Ultimate Football/Soccer Thread 2015-2016 + Euro 2016 Finals

[Val Halla]

Welp Grimsby are back in League 2.

[Rufford]

Welp Grimsby are back in League 2.

Didn't they beat Fleetwood. Our striker Charlie Austin used to play for them.

[Liventia]

Welp Grimsby are back in League 2.

Didn't they beat Fleetwood. Our striker Charlie Austin used to play for them.

Austin's never played for Fleetwood…
In any case, Grimsby beat Forest Green Rovers in the playoff final.

[Val Halla]

Welp Grimsby are back in League 2.

Didn't they beat Fleetwood. Our striker Charlie Austin used to play for them.

No it was Forest Green. Grimsby are also playing at Wembley later this month in the FA Trophy final against Halifax

[Rufford]

Didn't they beat Fleetwood. Our striker Charlie Austin used to play for them.

Austin's never played for Fleetwood…
In any case, Grimsby beat Forest Green Rovers in the playoff final.

Sorry, got Fleetwood confused with hungerford.

[Liventia]

"Bomb disposal experts carried out controlled explosion at Old Trafford on what is described as incredibly lifelike explosive device. Full assessment now concluded and found device wasn’t viable. A full search of the stadium is ongoing. Full update to follow." - Greater Manchester Police update

[Rufford]

"Bomb disposal experts carried out controlled explosion at Old Trafford on what is described as incredibly lifelike explosive device. Full assessment now concluded and found device wasn’t viable. A full search of the stadium is ongoing. Full update to follow." - Greater Manchester Police update

They are replaying the game on tuesday with kickoff at 20:00

[Liventia]

"Bomb disposal experts carried out controlled explosion at Old Trafford on what is described as incredibly lifelike explosive device. Full assessment now concluded and found device wasn’t viable. A full search of the stadium is ongoing. Full update to follow." - Greater Manchester Police update

They are replaying the game on tuesday with kickoff at 20:00

Don't know where you've heard that. Certainly not yet announced by either club or the league.

[Rufford]

They are replaying the game on tuesday with kickoff at 20:00

Don't know where you've heard that. Certainly not yet announced by either club or the league.

Heard it on the radio, talksport's Manchester reporter.

[Vassenor]

Don't know where you've heard that. Certainly not yet announced by either club or the league.

Heard it on the radio, talksport's Manchester reporter.

Until an official source corroborates it, that's just scuttlebutt.

[Liventia]

Now confirmed for Tuesday, 8 pm, for what it's worth. Had to be Tuesday as Uefa wouldn't allow them to schedule something against the Europa League final on Wednesday.

[Rufford]

Now confirmed for Tuesday, 8 pm, for what it's worth. Had to be Tuesday as Uefa wouldn't allow them to schedule something against the Europa League final on Wednesday.

Must be well annoying for cherries fans, its to long to stay at such short notice but to short to go to bournmouth and back.

[Liventia]

The Mail's Mike Keegan reporting that the device was not a hoax – it was accidentally left there and forgotten about by a security company doing an internal training exercise for Man Utd last week! As the chant goes, someone's getting "sacked in the morning"!

[Rufford]

The Mail's Mike Keegan reporting that the device was not a hoax – it was accidentally left there and forgotten about by a security company doing an internal training exercise for Man Utd last week! As the chant goes, someone's getting "sacked in the morning"!

Well that must be the biggest call for getting sacked in the morning since the Real Madrid worker who broke the printer and cocked up the De Gea transfer.

[Liventia]

Off to Basel in the morning. Bring it on.

[Auremena]

Gary Cahill and James Milner were brought along just to be Dele Alli's babysitters.

[The Blaatschapen]

So FC Twente got relegated here from the Dutch flight because of financial problems.

Now, the number #16 of the top flight, who is playing promotion/relegation playoffs (against the #3 of the lower league) will stay in no matter what. (If they manage to stay in by winning, then the same will go for #17).

Of course, that team is Willem II. And the #3 of the lower league is NAC Breda, my team.

Also, both are each others rivals.

Dammit.

So Willem II gets a chance to kick us down for another year, and we can't be able to return that same favour. Fucking hell. Dutch FA, what a fuck up here.

Seriously, now they have nothing to play for, while we are under pressure to perform. And we've seen what that does (Graafschap - Ajax, last round).

Fuck this shit.

[HC Eredivisie]

Or NAC wins on its own strength.

[Val Halla]

So FC Twente got relegated here from the Dutch flight because of financial problems.

Now, the number #16 of the top flight, who is playing promotion/relegation playoffs (against the #3 of the lower league) will stay in no matter what. (If they manage to stay in by winning, then the same will go for #17).

