From: Alkamista on
On Jan 2, 7:19 pm, Benny <Be...(a)soccer-europe.com> wrote:
>  > Subject : 10 Most Notable Events of the Decade
>  > From : alkami...(a)hotmail.com
>
>  > 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.

I just posted numbers that showed how unique the event is in any of
Europe's top leagues. How is that EPL centric?
From: Abubakr on
On 3 Jan, 05:02, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 2, 2:17 am, "Diabolik" <Diabo...(a)noemail.com> wrote:
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> > "Alkamista" <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> >news:7beebd4f-41b9-4175-aae0-0eebe4d3fca4(a)22g2000yqr.googlegroups.com...
> > On Jan 1, 10:50 pm, Abubakr <deltara...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On 2 Jan, 15:10, Enzo <s_debgu...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > > On Jan 2, 12:17 am, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > 10 Arsenal going the entire 2003/2004 season undefeated
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> > > > > 9 Jose Mourinho winning the title in three different leagues in five
> > > > > years
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> > > > > 8 Barcelona winning every competition they entered in 2009
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> > > > > 7 Spain finally winning a major championship
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> > > > > 6 Real Madrid's surreal 2009 spending spree
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> > > > > 5 Henry's handball against Ireland
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> > > > No. IMO, of course. Replace with EPL's rise to prominence
> > > > and the fall of the Serie A.
>
> > > Which is why EPL teams have now managed to win exactly half the CL
> > > titles as Serie A teams this decade and been represented in just two
> > > extra final berths.
>
> > > If you are going to troll at least be good at it.-
> > > Expressing an opinion, and especially the majority one, is not
> > > trolling.
>
> > Numbers don't lie and aren't opinions.
>
> > > The UCL is not just the final, but a whole tournament, and
> > > EPL teams have done exceptionally well in it last few years, and
> > > certainly better than Serie A clubs. Also, head to head EPL have
> > > dominanted, and on many occasions even humiliated, Serie A clubs this
> > > decade. Seriously, you have got to be kidding.
>
> > Which humiliations are you referring to?
>
> > You mean like the Milan-ManU 3-0 humiliation
>
> Juventus 0-3 Man Utd
> Inter 1-4 Arsenal
> Man Utd 7-1 Roma

Newcastle 1-4 Inter
Arsenal (the "invincible" ones) 0-3 Inter
Milan 3-0 Man Utd
From: Graf Finklestein on
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.
From: Alkamista on
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.
From: Mark V. on
On Jan 2, 6:26 pm, 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.

In some ways it illustrates how remarkable an accomplishment it is.
Those are the only two English teams in *any* division to go a season
undefeated. It didn't happen a single time in English football in the
20th century!

Whether or not it is a "story" depends, I guess, on how much it was
talked about at the time or will be talked about.

I'd like to see some folkses' top tens. I doubt anybody follows
multiple leagues with enough consistency to avoid coming across as
something-or-other-centric.