Rich Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 From NUFC.com: In the 103 Replacing the previous G14 group, European football clubs including Newcastle have banded together in a new organisation named the European Club Association. 103 clubs from the 53 nations that participate in UEFA competitions form the group, with membership being initially based on current rankings. That means that Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool and Newcastle represent England in the ECA, which will be based in the Swiss city of Geneva. Get in there UEFA rankings! Something else to tell prospective signings, "we're in the ECA, you know? Spurs aren't!"... undoubtedly to be responded to with "the what?". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 \o/ How far behind are the UEFA rankings like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 We've got Freddy Shepherd to thank for that, lads and lasses. Please join me in a million-minutes applause. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Is it cos we played in Europe the most recently ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 We've got Freddy Shepherd to thank for that, lads and lasses. Please join me in a million-minutes applause. Sorry if Ashley is going to get the blame for where we are now he also has to receive any congratulations due even if it was years ago when this mess/success started. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Is it cos we played in Europe the most recently ? Aye aye, chicken pie. (Well, sort of.) http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method3/trank2008.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 \o/ How far behind are the UEFA rankings like? Aye but the years we were in Europe, we obviously built our reputation in the rankings. Glad to see these UEFA rankings actually count for something like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 We've got Freddy Shepherd to thank for that, lads and lasses. Please join me in a million-minutes applause. Very true, the same man who got us there, also destroyed us with decisions such as sacking Sir Bobby. Sorry if Ashley is going to get the blame for where we are now he also has to receive any congratulations due even if it was years ago when this mess/success started. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brazilianbob Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Not really, if you check out the full list you will find that even Millwall and Southampton are included in the top 103 clubs replacing G14. Basically it includes virtually every club that has played in European competition and if you fast forward to 2009/2010 we are way down the list and are even behind the likes of Boro and Bolton. We need to get back into europe at the end of the season to climb back up the list. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Not really, if you check out the full list you will find that even Millwall and Southampton are included in the top 103 clubs replacing G14. Basically it includes virtually every club that has played in European competition and if you fast forward to 2009/2010 we are way down the list and are even behind the likes of Boro and Bolton. We need to get back into europe at the end of the season to climb back up the list. Er, isn't it only 5 teams from England though? Milwall and Southampton will only be in the top103 because of the England co-efficient which applies to every team in England - their own performance is added to this figure. I take it that the 103 teams involved aren't the "top" 103 ranked teams because of the 5-per-country rule? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nufc 4 life Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 what is the ECA? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Boy Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Why 103 though? If it is 5 from each country where does the 3 come from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Why 103 though? If it is 5 from each country where does the 3 come from? I assume its a maximum of 5-per-country from the 53 member nations, so Belgium, Romania, Poland, etc will have 1/2/3 representatives Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Not really, if you check out the full list you will find that even Millwall and Southampton are included in the top 103 clubs replacing G14. Basically it includes virtually every club that has played in European competition and if you fast forward to 2009/2010 we are way down the list and are even behind the likes of Boro and Bolton. We need to get back into europe at the end of the season to climb back up the list. Erm... there are only 5 English teams in it, man, and we're still 14th in Europe as far as the UEFA coefficients go, despite not being in Europe 2 out of the last 5 years. Had we been in Europe last season and got to the quarters of the UEFA, we could have been as high as 8th in Europe! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Why 103 though? If it is 5 from each country where does the 3 come from? http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/648367.pdf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 We've got Freddy Shepherd to thank for that, lads and lasses. yeah but..........which is better, the old board or the new board? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 According to the list of members on wikipedia, England and Spain both have 6 members (Manchester City take the other spot). France, for some reason, have 7 members. I'm not sure what it's based on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Club_Association Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 You can imagine it now: "Tell us, why did you sign for Newcastle over Tottenham, Everton and the other teams in for you?" "Well it's simple isn't it, Newcastle are among the five English teams in the European Club Association. That's an honour" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Boy Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Obviously its not going to sway a players decision to join us, but it can only be good that our board members will become more familiar with the boards of all Europe's leading clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hodsgod Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Obviously its not going to sway a players decision to join us, but it can only be good that our board members will become more familiar with the boards of all Europe's leading clubs. Yes and will become familiar with a pile of shite as well. How did man City get in? when did they last play in Europe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Lol Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 \o/ How far behind are the UEFA rankings like? Aye but the years we were in Europe, we obviously built our reputation in the rankings. Glad to see these UEFA rankings actually count for something like. On the rankings over the past 12 months, Newcastle are joint 322nd in the world. http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6f28f53512 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Not 'those' rankings again. They're an absolute joke. Prime example of this is the club who are number four on there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Lol Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Not 'those' rankings again. They're an absolute joke. Prime example of this is the club who are number four on there. Got to the Uefa Cup Final though. That ought to count for something I suppose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 \o/ How far behind are the UEFA rankings like? Aye but the years we were in Europe, we obviously built our reputation in the rankings. Glad to see these UEFA rankings actually count for something like. On the rankings over the past 12 months, Newcastle are joint 322nd in the world. http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6f28f53512 Pipe down, 33. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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