UEFA Cup Final

**Donegalcelt** · 06/05/2006, 2:11 PM

Anyone going? We're flying Manchester to Dusseldorf Wednesday morning then getting the train over to Eindhoven

**Plastic Paddy** · 06/05/2006, 4:23 PM

I'm not going but I will be rooting for Sevilla after the wonderful reception afforded to Celtic fans in that city before and after the UEFA Cup final in 2003.

PP

**Donegalcelt** · 07/05/2006, 11:28 PM

No way. Real Betis are the team in Spain

**gustavo** · 08/05/2006, 12:07 AM

If by "the team in Spain" you mean the team in Spain from Seville that wear green and white stripes then yes , They are the team in Spain.

**pete** · 08/05/2006, 9:20 AM

Originally Posted by Donegalcelt

Anyone going?

Don't bother. Johnny Giles doesn't rate the competition.

**drinkfeckarse** · 08/05/2006, 1:20 PM

Hope you enjoy it. Personally I don't find it very appealing, I find Middlesboro about as enjoyable as piles. I'll be doing well if I watch it let alone go to it.

**Junior** · 08/05/2006, 1:28 PM

Originally Posted by drinkfeckarse

Hope you enjoy it. Personally I don't find it very appealing, I find Middlesboro about as enjoyable as piles. I'll be doing well if I watch it let alone go to it.

Obviously haven't watched the qtr and semi finals then?

but I know what you mean it doesn't sound the best but Im sure neither of those 2 games did either..............

**drinkfeckarse** · 08/05/2006, 2:22 PM

Originally Posted by Junior

Obviously haven't watched the qtr and semi finals then?

but I know what you mean it doesn't sound the best but Im sure neither of those 2 games did either..............

To be fair, they were 2 exciting games but IMO that's the exception rather than the rule when it comes to 'Boro. I just don't find them enjoyable to watch (although the same could be said for most teams in England) and I think their fans are quite fickle.

I remember watching the early rounds and seeing the ground less than half full for a few of the group games and thinking it was a kick in the teeth for the Chairman Steve Gibson. He has ploughed tens of millions into the club to deliver European football and once it has been achieved the fans can't be bothered getting off their arses to support the team.

But of course we'll be subjected to the usual clich�s from the commentators on Wednesday about "great supporters" etc...

**Junior** · 08/05/2006, 5:24 PM

Originally Posted by drinkfeckarse

To be fair, they were 2 exciting games but IMO that's the exception rather than the rule when it comes to 'Boro. I just don't find them enjoyable to watch (although the same could be said for most teams in England) and I think their fans are quite fickle.

I remember watching the early rounds and seeing the ground less than half full for a few of the group games and thinking it was a kick in the teeth for the Chairman Steve Gibson. He has ploughed tens of millions into the club to deliver European football and once it has been achieved the fans can't be bothered getting off their arses to support the team.

But of course we'll be subjected to the usual clich�s from the commentators on Wednesday about "great supporters" etc...

You're right, even the Basel game (Qtr final) was half empty. The SF was pretty full.

Boro have only got 9k tickets, the stadium in Eindhoven only holds 32k which seems remarkably small for a european final.

**NeilMcD** · 08/05/2006, 5:31 PM

Put your money on spurs to do well next year in it.

**DmanDmythDledge** · 08/05/2006, 5:57 PM

Originally Posted by NeilMcD

Put your money on spurs to do well next year in it.

Ye, definitely. They have to be strong favourites. This year I think Boro will do it. I fancied them to win it from the start and I'm kicking myself I didn't put a bet on them to win it when they went 2 down against steaua.

**superfrank** · 08/05/2006, 6:37 PM

Originally Posted by dmandmythdledge

Ye, definitely. They have to be strong favourites.

I can't see how Spurs are. They didn't get past the first rounds in the English League Cup or the FA Cup. They lost to Grimsby, I think, in the League Cup and Leicester in the FA Cup. I don't think that makes them strong favourites for a cup competition.

**gustavo** · 09/05/2006, 12:04 PM

Anyone else think its typical amateurism from RTE that they refer to Sevilla as Seville ?

**Aberdonian Stu** · 09/05/2006, 1:20 PM

I'll tell you what really grinds my gears, when Aidan Cooney insists on saying Internacional instead of Inter or even Internazionale. They're Italian, not Spanish!

**Larry 'da' Wyse** · 09/05/2006, 8:52 PM

Have a fiver on Seville at 16/1 (last of the big spenders) so will be cheering 'em on.

Would gladly spend potential winngins towards getting a ticket for the Champions League Final (no laughing down the back). Have flights etc. already booked but getting a ticket seems impossible.

Any spares anyone?(I said no laughing)

**superfrank** · 10/05/2006, 7:19 PM

Originally Posted by Larry 'da' Wyse

Have flights etc. already booked but getting a ticket seems impossible.

I hope you enjoy Paris then...

Sevilla 1-0 up.

**Saint Tom** · 10/05/2006, 8:25 PM

check this for a clich� on ITV after going 3-0 down..

"even by boro's super human powers of recovery this game is over"..

**superfrank** · 10/05/2006, 8:34 PM

Final score 4-0. Sevilla destroyed Boro. I think it was the decision to switch the formation to 4-2-4 when it was still only 1-0 that caught themselves out.