British Army League 2026

[myboyblue]

@Aertel220

Forest being relegated in 1992/93 must’ve been a big deal at the time too given the success they’d had over the previous 15 years.

It was a massive deal. It finished Clough

[ChairmanDan]

Brian Clough was seriously shook looking that season they were relegated. I’d say he was in overdrive on the sauce.

[Special_Olympiakos]

@StoneCold

Wonder did he call to Mikey and Anthony Kelly?

Many’s a time. He mentions Anthony by name in a book I read

[Galaxy]

That was some goal gykores first. Hes a beast

[carryharry]

Not win?

[carryharry]

Nice trip down memory lane that.

Big Sam might not be everyone’s cup of tea but you can’t ignore what he accomplished at Bolton.

[Plastic_Paddy]

@ChairmanDan

Spurs themselves were relegated in 1977. Manchester City and Chelsea relegated numerous times in the 1980’s, but your point is accepted that they are not traditional big teams.

Aston Villa, founder member of the football league in season 1888/89 were relegated in 1987, just 5 years after winning the European Cup.

Billy McNeill took Villa down after leaving Man City earlier in the season. Man City also went down. Ron Saunders did the same thing the previous season managing Birmingham City and Albion in the same season and both went down.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

Reading a few articles about Arsenal “bottling” the league has me thinking would Liverpool have gotten over the line in 2020 if it wasn’t for Covid /
Behind / closed doors football in 2020.

They were beginning to creek just before lock down.

[myboyblue]

@BruidheanChaorthainn

would Liverpool have gotten over the line in 2020 if it wasn’t for Covid /
Behind / closed doors football in 2020.

Yes

We can move on lads, I’ve saved you all a day.

[Aertel220]

Villa are going to throw away top 5 and Champions League qualification. They may need to win the Europa at this rate.

[myboyblue]

Villa are Spurs’like at times in their ability to fuck up a good situation. They’ve only gone and done it again

[ChairmanDan]

The simple answer to that, is No. Liverpool had a 26 point lead before lockdown. They only needed 5 points from 27 available from their last 9 games to wrap up the league.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

Nothing is simple in sport. I suspect they bottle it with full crowds.

Klopp was never much good under pressure. He walked away for a finish because he couldn’t deal with the pressure.

Remember the Meltdown in 2014. Lost to Chelsea’s third team at home and then coughed up a three nil lead v Crystal Palace in the space of a few days.

Liverpool just aren’t reliable down the stretch as they say.

[myboyblue]

Hold the line lads, you’re better than this

[Aertel220]

@ChairmanDan

The simple answer to that, is No. Liverpool had a 26 point lead before lockdown. They only needed 5 points from 27 available from their last 9 games to wrap up the league.

As it turned out Liverpool would have won the league without any further points as City didn’t reach the 82 points that Liverpool had with 9 games remaining. But for Covid Liverpool would’ve surpassed the 100 points mark record set by Man City 2 years previous. As it was, they had to settle for 99. Heady times.

A veteran Spurs fan I know was of the opinion at the time that the team which beat Spurs in the 2019 Champions League final was the strongest in Liverpool’s history. A fair statement considering he’d have seen the teams of the 70’s and 80’s.

[myboyblue]

Ah ffs

[Julio_Geordio]

Obsessed

[Gman]

You tried at least.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

I’d like to see Arsenal get over the line with crowds

[Julio_Geordio]

I dunno. I had no strong feelings about arsenal one way or another. But this crop play some horrendous football.

They’ll surely win it this year. All the contenders have fallen away.