#they came back with 81 and the extra one was ITALIAN

[rbl-robin]

[ZOE KRAVITZ, FEMALE, SHE/HER] who’s that? oh it’s [ROBIN BUCKLEY]. i hear they’re [21] and are known as [THE ALT GIRL] around [HAWKINS]. they’re a [CLERK] at [FAMILY VIDEO] and they’re also a [SOPHOMORE] at [HAWKINS COMMUNITY COLLEGE]. they’re known to be [+INTELLIGENT, +PERSUASIVE] and [-CYNICAL, -BLUNT]. some people say they remind them of [doodles on their favorite pair of red chucks, a french horn case covered in stickers, oversized clothes, and singing to la vie en rose in the shower]. 

BASICS

full name: robin michelle buckley

nickname: rob, buckley, tweedledee

birthday: march 10, 1967

age: twenty-one

sign: pisces ☼

hometown: hawkins, indiana

sexuality: lesbian (closeted)

relationship status: single

education: high school diploma, some college

major: undeclared

occupation: clerk at family video

skills: advanced french horn, spanish (fluent), french (fluent), italian (conversational), russian (beginner)

FULL BIO

robin michelle buckley was allegedly conceived in the back of a vw van on the oregon coast according to her parents. richard and melissa buckley, youngish and newly in love at the time, had a shotgun wedding in vegas and then made their way back home to hawkins, indiana, to their families, as soon as they learned they were with child. 

the buckleys were elated to welcome their little girl into the world. as a child, her parents (and grandparents) believed she was the brightest kid alive, even though she was a late bloomer when it came to most things (walking, talking, being potty trained, etc.). it was like things that came easy for most people were difficult for her, but things that were difficult to most were easy for her. so her parents took her shortcomings in stride and focused on her strengths, enrolling her in sports, allowing her to try her hand at playing instruments, and making sure she always had nannies that spoke different languages so they could teach little her a thing or two.

robin came from a long line of only children, so after her grandparents respectively passed, she was left with just her parents as far as family went. and then the recession of ‘81 hit and it was like her parents weren’t even her parents anymore. their sole focus became making ends meet so that hopefully, one day, they could put robin through college...but even that became a distant dream as the years passed on by. 

the recession was in no way a blessing...but having her parents’ focus off of her was. it meant that when she started panicking about her sexuality and abruptly quit soccer because “bev wildfire almost lost her leg” and not because she was scared her teammates would somehow know that she was crushing on their rivals’ center forward...her parents didn’t even bat an eye. they let her quit and continued on with their lives. 

by the time robin got to high school, she’d narrowed her hobbies down to the french horn and being a master of language. she would’ve added driving to her list of hobbies if she had a license, but her parents couldn’t afford driver’s ed or a car (thanks recession!), so...tough shit! being dubbed a ‘band geek’ was a rude awakening for one robin buckley. it was so reductive and so annoying...but once her sexuality became totally crystalized, she decided it wasn’t so bad. she figured it was better to be invisible than to be seen for who you really are and then rejected. 

once robin graduated, her good grades and extra curricular activities weren’t enough to make going to a good college a reality. the funds were simply not there. so...community college it was! she’d do two years in hawkins, buy herself some time to save more money, and hopefully transfer to a better school after that...but of course then robin met steve ‘the hair’ harrington and her priorities shifted. getting into a good college felt way less important when russians were getting ready to attack and the end of the world was right around the corner. 

robin’s purpose now is making sure she does her part to defeat whatever thing is terrorizing hawkins. in the meantime, she’ll continue silently suffering under the weight of debilitating crushes, pawning the children off on steve while she mystery solves with nancy wheeler, and doing other things regular 20-somethings do when evil forces are lurking beneath every surface...trying to milk it and enjoy her very minute time on this earth before it all goes black. 

#bth:intro

[alwayskaysanova]

anyway nile introduces the team to more technology and joe discovers podcasts

joe gets really in to the history podcasts but some people’s info is just plain Wrong so he decides to start his own

he swears to copley and the team that it will all be anonymous and no one will be able to trace it back to them but the people need to KNOW

he begins at the first crusades and slowly works his way through every conflict they’ve ever been involved with along with special episodes on famous people that he’s met along the way

nicky sits in on all the episodes and occasionally throws out a comment or acts as an alternative pov just to watch joe get all riled up ‘but is the earth truly round? where is the evidence?’ *joe spluttering in exasperation* (nicky very enthusiastically makes it up to him later)

andy special guest stars on a few episodes and drops all sorts of anecdotes from times before any of the team were alive ‘let me tell you something, cleopatra was more than just a pretty face, she could do this thing, with her tongue-’ 

*yusuf yelling* ‘off topic andy! lets move on!’

booker does a guest talk on napoleon and talks shit about him the whole time, ‘THE BUNNIES WERE RIGHT! THEY SHOULD HAVE EATEN HIM!’

when they find quynh she listens to it non stop purely so she can catch up on everything she’s missed, the team sometimes forgets the things she doesn’t know so they ask her opinion and every time she quips ‘the fish didn’t tell me about that one when i was in the ocean, drowning, please, do tell’

historians latch on to the podcast and collectively lose their minds bc HOW DO THEY KNOW ALL OF THIS THIS EXPLAINS SO MUCH WE NEED SOURCES 

the podcast goes viral multiple times

joe really tries to keep himself as distanced as possible from the historical events he was involved in but sometimes he gets so into it that he slips up 

*yusuf al kaysani voice* AND THAT is why you should never let your husband go alone to liechtenstein because he will get lost and make friends with an army and go home with them and then you will have to go on a quest to get him back

no one can decide if joe is just really in to history, a time traveler or trolling the whole world

copley weeps

#yusuf al kaysani #joe x nicky #kaysanova #kaysanov: crack #the old guard #the old guard: crack #andromache #nicolo di genova #booker #nile #copley #for context the liechtenstein army went to war with 80 soldiers #they came back with 81 and the extra one was ITALIAN #and napoleon once got his friends to organise a rabbit hunt #except his friends were idiots and let loose 3000 bunnies #and all the bunnies just fucking charged at napoleon #bc of course they did #they knew he was trash

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Queen live at Rainbow Theatre in London, UK - November 19, 1974

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This is the first of two nights at the Rainbow Theatre. Both shows were recorded and filmed by the band. The 2014 "Live At The Rainbow" release chronicles the shows in a most definitive way.

Roger Taylor, always wearing his opinions on his sleeve, introduces Seven Seas Of Rhye: "This is a good one."

Afterward, Freddie declares, "We'd like to do some rock and roll. How do you feel about that? Good, you've gotta join in. This is the last time. Tell you what, this a number on the Sheer Heart Attack album, Stone Cold Crazy." After a killer rendition of the speed-metal predecessor, Brian is faintly heard saying, "Pretty gentle, that one."

In the extended instrumental section of Liar, Brian and Roger hint at flavours of Great King Rat.

On this tour Freddie has sung the first verse of In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited in falsetto as on the record, but he opts for the lower octave tonight.

Brian May's mother attended this show and even taped it from the audience.

In the December 7th Record Mirror, Brian states how the band didn't enjoy this show, mainly because of the film production getting in the way of their performance.

Before leaving for the US tour in early 1975, Brian May wrote in the spring 1975 issue of the Queen fan club magazine that the band had been very busy working on the Rainbow film. He says they're "mixing and editing to a suitable form for the [Old Grey] Whistle Test," but such a broadcast would never materialize.

A half-hour film, a compilation of both nights, simply entitled "Live At The Rainbow," was first seen in 1976 as an opener for Led Zeppelin's film "The Song Remains The Same" in some US theatres, for Jaws II in UK theatres in 1978, and for Pink Floyd's "Live At Pompeii" in 1979 and "The Wall" in 1982. This is the video's track listing, with the italicized tracks having been edited into a fake "medley":

Procession, Now I'm Here, White Queen, Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bring Back That Leroy Brown, Father To Son [cut], Keep Yourself Alive [cut], Liar [cut], Stone Cold Crazy, In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited, God Save The Queen

Now I'm Here was seen in a 1977 Italian TV special on the band filmed by BBC7. The special was narrated by Roger Taylor.

In 1989, Stone Cold Crazy from this video was released as the B side of The Miracle - on the 7" single in the UK and Australia, the UK 12" single, the UK cassette single, and the CD single in the UK and Austria.

