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FIFA World Cup 2022 – European qualification (various groups)

Montenegro 4-0 Gibraltar 
Norway 2-0 Turkey 
Czechia 1-1 Belgium 
Ireland 2-1 Luxembourg 
Serbia 1-2 Portugal 
Albania 0-4 England 
Bulgaria 0-1 Italy 
Israel 2-1 Scotland 
Romania 0-3 Germany 

CONCACAF qualifying (Group F)
Puerto Rico 1-1 Trinidad & Tobago

Week 28 fixtures

Premier League

Crystal Palace 1 - 1 West Bromwich Albion
Everton 1 - 0 Burnley (17:30)
Fulham 0 -3 Manchester City (20:00)
Southampton 0 - 0 Brighton & Hove Albion (Sunday 12:00)
Leicester City 0 - 0 Sheffield United (Sunday 14:00)
Arsenal 1 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur (Sunday 16:30)

La Liga

Sevilla 2 - 1 Real Betis (Sunday 20:00)

Segunda División

Mirandés 1 - 1 Espanyol w/Fog Dude (20:00) 
Sporting Gijón 1 - 0 Mallorca (Sunday)

Eredivisie

PSV Eindhoven 2 - 0 Feyenoord 

Premier League

Sheffield United 1-1 Southampton
Aston Villa 2-1 Wolves
West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Newcastle United 
Manchester City 1-1 Manchester United 

French Cup Round 10
Valenciennes 1-0 Metz 
Lyon 2-0 Sochaux 
Brest 0-1 Paris Saint Germain w/Briefcase
Gazélec Ajaccio 0-1 Lille 
Canet 0-4 Marseille 

Bundesliga
Austria Vienna 0-0 Rapid Vienna

Premier League
West Brom 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Leeds United 1-2 Aston Villa 
Leicester City 1-2 Arsenal 
Chelsea 0-1 Manchester United 
Sheffield United 0-2 Liverpool 

Scottish League Cup Final (@ Hampden)
Livingston 1-1 St Johnstone 

Serie A
Verona 0-1 Juventus 
Roma 1-1 Milan w/MVP RULZ

Eredivisie
PSV Eindhoven 3-2 Ajax 

Primeira Liga
Porto 1-0 Sporting Clube de Portugal

Premier League
Burnley 1-0 West Brom
Liverpool 1-1 Everton 
Fulham 2-2 Sheffield United 
West Ham United 1-2 Spurs
Aston Villa 1-1 Leicester City 
Arsenal 1-3 Manchester City 

Championship
QPR 1-0 Bournemouth w/Vegeta

German Bundesliga
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-3 Bayern Munich 
Schalke 0-2 Borussia Dortmund 

Serie A
AC Milan 1-1 Internazionale

Premier League

Crystal Palace 1-1 Burnley
Manchester City 2-2 Spurs
Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 Aston Villa 
Southampton 0-1 Wolves 
West Brom 0-2 Manchester United 
Arsenal 2-1 Leeds United 
Everton 1-1 Fulham 

League Two
Walsall w/Shy Dad 1-0 Cheltenham Town 

Segunda División
Cartagena 0-0 Rayo Vallecano
Sporting Gijón 3-1 Málaga

Just now, Dai said:

Pleasanty shocked at that, thought we would be getting into 5+ on most occasions. Now that we are going down this road, how about the World War 3 entrances?

That's plenty! And they all entered the match at the same time anyway.

9 minutes ago, Dai said:

Mildly related, but I was rewatching the 2000 Royal Rumble, and noticed there was a run of four entrants who were all dead (Vis, Bossman, Test and Bulldog). When you think of the ages of all those guys, plus the fact it was an event in the 00's, it was quite a sad moment. Got me thinking though, that there must be Rumbles from the early 90's where that number in a row would be higher, and got me wondering how high that number actually gets,

Equalled once or twice prior to then, but only bettered (if that's the correct word) in 1990 - Snuka, Bravo, Earthquake, Neidhart, Warrior.

Eight others dead from 1990, in entrance streaks of 2, 3 and 3.

46 minutes ago, Onyx2 said:

Fucking hell I'd forgotten. What a tragedy.

I don't do football, but how far back do you have to go for say, the FA Cup final to be death-free? Sounds like one for @JNLister

Totally off-topic, but ask and ye shall receive - as far as I can see every player who featured in the 1979 FA Cup final is alive (according to Wikipedia). Only unused Man U sub Brian Greenhoff is listed as having passed.

Conversely, the most recent non death-free FA Cup Final appears to be 2010 (Papa Bouba Diop has since passed)

In the interest of relative completion, no WCW or ECW PPvs were death-free.

