Football (Soccer) Thread

[Liep]

Commentator said about Neville that he was only the fifth Englishman to ever coach a champions league team. Can that be true?

[The Larch]

Commentator said about Neville that he was only the fifth Englishman to ever coach a champions league team. Can that be true?

Might be, English coaches don't really travel well, and most English CL teams were coached by foreigners.

[Josquius]

Champions league. ... possibly. It was the champions cup until fairly recently right? This century foreign managers are the thing in England. 

Edit - I was curious so just checked. European cup became champions league further back than I thought. 92. Surprised there wouldn't be more English managers then.

[The Larch]

Champions league. ... possibly. It was the champions cup until fairly recently right? This century foreign managers are the thing in England. 

Edit - I was curious so just checked. European cup became champions league further back than I thought. 92. Surprised there wouldn't be more English managers then.

If they were talking about British managers I guess the situation would be a bit better just by including Ferguson and others like Rodgers, but for most of the CL era the big English clubs that have dominated the Premier League have been coached by non English managers. Ferguson at United, Wenger at Arsenal, Houlier and Benítez at Liverpool, Mourinho and a retinue of other non English coaches at Chelsea... You have to search for "oddities" like Tottenham or Newcastle, as those are the teams more likely to be coached by Englishmen.

Now that we're on it, when was the last time that the Premier League was won by a team with an English coach?

[Liep]

Now that we're on it, when was the last time that the Premier League was won by a team with an English coach?

After some googling, never. Leeds won the First Division with Wilkinson in '91/92

Before that, Everton in '86/87 with Kendall.

[The Larch]

Now that we're on it, when was the last time that the Premier League was won by a team with an English coach?

After some googling, never. Leeds won the First Division with Wilkinson in '91/92

Before that, Everton in '86/87 with Kendall.

So it wasn't even called the Premier League back then. 

[Duque de Bragança]

Benzema can no longer be chosen for the French national squad says Noël Le Graët, French football federation chairman, due to the sextape scandal. 

Guess the image of Benzema spitting during the Marseillaise did not help though Benzema claims no malicious intent. A bit like when he called Valbuena a tarlouze (faggot) over the phone during a chat with a blackmailer and claimed it was friendly. 

[Syt]

Euro 2016 tickets.

The contingent for German matches will only be available for members of the national team's fan club. You have to apply in December. The tickets will (randomly) be awarded in January.

So if you're interested in tickets, you have to sign up with the fan club this year (entry fee EUR 10.-, 2015 membership fee EUR 30.-), and also pay the 2016 fee in January (another EUR 30.-). And then you won't even have the guarantee of getting one of the (probably way overpriced) tickets.

The German federation say that this in no way nefarious, and is actually the process they apply to all team's away matches.

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[Liep]

Danish union did the same for playoff tickets, our players protested this nefarious money grabbing scheme by playing like a sack of potatoes and ruining the night for all who fell for the ploy.

[Maladict]

Danish union did the same for playoff tickets, our players protested this nefarious money grabbing scheme by playing like a sack of potatoes and ruining the night for all who fell for the ploy.

The Dutch team never even let the federation consider it, it's heart warming how considerate they are to their fans.

[Duque de Bragança]

I have not checked with the Portuguese federation yet but I don't remember such a policy for 2006 or, of course, for qualifiying rounds.
Most Portuguese fans will probably get tickets in France anyways.

[Liep]

Draw for the EC16 is on, France starts the show with a can-can show.

[Josephus]

Man they draw these things out. GET ON WITH IT

[Duque de Bragança]

Draw is in the neighborhood (walking distance) so some public transport and traffic problems. The sooner it is over, the better!

[Josquius]

England is simular I'm sure.
National team fanclub....just insane