| greaserkat 04.04.2011 16:09 |
What are your favorite football matches memories that you have? And I'm talking about soccer for us Americans. Here's mine: Chivas from Mexico vs. Boca from Argentina during the 2005 Copa Libertadores (our Champions League on this side of the Atlantic). link |
| Thistle 04.04.2011 16:37 |
1993 - Partick Thistle 3-0 Rangers 1995 - Celtic 1-3 Partick Thistle 2006 - Scotland 1-0 France 2007 - France 0-1 Scotland 2008 - Partick Thistle 4-0 Clyde 2008 - Rangers 1-1 Partick Thistle |
| greaserkat 04.04.2011 17:18 |
Turkey 3, Czech Republic 2 - EURO 2008 |
| GratefulFan 04.04.2011 17:51 |
My favourite match was a Toronto FC/DC United exhibition match March 11, 2007. 10 minutes into the second half the score was 0-0, so they quit in disgust and said 'screw this shit!' and started playing hockey. Toronto won 5-4 in an absolute nail biter of an OT. Good times! |
| Mr.Jingles 04.04.2011 19:51 |
Euro 2000: Portugal 3 - England 2 Champions League Final 2005: Liverpool 3 - Milan 3 |
| Holly2003 05.04.2011 11:08 |
Northern ireland 2-1 Denmark 1978 - my first football match Spain 0-1 Northern Ireland 1982 world cup Northern Ireland 1-0 England - laugh out loud value Northern Ireland 3-2 Spain - Healy hat-trick |
| greaserkat 05.04.2011 11:14 |
Holly2003 wrote: Northern ireland 2-1 Denmark 1978 - my first football match Spain 0-1 Northern Ireland 1982 world cup Northern Ireland 1-0 England - laugh out loud value Northern Ireland 3-2 Spain - Healy hat-trick ============================================================================================= I bet you were furious during the N. Ireland vs France and Henry's famous hand ball |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 05.04.2011 11:54 |
Everton 0 Tranmere 3 in FA Cup,now known as St Yates Day Tranmere 4 Southampton 3 in FA Cup after being 3-0 down at half time |
| David Jones 05.04.2011 12:31 |
Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal 1999 FA Cup Semi final Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich 1999 Champions League final Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea 2008 Champions League final |
| Thistle 05.04.2011 12:42 |
greaserkat wrote: Holly2003 wrote: Northern ireland 2-1 Denmark 1978 - my first football match Spain 0-1 Northern Ireland 1982 world cup Northern Ireland 1-0 England - laugh out loud value Northern Ireland 3-2 Spain - Healy hat-trick ============================================================================================= I bet you were furious during the N. Ireland vs France and Henry's famous hand ball ============================================================================================= Obviously not so famous as it was Rep. Ireland against France and not Northern Ireland lol. That probably made him chuckle more than anything. |
| greaserkat 05.04.2011 13:12 |
Thistleboy 1980 wrote: greaserkat wrote: Holly2003 wrote: Northern ireland 2-1 Denmark 1978 - my first football match Spain 0-1 Northern Ireland 1982 world cup Northern Ireland 1-0 England - laugh out loud value Northern Ireland 3-2 Spain - Healy hat-trick ============================================================================================= I bet you were furious during the N. Ireland vs France and Henry's famous hand ball ============================================================================================= Obviously not so famous as it was Rep. Ireland against France and not Northern Ireland lol. That probably made him chuckle more than anything. ============================================================================================= Damn, my bad. I need to get my football facts straight. Hope he doesn't hold it against me. |
| Holly2003 05.04.2011 15:23 |
greaserkat wrote: Thistleboy 1980 wrote: greaserkat wrote: Holly2003 wrote: Northern ireland 2-1 Denmark 1978 - my first football match Spain 0-1 Northern Ireland 1982 world cup Northern Ireland 1-0 England - laugh out loud value Northern Ireland 3-2 Spain - Healy hat-trick ============================================================================================= I bet you were furious during the N. Ireland vs France and Henry's famous hand ball ============================================================================================= Obviously not so famous as it was Rep. Ireland against France and not Northern Ireland lol. That probably made him chuckle more than anything. ============================================================================================= Damn, my bad. I need to get my football facts straight. Hope he doesn't hold it against me. ============================================================================== You are now a marked man ... :) That was indeed the Republic of Ireland, not Northern Ireland, the latter being a much better team with less Englishmen in it (whistles) ;) |
| Holly2003 07.04.2011 15:40 |
ps I thought Henry's handball was hilarious. |
| brENsKi 08.04.2011 12:53 |
