Europa League 2025-26

[Meanwood Villa]

Midtjylland feel like a nice 90s Villa defeat type team.

Yes in a sort of Banik Ostrava type way.  Edit...we beat them.

Trabzonspor and Helsingborgs were our epic (away goals) fails in the 90s.

You missed out Varteks which was even worse.

In the 00s but definitely of the same ilk. We beat better quality teams to win the Intertoto.

[trinityoap]

I got fed up with losing to sides I had never heard of.

[johnc]

Varteks had a row of Leylandia behind one of the goals

[AV82EC]

Midtjylland feel like a nice 90s Villa defeat type team.

Yes in a sort of Banik Ostrava type way.  Edit...we beat them.

Trabzonspor and Helsingborgs were our epic (away goals) fails in the 90s.

You missed out Varteks which was even worse.

In the 00s but definitely of the same ilk. We beat better quality teams to win the Intertoto.

Sorry missed the 90s reference. I remember my now ex wife having to come into the room to stop me swearing at the TV watching that Varteks away performance. It was an absolute disgrace. I’d just about forgiven Gregory for the Atleti Qtr final performance and then he served that up.

[dcdavecollett]

In the early 70s, Bristol Rovers had a bed of flowers behind each goal at Eastville.

[Pete3206]

Midtjylland feel like a nice 90s Villa defeat type team.

Yes in a sort of Banik Ostrava type way.  Edit...we beat them.

Trabzonspor and Helsingborgs were our epic (away goals) fails in the 90s.

Falling to Trabzonspor after the epic against Inter Milan was so Aston Villa.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

In the early 70s, Bristol Rovers had a bed of flowers behind each goal at Eastville.

Kents Canterbury ground had a Lime tree within the boundary rope until it blew down in 2005.










https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/kent-crickets-lime-tree-legend/

[cdbearsfan]

I used to like that. They had to have it especially written into the rules that it was four if it hit the tree at Canterbury. I like weird quirks like that. I'm also a fan of that Portuguese ground where one of the ends is a quarry (Braga?).

[Meanwood Villa]

Dinamo Zagreb confirmed in league stage. They took Conference League winners spot by virtue of having highest UEFA coefficient out of teams in qualifiers.

[Meanwood Villa]

Samsunspor are in the playoff round having scored twice in injury time to win 2-1. Besiktas enter in the first qualifying round.

[cdbearsfan]

I think that's all the qualifiers confirmed now (excluding the teams that drop from Champions League qualifying rounds).

[olaftab]

I visited St Lawrence's ground once just to see the old tree in 2001. I am so glad that a replacement tree was planted in 2005.

[Meanwood Villa]

Aye, 11 from CL qualifiers, 12 from EL qualifiers so we're going to be none the wiser for some time.

[Dante Lavelli]

Long shot, but the first round proper is over two days, the 24 or 25 September.

Anyone know how the dates are chosen?  Looking to do a long weekend away arranged around a Thursday game (25th) so a clue on who has a 50/50 chance of playing that day would be great.

[cdbearsfan]

I don't think we know anything.