Europa League Thread 2012/13

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcodes 1-0 Bordeaux, Shola Ameobi.

[Master Splinter]

Three :haha:s in a row.

Super Quality football :bow:.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I would have totally believed it, because SHELVEY!... Lucas was never that bad.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 Shelvey!

[Master Splinter]

Indians :bow:.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

And a Downing assist :faint:

[Master Splinter]

Gary Lineker, BBC Sport

"How often do we go from an empty stadium overseas to a packed English ground. Great supporters."

:doh:

Has he ever seen the attendance figures for Europa League matches?

His tweets are worse than Micheal Owen's.

[GP]

And a Downing assist :faint:

That's unusual for him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Di Natale is awlsome.

[Master Splinter]

As Shelvey's number one fan (kind of), I'm quite proud of his GHELkinson-esque improvement game-by-game.

Shelvey-Wheelchair-Oxinho is the future tbh.

Sterlinho and Theo on the wings.

Carroll up front?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcodes 2-0 Bordeaux, Henrique OG.

Also, Carroll. :lol:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

:haha:

Carra. :bow:

Also Shelvey's celebration :lol:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8037/8054567585_3fd0f90bbb_o.gif

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Christ.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 Di Natale, bad time to go toilet. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcodes 3-0 Bordeaux, Cisse.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:haha:

Carra. :bow:

Also Shelvey's celebration :lol:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8037/8054567585_3fd0f90bbb_o.gif

I guess he was going for the jump to the sliding knee celebration but bottled it mid-air.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I guess he was going for the jump to the sliding knee celebration but bottled it mid-air.

It was a two footed tackle. A pretty good one too.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Clear intent.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Henderson off, Stevie Me on.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

:haha:

What a hilarious challenge.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pinzi. :haha:

Slightly cynical, booked.

"If the referee goes for red, why not?" :rolleyes:

Can't remember the same thing being said of Big Man doing that.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant clearance from Shelvey to deny Suarez!

:haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Thankfully it wasn't going in.

Even so :unsure:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pinzi off, Willians on.

Pinzi. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-2 Udinese! Coates OG. :rose:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

These last 5 minutes probably sum up our last 3 years...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Liverpool 1-3 Udinese, Joe Pasquale!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Di Natale. :bow:

Shame he is 47.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Fair do's.

Di Natale :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Liverpool 2-3 Udinese, Suarez freekick!

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Never ever let Gerrard take a free kick again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:haha:

Suarez header, fumbled away. Then a bit of a pub team scramble.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Borini off, Sterling on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stevie Me is determined to belt one in.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good run from Suarez, went for nearpost though. Brkic saves.

Di Natale off, Ranegie on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sterling's shot blocked and over. Surely would've been 3-3 otherwise.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Townsend-bot watch: Rat-a-tat.

[Cripps_orig]

Cheeky bid for Suarez?

He is awesome

[McNamara That Ghost...]

If that had gone to 2-4, it all would've been Stevie Me's fault, again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great effort from Sterling.

Four added minutes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Downing could've done something with it, struck it straight at Brkic.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Liverpool 2-3 Udinese, FT!

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

:blink:

There was still 30 seconds left. Disgrace.

[Cripps_orig]

Rodgers :wave:

Borini, Allen, i mean wtf?

2 awlful players that he bought just cos they played for him once upon a time

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Pool :rose:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

It will let us concentrate on the leagueTM

[Cripps_orig]

Just seen Jonjos and Coates shockers :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Di Natale :bow:.

Liverpool :haha:.

Time for Shelvey to leave the sinking ship and join a team on the up tbh.

West Brom tbf.

[Marc Overmars]

Di Natale is pure class. Even at 47 he's better than most strikers.

Must get.

