What sports teams do you support?

[Arneb]

None her either:
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1 - 3 1. FC Kaiserslautern

This is very bad. We are arriving in League Two from above, they are coming up from below. This was a must-win.


Played 24, won 8, drawn 7, lost 9

[Heid the Ba]

Leith Soap Dodgers 2 - 2 Rangers

From the weekend. We finished with nine men and they got an injury time equaliser. Fuck.

Played 25, won 8, drawn 8, lost 9.

[Arneb]

Well, RCC to the rescue, I'd say.

[Heid the Ba]

We’re up tomorrow against Dutch Electronic Factory Team, I doubt we’ll win.

[Heid the Ba]

One up in injury time against FC Microwave Dishwasher.

[Heid the Ba]

Our man is picking a fight to burn time.

[Heid the Ba]

Get it up you you fucking electricians! When I’m sober ask me to tell you the story about my dad and the Phillips factory!

[Heid the Ba]

Played 26, won 9, drawn 8, lost 9.

[Lianachan]

Get it up you you fucking electricians! When I’m sober ask me to tell you the story about my dad and the Phillips factory!

Good morning. Please tell me the story about your dad and the Phillips factory.

[Heid the Ba]

Funny you should ask that, but in late 1944 my Dad’s mob, the 15th/19th Hussars (the “vulgar fractions”) were the first Allied unit into Eindhoven. At the time the Phillips emblem wasn’t the wavy line thing it is now but an eagle with spread wings, a massive version of which was on top oF the factory. Which looked a lot like an entirely different eagle. The good burghers of Eindhoven wanted this gone so some enterprising tankers attached cables to it and drove off, pulling said eagle from the roof. Drinks all round, etc.
Off course, I’m sure everyone who was anywhere near Nederland at the time claims some involvement. There must have been about seventy tanks and several thousand squadies involved . . .

[Heid the Ba]

Detergent, the Scouse Shite and Mafia FC. Could have been worse. Oh and I look forward to more team busses being attacked since PSV will suffer no meaningful sanction. Coincidentally the only other fans who routinely attack team busses are the Scouse Shite.

[Lianachan]

Funny you should ask that, but in late 1944 my Dad’s mob, the 15th/19th Hussars (the “vulgar fractions”) were the first Allied unit into Eindhoven. At the time the Phillips emblem wasn’t the wavy line thing it is now but an eagle with spread wings, a massive version of which was on top oF the factory. Which looked a lot like an entirely different eagle. The good burghers of Eindhoven wanted this gone so some enterprising tankers attached cables to it and drove off, pulling said eagle from the roof. Drinks all round, etc.
Off course, I’m sure everyone who was anywhere near Nederland at the time claims some involvement. There must have been about seventy tanks and several thousand squadies involved . . .

Ah, excellent. I knew it had been bombed but hadn't heard any of that.

Detergent, the Scouse Shite and Mafia FC. Could have been worse. Oh and I look forward to more team busses being attacked since PSV will suffer no meaningful sanction. Coincidentally the only other fans who routinely attack team busses are the Scouse Shite.

But I have no idea what any of this means....

[Lianachan]

Ah, champions league group.

[Мастер]

So after watching Ireland do it (twice), Argentina got uppity and decided they could do it too.

Argentina defeats New Zealand in New Zealand, 18-25. They still haven't defeated New Zealand in Argentina (there was a draw in 1985 in Buenos Aires), but they did win against the All Blacks in Sydney all the way back in 2020. (November, so COVID was well underway, thus the unusual location - better to have all the matches in one country, than to have the teams having to travel all over the place.)

History was made today.

[Arneb]

Over on the other side of the globe, history merely repeated itself.

Hertha BSC 0 - 1 BV Borussia Dotmund 09

Played 27, won 9, drawn 8, lost 10.

[Lianachan]

No surprises here.

Heid's Lot (many) - (none) My Lot

Played 29, won 10, drawn 8, lost 11.

[Heid the Ba]

Blimey the All Blacks have lost their aura.

[tubeswell]

Blimey the All Blacks have lost their aura.

I can’t bear thinking about it. What has happened to the younger generation? In the good old days of college rugby, it was a sign of prowess to put your body on the line for the cause - how I first broke my back when I was 16. I had to be sedated on opiates for a week. Can’t believe these kids don’t want to experience all that?

[Arneb]

Business as usual over here:

Hannover 96 2 - 1 SpVgg Greuther Fürtv

Played 30, won 10, drawn 8, lost 12

[Heid the Ba]

Rangers 3 - 1 Sheba’s laddies

In the Wee Cup.

Played 31, won 11, drawn 8, lost 12

[Lianachan]

Could have been worse, given the vast financial gulf between the two teams. Hilariously, when they get pumped in Europe, they will complain about the vast financial gulf between them and other teams with absolutely no self-awareness.

Ross County 1 - 4 Celtic

In the wee cup.

Played 32, won 11, drawn 8, lost 13.

[Мастер]

So after last week, when Argentina defeated New Zealand in New Zealand for the first time ever, it seems New Zealand must have been seriously annoyed.

This week, justice was administered.

New Zealand 53 - 3 Argentina

[tubeswell]

Why didn’t they play like that last time?

[Heid the Ba]

Shitting fuck.

Played 33, won 11, drawn 8, lost 14.

[Lianachan]

Ross County 1 - 1 Ehburdeen

Played 34, won 11, drawn 9, lost 14