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Post by hi224 on Jun 2, 2017 22:32:03 GMT
Ac milan representing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2017 22:59:36 GMT
Arsenal and Inter.
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Post by NJtoTX on Jun 2, 2017 23:26:04 GMT
Tottenham
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jun 3, 2017 4:30:43 GMT
TFC because home.
Liverpool for the rest of the world.
Both lovingly providing equal pain (failures) & glory (CL title).
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Post by sdm3 on Jun 3, 2017 4:48:43 GMT
Arsenal.
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Post by weststigersbob on Jun 3, 2017 5:38:29 GMT
Manchester United
Western Sydney Wanderers
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Post by WullieFort on Jun 3, 2017 8:52:30 GMT
The Invincibles
Having just completed an unbeaten season domestically, to win the Scottish Treble
CELTIC
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 3, 2017 16:17:49 GMT
Arsene Wenger FC
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 5, 2017 20:53:13 GMT
Manchester United
Started following them in the mid 90s (1995), with the great names of Cantona, Schmeichel, and the young talents of Beckham, Scholes, Butt, Neville brothers all ready to take off, and of course when they later signed both Ronny Johnsen and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (both norwegian) before the kick off of the 1996-97 season, I was very nervous but hopeful that at least one of them would go on and prove out to be a bargain, as I think United fans and Fergie really had their eyes on Alan Shearer (who instead signed for Newcastle who at that time was a fantastic team to watch, and for a couple of seasons, they were Uniteds toughest opponent before Arsene Wenger got Arsenal into beastmode) and beside Raymond van der Guyv, United signed Jordi Cruyff and Karel Poborsky (who had been through a very good Euro Cup that summer and I saw these guys a bigger names, and thought a guy like Ole would not get much of a chance in his first season) what a fool a I was, but probably not the only one, thinking that he would not be seen for a while.
To cut a loooong story short, I fell in love with Manchester United over several things, they won titles, played very entertaining football with a lot of pace and power, they had a lot of big personalities, there was always these awesome pictures in the monday papers of guys like Cantona, Schmeichel and so on, in the newspaper, their 1994-1996 home kit was the coolest that I had ever seen, and the girl I was in love with, was also a fan of them, so for me it was no other choice.
The guys who supported Liverpool in my school was back then the "cool kids", smug and very full of themselves, always next year and they were gonna win the league and beat United, an it felt so good whenever Manchester United or any other team smashed them to pieces.
While the Arsenal fans (there was 2 in my class) was good friends of mine and (of course things did change a bit later on, as the Gunners became maybe to close of a "enemy", but we were still pals), Chelsea however had zero fans at my school, but this was before Roman came knocking, and there was also fans of Newcastle, Leeds, Nottingham, Wimbledon and even a couple Blackburn supporters at to my school.
I loved that period, great time playing football everyday after school, wearing our favorite jerseys from our favorite clubs, and then always looking forward to the weekend, watching Premier League matches on TV on the saturdays. While I would never admit it at the time, but I did enjoy seeing players from other clubs, such as Zola, Tessier, Bergkamp, McManaman, Fowler, Ginola, and of course the great personalities such as Vinnie Jones, Duncan Ferguson, Denis Wise, just to name a few.
Nowdays, I would have loved seeing some of todays scummy divers try their act against guys like Ferguson, Jones, Vieira, or Roy Keane.
