Moving onwards to the Danish teams we start with a team which requires no introduction. FC Copenhagen, or F.C. København who are one of the most successful teams in Danish football. Unsurprisingly, based in Copenhagen itself and they play at the Parken stadium. Famous players include Jesper Grønkjær and Mads Laudrup - son of Michael. They qualified for the UEFA Cup by finishing 3rd in the Danish Superliga, having won the league the previous two seasons.
Brøndby IF are based in the town of the same name on the western outskirts of Copenhagen. They're a good team with a lot of experience of competing in European competition. They qualified for the UEFA Cup after winning the Danish Cup.
FC Midtjylland are based in Ikast, on the Jutland peninsula in Western Denmark. They're a fairly new team as they were only formed in 1999. They're a bit of an unknown quantity for me personally but they have finished second in the Danish league the last two seasons so they can't be that bad!
FC Nordsjælland are based in the town of Farum in Eastern Denmark. Again, quite an unknown quantity. They qualified for the UEFA Cup as one of the "fair play" qualifiers. One interesting fact is that they're managed by former Celtic player Morten Wieghorst.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
UEFA Cup
The time for the UEFA Cup draw is nearly upon us and I'm starting to get a litttle bit excited about potential opponents. Obviously, the preference would be Man City in terms of prestige and the fact that it's only down the road in Manchester! Who else could we face? I'll start my guide by looking at the Swedish clubs:
Kalmar FF are based in the city of Kalmar, in the South-East of Sweden. They finished second in the Swedish first division last season and also won the Swedish Cup.
The only real problem with Kalmar would be that it's not the easiest place to get to. After making some half-hearted enquiries it seems that flying in to Stockholm would be the sensible option and either catching a connecting flight to Kalmar airport or by train.
Djurgårdens IF are based in Stockholm itself. Handful of familiar names in the team include Daniel Sjolund (ex Liverpool) and Aki Riihilati formerly of Crystal Palace. They finished third in the Swedish first division. They've also won the Swedish league on no less than eleven occasions!
Kalmar FF are based in the city of Kalmar, in the South-East of Sweden. They finished second in the Swedish first division last season and also won the Swedish Cup.
The only real problem with Kalmar would be that it's not the easiest place to get to. After making some half-hearted enquiries it seems that flying in to Stockholm would be the sensible option and either catching a connecting flight to Kalmar airport or by train.
Djurgårdens IF are based in Stockholm itself. Handful of familiar names in the team include Daniel Sjolund (ex Liverpool) and Aki Riihilati formerly of Crystal Palace. They finished third in the Swedish first division. They've also won the Swedish league on no less than eleven occasions!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Here we go...
Again, I've let the blog go a bit - only a year or so since my last post...
What a season, didn't expect to win the Welsh Cup. It's a shame that the victory will be tinged with sadness at the actions of a few cretins who again brought shame on the club and its true fans. However, once the police are able to obtain the footage then I doubt there'll be any problem in identifying the perpetrators who will receive the punishment that they deserve which is likely to be banning orders. Let's just hope that the FAW decide not to throw the whole bookcase at us and limit themselves to throwing the book...
Putting that unsavoury incident to one side, it's been a good season on the whole for Bangor - rather frustrating in the sense that we could have done better and won a few more games against the lesser sides. But, if you'd have told me we'd finish fifth and win the Welsh Cup I'd have gladly taken it at the start of the season!
Nice to see that there'll be two new faces in the Premiership, here's hoping that Stoke and Hull (the thought of Bristol City in the Premiership is slightly unplatable) do themselves justice.
What a season, didn't expect to win the Welsh Cup. It's a shame that the victory will be tinged with sadness at the actions of a few cretins who again brought shame on the club and its true fans. However, once the police are able to obtain the footage then I doubt there'll be any problem in identifying the perpetrators who will receive the punishment that they deserve which is likely to be banning orders. Let's just hope that the FAW decide not to throw the whole bookcase at us and limit themselves to throwing the book...
Putting that unsavoury incident to one side, it's been a good season on the whole for Bangor - rather frustrating in the sense that we could have done better and won a few more games against the lesser sides. But, if you'd have told me we'd finish fifth and win the Welsh Cup I'd have gladly taken it at the start of the season!
Nice to see that there'll be two new faces in the Premiership, here's hoping that Stoke and Hull (the thought of Bristol City in the Premiership is slightly unplatable) do themselves justice.
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