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Well any pub with a telly gets very full of shouty drunk men. So things can happen.
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Seaside Loafer posted:Well any pub with a telly gets very full of shouty drunk men. So things can happen. To be reasonable this is hardly the world cup, I went to watch the CL final with some Spanish friends and the only reason we didn't get thrown out was the bouncers were clearly making GBS threads themselves and hoping we calmed down the one lad taking it too personally.
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Jun 1, 2014 21:41
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Bozza posted:The life of a Leeds United fan mate, I know your pain. It's a bit like the national anthem in that respect.
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Jun 1, 2014 21:45
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tooterfish posted:Best anthem too... which no-one quite knows the words to. If you want an anthem people know the words to you could always switch your allegiance to the One True Team 
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Jun 1, 2014 21:53
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Nah, can't stand burgundy.
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Jun 1, 2014 21:57
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What are you, middle class or somethin'?
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Jun 1, 2014 21:59
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Oh, definitely. I only slum it in stands smelling of piss in the vain hope that one day, the chant of "we hate Chelsea" will actually have some loving meaning again.
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Jun 1, 2014 22:03
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Im supporting Argentina.
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Jun 1, 2014 22:04
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Crane Fist posted:If you want an anthem people know the words to you could always switch your allegiance to the One True Team I don't know, I find always blowing bubbles pretty annoying, not as annoying as as Bristol Rover's Good Night Irene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7onOJ-QgXY0 Is more up beat!
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World Cup 2014: Comedian Andy Zaltzman presents his neutral's guide to picking a team Andy Zaltzman posted:If Brazil win the World Cup on home soil, the explosion of joy will, scientists believe, be of sufficient Earth-shaking magnitude to prompt a spontaneous Armageddon. Most people in Brazil would happily accept that trade-off, and several billion others around the globe would probably consider the end of the world to be a price worth paying to see the look on the Brazilian nation's collective football-loving face should Scolari's team triumph.
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Fluo posted:I don't know, I find always blowing bubbles pretty annoying, not as annoying as as Bristol Rover's Good Night Irene. Bubbles is a nigh-perfect footall anthem, being about hopes and dreams being crushed. Basically if that doesn't apply to the football team you support then you will be second against the wall (with first reserved for those who think that qualifying for the champions league counts as fulfilling a dream)
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Jun 1, 2014 22:47
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Bubbles is a nigh-perfect footall anthem, being about hopes and dreams being crushed. Basically if that doesn't apply to the football team you support then you will be second against the wall (with first reserved for those who think that qualifying for the champions league counts as fulfilling a dream) See also my club Exeter's favourite of "We'll Score Again" to the tune of the Vera Lynn classic
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Jun 1, 2014 23:07
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I like the World Cup but I never support England and Northern Ireland/Ireland are too crap to play in it anyway. For any given match up I just support my favourite country of the two.
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Jun 1, 2014 23:14
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Bubbles is a nigh-perfect footall anthem, being about hopes and dreams being crushed. Basically if that doesn't apply to the football team you support then you will be second against the wall (with first reserved for those who think that qualifying for the champions league counts as fulfilling a dream) L'internationale is about the proletariat rising up, Bubbles is about what happens five minutes later.
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Aliginge posted:World Cup 2014: Comedian Andy Zaltzman presents his neutral's guide to picking a team I, for one, am behind Croatia this time, because the Balkan style of "If they're not wearing the same strip as you, break their loving legs" is a style I can get behind. I do agree with that article that Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia should all group into Balkans United FC, and leave nothing but a trail of destruction. Like, Brazil can play all their half-dancing-half-football all they like, I will be kept watching if a man named Bogdan executes a running dropkick to a south American man's knee. Gyro Zeppeli fucked around with this message at 23:31 on Jun 1, 2014 |
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Jun 1, 2014 23:17
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USA will win this year!!!! 
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Jun 1, 2014 23:21
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:I do agree with that article that Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia should all group into Balkans United FC, and leave nothing but a trail of destruction. Like, Brazil can play all their half-dancing-half-football all they like, I will be kept watching if a man named Bogdan executes a running dropkick to a south American man's knee. Yes... perhaps... they could call it Yugoslavia... just spitballin' here.
