senorsoupe Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Congrats to Feyenoord! I also see that former Liverpool cult hero Dirk Kuyt got a hat-trick in the deciding game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieKTID Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Kuyt has been brilliant since returning to Feyenoord! Amsterdam was very quiet yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanky_ffc Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 23 hours ago, The OP said: Absolute scenes at De Kuip, was great to watch. You'd think Sky would've put it on one of their main channels but I suppose they know their anglocentric customer base This annoyed me as well. They had Palace-Hull on both SS1 and SSMix, but Feyenoord on the red button (which wasn't working on Virgin Media for some reason). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 The Czech Cup was won yesterday by Fastav Zlín, (from the town of Zlín in eastern Moravia) a diddy team whose only previous success was winning the Czechoslovak Cup in 1970. They'll now compete in Europe for the first time and if Manchester United win the Europa League will go straight into the group stages. With two games to go in the league campaign Slavia Prague have a two point advantage over Viktoria Plzeň at the top. Of interest at the bottom of the table is that Bohemians Prague are just a point and a place above the relegation zone, so the chance to watch top-flight football at their ground could be disappearing soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 3 hours ago, virginton said: The Czech Cup was won yesterday by Fastav Zlín, (from the town of Zlín in eastern Moravia) a diddy team whose only previous success was winning the Czechoslovak Cup in 1970. They'll now compete in Europe for the first time and if Manchester United win the Europa League will go straight into the group stages. With two games to go in the league campaign Slavia Prague have a two point advantage over Viktoria Plzeň at the top. Of interest at the bottom of the table is that Bohemians Prague are just a point and a place above the relegation zone, so the chance to watch top-flight football at their ground could be disappearing soon. That confused me a bit. I see that they did play in the Cup-Winners' Cup 1970-71 under the name TJ Gottwaldov which they used from 1958 to 1989. They beat Bohemians of Dublin 4-3 in the Preliminary before losing 2-2 on away goals to PSV Eindhoven. Any know if it was it a 'rebrand', or were they forcibly located as often happened in Communist countries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 I forgot about the CWC's existence actually. 'Gottwaldov' was the name of the town in the communist period; Zlín was pretty much a purpose built town for the Bata shoe company, so the Communists renamed it after their post-war leader Klement Gottwald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerthewitness Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Final round of fixtures in the Hungarian league kick off in about 30 minutes. Honved & Videoton, both level at the top, play each other for the title. Meanwhile, in Czechia, Slavia Prague coasting 4-0 against Brno with 15 minutes to go for what will seal them the championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 6 hours ago, badgerthewitness said: Final round of fixtures in the Hungarian league kick off in about 30 minutes. Honved & Videoton, both level at the top, play each other for the title. Meanwhile, in Czechia, Slavia Prague coasting 4-0 against Brno with 15 minutes to go for what will seal them the championship. 1-0 Honved. A last day title decider could very well be the order of the day in Poland next week as well, but with four teams instead of two. Just a couple of points separate Legia Warsaw, Lech Poznan, Jagiellonia Bialystock and Lechia Gdansk with two weeks to play, and they all play others teams tomorrow, so potentially all four could win and go into the final weekend with a shot at the title. Better still, the last weekend's fixtures are Jagiellonia v Lech and Legia v Lechia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Dnipro, Europa League finalists two years ago, were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 19 hours ago, Nightmare said: 1-0 Honved. A last day title decider could very well be the order of the day in Poland next week as well, but with four teams instead of two. Just a couple of points separate Legia Warsaw, Lech Poznan, Jagiellonia Bialystock and Lechia Gdansk with two weeks to play, and they all play others teams tomorrow, so potentially all four could win and go into the final weekend with a shot at the title. Better still, the last weekend's fixtures are Jagiellonia v Lech and Legia v Lechia. Top four all won so all can win the title on the final day next weekend with the right combination of results. Gdansk are absolutely pony away from home, they've won something like 85% of their points at home this season, so Legia have to be favourites, although their home/away record has similarly been funny this season, they've struggled a lot at home but have the best away record in the league! Any slip from Legia and the Poznan vs Jagiellonia game comes into play Lechia shock and a draw between Poznan and Jagielonnia and Lechia will sneak it, otherwise they are out really given their poor GD. Current standings: Legia Warsaw 43(pts) 39(GD) Jagiellonia Bialystok 41...(25) Lech Poznan 41...(33) Lechia Gdansk 41...(20) A superb final day ahead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latino Lover Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40078220 11000 mile away trips in Russia next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 The furthest journey from European Russia would be if FC Sakhalin got into the top flight. They got into the second tier in 2014-15 alongside clubs from Saint Petersburg as well as Anzhi and Baltika Kaliningrad. 13,000 miles all-round from Kaliningrad to Sakhalin: although at least Sakhalin had a local derby with Luch-Energiya Vladivostok as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latino Lover Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 2 hours ago, virginton said: The furthest journey from European Russia would be if FC Sakhalin got into the top flight. They got into the second tier in 2014-15 alongside clubs from Saint Petersburg as well as Anzhi and Baltika Kaliningrad. 13,000 miles all-round from Kaliningrad to Sakhalin: although at least Sakhalin had a local derby with Luch-Energiya Vladivostok as well. Crazy that it would be worth doing that at second division level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Presumably there must have been some trips which were even further during the USSR days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latino Lover Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 37 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Presumably there must have been some trips which were even further during the USSR days? Don't think by much really as Russia still furthest point east. Maybe baltic states but not big football countries and not sure if they were in top flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Hmmmm... has Hawaii ever had a team in a US/Canada wide league? I'm clutching at straws... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latino Lover Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 8 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Hmmmm... has Hawaii ever had a team in a US/Canada wide league? I'm clutching at straws... There was definitely a team hawaii in the nasl days. This game is dull enough for me to look into further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latino Lover Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 http://soccerstats.us/teams/team-hawaii/ plenty of east coast sides played them, some shank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Fair play. Reckon that must be further than Moscow to East Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latino Lover Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 A Lithuanian team once came third in the soviet league. The wiki entries don't have those nice little maps thought and can't be bothered trawling further. A oriental Russian team v an Azores based Portuguese team has got to be the longest potential European trek, discounting new Caledonian teams in France cup that presumably wouldn't be allowed into European competition. Tim Parks descriptions of Verona playing in Sicily, Puglia etc are pretty good for a domestic fixture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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