[Cripps_orig]

Thursday 25th October 2012

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP A
Liverpool v Anzhi Makhachkala 20:05
Young Boys v Udinese 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP B
Atl Madrid v Academica 20:05
Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Plzen 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP C
AEL Limassol v Fenerbahce 20:05
Borussia M'gladbach v Marseille 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP D
Maritimo v Bordeaux 20:05
Newcastle v Club Bruges 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP E
Steaua Buch't v Molde 20:05
VfB Stuttgart v FC Copenhagen 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP F
Dnipro v Napoli 20:05
PSV Eind'ven v AIK Solna 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP G
Genk v Sporting 18:00
Videoton FC v FC Basel 18:00

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP H
Rubin Kazan v Neftchi 17:00
Inter Milan v Partizan Belgrade 18:00

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP I
Lyon v Athletic Bilbao 18:00
Sparta Prague v Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 18:00

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP J
NK Maribor v Tottenham 18:00
Panathinaikos v Lazio 18:00

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP K
Rapid Vienna v B Leverkusen 18:00
Rosenborg v Met'st Kharkiv 18:00

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP L
Helsingborgs v Hannover 96 18:00
Levante v FC Twente 18:00

Maribor v Spuds and Liverpool v Anzhi on ITV4

Panathinaikos v Lazio and Newcastle v Club Bruges on ESPN

[Niall_Quinn]

Hope we won't get Athletico Madrid.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Maribor. :bow:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I know nothing of Anzhi other than Eto'o, Diarra, Zhirkov and Samba play for them and that Hiddink is the manager.

The possibility of Carra vs Eto'o is scaring the shit out of me though.

[Cripps_orig]

Apparently Liverpool will field a stronger side than usual

Not sure if Rush, Dalglish, Souness etc have been called up

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maribor: Handanovic, Milec, Rajcevic, Arghus, Mejac, Mertelj, Cvijanovic, Mezga, Tavares, Ibraimi, Beric.
Subs: Pridigar, Filipovic, Komazec, Ploj, Viler, Dodlek, Lesjak.

Tottenham: Lloris, Walker, Caulker, Vertonghen, Naughton, Sandro, Huddlestone, Lennon, Sigurdsson, Townsend, Defoe.
Subs: Cudicini, Dempsey, Gallas, Falque, Livermore, Smith, Parrett.

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Disallowed goal for Maribor, offside. Close call.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Adebayor's Power Horse is there again.

[GP]

Savage elbow by Townsend there. Should be off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Defoe. :lol:

Alwful.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Panathinaikos 0-1 Lazio, Seiftaridis OG.

Spuds. :wave:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vertonghen header, easily claimed by Handanovic.

Jasmin Handanovic that is.

Jasmin. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Defoe hooks one on the volley, wide.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maribor 1-0 Spuds, Beric! :haha:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Spurs :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 HT. :lol:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Liverpool: Jones, Wisdom, Skrtel, Agger, Johnson, Gerrard, Sahin, Souness, Dalglish, Suarez, Rush. Subs: Gulacsi, Henderson, Carragher, Allen, Fernandez Saez, Sterling, Yesil.

Anzhi Makhachkala: Vladimir Gabulov, Agalarov, Samba, Joao Carlos, Zhirkov, Shatov, Georgi Gabulov, Boussoufa, Carcela-Gonzalez, Eto'o, Smolov. Subs: Pomazan, Gadzhibekov, Lakhiyalov, Tagirbekov, Logashov, Mukhammad, Traore.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Townsend hauled off, Falque on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Should've been 2-0 to Maribor.

Walker. :lol:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Ned, student from Hertfordshire on 81111 on text: "I'm in Madrid for half term, got tickets to Atletico. Looking forward to seeing just how good Radamel Falcao is."


Falcao isn't in the squad :pal:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maribor 1-1 Spuds, Sigurdsson bundles one in.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Levante 1-0 Twente, Michel pelanty. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Newcastle: Harper, Perch, Santon, Steven Taylor, Ferguson, Obertan, Tiote, Bigirimana, Anita, Sammy Ameobi, Cisse.
Subs: Krul, Coloccini, Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Ba, Shola Ameobi, Campbell.

