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Let's face it - some football matches are really bad. Hereford United vs. Leigh RMI is hardly my idea of a top football classic. There are, however, a few diamonds in the cave that is association football. What I want to know is which are your personal favourites. Some of my recent favourites are:

1) Holland 2-3 Czech Republic (Euro 2004)
2) Liverpool 5-4 Alaves (UEFA Cup Final 2000/01)
3) Chelsea 4-2 Barcelona (Champions League Round 2 2004/05)

Well there's my top three. How about you? What are your favourites?

One final reminder - this is soccer, NOT American football. I'm British, so I really don't care about the Superbowl. No offence, all you Superbowl fans. :D

1966 England 4 West Germany 2 AET.

But I am English, so I am biased.

Leeds 1-0 Arsenal (1972)
Leeds 4-3 Liverpool (2001?)
Leeds 6-0 Besiktas (2001)
AC Milan 0-1 Leeds (2001)
Anderlecht 1-4 Leeds (2002)
Leeds 3-0 Deportivo (2002)

Yes, I'm a Leeds fan. ;)

Yes...well done against Gillingham today. Not many teams who can draw with them - most get all three points. ;)

Yes...well done against Gillingham today. Not many teams who can draw with them - most get all three points. ;)

Cruel, Leeds fans should be treated with all the respect and kindness that an endangered species deserves.

Yes...well done against Gillingham today. Not many teams who can draw with them - most get all three points. ;)
Yeah, well I wouldn't know how bad Gillingham are, they don't show Championship soccer here. :(

They're not too bad...well actually, that's a lie. They're my local team and look like they'll be slipping back into Division Two (or League One, as they confusingly changed it to). :confused:

They're not too bad...well actually, that's a lie. They're my local team and look like they'll be slipping back into Division Two (or League One, as they confusingly changed it to). :confused:

Oh, you mean the third division. (I am pre premiership)

They're not too bad...well actually, that's a lie. They're my local team and look like they'll be slipping back into Division Two (or League One, as they confusingly changed it to). :confused:
That's bullsh-t and you know it.

We're 10th (Even if we do have a couple of games in hand), and we're closer to the playoffs than the relegation zone. I'm expecting automatic promotion next season.

*crosses fingers*

I agree, the Holland/Czech games was the single best played game of football I've ever seen. I mean, 35 shots on goal in one game, it was outstanding.

However my favourite game was Germany 1-5 England back in 2001. It was a perfect day as I was out with a group of friends and most of us were letting off steam after just finishing a summer of night shift work. I think that England conceding the first goal actually made the match twice as good in the end.

My favourite match I've never seen was obviously the 66 world cup final. Shame I was -15 and a half back then!

the one where George Best stole the ball from Geoff Hurst

and Northern Ireland drawing 0-0 with spain a few years ago was a good match

I'm not 100% sure of this, so don't hold me to it. I believe that the "Match of The 20th Centruy" (official FIFA Bureaucratism) was played between Real Madrid (yay!) and... Sporting Lisbon I believe. The scoreline was something like 7-5 in Madrid's favour.

That's bullsh-t and you know it.

We're 10th (Even if we do have a couple of games in hand), and we're closer to the playoffs than the relegation zone. I'm expecting automatic promotion next season.

*crosses fingers*

I was talking about Gillingham, not Leeds. :)

Argentina VS Romania in the world cup a while back was a corker...

also England 2 Scotland 3 - Wembley 1967 :D

England - Brazil, World Cup 1970.
Italy - Brazil, World Cup 1982 (with Paolo Rossi).
England - Holland, Euro '96.
Germany - England, World Cup qualifier, 2001.
Internazionale - Arsenal, Champions League group phase, 2003.
Arsenal - Dynamo Kiev, Champions League group phase, 2003 (wasn't a great match, but I certainly remember it - Ashley Cole scoring in the 89th minute to keep Arsenal in the CL).
Manchester United - Exeter, FA Cup 3rd round, 2005. Mwahahahahaha!

