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Post by **Phantasm** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:59 pm

Aberdeen have been unceremoniously dumped out of the Scottish Cup 4 - 1 by Hibs.

Our season is nearly over - only europe to think about now.

Post by **stonemaybe** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:00 pm

Woo-hoo Arsenal come back to beat Man Utd 2-1! Awful game, apart from last 10 minutes, though!

Post by **Trapper** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:54 pm

Does anybody know how Juventus are doing in Serie B? Are they in the frame for promotion?

I haven't heard anything about them for months. If anybody knows a good English-language site about Italian football I'd love to see a link.

Post by **Mad Hatter** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:22 pm

Oooooh Liverpool vs Barcelona Champions League

Come on the POOOOOOO-OOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLL!

Post by **Trapper** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:39 pm

Real and Barca are both out in the Rd of 16.

Post by **Phantasm** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:49 pm

Trapper wrote:Does anybody know how Juventus are doing in Serie B? Are they in the frame for promotion?

I haven't heard anything about them for months. If anybody knows a good English-language site about Italian football I'd love to see a link.

Juventus top the table.

www.soccerway.com/national/italy/serie-b/

Post by **Trapper** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:20 pm

Thanks for that Phantasm.

I must admit I was hoping that they'd be having some trouble.

Post by **Warmark** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:23 pm

Heh, 7 month ban for the Valencia boxer.

Post by **Phantasm** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:11 am

Looking forward to this weekend with the Euro qualifiers.

Going to the Scotland game on Saturday against Georgia - hoping for a good win to keep us in the hunt for qualification.

Will be watching the away game Vs Italy with a few mates on Wednesday and hoping for a result (a point would do).

Got to admit that I think England will struggle in Tel Aviv against Isreal on Saturday, and I will be donning my Kippah to watch the game on the telly in the pub with other fervent Israeli fans (my fellow Scots) on Saturday.

Post by **stonemaybe** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:27 am

I'm predicting a draw israel v england.

A bit worried about ireland though. Apparently we are now below N. Ireland in FIFA world rankings. NOT good! San Marino caused us alot of problems, so for 'Wales' tomorrow, read 'Brazil'!

Sack Stan, get Roy!

Post by **Phantasm** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:58 pm

A good weekend for me there, a tough three points picked up by Scotland, and England dropping points in Israel with the media rounding on McLaren.

Looking forward to Wednesday and the prospect of taking the game to the world champs in their own back yard.

It will be tough in Bari for us, but we have a resilliant squad, and I'm sure we can grind out a result.

Forza Scotia.

Post by **Warmark** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:24 am

Wasnt the best of game but a valuable three points. I like the look of being top of the table

Post by **stonemaybe** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:06 pm

I like the look of being top of the table

I'm not surprised!

You seem to have, um let me see, the winners of the World Cup AND the runners-up, BELOW you!

Nice one!

(

Whereas we got thrashed by Cyprus

)

N. Ireland are doing quite good though - if they beat Sweden tomorrow they go top of their group! Now Paisley and McGuinness have made friends, maybe it's ok for me to support NI, whaddyathink?

Post by **stonemaybe** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:06 pm

A good night for the Ireland teams - Republic won and Northern Ireland beat Sweden to top their group.

At this moment, some other results are going both teams way too.

(And congratulations to Liechtenstein!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Post by **Warmark** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:37 pm

Post by **Phantasm** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:27 am

Disapointed by last nights result. 2 - 0 seems to be a standard result for us in Italy these days.
Thought we played reasonably well, but both goals were badly defended and ultimately preventable.

Still, we're in a good position in the group, and it's still in our own hands as to whether we qualify or not.

Fantastic result for Northern Ireland, and well done to the Republic too, they've kept themselves in with a good chance of qualifying.

Wales had their expected victory over San Marino, and England eventually managed to break down Andorra and secure a 3-0 win, although they were booed by their own fans going in 0-0 at half time.
In a fairly easy group, England seem to be making heavy weather of it.

Post by **Trapper** » Tue May 08, 2007 3:29 pm

Kewell may be a part of the Champions League Final.

www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_2113373,00.html

I'm an Aussie, so I'm biased, but I think that this is a wonderful development for Liverpool.

I have seen HK live and at his best (World Cup qualifier v Uruguay, 2005. He was coming down the wing closest to me in the 2nd half and it was truly magical to watch.) He is one special player when at his best.

Even though Viduka has had a good season with Middlesbrough, Kewell is the best Aussie player since Ray Baartz (a guy who was taken out in back-play, career ended, and almost killed by a Uruguayan player just before the '74 World Cup, our only WC appearence before Germany 2006).

I'll be hoping that he at least gets a spot on the bench. He was incredible when he was at Leeds, and has only been poor at 'Pool because of injury after injury.

Also, I don't want AC Milan to win, given that they were convicted of match-fixing less than a year ago.

Post by **Warmark** » Wed May 23, 2007 10:34 pm

BUMP!

AC Milan won 2-1.

Post by **Queeaqueg** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:44 pm

Henry the Traitor! Henry the Traitor! Henry the Traitor!

Barcelona have said that they have signed for £16 million on a Four year contract.
Personally, I don't believe anything that Barcelona or Real Madrid say. I am keeping my fingers crossed until arsenal, Wenger or Henry say otherwise. The deal sounds convincing, though.

If Henry goes, this goes on my list of heart-breaking moments.

Post by **Warmark** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:07 am

He's gone

£16 million is a lot less than i thought he would cost.

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