Club Bruges: Jorgacevic, Hogli, Hoefkens, Buysse, Jordi, Odjija Ofoe, Jorgensen, Blondel, Rafaelov, Bacca, Lestienne.
Subs: Kujovic, Vleminckx, Vazquez, Trickovski, Van Acker, Vansteenkiste, Engels.

Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Beric somehow bundles it wide. :doh:

There have been some real pub team touches in this game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sandro off, Livermore on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What an effort from Vertonghen.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maribor 1-1 Spuds, FT. :lol:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Anzhi's billionaire owner looked a lot like Pulis there...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We're Anzhi and we don't compain.

Also, Panathinaikos 1-1 Lazio, FT. Not sure that really helps the Spuds.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Aww not Clive and Townsend.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Young Boys 1-0 Udinese, Bobadilla!

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Skrtel with a classic kung-fu reducer.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Poor strike from Suarez.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Downing doing the Gervinho. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Johnson with the poor shot this time. Good move though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Samba booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stevie Me's freekick. :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant from Suarez, horrific from Shelvey. :haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

If only we had a proper striker for Suarez to play behind...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Where's Rush?

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Injured himself in the warmup.

But Suarez with Rush or even Aldridge. Or Fowler. Or Hunt. :cloud9:

[GP]

Injured himself in the warmup.

But Suarez with Rush or even Aldridge :cloud9:

You could have had Owen, so the joke's on you.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Johnson. :haha:

Dear god. That had better be a foul that fucked it up for him...

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

It's not quite been :sleep:-worthy but it's not far off...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 HT.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Johnson off, Sterling on.

Sort the hair out Raheem.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a miss from Stevie Me. :haha:

Could've left it for Suarez but didn't.

Atleti 1-0 Acaedmica, Costa.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

:haha:

Is that guy wearing a rug?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcodes 1-0 Brugge, Obertan. :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:haha:

Is that guy wearing a rug?

:lol:

I think so.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a goal by Downing!

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

What the fuck did I just see?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It was a beauty. Never again surely.

[GP]

What, a goal by Downing?

Just fixed your punctuation there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Downing and Obertan ruling Europe.

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Eto'o shot, saved by Jones.

Downing. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Atleti 2-0 Academica, Emre.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Young Boys 2-0 Udinese.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

That looked a pelanty.

He just ran into him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Atletico Madrid, who top Primera Liga in Spain

BBC. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Young Boys 2-1 Udinese, Coda.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why was Agger penalised for that?

Tyldesley mentions the Best one, forgets one more recent than that. :doh:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Now what are the rules for that?

I always thought one hand was fair game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Young Boys 3-1 Udinese, Bobadilla completes his hat-trick with a pelanty. :bow:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Now trying to hoof it nearly gets us into trouble but not one fucking word from Townsend.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Liverpool 1-0 Anzhi, FT.

[Cripps_orig]

Thursday 8th November 2012

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP A
Anzhi Makhachkala v Liverpool 17:00
Udinese v Young Boys 18:00

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP B
Academica v Atl Madrid 18:00
Plzen v Hapoel Tel-Aviv 18:00

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP C
Fenerbahce v AEL Limassol 18:00
Marseille v Borussia M'gladbach 18:00

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP D
Bordeaux v Maritimo 18:00
Club Bruges v Newcastle 18:00

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP E
FC Copenhagen v VfB Stuttgart 18:00
Molde v Steaua Buch't 18:00

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP F
AIK Solna v PSV Eind'ven 18:00
Napoli v Dnipro 18:00

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP G
FC Basel v Videoton 20:05
Sporting v Genk 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP H
Neftchi v Rubin Kazan 17:00
Partizan Belgrade v Inter Milan 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP I
Athletic Bilbao v Lyon 20:05
Hap Kiryat Shmona v Sparta Prague 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP J
Lazio v Panathinaikos 20:05
Tottenham v NK Maribor 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP K
B Leverkusen v Rapid Vienna 20:05
Met'st Kharkiv v Rosenborg 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP L
FC Twente v Levante 20:05
Hannover 96 v Helsingborgs 20:05

