Football thread

[matsa]

Anyone follow the footy on here? Shall we have a footy thread?

I'm a Manchester City supporter. Have been since 1969. Dad liked United better and 1st game I ever went to was in 68 Utd v Arsenal. My cousin who was Blue through and through was outraged and then took me to every City match until about 1974 when I started going with my mates from School. We used to have one of the best teams in the world back then (pull up a chair children), but things started going tits up after we lost the FA Cup final to Spurs in 81. Anyway. Here are a few of the great City players from BITD. I'll just post links:

Colin Bell at Wembley. Think this is the 69 Cup final. Defo at Wembley. Check the fence: http://www.sporting-heroes.net/files...00307_EL_R.jpg

Neil Young scored the winning goals for us on the day we won the Championship in 68, the day we won the Cup 69 AND when we won the European Cup Winners Cup 70. I met him in 2001 and he's a fucking legend:
http://cards.littleoak.com.au/196970...neil_young.jpg

Mike Summerbee also after we won the 69 Cup. I met Mike and George Best once at a Stockport County game. The let me sit right between me and scoffed all me salt and vinegar crisps. One of the days of my life that, brothers. Here with our greatest ever manager, the late Joe Mercer:
http://www.2sgfm.co.uk/bigp/ghaz/Deb...-and-Joe-M.jpg

Mick Doyle. Hard as fuck midfield defender who HATED United. My dad hated him too! His dad was a copper and once gave my old feller a parking ticket. Haha!
http://cards.littleoak.com.au/197475...mick_doyle.jpg

Tommy Booth partnered Mick at the back. Hero.
http://www.sporting-heroes.net/files...97903_GH_L.jpg

Tony Book was our captain. he came to City in his 30's WITH NO LEAGUE EXPERIENCE and then lead us to all the great times. See. There's hope for ya in ya 30's lads:
http://www.uit.no/mancity/pictures/bookawards.gif

Here's the whole team at Maine Road, Moss Side, Manchester:


There were some other great teams around back then from the NORTH; Liverpool and their legendary manager Bill Shankly (read all this site. He was the greatest of them all) http://www.shankly.com/index.htm
Leeds United had one of the best and most fearsome teams I've ever seen. But I'll let Drammy do that one. Or are you, like Geoff Boycott, a Yorkshire red mate?

OK. Back to the future. I think United have a good shout at the Prem this season. Fergie seems more focused on it this year, and that's good. Chelsea are getting on everyone's tits now and it's time to put Europe into perspective. Ie, a bunch of cheating, diving wankers with long hair. City could make top 6 or bottom 6. That's us. Hope Wigan do well again and would like to see Leeds back in their proper place in the Prem. Hope Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea get relegated.

Well that's the season. We could have two footy threads if anyone's into it. Weekly updates and one for My Team. I suppose this is that one. Come on lads. No reason it has to be football either. US footy, Aussie rules, whatever.