I haven't watched much football lately, but I am a Leeds fan too. Hope they come back to the Premiership soon.

I haven't watched much football lately, but I am a Leeds fan too. Hope they come back to the Premiership soon.
Anyone else reckon the two are related?

Cruel, Leeds fans should be treated with all the respect and kindness that an endangered species deserves.

LMFAO m8

Man U own you all

As the Swede I am I have to say the World cup -94 game between Sweden and Bulgaria in the bronze game. A magic summer ended with a 4-0 win over Bulgaria...

LMFAO m8

Man U own you all

Even Milan...and Chelsea...oh, and you lost to Lyon as well this season didn't you?

Didn't Man U lose 3-1 to Stoke last season, or was I just imagining that?

Bradford 1 - 0 Liverpool (2000) Kept us in the premiership...well for another season at least...

Wolves 2 - 3 Bradford City (1999) Put us into the Prem :D

and one not from Bradford....

Germany 1 - 5 England After having been in Germany during Euro '96 I felt a little bit of satisfaction at this result... :D :D :D

I might do a poll to find out which is NS's favourite football match EVER. Keep those nominations coming in. Only those with more than two nominations will be considered. So far that's:

Holland 2-3 Czech Republic (Euro 2004)
Germany 1-5 England (2002 World Cup Qualifiers)

Anyone else reckon the two are related?

Are all Leeds fans related?

Technically, yes. If you go back far enough, all Leeds fans (and all other football fans for that matter) are related somewhere along the line.

Technically, yes. If you go back far enough, all Leeds fans (and all other football fans for that matter) are related somewhere along the line.


Not as bad as Huddersfield though...if you count there are only 5 surnames turning up at every home match... ;)

Lries, I thought leeds drew in Milan and won in Lazio, but anyway.

I agree with Holland v. the Czechs. I thought the first half on Milan Man Utd was brilliant (we went to pieces in the second and I didn't see any of the Chelsea game.) Although I was only nine at the time and I can't remember much, Man Utd's win in Turin and the two draws with Barcelona in the treble year will always stay with me.

PS Man Utd drew in Lyon

England v Germany 5-1 Qualifiers..

Liverpool v Alaves 5-4

Liverpool v Basel 3-3 (Though LIverpool got knocked out from the second round CL, however it was still a good game. We were 3-0 down during half time. And nearly snagged a fourth twice). :(

Liverpool v Fulham 4-2

Quite a few number.. but I can't seem to remember. IMO, Comeback games are always the best.

From my limited viewership, the best match I have seen is Man U beating Bayern Munich in the Champions League finals in 1999 (?) with two late goals.

From my limited viewership, the best match I have seen is Man U beating Bayern Munich in the Champions League finals in 1999 (?) with two late goals.

Was in a pub underage on that night full of man utd fans! Talk about celebration :D I only live about 15 miles from Old Trafford so they all Reds near me...

1953 FA Cup final, those were the days.....

1953 FA Cup final, those were the days.....


Ohhhh as Tinks here i got a special one for her! :p :D


Blackpool 0 Bradford City 3 May 1996

2-0 down from the first leg of the play offs and the Blackpool Program features directions to Wembley, cheeky gits. Manager Sam Alladyce says his players are playing for places at the Twin Towers. It is the seasider's name for sure.

Perhaps not. No one is quite sure how, or even why City turned this tie around. After 30 minutes the scores were level and looked like staying that say. Carl Shutt scored one, Des Hamilton got another to level up after around 70 minutes and, almost impossibly, Mark Stallard bashed a scrambled ball in in the last ten minutes.

