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  1. #1
    Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
    We are top of the league though

    60,000 to watch Athletico Madrid mamas v Barcelona Babes. Thirty thousand at a Juve, erm, young ladies game on Sunday. Big business
    You're joking? I mean, I bow to no man in my appreciation of the fairer sex, as you know, but football is an athletic endeavour made extraordinary by physical power. Which chicks ain't got.

  2. #2
    Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
    You're joking? I mean, I bow to no man in my appreciation of the fairer sex, as you know, but football is an athletic endeavour made extraordinary by physical power. Which chicks ain't got.
    I never said it was any good - just quoting the figures

  3. #3
    Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
    I never said it was any good - just quoting the figures
    But are these people actually paying?

  4. #4
    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    But are these people actually paying?
    This is all I can find on the matter


    The majority of the record attendances of recent years were helped by promotions, such as free tickets for kids and season-ticket holders, while offers to local clubs and schools are the norm. At the Wanda it was no different, though of that record attendance, 26,912 – 44% – bought a ticket at €5-€10.

  5. #5
    Well, I suppose everybody is paying, in a roundabout way.


    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    But are these people actually paying?
    "Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.

    "But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."

  6. #6
    Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
    I never said it was any good
    well, quite.

    One word - goalkeeping.

    might be two...
    “Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”

  7. #7
    Quote Originally Posted by IUFG View Post
    well, quite.

    One word - goalkeeping.

    might be two...
    They should make the pitches and goals smaller for them.

  8. #8
    Quote Originally Posted by IUFG View Post
    well, quite.

    One word - goalkeeping.

    might be two...
    I have tried to give women's football a chance but the goalkeeping makes the Scottish keepers of yesteryear look like like Lev Yashin, ffs

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