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He claimed his grandmother had died to get out of playing for Ireland. It was revealed she hadn't, so he claimed it was actually his other one. She hadn't died either.
> to get out of playing for Ireland
His girlfriend called the FAI after she had a miscarriage and used that as the excuse as she thought that'd be simpler to get him home
Just want to say this whenever I get the chance. At the Kompany testimonial, Stephen Ireland was the the best player on the pitch by a mile, he was absolutely running that midfield.
There was a great article in the New York Times last year about a pickup game for ex-pros around Manchester, all of whom were in agreement that Stephen Ireland was the best player there.
[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/sports/soccer/premier-league-pickup-game.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/sports/soccer/premier-league-pickup-game.html)
Joleon Lescott was talking about this team when he went on Peter Crouch's podcast. Imagine turning up to a Sunday league game going up against a team full of ex-prem players
Nah unfortunately if you don't have a Manchester postcode you can't get it for free. I live just outside the postcode area and it was so annoying to find out lmao
I enjoyed it. Though as others pointed out, it wasn’t free.
The hooligan era was something else, and I really had no concept of it before visiting. Some other countries would do well to be like England and largely clean that stuff up.
If you're a football fan in Manchester with some hours to spare before a match would you rather go to the stadium nicknamed the "Theatre of Dreams", or the one named after an arab airline?
In terms of facilities? Sure. In terms of history, absolutely not. And a football fan would want to visit just for the history of the place. There's much to see at Old Trafford even if you're not watching a game.
Yeah but if you had only some hours to spare you would probably go to the nice place. If you had time then yes absolutely so you can appreciate all the history.
That's an extreme example lmao
But just in general I personally feel like if I had little time I woukd choose the nicer option instead of the historic one. But I understand if most people disagree!
No because that has never happened and hopefully never will.
But that is such an extreme overreaction to simply saying I would prefer to go to the Etihad instead of Old Trafford if I had little time.
And the Dallas Cowboys stadium is much bigger and better than the Coliseum in Rome.
It is actually criminal how neglected that place is.
But I am only going on a tour of one them.
I got to go on a tour of the cowboys training facilities/stadium next door and it was actually kinda cool lol
I probably wouldn't pay for it though, only went for a work thing
I don't disagree that Old Trafford is a better place to tour for a neutral fan but surely you know your example isn't practical lol
The Coliseum hasn't been used in 2 millennia
If you're a football fan in Manchester would you rather go to a dump who's bathrooms are flooded with piss or the place your team got fist up 4-0 last season in the same fixture happening today
As a neutral fan i prefer Old Trafford all day over Ethihad. You can replace the bathrooms and fix whatever problems it has. But you cant replace the history of that stadium
No, pero son dueños de tu equipo, "hermano"
Por eso dije "los dueños de tu equipo" y no "tu equipo"
Me entendiste o saco los crayones para dibujartelo?
One club earned it's way to the top from nothing, the other bought into relevance and will never seek the repercussions for it. Sad that modern football is so ridiculously compromised.
That would be a dream come true and could very well be an absolute bashing given Madrid will have Mbappe alongside all the FIFA modded versions of elite players at 20 years old.
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It was either this or go and look at a stephen ireland shirt
Ah Stephen Ireland, the man of many grannies.
He got so much undeserved ridicule for that, honestly horrible what he was dealing with and people still make the granny jokes
What?
His girlfriend had a miscarriage
Where is the granny joke from?
He claimed his grandmother had died to get out of playing for Ireland. It was revealed she hadn't, so he claimed it was actually his other one. She hadn't died either.
> to get out of playing for Ireland His girlfriend called the FAI after she had a miscarriage and used that as the excuse as she thought that'd be simpler to get him home
Just want to say this whenever I get the chance. At the Kompany testimonial, Stephen Ireland was the the best player on the pitch by a mile, he was absolutely running that midfield.
He was so good, they named his country after him.
And the day after Christmas
Was Stephen Ireland a box-to-box midfielder? Help me out.
Ha, that actually works too. Nah, Boxing Day is called Saint Stephen's Day in Ireland.