I could go on forever, but I'll stop there with a clip of one of my favorite goals done to perfection by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, with Big Pete throwing the ball half the pitch, and I think it is from the 1996-97 season, where Ole ended up top scorer:
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Post by bluerisk on Jun 5, 2017 20:56:17 GMT
Bayern Munich
Eintracht Frankfurt
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 5, 2017 21:21:43 GMT
Man, do I miss the rivalry between Arsenal and Manchester United (1997-98 and the climax of the later years of 2002-2005). Now, it feels like just another match, sadly. I do not care if Juventus, Real Madrid or Bayern was to be played several times a season, the only matches I really was looking forward to before the season had even started, was against Arsenal. Had butterflies in my stomach for days before the matches, and it felt horrible when losing, specially against such a powerful and elegant force that seemed to have it all, only to fade away, while still playing at times beautiful football, but now they just do not "scare" me the same way, I feel nothing before the matches, but then again who am I talking about, looking at United for the past few years, have not exactly been a pleasure either. One my favorite battles, yes not a match but a battle between two giants was the FA Cup round in early 2002-2003 when United lost against the Gunners at Old Trafford. Boy, that was an intense experience, I did not sit down for even a minute. I screamed, I was nervous, angry, frustrated all at once, and sadly the most famous moment came afterwards, with Fergie kicking Solskjaers shoe to Beckhams face, while Fergie did however get the better of Arsene that season, by turning a 8-10 point gap, into a 5 or 6 point win in the end. One of my favorite seasons, dramatic, beautiful football, frustrating and at times it felt like United was just so far away from Arsenal, that it was impossible to catch them, and that made it even sweeter in the end. The Champions League matches against Real was legendary, and of course the crushing of Newcastle (twice), Ruuuuuud Van Nistelrooy pumping in over 40 goals a season, one of the ultimate goalmachines of that era, and again, well I have lost myself a bit, sorry. Anyway, the agression, tension in the first minutes of that 2002-03 FA Cup round, was like a clash between two heavyweight champions, that is what I want to remember it from, not the Beckham shoe to his face (or the incredible missers by Giggs). |
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Post by chasallnut on Jun 6, 2017 8:34:08 GMT
Liverpool - been supporting them since 1965.
I also follow:-
Tranmere Rovers - My local club and my first live game back in 1964.
Perth Glory - Most of my family live in Australia and have done for over 40 years, and spent three years there myself.
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Post by MrFurious on Jun 6, 2017 9:01:00 GMT
Liverpool too since the 80's.
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Post by poelzig on Jun 6, 2017 9:15:20 GMT
What will happen when the Muslims outlaw football? Will that be enough for brits to finally complain or will it be too late by then? Amsterdam Gençler Birliği.
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Post by Aj_June on Jun 6, 2017 9:41:34 GMT
The Old Lady of Italian football. I hate AC Milan. |
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jun 6, 2017 17:23:15 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2017 20:45:04 GMT
Anyway, the agression, tension in the first minutes of that 2002-03 FA Cup round, was like a clash between two heavyweight champions, that is what I want to remember it from, not the Beckham shoe to his face (or the incredible missers by Giggs). I used to go to pubs in Highbury/Finsbury Park/Islington area to watch the United-Arsenal games with some Tottenham supporting mates around that period. Saw a couple of good pub brawls over the years, one was legendary, there was no security, and fights were just sporadically breaking out all over the place between Arsenal and Man United fans, the poor pub landlord just couldn't keep a handle on it, he tried his best to throw out the trouble makers but no one man could have handled all that on their own, the police eventually showed up and everyone left. It really was like a bar room brawl out of a film. Glasses being thrown (well plastic cups), pool cues being used as weapons, tables being thrown over, the only thing it was missing was some poor guy being thrown through a window. It was a good rivalry though because the managers hated each other, the players hated each other and I think the fans hated each other. That's what you want really. Would never miss a game in those days. I actually don't think Man United have played good football since that era, that's nearly 15 years ago now, they were great to watch in the 90s, really exciting games in Europe and at home, some people might say "but Stan, what about the 2008 team with Ronaldo and Rooney?". Well they were good players and they were a good team, and there were glimpses of brilliance, but I don't remember many great matches. |
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 7, 2017 10:27:46 GMT