A 52-minute version of the video was later officially released on VHS in 1992 as part of the "Box of Trix" (a mail-order item released by a company called Star Direct), with many obvious edits and vocal overdubs. Sometimes the audio and video are taken from the two different nights, although the overwhelming majority of both come from the second night - yet there are many moments where the audio and video are out of sync, which ultimately comes down to poor editing (some of this remains even on the 2014 release). And for some inexplicable reason the audio is mono. Here is the track listing (the fake medley is now bookended by Son And Daughter and its reprise, which normally came after the guitar solo):

Procession, Now I'm Here, Ogre Battle, White Queen, In The Lap Of The Gods, Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bring Back That Leroy Brown, Son And Daughter, guitar solo, Father To Son [cut], Keep Yourself Alive [cut], Liar [cut], Son And Daughter (reprise), Stone Cold Crazy, In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited, Jailhouse Rock [cut], God Save The Queen

Now I'm Here (in excellent quality and with most of the vocal overdubs excised) was released on the Greatest Video Hits 1 DVD in 2002.

In November 2009 the band posted some concert videos from the 70s on their website in conjunction with the release of their "Absolute Greatest" compilation, including White Queen from the Rainbow. In 2011, great quality videos of White Queen, Stone Cold Crazy, and Liar (the same versions as on the 1992 VHS release) were made available on iTunes in conjunction with the re-releases of the first five Queen albums. Stone Cold Crazy was also released on the extras of the Japanese DVD and UK blu-ray of the "Days Of Our Lives" documentary in 2011, but with a new stereo mix (Brian's guitar has a delay digitally added for the entire song in place of the analog delay that was used only for its guitar solo live).

The entire first night at the Rainbow was shown at the "Stormtroopers in Stilettoes" Queen exhibition in London in early 2011. The audio was mono and had a few slight inconsistencies, and many who saw it recalled Freddie wasn't in particularly great voice.

In 2014 a proper Live At The Rainbow release hit the shelves, in numerous formats - CD, DVD, LP, and a box set. Most of the vocal overdubs present on the 1992 version remain, but for the first time all the songs performed were included. While it is still a compilation of both nights, there are many spots, both in audio and video, where the 2014 and 1992 versions differ, most notably Freddie's lead vocal in In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited. Also interesting is Freddie mentioning Brian's illness after Son And Daughter.

This excellent analysis by Tom Christie details the edits and overdubs in as great detail as possible, using all the raw materials available to the fanbase. And this video by Juan Gonzalez highlights the difference between the 1992 and 2014 versions.

Additional footage to what has been officially released apparently exists in the hands of collectors.

Brian May has stated that the shows were properly filmed, but this may be due to the fact that the Live At The Rainbow film was stored on 16mm or 35mm film to be shown at cinemas in the 70s. The shows were actually shot on 2" tape. This picture reveals a typical TV camera from the time.

The only concerts Queen properly filmed were the two nights in Montreal '81 and Budapest '86.

The backstage photos were mostly taken by Johnny Dewe Mathews. The live shots could be from either night at the Rainbow.

At this website there are pictures from many dates, including many taken backstage before this show. Many thanks to Lukáš Bosík for the link.

Backstage photos can be found here.

#queen #queen band #roger taylor #freddie mercury #brian may #john deacon #queen concerts

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European Cup: Glasgow Warriors v Sale Sharks

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European Cup: Glasgow Warriors v Sale Sharks

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Predictions

Glasgow Warriors 0-0 Sale Sharks

The BBC Radio Scotland team all expect a Glasgow Warriors win.

Tom English:“I think Glasgow win by seven points.”

Chris Paterson:“A home win by 10 points.”

Rory Lawson:“Glasgow by 10. A question whether they will get the bonus point but they need to get out of the blocks quick.”

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And another one…There’s a pile up as Glasgow look to break and knock on.

The players pile on top of one another with tempers already frayed.

But the referee keeps calm and plays on.

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There’s a wee bit of pushing after Sale’s Byron McGuigan is furiously pushed into touch by his Scottish mates.

Tetchy beginning…

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Kick-off

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Glasgow get the game under way in their traditional dark blue shirts and Sale in all whie.

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The teams are out on the pitch. Kick-off approaching…

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Sale maul important

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Quote Message: Sale will come here looking to take on the Glasgow pack in the set-piece. They will look to maul the life out of them, as England did in the World Cup final

Sale will come here looking to take on the Glasgow pack in the set-piece. They will look to maul the life out of them, as England did in the World Cup final

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‘Warriors pack has edge’

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Quote Message: I like the look of this Glasgow pack. If they are on form, I don’t how Sale are going to handle it

I like the look of this Glasgow pack. If they are on form, I don’t how Sale are going to handle it

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Sale to buy first win in Scotland?

Glasgow Warriors v Sale Sharks (13:00)

While Glasgow have a dismal European record away to English sides, winning only once, they just have the edge overall, with 11 wins and seven defeats overall, including one over today’s visitors back in the 2002-03 Heineken Cup.

Since then, Warriors’ record has improved somewhat and, their most recent 10 home games against English opponents, they have won eight of them, losing twice, including last season against Saracens.

Although Sale beat Scarlets as recent as February in the Anglo Welsh Cup, they have never beaten a team from Scotland, Ireland or Wales away from home in European competition.

Seven of those were in the Champions Cup and three in the Challenge Cup.

They did beat Italian side Calvisano 27-50 away back in the 2006-07 season.

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McGuigan point to prove

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Having been omitted from Scotland’s World Cup squad, Byron McGuigan will have a point to prove against Glasgow.

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Rennie prepares for ‘African beef’

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Dave Renniehas a big decision to make, with Australia and his New Zealand homeland both interested in his services, but the Glasgow head coach is itching for success in what is likely to be his last season of Champions Cup for a while.

“We take a bit of confidence from the last couple of games, but the quality of the opposition is much better today,” he tells BBC Radio Scotland.

“Obviously Sale are doing well in the Premiership, as are Exeter, while La Rochelle are a good team, so it is vital we get off to a good start.

“Sale have a got a lot of African beef up front and we are going to have to play well, but we’ve prepared well.”

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MacGinty returns for Sale

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Sale can call on European rugby’s all-time top try scorer, Chris Ashton, with the wing among the replacements.

United States fly-half AJ MacGinty starts for the first time since playing at the World Cup.

Rob Webber and Jake Cooper-Woolley are reinstated to the front row and lock James Phillips starts in place of the injured Josh Beaumont.

Winger Byron McGuigan, omitted from Scotland’s World Cup squad, takes on his former club and Cameron Redpath, son of former Scotland captain, Bryan, is at outside centre.

World Cup-winner Faf de Klerk is among the players Sale must do without, along with Tom Curry, Mark Wilson and Lood de Jager.

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Grigg back for Glasgow

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Nick Grigg returns to the Glasgow line-up at outside centre, while scrum-half Ali Price is back from the foot injury that cut short his World Cup and makes his first appearance of the season on the home bench.

Australian winger Ratu Tagive is given a first European start.

Flankers Callum Gibbins and Ryan Wilson start together for the first time this season, while Rob Harley adds further experience as he returns to partner Scott Cummings in the second row.

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Red flag for Glasgow?

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Could Scarlets prove to be a red flag for Glasgow today?

Glasgow recorded a handsome 31-7 Pro14 win over Zebre in Italy last time out to take their scoring rate to 81 in two consecutive wins. They have also won twice at home since their last defeat at Scotstoun.

That came last month against Scarlets – the side who Sale beat 45-18 in Wales in the Anglo Welsh Cup in February.

However, that was last season and Sale lost their most recent away game, 16-10 to Bristol.

Like Glasgow, though, they come into this game on the back of a good win – 28-18 over Wasps in England’s Premiership. Also like their hosts, they sit fourth in their respective league.

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LINE-UPS from Scotstoun Stadium

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Glasgow Warriors:Seymour; Tagive, Grigg, Johnson, Van der Merwe; Hastings, G Horne; Kebble, Brown, Z Fagerson, Harley, Cummings, Wilson, Gibbins, M Fagerson.

Replacements:Turner, Allan, Rae, Swinson, Fusaro, Price, P Horne, Steyn.

Sale Sharks:Hammersley; Yarde, Redpath, James, McGuigan; MacGinty, Papier; Harrison, Webber, Cooper-Woolley, Evans, Phillips, J Du Preez, Curry, D Du Preez.

Replacements:Van der Merwe, Morozov, Oosthuizen, Postlethwaite, Ross, Cliff, R Du Preez, Ashton.

Posted at 12:3112:31

Tune in to BBC radio

Glasgow Warriors v Sale Sharks (13:00)

Radio coverage has already begun on BBC Radio Scotland 810MW, Radio Nan Gaidheal and 5 Live Sports Extra.

