Football (Soccer) Thread

[Zanza]

Bayern will cancel your season ticket if you visit less than eight home games per season. They'll assign available season tickets to those people that bought and used the most regular tickets in the last season, i.e. those that demonstrated that they'll actually go to the games.

[Syt]

Bayern will cancel your season ticket if you visit less than eight home games per season. They'll assign available season tickets to those people that bought and used the most regular tickets in the last season, i.e. those that demonstrated that they'll actually go to the games.

That makes sense. Otherwise you end up with lots of rich people who buy a ticket to have their seat in case they're in Munich that year.

Kinda like in some real estate markets.

[The Larch]

Normally the bigger the club is the more difficult to get season tickets. AFAIK Real Madrid and Barcelona have crazy long waiting lists.

At those prices I would be surprised if they weren't.

Is it easy to scalp tickets in Spain--i.e. sell your ticket to a stranger at the gate?

That's very common for big matches.

[Liep]

Bayern fans staged a surprisingly well covered complaint about the high ticket prices at emerites. Stayed outside for the first five minutes and then walked to their seat to applause from the British fans.

[Liep]

I could get behind this Bayern team. No Robben or Ribery, but a fun Costa and strong Lewandowski.

[celedhring]

Normally the bigger the club is the more difficult to get season tickets. AFAIK Real Madrid and Barcelona have crazy long waiting lists.

At those prices I would be surprised if they weren't.

Is it easy to scalp tickets in Spain--i.e. sell your ticket to a stranger at the gate?

That's very common for big matches.

Barça have often tried to crack down on it, but it remains pretty common.

[Liep]

The French hand of God is more clumsy than the Argentinian version.

[Liep]

Madrid and Paris somehow didn't score with all that offensive firepower. Most successful tonight was the streaker who got a hug from Ronaldo.

[celedhring]

Johan Cruyff diagnosed with lung cancer

He used to be a chain-smoker, until he quit in the 90s after a stroke. I guess it finally caught up with him.

[Liep]

Johan Cruyff diagnosed with lung cancer

He used to be a chain-smoker, until he quit in the 90s after a stroke. I guess it finally caught up with him.

Sad, but Johan Cruyff is a disliked man in Denmark so I'm not really sad.

[celedhring]

Johan Cruyff diagnosed with lung cancer

He used to be a chain-smoker, until he quit in the 90s after a stroke. I guess it finally caught up with him.

Sad, but Johan Cruyff is a disliked man in Denmark so I'm not really sad.

How so? His issues with Laudrup?

[Liep]

Johan Cruyff diagnosed with lung cancer

He used to be a chain-smoker, until he quit in the 90s after a stroke. I guess it finally caught up with him.

Sad, but Johan Cruyff is a disliked man in Denmark so I'm not really sad.

How so? His issues with Laudrup?

Yes, Laudrup is God here.

[celedhring]

So, he sells your best player 20 years ago and the country hates him? That's small time 

[Liep]

So, he sells your best player 20 years ago and the country hates him? That's small time 

Richard Møller Nielsen who won us the '92 EC was unpopular even after the win because Michael Laudrup didn't like him (and therefore didn't play in the '92 tournament).

[Liep]

Also, you have to consider who he sold him to (no matter whose decision that was). Cruyff singlehandedly forced us as a nation to root for Real Madrid. That's war crime level monstrosity.