(08-16-2018, 11:41 AM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote: This is crazy -- Aston Villa had Europe's 19th highest soccer payroll as of January 2018

https://en.as.com/en/2018/01/17/football...06124.html

Yeah, that happens with teams relegated from the EPL that try to hang on to their best players and attempt to buy their way out of the division. And they almost went bust because of it... plus they paid some stupid money for average Championship players (they paid us £15m for a striker who’d only had one good season)

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(08-01-2018, 08:16 AM)rfc17 Wrote: I always liked Wolverhampton just because of the logo. I wish I had more time in life to add another sports team to follow but I feel as though I'm maxed out. I've got the Jags and I follow the major sports for my university plus I dig the 5 major golf tournaments. And I like watching the US mens national soccer team. Just dont feel like I can allocate more time than that to other teams. Anyways I know the Wolves were promoted up to the premier league this year. Hopefully they can hang around for awhile before getting sent back down.

I'm 80% likely to head to London for the Jags game this year which should be fun. So if I do, of course I'd check out the Fulham game. Too bad they arent scheduled for Man U or Arsenal or somebody like that. Or better yet the Wolves! But should be fun nonetheless.

I was in Scotland at the end of May and I landed the day of the Scottish Cup (I think it is called). Essentially the scottish version of the FA cup final. Celtic vs Motherwell. Was gonna try to get a ticket but it's surprisingly difficult. I guess they dont like selling soccer tickets on stubhub over there. Anyways I would have been able to get a ticket if I bought through Motherwell and showed up at their home ticket office but the timing just didnt work out. Wasnt much of a game as Celtic crushed them. But I was in a celtic pub in glasgow and they seemed pretty stoked. good time.

Wolverhampton is a 20 minute car ride from where I live and a LOT of the people around here support Wolves (including my wife’s family). So I’m going to have a struggle stopping my son supporting them too!

They’re a club with a great history (although it’s been a long time since they were winning the top division) and a great fan base. Stadium is pretty smart too, although showing it’s age a bit in places. If you ever go (and it’s only a couple of hours on the train from London...) you have to buy a Balti pie outside the ground and maybe go for a curry afterwards.

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