General Football Thread

Sunday, 10 August. English champions Manchester United win the F.A. Community Shield after defeating F.A. Cup winners Portsmouth 3-1 on penalties following a 0-0 draw.
The result:
Manchester United
Carlos Tévez (score)
Ryan Giggs (score)
Michael Carrick (score)

Portsmouth
Lassana Diarra (miss)
Jermain Defoe (score)
Arnold Mvuemba (miss)
Glen Johnson (miss)

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Saturday, 16 August. Barcelona wins the Joan Gamper Trophy for the 33rd time following a 2-1 victory over Argentina's Boca Juniors, the 2003 runners-up.

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Thursday, 21 August. Brazil's hopes of winning its first Olympic gold medal in women's football smashed after losing 1-0 to defending gold medallists the United States in the 2008 Olympic women's football gold medal match at Beijing's Workers' Stadium. Carli Lloyd scored the only goal in the 96th minute during extra time after both teams played to a 0-0 draw thus allowing the United States to retain its Olympic gold medal for the 3rd time. During the medal presentation ceremony the bronze medal went to world champions Germany, who beat Japan 2-0 earlier at the same stadium courtesy of goals from Kosovo-born Fatmire Bajramaj in the 69th and 87th minutes.

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And staying at the Olympics.
Saturday, 23 August. Argentina successfully defended its Olympic gold medal for the 2nd time after a 1-0 win over 1996 gold medallists Nigeria in the 2008 Olympic men's football gold medal match held at Beijing's National Stadium with Ángel Di María scoring the only goal in the 58th minute and during the medal presentation Brazil was awarded the bronze medal after beating Belgium 3-0 the previous day in Shanghai courtesy of goals from Diego (27) and Jô (45, 92). Also present was the 1986 F.I.F.A. World Cup hero Diego Maradona, who later met Brazil's Ronaldinho and posed for photos with Nigeria's players shortly after the medal presentation ended.

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edge_of_the_wire said:
And staying at the Olympics.
Saturday, 23 August. Argentina successfully defended its Olympic gold medal for the 2nd time after a 1-0 win over 1996 gold medallists Nigeria
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What........ the same team they had 12 years ago :?
 
Sunday, 24 August. Spanish champions Real Madrid win the Spanish Super Cup after beating Cup holders Valencia 4-2 at home. Unfortunately, Real was reduced to 9 men after Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart, who joined the Spanish champs from the German club Hamburg earlier this month, received his marching orders in the 39th minute while his countryman Ruud van Nistelrooy, who scored a penalty for Real in the 50th minute, also received his marching orders after being shown his second yellow card in the 72nd minute. A 6-5 win on aggregate also allowed Real Madrid to lift this year's Super Cup.
rockin_plumber, you're correct. The last time Nigeria and Argentina met was at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, where Nigeria won 3-2 to win its only Olympic gold medal in football.

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Also on Sunday, 24 August, Italian champions Inter Milan lift the Italian Super Cup at home after winning 6-5 on penalties over Cup holders Roma following a nail-biting 2-2 draw.

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Wednesday, 27 August. After Sunday's Super Cup victory over Valencia, Spanish champs Real Madrid win another trophy, this time the Santiago Bernabéu Trophy, for the 19th time after defeating Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon 5-3.

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Friday, 29 August. U.E.F.A. Cup holders Zenit St. Petersburg win the 2008 U.E.F.A. Super Cup after a 2-1 victory over European and English champions Manchester United in Monaco. Pavyel Pogryebnyak's goal put Zenit ahead in the 44th minute while Portuguese debutant Danny added the Russian side's second goal in the 59th minute. Nemanja Vidić's 73rd-minute goal gave United some hope but unfortunately the Red Devils were down to 10 men after Paul Scholes received his second yellow card in the 90th minute.

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So Keegan is gone..........



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3bqyVQoN0k

boycout your club if you like :err: whatever it means LOL LOL LOL


And what the fuk were they singing on $ky $ports New$ last nite.......


Shoes Off If You love Keegan
Shoes Off If You love Keegan
Shoes Off If You love Keegan
Shoes Off If You love Keegan
Shoes Off If You love Keegan
Shoes Off If You love Keegan

And then wavin their shoes in the air :err:


LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

Sorry Deadman :wink:

LOL LOL LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScyRmiaEOUw

:err: Ok not footy related but Newcastle ^^^
 
and how do you know thats Stockholm?? load of bollocks..nice totty though LOL
And the "Shoes Off" is a song thats been goin round for ages as a fan starting singing it spontaneously at one game & its sung alot when a game has alull in it...Just Like "Pogo If you Love The Toon" and everyone bounces up & down....My son & I were at Villa Park a couple of years back where they started singing "Legs Off If You Love The Toon"..& we all turned round to see someone was dancing around with his Artificial Leg in the air!!!....Their Mad but Funny LOL LOL
 
think more boycotting the club shop & drinking venues in the ground...or turning up late is what will happen & voicing displeasure, Realistically if the Fans get Ashley to sack Wise & bring KK back then the whole worlds gone nuts....i'm disappointed but get the right man this time & do it fukin right
 
Here are the teams that qualified for next month's F.I.F.A. Club World Cup in Japan:
Semifinals
L.D.U. Quito (South American champions/ Ecuador)
Manchester United (European champions/ England)

Quarterfinals
Pachuca (North American champions/ Mexico)
Gamba Osaka (Asian champions/ Japan)
Al-Ahly (African champions/ Egypt)

Qualification
Waitakere United (Oceanian champions/ New Zealand)
Adelaide United (Asian runners-up/ Australia) (Hosts)*

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*Since Gamba Osaka won the A.F.C. Champions League, this spot was taken by Adelaide United as the highest-placed non-Japanese team in that tournament
 
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