The British & Irish Football Thread

[Martoto]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I loved his passion , but to go without any reprimand would establish a slippery slope as to the potential for other future acts.

I think the penalty (probably peanuts as to his yearly income) was justified.

If you think that's bad. Hibernian manager Neil Lennon received a touchline ban after his team secured a 5-5 draw, and qualification for Europe, in the dying seconds of last season. All he did was step onto the pitch in front of the dugouts, arms outstretched.

[Penton-Man]

good to see a little life back in this thread esp. with the busy holiday season approaching

crazy ManU v. Arsenal match mid-week but I liked Arsenal's intensity

[CouncilSpectre]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I loved his passion , but to go without any reprimand would establish a slippery slope as to the potential for other future acts.

I think the penalty (probably peanuts as to his yearly income) was justified.

Originally Posted by Martoto

If you think that's bad. Hibernian manager Neil Lennon received a touchline ban after his team secured a 5-5 draw, and qualification for Europe, in the dying seconds of last season. All he did was step onto the pitch in front of the dugouts, arms outstretched.

Under the current rules, the reprimand was inevitable. The rule itself however is BS. Curbing celebrations like this, and for players who've scored, FIFA/UEFA/FA etc, FFS concentrate on the important stuff that would improve the game...not this that just makes you look like laughable buffoons.

[dublinbluray108]

I'm just watching BBC Sports Personality of the Year on BBC One HD. Gareth Southgate was awarded with Coach of The Year at the live event in Birmingham. Harry Kane was there beside him on the stage. I had missed Kane's few words about the WC in Russia. But I heard Southgate trying to give a thank you speech & a few other words after he was greeted with a friendly chants from some England fans. The guys who did the England 1990 WC song It's coming home presented the award to Gareth Southgate.

The Republic of Ireland senior & U-21 managers Mick McCarthy & Stephen Kenny were speaking at the RTÉ Sports Awards in Dublin last night. They were giving a brief assessment of the team's upcoming progress for the Euro 2020 Qualifiers which begin in March.

Ray Houghton also got honoured with the RTÉ Sport/Irish Sports Council Hall of Fame Award for his involvement in Euro 88 & Italia 90 campaigns.

Tony Cascarino was on The Late Late Show about his recent surgery for a benign brain tumour. He looked really well when he appeared on the show on Friday night. I'm really glad that his surgery went well & is living a happy life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r852qBjaUsw

[Penton-Man]

Thread’s dead, eh?
Well rather than typing out the whole thing again, I’ll just link you folks to a significant soccer/football milestone (at least for us Americans) I posted on another thread….. https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...n#post15933472

I’ll add that, as a neutral, last night’s ManCity v Liverpool match was pretty dang good TV watching.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

ManCity v Liverpool match was pretty dang good TV watching.

as was the work ethic exhibited by Arsenal in the recent Arsenal v. Chelsea match

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

was pretty dang good TV watching.

well except for seeing Bellerin go down without any contact and figuring that (for those of you with personal experience ), he heard that dreaded 'pop' and felt the subsequent pain - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...CL-injury.html

[Martoto]

Former England goalkeeper and World Cup winner Gordon Banks has passed away aged 81

[tob]

Originally Posted by Martoto

Former England goalkeeper and World Cup winner Gordon Banks has passed away aged 81

Sad news he was a great goalkeeper and that save from Pele in the 1970 World Cup is still the best save ever.

[Penton-Man]

4 Prem teams in the quarters….
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsle...round=2000982/

Is that a first?

[cipher]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

4 Prem teams in the quarters….
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsle...round=2000982/

Is that a first?

First time in 10 years.

Just hope we aren't all drawn against each tomorrow. That would be such a UEFA thing to do.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by cipher

First time in 10 years.

Just hope we aren't all drawn against each tomorrow. That would be such a UEFA thing to do.

Well I think Liverpool turned out well. It would have been perfect if Tottenham and City were'nt playing each other but I guess you can't have everything.

[dublinbluray108]

2 in the Europa League with Arsenal & Chelsea also included in the QF's. That inclusion makes it the largest amount of British teams in a european football competition.

[Penton-Man]

the teams react….

�TEAMS REACT TO THE QUARTER FINAL UCL DRAW� (Champions League Draw 18/19) - YouTube

[Penton-Man]

https://bookmakers.co.uk/news/bettin...quadruple-odds

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Gregsan

1. MAN City
2. Liverpool
3. Chelsea
It is my prediction. Where do you watch matches online? I use this website to check scores, but also I want to find live streaming.

sorry, can't help you out as I don't live stream....often I'm lucky if I can even watch the match the following day (recorded on DVR)

[Martoto]

2-1 to Celtic today.

[Grozila]

Your suggestions for today's UCL quarter-finals?
ManCity and Liverpool will go through I think)

[dublinbluray108]

John Delaney's career in the Football Association of Ireland is nearly coming to an end tonight.

He had the position of Chief Executive of the FAI since 2003 until long standing revelations were published by the Irish media over a controversial €100k bridging loan being granted to the FAI. It was being used to sort out a short term cash flow issue which could meant that they were short on funds within the organisation itself. John Delaney had sought to have an injunction to the High Court in Dublin. That injunction attempt from the High Court had eventually failed against the FAI & the story on these revelations was eventually published to various Irish media outlets.

The FAI had attended Irish parliamentary committee on Transport, Tourism & Sport in Dublin on Wednesday to answer questions about the reasons for approving this bridging loan to the FAI. Not much information was divulged at these hearings. John Delaney said at the hearing that not a lot of information about these revelations should not be subject to such scrutiny at the committee hearing because of advice being given from their legal representation. In response to these allegations. Sport Ireland which was at one of those parliamentary hearings, also gives funding to other sporting bodies in Ireland have temporarily suspended their funding to the FAI which allows funding given to grassroots football clubs around the Republic of Ireland. This funding is used to the run clubs associated with competing through the younger clubs schoolboys league etc.

This story has been a huge heap of controversy among the Irish football fan base since these allegations came to light. I even watched on the news tonight that some fans attending League of Ireland matches on Friday night were holding huge banners saying 'Delaney out' in the football stands. There were was a small brawl happening in the stands at Turners Cross in Cork which thankfully petered down afterwards which was also linked to the FAI controversy of this bridging loan.

John Delaney's salary at the FAI before he resigned as CEO last weekend amounted to over €360,000 a year. He also has a position on the board of UFEA which also gives him another salary. After he resigned as CEO; he had taken up the role of executive board of the FAI which took away two thirds of his salary. That position being created for him is now temporary because the very same board, that he is a member of, met at their HQ in Abbotstown tonight. It is now known that the other board members are now re-considering their positions on the executive board & they may take the advice to resign from the board as early as tomorrow morning.

There is news coming about the appointment of FAI's new CEO in the media during the past week. There has been talk that the job as John Delaney's successor will be going to a female. I don't know what here name is at the moment as I have heard her name before but I have forgotten who it is.

How does everybody else feel about this story?

[tob]

We need change and new ideas to help football in our country.
The G.A.A has the big sponsors and money to go with it being the number one sport in the country and Irish football is third on the list behind the G.A.A and Rugby.
League of Ireland football is struggling for a long time and we need to change this with more money invested in the game to better investment with youngsters and other areas.
We have a great stadium in the Aviva but the F.A.I have not done enough to host European Finals there and that has to change, we must look to other countries and leagues to learn and get Irish football on the move again.