Partially inspired by Chris B mentioning on another thread about former fans asking about old wrestlers, then having to inform them they are dead, and partially inspired by morbid curiosity (and utter boredom at work), I thought I would check to see how many old WWE PPV events are "death-free" so to speak. Due to heart attacks, drug overdoses, family murderers, suicides and tragic accidents amongst others, there sadly aren't very many.

I haven't included referees or announcers, only the wrestlers, although I don't know it doing so would make any difference,

I checked this out before a few years ago, and without re-checking any further back, I think Rebellion 2001 is the earliest example, falling neatly into that time period where Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit were both not on the active roster, and benefiting from a smaller crew due to it being a UK event.

From my count there are only 20 more events prior to 2010, which could possibly be considered to be in the same category, listed below for the sake of it, with additional notes where necessary:

Wrestlemania X8 (2002) - Again benefits from no Benoit or Guerrero. However, Crash Holly gets involved in the Hardcore Title 24/7 shenanigans, and Mr Perfect and Test were in the pre-show match.

Vengeance (2005) - Single brand PPV, and Benoit had just been went to Smackdown earlier that month. However, Rosey was on the Heat pre-show match.

Summerslam (2006) - However, Umaga interferes in tag team match

One Night Stand (2007) - Again, Umaga involved in a match that he isn't a participant.

Benoit then exits the picture, and with that the numbers start to increase.

Judgment Day (2008) - From the looks of it, the first one since Rebellion where including inference and pre-show, everything is still in the land of the living.

Night of Champions (2008) - However, Umaga on pre-show/dark match

Summerslam (2008)

No Mercy (2008)

Armageddon (2008)

Royal Rumble (2009) - That's 4 out of the last seven. Perhaps surprising as it's a Rumble event. Umaga returned to TV the next week.

No Way Out (2009)

Backlash (2009)

The Bash (2009)

Night of Champions (2009) - However, Shad Gaspard on pre-show/dark match.

Gaspard then wrestles at Summerslam, but the final five shows of the decade appear to be death-free.

There are quite a few events within the 2001-2009 timeframe where there is only one death (apart from the aforementioned, Ashley Massaro and Garrison Cade for example) but similarly there are plenty on the list above where one single death could remove a whole lot from the list, if the wrestler was regularly featured within the era.

It's all rather sad, and if anyone is sad enough (in a different way, like me) to correct me or add to the list then go for it.

Monsoon/Ventura and Monsoon/Heenan were largely great.

While Monsoon eventually seemed a bit of out place when the other two above had left in the mid 90s, it boggles the mind that he was winning the worst commentator award in the observer regularly in the 90s.

JR/King were probably the most recent WWE duo that were iconic for a while, although they too perhaps diminished over time.

I'm struggling to pinpoint exactly when Michael Cole went from being ok to unbearable. Perhaps after his feud with Lawler?

I genuinely had no idea that WWE had stopped using the Wrestlemania number, which is odd as I've still watched most of them in recent years.

I've no problem knowing which number is happening in a given year as it is simple maths, but after 20 or so I couldn't tell you what the main matches of each event were. The earlier ones are probably seared into my memory due to either growing up with them and/or having them on VHS.

Scary that I could probably still rattle off the match order and finish of every match in WM 6 or 10 for example, but struggle to confidently name two matches for any of the last 10+  events.

Premier League

Burnley 1-0 Brighton 
Newcastle United 2-3 Southampton
Fulham 2-1 West Ham United
Wolves 0-2 Leicester City 
Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City 
Sheffield United 0-4 Chelsea

FA Trophy Fifth Round
Hereford w/Shy Dad 1-1 Leamington
Southport 2-1 Torquay United

Ligue 1
Brest 1-2 Bordeaux
Marseille 0-2 PSG

Week 22 fixtures

Premier League

Crystal Palace 2-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion 3-3 Fulham
Arsenal 1-2 Manchester United (17:30)
Southampton 0-0 Aston Villa (20:00)
Leicester City 2-2 Leeds United (Sunday 14:00)
West Ham United 0-1 Liverpool (Sunday 16:30)
Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur (Sunday 19:15)

Serie A
Sampdoria 0-1 Juventus (17:00)

Eredivisie
Feyenoord 1-0 PSV (Sunday 13:30)

Série B
América Mineiro 0-1 Avaí w/me (00:30) 

8 hours ago, Fog Dude said:

National League North and South have been put on hold for at least 2 weeks at a few hours notice, so that's my D2D gone. Might have to give up on featuring matches from that level of football for the rest of the season. 