Anzhi v Liverpool and Spuds v Maribor on ITV4

Club Brigge v Newcastle and Lazio v Panathinaikos on ESPN

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Anzhi Makhachkala: Georgi Gabulov, Logashov, Samba, Joao Carlos, Tagirbekov, Ahmedov, Jucilei, Zhirkov, Eto'o, Boussoufa, Traore. Subs: Pomazan, Gadzhibekov, Agalarov, Lakhiyalov, Carcela-Gonzalez, Smolov, Burmistrov.

Liverpool: Jones, Wisdom, Carragher, Coates, Flanagan, Henderson, Coady, Cole, Shelvey, Downing, Morgan. Subs: Gulacsi, Assaidi, Pacheco, Wilson, Fernandez Saez, Sama, Robinson.

Referee: David Fernandez Borbalan (Spain)

Got to wonder how many chances Cole has left....

[IBK]

Anzhi Makhachkala: Georgi Gabulov, Logashov, Samba, Joao Carlos, Tagirbekov, Ahmedov, Jucilei, Zhirkov, Eto'o, Boussoufa, Traore. Subs: Pomazan, Gadzhibekov, Agalarov, Lakhiyalov, Carcela-Gonzalez, Smolov, Burmistrov.

Liverpool: Jones, Wisdom, Carragher, Coates, Flanagan, Henderson, Coady, Cole, Shelvey, Downing, Morgan. Subs: Gulacsi, Assaidi, Pacheco, Wilson, Fernandez Saez, Sama, Robinson.

Referee: David Fernandez Borbalan (Spain)

Got to wonder how many chances Cole has left....



I see Rodgers is taking it seriously, then.

[GP]

Anzhi Makhachkala

http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae331/mattlamb1982/macarena.jpg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Henderson. :haha:

Completely cocked it up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 Anzhi, Traore!

[Marc Overmars]

Dids son is a bit of a beast.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bruges 2-0 Barcodes, Trickovski and Jorgensen. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jones saves from Traore's header, well headed in power but not troubling direction.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Suso shot saved by Gabulov but straight back out, Cole cocks up the rebound.

In fact he is hauled off for that, Assaidi on.

Udinese 0-1 Young Boys, Bobadilla. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Traore clean through, somehow puts the shot wide. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shelvey's freekick. :haha:

Dear god.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brugge 2-2 Barcodes, Anita and Shola Ameobi. :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Henderson sends one out the ground.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Anzhi 1-0 Liverpool, FT.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Udinese 1-1 Young Boys, Di Natale. :bow:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I see Rodgers is taking it seriously, then.

I think it's mainly because we're playing Chelsea on the weekend, the previous line ups have been slightly stronger. And in any case, Suarez and Sterling have played pretty much every game this season and Gerrard is old and can't move any more. They're the only ones who would have made any difference, Sahin too- they'll all be playing Sunday.

I hope to god that is the last chance Cole gets. The guy is shit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Udinese 1-2 Young Boys, Farnerud.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Academica 2-0 Atleti, Wilson Eduardo with both goals, the first a pelanty.

Atleti. :lol:

Udinese 1-3 Young Boys, Bobadilla with his second.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Finished 2-3, Fabbrini scoring Udinese's second.

Napoli 4-2 Dnipro, Cavani with all four goals. :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Academica 2-0 Atleti, FT.

:rose:

Tottenham: Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Naughton, Lennon, Huddlestone, Carroll, Bale, Defoe, Adebayor.
Subs: Cudicini, Dempsey, Gallas, Sigurdsson, Falque, Livermore, Mason.

