Lighthouse 2 legged play off games shouldn’t be settled on penalties if the scores are level. The highest placed team goes through

Aka The Serie B playoff model.

We should absolutely bring it in.

Vitesse Arnhem deducted 18 points for money laundering and violation of sanctions (via Abramovic)

It means they are deffo relegated.

Crikey

Premier League 'big clubs' need replays ditched because they are playing too many games

In other news Spurs & Newcastle are playing against each other in Australia 3 days after the PL season ends

can I throw in another interesting law of the game that people often don't know? If a game goes to a penalty shoot out and one of the teams has had a red card during the match, the other team has to nominate a player that is excluded from the shoot out so that in case it goes way into sudden death ...

create a pretend euro super league, invite 'the big 6' to join with all the riches they could want, get them to sign a contract to say they are bang up for it, but the small print will say that they are leaving the PL, then once they have signed tell them the truth and laugh at them as they are then...

Interesting - does that apply to an outfield player only? Or would you be able to nominate the 'keeper, but he is still able to play as 'keeper, just wouldn't be able to take a penalty? Or does it have to be an outfield player? The excluding means they take no part at all in the pens, so I assume y...

can I throw in another interesting law of the game that people often don't know? If a game goes to a penalty shoot out and one of the teams has had a red card during the match, the other team has to nominate a player that is excluded from the shoot out so that in case it goes way into sudden death ...

I had forgotten that it's this time of the season you get headlines of 'x ruled out for season', which means they are out for 2 weeks. Also x hasn't scored for 5 months or x haven't won a game for 5 months, but includes the summer break and weeks where only 1 game, or no game has been played and ac...

I wear a different one everyday to the gym until I've finished hadn't thought of using them as gym shirts. i may try this. yeah they are good and a good conversation piece when people ask why im wearing a random pink shirt with japanese writing on I would just go all 'ahh konnichiwa' at them. For l...

Serie A confirmed as one of the two leagues to be given an extra Champions League place for 2024-25 Brilliant news for Bologna who are currently in 4th, 8 points ahead of 6th. and if either Roma or Atalanta (currently 5th & 6th in Serie A) win the Europa League but finish outside of the top 4 th...

can I throw in another interesting law of the game that people often don't know? If a game goes to a penalty shoot out and one of the teams has had a red card during the match, the other team has to nominate a player that is excluded from the shoot out so that in case it goes way into sudden death p...

Loafer I wear a different one everyday to the gym until I've finished

hadn't thought of using them as gym shirts. i may try this.

I had forgotten that it's this time of the season you get headlines of 'x ruled out for season', which means they are out for 2 weeks.

Big appointment at Al Qabila FC in the UAE
https://twitter.com/secondtierpod/status/1781011139393900990?t=mHO3A-XShFX7mi5zmkmvug&s=19

Underneath the Bernabeu, where they can store the pitch in 'greenhouses' or just grow new bits in there

Pepe the Horseman I see there's a petition going around to reinstate the replays. Has an online petition ever worked for anything?

I hate online petitions so much. One of the worst minor things about the Internet era.

Loafer

Winston Biscuit another step towards me turning away from football tbh

what other sport will you take up?

kabadi

another step towards me turning away from football tbh

'how come the cup match between Wealdstone Vs Boreham Wood isn't going to a replay?' 'because the American owners of one of the wealthiest Premier League clubs wanted less low revenue games for their club, so that they can focus more on extra games in the Champions League, the Club World Cup and the...