The rolling Football thread

[BelfastBloke]

There are quite a lot of football fans on MN, and also loads of football-haters. If we hide here in Dadsnet, none of the detractors will find us. But if they do, they are welcome to come here and moan.

You don?t have to be male to post here, of course. (No-one would say women can?t post in the Dadsnet section, just like no woman would EVER say men aren?t welcome on Mumsnet?)

Footy fans please sign in with

1. Which team you support.
2. Which team(s) you loathe.
3. How you are getting your kids to follow the correct team.

1. A thought on the season so far (Premiership/Championship/Champions? League/FA Cup/League Cup/(el clasico?)/World Cup bids.

I love that notion that hitting the woodwork was 'unlucky'. No, it means you missed the target! You would have been much more productive in passing to a team mate instead.(usually).

Barton - there is no hope. He has had therapies, experience, some of the best managers and coaches in the world working with him. And he still remains the young thug from Huyton he always was. #blamebartonforlosingusthetitle

and BB's v quiet..

I see Joey Barton hadn't changed

Got on a plane back to England, taking off almost at the end of today's matches.

Blokes ahead of me in the queue started discussing the latest results; I immediately left the queue and joined the back, because I didn't want to hear anything.

If I couldn't be in the country, I wanted to watch it all unfold on MOTD, just now.

After the amazing title deciders had been shown simultaneously, and relegation for Bolton was shown, they showed Arsenal v West Brom on its own. I thought they were going to switch back and forth between our match and the Tiny Totts match; so when they showed ours on its own I was v fearful that we had lost and they were going to simulcast the Spurs game and the Newcastle game.

Happily my fears were unfounded, and Chelsea can now go on and win the Champs League and deny Spurs the 4th spot. I like Spurs more than Chavski, so I'd prefer them to have Champs League footy next season, but there's no denying it'd be funnier.

Quite a story, BB!

Bit late for chat, but what a twisty-turny thing, still! Speak again.

How did you experience it, Pan? Where were you? Did you assume it was in the bag? Did you watch Citeh's match, or the final few seconds?

How does it feel now?

Wishing you a belated Happy St Totteringham's Day, BB

Great jokes, Dan

Thanks, teddy! Stat fans might like to know that St Totteringham's Day has gone to the final day on 4 of the last 17 seasons:

1995?96 5 May 1996 38/(38)
1996?97 5 April 1997 33/(38)
1997?98 28 March 1998 29/(38)
1998?99 6 April 1999 32/(38)
1999?2000 16 April 2000 32/(38)
2000?01 17 April 2001 33/(38)
2001?02 18 March 2002 30/(38)
2002?03 24 March 2003 31/(38) Reebok Stadium
2003?04 13 March 2004 28/(38) Ewood Park
2004?05 2 April 2005 31/(38) Riverside Stadium
2005?06 7 May 2006 38/(38) Highbury
2006?07 21 April 2007 35/(38) White Hart Lane
2007?08 9 March 2008 29/(38) JJB Stadium
2008?09 11 April 2009 32/(38) JJB Stadium
2009?10 9 May 2010 38/(38) Emirates Stadium
2010?11 7 May 2011 35/(38) Britannia Stadium
2011?12 13 May 2012 38/(38) The Hawthorns

Damn. More readable:

1995?96 5 May 1996 38/(38)
1996?97 5 April 1997 33/(38)
1997?98 28 March 1998 29/(38)
1998?99 6 April 1999 32/(38)
1999?2000 16 April 2000 32/(38)
2000?011 7 April 2001 33/(38)
2001?02 18 March 2002 30/(38)
2002?03 24 March 2003 31/(38) Reebok Stadium
2003?04 13 March 2004 28/(38) Ewood Park
2004?05 2 April 2005 31/(38) Riverside Stadium
2005?06 7 May 2006 38/(38) Highbury
2006?07 21 April 2007 35/(38) White Hart Lane
2007?08 9 March 2010 29/(38) JJB Stadium
2008?09 11 April 2009 32/(38) JJB Stadium
2009?10 9 May 2010 38/(38) Emirates Stadium
2010?11 7 May 2011 35/(38)Britannia Stadium
2011?12 13 May 2012 38/(38) The Hawthorns

I hadn't realised it had been so late so many times before. Apart from the Lasagne-gate year, of course

I had no idea St Totteringham was such a feast day! And so moveable - a bit like the Easter Ascension into heaven....

ach it was okay in a big way. I was contractually obliged with dd and one of her friends and given the 'Against All Odds' situation it didn't seem to be such a big deal...until Mr Mackie The Knife did his business. I had BBC Final Score, the BBC web site and R5 Live all in a symphony. For about 20 mins it all seemed possible but in an eerie way. Watching Crooks et all watching the game at the Etihad was frustrating..but even going into injury time there was still a sneaky feeling that this was just destined to be their day. And Aguero , my fav. Blue did the damage! Matey and me went into Glossop later and there were tons of Blues everywhere ? just out of the woodwork for a bit of glory-seeking, ha!??biking past the Etihad at 7.30am today and there were still bits of paraphinalia all over the place. Thousands of blues on trains going in the opposite direction to me just now, on way to M/c ? and yes it?s on the tv now!