Ireland 1, Italy 0 - world cup 1994, (wasn't there...but great to watch on TV...massive moment for Irish footie fans) my own personally attended best and worst: december 1997???? Birmingham City vs Man City - ref played 5mins 1st half injury time.....the game approached 90mins with man city 1-0 up....then in SEVEN mins of 2nd half injury time blues scored twice for an unblievable win on a freezing cold december night...a glorious and welcome early christmas present Easter monday, 1993.....i wasn't even going to go to this game, then changed my mind....sadly...the worst is even more unblievable and one of the worst experiences i ever had watching blues.... blues were 4-1 ahead with 23 mins left, and only Terry Cooper (the blues boss) did not notice Glen Hoddle's tactical shift....even now the last 23 mins leave a scar.....guy stood next to me was boasting about how on top of the game we were...and i said (jokingly) "yes, but we're Blues, we may end up drawing this game" for those who don't know...Swindon scored FIVE times in that final 23 mins to beat us 6-4....and worst still, they could've had 8 !!!! |
| pow wow 08.04.2011 15:48 |
LIverpool 3-3 AC Milan, 2005 CL Final Liverpool 3 nil down at HT, grown men in tears, myself included, depressed, expecting complete humiliation as Milan were so on top, dead and buried. Second half and Gerrard pulls one back and we end up with 3 goals in six incredible minutes, thought I was about to have a convulsion!! Extra time and Dudek pulls off a ridiculous save from Shevchenko, only then did I think we were going to win. Penalties Shevchenko steps up and Dudek saves, we win, more tears from me and million other supporters. What a night :-) |
| GratefulFan 09.04.2011 13:34 |
pow wow wrote: LIverpool 3-3 AC Milan, 2005 CL Final Liverpool 3 nil down at HT, grown men in tears, myself included, depressed, expecting complete humiliation as Milan were so on top, dead and buried. Second half and Gerrard pulls one back and we end up with 3 goals in six incredible minutes, thought I was about to have a convulsion!! Extra time and Dudek pulls off a ridiculous save from Shevchenko, only then did I think we were going to win. Penalties Shevchenko steps up and Dudek saves, we win, more tears from me and million other supporters. What a night :-) ========================= Okay. Am I to understand that there is some kind of situation in football where one teams ends up with 3 and the other teams ends up with 3 and then some kind of stuff happens and somebody wins but they both still have 3? Is this true? I will laugh for a week. ;) |
| greaserkat 10.04.2011 15:20 |
GratefulFan wrote: pow wow wrote: LIverpool 3-3 AC Milan, 2005 CL Final Liverpool 3 nil down at HT, grown men in tears, myself included, depressed, expecting complete humiliation as Milan were so on top, dead and buried. Second half and Gerrard pulls one back and we end up with 3 goals in six incredible minutes, thought I was about to have a convulsion!! Extra time and Dudek pulls off a ridiculous save from Shevchenko, only then did I think we were going to win. Penalties Shevchenko steps up and Dudek saves, we win, more tears from me and million other supporters. What a night :-) ========================= Okay. Am I to understand that there is some kind of situation in football where one teams ends up with 3 and the other teams ends up with 3 and then some kind of stuff happens and somebody wins but they both still have 3? Is this true? I will laugh for a week. ;) ============================================================================================= During playoffs and in the final in football, mainly in the final, if both teams are tied at the end of regulation they go to two 15 minutes extra time periods with the Silver Goal rule. If both are still tied after that they go to free kicks from the penalty spot. And thats how Liverpool won the Champions Leagues back in '05 |
| GratefulFan 11.04.2011 11:48 |
greaserkat wrote: During playoffs and in the final in football, mainly in the final, if both teams are tied at the end of regulation they go to two 15 minutes extra time periods with the Silver Goal rule. If both are still tied after that they go to free kicks from the penalty spot. And thats how Liverpool won the Champions Leagues back in '05 ==================================== Thanks greaserkat. :) So this is similar to a regular season shootout in hockey, though hockey wouldn't dream of settling a play off game this way, let alone a final. ;) And I don't know why they have to go to some penalty spot just for failing to properly win. What are they being penalized for exactly? It's a bit late at that point to go back to being 14 and thinking more seriously about rugby or something. Seems mean. Anyway, the shootout winner in hockey gets one goal added to the game total, meaning a shootout win would be communicated like this: "Hey! How'd the game go?" "Great! Chicago 5, Toronto 4. Shootout." "Cool. Let's grab a beer. I'm buying." "Perfect. Let's go. You're the best!" Vs this: "Hey! How'd the game go?" "Great! Man U 3, Chelsea 3. Though I'm a bit knackered because Pat Shanahan was there and he wouldn't stop talking