off after players were told they were not allowed to have dyed hair, state media report.

 

[Knobby22]

The Melbourne radio host this morning was giving regular updates in his program (which is a morning breakfast program not a sports program) to the final England vs Italy match, and announces the game was in overtime.

His is then rung up by a furious member of the public who states its extra time not overtime and he is a tool of Gillian McLoughlin.

Honestly Association Football fans are tossers.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

keep the home fires burning.

Ukraine: Dnipro-1 and FC Oleksandriya play ‘longest’ football match in league's history after air-raid sirens cause delays

Ukrainian top-flight teams Dnipro-1 and FC Oleksandriya play out the longest match in the league's history, with the game ending four hours 36 minutes after kick-off due to multiple air-raid sirens.

www.bbc.com

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[noirua]