I?ve had 3 extended convos with reds today and we all sort of agreed that we wouldn?t have deserved it. SAF has done miracles this season to break into the squad Cleverly, Jones, DeGhea and get Smalling more experience whilst at the same time having to do without Vidic and Fletcher all season. And relying on Giggs and Scholes so much was a bit of an indictment. Yet still amass so many points was a true management feat. But we were scraping by.

Arse and Spurs ? def Squeaky Bum Sunday ? looks like you may get the keep v.P after all. Was reading that his wife has already made the decision, so only the price tag to discuss!

What an amazing Last day.
Incredible.
We watched the Man City game. As they were 2-1 down, and Arsenal were at 2-2. But we looked at eachother and knew there was more to come. Butt he excitement, of the last 2 goals, was nto what we were expecting.
The whole thing was just fab.

Everyone talkign about Barton. But Tevez should have been sent off too, for his original barge on Barton. Not a single person talked about that. And Balloteli just had to get involved too.

We are now relying on Bayer Munich.
I started my new job yesterday and my Boss is a Gooner. Not good. He says we'll never see another like it. He also said that evryone he knew was cheering on Bayer, and that no one wanted Chelsea to lift CL trophy. I was surprised because I never imagined that so many would be against Chelsea.
So, we wait for one more week. Please Bayer, please Bayer ..............

I can't see myself cheering on Chelsea, or looking forward to that twat John Terry lifting the trophy before Arsenal gets a chance to, so I suppose I'll be supporting Bayern.

Bayern had a shocking result at the weekend, mind. Beaten FIVE-Two! (Just as much as Arsenal beat Spurs by! which sent Spurs into a massive tailspin). So they may well be demoralised.

Nein, neunzehn mai, und ich esse sauerkraut und ein kleiner Bratwurst mit eine grosse Kuchen, ya?
"Ich bin ein Munchener!".

BB more likely they put out a second string team, surely.

I am also supporting the Germans.

Never mind the CL on Saturday - it is a mere sideshow to the main event - the biggest prize in football ....

Wembley stadium 3pm, Blackpool FC vs West Ham

A sea of gleaming tangerine adding light to the proceedings.

Looking at the internet, it would seem that in the minds of many Hammers, West Ham are already in the premier league. Can't help thinking that all this will help the us. Holloway has started the mind games - 'No pressure on me, just enjoying the moment, proud of my team, win or lose I won't get sacked the next day etc.'. Should be a great game with plenty of goals and could go either way.

Can't wait.

More support for Bayern from me too.

And I'll be cheering on Blackpool. The Premiership needs characters like Ian Holloway

Good luck on Saturday!

Thanks ted

I will be supporting Chelsea after watching Blackpool get promoted. I would rather a team with 3 or 4 English players in it win the CL than a team from another country. It's good for our league and the England team. Would like to see Sturridge get a chance - a great player / prospect who has spent most of the season as a substitute.

England only taking 4 strikers, even though Rooney suspended for first two games.

And Woy is taking Carroll not Crouch!

(Also not taking Carrick)

At least the "England Expects" headline writers will be necessarily modest in demands.....that squad looks pretty thin.

sans Crouch.

Crouch is pretty thin!

Would have had Johnson instead of Downing and Sturridge instead of Milner. Rest of it looks OK, well as good as it could be. To me England have 3 world class players; Hart, Rooney, Cole - the others are generally overrated. I would not fancy a one paced central midfield of Barry and Parker - remember how the Germans exposed us in this area two years ago (and Robben and Huntelaar two months ago).
I expect Hodgson to do a good job and produce a team that is more than the sum of its parts - we still won't win though.

KKK. Good riddance you racist bigot. Sod off and take the T shirts with you

Are followers of Tinpot football allowed in here?

All Footie followers are welcome here NT

might be okay to 'like' Liverpool FC again now. Well, a bit more any way.