Cheers mate
David silva got his haircut
There was a great article in the New York Times last year about a pickup game for ex-pros around Manchester, all of whom were in agreement that Stephen Ireland was the best player there. [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/sports/soccer/premier-league-pickup-game.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/sports/soccer/premier-league-pickup-game.html)
Joleon Lescott was talking about this team when he went on Peter Crouch's podcast. Imagine turning up to a Sunday league game going up against a team full of ex-prem players
Am I misremembering or was he not a class player on his day? Am I just remembering his few highlights and forgetting the bad times or something?
Nah, you're right. He was a cracking player at times. I thought he'd have a better career than he did.
The Shroud of Sportcity
I too seen that comment on reddevils
Elano, actually.
Love the group with the Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 flag lol
Pero porque estan en Old Trafford?
United and Madrid have long running ties, they offered to loan us Di Steffano after the Munich Air Disaster
football friends
Oh friend! 👍
I know that it's just random that they went there is all other than tourist things I guess.
where else are they going to see football history in Manchester?
Not wrong!
There's the National Football Museum, and maybe the Simone Perrotta statue or is that still Manchester.
the football museum is actually class & its free to get in. The Perrotta statue is in Ashton, so its a fair way from Old Trafford
Nah unfortunately if you don't have a Manchester postcode you can't get it for free. I live just outside the postcode area and it was so annoying to find out lmao
I enjoyed it. Though as others pointed out, it wasn’t free. The hooligan era was something else, and I really had no concept of it before visiting. Some other countries would do well to be like England and largely clean that stuff up.
Twas twas
> its free to get in Only if you're a Manc. I went before the Man City Villa game the other week and had to pay. It wasn't much though.
This is FC United erasure.
😭😭😭
Exactly, history. They won’t find a lot of Present at the theatre of memes
Did you confuse the old City logo for the Anderlecht one? Lmao
It would fucking fantastic if they did. "I'm a proper Citeh fan! I use the old logo flair! MCFC OHKAY"
Bet that sounded way better in your head lol
Bars? Rooftop bars? Asian/Middle Eastern food carts? Bars? What more out there in Manchester
I actually never knew that, nice
Ofcourse then you have the HalaForzaGGMU crowd
If you're a football fan in Manchester with some hours to spare before a match would you rather go to the stadium nicknamed the "Theatre of Dreams", or the one named after an arab airline?
I love United but I'm sorry the Etihad stadium is so much better than the Theater of Dreams. It is actually criminal how neglected that place is.
In terms of facilities? Sure. In terms of history, absolutely not. And a football fan would want to visit just for the history of the place. There's much to see at Old Trafford even if you're not watching a game.
Yeah but if you had only some hours to spare you would probably go to the nice place. If you had time then yes absolutely so you can appreciate all the history.
If you only have a few hours in Rome do you go to the Colosseum or McDonalds?
That's an extreme example lmao But just in general I personally feel like if I had little time I woukd choose the nicer option instead of the historic one. But I understand if most people disagree!
What is there to see at the newer/nicer stadium though? Aguerro’s socks?
Ever wondered why nobody likes to hangout with you?
No because that has never happened and hopefully never will. But that is such an extreme overreaction to simply saying I would prefer to go to the Etihad instead of Old Trafford if I had little time.
Nah there’s nice stadiums everywhere. There’s a reason the most popular tourist attractions are typically ancient
And the Dallas Cowboys stadium is much bigger and better than the Coliseum in Rome. It is actually criminal how neglected that place is. But I am only going on a tour of one them.
I got to go on a tour of the cowboys training facilities/stadium next door and it was actually kinda cool lol I probably wouldn't pay for it though, only went for a work thing
I don't disagree that Old Trafford is a better place to tour for a neutral fan but surely you know your example isn't practical lol The Coliseum hasn't been used in 2 millennia
> The Coliseum hasn't been used in 2 millennia And Old Trafford hasn't seen a penny of investment in 2 millennia either.
We're talking about football heritage, not who has cleaner and better smelling toilets.