Maribor: Handanovic, Milec, Rajcevic, Arghus, Mejac, Cvijanovic, Mertelj, Filipovic, Ibraimi, Tavares, Beric.
Subs: Pridigar, Vidovic, Mezga, Komazec, Potokar, Viler, Dodlek.

Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

[Gervinho's Forehead]

COME ON MARIBOR!!! (who?)

europa league :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Defoe. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Klinsmann is there next to Levy.

AVB. :wave:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ade. :lol:

Nice dive.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spuds 1-0 Maribor, Defoe.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lazio 1-0 Panathinaikos, Kozak.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spuds 1-1 Maribor, Beric!

OMG Lloris. :haha:

Naughton too. :haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

:haha:

Not even sure who was more to blame.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Best to laugh at both.

And the Spuds in general. :haha:

[Xhaka Can’t]

Spufs :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spuds 2-1 Maribor, Defoe again.

[Syn]

Lloris.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-1 Spuds, Defoe hat-trick.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Athletic Bilbao 2 - 3 Lyon

Athletic on the way out.

[Kano]

that anzhi goal was pretty sexy.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Not as sexy as Julian. :sulk:

[Cripps_orig]

Forgot about this

Defoe is a little bit awesome

Liverpool :lol:

Rodgers has to go surely?

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Not as sexy as Giroud :sulk:

:gp:

[Cripps_orig]

Thursday 22nd November 2012

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP A
Anzhi Makhachkala v Udinese 17:00
Liverpool v Young Boys 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP B
Academica v Plzen 20:05
Atl Madrid v Hapoel Tel-Aviv 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP C
Borussia M'gladbach v AEL Limassol 20:05
Marseille v Fenerbahce 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP D
Club Bruges v Bordeaux 20:05
Newcastle v Maritimo 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP E
Molde v FC Copenhagen 20:05
Steaua Buch't v VfB Stuttgart 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP F
AIK Solna v Napoli 20:05
PSV Eind'ven v Dnipro 20:05

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP G
FC Basel v Sporting 18:00
Videoton v Genk 18:00

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP H
Neftchi v Partizan Belgrade 17:00
Rubin Kazan v Inter Milan 17:00

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP I
Hap Kiryat Shmona P-P Athletic Bilbao Postponed - new date to be confirmed
Sparta Prague v Lyon 18:00

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP J
Lazio v Tottenham 18:00
Panathinaikos v NK Maribor 18:00

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP K
Met'st Kharkiv v B Leverkusen 18:00
Rosenborg v Rapid Vienna 18

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - GROUP L
Hannover 96 v FC Twente 18:00
Helsingborgs v Levante 18:00

[Ollie the Optimist]

masked lazio fans apparently stormed into a pub where spurs fans were drinking. atacked them and one is in hospital in a serious condition after being stabbed



22 November 2012 Last updated at 10:47
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Tottenham fans injured in clashes in Rome
The Drunken Ship bar in Rome Around 100 Italian hooligans attacked Spurs fans in this Rome bar
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A Tottenham Hotspur supporter has been seriously injured and several hurt in clashes with rival fans in Rome.

Spurs are due to play Lazio in the Italian capital later in a Europa League match, and hundreds of their fans are in the city.

The Spurs fan was stabbed at the Drunken Ship bar in the Campo de' Fiori district and is understood to have suffered a serious injury to an artery.

Lazio's "Ultra" hooligan supporters have associations with fascism.

Tottenham have traditionally drawn support from the Jewish community and some Spurs fans refer to themselves as the "Yid Army". Peter Herbert, chairman of the Society of Black Lawyers, recently threatened to report them to the police.

The Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera said at least seven Spurs fans, aged between 20 and 60, had been injured and taken to San Camillo Hospital, Holy Spirit Hospital and Fatebenefratelli. Rome police said five were British, one was from California and one from Bangladesh.

La Repubblica reported "urban warfare" broke out at the bar, with up to 100 "Ultras" attacking Spurs fans.

