Ticket prices for the Barcelona vs Real Madrid fixture.

Can you even have a beer on the terrace? I can't remember.. I was only a tyke when I watched us get drummed 4-0 :/

Originally Posted by Withers

That's more believable than the first statement he made.

what so you don't think United vs Liverpool is the biggest fixture in club football?

to the point where you find the mere suggestion worthy of a green smiley

Originally Posted by marlo

big zlat,henry,messi,ronaldo,kaka,benzema,alonso,xavi, iniesta,alves,vdv,sniejer,bojan,robben,valdez,casi llas,ramos........

it is the biggest club game in football by some distance

yep.

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

united vs liverpool is the biggest game in club football

celtic vs rangers is bigger than than real vs barcelona

hahahahahaha.

Throbbers you crack me up.

madrid be very afraid...

the king is back.

if you think OT is full of @#%&!s, which it is, then Real vs Barca is something else. 'yah wow this spectacle is sooo amazing' coupled with gimps who read world soccer magazine and are tossing themselves off as they make out the tiny ants on the green miles from their seat 'huhuhuh I think that's past it frenchman not good enough for the premiership terry henry'.

i'll have a few quid on nil nil.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

yep.



hahahahahaha.

Throbbers you crack me up.

wow another green smiley


very silly to dismiss the catholic vs protestant rivalry of the old firm

very ignorant as well, which isn't really surprising in your case sky boy

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

wow another green smiley


very silly to dismiss the catholic vs protestant rivalry of the old firm

very ignorant as well, which isn't really surprising in your case sky boy

i'm not dismissing it. It's a very passionate derby.

But to compare it to real madrid v barcelona in terms of stature and importance is £#%&!ing ridiculous.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

i'm not dismissing it. It's a very passionate derby.

But to compare it to real madrid v barcelona in terms of stature and importance is £#%&!ing ridiculous.

not at all. the "stature and importance" of the old firm game pisses all over el clasico.

there is a general widespread interest in the fixture from outsiders, increasingly so with tv coverage over the last decade and a half, and the current line-ups will increase that

but games like boca v river, rome v lazio have always been bigger spectacles

and United v Liverpool has always attracted mass global tv audiences

tis all about opinion, but the el clasico hype is just an attempt to raise the profile of la liga

two world famous clubs but no real genuine rivalry between them except in a more general sense of catalan paranoia and mutual suspicion. the actual football rivalry is almost purely based on the success of the two clubs and nothing much else.

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

not at all. the "stature and importance" of the old firm game pisses all over el clasico.

there is a general widespread interest in the fixture from outsiders, increasingly so with tv coverage over the last decade and a half, and the current line-ups will increase that

but games like boca v river, rome v lazio have always been bigger spectacles

and United v Liverpool has always attracted mass global tv audiences

tis all about opinion, but the el clasico hype is just an attempt to raise the profile of la liga

two world famous clubs but no real genuine rivalry between them except in a more general sense of catalan paranoia and mutual suspicion. the actual football rivalry is almost purely based on the success of the two clubs and nothing much else.

Stop playing devils advocate, mate.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Stop playing devils advocate, mate.

don't get me wrong, i wouldn't open the curtains to watch celtic v rangers in the £#%&!ing garden as the saying goes

but it is one huge mother£#%&!ing match across the globe every time it gets played. and the atmosphere is £#%&!ing intense if you're lucky enough to get to one where the needle kicks in

can't imagine barca v real ever being even vaguely close to it

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

don't get me wrong, i wouldn't open the curtains to watch celtic v rangers in the £#%&!ing garden as the saying goes

but it is one huge mother£#%&!ing match across the globe every time it gets played. and the atmosphere is £#%&!ing intense if you're lucky enough to get to one where the needle kicks in

can't imagine barca v real ever being even vaguely close to it

You're judging the whole thing based solely on the #@&%! bigots in the crowd and the hatred they hurl at each other. As a football spectacle, they are £#%&!ing dire, the players on show are £#%&!ing tosh and in terms of stadia they are played in it doesn't rank much better than Newcastle v Sunderland.

Real Madrid v Barcelona given the success of the 2 clubs, social history, the players which have played in the past and currently play for them, size of the grounds, the cities they are played in and the superior league makes it (for me) the biggest game of football in the world.

When my dad got made redundant about ten years ago, to cheer himself up he flew out to Madrid to watch Real v Barca.

It was a turgid 0-0 draw, the atmosphere was complete £#%&! and a taxi driver he spoke to said 'when we think we will lose, we not go'.

Originally Posted by Zorg

When my dad got made redundant about ten years ago, to cheer himself up he flew out to Madrid to watch Real v Barca.

It was a turgid 0-0 draw, the atmosphere was complete £#%&! and a taxi driver he spoke to said 'when we think we will lose, we not go'.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

You're judging the whole thing based solely on the #@&%! bigots in the crowd and the hatred they hurl at each other. As a football spectacle, they are £#%&!ing dire, the players on show are £#%&!ing tosh and in terms of stadia they are played in it doesn't rank much better than Newcastle v Sunderland.

Real Madrid v Barcelona given the success of the 2 clubs, social history, the players which have played in the past and currently play for them, size of the grounds, the cities they are played in and the superior league makes it (for me) the biggest game of football in the world.

as I said, i'm judging it on the fact that whenever it gets played it's a huge mother£#%&!ing game across the globe

there is no social history as such between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

hard to imagine how any United fan could possibly think el clasico is a bigger game of football than United vs Liverpool tbh

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

don't get me wrong, i wouldn't open the curtains to watch celtic v rangers in the £#%&!ing garden as the saying goes

but it is one huge mother£#%&!ing match across the globe every time it gets played. and the atmosphere is £#%&!ing intense if you're lucky enough to get to one where the needle kicks in

can't imagine barca v real ever being even vaguely close to it

It's fallen pretty far in world football tbf. I can't imagine many people in South America, for example, are interested in the result. That's certainly not the case with Barca and Real.

Originally Posted by Grimson

It's fallen pretty far in world football tbf. I can't imagine many people in South America, for example, are interested in the result. That's certainly not the case with Barca and Real.

across the globe except spanish speaking bits

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

across the globe except spanish speaking bits

and the Chinese, Arabic, French and Russian speaking ones.

And most of the English-speaking ones.

Apart from that it's huge.

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

across the globe except spanish speaking bits

Originally Posted by Zorg

It was a turgid 0-0 draw, the atmosphere was complete £#%&! and a taxi driver he spoke to said 'when we think we will lose, we not go'.

A bits like the @#%&!s at the boo camp then.