Europa League 2025-26

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Can't ask for more than starting and ending at home I suppose

It ends away. In Istanbul !

[claret+blue ed]

Can’t believe we have a home 5.45 kick off, traffic will be an absolute nightmare

[PeterWithesShin]

Can't ask for more than starting and ending at home I suppose

It ends away. In Istanbul !

Last game is Salzburg at home.

[Small Rodent]

What punishment would we get if we don't fulfil the fixture with the Israelis? It might piss off Ads and a handful of others but it would be a great statement and also put pressure on the other clubs to do the same.

It absolutely would piss me off. This whole thread is some proper chode throttling fantasy wankery. It's not the fucking Warriors, we're not Small Heath bricking coaches and we're not twats who refuse to play.

The Israeli state committing genocide on a daily basis is fantasy?

We arent playing the Israeli state.

Not really the thread for the war. Lets just play the team we're drawn against and save our coach bricking gangster fantasies for Off Topic.

I agree with this.

Personally, I find your posts very interesting and often educational.

But your posting style can be very confrontational sometimes. This post is very to the point without the use of the word “chode”.

I think politics is definitely part of sport, but let the authorities arranging and policing the game do their job without any fuss.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Can't ask for more than starting and ending at home I suppose

It ends away. In Istanbul !

Last game is Salzburg at home.

I mean the final !

[PeterWithesShin]

Politics, religion, social issues etc have always been a part of sport and always will be. More often than not "keep politics out of sport" translates as "keep politics I don't like out of sport".

[Small Rodent]

Politics, religion, social issues etc have always been a part of sport and always will be. More often than not "keep politics out of sport" translates as "keep politics I don't like out of sport".

Exactly. Just one nation playing another is political and social.

[Somniloquism]

Can’t believe we have a home 5.45 kick off, traffic will be an absolute nightmare

I was going to mention that. Very rare a UK home match is played at that time. In Europe the 1745 KO is more usual as it is closer to 7pm or 8pm local time.

[PeterWithesShin]

As they're young boys they can't stay up late, so that's why the earlier kick off.

[dalians umbrella]

As they're young boys they can't stay up late, so that's why the earlier kick off.

Very good!

[Pete3206]

I'd love the Maccabi match to be nothing but a footballing contest but, anyone who believes there won't be at least a bit bother, is mistaken imo.

[Sexual Ealing]

Can’t believe we have a home 5.45 kick off, traffic will be an absolute nightmare

I was going to mention that. Very rare a UK home match is played at that time. In Europe the 1745 KO is more usual as it is closer to 7pm or 8pm local time.

I'm pretty sure it's not just the mushrooms confusing me here.

[SoccerHQ]

Can’t believe we have a home 5.45 kick off, traffic will be an absolute nightmare

I have a vague recollection of one of our games in 2008/09 kicking off very early, maybe Ajax? Wasn't too bad coming in from Sutton from 5pm but going to be a nightmare for anyone travelling from South Birmingham through the city centre.

[Demitri_C]

I'd love the Maccabi match to be nothing but a footballing contest but, anyone who believes there won't be at least a bit bother, is mistaken imo.

I agree  pete. Im sure a majority of their fans will come just to watch the game and not want to get into the political  drama.  Rather focus on ua getting 3 points

[cdbearsfan]

The majority of their fans will be racist twats looking for trouble, just as they were on the last occasion when they played a European game in a big city with a sizeable Muslim population. As we saw with Legia, most reasonable supporters won't bother travelling, with all the tickets given to ultra type bellends.