2011/12 UEFA Europa League

[Kaney]

Celtic Sion finished 0-0, Celtic bossed the game in the second half but couldn't do anything to get that goal. We'd have won if we had Hooper/Kayal/Izaguirre, easily.

[Liam]

3-0 to Fulham, apparently Briggs had a really good game. Another one for England, methinks >_>

[Starvinho]

Uefa Europa League Qualifying

Aalesunds FK 2-1 AZ Alkmaar

AEK Athens 1-0 Dinamo Tbilisi

Athletic Bilbao 0-0 Trabzonspor

Atletico Madrid 2-0 Guimaraes

Austria Vienna 3-1 Gaz Metan Medias

Besiktas 3-0 Alania Vladikavkaz

Braga 0-0 Young Boys

Bursaspor 1-2 Anderlecht

Celtic 0-0 FC Sion

Differdange 0-4 Paris SG

Ekranas Panevezys 1-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv

FC Metalist Kharkiv 0-0 Sochaux

FC Nordsjaelland 0-0 Sporting

FC Thun 0-1 Stoke

FC Vaslui 2-0 Sparta Prague

FC Zestafoni 3-3 Club Bruges

Fulham 3-0 Dnipro

Hannover 96 2-1 Sevilla

Hearts 0-5 Tottenham

HJK Helsinki 2-0 Schalke 04

Lazio 6-0 Rabotnicki Skopje

Legia Warsaw 2-2 Spartak Moscow

Litex Lovech 1-2 Dynamo Kiev

Lokomotiv Moscow 2-0 FC Spartak Trnava

Macc Tel-Aviv 3-0 Panathinaikos

Nacional 0-0 Birmingham

NK Maribor 2-1 Rangers

Omonia Nicosia 2-1 Red Bull Salzburg

PAOK Salonika 2-0 Karpaty Lviv

Red Star Belgrade 1-2 Rennes

Rosenborg 0-0 AEK Larnaca

Shamrock Rovers 1-1 Partizan Belgrade

Slask Wroclaw 1-3 Rapid Bucharest

Slovan Bratislava 1-0 Roma

Standard Liege 1-0 Helsingborgs

Steaua Bucharest 2-0 CSKA Sofia

SV Ried 0-0 PSV Eindhoven

Vorskla Poltava 2-1 Dinamo Bucharest

[Lineker]

Scotland - although incidently if Sion are found guilty of something or rather then Celtic will be awarded a win anyway.

[HailtotheYo]

3-0 to Fulham, apparently Briggs had a really good game. Another one for England, methinks >_>

Dempsey owns

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Ahhhh happy days for Spurs and a great first game of the season. Kranjcar was good from what I heard and Redknapp was singing the praises of his and VdV's link-up play. Hope this leads to him getting more game time this year.

Huddlestone comes in for 30 minutes so coming back from injury. Livermore great apparently and Townsend should get more game time in the return leg.

A pleasing start.

[IAceI]

Gutted Athletic Club couldn't get the job done against Trabzonspor, going to Turkey will be tough be a score-draw would suffice. Is going to be a tough La Liga for them though if they have European commitments to juggle so maybe a defeat wouldn't be too bad. Then again, more matches for Bielsa with the team may be useful too - I'm sure they're still in the preparation stages as Bielsa has given them a tactical overhaul.

Jovanovic scored for Anderlecht, for anyone who cares. Hannover beating Sevilla looks tasty, probably two of the better clubs in the draw so it's a shame one of them will have to miss the tournament.

Good draw for Shamrock Rovers, but I wouldn't fancy their chances in Partizan, and a good win for Slovan over Roma. I look forward to the review at Britski Belasi.

It's interesting because a lot of the more Eastern European countries have started their leagues already so are in full swing, and the stronger Western leagues haven't, or have only just begun - so it can level the playing fields sometimes.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Henry Winter is a fantastic sports writer.

"Niko Kranjcar ran midfield as his private fiefdom."

[Jimmy]

I like Henry Winter - follow him on twitter, he's one sports writer I genuinely like and respect his opinion, actually talks some sense. Spurs were brutal, they played really well, hopefully they can continue some of that form into the Premiership and they dont suffer from playing thursday nights.

[Lineker]

When is there a highlight show on the tele?