Pundits include former Scotland internationals Chris Paterson and Rory Lawson, with commentary from Stuart McFarlane.

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Long road to Stade de Marseille

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The long road to Marseille begins today for Glasgow Warriors and Sale as two sides with patchy form dream of a place at the European Champions Cup final on 23 May.

Both would have to surpass all previous achievements in the competition to do reach that stage, with Sale having qualified for the quarter-finals once in 2005-06, while last season’s last-eight appearance was Glasgow’s second.

Neither have gone further. However, with their international players returning from World Cup duty, both begin their Pool 2 campaign with high hopes once more.

Stay with us for live commentary on BBC Radio Scotland and here on the website.

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so i did an ask reblog and @lamentedandmalcontented has requested for me to do all of them. and as they know, i never back down from a challenge. NEVER. (lmao) so let’s do this!

1: 6 of the songs you listen to most? Seen My Man(Trixie Mattel), Mr. Know It All(Young the Giant), The Calender(Panic! at the Disco), Somebody to Love(Queen), That’s Life(Frank Sinatra), Monster(Kayne West ft. Nicki Minaj)

2: If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be? Michlle Obama

3: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17. “Wings, and no eyes, figure unheedy haste”

4: What do you think about most? death lmao

5: What does your latest text message from someone else say? “Do we need coffee creamer do you know”

6: Do you sleep with or without clothes on? with

7: What’s your strangest talent? im not sure. im pretty boring lol

9: Ever had a poem or song written about you? nope

10: When is the last time you played the air guitar? i cant even remember

11: Do you have any strange phobias? not any strange ones

12: Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose? yes....

13: What’s your religion? prefer not to say

14: If you are outside, what are you most likely doing? probably relaxing with a cup of coffee

15: Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it? behind :)

16: Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band? i cant answer this

17: What was the last lie you told? yeah im doing great

18: Do you believe in karma? yes

19: What does your URL mean? it is pretty self explanitory. spooky extra terrestrials 

20: What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength? weakness: my emotions. strength: willpower 

21: Who is your celebrity crush? kate mckinnon

22: Have you ever gone skinny dipping? nope

23: How do you vent your anger? internalize that shit

24: Do you have a collection of anything? gems and healing stones!

25: Do you prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online? video chatting

26: Are you happy with the person you’ve become? yes and im excited to see where i go

27: What’s a sound you hate; sound you love? love: mechanical keyboards and acoustic guitar. hate: racism

28: What’s your biggest “what if”? what if i just died?

29: Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens? yes and yes

30: Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm. right: my monitor, left: my glass of water

31: Smell the air. What do you smell? my seaside candle

32: What’s the worst place you have ever been to? the inside of a heroins addicts house

33: Choose: East Coast or West Coast? east coast

34: Most attractive singer of your opposite gender? brenden urie

35: To you, what is the meaning of life? 42

36: Define Art. complicated and subjective

37: Do you believe in luck? kind of?

38: What’s the weather like right now? cloudy with a chance of rain

39: What time is it? it is 7:33pm

40: Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed? i do drive and i have never crashed

41: What was the last book you read? a midsummer’s night dream

42: Do you like the smell of gasoline? i do

43: Do you have any nicknames? alien

44: What was the last film you saw? i believe it was moana

45: What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had? i skinned my face

46: Have you ever caught a butterfly? yes :)

47: Do you have any obsessions right now? d&d

48: What’s your sexual orientation? bisexual

49: Ever had a rumour spread about you? many times

50: Do you believe in magic? in a way

51: Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong? i try not too but i can be pretty petty

52: What is your astrological sign? scorpio

53: Do you save money or spend it? save

54: What’s the last thing you purchased? my new computer!

55: Love or lust? love

56: In a relationship? no....

57: How many relationships have you had? one

58: Can you touch your nose with your tongue? no, i wish

59: Where were you yesterday? i was home

60: Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you? some pink running shoes

61: Are you wearing socks right now? yup

62: What’s your favourite animal? orangutans 

63: What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you? sarcasm i suppose

64: Where is your best friend? at their home

65: Give me your top 5 favourite blogs on Tumblr. @maryarty @bestbewaremysting @hammertimeinthegrill420 @yourlocalvodkaaunt @thatsthat24

66: What is your heritage? Irish, Italian, and Slovakian

67: What were you doing last night at 12AM? watchin youtube i think

68: What do you think is Satan’s last name? i think that is his last name

69: Be honest. Ever gotten yourself off? .......

70: Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend? im honestly not sure

71: You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do? save the dog

72: You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid? a)no, just tell the people that should know b) try to settle my life and worries c) i dont think so

73: You can only have one of these things; trust or love. trust

74: What’s a song that always makes you happy when you hear it? seen my man by trixie mattel

75: What are the last four digits in your cell phone number? 0844

76: In your opinion, what makes a great relationship? love, trust, humor 

77: How can I win your heart? be nice to me and like me back

78: Can insanity bring on more creativity? yes but also getting the help you need is more important

79: What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far? talking to the pretty girl who gave a presentation on fanfiction

80: What size shoes do you wear? 9

81: What would you want to be written on your tombstone? “i wanted to be cremated you twits”

82: What is your favourite word? soft

83: Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word; heart. beat

84: What is a saying you say a lot? “fuck” “fcuking shit”

85: What’s the last song you listened to? currently listening to told you so by paramore

86: Basic question; what’s your favourite colour/colours? black, white, blue

87: What is your current desktop picture? kermit the frog

88: If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be? kim jong un

89: What would be a question you’d be afraid to tell the truth on? if *that person* asked if i liked them

90: One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do? panic, wonder where the hell they came from

91: You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power? honestly i feel like the most practical is endless money

92: You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again? prom with *that person*

93: You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be? being locked in my room while my parents screamed at each other for hours

94: You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be? probably lana del rey

95: You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go? london

96: Do you have any relatives in jail? yes

97: Have you ever thrown up in the car? yes many times

98: Ever been on a plane? yup

99: If the whole world were listening to you right now, what would you say? please just be kind to one another and please just listen to each other. if everyone actually listened, we would be in a much better place

my goodness that was a lot! if any of you suffered through that, hi :) anyway that is them all! 

#asks #haunted-alien

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UEFA Champions League final: Tottenham v Liverpool

