World Football Thread VII

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Maquiladora
Youd probably finish in the top quarter, but its not "the best team in europe", as many Liverpool fans love to say at every opportunity.

I prefer "Champions of Europe", but either one is fine with me.

[Maquiladora]

Thats slightly better, at least.

I remember mancs acting the same at the time, nevermind the fact it was a knockout, that was the luckiest final of all time.

[reds4ever]

Luckiest? More like the greatest! We forced them into capitulation....they were lucky to see extra time never mind win!

[Maquiladora]

Typical scouser

[Apocalypse]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Whether they sell out soccer matches doesn't mean they'll sell out MLS games . There tends to be somewhat of a gap between regular soccer fans and MLS fans. Houston will probably need to reach out to the Hispanic fans, which I believe, is not something that FC Dallas has done particularly well.

Yeah, I know. There is at least support for one. You don't need to sell out every game anyway. This is football, not football.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Well, it depends on where they are playing. In a Soccer Specific Stadium, the capacity may be 20,000. So they need to fill most of it, because only getting 10,000 a game may cause the team to move again.

[C0ckney]

nice to see us playing like the arsenal of 03/04 again

and nice to see kanu still working for us

[Apocalypse]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Well, it depends on where they are playing. In a Soccer Specific Stadium, the capacity may be 20,000. So they need to fill most of it, because only getting 10,000 a game may cause the team to move again.

Article: (summary - 32,000 seats, where University of Houston football plays)

MLS in Houston: Robertson Stadium

Robertson StadiumThe Houston MLS Club will play its home matches in Robertson Stadium on the campus of the University of Houston. A massive renovation of Robertson Stadium took place in 2004, thanks to a $6 million gift from the John and Julie O'Quinn Foundation to the University of Houston. In addition to the 20 luxury suites added in the summer of 1998, "Phase I" entailed replacement of the track with a ring of tiered seating, bringing the stadium's capacity to 32,000. To accommodate this tiered seating, the entire playing field was lowered nine feet.

In recognition of John and Julie O'Quinn's generosity and loyal support, the field at Robertson Stadium was named "John O'Quinn Field." The University of Houston's football team christened their new field with a 28-3 whipping of city rival Rice, in what was the renewal of the storied Bayou Bucket battle.

Wilhelmina Robertson, the wife of Ed Smith, who participated in the MLS discussions, was president of the Cullen Foundation for 50 years. Wilhelmina also personally contributed a half million dollars to update the stadium. The stadium was named after her former husband. Ed Smith also personally chipped in a substantial amount to insure that the University of Houston's previous Athletic Director, Chet Gladchuk, made Robertson Stadium viable for soccer.

Robertson Stadium, as it is known today, was originally constructed in 1941 as a joint project of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a federal agency created by Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.

In 1940, HISD purchased the land now bound by Holman, Cullen, Scott and Wheeler streets and passed a resolution in March 1941 to provide $650,000 to build the stadium.

The new stadium was named Houston Public School Stadium and served as the site for all home football games for area high schools. The first game was held September 18, 1942, when Lamar High School defeated Adamson High School of Dallas 26-7 before a crowd of 14,500.

[Imran Siddiqui]

HAW HAW!

Burton Albion 0 - Manchester United 0

And Leicester knocked out Tottenham from the FA Cup while Leyton Orient took out Fulham.

[reds4ever]

Leicester came back from 2-0 down to score the winner in the last minute!! Cracking game!!

[C0ckney]

it's been a great weekend of FA cup football, the liverpool & spurs games were simply fantastic to watch.

[reds4ever]

We like to give teams a head start just to keep things interesting.....

[Urban Ranger]

evil dp

[Urban Ranger]

Bummer, we don't have FA Cup games on cable. Or rather, it's on another cable.

[duke o' york]

Originally posted by C0ckney
it's been a great weekend of FA cup football, the liverpool & spurs games were simply fantastic to watch.

QFT!

The egg on Ferguson's face was just the icing on a particularly delicious FA Cup cake.