Yorkie Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 As if Greece won the Euros. How mad was that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 As if Greece won the Euros. How mad was that? Sounds like something you'd say on a particularly bad date. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 I'll stick it the conversation book. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 I remember preparing topics to talk about with my first girlfriend when I was mega young. Stuff like "how bad is our english teacher" aand pish like that. Tragic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 I remember preparing topics to talk about with my first girlfriend when I was mega young. Stuff like "how bad is our english teacher" aand pish like that. Tragic. Little notepad? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34162999 How utterly pointless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 When I went to Barcelona a few years ago I only saw one Espanyol shirt the whole time I was there, worn by a lady working in a butchers. Is the ratio of fans the most lop sided in any city in world football? The Spanish public survey agency made recently a study of club followings throughout Spain. According to them, in the Barcelona area it was something of a 25:1 ratio. There's actually more Real Madrid fans in Barcelona than Espanyol fans. Comfortably so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34162999 How utterly pointless. Reminds me of this lad at school who used to try and play as ref on the yard and gave a blue card to whoever he thought was man of the match. Everyone ignored him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34162999 How utterly pointless. It's only workable if you can save them up for stuff, like green shield stamps. Buy a toaster or something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Italians will eventually find their way to a blue card via cheating, that's a given. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Unduly amused at ITV captioning the Georgian player v Scotland as "Levan McHedlidze", like he's from the diaspora. They are so shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 When I went to Barcelona a few years ago I only saw one Espanyol shirt the whole time I was there, worn by a lady working in a butchers. Is the ratio of fans the most lop sided in any city in world football? The Spanish public survey agency made recently a study of club followings throughout Spain. According to them, in the Barcelona area it was something of a 25:1 ratio. There's actually more Real Madrid fans in Barcelona than Espanyol fans. Comfortably so. 25 to 1 is mental. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 It wasn't like that when I was younger. We were a majority but not by such an absurd margin. Besides the fact our recent success will have brought us more fans, the thing is that Espanyol are a zombie club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 It's a shame really. Espanyol families should be using the rod to enforce their team upon their children. Such a large city deserves a proper rivalry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 They have been languishing under financial duress since the late 90s, when they were forced to sell their stadium (and it was a bad sale, too). They have been crippled with debt and lack of revenue because they didn't own a stadium until they built Cornellà-El Prat. They operate on a shoestring, and even with their diminished fanbase they should still be one of the 7-8 richest clubs in the country. Theirs is a story of chronic mismanagement and short-termism. They have a decent board now. Building their own stadium should help in the long term, but it has crippled them in the short one. The residential developments that were attached to the deal didn't pan out because of the big real state crash in Spain. They have been unlucky, but in 4-5 years they should stabilize. Their challenge is keeping a decent fanbase until then; the attendances have been constantly dropping for the past years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Ralph Milne, former Dundee United and Manchester United left winger has died aged 54. I remember him at Charlton before Taggart signed him back when they were shit. Taggart hadn't cleared out the renowned pissheads by this time, the only successful signing he'd made for them by then was Brian McClair, and Milne, as I remember was distinctly mediocre for them. Still, 54 is no age. RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 RIP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Milne is actually pretty respected by Manchester United fans while being, as you said, distinctly mediocre. I imagine that's mainly because while Fergie was criticised for the signing, he actually defended Milne and said he was an asset. I was too young to know for myself really. RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 I read that Barca/Real tend to be people's second team in Spain if not #1. Is this true? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattypnufc Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 VI would be able to clarify but from my understanding (what I've read) its true. The book Fear And Loathing In La Liga by Sid Lowe covers the rivalry and popularity really well, with La Roja as a complimentary book it basically gives you lots of information on both. My parents live in Southern Valencia region and there's a Barca supporters bar in the town. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I read that Barca/Real tend to be people's second team in Spain if not #1. Is this true? Yes, overwhelmingly so. Only a few "third teams" actually rule in their catchment areas: http://www.jotdown.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mapa-5.png Everything white-ish on the map means a majority of Real/Madrid Barça fans. Darker shades of green mean that province has a majority of non-Barçadrid fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 How big are Athletic in Madrid /Spain? Are a club like Valencia better supported? What are the name of the clubs in green that are not obvious? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I heard today that we have the tallest team in the division. I can't believe it. It might just be based on one game. I guess Janmaat is tall for a fullback. Mitrovic. Obertan. Sissoko. Only one of them is any good in the air. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 How big are Athletic in Madrid /Spain? Are a club like Valencia better supported? What are the name of the clubs in green that are not obvious? This map is probably more useful: http://www.jotdown.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mapa-1.png I've always found it interesting that, barring a couple of exceptions, the Spanish north has stronger local clubs. Madrid dominates over the poorest parts of the country, which don't have strong clubs. Atlético and Valencia have a very strong rivalry to settle who's "best of the rest". They are pretty close regarding fanbases. Atlético are a minority in Madrid, but since it's such a big city that leaves them with lots of fans still. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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