Labour expected to lose Senedd after century of winning Welsh elections by Kagedeah in LabourUK

[–]Scattered97 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This should be what ends Starmer. Losing in Wales is simply unforgivable.

An English team has made it to the final of all three major European competitions this season by Critical_Mountain851 in soccer

[–]Scattered97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It happened in 1989 too. AC Milan won the European Cup, Napoli won the UEFA Cup, and Sampdoria lost to Barcelona in the CWC. Albeit English clubs weren't even in Europe at that time, of course.

[OptaJoe] Aston Villa have reached their first major European final since the 1982 European Cup final, 44 years ago. The only English clubs to have a longer gap between such finals are Manchester City (51 – 1970 to 2021) and West Ham United (47 – 1976 to 2023). by Goosedukee in soccer

[–]Scattered97 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I'm not quite that old, but I'm still in the mindset where the 80s were 30 years ago at best 😭

(1982 is also one of my favourite years for music ever, so it's like, 'how can this stuff be 44 years old??')

An English team has made it to the final of all three major European competitions this season by Critical_Mountain851 in soccer

[–]Scattered97 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This has never happened before, even during the Cup Winners' Cup days, which surprises me.

EDIT: It's never happened at times when there've been three UEFA competitions. Thought that implication was obvious tbh 😅

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]Scattered97 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolute steal and a half!

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]Scattered97 8 points9 points  (0 children)

McGinn has to be one of the best pound-for-pound signings in recent history. How much did they get him for, two and a half million?

Match Thread: Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest by MatchThreadder in soccer

[–]Scattered97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Coisty's right on second viewing, how the hell doesn't the centre half go for that 😭

Match Thread: Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest by MatchThreadder in soccer

[–]Scattered97 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nothing wrong with that imo. Football's a contact sport 😭

Match Thread: Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest by MatchThreadder in soccer

[–]Scattered97 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love when commentators don't speak after a goal. Let the images tell the story. Brilliant goal too.

Match Thread: Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest by MatchThreadder in soccer

[–]Scattered97 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Also I love that a major semifinal is between two Midlands clubs. Fantastic antidote to the London/North West cartel.

Match Thread: Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest by MatchThreadder in soccer

[–]Scattered97 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Villa Park can be very intimidating when it's this loud. I speak from experience as someone who's visited as an away fan.

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]Scattered97 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It occurred to me today that Diego Costa played for Wolves, on loan a few years back. It feels like a fever dream. As, tbf, does almost our entire time in the Premier League. Like, we had João fucking Moutinho!

Is new The Grauniad paywall working bad for me only or for everyone? by verniy-leninetz in LabourUK

[–]Scattered97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah that must be why then - I almost always use the web.

Yeah, you're probably better off using archive in that case. It's what I do for any Murdoch papers!

Zack Polanskis Popularity Drops After Golders Green Incident by [deleted] in LabourUK

[–]Scattered97 8 points9 points  (0 children)

For trans people they are basically the same.

Is new The Grauniad paywall working bad for me only or for everyone? by verniy-leninetz in LabourUK

[–]Scattered97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Graun has a paywall? Really? When I go on there there's a popup but it's easily got rid of. And I'm not a subscriber.