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TheRicanKing
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And I plan on going to anfield soon. That's a must.
water ur seeds
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TheRicanKing;9195894 said:
Ive been in Anfield once and it was fckn amazing, the stands are like a half a meter away from the touch line, right on top of the pitch, so you can literally reach out and pimp slap one of the subs warming up... Plus they did takeaway shepherds pie in when most clubs do a dodgy burger!!! haha
water ur seeds
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s0j0urner;9195976 said:water ur seeds;9195952 said:
Lol at water and shepherd's pie
It's like you only went to Anfield for the pies, this is the 4th time that you have mentioned Anfield pies, haha!
GOAT environment we have at Anfield btw!
Haha daum, I tell everyone that story... I didnt know about the shepherds pie's before hand, but I would go back for them for sure!!! Fulham did good pies too, maybe I should do a pie review for each club I visit next season haha
CeLLaR-DooR
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TheRicanKing;9195885 said:
You missed that GOAT shit how did you wind up a Pool fan?
I wish I was about on the IC durin' that Liverpool CL win lol wudda broke the thread
CeLLaR-DooR
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s0j0urner;9195803 said:
Lates 70s to early 90's Liverpool were mad dope, they'd have won more European competitions if English clubs weren't banned from them
CeLLaR-DooR
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s0j0urner;9196202 said:
Lol nah my Dad and older brothers are Pool fans, my third brother and only sister are Utd men/girl and the rest are Arsenal fans.
Happy to report that there isn't a single Spud in the family.
TheRicanKing
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CeLLaR-DooR;9196066 said:
It's a bit anti climatic since im from the states and obviously PR but a friend back in middle school let me borrow FIFA 08. Loved the game and started buying FIFA every year (still do smh). Since my friends were PL fans I wanted to pick a side but not Arsenal, Utd or Chelsea. My favorite color is red. And on fifa out of the 4 1/2 star teams Liverpool caught my eye and I picked them. All the time. (Torres was a,fuckin beast) Anyway they were and still are my fifa team. It wasn't until I heard the passionate YNWA live on YouTube in 2010 where it was a wrap.This was going to be my club in football. Watched every season since. Even researched their history and learned as many chants.
Although I missed the GOAT times of Liverpool such as the CL win and such, I did go through that incredible 2013-14 season (say what you want about the *slip* haha) and my mini instanbul Liverpool vs Dortmund Europa League. I'm absolutely sure they'll be more great times and moments, especially with Klopp.
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TheRicanKing
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Im probably the only one in my family that watches football too haha.
StillFaggyAF
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Mseries_;9195462 said:I was born in 1985 so I kinda missed out on the Spurs glory days, Hoddle Waddle Ossie Ardiles, Ricky villa, I remember Gary Lineker before he bounced to Japan.......... GAZZA
Y'all must be getting sick of me on some " I remember way back when" shit I'm just tryna figure out the real from the fake.
It's mad popular for Yankee cats to rock soccer jerseys now and have no clue who plays for the club. Don't get me wrong I like seeing people wearing EPL Jerseys, but I remember seeing a dude with a Chelsea Jersey on and I was like congratulations, as they just won the champs league. An he was like
I feel the same way..I grew up playing soccer and me and boys used to be the only kids wearing sambas and jerseys as casual wear....:now everyone and they momma rocking Real Madrid and PSG shirts with joggers but can't name naaan player cept Messi or Ronaldo
StillFaggyAF
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93 checking in
Used to be a Barca and Milan fan ....now just Milan
(As you prolly guessed Ronaldinho is my favorite player; also was a big Robinho fan so I also watched most Real Madrid, man city games. I also used to play right back and my favorite players to emulate where Cafu, Dani Alves and Roberto Carlos)
Used to only have EPL and Serie a until we got goltv which showed La Liga and Bundesliga
Used to be a Barca and Milan fan ....now just Milan
(As you prolly guessed Ronaldinho is my favorite player; also was a big Robinho fan so I also watched most Real Madrid, man city games. I also used to play right back and my favorite players to emulate where Cafu, Dani Alves and Roberto Carlos)
Used to only have EPL and Serie a until we got goltv which showed La Liga and Bundesliga
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CeLLaR-DooR
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I'm a striker. I loved Michael Owen but I was never fast, so I'm more of a playmaker forward.
I'm the type of forward who could go 10 games without a goal but no one complains when I don't get dropped. Possession domination from the front is useful.
I'm the type of forward who could go 10 games without a goal but no one complains when I don't get dropped. Possession domination from the front is useful.
water ur seeds
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bigev240;9196236 said:
Yeah it really fckd you guys up, in a way you have never fully recovered...
dagmarlena
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coming soon to an EPL stadium near you.
water ur seeds;9197313 said:
Here's an article on the what if the ban never happen. Long read.
sabotagetimes.com/football/everton-what-if-heysel-had-never-happened
Everton: What If... Heysel Had Never Happened?
