Reading Mr Woodhall's post, I wonder where we'd be in this league if we had capitalised on what we had:-Top fifteen bestselling UK football teams (by merchandise sales) of all time on Amazon.co.uk: 1. Manchester United2. Chelsea3. Liverpool4. Arsenal5. Tottenham Hotspur6. West Ham7. Leeds United8. Manchester City9. Newcastle United10. Aston Villa11. Everton12. Sunderland13. Queens Park Rangers14. Nottingham Forest15. West Bromwich AlbionSource: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2539840/Manchester-United-Amazon-uk-club-merchandise-rankings.html
Surprised at Everton's position in that list and West Ham's.
Quote from: London Villan on January 15, 2014, 04:45:05 PMSurprised at Everton's position in that list and West Ham's.I'm not at West Ham's. Think how many tourists go to London.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on January 15, 2014, 04:48:08 PMQuote from: London Villan on January 15, 2014, 04:45:05 PMSurprised at Everton's position in that list and West Ham's.I'm not at West Ham's. Think how many tourists go to London. QPR? WTF?
I'm sure I read in a book( could have been one of yours Dave) that we played Arsenal in a cup game and who ever lost there manager was going and both teams were going after the same manager. We won and Arsenal brought George Graham in, we stuck with Turner
Quote from: go on the dog on January 15, 2014, 07:45:36 PMI'm sure I read in a book( could have been one of yours Dave) that we played Arsenal in a cup game and who ever lost there manager was going and both teams were going after the same manager. We won and Arsenal brought George Graham in, we stuck with Turner It wasn't as clear-cut as that but it was the League Cup quarter final replay 1986. We won at Highbury and afterwards Turner was asked if he would have been sacked had we lost; his denial was about the least convincing you could imagine. Don Howe left Arsenal a few weeks later and it doesn't take much to imagine us sacking Turner if we'd lost and going for Graham.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on January 15, 2014, 09:48:56 PMQuote from: go on the dog on January 15, 2014, 07:45:36 PMI'm sure I read in a book( could have been one of yours Dave) that we played Arsenal in a cup game and who ever lost there manager was going and both teams were going after the same manager. We won and Arsenal brought George Graham in, we stuck with Turner It wasn't as clear-cut as that but it was the League Cup quarter final replay 1986. We won at Highbury and afterwards Turner was asked if he would have been sacked had we lost; his denial was about the least convincing you could imagine. Don Howe left Arsenal a few weeks later and it doesn't take much to imagine us sacking Turner if we'd lost and going for Graham. The Arse appointed a caretaker to the end of the season didn't they and ended up top half? We escaped relegation
Quote from: dave.woodhall on January 15, 2014, 09:48:56 PMQuote from: go on the dog on January 15, 2014, 07:45:36 PMI'm sure I read in a book( could have been one of yours Dave) that we played Arsenal in a cup game and who ever lost there manager was going and both teams were going after the same manager. We won and Arsenal brought George Graham in, we stuck with Turner It wasn't as clear-cut as that but it was the League Cup quarter final replay 1986. We won at Highbury and afterwards Turner was asked if he would have been sacked had we lost; his denial was about the least convincing you could imagine. Don Howe left Arsenal a few weeks later and it doesn't take much to imagine us sacking Turner if we'd lost and going for Graham. Didn't Turner say he was 5 minutes from the sack in an ill tempered FA Cup tie v Pompey. Was that earlier that season? Stainrod wound them up and one of them kicked him. Birch or Kerr got a late equaliser.