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Villa won the Europa League, their first major trophy since they won the same one (then called the UEFA Cup) back in 1982.

Meanwhile the Southampton spy-gate saga drags on. Hull who will now face Middlesbrough in the final claim they should be promoted automatically because their opponents, Southampton, cheated. They'll take legal action if they don't win.

Wrexham who finished 7th say they're looking at legal action because they missed out on the playoffs. Millwall are looking at legal action because......well who knows. And to top it all off the Southampton players are looking at suing their own club for them missing out on the chance to be Premier league players!
 
Myles O'Reilly said:
Villa won the Europa League, their first major trophy since they won the same one (then called the UEFA Cup) back in 1982.

Meanwhile the Southampton spy-gate saga drags on. Hull who will now face Middlesbrough in the final claim they should be promoted automatically because their opponents, Southampton, cheated. They'll take legal action if they don't win.

Wrexham who finished 7th say they're looking at legal action because they missed out on the playoffs. Millwall are looking at legal action because......well who knows. And to top it all off the Southampton players are looking at suing their own club for them missing out on the chance to be Premier league players!
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Small Correction ~ Villa actually won the European Cup in 1982, after winning the First Division the previous year ~ Only League winning teams entered the European Cup (Club) in those days.
 
A big oversight on my behalf Sir. I always thought it was "just" the UEFA they won. Wow didn't know that!

Here's the dude that caused all the bother now engulfing the Championship.

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Interesting statistic from when Villa won the league

" Aston Villa used only 14 different players to win the league title during the 1980/81 season; equalling the previous record set by Liverpool during the 1964/65 season "
 
Its mad how few injuries they used to pick up back then especially with the quagmires they used to play in.
 
Actually now that I think about it, this isn't Villa's first major trophy since '82. I remember them winning the League Cup in the mid-90's with all those Irish players on the team. I think they beat United 3-1.
 
clarke-connolly said:
Interesting statistic from when Villa won the league

" Aston Villa used only 14 different players to win the league title during the 1980/81 season; equalling the previous record set by Liverpool during the 1964/65 season "
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Including the late Eamonn Deacy who wrote to Villa 12 times looking for a trial and ended up with League and European Cup winners medals
 
First they said fans wouldn't be allowed bring their own water into World Cup stadiums and instead would have to buy it inside the ground.

Now check out the prices for a beer at the England/New Zealand friendly. $16.75 - $18.00

And I thought Irish beer prices were bad!


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Myles O'Reilly said:
First they said fans wouldn't be allowed bring their own water into World Cup stadiums and instead would have to buy it inside the ground.

Now check out the prices for a beer at the England/New Zealand friendly. $16.75 - $18.00

And I thought Irish beer prices were bad!


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This is a World Cup, to be boycotted on the grounds of financially exploiting fans alone !

And I mean, it should be boycotted even by TV viewers as well.

I don't have anything like the interest that I once had in soccer anyway ! ! !
 
clarke-connolly said:
This is a World Cup, to be boycotted on the grounds of financially exploiting fans alone !

And I mean, it should be boycotted even by TV viewers as well.

I don't have anything like the interest that I once had in soccer anyway ! ! !
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Speaking of exploitation, have you seen the prices for the NBA finals match between New York and San Antonio in Madison Square Garden tonight? The average price of a ticket is over $7,000.

 
Aldo3 said:
Speaking of exploitation, have you seen the prices for the NBA finals match between New York and San Antonio in Madison Square Garden tonight? The average price of a ticket is over $7,000.

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To watch a sport that you could not imagine ( even at your peak age and fitness ) even having a chance at, unless you were 6 foot 4 inches !

Basket-ball is not a bad game to play, but I don't get anything from watching it.

Unusually, I actually played a wee bit of Volley-ball when I was in secondary school ~ It was a good game, if you and your team mates ( and opposition ) got to a level where you could keep a point going for a decent amount of time.
 
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clarke-connolly said:
To watch a sport that you could not imagine ( even at your peak age and fitness ) even having a chance at, unless you were 6 foot 4 inches !

Basket-ball is not a bad game to play, but I don't get anything from watching.

Unusually, I actually played a wee bit of Volley-ball when I was in secondary school ~ It was a good game, if you and your team mates ( and opposition ) got to a level where you could keep a point going for a decent amount of time.
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I enjoyed playing it in school, but only got in to watching it recently. It's actually very entertaining, far more so than soccer. What I like about it is that it utilises a stop clock, so that a team has to attempt to score within 24 seconds. If they don't the other team gets possession of the ball. It makes for a very free flowing, attacking game with lots of scores.

When the Grab All Association were rejigging the rules of football, I thought it would be a good idea to introduce a stop clock (maybe a minute or so), which would encourage teams to attempt to score. How many times have we seen games - my team, Dublin, being prime culprits- were the players aimlessly pass the ball around in the hopes of running down the clock?
 
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