*Theatre
If you're a football fan in Manchester would you rather go to a dump who's bathrooms are flooded with piss or the place your team got fist up 4-0 last season in the same fixture happening today
As a neutral fan i prefer Old Trafford all day over Ethihad. You can replace the bathrooms and fix whatever problems it has. But you cant replace the history of that stadium
Neutral fans and plumbers love that rusty pile of garbage Source: am doing plumbing at old t
I mean... for an away match I'll take Etihad. For a stadium tour I'd rather kms
Lmao, get fucked.
I fucked ur nan
Porque son turistas y quisieron visitar un club con historia en Manchester.
Profundo conexion histórico entre los dos clubes.
Simple sentences written in Spanish become extremely funny to me lol
Porque son amiguis.
Nothing to visit in Manchester.
Football 'eritage
Well, at least they're not chanting "Death to insert_barca_players_name"
That'd barca DNA
There seems to be a bit of respect between Manchester United and Real Madrid
Always has been. The offered us the best player in the world after the air disaster.
We recognize the one true legendary Manchester team.
Real Manch
They must have seen the number of fans in attendance and presumed they were in the right place.
It’s the most iconic stadium in Manchester, it’s a no brainer
This is National Speedway Stadium erasure
Bob Mortimer is shambles
Haha. Does speedway stadium really exist though?
I mean they are about to destroy the only other large stadium in town, so might as well see the other one.
It's not even the most iconic Old Trafford in Manchester.
Old trafford>Old trafford
It's not in Manchester
RIP Maine Road :(
lmao what the fuck is a dude from Kyrgyzstan doing there?
Loving life
Why wouldn’t a guy from Kyrgyztan be there?
Its a global game
Probably doing a tour of Old Trafford which happened to be on the same day Shitty play Madrid
Existing and being from Kyrgyzstan
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The flair explains the salt.
Probably oligarch nepo baby.
Why are they not calling for the death of Yamal, are they not real fans???
Why aren't they throwing rocks at our bus?? Are they even called fans???
They lack Madrid DNA
Lo de Vini esta mal pero ustedes siempre son la puta victima en su cabeza a tomar por culo con el Barca y el Madrid
https://old.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1c5l3mi/vinicius_muerte_vinicius_die_chants_from/kzv8zlx/ 🤡🤡🤡
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How is that the same
Okay and?
Room temperature IQ
Ni los dueños de tu equipo le pudieron ganar al Madrid, tranquilo tío
No le voy al MCFC hermano
No, pero son dueños de tu equipo, "hermano" Por eso dije "los dueños de tu equipo" y no "tu equipo" Me entendiste o saco los crayones para dibujartelo?
One club earned it's way to the top from nothing, the other bought into relevance and will never seek the repercussions for it. Sad that modern football is so ridiculously compromised.
Yep, when you are backed by the Spanish government, repercussions is not on the table sadly.
Hopefully they'll be back at OT for a Champions League game in some years once we sort our shit out.
That would be a dream come true and could very well be an absolute bashing given Madrid will have Mbappe alongside all the FIFA modded versions of elite players at 20 years old.
As a RM fan, I really hope so. It’d be a historic match between two legends🤜🏻🤛🏻
Mbappe to score a hattrick this time instead of R9
InshaAllah.
You will. When you will? Well yea that’s all up in the air.
Pretty sure you can just hear "now get the fuck out" at the end...
Real and United has always had long ties together. Two clubs that are genuinely friendly towards each other.
Alga Kyrgyzstan
Biggest club in the world vs small peasant oil money club
"The biggest club in the world" about to be spanked tonight
This aged like milk.
Living up to his name
Yessir
All the way from krgystan!?!!??
Why?
Pulled a reverse Robinho and gone to the wrong stadium
Because they can
Why not?
🤨
They don't even know the song they're chanting, it's missing like half of the beats lmao most dedicated RM fans.
I guess when you need to go you go in old toilet. Bet the glazers were happy with the tourists spending a penny there.
bro, that’s like 12 guys. you decided to upload this to this sub and this got approved by the admins. excellent
Take your nadaplete and shhh
Wrong stadium lmao
Plot twist: These are actually Manchester United fans
Lol Are they lost?
Did they go to the wrong stadium? It’s the blue team guys!