EPL & Champions League 05/06

[Conman]

Here it is again football fans!!
The season starts early this time thanks to Liverpool's exploits in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League. Here's a recap of last season;

English Premier League
CHELSEA - EPL Champions
Arsenal - Runners Up
Manchester United
Everton
Liverpool

EUFA Champions League
LIVERPOOL 3 v 3 AC Milan (Pool 3-2 on penalties)

FA Cup
ARSENAL 0 v 0 Manchester United (Gunners 5-4 on penalties)

Carling Cup
CHELSEA 3 v 2 Liverpool (After Extra Time)

All five teams will be competing in the Champions League which begins with Liverpool v T.N.S. (Wales) on July 13.

Competing in the EUFA Cup competition will be Bolton and Middlesbrough with Charlton awaiting news of their Fairplay draw today.

More stats to follow...

[Conman]

Records (English Clubs Only)

League Championships
Liverpool (18 )

League Championship Hat-tricks
Huddersfield Town 1923-24 1924-25 1925-26
Arsenal 1932-33 1933-34 1934-35
Liverpool 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84
Manchester United 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01

FA Cup Wins
Manchester Utd (10)

League Cup Wins
Liverpool (7)

Charity Shield Wins
Liverpool (15, shared 5)

European Cup/Champions League Wins
Liverpool (5)

European Cup Winners Cup Wins
Chelsea (2)

UEFA Cup Wins (Discontinued)
Liverpool (3)

European Super Cup Wins
Liverpool (2)

Inter-Continental Club Cup Wins
Manchester Utd (1)

Most League Medals (Players)
Phil Neal, Alan Hansen
Liverpool (8 each)
Ryan Giggs
Manchester United (8)

more coming ...

[moxdevil]

Oh eh you're only doing the records because you know Liverpool are at the top of most- don't pretend its because you're being informative.

[Conman]

Why mox, I have no idea what ur talking about!

Most Cup Goals In A Career.
FA Cup Post-War
Ian Rush (Chester, Liverpool 43)

FA Cup Pre-War
Henry Cursham (Notts County 48)

League Cup
Geoff Hurst (West Ham Utd, Stoke City 49)
Ian Rush (Chester, Liverpool, Newcastle Utd 49)

Most FA Cup Final Goals In A Career.
Ian Rush (Liverpool) 5 1986(2) 1989(2) 1992(1)

Most League Goals In A Season.
FA Premier League
Andy Cole (Newcastle United) 34 in 40 games
Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers) 34 in 42 games

Most Goals In A Game.
FA Premier League
Andy Cole (Manchester Utd) 5
Alan Shearer (Newcastle Utd) 5

Longest Sequence Of Consecutive Scoring (Individual).
FA Premier League
Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 10 in 8 games

Treble Winners (Premeirship, FA Cup and Champions League)
Manchester United 1999

Treble Winners (Premeirship, Champions League and League Cup)
Liverpool 1984

Cup Treble Winners (FA Cup, League Cup and EUFA Cup)
Liverpool 2001

Double Winners (Premeirship and FA Cup)
Arsenal 1971, 1998, 2002
Manchester United 1994, 1996, 1999
Liverpool 1986
Preston North End 1889
Tottenham Hotspur 1961
Aston Villa 1897

[Mafiaman]

As a Chelsea fan i am a VERY happy man with their win !!!!!

And as the 05/06 league kicks off next month (aug) i will be spending a LOT of time in front of the box.

[Zinista]

Yeah baby, bring on the new season!!! It's already exciting seeing how much hype there is!

[Conman]

Liverpool 3 - 0 T.N.S.

Gerrard Treble

Trying to stay calm ....

[The Chief]

This is sort of off topic, but what do you all think of the new off-side rule? Actually, I'm not entirely sure just how it works, my understanding is that a player in an off-side position, with the ball close by, won't be off side if he doesn't actually touch the ball. If this is it, I think it can lead to pretty ridiculous situations, like a player running along side the ball, sheltering it but not touching it, until a team mate comes by, oh dear...well, that's probably an extreme example, but it can happen. The few pre-season games I've watched didn't look all that diferent, we'll have to wait and see, I just think the previous rule was quite balanced.