It said Lazio fans were armed with knives, baseball bats, and knuckle dusters.
Lazio fans Lazio is one of Rome's two top football clubs and has been associated with hooliganism in the past

The owner of the bar, Mario Manzi, told the BBC: "At 1am there were around 30 English fans here, plus some American students, and some Italians.

"At some point, from around the corner, some 40 guys, all wearing helmets, faces covered with scarves, came here, destroyed that window, and came in.

"The English people hid behind here, and everything was destroyed. There were rocks, iron bars, everything."

He said: "The English fans were very calm, they weren't even drunk, then these men with heads covered came barging in throwing cobblestones. They had clubs and metal rods. It lasted about 20 minutes."

The BBC's Rome correspondent, Alan Johnston, said the bar was wrecked and five people were arrested.
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TROUBLE IN ROME

1984: Liverpool fans stabbed by Roma supporters after European Cup Final
2001: Liverpool supporters stabbed in buttocks
2006: Middlesbrough fans attacked, again involving buttock slashing
2007: Manchester United fans face similar attacks on two separate occasions
2009: Man Utd fans attacked again by locals
Nov 2012: Lazio fans attack Spurs supporters

All of them were Italians who the police believe to be Lazio fans.

Rome police said the most seriously injured man was a 25-year-old who was being treated at San Camillo Hospital.

The spokesman said: "A group of about 40 or 50 people in motorcycle helmets or with their faces covered were armed and attacked the group of English football fans drinking in Campo de' Fiori square."

A spokesman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it was investigating and would provide consular assistance.

Spurs and Lazio played out a goalless draw in September in a game which was marred by racist chanting by some Lazio fans.
Mousa Dembele Spurs and Lazio played out a goalless draw in London in September

Tottenham defender Steven Caulker and his manager Andre Villas-Boas, speaking before the clashes, both voiced their hope that Thursday's game would not be overshadowed by by monkey chants.

Caulker said: "I'm not worried about the atmosphere - I hope football does the talking. Italy is a great footballing country. Hopefully that will be the talking point."

Villas-Boas agreed but said he felt the £32,500 fine imposed on Lazio for the chanting at White Hart Lane in September may not be a deterrent.

Lazio was the favourite club of the fascist leader Benito Mussolini and in the past has attracted bad publicity. In 2005 Paolo Di Canio, then a Lazio player, was criticised for repeatedly making a fascist salute.

Di Canio, who is now manager of Swindon Town, met Italian survivors of the Holocaust the following year and said: "Racism is a terrible thing and violence never solved anything".

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's crazy that this can happen every single time and nothing is done about it. However supporters must know the risk before they go?

[dazthegooner]

Know they were spud fans but that is wrong Lazio should be told any more incidents like this then ALL Italian clubs should be banned (if it kept on happening over here bet we would be threatened with the same)...

[dazthegooner]

It's crazy that this can happen every single time and nothing is done about it. However supporters must know the risk before they go?

I suppose so doesn't help if they were singing "Yid army" especially in Rome but I hate to think fans would be that stupid, unless they actually wanted a fight!

[Marc Overmars]

I'd never bother going to a Roma or Lazio game, too much scope for trouble and not worth the risk.

[Ollie the Optimist]

It's crazy that this can happen every single time and nothing is done about it. However supporters must know the risk before they go?


dont buy that argument, you should be able to go and watch football. you know the risk yes, but that means no one goes to rome at all for holidays etc becuase there is a risk. if they went to lazios terrioty then yes its their fualt, however it sounds like they were just in the tourist areas and no one should have that happen to them

[GP]

masked lazio fans apparently stormed into a pub where spurs fans were drinking. atacked them and one is in hospital in a serious condition after being stabbed

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

dont buy that argument, you should be able to go and watch football. you know the risk yes, but that means no one goes to rome at all for holidays etc becuase there is a risk. if they went to lazios terrioty then yes its their fualt, however it sounds like they were just in the tourist areas and no one should have that happen to them

You should be able to and I lamented that by saying how crazy it is but until you know incidents like this are eradicated (and that they happen every single time) why risk it? Supporting your club isn't worth losing a limb over.