I used to go to pubs in Highbury/Finsbury Park/Islington area to watch the United-Arsenal games with some Tottenham supporting mates around that period. Saw a couple of good pub brawls over the years, one was legendary, there was no security, and fights were just sporadically breaking out all over the place between Arsenal and Man United fans, the poor pub landlord just couldn't keep a handle on it, he tried his best to throw out the trouble makers but no one man could have handled all that on their own, the police eventually showed up and everyone left. It really was like a bar room brawl out of a film. Glasses being thrown (well plastic cups), pool cues being used as weapons, tables being thrown over, the only thing it was missing was some poor guy being thrown through a window.  Sounds almost like a scene from Trainspotting, with Francis Begbie going berserk. I guess the closest thing to "hatred" or just die hard "rivalry" must be when a good pal of mine (Arsenal fan) did not speak to me in almost a month, because Man Utd beat them (I think) 6-2 at Old Trafford back in 2001, but then things turned quikly, as he sure got pretty smug and "unbearable" during the next season, and he never let me forget those horrible Barthez blunders at Highbury in 2001, when Arsenal turned a 0-1 down into a solid 3-1 victory. I love a good rivalry, but since Chelsea under Mourinho stepped up under the Roman empire, it boiled down and now it is just not the same anymore. Different players, style and era, but sadly lacking most of the suspense and build-up before the games. Yeah, it was Fergie vs. Wenger, Keane vs. Vieira, Keown vs. Van Nistelrooy, and the list would go on and on. But I love those small battles, personal and no silly hugs or smiles towards each other in the tunnel, instead there was 22 competitive warriors living up to their managers hunger for desire and trophies, season after season. I actually don't think Man United have played good football since that era, that's nearly 15 years ago now, they were great to watch in the 90s, really exciting games in Europe and at home, some people might say "but Stan, what about the 2008 team with Ronaldo and Rooney?". Well they were good players and they were a good team, and there were glimpses of brilliance, but I don't remember many great matches. I do loved the 2006-07 season, they played with pace and hunger like I had not seen for many years, and it felt so good as the three earlier years had seen first the brilliant Arsenal team of 2003-04 gone unbeaten, then came along the powerful almost unstoppable Mourinho Chelsea team who changed the title race by almost doing the title in by december, where specially Man Utd often started weak, then hit back during december/january, but this time they were up against a rival who never lost, and once they got 1 or 2 goals up, that was it, game over. So with Van Nistelrooy out, (that hurt, even thoug he was not the same player as before) and with the whole Rooney vs. Ronaldo thing during the World Cup, there was rumours that Ronaldo wanted a move away, and of course seeing the unstoppable Chelsea buying world class players (or so it seemed at the time) with Michael Ballack (Fergie I think saw him as a possible replacement for Keane some years before joining Bayern) then you had AC Milan goal machine, Andriy Shevchenko and of course they also bought one of the best left back of that time, Ashley Cole (from Arsenal which I could not understand, why they let such a great player go to a rival like Chelsea). Anyway, United ended up with only one transfer (I think) which was Michael Carrick, and beside loaning Henke Larsson for 10 weeks, it felt like it was gonna be a very long season playing catch-up to Chelsea and Arsenal. But turned out that something had changed dramatically. Without Ruud, and with both Ole (back from a injury he got in 2003) and Louis Saha (a player I felt so bad for, because of all his injuries, but his pace, technique was at time fantastic, and he did get quite the comeback in the 2006-07 season) suddenly the goals was coming from all over. They won 5-6 matches straight, and scored goals, lots of them. This was the season where Vidic and Evra would make it big, just as Ronaldo/Rooney. I prefer this season (playing style that is) over what came after. But the prize was at times brutal, such as the beatdown they got against a much more experienced AC Milan, and they even got beaten by Celtic (but then again, back then Celtic was a tough match for most teams, as I think also the fantastic Barca side under Guardiola got beaten once or twice). Compared to the 2006-07, or the horrible period between 2003-2006 where they even managed to end up last in the group play (2005-06) and even worse was seeing how "easy" it looked for other Premier League teams such as Arsenal, Chelsea or even Liverpool (twice in a final around 2005-07) and I think Fergie realised he had to do some big changes on the whole way of playing in Europe, specially in the knock out finals. As the beatdowns away, specially against Bayer Leverkusen (2001-02), Real Madrid (2002-03), FC Porto (2003-2004) and then AC Milan (2004-05) had been just too poor, and United let in far more away goals than they should have. So in 2007-08 there was a lot draws and maybe not as many exciting or thrilling comebacks or 7-1 victories, but more 0-0, 1-1, and 1-0 but they did play with a more secure/comfortable style, specially against teams who probably only a year before would have crushed United with several goals, when playing away. |
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jun 7, 2017 12:04:53 GMT
My top twelve:
New England Revolution
Paris Saint-Germain
Celtic FC
AS Roma
Chelsea
Rangers FC
Bayern Munich
Wolverhampton
FC Santa Claus
Besiktas JK
DC United
Shamrock Rovers
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 7, 2017 12:24:59 GMT
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