World football thread.

[helge]

I see that Bristol won again.


Rovers, that is

[harrybarracuda]

Gareth Bale has announced his retirement from club and international football.

I thought he did it about five years ago, but I suppose this makes it official.

[Edmond]

Gareth Bale has announced his retirement from club and international football.

Good for him. What a life he has setup for his remaining 40 or so years.


Like that David Bentley lad that lost the love for it and retired from the game a multi-millionaire aged 29.

Shitty-Bald-Patch-Hiding-Top-Knot-Tosser must worth around a quarter of a billion.



Follow suit, Delli Alli.


The highlight of Bale's career, for many, will be signing for Spurs, being classed as a FB on Fantasy Football for that season, then playing as an inside forward and scoring around 967 goals that season.

That Usain Bolt-esque goal against Inter Milan a close second.

[helge]

The highlight of Bale's career, for many, will be signing for Spurs

I 'll never forget it.

Made me ...believe in football again, when I saw him racing down the wing

[david44]

Welsh Bale Out a happy Pony Tale

[harrybarracuda]

I 'll never forget it.

Made me ...believe in football again, when I saw him racing down the wing

Even when he and the hapless totts won fuck all?

[dirk diggler]

where is that Diggler cvnt come on you gers, beat the oirish kiddy fiddlers

That Diggler cvnt is a Dons fan, but still supports the Tims over the Huns!

[Reg Dingle]

Messi has just put PSG 1-0 up away to Ronaldo's Riyadh All Stars after 3 minutes

[hallelujah]

Messi has just put PSG 1-0 up away to Ronaldo's Riyadh All Stars after 3 minutes

Isn't A Place in the Sun with that bird with the nice pins on Channel 4 at the moment? Or Come Dine with Me?

[Reg Dingle]

^ The Chase

[Reg Dingle]

[hallelujah]

A pub with dictionaries in?

You could play Call My Bluff if you had any mates!

[harrybarracuda]

That Diggler cvnt is a Dons fan, but still supports the Tims over the Huns!

Hey dirk, tell us about Darvel. No-one's ever heard of them.

[harrybarracuda]

Fucking hell, Scotland has a "Sixth Tier"?

Jordan Kirkpatrick's goal earned sixth-tier Darvel one of the biggest upsets in Scottish Cup history with a 1-0 win over Aberdeen raising the pressure on under-fire boss Jim Goodwin.

The West of Scotland League Premier Division champions took the lead in the 19th minute of the fourth-round tie through a deflected strike by Kirkpatrick, who was part of Goodwin's Alloa Athletic side that won promotion to the Championship in 2018.

An anxious Aberdeen side were denied at least three times by 'keeper Chris Truesdale in the second half but Darvel, from the sixth tier of Scottish football, offered much more than grit and determination to see the game out for a famous victory in the biggest night in their history.

[dirk diggler]

If that's what it takes to get a new manager I'm all for it. at 36/1 I would have bet on Darvel myself if I could have.

Of course, The Rangers Football Club est'd 2012 were lucky to scrape a winner at the end of extra time even though we were down to 10 men before 90 mins.

It's all relevant!

[harrybarracuda]

If that's what it takes to get a new manager I'm all for it. at 36/1 I would have bet on Darvel myself if I could have.

Of course, The Rangers Football Club est'd 2012 were lucky to scrape a winner at the end of extra time even though we were down to 10 men before 90 mins.

It's all relevant!

I admire the bravado, but I can hear the sound of you wiping away the tears.

[harrybarracuda]

In 1995, Neil Warnock was manager of Huddersfield and Gianluigi Buffon played for Parma. In 2023, Neil Warnock is manager of Huddersfield and Gianluigi Buffon is playing for Parma.

[harrybarracuda]

Fucking hell.

FIFA is set to approve an expansion of the men's World Cup today with 40 more matches from the 2026 tournament in North America, Sky News understands.
The decision to grow from 64 to 104 matches - rather than the 80 originally planned in 2026 - is due to come at a meeting of the governing body's ruling council in Kigali, Rwanda.

https://news.sky.com/story/fifa-world-cup-to-have-40-more-matches-in-2026-12833518

[Edmond]

Sounds like Antarctica and maybe even Ireland will get a game.

[harrybarracuda]

Sounds like Antarctica and maybe even Ireland will get a game.

Perhaps even Scotland can sneak in.

[panama hat]

It'll make a mockery of all the records that have been achieved previously, ridiculous.

[Edmond]

It'll make a mockery of all the records that have been achieved previously, ridiculous.

Klose being the World Cup's all time record goal scorer, thank you 7 goals against Saudi, Ecuador and Cameroon, should never be mocked.

[Edmond]

Lampard and Gerrard in the running for the England U-21 job.


Have the FA not noticed that they are utter failures at management in England?

How many of their English managerial jobs hasn't resulted in them getting fired in the first season or two?

Zero?

[cyrille]

Lampard and Gerrard in the running for the England U-21 job.

The intermediary stop between being a club manager and being a pundit.

The red couch beckons.

[Edmond]

There's a quip about it being a 2 seater and them trying to squeeze Scholes onto it too, in there somewhere.