European Leagues Thread 2012/2013

[Winston Biscuit]

I just learned that Erik Lamela is the assistant manager of Sevilla

[Sanguine]

Another brace for Sir Harold of Kane in Pafos last night, he now has 17 goals (and 3 assists) in 9 games this season.

Kane also set a European record last week, he reached 100 goals for Bayern in his 104th game for the club, beating the record of 105 set by Erling Haaland (City) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid).

[Winston Biscuit]

Rashford scores a lovely volley to get one back for Barca away at Sevilla. They are 2-1 down at HT

[Winston Biscuit]

Sevilla 4-1 Barcelona

[Winston Biscuit]

'Liam Rosenior's Strasbourg' up to 3rd place after a 5-0 win

[Winston Biscuit]

Mjallby now 2 points away from winning the Swedish league for the first time ever.

They've spent almost all their existence in the lower divisions and are from a 'remote fishing village with a population of 850 people'

Proper underdog 'stuff of miracles' type story. Very little money spent at all. Just good coaching and a real community spirit.

[Sanguine]

Remarkable story. Mjallby is actually merely a 'parish', far too small to be considered a town. That ground looks like a cold matchday experience.

Harry Kane becomes the first player to score 11 goals in the first six games of the Bundesliga season. 18 goals in ten games in all competitions.

[Winston Biscuit]

Kylian Mbappe's younger brother Ethan scored his first goal for Lille yetserday, an equaliser against PSG in a 1-1 draw

[Sanguine]

Kylian Mbappe's younger brother Ethan scored his first goal for Lille yetserday, an equaliser against PSG in a 1-1 draw

In other family scenes, a successful week for the Kluiverts - Justin for Bournemouth on Friday night against Fulham, Ruben got his first Lyon goal last midweek in the Europa League, and 18 year old Shane scored for Barcelona in the UEFA Youth League.

[Winston Biscuit]

UEFA meeting today to discuss whether they are going to try and stop Barcelona playing a league game in Miami and AC Milan playing a league game in Melbourne

UEFA gives approval for these 2 games to go ahead

[John Madejski's Wallet]

Another brace for Sir Harold of Kane in Pafos last night, he now has 17 goals (and 3 assists) in 9 games this season.

Kane also set a European record last week, he reached 100 goals for Bayern in his 104th game for the club, beating the record of 105 set by Erling Haaland (City) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid).

Kane is having an insane start. Awesome for age, and just shows how good he can be when a club plays to his strengths

[Winston Biscuit]

Great start for Modena in Serie B. having gone bankrupt 8 years ago, they were re-founded as a new club and started in Serie D for the 18-19 season. Now sitting top of Serie B

Avellino may be one to look out for this season. up in Serie A in the 1980's they then dropped down to Serie D and went bust. Won Serie C last season and look to have had a good start this season.

[Double C]

Great start for Modena in Serie B. having gone bankrupt 8 years ago, they were re-founded as a new club and started in Serie D for the 18-19 season. Now sitting top of Serie B

Avellino may be one to look out for this season. up in Serie A in the 1980's they then dropped down to Serie D and went bust. Won Serie C last season and look to have had a good start this season.

Seems to happen loads in Italy where teams go bust and go to the bottom

[Stranded]

Great start for Modena in Serie B. having gone bankrupt 8 years ago, they were re-founded as a new club and started in Serie D for the 18-19 season. Now sitting top of Serie B

Avellino may be one to look out for this season. up in Serie A in the 1980's they then dropped down to Serie D and went bust. Won Serie C last season and look to have had a good start this season.

Seems to happen loads in Italy where teams go bust and go to the bottom

I think it happens more as the Italian league is quite pragmatic about where the new club goes i.e. not right to the bottom. Serie D is an equivalent level to the National League - although it has 9 divisions - the 9 champions are all promoted (or have the right to be.)

As a result, clubs in real trouble, as we were, are more likely to go bust and look to restart at a relatively decent level rather that dropping down to the equivalent of the Combined Counties.

[Winston Biscuit]

FC Cartagena, mine and El Franchiso's lads, with another good win and they are now up to 2nd place, but level on points and GD with top spot, in the Primera Federation Group B (regional 3rd tier in Spain)

Marbella up next for the boys. hope they keep their minds on the game and don't lounge around a pool drinking sangria instead!

[Sanguine]

Getafe's Allan Nyom gets sent off for a clothes line on a player who was nowhere near the ball, 37 seconds after coming on as a sub against Real Madrid.

https://x.com/idoxvi/status/1980045926518694249

[Winston Biscuit]

Mjallby now 2 points away from winning the Swedish league for the first time ever.

They've spent almost all their existence in the lower divisions and are from a 'remote fishing village with a population of 850 people'

Proper underdog 'stuff of miracles' type story. Very little money spent at all. Just good coaching and a real community spirit.

tonight may well be the night!

[Winston Biscuit]

Barca Vs Villarreal in Miami is cancelled

[Winston Biscuit]

Mjallby now 2 points away from winning the Swedish league for the first time ever.

They've spent almost all their existence in the lower divisions and are from a 'remote fishing village with a population of 850 people'

Proper underdog 'stuff of miracles' type story. Very little money spent at all. Just good coaching and a real community spirit.

tonight may well be the night!

[Winston Biscuit]

Investigation by the Turkish FA finds that 371 of the countries 571 football refs and linesmen have betting accounts, with 152 of those accounts being active.

Included in this are 7 refs and 15 linesmen that are currently officiating in the top 2 divisions, with one of them having placed over 18,000 bets on football matches