The disaster saw English teams banned from competing in Europe for five years and after Everton had recently won the 1985 first division title, it could have been so different for the Toffees had 39 fans not lost their lives that fateful May day.
Jim Keoghan
Apr 21, 2013
It’s very difficult for an Evertonian to wade into the debate surrounding the Heysel Stadium disaster without sounding bitter. The often touted assertion by blues, that were it not for the European ban which arose after Heysel, Everton would still be a great club can seem a little desperate to some (particularly fans of our esteemed neighbours).
And yet to appreciate the impact Heysel has on the collective Everton psyche, it’s probably necessary to outline just what the club lost during the lifetime of the ban.
There is little doubt that the sides that Howard Kendall put together in the early-to-mid 1980s were the best that Everton have ever produced. The 1985 title-winning side in particular was exemplary, renowned for its flowing movement, speed across the park, creativity and goal scoring. As a result of this and the sides that followed, the mid-1980s became a golden age for Evertonian's, the kind of era that few clubs ever enjoy and amongst those that do, often only fleetingly.
By the time that British clubs were allowed back into Europe in 1991, Everton’s golden age was gone. The great sides of that era had broken up, the inadequate stewardship of Kendall’s replacement, Colin Harvey, had only yielded mediocrity and the prospect of relegation rather than league success was now more likely for the club.
But was this the fault of the ban? Every football club is constantly at the mercy of any number of variables and to suggest that Everton’s change in fortunes was entirely attributable to Heysel would probably be foolish. As proof, you could point to the amateurishness of the board as a contributory factor, something that has dogged Everton for decades both before and after the ban.
But equally, to deny that the ban had no impact at all would also be wrong. And the reason for this is the effect that European success could have had on the club.
There are two teams in Liverpool, but only one that has a significant international fan base. Everton remain a club rooted in the city, whereas Liverpool have spread their influence around the world like a pandemic (probably the kind that gives you horrible diarrhoea). They’ve been able to do this because of their period of European dominance in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It raised their profile internationally, giving fans of English football around the globe a team to focus on. And despite Liverpool never again reaching those heady heights, the loyalty has persisted, providing the club a vast source of revenue from beyond the confines of the city.
No-one can know whether Everton would have been able to replicate Liverpool’s success. But when you look at the sides marshalled under Kendall and then compare them to the clubs that we would have potentially faced in Europe, then it’s plausible to suggest that Everton would have been in with a fighting chance.
Look at the finalists from that era; Steaua Bucharest, Porto, Benfica, PSV and Bayern Munich. Although all great sides of the day, each one was capable of being beaten by Everton. It’s not like we’d have been up against Guardiola’s Barcelona. What’s more, Villa and Forest managed to win in Europe a few years before, and these were teams whose quality didn’t come close to Everton’s. We’d also proven our ability to compete on the European stage in 1985 through our capture of the Cup Winners Cup at the first attempt. This was not a team that had shown any evidence of suffering from European jitters.
The ban robbed Everton’s greatest side of both the opportunity to enjoy success in Europe and the chance to build ourselves into an international brand to rival our neighbours across the park. But it also did something more.
Think of the football world before the ban, one characterised by poor commercial management, falling attendances and violence on the terraces. Then compare that to the one that began to emerge in the 1990s, when the ban was eventually lifted. This was a football world awash with money from Sky, a world in which the Premier League was beginning to build itself into a global brand with a global reach and one where the most successful clubs had the opportunity to pull away from the herd.
The club who ultimately made the most of the opportunities presented in the 1990s was Manchester United. Although they were always a big club, United had done f**k-all for decades, aside from win the occasional FA Cup. And yet, it was they who were ultimately best positioned to capitalise on the cash bonanza that has arrived with both the Premiership and the Champions League.
Who’s to say that couldn’t have been Everton instead? Had Europe been available to us then we would have retained our manager rather than losing him to the Spanish. A player like Lineker, arguably one of the best forwards in the world at that point, might have stayed at the club rather than buggering off to Barcelona. We would also have been able to attract the best talent available and perhaps built a squad that could have continued the momentum of the mid-eighties.
As with any counter-factual, there is plenty of supposition evident here. After all, it’s just as possible that Everton would have floundered in Europe or the incompetence of the board would have undermined any success we did enjoy. The problem is we’ll never know.
But that what if... continues to torture us. The actions of a few Liverpudlian gobsh**es and the response of both the Tory government and the football authorities robbed us of the chance of ever putting the club’s greatest ever side to the test. It’s arguably one of the saddest things to ever happen to Everton, which is saying something when you consider that this is the club that signed Ibrahima Bakayoko.