[Cadj]

Ahhhh happy days for Spurs and a great first game of the season. Kranjcar was good from what I heard and Redknapp was singing the praises of his and VdV's link-up play. Hope this leads to him getting more game time this year.

You controlled the game easily, but remember, your midfield was up against the absolutely pitiful midfield pairing of Adrien Mrowiec and Ian Black who are both absolutely fucking awful in the SPL, never mind against players of Van Der Vaart and Kranjcars quality.

[Lineker]

You can only beat the eleven that's put in front of you!

[Hobo]

Shamrock Rovers have qualified for the Europa League group stages!

[Kaney]

Celtic haven't.

Rangers haven't.

Hearts haven't.

Cry.

[Hobo]

Clearly this shows the benefits of Summer football.

[Dan]

Shamrock Rovers have qualified for the Europa League group stages!

Bwahahaha.

Fantastic.

The SPL's co-efficient must be in the gutters now?

[Starvinho]

Shamrock Rovers have qualified for the Europa League group stages!

Brilliant!

Thursday, 25 August 2011

Uefa Europa League Qualifying

AEK Larnaca 2-1 Rosenborg (agg 2-1)

Alania Vladikavkaz 2-0 Besiktas (agg 2-3)

Anderlecht 2-2 Bursaspor (agg 4-3)

AZ Alkmaar 6-0 Aalesunds FK (agg 7-2)

Birmingham 3-0 Nacional (agg 3-0)

Club Bruges 2-0 FC Zestafoni (agg 5-3)

CSKA Sofia 1-1 Steaua Bucharest (agg 1-3)

Dinamo Bucharest 2-3 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-5)

Dinamo Tbilisi 1-1 AEK Athens (agg 1-2) (AEK Athens win on away goals rule)

Dnipro 1-0 Fulham (agg 1-3)

Dynamo Kiev 1-0 Litex Lovech (agg 3-1)

FC Sion 3-1 Celtic (agg 3-1)

FC Spartak Trnava 1-1 Lokomotiv Moscow (agg 1-3)

Gaz Metan Medias 1-0 Austria Vienna (agg 2-3)

Guimaraes 0-4 Atletico Madrid (agg 0-6)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv 4-0 Ekranas Panevezys (agg 4-1)

Helsingborgs 1-3 Standard Liege (agg 1-4)

Karpaty Lviv 1-1 PAOK Salonika (agg 1-3)

Panathinaikos 2-1 Macc Tel-Aviv (agg 2-4)

Paris SG 2-0 Differdange (agg 6-0)

Partizan Belgrade 1-2 Shamrock Rovers (agg 2-3)

PSV Eindhoven 5-0 SV Ried (agg 5-0)

Rabotnicki Skopje 1-3 Lazio (agg 1-9)

Rangers 1-1 NK Maribor (agg 2-3)

Rapid Bucharest 1-1 Slask Wroclaw (agg 4-2)

Red Bull Salzburg 1-0 Omonia Nicosia (agg 2-2) (SV Red Bull Salzburg win on away goals rule)

Rennes 4-0 Red Star Belgrade (agg 6-1)

Roma 1-1 Slovan Bratislava (agg 1-2)

Schalke 04 6-1 HJK Helsinki (agg 6-3)

Sevilla 1-1 Hannover 96 (agg 2-3)

Sochaux 0-4 FC Metalist Kharkiv (agg 0-4)

Spartak Moscow 2-3 Legia Warsaw (agg 4-5)

Sparta Prague 1-0 FC Vaslui (agg 1-2)

Sporting 2-1 FC Nordsjaelland (agg 2-1)

Stoke 4-1 FC Thun (agg 5-1)

Tottenham 0-0 Hearts (agg 5-0)

Young Boys 2-2 Braga (agg 2-2) (Braga win on the away goals rule)

The group stage draw is tomorrow, hopefully Shamrock get some high profile games and get on TV.

[Berober]

You have to say that at this point, Shamrock would probably be hoping for Spurs to be in their group.

[DavidMarrio]

Roma and Sevilla both getting knocked out? Quite surprised by that

[Starvinho]

Shamrock will be hoping for any of the English teams really, it would secure them at least one game on UK television and that's gonna mean alot of money for a club like them. Shamrock Rovers vs Tottenham Hotspurs does have a good ring to it though!