The Official European Football Thread

[Dan]

I have a question for the europeans on the board.

How is attending a soccer game in your respective countries?

Is there food available during the course of the game? Tailgating outside? I'm not sure why that's the first to come to mind, but it's been something that's been nagging at my brain.

How Rude.

How About The Other Overseas Members.

[Unchainme]

How Rude.

How About The Other Overseas Members.

Dan, I' think you would be better to ask about the "All-Blacks" .

[Don Corleone]

I have a question for the europeans on the board.

How is attending a soccer game in your respective countries?

Is there food available during the course of the game? Tailgating outside? I'm not sure why that's the first to come to mind, but it's been something that's been nagging at my brain.

Depends on the game really. By and large there is a good atmosphere at the games - some of the chants can be pretty good.

Then there is the flip side which is a derby game. Derby games always bring a degree of trouble with them - some more than others (Celtic vs Glasgow, Newcastle vs Sunderland, Manchester United vs Manchester City for example).

[jero]

Go US nuke em!

[jero]

that goes fast! 1-0 Ghana

[jero]

1-1 Penalty

[Dan]

Damn,Ghana 2-1 USA.

[BITEYOASS]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!! That's all I have to say about that game. Plus I've been noticing this trend of soccer players faking their injuries by falling on the ground and acting like a little bitch.

[Dan]

Amen To That.

[Dan]

Like This One.

[Dan]

LOL,This One Takes The Cake.

[Seshmeister]

I have a question for the europeans on the board.

How is attending a soccer game in your respective countries?

I took a couple of New Yorkers to a second division game with just a few thousand crowd here. It ended 0-0 and they loved it.

It's all about the atmosphere which can be more like a rock gig than say a baseball game. I think it's getting less and less good each year though as they have civilised it.

I'm nostalgic for the days of going to see Scotland play in the early 80s where there might be 80 000, mostly unseated and the toilets consisted of a wall with a trough.

Much less atmosphere at a World Cup these days because it is so corporate and money based. For example at the last World Cup that Scotland were at in France in 1998 we couldn't get tickets for the opening game against Brazil. In a stadium of 80 000 Scottish fans were given 3 000 tickets, Brazil fans got 3 000 and the other 74 000 went to FIFA people, sponsors and so forth. Fucking joke.

FIFA which is a pretty corrupt organisation expect to make over 2 billion from this World Cup.

[Seshmeister]

I'm not really sure how South Korea managed to lose today.

I guess it's all about having good strikers.

[BITEYOASS]

LOL,This One Takes The Cake.

You know if he were to try that poofy shite in Rugby, American Football, Austrailian Rules Football, Gaelic Football or any other sport which requires Testicles--his coach would smack him around like a little bitch and drag him back to the field. And if nothing happened, then an on-field fight between the two team would ensue.

[BITEYOASS]

They may as well call the game "Cuntball", "Twatball" or "Arseball".