English Premier League idea

[DudyDawg]

Well that is the beauty of football/soccer if it was written on paper it wouldn't be very interesting. We'll see when the European season starts!

Haha that I whole heartedly agree with. Sadly tho, I don't think spurs will do much in Europe or EPL, but can really see them winning something. How do you feel about them getting rid of Gylfi. I'm not so sure Swansea didn't come out on too of that deal.

[CT_Palace]

New member and Palace in exile here in CT. Joined up after Smitty posted on our forum
Smitty has pulled the plum, no doubt.
COYP! (Come on You Palace!)
As mentioned we're playing the Crew tonight (Youtube live feed link already posted by that reprobate Pistol, who btw is not, once you've worked out his username, mad but drunk )
For those who can't get to see the game tonight, we're playing Philly on Friday night. Hopefully there will be a feed for that game too. Should be well attended by Palace fans (yours truly included) - we have our own section in the ground (stadium) so hopefully a lot of noise!

For those who cannot sit through an entire game of football (not soccer) yet without disparing at the lack of points being racked up on the scoreboard, here's a couple of highlight reels.
This one was our finest hour in recent years - getting promoted to the Premier via the play-off. The final was at Wembley with around 40,000 Palace there (including yours truly... and keeping it topical, I bumped into Pistol in the pisser (bathroom) at half-time!)


And this one from last season, when we decided who won the Premiership by coming back from 0-3 down against Liverpool and leaving Suarez blubbing.
Quality's not so good unfortunately but it was an amazing 10 minutes!


Smitty enjoy the ride! And to the others, have fun supporting your various picks.
Get ready for early morning starts on Saturday and Sunday on NBCSN (as an aside, the presenter, Rebecca Lowe is Palace too!)

[DudyDawg]

@DudyDawg do you watch a lot of Spanish football?

Yes I do. Like I said I'm a Real Madrid fan. I watch mostly Spanish and English football, and only really see teams in Italy/Germany/France play in Europe. I would say I watch mostly English, followed very close by Spanish (and every Madrid game I can), and European after that.

I also work for the Houston Dynamo right now, so I see quite a bit of MLS

[Dawg61]

Oh Dawg61, we made our first signings today, Dutch goalkeeper Michel Vorm and left back Ben Davies both from Swansea, in return we've given them attacking midfielder Gylfi Thor Siggurdson

Nice!! Does that mean Spurs are letting the US goalkeeper go? Sorry Cadaver and Swansea

[Freudlyuchenko]

Nice!! Does that mean Spurs are letting the US goalkeeper go? Sorry Cadaver and Swansea

Nah, he's now third choice and at 43 will retire at the end of the season and join the coaching set up as well as be a club ambassador for your part of the world.

[Freudlyuchenko]

Yes I do. Like I said I'm a Real Madrid fan. I watch mostly Spanish and English football, and only really see teams in Italy/Germany/France play in Europe. I would say I watch mostly English, followed very close by Spanish (and every Madrid game I can), and European after that.

I also work for the Houston Dynamo right now, so I see quite a bit of MLS

Dynamo are my favourite MLS team, I was playing as them on Fifa10 and the 'love in' went from there, Brian Ching is THE MAN. What do you do for them?

[DudyDawg]

Dynamo are my favourite MLS team, I was playing as them on Fifa10 and the 'love in' went from there, Brian Ching is THE MAN. What do you do for them?

I work in marketing. Brian still is with us and works in the office now. Gotten to spend some time with him and even watched a few WC games together. He's an even better guy.

[Dawg61]

Thanks for joining in CT_Palace, lots of great stuff in your post

[Smitty]

Question on soccer/football fan experience…

Seems to me the most coveted seats are all at the ends of the pitch in soccer, whereas you want to be along the sidelines closer to the middle in football… Is there anything to this?

[DudyDawg]

Some of it is personal preference. A lot of it is bc in most places they put the supporters groups (fan groups who sing/chant/drum all game) in one end, kind of like a student section. If I were picking, I would like to be closer to the middle tho.

[Freudlyuchenko]

Question on soccer/football fan experience…

Seems to me the most coveted seats are all at the ends of the pitch in soccer, whereas you want to be along the sidelines closer to the middle in football… Is there anything to this?