[moxdevil]

Originally Posted by The Chief

This is sort of off topic, but what do you all think of the new off-side rule? Actually, I'm not entirely sure just how it works, my understanding is that a player in an off-side position, with the ball close by, won't be off side if he doesn't actually touch the ball. If this is it, I think it can lead to pretty ridiculous situations, like a player running along side the ball, sheltering it but not touching it, until a team come by, oh dear...well, that's probably an extreme example, but it can happen. The few pre-season games I've watched didn't look all that diferent, we'll have to wait and see, I just think the previous rule was quite balanced.

I thought that they had abandoned this idea. Man why don't they just go back to the old rule, all these details are too much for the minds of the average footballer, and evidently too much for the average governing body member too.

[Conman]

Its still simple; The player behind the last defender is offside if he is deemed to interefere, attempting to interefere or obstruct ANY opposing player(s) attempting to pass him in either direction while he is coming back from his offside position.

[The Chief]

Here's an example of how it has changed, the other day I was watching a friendly between Sampdoria and Sporting Lisbon, at one point the ball was crossed to a Samp attacker who was clearly offside (in the old rule), nothing was called, a Sporting defender intercepted it, heading it out for a corner. In this case the offender was rewarded, you could say. What do you think? I guess I'm thinking this way because I'm still in the old mindset

[Conman]

If the Samp attacker was not showing any interest in, or not attempting to play the ball or impede the defender, then he isn't offside. But if the header had gone to a Samp midfielder and the midf'der immediately played the ball to the attacker who has already returned onside, then the attacker will be deemed offside from returning from an offside position.

Its all down to the interpretation of the officials at the end of the day. What you may have caught was an obvious fuck up by the officials ... as they often do.

[bezs]

I hope Chelsea doesn't run away with the league this season. Hopefully Arsenal, Man Utd and Liverpool can put up a good fight.

I have a feeling if Chelsea have a blip things may get interesting, like how Arsenal was when Man Utd snapped their winning streak.

[Zinista]

Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Annual Community Shield game which is a game played between the League Winner and The FA Cup Winner.

[The Chief]

The draw for the group stage for this season's Champions League was held today in Monaco. Here's the outcome:

GROUP A

Bayern Munich (Germany)
Juventus (Italy)
Club Bruges (Belgium)
Rapid Vienna (Austria)

GROUP B

Arsenal (England)
Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
FC Thun (Switzerland)

GROUP C

Barcelona (Spain)
Panathinaikos (Greece)
Werder Bremen (Germany)
Udinese (Italy)

GROUP D

Manchester United (England)
Villarreal (Spain)
Lille (France)
Benfica (Portugal)

GROUP E

AC Milan (Italy)
PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Schalke 04 (Germany)
Fenerbahce (Turkey)

GROUP F

Real Madrid (Spain)
Lyon (France)
Olympiakos (Greece)
Rosenborg (Norway)

GROUP G

Liverpool (England)
Chelsea (England)
Anderlecht (Belgium)
Real Betis (Spain)

GROUP H

Inter Milan (Italy)
Porto (Portugal)
Rangers (Scotland)
Artmedia Bratislava (Slovakia)

[matheuw1]

Charlton will hopefully be a threat go Charlton

[Conman]

Originally Posted by matheuw1

Charlton will hopefully be a threat go Charlton

Huh?

[The Chief]

Originally Posted by Conman

Charity Shield Wins
Liverpool (15, shared 5)

UEFA Cup Wins (Discontinued)
Liverpool (3)

Hey Conman, only now did I pay attention to your opening post, lol, I got curious as to what "shared" means in this context. As for the discontinued comp., it was the Cup Winners' Cup, of course. Perhaps you were thinking of the old Fairs' Cup, that became the UEFA cup...

[The Chief]

why is this thread so quite this season?