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  • DyerConsequences
    DyerConsequences Posts: 3,089
    edited May 7
    This year's Champions League final will be only the 4th Champions League/European Cup final with 2 sides from different capital cities playing against each other, and first since 1971.

    1962: Benfica Vs Real Madrid
    1966: Real Madrid Vs Partizan Belgrade 
    1971: Ajax Vs Panathinaikos
    2026: Arsenal Vs PSG
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,293
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Chelsea have been outrun by their opponents in every single league game this season.
    35 times in a row. Until today, when they outrun Liverpool.
    Although I think that says more about Liverpool.
  • DyerConsequences
    DyerConsequences Posts: 3,089
    Ousmane Dembélé has been named as Ligue 1 player of the season. He started just 9 games and has played the full 90 minutes once all season.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,885
    Benfica are unbeaten all season, but are 3rd in the league.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 8,495
    This year in the Bundesliga, the league’s top scorer (Harry Kane 36 goals) has scored the same number of goals as the second and third placed players combined (Denis Undav 19 goals, Serhou Guirassy 17 goals)
  • DyerConsequences
    DyerConsequences Posts: 3,089
    If West Ham are relegated it would mean 14 of the 17 teams that have finished 9th in the Premier League since 2009 will have been relegated within 5 years.

    It's still possible the other 3 could as well:

    2022 - Brighton 
    2023 - Brentford 
    2025 - Bournemouth 
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 16,532
    DyerConsequences said:
    This year's Champions League final will be only the 4th Champions League/European Cup final with 2 sides from different capital cities playing against each other, and first since 1971.

    1962: Benfica Vs Real Madrid
    1966: Real Madrid Vs Partizan Belgrade 
    1971: Ajax Vs Panathinaikos
    2026: Arsenal Vs PSG

    Ajax game was also played in a capital city - London. 
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,840
    DyerConsequences said:
    If West Ham are relegated it would mean 14 of the 17 teams that have finished 9th in the Premier League since 2009 will have been relegated within 5 years.

    It's still possible the other 3 could as well:

    2022 - Brighton 
    2023 - Brentford 
    2025 - Bournemouth 
    poxy palace have finished 10th-15th every season since they went up ffs
  • rememberbillybonds
    rememberbillybonds Posts: 772
    Spurs could be relegated on last day of the season.
  • follett
    follett Posts: 1,255
    guinnessaddick said:
    Dara O'Shea played every minute of the 46 game season for Ipswich without picking up a yellow card.

    That’s pretty impressive, even more so given he rugby tackled Kelman

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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,885
    If Jadon Sancho plays in the Europa League final for Villa tonight, he'll have played in 3 different European finals for 3 different clubs in the last 3 years.

    2024 Champions League final with Dortmund
    2025 Conference League final with Chelsea
    2026 Europa League final with Villa
  • Riscardo
    Riscardo Posts: 2,349
    Algarveaddick said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Clapton CFC vs Rayleigh Town had an attendance of 2,375 on the weekend
    It was the Play-Off Final for the Eastern Counties League Division One South, tier six of Non-League Football
    The games attendance was higher than three Saudi Pro League games from the same weekend
    Is that the football hotbed that is hosting the world cup in eight years time?  :(
    Forest Gate?
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,824
    Unai Emery has now won the Europa league with 3 teams with "villa" in their name: Sevilla, Villarreal
    and Aston Villa. Or as Google AI reports it, 'Unai Emery has completed the iconic "Villa" Europa League treble'.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 30,531
    edited May 21
    follett said:
    guinnessaddick said:
    Dara O'Shea played every minute of the 46 game season for Ipswich without picking up a yellow card.

    That’s pretty impressive, even more so given he rugby tackled Kelman
    Unfortunately you don’t get a yellow for a two arm wrap tackle in rugby.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,885
    edited May 23
    The coach of the Haiti national football team, who'll take them to the World Cup this summer, has never been to Haiti.

    Neither have several of the players.
  • Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch
    Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch Posts: 2,245
    Over 120,000 tickets were sold for the 2026 Championship playoff final.
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 7,423
    edited May 24
    Next season will be the first in the 138 year history of the top flight that hasn’t included a team whose name begins with a W.
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,678
    SporadicAddick said:
    Next season will be the first in the 138 year history of the top flight that hasn’t included a team whose men’s begins with a W.
    Easy now, we are still hoping for Spurs to get relegated 
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 8,495
    SporadicAddick said:
    Next season will be the first in the 138 year history of the top flight that hasn’t included a team whose men’s begins with a W.
    Woolwich Arsenal.

    😉
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 8,495
    Also:

    Wanky Palace

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  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 6,018
    David Corbett owner of Pickles the dog was rewarded £6000 for finding the World Cup - that's six times more than the England squad got for winning it.

     
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 9,180

  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,885

  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 2,034
    There are 99 players named in squads for this year's world cup who were born in France. They would have cleared 100 but there are 3 players in the French squad who were born elsewhere.
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,293
    edited June 4
    According to Opta, from the top 20 leagues around the world, only 1 player (in Ecuador) had fewer defensive contributions per 90 than Kylian Mbappe this season.


  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 24,085
    Jones would fucking murder him and then eat his remains 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,885
    How lazy is the Ecuador bloke?!
  • DyerConsequences
    DyerConsequences Posts: 3,089
    There will be 8 sets of brothers taking part in the world cup - but 4 will be playing for different countries:

    Souttar - Scotland/Australia 
    Doue - France/Ivory Coast 
    Williams - Spain/Ghana
    Brobbery/Luckassen - Netherlands/Ghana 

    The 4 for the same country are:

    Bacuna - Curaçao
    Hernandez - France 
    Timber - Netherlands 
    Duarte - Cape Verde 
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 10,305
    From Le Monde.

    In 1994 when USA last hosted the World Cup, football was the 67th most favourite sport in the US, just after tractor pulling in 66th place.

    Now it’s in 3rd place - ahead of baseball!


    En 1994, les Etats-Unis organisent le Mondial masculin. Avant le coup d’envoi, seule une petite poignée de locaux ont connaissance de l’événement. Le soccer ne pointe alors qu’à la 67e place des sports préférés des Américains, juste derrière le tractor pulling.

    Malgré la réussite du Mondial et une élimination plutôt honorable du pays hôte en huitièmes de finale par le Brésil, futur vainqueur, le tournoi n’a entraîné aucun boom. L’ascension du football a été « lente mais régulière », retrace Roger Bennett, à l’image de la croissance du championnat, la Major League Soccer. Selon une étude publiée par The Economist en novembre 2025, il est désormais le troisième sport le plus populaire aux Etats-Unis, derrière le football américain et le basket, mais devant le base-ball.

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