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Reply #60 posted 03/19/10 9:52am

MrsMdiver	Dave1992 said: Football fans: Which teams do you support?
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Reply #61 posted 03/19/10 9:54am

MrsMdiver	endymion said: MrsMdiver said: Hey if I am expected to go to games and endure them on telly then there better be something nice for me to look at. Just sayin'! Can I just apologise now for Wayne "Shrek" Rooney He is ferkin great at footy though Ugly indeed but good at footy.
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Reply #62 posted 03/19/10 9:54am

elmer	Currently the world's greatest players are Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney and despite missing through injuries a lot of the time Fernando Torres. The massive club are ARSENAL.
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Reply #63 posted 03/19/10 9:54am

Dave1992	prb said: endymion said: Go Delia !!! Oh and for the record ~~Football~~ SOCCER is the biggest sport in the world! fixed it for ya What are you on about? Football originates from England and it was called football there. It is still called football there and it's the official name for that sport. Nobody forced the Yanks and the Aussies to change the name of the sport
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Reply #64 posted 03/19/10 9:56am

Dave1992	MrsMdiver said: Dave1992 said: Football fans: Which teams do you support? The Yids? But yeah, probably the most likeable club from London (Fulham, QPR and West Ham are also quite okay).
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Reply #65 posted 03/19/10 9:57am

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prb said:

endymion said:

Go Delia !!! lol

Oh and for the record ~~Football~~ SOCCER is the biggest sport in the world! razz

fixed it for ya

tease

Women and Football it's like water and Oil

razz

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Reply #66 posted 03/19/10 10:00am

MrsMdiver	endymion said: prb said: fixed it for ya Women and Football it's like water and Oil HEYYYYY! I knew right away who QPR was in Dave's post!
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Reply #67 posted 03/19/10 10:00am

Dave1992	MrsMdiver said: endymion said: Women and Football it's like water and Oil HEYYYYY! I knew right away who QPR was in Dave's post! Good girl
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Reply #68 posted 03/19/10 10:03am

Dave1992	Now bring us a pint of John Smith's and two packs of vinegar crips each, so the men can talk about footie.
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Reply #69 posted 03/19/10 10:04am

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My local team

my foreign team

If I had to pick an En*lish team

because of Sir Alex Ferguson

Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
woot!

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Reply #70 posted 03/19/10 10:05am

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Dave1992 said:

Now bring us a pint of John Smith's and two packs of vinegar crips each, so the men can talk about footie.

It said in the paper today that P. Diddy was gonna buy Crystal Palace lol

Make mine a Boddingtons biggrin

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Reply #71 posted 03/19/10 10:15am

Dave1992	muirdo: Sir Alex endy: Read about that What's your team?
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Reply #72 posted 03/19/10 10:21am

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Dave1992 said:

muirdo: Sir Alex nod

endy: Read about that falloff

What's your team?

My local team is the Mighty Bournemouth FC who unfortuantely spend most of their season in court trying to stop the tax man from forcing them into administration confused

They do have the longest name in the Football league though their one claim to fame sad

I actually support

Since 1981 so I did have to experience some relative lean times before the glory lol

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Reply #73 posted 03/19/10 10:25am

Dave1992	GLORY, GLORY MAN UNITED! The Bournemouth FC ground was actually the first english stadium I ever saw Btw, I have tickets for Utd-Bayern and Utd-Chelski!
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Reply #74 posted 03/19/10 10:25am

florescent	endymion said: Dave1992 said: Yay for the Canaries! Go Delia !!! Oh and for the record Football is the biggest sport in the world! Oi, You two!
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Reply #75 posted 03/19/10 10:46am

missminky100	Dave1992 said: GLORY, GLORY MAN UNITED! The Bournemouth FC ground was actually the first english stadium I ever saw Btw, I have tickets for Utd-Bayern and Utd-Chelski! how do you get your Bayern tickets? I've applied but the ballot hasn't taken place yet.
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Reply #76 posted 03/19/10 11:00am

Dave1992	missminky100 said: Dave1992 said: GLORY, GLORY MAN UNITED! The Bournemouth FC ground was actually the first english stadium I ever saw Btw, I have tickets for Utd-Bayern and Utd-Chelski! how do you get your Bayern tickets? I've applied but the ballot hasn't taken place yet. I have "contacts"
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Reply #77 posted 03/19/10 11:03am

missminky100	Dave1992 said: missminky100 said: how do you get your Bayern tickets? I've applied but the ballot hasn't taken place yet. I have "contacts" Jammy sod!! Haven't been since the semi against City and I'm having serious withdrawal symptoms.
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Reply #78 posted 03/19/10 11:19am

Dave1992	missminky100 said: Dave1992 said: I have "contacts" Jammy sod!! Haven't been since the semi against City and I'm having serious withdrawal symptoms. The only way to get proper tickets (without the ballot shit), if you're not a season ticket holder, is to buy one of those hospitality tickets. They are fucking expensive, but you can make sure your friends sit next to you when you get them.
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Reply #79 posted 03/19/10 11:28am

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Dave1992 said:

missminky100 said:

Jammy sod!!

