European Football 17/18

[MC Prussian]

Commentator talking about "violence" and "ultras destroying football".

I don't condone the fans' actions, but these pundits are talking out of their arse no end.

[SemperEadem]

The BT commentators were shown to be very naive in their comments regarding the ultras and wearing 'masks'. 

[NorthfieldsFox]

I will be attending a Hamburg Derby next year !!! 

 

FC Pauli v the Dark side 

[MC Prussian]

Last promotion place to the 2. Bundesliga will be decided in a match between Karlsruher SC (3. Liga) and one of the following:

Sandhausen

Heidenheim

Dresden

Darmstadt

Aue

Braunschweig

 

All these teams need a win to secure safety in the league, one of them will be relegated directly (alongside Kaiserslautern).

[MC Prussian]

In France, Troyes follow Metz into Ligue 2. The third team to drop down one division will be decided in the playoffs/playouts between Toulouse or Caen and AC Ajaccio.

[Dr Marco]

Please sign Grandsir from Troyes! Great player, only 21 years old

[MC Prussian]

Great news from Italy: Parma are on the brink of a return to Serie A!

Declared bankrupt in 2015 and forced to start anew in Serie D, the Crociati are that close to an immediate return to the top division.

 

With one game to play this season, they are on 69 points and in 3rd place.

All they have to do is win the last game of the season next weekend at La Spezia, whilst second-placed Frosinone are only allowed one point at home against Foggia.

 

Other teams in the Serie B playoff places: Palermo, Venezia, Bari, Cittadella and Perugia.

[SemperEadem]

1 hour ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

I will be attending a Hamburg Derby next year !!! 

 

FC Pauli v the Dark side 

All the best in getting a ticket for that. Saw that you met a Pauli fan the other week.

 

Hamburg trips are always popular with the Leicester who go with Bochum.

[NorthfieldsFox]

9 hours ago, baker11 said:

All the best in getting a ticket for that. Saw that you met a Pauli fan the other week.

 

Hamburg trips are always popular with the Leicester who go with Bochum.

The lads have 12 Tickets and already confirmed that I can attend the derby game 

 

bochum is quite a distance from Hamburg ? 

 

 

 

 

[SemperEadem]

7 minutes ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

The lads have 12 Tickets and already confirmed that I can attend the derby game 

 

bochum is quite a distance from Hamburg ? 

 

 

 

 

Ah nice, atmosphere for the derby will be another level.

 

Yeah it's a big old country. Two seasons ago I know guys off here went on a football special which left at 3.00 in the morning.

 

 

This game -

 

 

[NorthfieldsFox]

2 hours ago, baker11 said:

Ah nice, atmosphere for the derby will be another level.

 

Yeah it's a big old country. Two seasons ago I know guys off here went on a football special which left at 3.00 in the morning.

 

 

This game -

 

 

Wish we did more of that here , the green brigade of Celtic seem to have adopted this ultra march but we have been a bit snobby in England about it , maybe it’s a sign Football is gentrified and too commercial  here now

 

whats Bochums politics are the ultras seen as left or right side ? 

[SemperEadem]

1 hour ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

Wish we did more of that here , the green brigade of Celtic seem to have adopted this ultra march but we have been a bit snobby in England about it , maybe it’s a sign Football is gentrified and too commercial  here now

 

whats Bochums politics are the ultras seen as left or right side ? 

Ultras Bochum/Melting Pott are both left wing groups. The Rhur area is comparable to South Yorkshire with its mining history, It's very working class with left wing ploitics.

[purpleronnie]

5 hours ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

Wish we did more of that here , the green brigade of Celtic seem to have adopted this ultra march but we have been a bit snobby in England about it ,

They even have it in the states.

 

I don't think English people like to be seen as 'copying' other countries.

 

Moreover over the past 30 years fans in England have become very much individualistic when it comes to match days, the idea of getting together with 100's or 1000's of fans before a game and going to the game on mass isn't just alien to us but isn't wanted.

[SemperEadem]

6 hours ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

Wish we did more of that here , the green brigade of Celtic seem to have adopted this ultra march but we have been a bit snobby in England about it , maybe it’s a sign Football is gentrified and too commercial  here now

 

Palace, Huddersfield, Lincoln and us are the only clubs I can think of who have done a corteo in this country.

[SemperEadem]

1 hour ago, baker11 said:

Palace, Huddersfield, Lincoln and us are the only clubs I can think of who have done a corteo in this country.

Possibly Middlesborough too. All clubs with organised fan groups.

[ScouseFox]

barca have 25 mins to come back from 5-1 down to stay unbeaten. 5-3 atm. 

[AKCJ]

They're actually going to do it.

 

5-4 now. Suarez pen.

[Super_horns]

Well Levante do seem to have the same home colours as Barca so maybe there has been some confusion between the players!?

[Facecloth]

Barca lose.

[MC Prussian]

Braunschweig relegated from the 2. Bundesliga after losing 6-2 at Holstein Kiel - the latter now face Wolfsburg in the quest for reaching/staying in the 1. Bundesliga.

 

Aue will try to avoid relegation in the two playout matches against Karlsruhe.

[Stadt]

5 hours ago, MC Prussian said:

Braunschweig relegated from the 2. Bundesliga after losing 6-2 at Holstein Kiel - the latter now face Wolfsburg in the quest for reaching/staying in the 1. Bundesliga.

 

Aue will try to avoid relegation in the two playout matches against Karlsruhe.

Hopefully Karlsruhe come up, too many small teams in the 2. Bundesliga now

[StanSP]

Holstein Kiel might not be allowed to play their home games at their own stadium if they get promoted as German FA don't deem it adequate enough. 

[MC Prussian]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

Holstein Kiel might not be allowed to play their home games at their own stadium if they get promoted as German FA don't deem it adequate enough. 

There's an objection by the club pending with the DFB office.

The football association only allows 1. Bundesliga matches in stadiums with a capacity of 15'000 or more - Holstein's ground holds 12'000, but they're working on a new addition to the East Stand.

 

If they can't reach an agreement, the closest stadium suited to the current DFB standards would be 60 miles down the road, in... Hamburg.

VfB Lübeck's ground, which would be closer, holds roughly 18'000, but has only 5'000 seats, as opposed to 8'000 demanded by the football association.

[SemperEadem]

2 hours ago, MC Prussian said:

There's an objection by the club pending with the DFB office.

The football association only allows 1. Bundesliga matches in stadiums with a capacity of 15'000 or more - Holstein's ground holds 12'000, but they're working on a new addition to the East Stand.

 

If they can't reach an agreement, the closest stadium suited to the current DFB standards would be 60 miles down the road, in... Hamburg.

VfB Lübeck's ground, which would be closer, holds roughly 18'000, but has only 5'000 seats, as opposed to 8'000 demanded by the football association.

There is also a petition which has been signed by 20,000 to let them play in their own ground.

[boots60]

2 hours ago, MC Prussian said:

There's an objection by the club pending with the DFB office.

The football association only allows 1. Bundesliga matches in stadiums with a capacity of 15'000 or more - Holstein's ground holds 12'000, but they're working on a new addition to the East Stand.

 

If they can't reach an agreement, the closest stadium suited to the current DFB standards would be 60 miles down the road, in... Hamburg.

VfB Lübeck's ground, which would be closer, holds roughly 18'000, but has only 5'000 seats, as opposed to 8'000 demanded by the football association.

 

8 minutes ago, baker11 said:

There is also a petition which has been signed by 20,000 to let them play in their own ground.

So 8,000 people who signed the petition will not be able to watch them play. Strange.