QR1 matches have all been played and the draw for QR2 is now complete.
UEFA European Cup Matches 2007/2008

Although the Champions of Wales won at home, they lost out on the away goals rule. :(
FK Ventspils 2-1 Y Seintiau - (Saesneg(English))
Next year maybe?

Iechyd da! John
23:53 25/07/2007 BST

By BILL REITER
The Kansas City Star

Seriously, David Beckham: Do you actually play soccer?

The hype surrounding your decision to join the Los Angeles Galaxy for a whopping $250 million has been more closely examined than the fate of Harry Potter or Hillary Clintons cleavage.

Youve been on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Youve drawn crowds of hysterical fans that would make the Pope blush. For crying out loud, theres an entire reality-TV show about you and your wife moving to the United States.

I was at the All-Star game, and it was incredible to see the buzz that went through the stadium when he went to do an interview, said Peter Vermes, the Wizards technical director. People were running out of their seats to get a look, just running to see him. Ive seen a lot of things before, but not that.

Theres just one problem, David.

Youve barely touched a soccer ball since setting down on American soil.

Now youve missed three straight games because of an ankle injury, not even making the trip to Dallas for a SuperLiga game on Tuesday, putting your Major League Soccer debut in question.

All of these delays, of course, havent stopped fans from anointing you the Next Big Thing the guy whos supposed to push soccer, finally, into the top tier of American sports.

> > Okay! Bring 'em on!

They're good, and Liverpool have several new players. But LFC will win.

> > Theres just one problem, David.
Youve barely touched a soccer ball since setting down on American soil.
Now youve missed three straight games because of an ankle injury, not even making the trip to Dallas for a SuperLiga game on Tuesday, putting your Major League Soccer debut in question.
All of these delays, of course, havent stopped fans from anointing you the Next Big Thing the guy whos supposed to push soccer, finally, into the top tier of American sports.

I can't refrain from saying, but I knew this would happen.

The US bought an image, a brand; someone who WAS good.

Iechyd da! John
20:57 03/08/2007 BST

>The US bought an image, a brand; someone who WAS good.

Roger, listen up. No matter how much you love the game. Listen up. :-)

Listen up. Reread my posts and it's a GREAT game for the kids 5 thru 17 and after that it's a failure 'here'. (With a few exceptions.) :-)

There is never anyone in the seats... (With a few exceptions.) :-)

We're beating the
b Baseball
thread by ten posts at the moment.

That's got to mean we're more passionate about our national sport on this little island than they are in the states!

>You just haven't gotten outta the pub in Kansas City

Ain't evah gonna happen.

>some of us fly to Liverpool to catch big matches

Your a good excellent fan. Who else was on the plane? :-)

>Remember post 1302, or didn't you read it?

There is always exceptions to the rule. Especially in Rogers house.

>I still can't believe that!! You're my hero.

The greatest fan move of all time. :-)

Yeah but an can still get post 1337.

> > Agreed, although your time in the U.S. was in Texas.

Ture, it is very different from the more civilised parts.

Iechyd da! John
09:34 05/08/2007 BST

I'm sure there's some lovely people in Texas. Sadly I never met any of them in RedNeck Village.

One kind person did offer me a gun rack for the pickup, but I told that not being from Manchester, I didn't do guns. This clearly confused him

Iechyd da! John
09:49 05/08/2007 BST

First 3 points from the first game in 5 years.
Well done, Reds!

Are you talkin' to me?

Since the EU is invading America with an (over the hill) Beckham, it's only fair that the US invade them back. 18 year old prodigy Freddy Adu made his debut with Benfica.

I got to watch him (and Beckham) when DC United played Real Madrid at Seahawks stadium. He is very very very fast, I suspect he will end up being great.

He's really really talented. How good he can be, we'll see. But it's exciting that such a young MLS player is going over there.

Hi!<br /><br />I've been on holiday in the far north of Scotland, and not had much chance to do much else.  I did get to see the matches on the telly though.<br /><br /><b>Toulouse 0-1 LFC.</b><br />Not a particularly outstanding match but no goals conceded and an away goal are just what was needed.<br /><br /><b>LFC 1-1 Chelsea.</b><br />A win for Liverpool was cruelly denied by an outrageous decision by the referee to award Chelsea a penalty.  The fact that the referee has been suspended from duty and the head referee has apologised to Liverpool for the gross error does not alter the result.  Chelsea go top of the league.<br /><br /><b>LFC 4-0 Toulouse.</b><br />Because of being on holiday and others working and/or on holiday, we had no tickets!  So we've watched it on the box.  The result was never in doubt, and LFC should have scored at least 4 or 5 more.  <br />It was the first time since 1997 that neither Steven Gerrard or Jamie Carragher had featured in a European tie for the Reds. and considering several players were making their début, it bodes well for the season.<br /><br />The draw for the Champs League is on Thursday, noon CET which I think is 2a.m. Alaska time.<br /><br />I'm working on some photos from my hols, but how's this for starters?<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Wrath"><img src="http://bigjohnd.250free.com/Scotland2007/CapeWrath.jpg" ALT="John at Cape Wrath, the remotest part of mainland GB." Title="John at Cape Wrath, the remotest part of mainland GB."</a><br /><br />These need no explanation<br /><br /><img src="http://bigjohnd.250free.com/Scotland2007/Glenmorangie1.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://bigjohnd.250free.com/Scotland2007/Glenmorangie2.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://bigjohnd.250free.com/Scotland2007/Glenmorangie3.jpg"><br /><br />Iechyd da! John<br />22:43 28/08/2007 BST