europa league

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · April 21, 2009

just reading about format of europa league....
UEFA Europa League 2009?10 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

3rd qual rd. ... 6th place in prem.

play off round..... f.a. cup winners & 5th in prem

then a group stage which defending champions go into, 10 losers from c.l. play off round, winners of prev. round

final phase...12 group winners, 12 runners up, 8 3rd places.

round of 32

round of 16

qtr. finals

semi-finals

final .....in hamburg

looks like it's a fair old slog and a fair few games.

Goat · April 21, 2009

Im boycotting every single game!!!

MOYES OUT!

Nebbiolo · April 21, 2009

Glad we're going to qualify, but the format is a bit tw@ttish to be honest. There are way to many games for a competition that isn't that great. I would love to see it as a simple knock-out competition like the FA cup. A luck of the draw type thing would be cool.

chicoazul · April 21, 2009

Its worth it if we get to Hamburg. Its meant to be a boss city.

Cena · April 21, 2009

Tell me ma me ma, i don't want no tea no tea, were going to Germany, tell me ma me ma

Nebbiolo · April 21, 2009

chicoazul said:
Its worth it if we get to Hamburg. Its meant to be a boss city.

My family on my mother's side are from Hamburg. It is a boss city, mate. Not been for years but used to go all the time. You'll love it, and I'd recommend a visit whatever the outcome of the Europa thingy.

atrottel · April 21, 2009

We've got Hamburg down on a shortlist of places to go even without a justifiable excuse. Nice flight prices too.

Gazdalf · April 21, 2009

chicoazul said:
Its worth it if we get to Hamburg. Its meant to be a boss city.

It is mate. I used to live in Hohne, halfway between Hamburg and Hanover. Both are great places to visit. Both have many Irish themed bars, and many redlight areas. Hanover being the wider variety.

Historically they are both good to walk around also. Celle is close to Hanover, which is a nice medieval market town, also many WW2 sites to visit.

I am also looking forward to making it to the final as I still get cheap flights and free accomodation courtesy of HM Forces.

chicoazul · April 21, 2009

See, its like Lonely Planet on here.

Well in lads. Hoping mucho we get there.

Goat · April 21, 2009

Red light district. Its gotta be the best place in the world.

Robert Jarvis · April 21, 2009

So Fa Cup runners up do not qualify?:huh:

Goat · April 21, 2009

Possibly, maybe.

Nebbiolo · April 21, 2009

Robert Jarvis said:
So Fa Cup runners up do not qualify?:huh:

God only knows, Robert. As far as I can ascertain, they do if the winning team has qualified for the CL, or something like that. The point is that now the top 7 will all play in Europe. Come the season end, we'll certainly be part of that group.