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« Reply #15 on: Friday, November 30, 2012, 11:25:50 » |
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Just when you think we have reached saturation point, another pointless, poorly-attended competition is mooted.
So we'll now get Championship clubs snubbing our 2 national cup competitions.
It may have some novelty value to start with, but as a long term competition I doubt it will have the legs.
Just look at how the PL clubs in the Europa league treat that - I honestly don't know why they bother entering.
Bollocks to Europe, I like my domestic football
i think you misunderstood the original post. it was a suggestion from Coca Fola... |
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« Reply #16 on: Friday, November 30, 2012, 11:30:48 » |
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Then I hope he never succeeds Monsieur Plantini
Mind you, expanding the Champions League is just plain wrong.
Get it back to a straight 2 leg knockout from the off
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« Reply #17 on: Friday, November 30, 2012, 13:39:08 » |
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Get it back to a straight 2 leg knockout from the off
You are thinking of it like a football fan, they think of it as a cash cow. |
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« Reply #18 on: Friday, November 30, 2012, 13:42:30 » |
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The likes of Paolo Montero and Kwame Ayew gracing the CG pitch. Happy days. Havent forgiven that cunt Oliver Bierhoff for scoring a hattrick against us though. At least Chris Hamon got one back in that game  |
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« Reply #19 on: Friday, November 30, 2012, 15:50:48 » |
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Out of interest has anyone on here see us play away from home in Europe? Didn't realise we'd played in the anglo-italian cup as recently as 94/95. Thought that it was only in the late 60's/early 70's.
Not away but I went to the home games. Seem to recollect watching Atalanta at the CG. As Reg said, there wasn't much interest in the games. |
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Bob's Orange
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« Reply #20 on: Friday, November 30, 2012, 15:59:06 » |
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
the gorgie boys, for Hearts in Europe.
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« Reply #21 on: Friday, November 30, 2012, 16:03:54 » |
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Went to the demolition of Juventus early 70s.
Now, my memory isn't what it was but did Stan Harland score a screamer in that one
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« Reply #22 on: Friday, November 30, 2012, 16:04:42 » |
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So was i, they stole it with a last minute winner. Not that it mattered based on what we achieved that season, probably better we didn't have more games to deal with. |
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #23 on: Friday, November 30, 2012, 16:08:44 » |
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I don't suppose Chris Hughton and Colin Calderwood dreamed they'd end up as a management duo, when they shook hands at the end of the match. |
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« Reply #24 on: Friday, November 30, 2012, 16:12:28 » |
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So was i, they stole it with a last minute winner. Not that it mattered based on what we achieved that season, probably better we didn't have more games to deal with.
bizarrely I am sure I remember that their winner was scored off the underside of the bar. Not sure why I would remember such a thing but still!! It was the emptiest I had ever seen the CG. |
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
the gorgie boys, for Hearts in Europe.
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« Reply #25 on: Friday, November 30, 2012, 16:24:37 » |
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bizarrely I am sure I remember that their winner was scored off the underside of the bar. Not sure why I would remember such a thing but still!! It was the emptiest I had ever seen the CG.
The emptiest I've ever seen the CG, was back in the 80's, we'd played Rovers and it had got a bit nawty, the cunts had battered out the side of the Shrivenham Road, with a crush barrier stanchion, and had attempted the same to get into the South Side, from outside. Consequence was a hole in the stand....I lived in Stratton at the time, and was walking back after a night on the piss in OT, so climbed through and sat taking in a completely empty CG...surprisingly light, due I suppose to big bugger light on the magic roundabout. |
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