and the fact he is away

Must've been the mother-in-law then.

UEFA Cup semis 2nd legs

Shakhtar and Dinamo Kiev locked at 2 - 2 on aggregate currently.

Bremen and Hamburg play later on.

EPL had 22 teams in this, didn't they?

89th minute winner from Shakhtar of the Ukraine. Their billionaire owner goes wild. Can he put our gas prices down?

Ouch.

Hamburg/Bremen shaping up to be another good 'un.

Bremen just equalised on the night with a superbly worked goal from Diego.

Cracking. I bet on a draw at 12/5.

Signed for Juventus for next season apparently, 25 million Euros being the fee according to MARCA.

He's a great player, one of the best outside the 'Big 3' leagues.

Now that is something I can't be accused of.

You change your Avatar more than your name,can you not just find one and stick to it

Trying to get a good feel for one, better than having 3rd rate Ice Hockey players on it. Get Mark Messier on there or Jeremy Roenick.

That one is perfect. My childhood all over again. I actually have that shirt somwhere, my dad bought them all through the 80's and gave them to me a few years back.

I'll stick to the future stars like Toews/Kane etc rather than the old relics that you suggest thanks

My Nan knitted me a Brian McClair cardigan my brother had a Bryan Robson one, I thought I was the dogs, I remember having his photo from the old superstore....top stuff.

Robson was my early childhood hero until Eric came to town.

God the old superstore, I remember buying the black shirt from there, I got Ince on the back.


We burnt it.

got them at 2.25

Bremen win 3 - 2 at Hamburg to win on away goals. Unlucky Martin Jol.

Shakhtar Donetsk in the Final.

Sat nav, i think something must be wrong.

It says Chelsea is 2 minutes from Rome.

First final for Shakhtar, and first for a Ukraine side. Unfortunately it's in Istanbul.



Diego picked up a yellow for Bremen, and will miss the Final.

Replica shirts are the only thing I ever buy with my own money. I've got an addiction in collecting them, I think I've got every one (home/away, with most 3rd kits) since '93. I've got a few from the 80s/early 90s that have been passed down to me, not sure of their exact season though.

they bum him.

honestly the hatred of chelsea on here is laughable.

it's so strong you have f*cking united and pool fans holding hands and joining together in a collective (not just over chelsea...but over each other).

lord god posts a hell of alot of sense.

It's just because he supports chelsea and theres a huge big agenda against them on here.

Why do Chelsea deserve respect? Given the amount of money they've thrown at winning the PL and CL I'd say they've underachieved. Any club could win the PL with the same 'war chest'. I've no respect for Blackburn winning it either when Walker bought the title. I just don't see the 'big achievement'. I do ,however, have massive respect for what Cloughie achieved with Forest and Derby.
And as for Chelsea fans accusing Man U/Liverpool of band-wagon jumping?

I'd never seen a Chelsea shirt OOP NORTH before 2003!

Newcastle spent an absolute fortune and won nothing. Liverpool have spent an absolute fortune and have only made slight progress with their desire to take the PL. Man Citeh have spent a fortune and won't even qualify for Europe this season.

I don't really care whether people respect Chelsea or not. I was merely responding to keithcun writing: [iThere is just nothing I could begrudgingly respect about Chelsea or it's fans, that's just the way it is and more than likely the way it will remain.[/i

Now let's think about what's happened in the last ten years that might be worthy of at least grudging respect:

1. Before Roman Abramovich invested a penny in Chelsea Chelsea, obviously not a big club according to most people on here, qualified ahead of Liverpool for the Champions League. Now, seeing that Liverpool have a fantastic history, have their fantastic support and the resources that that brings, isn't Chelsea pipping them to CL qualification worthy of some grudging respect?

2. Liverpool are rightly acknowledged as a team with a great European heritage. Even the people who severely dislike them, and I am one of them, admit that they have something special when it comes to European competition. But Chelsea have put them out of Europe two years in a row. Isn't that worthy of grudging respect?

3. Barcelona and Manchester United, two of the biggest clubs in the world with massive spending power and resources, need to rely on penalties and a 93rd minute away goal (and one of the most shocking refereeing performances in modern times) to overcome Chelsea in the CL. Isn't that worthy of grudging respect?



Do you see the big achievement with Fergie winning the title year after year when he has the resources at his disposal? Do you see the big achievement in Barca being at the top when they have a similar massive advantage over the rest of Spain? Do you actually have any respect for anyone?



You do realise that Clough broke the British record transfer fee with Derby and Notts Forest? You do realise that Clough was the first manager to spend a million pounds on a player?

I don't think you are hypocritical, just ignorant.



So are you saying all the millions of Liverpool and Man United fans who live more than 100 miles from the NW aren't glory hunters?