If they hear you talking about the game or worse still, if you're wearing club colours (not that I know if they were) what do they think might happen? The Ultras will know where to go, in their 'territory' or not.

[Ollie the Optimist]

You should be able to and I lamented that by saying how crazy it is but until you know incidents like this are eradicated (and that they happen every single time) why risk it? Supporting your club isn't worth losing a limb over.

If they hear you talking about the game or worse still, if you're wearing club colours (not that I know if they were) what do they think might happen?

yeah thats true, i guess with these people it seems if you are english, that will be enough for them to storm it.

yeah there is no point risking it, i take it back, you're right

[Xhaka Can’t]

What I want to know is, what the hell was fakeyank doing there?

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[Gervinho's Forehead]

sp*rs :haha:

[Ollie the Optimist]

i know we are their rivals, but its pretty low and pathetic laughing at them ebcause a fan got stabbed?

[Gervinho's Forehead]

Alright mum. :good:

[north bank nutter]

The on-line gooner has a similar thread about this. Not one gooner is laughing about spurs fans getting stabbed. Quite embarrasing really.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

dont buy that argument, you should be able to go and watch football. you know the risk yes, but that means no one goes to rome at all for holidays etc becuase there is a risk. if they went to lazios terrioty then yes its their fualt, however it sounds like they were just in the tourist areas and no one should have that happen to them

Its nothing to do with going to Rome just for the sake if it. If you go to Galatasaray you know where the line is, cause you know what they are about. Heck you even get fighting at Millwall vs leeds or Millwall vs West ham.

Did the spurs fan go their behaving like yobs and giving in it the large. Or maybe it was just the Lazio fans being that.

"Every time EPL clubs in Rome there's a stabbing, every time promises are made to crackdown on thugs but nothing ever changes.

So if you go there you kind of know what to expect, you just have to be careful. Hope they recover i really do.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lazio: Marchetti, Cavanda, Biava, Ciani, Radu, Mauri, Gonzalez, Ledesma, Hernanes, Lulic, Kozak.
Subs: Bizzarri, Scaloni, Ederson, Onazi, Rozzi, Candreva, Floccari.

Tottenham: Lloris, Walker, Caulker, Vertonghen, Naughton, Sigurdsson, Sandro, Carroll, Bale, Dempsey, Adebayor.
Subs: Cudicini, Huddlestone, Lennon, Defoe, Dembele, Dawson, Livermore.

Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Spufs apparently not fancying taking very long to show just how shit their defence is.

Just a matter of time for that 1st Lazio goal.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Chimp called offside after netting :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bale. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Anzhi 1-0 Udinese, Samba!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Walker has been bloodied. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Did Lloris handle that outside the box? Close call anyway.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Anzhi 2-0 Udinese, Eto'o.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lazio 0-0 Spuds, HT.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Adebuyawhore with a good cross.

Cleared for a corner

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both teams alwful in the final 3rd either end of the pitch.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kozak could've put it in near post! Lloris had committed himself to the left.

Shocking miss.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dempsey hauled off again, Defoe on.

Sigurdsson off (he hasn't been much better than Dempsey this season), Lennon on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kozak spurns another chance.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Kozak :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Liverpool: Reina, Wisdom, Skrtel, Carragher, Downing, Suso, Sahin, Henderson, Cole, Shelvey, Assaidi.
Subs: Jones, Jose Enrique, Suarez, Gerrard, Coates, Allen, Sterling.

Young Boys: Wolfli, Sutter, Nef, Veskovac, Lecjaks, Zverotic, Farnerud, Zarate, Schneuwly, Nuzzolo, Bobadilla.
Subs: Mvogo, Gonzalez, Ojala, Vitkieviez, Costanzo, Frey, Doubai.

Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great effort from Ledesma on that freekick.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Levante are on their way to qualifying. :bow: 0-2 away to Helsingborgs.

Twente will be out. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carroll off, Dembele on.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Carroll hauled off for Dembele

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Lulic hauled off for Caudrela

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Great punch from Lloris

Tries to take out the upright in the process

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The Spufs just cannot get out.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a save from Lloris!

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Levante are on their way to qualifying. :bow: 0-2 away to Helsingborgs.

Twente will be out. :lol:

Spanish teams :bow:

La liga :bow:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Lloris with a fantastic reaction save

Keeping spufs in this one without a doubt

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Panathinaikos 1 - 0 NK Maribor, Vitolo.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ade. :haha:

Pathetic.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Adebuywhore :haha:

Pathetic attempt at a dive

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 FT.

Not a bad result for the Spufs really. Lazio have qualified. Spufs just have to avoid defeat against Panathinaikos now, probably.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

spufs hang on for an undeserved draw

0-0 FT

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Young Boys vs Youngs Boys now on

[GP]

I fucking love young boys

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant counter-attack from Young Boys.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Youngs Boys playing some nice footie so far

Liverhoof looking...well....like Liverhoof

[Niall_Quinn]

Young Boys looking silky smooth.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cole. :doh:

What a waster.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Henderson :haha:

Rather shocking that he got that free kick on target

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Young Boys :bow:

Love their play

Corner coming up

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Veskovac attempts silly back heel in his 18 yrd :doh:

Injures himself in the process

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Injury looks serious as he being stretcherd off

Replaced by ojala

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Cole offside

Mug stood there for an eternity

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Henderson just wasted a golden opportunity

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great save from Wolfli to deny Henderson!

Wolfli. :bow:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Gerrard making an early appearance

On for Wisdom

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Great save from Wolfli to deny Henderson!

Wolfli. :bow:

Looks too good for us

Wenger :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Henderson looked like he was struggling out there too (I mean in fitness). Warzones. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Liverpool 1-0 Young Boys, Shelvey!

Cole assist. :faint:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

SHELVEY :bow:

L'hoof 1 up

[Marc Overmars]

GHELvey scores.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

YB living dangerously

Just managed to clear it off the line

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nuzzolo clears off the line!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Er bit unsure by Reina there.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Suso :doh:

Mug

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Hoofs 1-0 YB HT

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rodgers sat on his own. :lol:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Great effort Zverotic

Just curling wide

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Cole :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Liverpool 1-1 Young Boys, what a goal!

Bobadilla. :bow:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

YB! 1-1

What a strike

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Downing :haha:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Suarez on for Suso

[Olivier's xmas twist]

YB look ok tbh, mind you they did when they played the spuds in the CL qualifier.

Did they beat then can't remember.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Hap Kiryat Shmona 0 - 0 Athletic Bilbao Postponed

May as well just call of this game, both out anyways.

Bilbao what has happend to them.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Liverpool 2-1 Young Boys, Cole! :faint:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Sterling on for Cole

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Frey on for Nuzzolo

[McNamara That Ghost...]

YB look ok tbh, mind you they did when they played the spuds in the CL qualifier.

Did they beat then can't remember.

They beat them 3-2 in the first leg, lost the second leg though, obviously.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Sahin booked

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Reina :haha:

Lucky to get away with some poor goalkeeping just now

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcodes 1-1 Maritimo, Fidelis.

Pardiola. :lol:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Gerrard :haha:

That freekick would have gone above a rugby goal

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-2 Sverotic! What a move and what a strike!

[Özil's Panoramic View]

2-2!

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Sverotic :bow:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

2 mins added

Come on YB

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And 2-2 FT. :popcorn:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

2-2 FT

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcodes 1-1 Maritimo, FT.

Arsenal are the only British side to win in Europe this week. :bow:

Barcodes have qualified for the Round of 32 though.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I never thought I'd say this, but Joe Cole actually had a decent game.