to me while I was trying to nap". "Who won?" "Man U" "Man U the team, or Manieux the goalkeeper?" "Yes, the goalkeeper won the game. They always do in free kicks, right? Duh" "Which goalkeeper? Who won?!" "Man U!! What the hell is the matter with you?" "Oh Jesus. What was the score again?" "3-3. Man, you should have seen that last save!" "Man U should have seen the last save, or Manieux should have seen the last save?! Did Manieux make the save, or not!" "No, YOU should have seen that last save by Man U." "What the hell do I have to do with any of this! I wasn't even there!" "Forget it. Let's just go grab a beer. I'm buying!" "Fuck you. I seriously fucking hate you. Don't ever talk to me again. I mean it. Don't ever fucking talk to me again." |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 11.04.2011 12:45 |
what the heck is this mysterious "silver goal" bollox? |
| greaserkat 11.04.2011 13:18 |
Silver Goal rule is that if any team scores during overtime, the game does not end when the goal is scored. Both extra time halves have to be played and if at the end of both extra time halves one of the teams is ahead then they win the match. |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 12.04.2011 03:40 |
greaserkat wrote: Silver Goal rule is that if any team scores during overtime, the game does not end when the goal is scored. Both extra time halves have to be played and if at the end of both extra time halves one of the teams is ahead then they win the match. ========================== yeah but since when has it been called "silver goal"? its just called "extra time" no need to call it anything else and its not a new thing,its been around since God was a boy playing for Israel reserves 11 in his sandals :-p they tried to fuck around with it when the French fluked the World Cup back in 98 by creating the "golden goal" but they soon realised that this was bollox and stopped it.... but "silver goal" blah,humbug! i bet it was one of Blatters useless ideas,old fart is as bad as Gaddafi! right,moan over! dont try and explain the offside rule or you will get me in the same trouble as Andy Gray and Richard Keys!! |
| Holly2003 12.04.2011 07:21 |
Offside, like yellow and red cards, is a piece of piss to explain. Basically, in the English Premier League, these rules only apply to non-England internationals. England players cannot be booked, sent off, or caught offside -- as long as they all refer to 1966 at least 3 times in a post-match interview (coats for goalposts, they think its all over, thank f**k the Russian linesman's mum was killed by the Krauts at the Red October steelworks during WW2). All Johnny Foreigners, including the "make your mind up if you're British or not" Norn Irish, Welsh and Scottish must obey the offside rule at all times, and are three times as likely to be booked as Frank Lampard and 9 times as likely to be sent off as John Terry. The only exception to this rule is Vidic of Man Utd, who is allowed to rob players at gunpoint, and only receives a stern word from the ref. The offside rule is as follows: don't loiter about near the opposition's goalmouth unless you're within spitting distance of one of their players. If you do spit at them, you are known as "active" and can be considered offside. If you don't spit, you are inactive and shouldn't be playing. You can also not spit and still be offside though: it depends whether or not you play for Man Utd or Chelsea, and if the linesman is daydreaming about Gabby Yorath instead of having one eye on the passer, one on the receiving player, and the other eye on active and inactive players. You cannot be offside if the ball is thrown to you or passed to you from your own half of the pitch. No one knows why this is. Some think it is in the Bible, in the Book of Mumbling. Others think it may be the mysterious 12th Commandment (the 11th being "thy shalt not fanny about on yachts") A booking is when the ref decides you have broken a law of the game: he will write down your name, shirt number, telephone number, age, current transfer value, and the probability of John Terry sleeping with your wife or girlfriend (at any point, the odds of this are even money). A red card is shown when your team takes the lead against one of the top four teams. In this instance, you can be red carded just for looking happy. David Healy was sent off against Wales for this reason because the foreign ref mistook the red of Wales for that of Manchester United. See clip: link Also in this footage note the ref forgot that it's not against the rules of the game to punch or kick Robbie Savage as hard or as often as you want, and he mistakenly sent off Norn Iron's Michael Hughes for doing both. The sending off was reversed on appeal by a FIFA panel who also confirmed that Savage is less likable than a ginger-haired step child. |
| Rick 13.04.2011 07:51 |
This: link It still gives me goosebumps. Bergkamp was one of the best. Also, the Dutch commentary fits perfectly in this particular scene. Notice the wonderful cross pass from Frank de Boer. Absolutely amazing. |