The best seats in the house are in the middle of the pitch however in the older stadia people form an affection with a part of the stadium.
For example at White Hart Lane we have four sides, Paxton, Shelf Side, Park Lane and the West Stand, the loudest parts were (these recent influx of so called 'success' has really quietened the Lane down) Park Lane and Shelf, with West Stand where the rich people who didn't sing went. Going to the game isn't all about the match it is about the experience of supporting your club, and for some people that is down to what part of the stadium they are in.

[CT_Palace]

That's a good question Smitty and not one I admit to knowing exactly why. But yes, you're right, perhaps not so much coveted, but certainly the ends behind the goal is usually where you will find the most passionate of fans. At Crystal Palace's ground, Selhurst Park, it's called the Holmesdale (From the Holmesdale Road running along that side of the ground) and can be seen in my avatar.
Historically football teams in the UK have always had a "home" end reserved solely for the home team supporters and in the old days an "away" end for the visiting supporters. Of course this separation didn't always work and that usually led to trouble. Today, the away fans are not necessarily seated behind the goal opposite the home end but are segregated somewhere else within the ground. The ends of the grounds were also traditionally standing only (called terraces), not seated. it's only been since the Hillsborough Disaster that Premier league and Championship teams grounds were required to be all seaters. Being standing only, they could hold many more supporters than the seated equivalent, this improved the atmosphere and singing and tickets for these sections were cheaper and therefore more popular.
In today's all-seater stadiums the tradition of a home end still persists but without doubt the advent of all seater stadiums and the subsequent increase of ticket pricing has destroyed the atmosphere of the old days at some clubs (Arsenal being a classic example - their ground, The Emirates Stadium is known as the library ). At Palace however, the noise and the atmosphere persists often led by a group fans known as the Holmesdale Fanatics.

[Freudlyuchenko]

That's a good question Smitty and not one I admit to knowing exactly why. But yes, you're right, perhaps not so much coveted, but certainly the ends behind the goal is usually where you will find the most passionate of fans. At Crystal Palace's ground, Selhurst Park, it's called the Holmesdale (From the Holmesdale Road running along that side of the ground) and can be seen in my avatar.
Historically football teams in the UK have always had a "home" end reserved solely for the home team supporters and in the old days an "away" end for the visiting supporters. Of course this separation didn't always work and that usually led to trouble. Today, the away fans are not necessarily seated behind the goal opposite the home end but are segregated somewhere else within the ground. The ends of the grounds were also traditionally standing only (called terraces), not seated. it's only been since the Hillsborough Disaster that Premier league and Championship teams grounds were required to be all seaters. Being standing only, they could hold many more supporters than the seated equivalent, this improved the atmosphere and singing and tickets for these sections were cheaper and therefore more popular.
In today's all-seater stadiums the tradition of a home end still persists but without doubt the advent of all seater stadiums and the subsequent increase of ticket pricing has destroyed the atmosphere of the old days at some clubs (Arsenal being a classic example - their ground, The Emirates Stadium is known as the library ). At Palace however, the noise and the atmosphere persists often led by a group fans known as the Holmesdale Fanatics.

Do you know what happened with the safe standing they were trying to get looked at in Parliament? Is it still on trial at a Championship/League One club.

I'm part of the 1882 Movement who are trying to bring back the atmosphere to the Lane, we're good when we can get tickets it is often too hard to get together on the big matches, it is why I love Europa league nights.

[Dawg61]

This thread just went from awesome to legendary

[Freudlyuchenko]

This thread just went from awesome to legendary

5 Minutes to kick off, do you want a stream?

[DudyDawg]

5 Minutes to kick off, do you want a stream?

The spurs Toronto game is on ESPN2 here in the states.

[CT_Palace]

Do you know what happened with the safe standing they were trying to get looked at in Parliament? Is it still on trial at a Championship/League One club.

I'm part of the 1882 Movement who are trying to bring back the atmosphere to the Lane, we're good when we can get tickets it is often too hard to get together on the big matches, it is why I love Europa league nights.

Not sure actually, but I'm not holding my breath. Don't think anything will happen until the old bill are onside with it and knowing their view on football supporters that aint going to happen soon. I don't think its on trial anywhere although Peterborough still had standing sections when they played in the Championship season before last

[Dawgowar]

[DudyDawg]

Some good MLS-EPL games tonight with Toronto-Tottenham playing now and Kansas City-Manchester City immediately after. Both on ESPN2

[WeWillScrewItUp]

West Brom signed their goal keeper, Ben Foster, to a four year deal plus a 12 month option for the club. I didn't see what the contract was worth.