(Borrowed from Boy from Brazil (http://www.boyfrombrazil.co.uk/2003/his-theset.asp) with a little editing by myself)


Bradford then went on to beat Notts County 2-0 in the playoff final...absolute class :D Oh as for the FA Cup 1911 1-0 over Newcastle in a replay! Even Bradford have won the FA Cup! :D

meh, I don't care, I'm reading through the match report from 1953, what a game, 20 minutes to go and losing 3-1 yet still Blackpool managed to come back and win 4-3, one of the classic cup finals! I'm on too much of a high from that to be brought down by your pathetic little games Kel :p

meh, I don't care, I'm reading through the match report from 1953, what a game, 20 minutes to go and losing 3-1 yet still Blackpool managed to come back and win 4-3, one of the classic cup finals! I'm on too much of a high from that to be brought down by your pathetic little games Kel :p


Well all i gotta say is :p That was the Sir Stanley Matthews final right?

Well all i gotta say is :p That was the Sir Stanley Matthews final right?
it certainly was, what a God!

it certainly was, what a God!

Yup, he is an absolute legend! One of the best players of all time, up there with Pele and Di Stefano.

Yup, he is an absolute legend! One of the best players of all time, up there with Pele and Di Stefano.
yeah, just another reason why Blackpool is so awesome! :cool:

yeah, just another reason why Blackpool is so awesome! :cool:

You mean the one reason! :p :D

You mean the one reason! :p :D
:eek: well for a start you forgot having me as a supporter! and secondly it's one more reason than Bradford have!

:eek: well for a start you forgot having me as a supporter! and secondly it's one more reason than Bradford have!

Ahem...you had Sir Stan, we have had our fair share of great players, Stuart McCall being the greatest :D

And yes i forgot you being a supporter! :(

Ahem...you had Sir Stan, we have had our fair share of great players, Stuart McCall being the greatest :D

And yes i forgot you being a supporter! :(
none of them as great as Sir Stanley!

none of them as great as Sir Stanley!

I hold McCall right up there with Sir Stan...to our club and supporters he will always be our greatest player.

Barcelona and AC MILAN are the best clubs EVER!!

I hold McCall right up there with Sir Stan...to our club and supporters he will always be our greatest player.
well in my eyes Sir Stanley is the uber football god and always will be!

well in my eyes Sir Stanley is the uber football god and always will be!

Yeah, he will always be a legend

Barcelona and AC MILAN are the best clubs EVER!!

Well that's nice, but it doesn't answer the question at hand.

Sorry...Man Utd didn't lose to Lyon, they lost to Fenerbahce. 3-0.
Tis going to be a limited poll, if there's only two options. Unless you put in the infamous 'Other' option.

Sorry...Man Utd didn't lose to Lyon, they lost to Fenerbahce. 3-0.
Tis going to be a limited poll, if there's only two options. Unless you put in the infamous 'Other' option.
and the '1953 FA Cup final' option

I'm waiting for more nominations. We've actually got three now: Holland/Czech Republic, Germany/England, Liverpool/Alaves.

I'm surprised the '66 final hasn't got more than 1 nomination. Though it wasn't really a brilliant match in terms of footballing excellence.

I'm waiting for more nominations. We've actually got three now: Holland/Czech Republic, Germany/England, Liverpool/Alaves.
Blackpool/Bolton Wanderers......

Oh man, I'm bad at this, but there once was a match where one team was behind 2-1 or so. Just at the very end the scored by a corner (I believe) and then for some other reason they managed to score again and won...

Right, i'm gonna ask my brother what it was.

Oh man, I'm bad at this, but there once was a match where one team was behind 2-1 or so. Just at the very end the scored by a corner (I believe) and then for some other reason they managed to score again and won...

Right, i'm gonna ask my brother what it was.
or there was this one match where one team was behind 3-1 20 minutes before the end and yet they managed to come back and win 4-3, it was some game in 1953 i think.....

Come on people - nominate England - Brazil in 1970. *That* save. Yeah, you know which one I mean.

or there was this one match where one team was behind 3-1 20 minutes before the end and yet they managed to come back and win 4-3, it was some game in 1953 i think.....
It could be that one.

My brother said Manchester Ud - Bayern Munchen
Munchen was behind with 1-0 and managed to win with 1-2, thanks to two corners in the last minutes.

