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Sports Arena / Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Last post by Brazilian Villain on Today at 11:38:18 PM »
Ireland beat India for the first time. https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/cwy0k47k3wno

It must have been the Belfast heat that did for the tourists.
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Heroes Discussion / Re: UEFA getting the big stick out
« Last post by German James on Today at 11:23:21 PM »
That would be gob-smackingly cringeworthy, if true. Going to our first European final for over 40 years and singing about another club - ANY other club - is embarrassing  enough, but taking the time and effort to incorporate some slur against them in a flag design is unbelievably small-time. And people claim THEY'RE obsessed with US? I sometimes think a section of Villa fans and a section of Blues fans deserve each other.
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Heroes Discussion / Re: UEFA getting the big stick out
« Last post by Pat McMahon on Today at 11:13:33 PM »
Quote from: Chris Harte on Today at 09:04:31 PM
The friend I went to the Europa final with reckoned he saw a flag referencing 'travellers' (or a possibly more offensive term) as we entered the Villa end. He said he couldn't remember the phrase though, and I don't remember it at all.

It seems the flag that's been reproduced on here isn't the cause of the fine.

Somewhere in socia media I saw a post saying the offending banner related to travellers and the curse on the sty. No idea if true and no photo evidence of said banner
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Heroes Discussion / Re: Other Games - 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup Edition (+ warm-up matches): Villa-watch
« Last post by Pat McMahon on Today at 11:08:28 PM »
Quote from: Proposition Joe on Today at 09:52:02 PM
Quote from: Ads on Today at 03:26:54 PM
Quote from: SamTheMouse on Today at 03:09:55 PM
Exonyms are entirely proper. It's still Turkey as far as I'm concerned.

Yeah fuck Erdogan. And the cuddly Czech Republic can't be having a name change either.

The Czechs hate people calling it Czechia as much if not more than the rest of us.

Sometimes these new names for places catch on, sometimes they don't. The Germans still call the capital of China "Peking".

As do the French
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Sports Arena / Re: Boxing 2026
« Last post by dave.woodhall on Today at 11:00:56 PM »
Oleksandr Usyk's given up his belts and wants one last fight.
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Heroes Discussion / Re: Other Games - 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup Edition (+ warm-up matches): Villa-watch
« Last post by adrenachrome on Today at 10:51:09 PM »
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on Today at 10:09:44 PM
1am games could pretty much finish Scotland.

Yes, some of the night clubs over there get pretty frisky after the witching hour.
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Heroes Discussion / Re: England national team
« Last post by PeterWithesShin on Today at 10:36:59 PM »
Last player I expected to pick up a knock.
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Heroes Discussion / Re: England national team
« Last post by Stu on Today at 10:24:20 PM »
Reece James out for at least two matches with a hamstring injury: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/26/england-reece-james-ruled-out-two-games-world-cup-hamstring-injury-panama
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Heroes Discussion / Re: The Premier League getting their bigger stick out.
« Last post by Stu82 on Today at 10:21:01 PM »
Quote from: eamonn on Today at 10:11:16 PM
Where does the fine money go?

For the fighting a state sponsored clubs legal costs, perhaps?
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Heroes Discussion / Re: The Premier League getting their bigger stick out.
« Last post by eamonn on Today at 10:11:16 PM »
Where does the fine money go?
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