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Post by mccfred on Oct 14, 2014 20:06:08 GMT
Game's been delayed. Apparently a drone flews over the pitch with the Albanian flag, and a Serbian player grabbed at it, and a fight broke out. Martin Atkinson trying to contain this one...
Perhaps more of a story about the tensions still in the Balkans and the region than football.
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Post by Northy on Oct 14, 2014 20:26:39 GMT
It's being played in Serbia, match abandoned now.
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Post by bathstoke on Oct 14, 2014 20:26:54 GMT
Thems tensions have been going on since the TurK's were running amock in the region before the fall of Constantinopal...
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Post by jbstokie on Oct 14, 2014 20:45:04 GMT
Why wasn't this behind closed doors? If UEFA thought that it wasn't safe enough for the Albanian fans then surely its not safe enough for the players?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 20:48:16 GMT
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Post by malteser68 on Oct 14, 2014 21:13:19 GMT
They could have easily resolved it by tying twatkinson to a drone flying him very low over the Aegean Sea
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Post by dirtygary69 on Oct 14, 2014 23:16:35 GMT
Serbia ought to get fucked for this. Their fans are animals.
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Post by mailman44 on Oct 14, 2014 23:24:10 GMT
Who had the great idea to put these two in the same group?
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Post by onionman on Oct 15, 2014 0:15:05 GMT
Atkinson wouldn't have been able to get his red card out quickly enough if a Stoke player had flown a drone over the pitch, the inconsistent wanker.
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Post by tijuanabrass on Oct 15, 2014 4:16:16 GMT
The drone was being flown by the Albanian PMs brother (allegedly) who was entitled to attend the match as a dignitary. the flag had nationalistic Albanian slogans referencing a "Greater Albania." Given the unsurprising outcome and the illegal political involvement in a UEFA event, I would suggest that the only country likely to come out of this favourably will be Portugal  |
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Post by JoeinOz on Oct 15, 2014 8:07:32 GMT
Who had the great idea to put these two in the same group? Thing is it's how the draw pans out is who you have to play. But Spain and Gibraltar won't be playing each other. |
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Oct 15, 2014 8:15:54 GMT
last night, did Atkinson send any of em off?  |
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Post by Jamo on the wing on Oct 15, 2014 8:28:02 GMT
Not sure but he booked Ryan.
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Post by StokieMatt on Oct 15, 2014 8:45:08 GMT
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Post by unknown182 on Oct 15, 2014 9:04:04 GMT
Albanian players being attacked at the end is shocking. They should ban Serbia from the tournament.
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Post by mccfred on Oct 15, 2014 11:47:24 GMT
Leave it to Stoke fans to turn a story about ethnic tensions into Martin Atkinson jokes.  But some seriously nasty stuff. I suppose Serbia will definitely get it for this. Perhaps whoever's behind the drone thing too. I heard the Prime Minister of Albania's brother was arrested in relation to the drone thing. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2014 15:25:38 GMT
Just like a training match at Man City when Mancini was there.
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Post by mccfred on Oct 15, 2014 19:56:48 GMT
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Post by mattintheprem on Oct 15, 2014 22:04:17 GMT
I was expecting the mascot to join in at one point, he was losing his head!
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Post by Batfink on Oct 15, 2014 22:36:40 GMT
Kolarov deserves a lot of credit.
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Post by mailman44 on Oct 16, 2014 2:45:00 GMT
If Sidibe saw this his PTSD would kick in again.
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Post by raven on Oct 16, 2014 15:29:08 GMT
As well as been an Albanian flag it had a Kosovo symbol attached. t he Serbian army was massacred by the Turks at Kosovo Pale in 1392 and they have short memories
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Post by mccfred on Oct 16, 2014 15:45:30 GMT
As well as been an Albanian flag it had a Kosovo symbol attached. t he Serbian army was massacred by the Turks at Kosovo Pale in 1392 and they have short memories I heard it also had "Greater Albania" written on it (asserting that Kosovo ought to be part of Albania). I expect this will be more of an isolated event, rather than spark anything more of the tensions in the region. UEFA will probably have to do something about it for sure... |
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Post by jbstokie on Oct 16, 2014 15:53:10 GMT
As well as been an Albanian flag it had a Kosovo symbol attached. t he Serbian army was massacred by the Turks at Kosovo Pale in 1392 and they have short memories 1392... |
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Oct 16, 2014 15:57:04 GMT
As well as been an Albanian flag it had a Kosovo symbol attached. t he Serbian army was massacred by the Turks at Kosovo Pale in 1392 and they have short memories 1392... Yes 2.32 pm! |
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Post by ukcstokie on Oct 16, 2014 16:26:03 GMT
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Post by tijuanabrass on Oct 17, 2014 6:37:54 GMT
As well as been an Albanian flag it had a Kosovo symbol attached. t he Serbian army was massacred by the Turks at Kosovo Pale in 1392 and they have short memories 1392... The Battle of Bannockburn was in 1314. Have the Scots forgotten that yet? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 8:39:44 GMT
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Post by Kjones9 on Oct 24, 2014 8:46:09 GMT
Gianni De Biasi out!!!
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Post by ohbottom on Oct 24, 2014 8:54:30 GMT
The Battle of Bannockburn was in 1314. Have the Scots forgotten that yet? No they haven't, it's what the song "flower of Scotland" is about. |
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