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1·1 year agoWhile at the same time, promoting a certain blue pill.
Talk to your doctor… I WOULD
Isn’t the same in Croatia as well? There are many references to Pavelic and, if I remember, players were punished for singing Ustashe’s songs after matches.
I am 100% sure match fixing happens in every minor league in Europe. The only thing is that it goes under the radar and nobody cares to investigate further, but the betting rot is there.
Premier League needs player like him in that kind of teams - one of the most attractive sides in the competition.
Swindon Town has an Anglo-Italian Cup… More International titles than Wednesday
UEFA Cup 2nd round 1st leg. Not a meaningless game, then. Perhaps Bayern supporters thought Norwich was an unknown side - after all, journalists only mentioned that Norwich’s main attraction is that it was the city where mustard was made.
Hope my daily 50-year old throwback is still permitted, because maybe some people are annoyed or don’t really care about it. I’d like to know your opinion, mods.
Is that Corona the same who was about to talk about homosexuality of some players in Italy? If so, he’s a real vulture. Scumbag.
Barcelona’s (and Spain’s) golden age. Long may they reign.
One should never forget that documentary about Graham Taylor - An Impossible Job. The bitterness and anger when Ronald Koeman brought David Platt down (he was right, he should have been sent off) and the sad face after the match sums up the desperation the English side was having at that moment.
Christ’s sake…I am a staunch Madridista, but aren’t we getting the bubble bigger and bigger and it’s only October! What if he dissapears in the middle of the season? Don’t feed the hype…
Copa del Rey (Preliminary Round).
Turégano, Boiro, Atlético Lugones, Tardienta, Rubí, Chiclana, Deportivo Murcia, Bunyol, Hernán Cortés and Quintanar de la Órden are through to the first round, where they will host a La Liga side - minus the one in the Supercup because… Rubiales things.
IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO TODAY - October 13th
First Division
Leeds remain unbeaten after suffering a scare at Filbert Street. Leicester City went 2-0 up courtesy of Frank Worthington and a thunderbolt by Alan Birchenall, but Leeds fought to draw level: Mick Jones and a controversial free-kick parried into the net by Billy Bremner helped the Whites to continue his march on top of the table.
The gap between first and second is reduced to two points. Burnley beat QPR 2-1 thanks to the goals by Geoff Nulty and Ray Hankin, cancelling Dave Thomas effort. Coventry couldn’t snatch a win at Norwich, ending all square at 0-0.
Liverpool’s shaky start of the season continues, virtue of a 1-0 defeat at The Dell, with an effort by Mick Channon, settling the points for Southampton. A crowd of 25,111 at Stamford Bridge saw one of the most entertaining games of the day - Ipswich defeated Chelsea thanks to a brace by David Johnson and a Bryan Hamilton goal. 3-2 for the Anglia team. At White Hart Lane, a North London Derby with 2 teams in search of a victory which can give a bit of fresh aire was decided in favour of a Spurs side which really needed the points: a crowd of 41,000 saw Martin Chivers and Alan Gilzean score the goals.
CONTROVERSY AT OLD TRAFFORD. United’s woes continue after another dire performance against now 3rd place Derby County: the biggets crowd of the day (43,000) saw Kevin Hector score the only goal of the match. But the real trouble started at the end of the match. Sam Longson, the Derby chairman, claimed that Brian Clough v-signed Sir Matt Busby, in attendance today. This really aggravates the atmosphere between the board and the manager. We shall see if the situation improves or not.
To finish with, it’s good to see Birmingham City’s first victory of the season: goals from Trevor Francis and Kenny Burns obliterated John Richards’ effort for a Wolves side who lie only one point above the relegation zone. Said relegation zone is also shared by West Ham, who is rock bottom after Colin Harper’s goal gave Everton the win at Goodison Park.
Second Division
Middlesbrough earn another valuable home win to keep themselves top of the table: 1-0 against Hull - Malcolm Smith the scorer. An overhaul of the promotion places has happened: both Fulham and Forest lost today - Don Masson scoring a brace to sink Fulham at Notts County and the Gordon Fairbrother-Ricky Heppolette duo partnering to beat Forest at the Orient - leaving Luton Town to pick the rewards. A penalty scored by John Aston and a goal by Peter Anderson gave the Hatters a 2-1 win against Swindon. Preston’s purple patch continues, as they move to third - Neil Young with the penalty to beat Sunderland in front of 21,000. In all, up to 8 teams are in a 2-point gap.
At the bottom, Malcolm Allison’s Palace are still winless, although they can boast their third draw of the season - 1-1 at Oxford, with the goal by Don Rogers to show. But they have 3 points from 11 matches. This draw helps Oxford to lift themselves from the danger zone - a place in which Swindon and Millwall enter.
Third and Fourth Division
Bristol Rovers’ immaculate start of the season continues with a 1-1 draw against shaky Port Vale at Eastville with the biggest crowd of the day in the division - 8,882. The two promotion places remain unchanged - Oldham beat Rochdale in a regional derby 3-1, and Bournemouth could only muster a draw at Shrewsbury (1-1). Bolstered by BBC’s Match of the Day cameras, Hereford’s 8,552 crowd could only see their side draw 0-0 against Cambridge. At the bottom, Aldershot goes back to last position after a dissapointing day at Roots Hall, Southend. 2-1 for the Shrimps, who are now outside the relegation zone. Brighton (lost 1-0 at home to Halifax), Shrewsbury and Rochdale, follow the Shots at the bottom.
In the fourth division, Top 4 remains unchanged. Colchester 3-0 drubbing against Darlington on Friday helped them to keep the top of the table one week more. Meanwhile, Bury in second place suffered a 3-0 beating by Gillingham, with a brace of in-form Brian Yeo (9 goals so far). The top of the table is very crowded - 4 points separating the Top 10. The goal-fest of the day was at Millmoor, where Rotherham beat Exeter 4-0. And for the highest attendance today we go to London - Brentford’s 6,100 crowd saw a gallant home side go down 1-0 against in-form Peterborough. Sadly, the lowest crowd could only muster a thousand crowd, who saw Workington beat Barnsley by 1-0, helping them to distance themselves from the re-election bunch.
Outside of the League
Next Wednesday, England faces a daunting prospect in order to be in West Germany the next year - they need to beat Poland in order to qualify for the World Cup. There was great talk on newspapers to postpone this week’s matches, but Alan Hardaker, Chairman of the Football League, was adamant on a radio interview:
It is a football match, not a war. Let us keep our sense of perspective, everybody is getting hysterical. If we do lose, the game is not going to die. It will be a terrible thing for six weeks and then everybody will forget about it.
Lest not forget that the sold-out match will be covered LIVE on ITV starting at 7.30. Highlights will be shown at Sportsnight at 10.30.
FOOTBALL ON TV TODAY.
BBC - Liverpool v Southampton and Hereford United v Cambridge United.
ITV - Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal (London Weekend - Brian Moore), Leicester City v Leeds United (ATV - Hugh Johns), Norwich City v Hull City (Anglia TV), Sheffield Wednesday v Plymouth Argyle (Yorkshire TV) and Middlesbrough v Hull City (Tyne Tees TV).
Link with all results and scorers (1st and 2nd Division only)
They have the GOAL programme, which helps those less powerful nations to have modern infrastructure…
and helps some heads of state to have a photo with mr Infantino. All in all, a way to have another vote.
Remember.
They are a NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION.
This money is for water leaks in his headquarters.
Anyone old enough to remember Robert Prosinecki? Signed from Red Star, paid a ton of money, he seemed to be injured eternally - only 3 League matches in his first season.
Truly Güler is the Prosinecki of the gen-Z.