From: Google Beta User on
On Jan 2, 8:19 pm, Benny <Be...(a)soccer-europe.com> wrote:

>  > I did the research. Arsenal are the only team in the history of the
>  > English league to do this. In Italy, Milan did it in '92, the only
>  > time also. In Spain, it's only happened twice (A.Bilbao '30, R.Madrid
>  > '32). It's never happened in Germany or France. In net, it's happened
>  > 4 times in over 500 seasons in Europe's five biggest leagues. So I'd
>  > say it's a pretty damn big deal, maybe in the top five most notable
>  > events of the decade.
>
> Try taking those EPL centric glasses off.

LOL, Alka, what did you do to upset these people? He follows the EPL,
hence he knows most about it. Nobody bites Enzo's head off when he
talks about La Liga. Nobody bites YOUR head off when you talk about
Serie A.

It was his list, he said some might disagree, it's generated
discussion, and he clearly spoke about stuff from other leagues (then
he was criticized for having only have watched football for the past 3
years or something like that).

From: Alkamista on
On Jan 3, 10:54 am, Google Beta User <wanyik...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 2, 8:19 pm, Benny <Be...(a)soccer-europe.com> wrote:
>
> >  > I did the research. Arsenal are the only team in the history of the
> >  > English league to do this. In Italy, Milan did it in '92, the only
> >  > time also. In Spain, it's only happened twice (A.Bilbao '30, R.Madrid
> >  > '32). It's never happened in Germany or France. In net, it's happened
> >  > 4 times in over 500 seasons in Europe's five biggest leagues. So I'd
> >  > say it's a pretty damn big deal, maybe in the top five most notable
> >  > events of the decade.
>
> > Try taking those EPL centric glasses off.
>
> LOL, Alka, what did you do to upset these people?  He follows the EPL,
> hence he knows most about it.  Nobody bites Enzo's head off when he
> talks about La Liga.  Nobody bites YOUR head off when you talk about
> Serie A.

I think some people are having a very hard time accepting the reality
that the once mighty Serie A is now a shell of its former self and in
danger of not even being a top three league in Europe. Couple that
with a healthy anti-Anglo bias, and you can see how flattering
mentions of the EPL can sometimes cause these predictable reactions.
From: Alkamista on
On Jan 3, 4:40 am, Mark <Pammieshe...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On Jan 3, 2:26 am, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jan 2, 7:45 pm, Graf Finklestein <udo_bins...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On 3 Jan, 01:06, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I did the research. Arsenal are the only team in the history of the
> > > > English league to do this.
>
> > > Then you'd better learn how to research properly, because your
> > > statement is incorrect.  Preston North End also went an whole season
> > > unbeaten.
>
> > Sorry professor, my oversight. I used this article as a reference:
>
> >http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2004/05/15/arsenal040515.html
>
> > I hope you will find it in your generous heart to forgive me.
>
> Palermo did too (1979 I thnk). In fact, over 100 teams have done it
> worldwide in the history of football

Do you have any facts or sources to support the last claim?
From: Diabolik on

"Alkamista" <alkamista(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e5f12401-8cf4-41c7-8115-e8b5efdd1705(a)a15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
On Jan 3, 10:54 am, Google Beta User <wanyik...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 2, 8:19 pm, Benny <Be...(a)soccer-europe.com> wrote:
>
> > > I did the research. Arsenal are the only team in the history of the
> > > English league to do this. In Italy, Milan did it in '92, the only
> > > time also. In Spain, it's only happened twice (A.Bilbao '30, R.Madrid
> > > '32). It's never happened in Germany or France. In net, it's happened
> > > 4 times in over 500 seasons in Europe's five biggest leagues. So I'd
> > > say it's a pretty damn big deal, maybe in the top five most notable
> > > events of the decade.
>
> > Try taking those EPL centric glasses off.
>
> LOL, Alka, what did you do to upset these people? He follows the EPL,
> hence he knows most about it. Nobody bites Enzo's head off when he
> talks about La Liga. Nobody bites YOUR head off when you talk about
> Serie A.

> I think some people are having a very hard time accepting the reality
> that the once mighty Serie A is now a shell of its former self and in
> danger of not even being a top three league in Europe.

If that was the case Italy wouldn't have won the last WC, with ALL players
playing in Serie A.

We currently have 3 teams in the CL, as much as teasm from the EPL.

> Couple that
> with a healthy anti-Anglo bias, and you can see how flattering
> mentions of the EPL can sometimes cause these predictable reactions.

We also have a healthy anti-Italian bias.


From: Mark on
On Jan 3, 5:51 pm, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 3, 4:40 am, Mark <Pammieshe...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jan 3, 2:26 am, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Jan 2, 7:45 pm, Graf Finklestein <udo_bins...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On 3 Jan, 01:06, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > I did the research. Arsenal are the only team in the history of the
> > > > > English league to do this.
>
> > > > Then you'd better learn how to research properly, because your
> > > > statement is incorrect.  Preston North End also went an whole season
> > > > unbeaten.
>
> > > Sorry professor, my oversight. I used this article as a reference:
>
> > >http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2004/05/15/arsenal040515.html
>
> > > I hope you will find it in your generous heart to forgive me.
>
> > Palermo did too (1979 I thnk). In fact, over 100 teams have done it
> > worldwide in the history of football
>
> Do you have any facts or sources to support the last claim?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yes, but I'm not sure how to post links.
RSSF Archive; Miscellaneous section, look under trivia for trivia on
domestic championships, and click on unbeatability records.
You'll find Independiente in that list. (Just thought I'd mention that)