General Football Thread

[METALMAN]

Modern football is so shit. Seriously.

[The Lusophone]

Eh, you can still find guys around. Trezeguet is off playing in Argentina, you've Nesta in America, Raul in Saudi Arabia etc.

[Baddar]

But what about Rivaldo?

[Lineker]

He finally packed it in earlier this season iirc

[Gazz]

He's come out of retirement to play in the Eritrean fourth division

[The Lusophone]

His son plays for some club in Brazil.

[EddieG]

They played eachother just a couple of months ago.. or together, can't remember.

[Arjen Robben]

Pretty sure they both played together for Mogi Mirim.

[DavidMarrio]

Zanetti managed to keep his hair the exact same. It's weird with players like him retiring it's all the players I grew up with watching Serie A on Channel 4 or football games like the old PES, FIFA and Championship Manager games are all retiring or getting close to it.

[Arjen Robben]

I find it mad seeing players like Fernando Torres being 30. I remember when I was at school and he was like the hot prospect you'd sign on CM/FM.

In the same time period Freddy Adu has aged to just 24.

[brenchill]

Freddy Adu could still make it!

[Lineker]

Ryan Giggs will play next season - as part of a 'Class of 92 squad' that will take on Salford City on 7 August.

Giggs has still to decide whether to play on for Manchester United.

But along with fellow 'Class of 92' graduates Gary and Phil Neville, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt, the 40-year-old will play in the fundraising game.

"It will good to play with each other again," said the ex-Manchester United youth team stars. "We are going to ask some familiar faces to play with us."

Despite being the oldest member of the group of players from Manchester United's 1992 youth team that went on to shine at the highest levels of the game, Giggs is the only one still playing.

The Welshman, who is currently interim manager at Old Trafford following the sacking of David Moyes, is heavily involved in a Salford City project that is being driven by Gary Neville.

The Neville brothers, Scholes and Butt have all confirmed their involvement in August's match, although there is no mention of the sixth member of the famous group, David Beckham.

Funds from the game, to be played at the AJ Bell Stadium after Manchester United return from their pre-season tour of the United States, will go directly to non-League Salford City, who aim to give opportunities to local youngsters, and eventually make it into the Football League.

"This will be an exciting start for the new season, for the players, the club and most of all the fans," said Salford City chairman Karen Baird.

[METALMAN]

Higgs isn't even really class of 92. He broke out before that. :/

[Matt]

He played in the 1992 Youth Cup final side which is what I've always taken the class of 92 to mean.

[METALMAN]

Pfffft. Just because someone from the year above attended my International Law class doesn't mean they get to be in the class of 2012. Because they still didn't graduate at the same time as me. :/

[brenchill]

Giggs hasn't decided? He won't be up to him. I don't think Van Gaal will want a 40-year old in his team.

Agreed, Giggs isn't Class of '92.

[Matt]

I think Class of 92 is just used because it's a bit catchier than "part of the 1992 FA Youth Cup winning team".

[9 to 5]

Jesus, some of you are so nit-picky it is surprising you don't pop the chair cushion when you sit down.

[King Ellis]

Giggs is class in any year. :/

[METALMAN]

It's important to me.