Madrid is the venue for the second all-English UEFA Champions League final as Tottenham Hotspur, at this stage for the first time in their history, take on a Liverpool side bidding to put aside the pain of their defeat by Real Madrid in the 2018 showpiece.  RELATED ARTICLES Origi and Wanyama put Kenya on Champions League map Tottenham and Liverpool chase biggest win of all to drop loser tag for good Liverpool's Robertson feels no sense of entitlement Time for Tottenham to be brave to sustain UCL success Selection dilemmas face Klopp and Pochettino for final Both teams mounted spectacular semi-final comebacks to reach the Estadio Metropolitano, home ground of Atlético Madrid, each recovering from three goals down. While Liverpool won 4-0 in their second leg against Barcelona at Anfield to progress 4-3 on aggregate, Lucas Moura's second-half hat-trick at the Johan Cruijff ArenA gave Spurs a 3-2 victory at Ajax, and an away-goals success. Liverpool are seeking their sixth European Cup – and second UEFA Champions League triumph, following their memorable comeback against AC Milan in 2005 – while Tottenham have never previously appeared in the final. Indeed, their sole semi-final before this season came in 1961/62, while their best previous UEFA Champions League campaign, in 2010/11, ended in the last eight. There have been six previous UEFA Champions League finals between clubs from the same country, all since 2000. Real Madrid were victorious in all-Spanish affairs in 2000 (Valencia), 2014 and 2016 (both Atlético) while AC Milan beat fellow Italian side Juventus on penalties in 2003 and Bayern München overcame Borussia Dortmund in the 2013 all-German final. The only previous all-English final took place at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium in 2008, Manchester United beating Chelsea 6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Tottenham will be the eighth English club to appear in a European Cup final, more than any other country; Italy and Germany are next on the list with six each. This is the fifth European Cup final to take place in Madrid, after those of 1957, 1969, 1980 and 2010 – all of which were played at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu home – and the eighth in Spain. PREVIOUS MEETINGS The sides have been paired together only once previously in UEFA competition, in the 1972/73 UEFA Cup semifinals, won on away goals by Liverpool after a 2-2 aggregate draw. Alec Lindsay gave Liverpool a first-leg advantage at Anfield and Steve Heighway's goal in the White Hart Lane return, in between a Martin Peters double for the holders Spurs, proved decisive. Liverpool went on to win the trophy. In total Tottenham and Liverpool have met 170 times in all competitions, the Reds winning 79 to Spurs' 48; there have been 43 draws. Liverpool have lost just one of the teams' last 14 meetings dating back to the start of 2013, winning nine. The Reds prevailed 2-1 in both this season's Premier League encounters, most recently at Anfield on 31 March, when Toby Alderweireld put through his own net in the last minute. Roberto Firmino had opened the scoring in the first half only for Lucas Moura to level in the second. Firmino had scored the winner when the teams met at Wembley on 15 September, adding to Georginio Wijnaldum's first-half strike; Erik Lamela's last-minute response came too late for Spurs. The sides' only previous final meeting came in the 1982 League Cup at Wembley, when Liverpool came from behind to win 3-1 after extra time, Ronnie Whelan (2) and Ian Rush getting the goals after Steve Archibald had put Spurs in front. FINAL PEDIGREE TOTTENHAM Spurs are the 40th club to reach the European Cup final, and the first newcomers since Chelsea in 2008. Spurs could become the 23rd side to win the European Cup, and the first new name on the trophy since Chelsea's 2012 triumph. This is Tottenham's fifth UEFA final, and a second against English opposition. They beat Wolves 3-2 on aggregate in the inaugural UEFA Cup final of 1971/72 (2-1 away, 1-1 home). Spurs also overcame Atlético Madrid 5-1 in the 1963 European Cup Winners' Cup final, becoming the first English club to lift a European trophy, and Anderlecht 4-3 on penalties in the UEFA Cup in 1984. Their sole final defeat came in the 1973/74 UEFA Cup, Feyenoord winning on 4-2 aggregate. Tottenham could therefore become the sixth club – after Juventus, Ajax, Bayern München, Chelsea and Manchester United – to win all three major UEFA club trophies. Toby Alderweireld came on as a first-half replacement for Atlético in the 2014 UEFA Champions League final, a 4-1 extra-time defeat by Real Madrid. Fernando Llorente was a late substitute as Juventus lost 3-1 to Barcelona in the 2015 UEFA Champions League final. Davinson Sánchez played 90 minutes as Ajax went down 2-0 to Manchester United in the 2017 UEFA Europa League final. LIVERPOOL The Reds have won five of their eight previous European Cup finals: 1976/77: Liverpool 3-1 Borussia Monchengladbach 1977/78: Liverpool 1-0 Club Brugge 1980/81: Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid 1983/84: Liverpool 1-1 Roma (aet; Liverpool win 4-2 on penalties) 1984/85: Juventus 1-0 Liverpool 2004/05: Liverpool 3-3 AC Milan (aet; Liverpool win 3-2 on penalties) 2006/07: AC Milan 2-1 Liverpool 2017/18: Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool This is the third time Liverpool have reached successive European Cup finals. Only Juventus (1997, 1998) and Valencia (2000, 2001) have lost the fixture in consecutive years. This is Liverpool's 21st UEFA final. In addition to their eight European Cup appearances, they are three-time winners of the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League (1973, 1976, 2001), losing the 2016 final, and won the UEFA Super Cup in 1977, 2001 and 2005, losing in 1978 and 1984. They also lost in the 1965/66 European Cup Winners' Cup final, and the 1981 and 1984 European/South American Cup. Their overall record in UEFA finals is therefore W11 L9. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, James Milner, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mané all started as Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool lost to Real Madrid 12 months ago; Adam Lallana was a first-half replacement for the injured Salah, with Simon Mignolet and Alberto Moreno unused substitutes. Mignolet, Lovren, Moreno, Milner, Lallana, Firmino and goalscorer Daniel Sturridge all started Liverpool's 3-1 defeat by Sevilla in the 2016 UEFA Europa League final at St. Jakob-Park, Basel with Divock Origi coming on as a late substitute; Henderson stayed on the bench for Klopp's side. Having got Liverpool's goal against Madrid in Kyiv last year, Mané could become the eighth player to score in more than one UEFA Champions League final, after Gareth Bale, Samuel Eto'o, Lionel Messi, Sergio Ramos, Raúl González, Mario Mandžukic and Cristiano Ronaldo, who is the only player to find the net in three. FORM GUIDE TOTTENHAM Tottenham have drawn two of their previous three games in Madrid, losing the other – all three fixtures against Real Madrid.Spurs have never won in Spain, where their overall record is D3 L3. They last visited on matchday six this season, a 1-1 draw at Barcelona that secured their place in the round of 16. The Lilywhites became only the second team in UEFA Champions League history to recover from losing the home first leg in a semi-final, turning round a 1-0 defeat by Ajax in north London with a 3-2 success in the Netherlands – Lucas Moura scoring a second-half hat-trick after Ajax had led 2-0 at the interval. That gave Spurs a second successive away goals victory following their quarter-final triumph against Manchester City (1-0 home, 3-4 away). They beat Borussia Dortmund home (3-0) and away (1-0) in the round of 16 having picked up eight points in finishing second to Barcelona in Group B. Spurs' record in this season's competition is therefore W6 D2 L4. Tottenham have won four of their eight matches against fellow English sides in UEFA competition (D1 L3). The City tie in this season's quarter-finals marked their first such fixtures in 46 years, since that 1973 UEFA Cup semi-final against Liverpool. Tottenham's record in three UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W1 L2: 4-3 v Anderlecht, 1983/84 UEFA Cup final 5-6 v PSV Eindhoven, 2007/08 UEFA Cup round of 16 1-4 v Basel, 2012/13 UEFA Europa League quarter-final LIVERPOOL Liverpool's record in Madrid is W1 D1 L2, those two defeats coming in their last two trips – to Real Madrid in the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League group stage and Atlético in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League semi-finals, both 0-1. Defeat at Barcelona in the first leg of their semi-final means the Reds have lost on four of their last five trips to Spain, where their record overall is W7 D5 L6. Liverpool are unbeaten in their last five European games against English clubs (W3 D2), beating Manchester City home (3-0) and away (2-1) in last season's UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. They have won seven of their 20 matches against domestic rivals in UEFA competition (D8 L5). This season Klopp's side became the third team to win a European Cup semi-final after a 3-0 defeat in the first leg, Origi and Georginio Wijnaldum both scoring twice in the second game at Anfield to get the better of Barcelona. Liverpool lost three of their first five games in this season's competition – all away from home – before reaching the round of 16 with a 1-0 home defeat of Napoli. In the knockout stages they beat Bayern München 3-1 on aggregate (0-0 home, 3-1 away) and Porto 6-1 over two legs (2-0 home, 4-1 away) before eliminating Barça. The Reds have lost six of their last 14 European matches, all those defeats coming outside England, although the semi-final first leg defeat in Barcelona is the sole reverse in their last seven matches (W5 D1). Liverpool's record in four UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W3 L1: 4-2 v Roma, 1983/84 European Champion Clubs' Cup final 3-2 v AC Milan, 2004/05 UEFA Champions League final 4-1 v Chelsea, 2006/07 UEFA Champions League semi-final 4-5 v Besiktas, 2014/15 UEFA Europa League round of 32 LATEST NEWS TOTTENHAM Lucas Moura made his 50th appearance in UEFA club competition in the semi-final second leg; Harry Kane is one game away from reaching the same mark. Tottenham finished the Premier League season in fourth place, concluding their campaign with a 2-2 draw at home to Everton on 12 May. They won one of their last five league matches in 2018/19 (D1 L3). The 3-2 win at Ajax in the semi-final second leg is Spurs' only success in their last five matches in all competitions (D1 L3); they have won only six of their last 17 matches, losing nine. Spurs have drawn only five of their 57 games in 2018/19 in all competitions (W33 L19). Mauricio Pochettino's side have kept seven clean sheets in their last 25 fixtures, and none in the last five. Tottenham have lost 19 games in all competitions this season, their most since 2008/09 when they suffered the same number of defeats. Jan Vertonghen suffered an ankle injury in the second leg at Ajax, while Dele Alli was taken off at half-time against Everton due to a muscular problem. Danny Rose did not feature against Everton and has a hamstring problem while Davinson Sánchez, who has a thigh injury, last played as nine-man Spurs lost 1-0 at Bournemouth on 4 May. Kane was taken off in the quarter-final first leg against Manchester City with what Spurs described as "a significant lateral ligament injury" to his left ankle and has not played since. Harry Winks has also not featured since the first leg of the City tie due to a groin problem. Serge Aurier has not played since suffering a hamstring injury in Ivory Coast's 3-0 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying win against Rwanda on 23 March. He was an unused substitute against Everton. Erik Lamela returned as a late substitute at Ajax, his first appearance since the round of 16 second leg at Borussia Dortmund on 5 March due to a hamstring injury. LIVERPOOL Virgil van Dijk made his 50th appearance in UEFA club competition in the semi-final second leg; Xherdan Shaqiri will reach the same mark when he next features. Liverpool ended the season second in the Premier League after winning their last nine matches, beating Wolves 2-0 at Anfield on the final day. Jürgen Klopp's side finished a point behind Manchester City having lost just one match. The defeat at the Camp Nou in the semi-final first leg ended Liverpool's 19-match unbeaten run in all competitions (W14 D5), and was their first loss since a 2-1 FA Cup reverse at Wolves on 7 January. That loss at Barcelona is the only one of Liverpool's last 14 matches they have failed to win. Sadio Mané has 13 goals in Liverpool's last 16 matches. Mané and Mohamed Salah finished as joint top scorers alongside Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in this season's Premier League with 22 goals apiece. Naby Keïta scored after 15 seconds in a 5-0 win against Huddersfield on 26 April, Liverpool's fastest Premier League goal. Trent Alexander-Arnold finished the 2018/19 Premier League with 12 assists, a new record for a defender; Andrew Robertson provided 11, equalling the old record held by Andy Hinchcliffe (1994/95) and Leighton Baines (2010/11). The Reds had kept five successive clean sheets before the 4-2 win against Burnley at Anfield on 10 March; having not managed one for five games before the quarter-final first leg with Porto, they have now kept six in the last nine. Keïta went off midway through the first half at Barcelona with a hip injury. Roberto Firmino has a groin injury and has not played since a brief substitute appearance at Barcelona. Robertson went off at half-time against Barcelona at Anfield with a calf problem, and was withdrawn late on against Wolves due to the same injury. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain returned as a second-half substitute against Huddersfield on 26 April, having not played since suffering a serious knee injury in last season's UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg against Roma on 24 April 2018. He also came on against Wolves on the Premier League's final day. Adam Lallana, who has not played since 17 March, has been carrying a muscle injury. Liverpool had four representatives in the Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year 2018/19: Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Robertson and Mané. On 28 April Van Dijk was named PFA Players' Player of the Year; Mané was also included in the six-man shortlist. Liverpool will play Manchester City in the FA Community Shield at Wembley in early August. Read the full article