Of course, that team is Willem II. And the #3 of the lower league is NAC Breda, my team.

Also, both are each others rivals.

Dammit.

So Willem II gets a chance to kick us down for another year, and we can't be able to return that same favour. Fucking hell. Dutch FA, what a fuck up here.

Seriously, now they have nothing to play for, while we are under pressure to perform. And we've seen what that does (Graafschap - Ajax, last round).

Fuck this shit.

I thought FC Twente were a big name in the Netherlands. Obviously not Ajax or PSV but still wouldn't expect them to have issues.

Then again same thing happened to Rangers

[The Blaatschapen]

Or NAC wins on its own strength.

That's the idea. But I want Willem II to go down at the same time

So FC Twente got relegated here from the Dutch flight because of financial problems.

Now, the number #16 of the top flight, who is playing promotion/relegation playoffs (against the #3 of the lower league) will stay in no matter what. (If they manage to stay in by winning, then the same will go for #17).

Of course, that team is Willem II. And the #3 of the lower league is NAC Breda, my team.

Also, both are each others rivals.

Dammit.

So Willem II gets a chance to kick us down for another year, and we can't be able to return that same favour. Fucking hell. Dutch FA, what a fuck up here.

Seriously, now they have nothing to play for, while we are under pressure to perform. And we've seen what that does (Graafschap - Ajax, last round).

Fuck this shit.

I thought FC Twente were a big name in the Netherlands. Obviously not Ajax or PSV but still wouldn't expect them to have issues.

Then again same thing happened to Rangers

Nah.

FC Twente was an inflated name in the Netherlands. It looked big, until we figured out that most of it was hot air.

Rangers was genuinely big (for Scotland).

[Auremena]

So FC Twente got relegated here from the Dutch flight because of financial problems.

Now, the number #16 of the top flight, who is playing promotion/relegation playoffs (against the #3 of the lower league) will stay in no matter what. (If they manage to stay in by winning, then the same will go for #17).

Of course, that team is Willem II. And the #3 of the lower league is NAC Breda, my team.

Also, both are each others rivals.

Dammit.

So Willem II gets a chance to kick us down for another year, and we can't be able to return that same favour. Fucking hell. Dutch FA, what a fuck up here.

Seriously, now they have nothing to play for, while we are under pressure to perform. And we've seen what that does (Graafschap - Ajax, last round).

Fuck this shit.

Well Twente will end up with some money from selling its players off...
Best of luck to NAC, then, I guess.

Just tried to read up on the promotion and relegation in the Dutch system and man is it confusing...

[The Blaatschapen]

So FC Twente got relegated here from the Dutch flight because of financial problems.

Now, the number #16 of the top flight, who is playing promotion/relegation playoffs (against the #3 of the lower league) will stay in no matter what. (If they manage to stay in by winning, then the same will go for #17).

Of course, that team is Willem II. And the #3 of the lower league is NAC Breda, my team.

Also, both are each others rivals.

Dammit.

So Willem II gets a chance to kick us down for another year, and we can't be able to return that same favour. Fucking hell. Dutch FA, what a fuck up here.

Seriously, now they have nothing to play for, while we are under pressure to perform. And we've seen what that does (Graafschap - Ajax, last round).

Fuck this shit.

Well Twente will end up with some money from selling its players off...
Best of luck to NAC, then, I guess.

Just tried to read up on the promotion and relegation in the Dutch system and man is it confusing...

Heh, read up on the playoff system in the Belgian league if you want confusing

[Auremena]

Well Twente will end up with some money from selling its players off...
Best of luck to NAC, then, I guess.

Just tried to read up on the promotion and relegation in the Dutch system and man is it confusing...

Heh, read up on the playoff system in the Belgian league if you want confusing

I'll bet, but I've somewhere to go, so later I will, I guess...

Unrelated, but I wonder what's going to happen to Sandro. Surely he's too good to be playing for a mid table championship side next season. I'd love to have him back at Spurs as cover for Dier. He should be cheap, going into the last year of his contract, or possibly could come on a loan.
Other options for Dier cover would be Neustader, who I believe is out of contract at the end of June. The rumour about Saul is insane, no way Atleti would let him go for what Levy is willing to spend. N'Koulou, also out of contract in June, could be useful Toby cover if Poch decides that Fazio should move on or wants to leave.

[Auremena]

And I've now learned that Randy Learner has sold Aston Villa to Chinese businessman Xia Jiantong for a reported 60 million pounds.

[Eastfield Lodge]

And I've now learned that Randy Learner has sold Aston Villa to Chinese businessman Xia Jiantong for a reported 60 million pounds.

The wrong reviled owner sold their club then.