# Football Thread
**URL:** https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33
**Category:** General
**Created:** [March 4, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33 "2019-03-04T16:41:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@voodoo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/voodoo)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18799 "2026-03-15T16:03:29Z")
Much needed win over Villa, phew.
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### Author:  [@ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ihatethegeneralpublic)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18800 "2026-03-15T20:30:06Z")
[https://x.com/anfieldedition/status/2033222537799164183?s=46](https://x.com/anfieldedition/status/2033222537799164183?s=46)
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### Author:  [@Lazy](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Lazy)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2026, 8:35am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18801 "2026-03-16T08:35:19Z")
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLTM3IVK0UU&t=147)
that guler goal was absurd. bloody madrid
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### Author:  [@Brewer](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Brewer)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18802 "2026-03-16T22:12:58Z")
Watching us come back from 2-0 down to get a point when we are rock bottom and destined to go down shows the good work Rob Edwards has done since he’s come in at Wolves. Hit the woodwork twice too! It won’t have any effect on what happens to us end of the season but it’s great to actually enjoy watching us play again!
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### Author:  [@TerryTibbs](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/TerryTibbs)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18803 "2026-03-16T23:06:23Z")
Dare I say it - more entertaining than watching Villa play recently.
Maybe it’s bc I didn’t have any skin in the game tonight. At least you lot had a go!
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### Author:  [@Garlicnaan](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Garlicnaan)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18804 "2026-03-17T20:37:20Z")
Unreal finish from Eze. Leverkusen keeps been solid aswell
[https://x.com/xKGx\_\_/status/2034006420807352448?s=20](https://x.com/xKGx__/status/2034006420807352448?s=20)
Absolute thunderbastard
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### Author:  [@sk8arrog8](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/sk8arrog8)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18805 "2026-03-17T23:52:31Z")
Senegal stripped of Afcon win due to walking off the pitch in protest of that late penalty decision. Mad
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### Author:  [@nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nedertron)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18806 "2026-03-18T08:31:56Z")
Unfortunately it’s this wild shit that means people don’t take African football seriously.
Anyway, biggest game of the season tonight, manifesting a result against my second home.
Cmon the Toon, I love Barcelona, went to a lot of games when I lived there, was blessed with MSN upfront for 2 years, but I couldn’t imagine the Toon playing at the Camp Nou again back in 2015-17.
Sun is shining and im mega excited
Blaydon Races on full blast on the way to work at least 10 times.
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### Author:  [@ParmoViolets](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ParmoViolets)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18807 "2026-03-18T19:42:13Z")
Glenn been on the sangria?
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### Author:  [@sk8arrog8](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/sk8arrog8)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18808 "2026-03-18T19:43:48Z")
Oof that’s a hammering
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### Author:  [@nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nedertron)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18809 "2026-03-18T20:38:11Z")
It’s was 3-2 in the first half haha
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### Author:  [@ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ihatethegeneralpublic)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18810 "2026-03-18T21:44:53Z")
Shouldn’t that mean that the CL games would be easier for the prem clubs then?
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### Author:  [@Bish](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Bish)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18811 "2026-03-18T22:34:29Z")
Tbf in the first half we were the better side imo. Terrible mistakes to let them get their goals but generally we looked more like winning.
The second half however…
I wonder if Tonali was injured before the first goal of that half as he didn’t track his man which is super unusual for him.
Then after that we just fell apart! Bring on the derby this weekend…
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### Author:  [@ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ihatethegeneralpublic)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18812 "2026-03-18T22:53:54Z")
[https://x.com/absolutebruno/status/2034392501985906898?s=46](https://x.com/absolutebruno/status/2034392501985906898?s=46)
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### Author:  [@TerryTibbs](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/TerryTibbs)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18813 "2026-03-20T15:47:40Z")
If you’re playing at 110% 2-3 times a week, like you have to in the Premier League to get anywhere, eventually the wheels are going to come off.
Clubs like Real Madrid, Barca, PSG, Bayern can coast along in second gear all season to win their league and then turn up for the big European nights on smoke. PL teams don’t have that luxury and have to slog their guys out to beat even shit teams like Wolves 😉
European leagues have 1 less domestic Cup (England has 2 - FA Cup + League (Carabao) Cup) than us.
France and Germany also have a Winter break, during what is the most intense fixture pile up of the season for English clubs -particularly the bigger clubs who you would assume would still be in both cups + challenging in the League)
For example, during the German winter break, English teams play 5 games in a 14 day period.
French teams get the weekend off before a Champions League game - PSG had their game against Nantes postponed on Sunday 15th so they could rest/recover before the Second Leg against Newcastle who don’t get that luxury.
I tell you what the fucking funny thing is though, if they did introduce a Winter Break in the Prem, I _guarantee_ the English clubs would fly off to do a big $$$ international friendly in Saudi or somewhere!
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### Author:  [@ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ihatethegeneralpublic)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18814 "2026-03-20T16:37:46Z")
> [@TerryTibbs](#):
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> Clubs like Real Madrid, Barca, PSG, Bayern can coast along in second gear all season to win their league and then turn up for the big European nights on smoke.
I don’t think that’s the case at all though and you make it sound every single prem team is an elite club when we all know that isn’t true.
> [@TerryTibbs](#):
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> I tell you what the fucking funny thing is though, if they did introduce a Winter Break in the Prem, I _guarantee_ the English clubs would fly off to do a big $$$ international friendly in Saudi or somewhere!
That I do agree with and they already do that sort of thing in the summer when they jet off only days after the season ends.
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### Author:  [@voodoo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/voodoo)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18815 "2026-03-20T16:53:39Z")
I think of a lot of leagues as being like the Scottish one. Two or three big clubs and the rest are there to make up the numbers most weeks. Where’s with the EPL, any team really can win on any given day. It’s the most competitive league in the world, week in, week out.
That might be some highly naive, rose tinted bullshit though…
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### Author:  [@ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ihatethegeneralpublic)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18816 "2026-03-20T17:08:18Z")
I love the prem too but I don’t really get where of this best/most competitive stuff even came from, I’ve no desire to boast about our league or talk down on others.
Serie A is super competitive now with a number of different sides having won the title over the last few years, strangely you don’t hear many English fans suddenly bigging that league up.
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### Author:  [@Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Dent_Face)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18817 "2026-03-20T20:53:30Z")
But the Italian teams have, generally, lower revenue than English clubs. None break the top 10:
> **[Deloitte Football Money League 2026](https://www.deloitte.com/uk/en/services/consulting-financial/analysis/deloitte-football-money-league.html)**
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> The 2024/25 season set another new record, with the top 20 Money League clubs generating over €12 billion in revenue for the first time.
And this year’s CL quarterfinalists, bar Sporting and Atletico, are all top 8 on this list.
Money=quality in a lot of people’s eyes.
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### Author:  [@ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ihatethegeneralpublic)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/football-thread/33/18818 "2026-03-21T10:35:30Z")
> [@Dent\_Face](#):
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> But the Italian teams have, generally, lower revenue than English clubs.
I’m sure they do. All this extra money in the prem hasn’t resulted in a higher quality of football though has it. Ticket prices are also sky high.
Currently Man U are third and Villa are fourth, do you think they’re lightyears ahead of say AC Milan, RB Leipzig or Atletico? I don’t see much evidence.
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