“Will Tottenham v. United become the worst European final ever in terms of league overall positions?” Ask Phil Taylor (and dozens more).
Tottenham and Manchester United meet in Bilbao tonight, putting all the eggs in the Europa League basket sometime before the clock goes back. They ranked 17th and 16th in the Premier League, respectively, giving their total positions of 33. This is an unquestionable useless example, equivalent to Oldham Sports Play Southampton In the 1992 UEFA Cup final, or Sabadr Meeting Racing Santander In the same match in 1987.
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Apart from obvious reasons, we all competed in every European final, but it can be confirmed that if there is no point in fun measures, Bilbao's game is meaningless, the worst distance to be in the 180 European finals at the end of the season. A total of 33 leagues led 10 ahead of the next worst match, two finals before 1992.
Epic UEFA Cup Finals in 1988 Bayer Leverkusen and Espanyol (Two teams won 3-0 at home, with Leverkusen winning. 1960 City Trade Cup Final Birmingham City and Barcelonaplaying in March and May of that year, made England's 19th-largest team with Spain's fourth-best team. Barcelona won the overall championship with a 4-1 record.
This is the list of the "worst" European finals based on the overall league position.
Large (2) V West Ham (18) Cup Champion 1975 - 76 years
Anderlecht wins 4-2
ATLMadrid Morality (9) v Fulham (12) Europa League 2009-10
Atlético wins 2-1
Fiorentina (8) v West Ham United (14) Conference Alliance 2022-23
West Ham wins 2-1
Birmingham City (17) in Rome (5) Fairs Cup 1960-61
Roma wins 4-2 overall
Birmingham, Barcelona (19) (4) Fairs Cup 1958-60
Barcelona wins 4-1 overall
Bayer Leverkusen (8) Espanyol (15) European Cup 1988
Leverkusen
Tottenham Hotspur (17) vs Manchester United (16) Europa League 2024-25
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In addition to this year's finals, the league position was held at the end of the season playing the finals. Two reasons. 1. Finding league positions on the final day will always occupy; and 2. League positions sometimes change in bipedal finals, especially in the City Trading Cup Cup, when the finals are sometimes distributed over a few months and/or played during unusual times of the year.
The "worst" European Cup or Champions League final was held in 1975 Bayern Munich (He ranked 10th in the Bundesliga after a post-cup season that could fill three volumes later) Leeds (Ninth in Division 1) In the controversial final in Paris.
The worst of the Champions League era (sic) shared between 1999-2000 (real Madrid 3-0 ValenciaLa Liga's 5th v 3rd time) and 2011-12 (Chelsearanked sixth in the Premier League, defeating the Bundesliga Bayern About punishment).
In last week's knowledge We looked at the anomaly or outright weird player awards. You've stayed in touch with more goalkeepers who have the doubtful honor to be defeated.
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Many mentioned Neville Southall's amazing performance in Eindhoven in 1996. Southall, now 38, made 13 saves, many of which were brilliant, but Wales were beaten 7-1 by the Netherlands. We can't find a contemporary narrative of him being the official player of the game - but the man himself remembers the award, and Jonny Owen and Elis James, two who know more about Welsh football than we do, have written the same book.
Next was the 1981 FA Cup final, when the Spurs drew 3-2 in the famous replay. Ricky Villa is the guy in the game, and at the end, right? No. David Moore began, “The BBC decided to back off its own MOTM (which was a different, darker time) until after the replay.” “On the basis of both games, they awarded it to the loss of city goalkeeper Joe Corrigan, who had all the factors that were performing almost all of us in tears.
"Even my mom who has little time for football will definitely say he played his heart. When accepting the award, he gave his opponent one of the most kind, most suitable opponents and dignified interviews." There are indeed different times.
Felipe Garcia's story has a painful morality that doesn't seem to be drawn to people's attention. “Brazil’s largest TV channel once voted online for players in this game,” Felipe said. “In 2019, Vasco goalkeeper Sidão made some mistakes in a 3-0 defeat in Santos. He was then selected as the player for the game.
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"Unfortunately, Globo forced a reporter to deliver the trophy to him when he left the court. The video was very uncomfortable. Eventually, Sidão sued Globo and they had to pay the price for him to make a joke."
First of all, it means that the player's choice for some reason is unusual. Let's end with an unusual actual reward. “Who can forget Conor Sammon, who was delighted when he received the Checks Notes as his Partick Thistle Racer Award…?” said Adam Clark.
last week We also looked at teams that won the game without kickoff. But we don't know an interesting story about the 2016-17 champion. “Norwich beat Brighton Rob Wolf Petersen wrote: "Both are their own goals, hitting the ball 2-0 on Carrow Road. Both recovered from the frame of the goal before hitting goalkeeper David Stockdale and bounced into the net. Even for Brighton fans, I couldn't help laughing at the hymn of David Stockdale, who scored when he wanted it.
"I seem to remember," Neal Butler started in 2013, "That Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest once ended a league match with 10 people when Clough not only used all the available submarines, he decided to take Steve Hodge away and give him a break. Has this actually happened? And is there anything else going on lately?
Nottingham Forest took over the third round of the city ground on Monday, January 28, 1991.
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The two clubs led the Forest 2-1 in the first replay, when Roy Keane Backpass led John Salako to get John Salako Chipping Mark Crossley from a distance, while Keane found himself on the floor of the locker room - Clough slammed him in the face and said: "Never play back to goalkeeper."
Game 3 was a much easier game for the Forest, who scored an insurmountable lead with three goals in the second half of the 11-minute period. With six minutes left, Steve Hodge saw his phone number, even though the forest used two alternatives, and then headed towards the touch line.
"Clough claims he is protecting Hodge's calf," wrote Jonathan Wilson. "However, he later told Hodge that it wasn't to be a little slight for him, but he hated the muscular attitude of the palace and wanted to "take the pee" away from them by playing 10."
"However, at least part of it, it was part of Hodge, who Clough fought a lasting battle against the new contract late in the season." Hodge left the forest to join Leeds in the summer.
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"My son is a goalkeeper and he wondered if there was ever a professional goalkeeper wearing a No. 10 football?" asked Dave Sturges.
"The new Eredivisie champion PSV is 9 points behind Ajax, with only five games to complete LDLDW, and PSV wins all the games. Is there a more spectacular turnaround?" asked Roger.
Dirk Maas’s question is: “PSV led 9 points over Ajax after 15 games, then trailed 9 points after 27 points, and then ended up winning the championship. Was there ever a more spectacular Seesaw?”
"In the same calendar year, they won the international trophy with the country, who is the number one?" asked Masai Graham.
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"Watching Conor Coventry for Charlton reminds me of Jackie Charlton playing for Manchester United," Matthew said. "Is it possible to send out a complete squad consisting of players with the name and EFL team?"
"Who is the first team in the top five European leagues, the man or woman, who beat the starter of the 21st century-born player?" Chelsea asked.
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