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Incredible FC SION

adrianadrian
in Other Football and Sports
Most of you may not know much about this Division 1 Swiss football team.
In the 50's, during my days in Switzerland, they were an established third division team and were promoted to the second tier in 1957.
Promotion to Div.1 followed in 1962. They then reached their first Cup final in 1965, and won it.
They've had their ups and downs since, but managed to reach another eleven Cup finals.
They won them all. A world record.
They were the underdogs in all those finals bar one, in 1997, when they achieved the double!
Cup finals are always played in Bern, Young Boys's ground. Young Boys is a top Club in Switzerland (11 titles, 6 cups) but whilst playing at home,
they lost 4 finals against Sion, their nightmare bogey team.
Sion will be playing their 13th Cup final tomorrow. Against Basel, a club whose relative success in international competitions (remember Chelsea?)
gives them a status never achieved in Swiss football.
This time, the odds against Sion are absolutely huge but would you risk a bet agaist them?
I know I would'nt.

Comments

  • cfgscfgs
    You forgot the most important fact in their illustrious history, unless I am mistaken Mark Bright played for them before us
  • adrianadrian
    cfgs said:

    You forgot the most important fact in their illustrious history, unless I am mistaken Mark Bright played for them before us

    Haven't forgotten him. He went on loan there but never played for them;
    He's 53 today.
  • nth_london_addicknth_london_addick
    Brighty is 53 feck me that's made me feel really old at 40
  • cfgscfgs
    adrian said:

    cfgs said:

    You forgot the most important fact in their illustrious history, unless I am mistaken Mark Bright played for them before us

    Haven't forgotten him. He went on loan there but never played for them;
    He's 53 today.
    Have they built a statue of him yet?
  • Richard JRichard J
    Were there any hairdressers in Sion ?
  • ken_shabbyken_shabby
    Iron, like a Lion, in Sion.

    Bob Marley liked them!
  • se9addickse9addick
    Didn't they kicked out of Europe a couple of seasons ago due to transfer shenanigans which subsequently saw Celtic reinstated?
  • SilentAddickSilentAddick
    Unlucky 13, perhaps?
  • adrianadrian
    Blimey. They're 1-0 up after 15 minutes.
  • superclivesuperclive
    Come on sion!
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  • adrianadrian
    It's now 2-0 !!
  • adrianadrian
    3-0 !
  • superclivesuperclive
    Wow! Ive got them in a bet sadly it also involves england winning too
  • adrianadrian
    Extraordinary Sion. They've done it again.
  • SaySomethingSaySomething
    @adrian, after your initial post I had a little bet on Sion to win...thanks for the tip!
  • LeuthLeuth
    Richard J said:

    Were there any hairdressers in Sion ?

    Nobody else is running with this :(
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