Football The 2012/13 Season

[F1Yorkshire]

Good effort by Bradford. At least one Yorkshire team got to Wembley this year.

 

[sushifiesta]

On of the worst refereeing decisions I have ever seen has knocked Man Utd out of the Champions League. Ridiculous, so pissed off.

 

[gethinceri]

You make that comment with 20 minutes left?

 

[sushifiesta]

Because I'm annngggrrryyyyy

 

[mjo]

Man U need to score 2 with about 3 minutes left. And it literally was one of the worst refereeing decisions ever, even worse than they Chelsea Barcelona semi final a few years back. I bet even Mourinho thought it wasn't a red card.

 

[Slyboogy]

In the words of Arsene Wenger:

"I deid not see it".

 

[Galahad]

Hard to feel sympathy for United over refereeing, but this decision was perverse. It almost makes you wonder...

 

[cider_and_toast]

The issue now is that this may cause an adjustment of the allocation of Champions league places down by 1 for premier league clubs to just 3.

It could be a great year to be a Spurs fan Galahad

 

[Galahad]

No chance, we've got tons of coefficient points piled up, plus several strong teams in t'Europa League.

 

[mjo]

We're too far ahead of Serie A in Italy for that to happen. And as Galahad said, apparently UEFA think that the Europa League is an important competition, so we have lots of points from that. And it's counted over the past 5 seasons.

 

[teabagyokel]

Galahad - The head of UEFA's refereeing body is also the head of the Spanish FA.

Tell me that isn't a conflict of interests. Try it.

Then ask me about those four Chelsea penalties, van Persie getting sent off in the Nou Camp for taking a shot or Terry getting sent off at the same venue for doing something I would wager Sergio buggering Ramos did at least 20 times tonight.

The Spanish FA's head being the head of the refereeing committee would be rejected as too corrupt by the Russian government, the Mafia and Bernie Ecclestone.

 

[Brogan]

BBC headline: Uefa opens disciplinary proceedings against Manchester United following Champions League tie against Real Madrid

European football's governing body is taking action over Nani's red card and the non-fulfilment of post-match media obligations at Old Trafford.

How about they start taking action against inept and corrupt officials?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21691929

 

[teabagyokel]

The non-fulfilment of media obligations?

Better look that up:

Hmmm... reasonably serious but not overly so.

 

[Boyle]

Wow TBY, that is quite a revelation about Senor Villar. Last night wasn't quite as bad as Chelsea 2009 but it comes close. Shouldn't Varane have been sent off in the first leg for his last man tackle on Evra? Nope, not even a foul apparently...

 

[cider_and_toast]

I don't agree with you on the Terry sending off in Barca TBY, even Terry admitted that he should have been sent off.

 

[Boyle]

Plus it's John Terry so any excuse to send him off should be welcomed

 

[teabagyokel]

cider_and_toast - It was a sending off, but an offence far less rare than a sending off for it.

 

[cider_and_toast]

Ok, teabagyokel, I see what you mean now.

 

[Brogan]

For a rugby team, a 43-0 defeat would be hard to take: but for a football side it is an absolute hammering.

That, however, is the latest loss suffered by Caerphilly Castle Ladies in the Women's Welsh Premier League.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-21749312

 

[mjo]

My dad once played as a striker in a semi-professional league; his team once beat another team 52-0. He scored 13 goals, his co-striker scored 29!