Football (not Premier League)

[Dannie Boy]

Fulham might have done Everton a favour by knocking them out of the Cup after a penalty shootout - now they can concentrate on league survival!!

[Bamboo Grove]

Part of City's substitutions' bench on Tuesday.

82 Lewis
92 Hamilton

[Lost]

[Dannie Boy]

He did look a little upset didn’t he!!

[dtaai-maai]

The funniest aspect of the whole thing is the reaction of the other blokes on the bench - they don't know where to look!

[pharvey]

Part of City's substitutions' bench on Tuesday.

82 Lewis
92 Hamilton

I thought he was 44 - and hey, far from retired!!

[Dannie Boy]

Man City have another achievement by winning the Club World Cup and in the process claim a record 5 trophies in the same calendar year!!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67795653

[pharvey]

Man City have another achievement by winning the Club World Cup and in the process claim a record 5 trophies in the same calendar year!!

Amazing what oil and governing bodies in your pocket can buy I guess.....

[pharvey]

The 1st sacking of the New Year then - though it doesn't seem to be a huge surprise.

Wayne Rooney: Birmingham City to sack manager after just 15 games in charge

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67858866

[Lost]

Rooney sacked after 15 games as Birmingham manager. Failed to win 13 of those. Took over in a bizarre decision from the board when Birmingham were sitting pretty in 5th. They're now 20th. The last time a manager was this bad was way back in in the month of Neverary.

[dtaai-maai]

Have you no sympathy with the poor man? He's out of work! How will he make a living? He has a wife and 9 children to support as well as the families of several relatives in prison. Shame on you, Lost.

[Lost]

Have you no sympathy with the poor man? He's out of work! How will he make a living? He has a wife and 9 children to support as well as the families of several relatives in prison. Shame on you, Lost.

[Lost]

Good game going on in the Spanish Super Cup final. A Madrid/Barca clash. Madrid two up in ten minutes, before Lewandowski pulled one back. Few minutes later Vinicius Junior completes a 39 minute hattrick to leave it 3-1 at half time. Want Barcelona to pull another back, make it interesting!

https://buffstreams.sx/soccer-live/span ... a-stream-1

[Lost]

Meh 4-1. Barcelona down to ten. Slaughter.

[PeteC]

Jose Mourinho: Roma sack former Manchester United, Chelsea and Real Madrid manager

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67990821

Jose Mourinho has been sacked as Roma manager with the club currently ninth in Serie A.

The Portuguese, 60, took over in May 2021 and led Roma to the Europa Conference League title a year later.

But they are five points off Serie A's final Champions League qualifying spot and last week were knocked out of the Coppa Italia by city rivals Lazio.

Owners Dan and Ryan Friedkin thanked Mourinho "for the passion and commitment he has shown" as boss.

"We will always have great memories of his stewardship, but we believe that, in the best interests of the club, immediate change is necessary," they added in a statement.