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    Spurs, with an apology.

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      As Pochettino Spurs would have comfortably beaten Rodgers Celtic without getting changed into their proper kit, one can only conclude that Nicholson's pass and move team would have destroyed them.

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        Spurs

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          Meanwhile here’s Ipswich winning the FA Cup. A lovely 15 minutes if you’ve got it.

          Thoughts:

          To my shame I managed to miss John Wark and Kevin Beattie off my list when nominating!
          Ipswich were really, really good, especially Clive Woods who appeared to have a free role on both wings;
          Paul Mariner was better than I remembered, and David Geddis was terrifying the Arsenal defence at only 19;
          For Wembley, it was incredibly muddy - watch Woods taking corners;
          Roger Osborne’s strike was a lot better than in my memory;
          Played in a great spirit;
          Jack Charlton co-commentating with Barry Davies; I didn’t remember that at all:


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            It's Brian Moore. BBC commentator was David Coleman (his last one IIRC).

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              So Bill's Spurs do for Brendan's Celtic 8-0 over two legs, and that gives us the 32 teams we need for the group stage. The draw will take place in due course.

              For the draw we have three separate pots:

              Pot A - The two teams seconded twice will take the hosts and holders slot at the opposite ends of the draw. They will share a group with three un-seconded teams.

              Pot B - The 12 seconded teams (I got us to this amount by seconding Man United 98-99) will take up two of the places in each of the other six groups.

              Pot C - The 18 un-seconded teams will take up the remaining group places. Three each with the teams from Pot A as mentioned, and two each with the teams from Pot B.

              Clear as fucking mud. And you thought the Nation's League was complicated.

              Sadly because of Covid 19 restrictions we can no longer hold our planned four hour draw ceremony hosted by Adrian Durham and Alan Brazil from Talksport alongside Robbie Savage, so the draw will now take place behind closed doors. It will be drawn by the competition admin Sean of the Shed, and will be overseen for fairness by the competition adjudicator, also Sean of the Shed.

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                Groups will be set out A-H with each of the top two qualifying.

                From there it will be:

                Last 16
                Match 1. A1 v B2
                Match 2. B1 v A2
                Match 3. C1 v D2
                Match 4. D1 v C2
                Match 5. E1 v D2
                Match 6. F1 v E2
                Match 7. G1 v H2
                Match 8. H1 v G2

                Quarter finals
                QF1. M1 v M3
                QF2. M2 v M4
                QF3. M5 v M7
                QF4. M6 v M8

                Semi finals
                SF1. QF1 v QF3
                SF2. QF2 v QF4
                ​​​​​
                Third place play off
                Loser SF1 v Loser SF2

                FINAL
                Winner SF1 v Winner SF2

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                  Once the draw has been announced then the voting for the first two groups will take place. I will try to allow around 24 hours for each day's voting, so that should hopefully see us doing the Third place play off and final a week on Sunday.

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                    Sorry, haven’t been here all day, but the nomination of Rogers’ Celtic is ridiculous and I’m glad it’s been rejected. My granny could have done as a job as Brendan, given the lack of competition, the huge differential in financial resources (abetted by UEFA giving massive financial rewards for what could be deemed mediocre performance or even failure) and their dismal performance in Europe. Let me get my tin hat on.

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                      Originally posted by Sean of the Shed View Post
                      Groups will be set out A-H with each of the top two qualifying.

                      From there it will be:

                      Last 16
                      Match 1. A1 v B2
                      Match 2. B1 v A2
                      Match 3. C1 v D2
                      Match 4. D1 v C2
                      Match 5. E1 v D2
                      Match 6. F1 v E2
                      Match 7. G1 v H2
                      Match 8. H1 v G2

                      Quarter finals
                      QF1. M1 v M3
                      QF2. M2 v M4
                      QF3. M5 v M7
                      QF4. M6 v M8

                      Semi finals
                      SF1. QF1 v QF3
                      SF2. QF2 v QF4
                      ​​​​​
                      Third place play off
                      Loser SF1 v Loser SF2

                      FINAL
                      Winner SF1 v Winner SF2
                      What are the group tiebreakers if groups end up with three teams on two wins each, or four teams all with one win, one draw and one loss?