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World Cup 2018: Everything you need to know in seven charts

World Cup 2018: Everything you need to know in seven charts

World Cup 2018: Everything you need to know in seven charts

2018 Fifa World Cup on the BBC Host: Russia Dates: 14 June – 15 July Live: Coverage across BBC TV, BBC Radio and BBC Sport website with further coverage on Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.

Are Germany really that good at penalties? How important is home advantage? And which Mexican defender has the same World Cup scoring record as Cristiano Ronaldo?

As World Cup fever sets in, we answer all that and more…

1. Who has won the World Cup?

Brazil are top of the table, with five tournament wins. Their last was in 2002. They hosted in 2014, but their home tournament came to a crashing end with a 7-1 semi-final humiliation by Germany.

No country outside Europe or South America has won the tournament, and victories for Germany, Spain and Italy in the past three finals mean Europe leads with 11 victories to South America’s nine.

2. Who has scored the most goals?

German goal machine Miroslav Klose tops the chart with 16 across four World Cups. He retired in 2016, but will be going to Russia as a member of his country’s backroom staff.

Brazilian Ronaldo is second with 15 goals, eight of which came in their 2002 triumph.

France’s Just Fontaine holds the record for the most goals in a single tournament. He scored 13 in six games in the 1958 tournament.

3. What about current players?

Of the players to have scored 10 or more World Cup goals, only Germany’s Thomas Muller will be heading to Russia as a player.

To join his compatriot Klose at the top of the list, Muller would have to beat his previous record of five goals in a single tournament.

Colombia forward James Rodriguez won the Golden Boot last time out, so a repeat performance this time will put him among the best.

Rafael Marquez, the only defender on the list, is going into his fifth World Cup for Mexico with the same scoring record as Cristiano Ronaldo.

4. Teams aren’t shooting as much as they used to

The last World Cup was a record low in terms of shots per game since at least 1966 – the first year football experts Opta hold data for.

Despite this, the average of 2.7 goals in each 2014 game was the highest since Spain 1982.

There appears to have been a decline in the number of shots from long range. A good example is comparing the last World Cup final with the first one for which Opta has shots data – England’s triumph in 1966.

In the 1966 final there were twice as many shots from outside the box than inside, but of the 20 shots in the 2014 final, more were taken from inside the penalty area.

5. England may struggle but the Premier League dominates

Since that win in 1966, England have only got past the quarter-finals once. But that hasn’t stopped other countries filling their squads with players from the English leagues.

Even with players such as Leroy Sane, Marcos Alonso and David Luiz left at home, the Premier League still supplied more players than any other.

There were 130 World Cup players registered to clubs from England’s top three leagues when the squads were announced, compared with 81 from Spain and 67 from German sides. Uruguay, Panama, Saudi Arabia and Russia are the only countries that have not called up any players based in England.

England is also the one country where all 23 players in the squad are from teams in the same league. Sweden and Senegal are at the other end of the spectrum – they’re the only two countries without any players from their local league.

6. How does the host team do?

No-one in Brazil will need reminding of the two times they’ve hosted the World Cup. Losing the title to Uruguay in 1950 and going out 7-1 to Germany in 2014 were national embarrassments.

But most other countries perform better when they’re boosted by home support. Russia will hope they can follow the trend and get out of their group alongside one of Uruguay, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

If they do, South Africa will remain as the only host nation to have been eliminated in the first round.

7. Paying the penalty

No World Cup report would be complete without it ending on penalties.

Only one German has ever missed from the spot at a World Cup, and they’ve won all four shootouts they’ve been in. Since then they’ve scored 15 in a row in a record dating back to 1982.

And in a surprise to no-one, England are the worst team in World Cup penalty shootout history, having lost three without winning any… yet.

Italy have also been eliminated in the most cruel way three times, including the 1994 final when star player Roberto Baggio famously blasted the ball over the bar. But their 2006 final win against France probably went some way to repairing Italian feelings about the format.

Graphic design by Joy Roxas and Sandra Rodriguez Chillida

Methodolody

For the ‘Home team tends to get more points’ graphic, the data we’ve taken from Fifa counts the result as a draw if a knockout tie was resolved on penalties and as a win or loss if the result happened in extra time. We’ve awarded three points for a win and one for a draw in knockout games as well as group-stage ones.

The ‘average’ is just from those countries that have hosted tournaments, rather than an average across all World Cup competitors in history.

For the ‘homegrown talent’ graphic we included the 11 countries that had the highest number of players playing in their home countries. The clubs that players are associated to is taken from the official list produced by Fifa on 4 June.

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All you need to know about the World Cup in seven charts

Are Germany really that good at penalties? How important is home advantage? And which Mexican defender has the same World Cup scoring record as Cristiano Ronaldo?

As World Cup fever sets in, we answer all that and more…

1. Who has won the World Cup?

Brazil are top of the table, with five tournament wins. Their last was in 2002. They hosted in 2014, but their home tournament came to a crashing end with a 7-1 semi-final humiliation by Germany.

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No country outside Europe or South America has won the tournament, and victories for Germany, Spain and Italy in the past three finals mean Europe leads with 11 victories to South America’s nine.

2. Who has scored the most goals?

German goal machine Miroslav Klose tops the chart with 16 across four World Cups. He retired in 2016, but will be going to Russia as a member of his country’s backroom staff.

Brazilian Ronaldo is second with 15 goals, eight of which came in their 2002 triumph.

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France’s Just Fontaine holds the record for the most goals in a single tournament. He scored 13 in six games in the 1958 tournament.

3. What about current players?

Of the players to have scored 10 or more World Cup goals, only Germany’s Thomas Muller will be heading to Russia as a player.

To join his compatriot Klose at the top of the list, Muller would have to beat his previous record of five goals in a single tournament.

Colombia forward James Rodriguez won the Golden Boot last time out, so a repeat performance this time will put him among the best.

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Rafael Marquez, the only defender on the list, is going into his fifth World Cup for Mexico with the same scoring record as Cristiano Ronaldo.

4. Teams aren’t shooting as much as they used to

The last World Cup was a record low in terms of shots per game since at least 1966 – the first year football experts Opta hold data for.

Despite this, the average of 2.7 goals in each 2014 game was the highest since Spain 1982.

There appears to have been a decline in the number of shots from long range. A good example is comparing the last World Cup final with the first one for which Opta has shots data – England’s triumph in 1966.

