The English Football Thread

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Frownland

I agree with Fluff. Chuck is racist as ****.

Socker is actually really popular in California.

With whom?

Originally Posted by Fluff

None of this is true and it's aired on Bein Sports as well you thick twat.

Sounds like some bottom-of-the-barrel sports channel nobody watches.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by 66Sexy

With hoom

Casual sports fans. Not uncommon to see a game on at a bar.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Frownland

Casual sports fans.

Has it always been like that or did people just start caring?

And there's a lot of sports that get played at bars that aren't necessarily big.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by 66Sexy

Has it always been like that or did people just start caring?

Check the edit. Might be changing, it does seem to be more common among the younger folk.

Originally Posted by Frownland

Casual sports fans. Not uncommon to see a game on at a bar.

[Cuthbert]

Originally Posted by Mindfulness

i speak english and the title says football. we im going to talk about about football, ya know NFL. its the pre-season and im hyped for the fall because it'll be something to watch. im going to root for the bears and Iowa hawkeyes. i even brought back a hawkeyes hat from the midwest while on vacation to wear during the games i guess the league has gone to **** though. cant tackle with the head and male cheer leaders.. :/

anyone on here have a huge collection of rare sports cards?

I have about 200 match programs, from the 50s, 60s, 70s mainly. I have the one from the 1966 World Cup Final and the 1968 European Cup Final. I also have a signed MU ball when they won the 1991 Cup Winners Cup, a signed Aston Villa shirt, and a signed letter from Sir Alex Ferguson, when I invited him to my birthday party. @Q

Originally Posted by 66Sexy

Sounds like some bottom-of-the-barrel sports channel nobody watches.

Irrelevant, Charles.

Originally Posted by Frownland

Casual sports fans. Not uncommon to see a game on at a bar.

That's great to hear.

[Mindy]

Originally Posted by Fluff

I have about 200 match programs, from the 50s, 60s, 70s mainly. I have the one from the 1966 World Cup Final and the 1968 European Cup Final. I also have a signed MU ball when they won the 1991 Cup Winners Cup, a signed Aston Villa shirt, and a signed letter from Sir Alex Ferguson, when I invited him to my birthday party. @Q



Irrelevant, Charles.



That's great to hear.

never heard of them players

[Cuthbert]

Originally Posted by Mindfulness

never heard of them players

He is a coach.

Got the shirt framed in a photo frame but I'd like to get it done properly. It's from 2005/6 season. Whole team signed it. I love it 💜💙💜💙💜

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Fluff

MLS is interesting to me. I discussed it before with Q. I think if they removed salary caps it might have a chance to really grow. Match the wages offered in Europe and everything is there other than prestige but that can change over time. Especially if North America was included in the Copa Libatadores.

Imo MLS definitely needs salary caps to ensure some degree of parity in the league. Americans are surprisingly content with MLS being a stepping stone to European leagues. If we tried to recruit the highest tier they’d all end up in the communities with the most Hispanics and after a few non-competitive seasons the rest of the country would lose interest. I know the USA has reputation for being obsessed with superlatives like “greatest” but as sports fans we’re surprising sophisticated (besides batlord). For example, very few college football players make the NFL but attendance at college football games still blow the NFL away. We’re never going to out premier the premier league(s) in Europe and making that the objective would be a recipe for disappointment. I follow football players from college to the nfl and often know their entire career. Hopefully, MLS will groom players for big time play in Europe and then when we watch big league soccer from Europe it’ll be more meaningful because we’ll know the players that came up through the ranks in MLS.

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

Originally Posted by Fluff

I have about 200 match programs, from the 50s, 60s, 70s mainly. I have the one from the 1966 World Cup Final and the 1968 European Cup Final. I also have a signed MU ball when they won the 1991 Cup Winners Cup, a signed Aston Villa shirt, and a signed letter from Sir Alex Ferguson, when I invited him to my birthday party. @Q.

you've told me this before

what a man he is :,)

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Fluff

Irrelevant, Charles.

If the only time soccer was aired was at 2am in-between infomercials would that be irrelevant? If it's a channel nobody watches or has heard of then who cares? Certainly not Americans.