Or it could be an other one. :confused:

It could be that one.

My brother said Manchester Ud - Bayern Munchen
Munchen was behind with 1-0 and managed to win with 1-2, thanks to two corners in the last minutes.

Or it could be an other one. :confused:
it's more likely that it was Man U/BM, I was talking about Blackpool/Bolton Wanderers, it was an amazing game, thanks to the god that is Sir Stanley Matthews but I doubt many people here will remember the 1953 cup final

Verona vs Atalanta-1985 1,0 Elskjaer scored to Give the scudetto to verona the first (and since last).
Also with any brighton game, damn we lost 5-1 against plymouth :sniper:

France - Internationals 2001/2002

France-Belgium 1-2

And they tought this was going to be an easy one. :cool:
Unfortunaely, France was bad then (remember the WK?).

World Cup 1990 Germany vs. Argentina. Germany really is uber alles! Greatest game I have ever seen and it was the best World Cup in history.

dp

World Cup 1990 Germany vs. Argentina. Germany really is uber alles! Greatest game I have ever seen and it was the best World Cup in history.
I did not like the Zebra non-calls.

These are the five matches that stand out to me as the best atmosphere i've been in. Three that came close were the '93 semi final v Wednesday at Wembly, '97 playoff final v Crystal Palace at Wembly, and the '03 playoff final v Wolves in Cardiff, but they're all tinged by the final result :(

Sheffield United 2-1 Leeds (League Cup, 2002)
Sheffield United 1-0 Leeds (FA Cup, 2003)
Sheffield United 2-0 Leeds (League, 2004)

Sheffield United 2-1 Liverpool (League Cup, 2003)

Sheffield United 3-3 Barnsley (2001 i think?) [not entirely sure why that match stands out, it just does]



Come on people - nominate England - Brazil in 1970. *That* save. Yeah, you know which one I mean.

Second best save i've ever seen, after Seaman's amazing pointblank reflex save to deny Paul Peschisolido when United played Arsenal in the FA Cup Semi 2003.

Holland-Argentina 78
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Best Team of the decade Vs the emerging Superpower.

I did not like the Zebra non-calls.
Zebra non-calls?

Lries, I thought leeds drew in Milan and won in Lazio, but anyway.
Yeah, made a mistake there, we drew in Milan, but we beat them at Elland Road, I think it was a Matteo goal that sunk them.

And we did beat Lazio away.

Second best save i've ever seen, after Seaman's amazing pointblank reflex save to deny Paul Peschisolido when United played Arsenal in the FA Cup Semi 2003.
Indeed :D







Yep, I'm an Arsenal fan.

Holland - West Germany 2-1 1988 semi finals, that was out final for that tournament :D

Last year's Euro Cup:
Greece vs Portugal

Germany sucked in that cup

Last year's Euro Cup:
Greece vs Portugal

Germany sucked in that cup

Greece winning Euro is up there with Porto winning the CL... two of the biggest flukes in modern memory...

Let's face it - some football matches are really bad. Hereford United vs. Leigh RMI is hardly my idea of a top football classic. There are, however, a few diamonds in the cave that is association football. What I want to know is which are your personal favourites. Some of my recent favourites are:

1) Holland 2-3 Czech Republic (Euro 2004)
2) Liverpool 5-4 Alaves (UEFA Cup Final 2000/01)
3) Chelsea 4-2 Barcelona (Champions League Round 2 2004/05)

Well there's my top three. How about you? What are your favourites?

One final reminder - this is soccer, NOT American football. I'm British, so I really don't care about the Superbowl. No offence, all you Superbowl fans. :D

Liverpool 4 - 3 Newcastle (English Premiership 1996)

Greece winning Euro is up there with Porto winning the CL... two of the biggest flukes in modern memory...

Neither were flukes...both teams had a work ethic and knew how to play for each other, and both had coaches who knew their teams strengths and weakness' enough to make them play to maximise their strengths and minimise their weakness'. Neither were flukes...unexpected yes, but not flukes.