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In the 1966 final there were twice as many shots from outside the box than inside, but of the 20 shots in the 2014 final, more were taken from inside the penalty area.

5. England may struggle but the Premier League dominates

Since that win in 1966, England have only got past the quarter-finals once. But that hasn’t stopped other countries filling their squads with players from the English leagues.

Even with players such as Leroy Sane, Marcos Alonso and David Luiz left at home, the Premier League still supplied more players than any other.

There were 130 World Cup players registered to clubs from England’s top three leagues when the squads were announced, compared with 81 from Spain and 67 from German sides. Uruguay, Panama, Saudi Arabia and Russia are the only countries that have not called up any players based in England.

England is also the one country where all 23 players in the squad are from teams in the same league. Sweden and Senegal are at the other end of the spectrum – they’re the only two countries without any players from their local league.

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6. How does the host team do?

No-one in Brazil will need reminding of the two times they’ve hosted the World Cup. Losing the title to Uruguay in 1950 and going out 7-1 to Germany in 2014 were national embarrassments.

But most other countries perform better when they’re boosted by home support. Russia will hope they can follow the trend and get out of their group alongside one of Uruguay, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

If they do, South Africa will remain as the only host nation to have been eliminated in the first round.

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7. Paying the penalty

No World Cup report would be complete without it ending on penalties.

Only one German has ever missed from the spot at a World Cup, and they’ve won all four shootouts they’ve been in. Since then they’ve scored 15 in a row in a record dating back to 1982.

And in a surprise to no-one, England are the worst team in World Cup penalty shootout history, having lost three without winning any… yet.

Italy have also been eliminated in the most cruel way three times, including the 1994 final when star player Roberto Baggio famously blasted the ball over the bar. But their 2006 final win against France probably went some way to repairing Italian feelings about the format.

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Graphic design by Joy Roxas and Sandra Rodriguez Chillida

Methodolody

For the ‘Home team tends to get more points’ graphic, the data we’ve taken from Fifa[1] counts the result as a draw if a knockout tie was resolved on penalties and as a win or loss if the result happened in extra time. We’ve awarded three points for a win and one for a draw in knockout games as well as group-stage ones.

The ‘average’ is just from those countries that have hosted tournaments, rather than an average across all World Cup competitors in history.

For the ‘homegrown talent’ graphic we included the 11 countries that had the highest number of players playing in their home countries. The clubs that players are associated to is taken from the official list produced by Fifa[2] on 4 June.

References

^ the data we’ve taken from Fifa (www.fifa.com)

^ official list produced by Fifa (img.fifa.com)

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All you need to know about the World Cup in seven charts was originally published on 365 Football

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THE Roaring 1980s was a golden era for Scottish football, a time of change, challenge and loss, and fortune and glory for Celtic. We entered the new decade on the back of the glorious, ‘4-2, Ten Men Won The League’ high, where Billy McNeill’s warriors defeated Rangers in unlikely circumstances. Goals from Roy Aitken, George McCluskey, a Colin Jackson OG and a Murdo MacLeod’s blockbuster brought the Flag to Paradise to wrap up the 1970s with Celtic as Champions.

In 1980, Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen took the title, beating Celtic to it by a single point, and the genius had set his marker down. We failed to conjure a winning run, dropping mystifying points, and paid the price. Amidst this, along came Real Madrid. The lure of the Spanish matadors saw us pack out Parkhead in the hope of perhaps, a draw? George McCluskey and Johnny Doyle had a grander vision though, and the roars when the Celtic bulls turned their horns onto their tormentors to score and win 2-0, are yet to be matched in my seasoned opinion. We lost the replay 3-0 in the Bernabau in controversial circumstances, but what an occasion we had witnessed. Celtic also had a goal wrongly disallowed in the home game.

En-route to the season’s conclusion, Celtic purchased Frank McGarvey from St. Mirren, and he scored the winner against Rangers four minutes from time in his Celtic/Rangers debut. His delight at that goal showed us his true colours, and what a mark he would make on HIS club! We licked our wounds at the title loss and went to Hampden to take it out on Rangers, and that Final changed the course of Scottish footballing history. George McCluskey back-heeled the Cup winning goal, but in the on-field celebrations afterwards, the Rangers fans attacked us en-masse, and the ‘Hampden riot’ is now the cause of dry stadia around Scotland. A Jim McLean-inspired Dundee United won the League Cup as a sign of things to come.

CHAMPIONS AGAIN!

The 80/81 season brought great things. Celtic won the league by seven points from the ‘Dandy Dons’, with Rangers floundering 12 points behind. Danny McGrain, the world’s greatest full-back at his peak had his testimonial against Manchester United on an emotional night.

We had an inconsistent  season, but McGarvey’s hat-trick in a 7-0 romp V St. Mirren, and a 6-0 drubbing of Hearts showed what we were capable of. Rangers beat us twice with the McAdam brothers facing each other, (our Tom and their Colin who sadly passed away recently), but we equalled them overall. A dodgy referee put paid to our European dream when we lost on away goals to Romanians, Politehnica Timosoara, so we had to re-group and bring the silverware from elsewhere.

A young goal machine called Charlie Nicholas was promoted from the reserves, and was thrown into a home game against Rangers. He equalised a Derek Johnstone opener, and blasted home a second to delirium from the faithful, and put me into orbit! Roy Aitken’s late solo won the game and what a night we had. As for Charlie? The Cannonball Kid was born! We went to Ibrox to virtually tie up the title. Who scored? ‘Champagne Charlie’ in a 1-0 victory, but ‘Caesar’ McNeill refused to acknowledge the league was won as we still needed a point. When we beat Dundee united 3-2 at Tannadice, the mask was off, and the celebrations plentiful. The fluent and crafty Dundee United won the League Cup-again.

FLY THE FLAG!

The 81/82 season was another fine year. Celtic retained their flag, forging two points clear of Aberdeen and 12 ahead of the Ibrox third-placers, again. Alex McLeish’s Aberdeen showed their consistency and guile by hammering Rangers 4-1 in the Scottish Cup Final, with big Eck scoring the goal of the game. We loved watching that.

A 3-3 draw against Rangers at home was significant for the introduction of our new centre-half, one David Moyes. We drew Italian giants Juventus in the European Cup, and Liam Brady in black and white did a jig in front of the ‘Jungle’ to the tune of ‘The Soldier’s Song’, before succumbing to a Murdo winner, and it was another night in Paradise. A 2-0 reverse in Turin was expected, but still hurt. We lost 1-0 to a Jim Bett penalty at Ibrox before taking revenge at Parkhead. Danny Crainie (in 30 seconds) and Tom McAdam had us in raptures. The big finish was in sight, but not before some drama. We drew and lost before having to win at home v St. Mirren. Get this! Aberdeen had to win by 5 against Rangers should we falter, and they were 4-0 up at half-time. Against Rangers. Go figure! We’d read this story before, and a brace from George McCluskey and Tom McAdam’s goal had Parkhead bouncing once again. The Flag was ours! Danny McGrain left the field on the shoulders of the players and the acclaim of the fans.

GLORY IN AMSTERDAM

In 82/83, we had to console ourselves with a League Cup Final victory against Rangers. Dundee United beat Dundee to seal the league in fine style, and Aberdeen did us all a favour by beating Rangers 1-0 in the Scottish Cup Final. They did Scottish football a favour also, as they famously beat Real Madrid 2-1 in the European Cup-Winners-Cup Final in Gothenburg. We were all Dons fans that night, (for 1 night only!) This spawned the ‘New Firm’ tag for The Dons and Dundee United.

We got Johan Cruyff’s Ajax in Europe, and a 2-2 draw at home looked to see us off, but in a remarkable night in Amsterdam, George McCluskey and Charlie Nicholas humbled the Dutch masters, and another record went into the books. Nicholas was on fire and goals were regular. The brilliant Paul McStay destroyed Rangers in a 3-2 win, but Real Sociedad put us out of Europe 3-2.

We beat Rangers again 2-1 with Paul McStay and a Charlie wonder-goal silencing the Copeland Road. Our losses and draws therein meant we had to win the final game at Ibrox whilst hoping Dundee Utd lost to Dundee. We did, they didn’t. We were two behind when we exploded onto the scene. A Charlie Nicholas double helped us hammer them 4-2 in their own backyard, again and the Broomloan bounced.

We did win the League Cup however, and how better than against the old enemy. Charlie Nick scored a clever drive, before Murdo almost burst the net with a trademark piledriver, and both at the Celtic End. That gave us our trophy that year and how sweet it was! We were singing in the rain that day.

