Football (Soccer) Thread

[FunkMonk]

The pitch invasion and coin throwing was amazing.

Liverpool game got good.

American football incoming.

A good Sunday.

[The Larch]

Messi just beat the old Gerd Müller record of goals scored in a year. He's at 90 right now, with still a few more games to go.

[Pedrito]

Juventus got Celtic in CL's round of 16 

There's a rather interesting Milan-Barcellona, and Real Madrid-Man Utd too 

L.

[Syt]

The first reference to football violence, and subsequent banning of the game? A 1314 proclamation by Edward II. Talk about proud tradition.

Between 1314 and 1667, football was officially banned in England alone by more than 30 royal and local laws. King Edward II was so troubled by the unruliness of football in London that on April 13, 1314 he issued a proclamation banning it:

Forasmuch as there is great noise in the city caused by hustling over large balls (grosses pelotes de pee) from which many evils may arise which God forbid; we command and forbid, on behalf of the King, on pain of imprisonment, such game to be used in the city in the future.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempts_to_ban_football_games

[Ed Anger]

I enjoyed watching Newcastle almost give Man U a turd in the punchbowl. 

[mongers]

I enjoyed watching Newcastle almost give Man U a turd in the punchbowl. 

What the games over, it's only in it's 112th minute. 

[Tamas]

I enjoyed watching Newcastle almost give Man U a turd in the punchbowl. 

how many fucking games will manure rescure from the gutter after the 90th minute. Annoying.

[mongers]

I enjoyed watching Newcastle almost give Man U a turd in the punchbowl. 

how many fucking games will manure rescure from the gutter after the 90th minute. Annoying.

Yeah, but at least we then don't have to listen to him bitching about it:

Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson bemoans lack of added time

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is frustrated by the lack of injury time following his side's 3-2 defeat to Tottenham
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19774222 

[FunkMonk]

Arsenal - Newcastle was entertaining 

[mongers]

Arsenal - Newcastle was entertaining 

Lot of goals today, including an apparently enjoyable Stoke 3-3 Southampton:

There have been a grand total of 35 Premier League goals today. You have to go back to 5 February 2011 - when there were 41 - to find a day with more.

[The Larch]

Messi just won, as expected, the Fifa Ballon d'Or for the 4th year in a row, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Andrés Iniesta rounding up the top 3. Del Bosque won best coach, with Guardiola and Mourinho behind him. Every single player in the World XI plays in the Spanish league (all but one for either Barcelona or Real Madrid). It's starting to get too one sided, come on ROTW, wake up and make things interesting!

[FunkMonk]

I eagerly await the day an American wins it. When I'm 87 years old. 

[Liep]

Guardiola is going to City this summer. We'll finally get to see whether he's a good manager or if just anybody could win 14 titles with the best team that ever was.

[Liep]

Guardiola is going to City this summer. We'll finally get to see whether he's a good manager or if just anybody could win 14 titles with the best team that ever was.

Rumour mill was wrong. Now Bayern has confirmed a 4 year contract with Guardiola. Interesting.

[FunkMonk]

Clint Dempsey. United killer.