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                        Originally posted by DPDPDPDP View Post
                        Sorry, haven’t been here all day, but the nomination of Rogers’ Celtic is ridiculous and I’m glad it’s been rejected. My granny could have done as a job as Brendan, given the lack of competition, the huge differential in financial resources (abetted by UEFA giving massive financial rewards for what could be deemed mediocre performance or even failure) and their dismal performance in Europe. Let me get my tin hat on.
                        Celtic 1967-1970 should have been accepted as an entry instead.

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                          Originally posted by Flynnie View Post

                          Celtic 1967-1970 should have been accepted as an entry instead.
                          Unfortunately they were nominated by someone who had already nominated.

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                            So here is the draw:

                            Group A
                            Milan 86-90**
                            Derby County 71-75
                            USSR 86-88
                            Liverpool 18-20

                            Group B
                            Leicester City 15-16*
                            France 82-84*
                            Aberdeen 83-85
                            Juventus 96-98

                            Group C
                            Nottingham Forest 77-80*
                            Nigeria 94-98*
                            Dundee United 79-87
                            Romania 1994

                            Group D
                            Denmark 1986*
                            Ipswich Town 76-82*
                            Uruguay 24-30
                            Marseille 90-91

                            Group E
                            Barcelona 08-09*
                            Everton 84-85*
                            Napoli 15-18
                            Real Madrid 55-60

                            Group F
                            Leeds 68-74*
                            Hungary 53-56*
                            Brazil 2002
                            Ajax 69-73

                            Group G
                            Manchester United 98-99*
                            France 1998-2000*
                            West Germany 1972
                            Dynamo Kyiv 97-99

                            Group H
                            Ajax 1995**
                            Lincoln City 75-76
                            Brazil 1970
                            Tottenham Hotspur 60-63

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                              Here are the first two groups to assess:

                              Group A
                              Milan 86-90** v Liverpool 18-20
                              Derby County 71-75 v USSR 86-88

                              Derby County v Liverpool
                              Milan v USSR

                              Milan v Derby County
                              Liverpool v USSR

                              Group E
                              Barcelona 08-09* v Real Madrid 55-60
                              Everton 84-85* v Napoli 15-18

                              Everton v Real Madrid
                              Barcelona v Napoli

                              Barcelona v Everton
                              Real Madrid v Napoli

                              Because these are group games you have the option of choosing a draw if you can't make your mind up.
                              Just select 1, 2 or X against each game, though feel free to extrapolate further on any matches you like.
                              I will sort out the final result tomorrow evening and put out the next games.
                              Last edited by Sean of the Shed; 25-03-2020, 19:31.

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                                Milan 86-90** v Liverpool 18-20 1 (close run but genius tells)
                                Derby County 71-75 v USSR 86-88 2 (Derby game but Soviet defensive work slightly superior to Ram power)

                                Derby County v Liverpool 2 >(Derby hold out for 70 minutes but succumb to a wonder strike by Firmino)
                                Milan v USSR 1 (the Italians far too strong for a workmanlike but limited USSR)

                                Milan v Derby County 1 (no contest)
                                Liverpool v USSR 1 (flair beats dour defence)

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                                  Barcelona 08-09* v Real Madrid 55-60 X (as in many clásicos, the strong attacks are smothered by keen defences. Cagey first game, nobody wanted to lose)
                                  Everton 84-85* v Napoli 15-18 1 (brittle Italians fall to a solid Evertonian team)

                                  Everton v Real Madrid 2 (Di Stefano, Puskas,, Gento y los demás begin to purr)
                                  Barcelona v Napoli 1 (Napoli no match, natch)

                                  Barcelona v Everton 1 (too easy)
                                  Real Madrid v Napoli 1 (class tells)
                                  Last edited by Sporting; 25-03-2020, 19:28.

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                                    Originally posted by Sean of the Shed View Post

                                    Group E
                                    Barcelona 08-09* v Real Madrid 55-60
                                    Everton 84-85* v Napoli 15-18

                                    Napoli v Real Madrid
                                    Barcelona v Napoli

                                    Barcelona v Everton
                                    Real Madrid v Napoli
                                    Would you like to check how many games Napoli play?

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                                      Originally posted by Sporting View Post

                                      Would you like to check how many games Napoli play?
                                      Well spotted. Now amended.