THREE SECONDS

83/84 should be glossed over. We lost the Glasgow Cup derby to a Sandy Clark goal which pre-empted our season. Aberdeen took the top honour again whilst Rangers languished in 4th spot. Davie Hay took the reins from Caesar, beating Rangers 2-1 in his first managerial derby. The McStay brothers played together, and Paul ripped the Gers apart. McCoist scored in 30 seconds, but big Roy Aitken put them in their place before McGarvey won it for us four minutes from time.

Sporting Lisbon beat us 2-0 in Portugal, but in one of our finest ever comebacks, we hammered them 5-0 at Parkhead. Tommy Burns was immense. John Greig resigned as their manager, and stand-in boss Tommy McLean gave us extra tickets to fill his listless Ibrox. We took the tix, filled two thirds of Ibrox and McGarvey and Burns compounded their pain. Great stuff.

Brian Clough entertained us as we drew 0-0 down in Nottingham in the UEFA Cup. We played them off the park, but couldn’t score. Clough brought his superstars to Parkhead, and the wily old fox eked out a 2-1 win. Ref Valentine handed Rangers the League Cup with two penalties in a 3-2 debacle, but the next week we took them apart at home in a 3-0 spectacular, famous for both Paul and Willie McStay both scoring, and Davy Provan twisting the knife. We lost 1-0 to them at Ibrox in Peter Grant’s debut, and our draws with Hearts and Dundee United gave Aberdeen the title. The Dons featuring Gordon Strachan and Mark McGhee beat us 2-1 in the Scottish Cup Final and left us with nothing.

UP FOR THE CUP

84/85 saw Aberdeen take the Flag again, and produced a few shocks. Not least when Rapid Vienna scammed us out of Europe. We’d beaten KAA Gent 3-1 on aggregate, and when we went to Austria, Rapid took a 3-1 lead into the 2nd leg. At Parkhead, inspired by Tommy Burns, we destroyed them 3-0. Some clown threw a wee bottle which landed nowhere, but the trainer threw tomato sauce onto the head of a Vienna player and he went off. UEFA ordered a replay, (I know, I know,) and we lost 1-0 at Old Trafford which descended into a brawl. It was a complete farce and showed UEFA up as the corrupt organisation they are.

We beat Hearts 5-1 (McClair hat-trick) and St. Mirren 7-1 (McGarvey hat-trick), before drawing 1-1 at home to Rangers. We beat Rangers 2-1 at Ibrox at New Year with Johnston and McClair scoring, but the season declined from there with some poor results. Rangers held us to a 1-1 draw at Parkhead, and confirmed Aberdeen as champions. We went to Hampden to finish the season on a high, but went behind to a classic Ralph Milne strike. It took a fantastic late free-kick from Provan and a flying header from McGarvey minutes after to quell the tangerines, and Celtic had won the Cup in exciting fashion.

RADIO GAGA

Season 85/86 was one we will never forget. Most notably, the great Jock Stein gave up his life as he watched his Scotland side qualify for the World Cup. If he was asked beforehand how would like to go, this would be it. We were all in shock. Some of us still are.

We started the season with a 1-1 draw with Rangers at home, but went up and down from there. We drew old hated foes Atletico Madrid in the Cup-Winners Cup, and succumbed to them 3-2 on aggregate. Our home game with the Spaniards was a closed doors affair after UEFA picked on us again after Rapid. We lost to Hearts, Dundee United, Rangers and Aberdeen before picking up and forging ahead. We beat Rangers 2-0 (McGuigan and McClair) before declining again. Hearts were on the march, and leading the pack all the way. Hibs beat us 4-3 in the Scottish Cup before a blockbuster at Ibrox yielded a 4-4 draw. (Johnston, McClair, Burns and a Murdo special to equalise.)

Celtic went on a seven game run until, on the last day of the season, we had to beat St. Mirren by three clear goals and hope rampant Hearts lost away to lowly Dundee. Couldn’t happen, could it? Celtic cut a swathe through the Saints defence time and again, and McClair and Johnston with 2 gems, and Paul McStay with a rocket put us 4-0 up at half-time. We were playing fantasy football and the place was going wild. ’Choccy’ McClair scored a fifth in the second half and the game was played out in relative silence from then in, as radios were huddled around waiting to hear about Hearts who were drawing 0-0. That would have done them, but the immortal Albert Kidd came on for Dundee and scored two of the greatest goals of our lives. The celebrations that ensued were of European Cup proportions, and it remains one of our greatest ever days. Davie Hay smoked a cigar.

MOVING TO ENGLAND

86/87 was largely forgettable as Rangers, with Graeme Souness in charge as player manager, and Terry Butcher at the back won the League and League Cup. St. Mirren won the Scottish Cup. Ian Durrant saw us off at Ibrox first up, and we went on a winning run until late October. We beat plucky Shamrock Rovers 3-0 in Europe and drew 1-1 with the brilliant Dynamo Kiev. We were unlucky not to win the away leg, but we went out. Rangers scammed another League Cup when we lost 2-1 and Butcher got them a penalty for jumping into Roy! Mo Johnston got sent off and blessed himself to the Rangers support as he went. He’d pay for that later! Davie Hay said Celtic should move to England as Rangers were always scamming us, and was fined.

We were rubbish that year, but Brian McClair got us a home draw against moneybags Rangers – where did that money come from? We lost 2-0 to them at Ibrox at New Year, but Brian McClair’s double, and Owen Archdeacon’s classic gave us a grand day out.

CENTENARY SUCCESS!

Lisbon aside, season 1987/88 was one of our finest in my opinion, and Billy McNeill was brought back to inspire us to glory. We brought English international-laden Rangers to Parkhead, and a Billy Stark pile driver sent us into raptures, more so when Souness was sent off for an assault on our goalscorer. Although we valiantly succumbed to Murdo MacLeod’s new club Borussia Dortmund in Europe, we went on a roll. A tempestuous 2-2 draw at Ibrox which featured McAvennie, Woods and Butcher being sent off, ended in the courts with thug Graeme Roberts joining them before the beaks. Great servant Davy Provan had his testimonial against Nottingham Forest on a great night.

  New Year brought late Christmas presents as we roasted Rangers 2-0, and 60,000 toasted McAvennie’s double and McStay’s majestic dominance at a packed and bouncing Celtic Park. We went on an 11 game unbeaten run until meeting our adversaries again on their home turf. On a highly charged day, Paul McStay did the damage before Jan Bartram deflected an equaliser. Although Rangers played well, we pressured them like never before until a corner from Tommy Burns was nodded down by Anton Rogan, and Andy Walker chested the ball into the net as the eruption in front of him continued seemingly forever. The game was won, and the title was almost in our grasp. The three games thereafter are ones of legend.

We played Hearts at Hampden in the Scottish Cup semi-final when a freak Dave McPherson goal gave them the lead. We battered the door down with McStay playing a blinder, but McAvennie was having an off day and couldn’t hit the net. Two minutes from time as the Jambos fans were ready to celebrate but then Mark McGhee struck and Celtic were level. One minute later, ‘keeper Henry Smith dropped a corner, and Andy Walker smashed into the roof of the net. Hampden went ballistic. We were in the Final.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR CELTIC

We needed to beat Dundee at home to win the League in our centenary year. It was a massive day, and around 80,000 Celtic fans crammed inside Parkhead to witness the event. So many that thousands were sat on the track around the perimeter of the pitch to avoid crushing. It was Cornishman, Chris Morris who opened the scoring for us and the place went wild. The second half was just a huge party as we sang them to the title, ‘Happy Birthday Dear Celtic!’ went the lullaby. Andy Walker waltzed round the ‘keeper to make it two, before smashing home just one minute later to seal the deal and you need to watch the video to understand how good a day that was. It was a frenzy, a mass love-in.

Scottish Cup Final day was massive. I could only get a ticket for the Dundee United end courtesy of my brother Martin, and Hampden was heaving. We went into shock as Kevin Gallagher rifled past Allan McKnight. Much as we tried, the score remained the same until two minutes before the whistle. Then God said, ‘Hang on a minute. I was looking for a good Centenary party tonight!’ Rogan crossed from the left and McAvennie headed strongly into the net. Pandemonium! We were back. We set about them again and with the last kick, Frank McAvennie smashed home to give Celtic the League and Cup double in extraordinary fashion, and in our year of years. Nobody does it quite like Celtic!

