The SNH Football thread

[wub]

One of the best fixtures ever today...Liverpool Newcastle;

Still remember that game from 1996, watching it with my brother on TV. Up there with the best games I've ever seen.

I remember watching it too with my mate, who was a massive Liverpool fan. Then the next year and the same scoreline. Then the next year...and Princess Diana goes and fucking dies and all the matches get postponed

[garethom]

One of the best fixtures ever today...Liverpool Newcastle;

Still remember that game from 1996, watching it with my brother on TV. Up there with the best games I've ever seen.

I remember watching it too with my mate, who was a massive Liverpool fan. Then the next year and the same scoreline. Then the next year...and Princess Diana goes and fucking dies and all the matches get postponed

Yeah, my brother's a liverpool fan, which people that lived in Torquay during the 80's were bound to become (Still denies he's a glory hunter).

What a year for football, that match, Euro 1996 and of course, Birmingham City finishing 10th in Division One.

[wub]

Yeah, my brother's a liverpool fan, which people that lived in Torquay during the 80's were bound to become (Still denies he's a glory hunter).

Funny, I've got mates who grew up in 90s Basingstoke who support Man U for the same reason

What a year for football, that match, Euro 1996 and of course, Birmingham City finishing 10th in Division One.

Fuck, even the team starting lineup gives me goosebumps

[herbalicious]

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hahaha what a legend

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... vader.html

the fan who got booted has just been given a 6 month jail term!! DEEP!!

Fuck, even the team starting lineup gives me goosebumps

aaah mate!! best England game I've ever seen!! (and nobody talk to me about Germany 5-1...that game has nothing on the NEDS game!!)

[wub]

Agreed, best game I've ever seen.


And yeah, Germany were SHIT that day - I mean, fucking Heskey got on the scoresheet.

[herbalicious]

Agreed, best game I've ever seen.


And yeah, Germany were SHIT that day - I mean, fucking Heskey got on the scoresheet.

exactly!

(although you could claim the Dutch were going through a similar type of transition at that time that Germany were when we tonked them...but let's not think about that! haha)

[garethom]

Yeah, my brother's a liverpool fan, which people that lived in Torquay during the 80's were bound to become (Still denies he's a glory hunter).

Funny, I've got mates who grew up in 90s Basingstoke who support Man U for the same reason

What a year for football, that match, Euro 1996 and of course, Birmingham City finishing 10th in Division One.

Fuck, even the team starting lineup gives me goosebumps

Even the bench was immense. McManaman has gotta be one of the most underated players. Just look at the general decline in the squad from 1990 World Cup & 1996 Euro Championships to the England squad of today:

1990 World Cup: Shilton, Pearce, Robson, Beardsley, Linker, Barnes, Gascoigne, Platt
1996 Euros: Seaman, Adams, Ince, Gascoigne, Shearer, McManaman
England 2011: Stockdale, Lescott, Barry, Downing, Carroll, Zamora

I reckon we've got 2 players in our squad at the moment that can be considered amongst the world's best for their position.

[wub]

I reckon we've got 2 players in our squad at the moment that can be considered amongst the world's best for their position.

Scott Parker and...um...?

[garethom]

I reckon we've got 2 players in our squad at the moment that can be considered amongst the world's best for their position.

Scott Parker and...um...?

At work, we came to the agreement that you could say Ashley Cole is one of the world's best left backs, and the other one we picked was Rooney as a striker, but even that's pushing it.

[herbalicious]

Ashley Cole. I'm drawing a blank on the rest.

[wub]

I'm standing by Scott Parker, though he does has some games where he's immense and some games where I forget he's actually on the pitch


Fair comment re; Ashley Cole. Rooney, maybe for a very brief period. Maybe.

[garethom]

I'm standing by Scott Parker, though he does has some games where he's immense and some games where I forget he's actually on the pitch


Fair comment re; Ashley Cole. Rooney, maybe for a very brief period. Maybe.

Yeah, we thought that someone that has off seasons rather than off periods was pushing it, but we still stuck at it.

Parker plays well, but I don't think I can consider him in, say, the top 5 centre midfielders in the world. Think Spain have probably got that on lock.

[clifford_-]

fuck off, leighton baines is a better left back than cole

[scspkr99]

I'm standing by Scott Parker, though he does has some games where he's immense and some games where I forget he's actually on the pitch


Fair comment re; Ashley Cole. Rooney, maybe for a very brief period. Maybe.

A lot of the time in that position that's not a bad thing.

I was at the second Liverpool Newcastle 4/3 was sharing a season ticket with a mate who's turn it was to go, met a couple of Irish lads in the pubs about 2 hours before kick off looking for tickets, took them to the game managed to get tickets at face value when they were prepared to pay significantly more and they sorted me a ticket for helping them about. Felt blessed at full time the first 4/3 was better though much more even game not a collapse the 2nd was.

[jazzamataz]

[jazzamataz]

fuck off, leighton baines is a better left back than cole

Seconded.

I've been begging Wenger to buy him for YEARS.

[garethom]

fuck off, leighton baines is a better left back than cole

Nah, not yet, I do think he's up there though. Tough call, but I think Ashley Cole has just been consistently good at the top level for his whole career, at every stage. Can't remember a time I've ever heard anyone claim that Ashley Cole is playing shit.

[magma]

fuck off, leighton baines is a better left back than cole

Nah, not yet, I do think he's up there though. Tough call, but I think Ashley Cole has just been consistently good at the top level for his whole career, at every stage. Can't remember a time I've ever heard anyone claim that Ashley Cole is playing shit.

As a Gooner, I find it a little bit difficult to admit, but Ashley Cole is definitely up there with the best left backs of his generation. I was fucking gutted when he left*



*and turned out to be an utter tnuc.

[jazzamataz]

As a Gooner, I find it a little bit difficult to admit, but Ashley Cole is definitely up there with the best left backs of his generation. I was fucking gutted when he left*



*and turned out to be an utter tnuc.

Agreed. However, his age is beginning to show.

[jazzamataz]

I'm taking my little bro to his first Arsenal game Vs. Leeds.
There's talks that Henry will be in the line up for that game.

IF he plays and IF he scores... That will be a landmark moment.