You should stick to picking teams from sensible leagues like I do 😇

Week 21 fixtures

Premier League

Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle United (20:00)

FA Challenge Cup Fourth Round proper
Cheltenham Town 0-5 Manchester City (17:30)
Brentford 0-1 Leicester City (Sunday 14:30)
Fulham 3-2 Burnley (Sunday 14:30)
Manchester United 0-1 Liverpool (Sunday 17:00)

National League South
Braintree Town p-p Bath City w/Fog Dude
St Albans City p-p Maidstone United 

Scottish League Cup semi-finals (at Hampden Park)
Hibernian 2-2 St Johnstone (17:30)
Livingston 1-2 St Mirren (Sunday 16:00)

German Bundesliga
Schalke 1-1 Bayern Munich (Sunday 14:30)

Week 19 fixtures
FA Challenge Cup Third Round proper
Blackpool 1-2 West Bromwich Albion
Bristol Rovers 3-2 Sheffield United
Exeter City 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Oldham Athletic 1-1 Bournemouth
Queen's Park Rangers 1-1 Fulham
Stevenage 2-2 Swansea City
Stoke City 2-1 Leicester City
Arsenal 1-2 Newcastle United (17:30)
Crawley Town 0-2 Leeds United (Sunday 13:30)
Marine 0-6 Tottenham Hotspur (Sunday 17:00)
Newport County 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion (Sunday 19:45)

Scottish Cup Round 2
Buckie Thistle 1-3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Formartine United 3-2 Annan Athletic
Keith 0-2 Clyde
Kelty Hearts 4-2 Stranraer
Nairn County 3-2 Montrose

Week 18 fixtures

Premier League

Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers (17:30)
West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Arsenal (20:00)

Championship
Preston North End 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Middlesbrough

League One
Accrington Stanley 0-1 Portsmouth
Fleetwood Town 1-2 Ipswich Town

League Two
Barrow 3-1 Exeter City

FA Women's Cup Second Round
Brighouse Town 0-2 Newcastle United (Sunday 13:00)

Scottish Premiership
Rangers 2-3 Celtic (12:30)

Scottish Championship
Dundee 0-1 Heart of Midlothian (19:20)

I remember the whole interview being a bit awkward, but this part clinches it.

Week 17A fixtures – St Stephen's Day

Premier League

Fulham 2-0 Southampton
Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea (17:30)

Championship
Coventry City 0-2 Stoke City
Queen's Park Rangers 1-2 Swansea City

League One
Portsmouth 3-0 Swindon Town

League Two
Carlisle United 4-2 Bolton Wanderers
Tranmere Rovers 3-3 Bradford City

National League
Hartlepool United 2-1 Halifax Town

Scottish Cup Round 1
Berwick Rangers 0-3 Stirling Albion

Scottish League One
Falkirk 2-2 Partick Thistle
 

Week 17B fixtures – Boxing Day (observed)

Premier League
Crystal Palace 1-1 Leicester City
Everton 1-3 Manchester City (20:00)

National League
Stockport County 0-0 Wrexham
Weymouth 1-2 Torquay United

National League North
Brackley Town 1-1 Gloucester City
Kidderminster Harriers 1-0 Telford United

National League South
Eastbourne Borough 2-1 Maidstone United

A Primeira Liga
Boavista 1-1 Sporting Braga (21:00)

Ligat ha'Al
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv (18:45)

A-League
Western United 3-2 Adelaide United (08:05)

13 minutes ago, Shane O' Mac Version 2 said:

I could never be mad about seeing Melina or Torrie Wilson.

Many years ago i'd have wanked myself silly for either of them. In fact, who am i kidding? I still would, With bells on.

7 hours ago, The Dart said:

That's pretty much what he said, but the DOA vs. Los Boricuas match was also added as a last minute replacement for the Pillman match, so he was referring to both those matches, not just the minis match.   Obviously no one enjoyed the DOA/Boricuas match though.

Boricuas/DOA and the whole 1997/8 gang warfare stuff is one of my wrestling guilty pleasures. Looking back most of the matches sucked, but at the time I was interested in it. Good example of making the most from (mostly) limited talent.

Apart from the Truth Commission, who obviously sucked.

More of a WWE Network issue, but not sure of a better place to put it.

Watching some "classic" content yesterday and today, trying to justify keeping the network, and before every single video there's the same 17 second advert for last night's TLC event.

I know it's available to watch, but I'm not going to. Also, it is available to me at no cost, it's not as if they are trying to get me to part with any money. All it does is irritate me, and remind me how much I hate Michael Cole's commentary. If you're going to put ads at the start of every video, at least have a few and mix them up FFS.

Superstars 1993 though. I'm all for that.

4 minutes ago, Supremo said:

It’s mad that there was a Money in the Bank cash-in and no-one is taking about it.

Not when the RAW thread hasn't been updated since December 11th it isn't.