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                                        Group A
                                        1: Milan 86-90** v Liverpool 18-20
                                        X: Derby County 71-75 v USSR 86-88 (Baseball Ground bog negates silky Soviets)

                                        X: Derby County v Liverpool
                                        X: Milan v USSR

                                        1: Milan v Derby County (I love Dave Mackay but Milan are literally in a different league. Literally).
                                        1: Liverpool v USSR

                                        Group E
                                        2: Barcelona 08-09* v Real Madrid 55-60 (no strangers to the Nou Camp, undaunted visitors lose on possession stats but make theirs pay)
                                        1: Everton 84-85* v Napoli 15-18

                                        2: Everton v Real Madrid
                                        1: Barcelona v Napoli

                                        1: Barcelona v Everton (Southall's heroics not enough)
                                        1: Real Madrid v Napoli

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                                          Group A

                                          Milan 86-90** v Liverpool 18-20 : Milan win 2-1, two early goals by Rijkaard and Van Basten defy a Liverpool bombardment despite a late header from Van Dijk

                                          Derby County 71-75 v USSR 86-88 : a nervy 1-1 draw, Blokhin scoring early but Derby equalising. Two players sent off from each side are going to deplete them for further group games.

                                          Derby County v Liverpool : A comfortable 3-0 win for Liverpool, as Derby fail to understand how the visitors' wingbacks get up the pitch so fast in the mud of the Baseball ground

                                          Milan v USSR: The USSR shock the world by just shooting on sight from midfield and win 3-2.

                                          Milan v Derby County: 0-0, as Milan play the ball around midfield for 88 minutes in the mistaken belief that a draw will see them qualify, until hearing the news from Anfield

                                          Liverpool v USSR : 1-0 to the home side with an injury time goal from Adam Lallana.

                                          Last edited by Rogin the Armchair fan; 25-03-2020, 19:56.

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                                            Milan v Liverpool 1, Derby v USSR 1, Derby v Liverpool 2 , Milan v USSR 1, Milan v Derby 1. Liverpool v USSR 1

                                            Barcelona v Real Madrid x , Everton v Napoli 1.

                                            Everton v Real Madrid 2, Barcelona v Napoli 1

                                            Barcelona v Everton x, Napoli v Real Madrid 2

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                                              Group A
                                              1: Milan 86-90** v Liverpool 18-20
                                              2: Derby County 71-75 v USSR 86-88

                                              2: Derby County v Liverpool
                                              1: Milan v USSR

                                              1: Milan v Derby County
                                              X Liverpool v USSR

                                              Group E
                                              2: Barcelona 08-09* v Real Madrid 55-60
                                              1: Everton 84-85* v Napoli 15-18

                                              2: Everton v Real Madrid
                                              1: Barcelona v Napoli

                                              2: Barcelona v Everton
                                              1: Real Madrid v Napoli

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                                                Group A
                                                Milan 86-90** v Liverpool 18-20 -- 1
                                                Derby County 71-75 v USSR 86-88 -- 2

                                                Derby County v Liverpool -- 2
                                                Milan v USSR -- 1

                                                Milan v Derby County -- 1
                                                Liverpool v USSR -- x

                                                Group E
                                                Barcelona 08-09* v Real Madrid 55-60 -- x
                                                Everton 84-85* v Napoli 15-18 -- 1

                                                Everton v Real Madrid -- 2
                                                Barcelona v Napoli -- 1

                                                Barcelona v Everton -- 1
                                                Real Madrid v Napoli -- 1

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                                                  Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View Post
                                                  It's Brian Moore. BBC commentator was David Coleman (his last one IIRC).
                                                  Of course it was, I’m losing it. And of course I’d have seen the Beeb’s version.

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                                                    Group A
                                                    Milan 86-90** v Liverpool 18-20 - 1
                                                    Derby County 71-75 v USSR 86-88 - X

                                                    Derby County v Liverpool - 2
                                                    Milan v USSR - 1

                                                    Milan v Derby County - 1
                                                    Liverpool v USSR - X

                                                    Group E
                                                    Barcelona 08-09* v Real Madrid 55-60 - X
                                                    Everton 84-85* v Napoli 15-18 - 1

                                                    Everton v Real Madrid - 2
                                                    Barcelona v Napoli - 1

                                                    Barcelona v Everton - 1
                                                    Real Madrid v Napoli - 1

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