Haven't been since the semi against City and I'm having serious withdrawal symptoms.

The only way to get proper tickets (without the ballot shit), if you're not a season ticket holder, is to buy one of those hospitality tickets. They are fucking expensive, but you can make sure your friends sit next to you when you get them.

Yeah, they're too expensive for me and just puts even more money on the Glazers pockets.

I'd been lucky in the ballots until a couple of months ago and now it's gone back to being really difficult to get tickets again. Can't even get them on Viagogo.

Seriously considering season ticket next year but the automatic cup scheme really puts me off.

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Reply #80 posted 03/19/10 12:21pm

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OK, while I don't follow football that much, when asked which English team I root for I will probably always answer Liverpool, at least for historical reasons. biggrin

Currently there is no real "local" team I can root for, at least not from the village I grew up in... of course there are several clubs within Reykjavík, but I never follow Icelandic football teams, although I might occasionally watch when the national team is playing.

There is though one distinctly local player I must mention, because he's from the same small village as me and of course I know him, although he's a few years older than me.
He started with the local club UMF Súlan, then went to the Icelandic team ÍBV, before he started playing in England.
His name is Ívar Ingimarsson and he now plays for Reading.

And here's the logo of the old sports club from my village that used to have a football team, at least when Ívar Ingimarsson lived there.

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Reply #81 posted 03/19/10 12:27pm

MrsMdiver	Dave1992 said: Now bring us a pint of John Smith's and two packs of vinegar crips each, so the men can talk about footie.
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Reply #82 posted 03/19/10 12:28pm

davidoff1966	It is the greatest game ever invented. End of story.
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Reply #83 posted 03/19/10 12:30pm

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TheVoid said:

Thanks, David!
Hopefully by the end of this year, I'll be able to talk all of this stuff with you guys and totally get into it.
I'm trying to butch up for 2010.

No problem. smile

I don't watch football that much, but the stuff I know about it is because many of my friends follow the English Premier League and the UEFA Champions League.

The Icelandic national football team sucks for the most part (never qualified for the World Cup), but we have a few good players that play in the lower ranking leagues in England and one player (Eidur Gudjohnsen) who plays for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
That's him (picture from when he played with FC Barcelona):

But most Icelanders don't bother with the local teams - they just watch the English Premier League.

Plus where I come from (a small village), as a kid, if you did not say you supported Liverpool in the Premier League, it was almost as if you were begging to get your ass kicked. lol

[Edited 3/18/10 17:37pm]

He is currently on loan at the greatest club in the world.

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Reply #84 posted 03/19/10 12:51pm

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CarrieMpls said:

I actually don't mind watching football/soccer. It's not as loathesome as american football.

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Reply #85 posted 03/19/10 1:54pm

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...as opposed to american football which composes of men dressed up as mini-tanks colliding with each other for seemingly no purpose.

Hell yeah!!! Go New York Giants! Can't wait for the draft.

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Reply #86 posted 03/19/10 2:01pm

TheVoid	davidoff1966 said: It is the greatest game ever invented. End of story. OMG, you've got the worst username ever!! Are you new to GD?
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Reply #87 posted 03/19/10 2:39pm

JoeTyler	Teams I do support KAIZER CHIEFS FC BARCELONA BOCA JUNIORS MANCHESTER UNITED BAYERN MÜNCHEN AC MILAN FLAMENGO [Edited 3/19/10 14:42pm]
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Reply #88 posted 03/19/10 5:45pm

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muirdo said:

Dave1992 said:

Not anymore, but those two used to be world class players. Helguson has a nice touch with both feet and used to be very powerful. But with age he lost pace, of course...

And Hreidarsson had a good spell with Ipswich back then.

I saw Hreidarsson play for Iceland against Scotland last year he had a good game.
Solid defender.

If he's in your squad at the start of the season history shows your team is getting relegated. lol