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Jun 1, 2014 23:33
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JFairfax posted:Yes... perhaps... they could call it Yugoslavia... just spitballin' here. Yugoslavia existing purely to create an incredibly violent football team. A true utopia.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Bubbles is a nigh-perfect footall anthem, being about hopes and dreams being crushed. Basically if that doesn't apply to the football team you support then you will be second against the wall (with first reserved for those who think that qualifying for the champions league counts as fulfilling a dream) Somewhat related, I love this song, because although I don't really support a team, I imagine that this sort of resigned-to-failure feeling is the most common among genuine fans of all clubs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLttHozef0s
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Jun 1, 2014 23:42
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Farecoal posted:USa will win this year!!!! Has Jozy scored a goal yet?
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Its coming home.
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Jun 2, 2014 00:22
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The best football team to support is whoever Metropolitan Police FC are playing against in the Isthmian Premier division. 
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Do they take a cab to away games?
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Jun 2, 2014 09:09
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Pretty sure Metropolitan Police FC aren't allowed anywhere near Brazil thanks to their appalling shots on target statistic.
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tdrules posted:Pretty sure Metropolitan Police FC aren't allowed anywhere near Brazil thanks to their appalling shots on target statistic. Oh you. 
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Requesting a new thread title: UK Megathread June: World Cup Megathread 2014 I'm planning to be in Belfast on the 7th of June. Any Norn Iron goons want to fill me in on whether I should be avoiding going outside during that time? It sounds like poo poo is once again hitting proverbial fans over there right now.
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Indeterminacy posted:Requesting a new thread title: UK Megathread June: World Cup Megathread 2014 Unless I'm missing some coverage, it appears to (just) be anti-immigration violence, there's probably 100x the amount of it happening over here thanks to the kippers, just it isn't being reported on.
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I really liked Ghana last time I saw them play because the average age of their team was 19 and they were all sprinting around flat out for 90 minutes and their goalkeeper ran out to meet every attack. Just felt like a realy active style that was more fun to watch than the probably technically better pass it around thing that most teams do.
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I ended up watching Japan vs Brazil a few World Cups ago (turns out it was 2006, gently caress) and found them a really fun team to watch. Tend to be about half the height of other teams but they run rings around them with technical skill. It's just a shame they tend to lost but they play the game by the rules, instead of the more European style of taking a dive all over the place.
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I went to grammar school and it was great. I hope this helps.
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Bozza posted:Spent all today doing marching band in a Guildford park after drinking until 4AM last night. Was interesting.
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Jack the Lad posted:I really liked Ghana last time I saw them play because the average age of their team was 19 and they were all sprinting around flat out for 90 minutes and their goalkeeper ran out to meet every attack. Just felt like a realy active style that was more fun to watch than the probably technically better pass it around thing that most teams do. And then they were single-handedly eliminated by Luis Suarez.
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Saki posted:I went to grammar school and it was great. I hope this helps. Unless you're over 50, you didn't go to a tripartite-era grammar school, which is the important point. If you ARE over 50 you really should find a better hobby than pretending to be a right wing tool.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:The best football team to support is whoever Metropolitan Police FC are playing against in the Isthmian Premier division. They don't seem the Wurzels type though! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCZBWSj-Yzk
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Indeterminacy posted:Requesting a new thread title: UK Megathread June: World Cup Megathread 2014 I think you mean UK Men's Team: World Cup Megathread 2014 - It's Coming Home in a Vauxhall TinTower posted:And then they were single-handedly eliminated by Luis Suarez.
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Grammar schools are so appealing because everyone is convinced that of course their (Special and very smart) children will get into one of these "Better schools". If it does come back I'm sure it'll work marvelously right up until people realize that their (Special and very smart) kids aren't getting in. I went to a Private School and thus get to look down on everyone involved.
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Jun 2, 2014 13:33
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Fans posted:
From the hastily erected gallows.
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^^^- best post itt, close and move onZephro posted:Have you moved down to the soft and decadent South? I'll come and watch your band in Guildford next time. My band is based there, we usually practice near Pirbright, so I get the train from Reading cos lol gently caress Surrey!
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The best sports thing will be finished by the 18th. I can only care about one sport at a time, unless it's the Olympics. Not a big football fan, but I do quite like the World Cup. Everyone gets so very excited. 
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