THE BRIDE AND SUPER JOE

Season 88/89 was the season Rangers’ credit card kicked in, and they took the title. Still, we hammered them 3-1 at home, and won a few games by 6, 7 and 8 goals. We significantly participated in a very poignant memorial match for the Hillsborough Disaster Victims when we hosted Liverpool. The ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ was a tearjerker as green and red scarves combines as one, and Dalglish brought his stars to the celebration of lives which were cruelly snuffed out in a game we all love. The unity and bond forged that day will last forever and overshadowed anything which could take place on a football field.

There was one crowning glory to that season. We took on the might and force of Rangers, and wee Joe Miller sent the Celtic fans home in delirious celebration when he smashed the ball into the Rangers net to win the Scottish Cup for Celtic. It was a great, great day, and at my sister Katie’s wedding, the Groom, Craig, stood up as if to toast her, and chanted, ‘To someone who has made me very, very happy, Joe Miller!’ That brought the house down. ONLY IN GLASGOW!

JUDAS

I’ll draw the decade to a close by saying it was not a pleasant ending. That last season yielded nothing for us, but there were moments. The best we got was a 1-1 draw with Rangers at home, a game which sensationally featured Maurice Johnston in a Rangers strip. It was a sickening sight and still is. He didn’t score though and was berated throughout. Darius Dziekinowski was our man then, and our playboy superstar scored against Rangers to the delight of the faithful. He famously scored four against Partizan Belgrade, but our sieve ensured he went home a loser that night. Maurice Johnston struck a last gasp winner in his 1st game against us at Ibrox, and he almost cried with joy. I’ll leave you to your own thoughts there.

THIS IS YOURS

The final thought on that season, and the decade just gone. Celtic played Ajax in a friendly game, and playing for Ajax was the peerless Denis Bergkamp. We beat them that night and a player ran to throw his boots into the ‘Jungle’ for the very last time. His name was Tommy Burns, and our Tommy will forever be synonymous with our decade of glory, especially when he ran to we Celtic fans stranded in the Dundee United end after the Cup win at Hampden in 1988. He jumped up and down in front of us holding up the Cup and shouted, “See this? This is yours, this is yours!”.

In memory of our much loved and greatly missed Tommy Burns.

  Written by Eddie Murray for CQN Magazine

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Real Madrid vs. Atlético Madrid: Final score 1-1, Antoine Griezmann scores late equalizer

Real Madrid had the upper hand until Antoine Griezmann finally had his say.

It looked like Real Madrid were on cruise control and set to win in the Madrid Derby, but Antoine Griezmann and Atlético Madrid weren’t ready to give up just yet. A late, 85th minute goal from Atléti’s top player was enough to win a point for the visitors, leaving Real Madrid frustrated to see their winning streak end, and potentially throwing the La Liga title race just a little bit more open again.

The first half was energetic and exciting, and showed an excellent example of just how much fun a game between two high quality sides can be. Both Real and Atlético were going for the throat early in the match, neither team sitting back to absorb pressure, but rather pressing forward chasing an early goal as strongly as they could.

That opening frame wound up seeing a staggering 18 shots total between the two teams, with 12 from Real Madrid and six from visiting Atléti. Despite that disparity in the ratio of shots, there was little sense that Diego Simeone’s men were bunkering up, as we’ve often seen them do at the Santiago Bernabeu in the past, but rather that they were working to keep Real Madrid off balance to create openings for themselves.

We wouldn’t see a goal until the second half, though, and it would come for the hosts, who came out playing at a blazing pace as soon as the whistle blew to restart the match. They badly upset the balance of Atlético’s midfield and defense in those opening minutes of the half, and a free kick that was served up beautifully by Toni Kroos found the head of Pepe, who curled it just inside the far post and past a reaching Jan Oblak.

That goal seemed to knock Atlético further off balance, and Simeone’s men looked like they lacked the normal lethal edge to their game that’s seen them upset the odds so many times through the years. Zinedine Zidane, though, was happy to see his Real Madrid players controlling the game, especially thanks to extraordinary second half performances from Kroos and Luka Modric, with the two midfielders routinely picking out excellent passes and switching play effectively.

The one real negative note for Real Madrid for most of the second half was an injury to Pepe, who took the brunt of an accidental collision with Kroos and was waving for the trainers even before he hit the ground. The trainers seemed to be paying particular attention to his ribs just under his shoulder, and despite his efforts to continue in the match, it was only minutes later that he was down on the turf again and Nacho was up to replace him.

That injury proved decisive for Atlético before the end of the match, because they figured out very quickly that Antoine Griezmann had a big advantage over Nacho. They repeatedly looked to exploit that edge, and it came good in the 85th minute, with Griezmann finally hammered home a goal after his repeated attempts to score earlier in the match were all just a little bit off.

The result doesn’t help Atlético Madrid in the title chase in La Liga quite yet — they’re still 10 points behind their local rivals in the table, after all — but it does change the title picture just a little bit. It snapped Real Madrid’s long winning streak, and gives Barcelona a chance to move back into first place this weekend. Real still hold a game in hand over Barcelona, but with El Clasico looming, that advantage can disappear in a heartbeat.

Real Madrid: Keylor Navas; Dani Carvajal, Pepe (Nacho 67’), Sergio Ramos, Marcelo; Luka Modric, Casemiro, Toni Kroos (Isco 76’); Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo

Goals: Pepe (52’)

Atlético Madrid: Jan Oblak; Juanfran, Stefan Savic, Diego Godin, Filipe Luis; Yannick Carrasco (Jose Gimenez 87’), Gabi, Koke, Saul Niguez (Angel Correa 62’); Fernando Torres (Thomas Partey 78’), Antoine Griezmann

Goals: Griezmann (81’)

Three questions we asked

Is Stefan Savic finally back to form?

Six years ago, Stefan Savic made a transfer from Partizan Belgrade to Manchester City, and it looked like he was going to be one of the next top-shelf defenders to come out of eastern Europe. With athleticism, strength, and excellent technical skills, the then-20 year old defender had all the tools to be an excellent player. Savic never made much of an impact with City, though, and moved on to Fiorentina, where it still looked like he could be very good, putting in a number of eye-opening performances in the back for the Italian team — until a series of knee injuries seemed to seriously hamper his development.

On Saturday, though, we saw something extremely promising from Savic — for the first time in years, he moved with his old fluidity and grace and explosiveness, something we haven’t seen from him since the injuries started. He’s still been a good player while he’s been dealing with those injuries, make no mistake, but he’s always lacked that extra dimension that he once had in his game. That dimension was finally back on Saturday, and it showed up in a big way on a massive goal line clearance in the first half that stopped a huge surge of Real Madrid momentum in its tracks.

Is Gareth Bale actually healthy yet?

The Welsh winger has dealt with a couple of different injury issues this season, and while he’s been declared fit and has been back on the pitch since February, there’s just something about his performances that’s been lacking. It’s not just a lack of form, though he’s definitely looked like he’s lacking his usual sharpness — but more than that, it seems like Bale is just missing something from his game that makes one wonder if he’s not quite at full health yet.

Bale has lacked a degree of explosiveness and fluidity in recent weeks that normally comes naturally to him, and it cost Real Madrid repeatedly in this match. He struggled badly to get past Felipe Luis to try and challenge Diego Godin throughout the match, and on the occasions that he did manage to beat Luis, he seemed to be a step or two behind his teammates, with the play already developing away from him. It’s disconcerting to see this kind of struggle from such a talented player, and hopefully whatever it is that’s ailing or affecting Bale gets resolved soon.

When are we going to acknowledge that Jan Oblak is one of the best goalkeepers in the game?

Perhaps it’s unusual to say this about the losing goalkeeper in a huge rivalry clash like this, but it still needs to be said: Jan Oblak is become one of the best goalkeepers in the game right before our eyes. Yes, he and his team were beaten in the Madrid Derby, but Oblak still showed incredible levels of talent and ability in front of the world, levels that few goalkeepers in the game can beat.

Oblak certainly benefits from having a strong defense in front of him, but on Saturday Atlético’s back line lacked a degree of their normal surety, especially in the second half. But whenever he was called into action, Oblak was on the job, using top-notch positioning and reactions to make saves that would be difficult for most other keepers with the greatest of ease. Even on Real Madrid’s goal, it’s difficult to find any real fault in it for Oblak — he was positioned perfectly for the way the free kick was set up and came in, but Pepe’s header that started wide and curled inside the far post is one that a goalkeeper cannot plan for. Even then, he wasn’t that far from making the save, but it was the definition of an unsaveable shot.

If Oblak keeps this up, people won’t be able to deny that he’s one of the best in the world for long — and he’s still just 24 years old. In goalkeeper terms, he’s still just a baby, and it makes you wonder just how incredibly good he can still become.