match thread+news
Times in BST + 1 CET
news in tweets
That’s it. Hamburg are relegated from the #Bundesliga for the first time.
Thanks for a wonderful 54 years 💙 pic.twitter.com/ENSvo2emy3
- Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) 12 May 2018
Scenes after Hamburg are relegated from the #Bundesliga for the first time. pic.twitter.com/aITqgNLMW3
- World Football Index (@WorldFootballi) 12 May 2018
They took it as well as can be expected
😏 Grazie @SassuoloUS pic.twitter.com/tawxbc1VYU
- AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) 12 May 2018
Roma back in Champions League
#ABPFIFF ⏰
JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!
WIE GEIL SIND DIE EIGENTLICH????
😂😂😂😂😂
🔵 3-1 ⚫️ | #TSGBVB pic.twitter.com/HI0KfrNxYv
- TSG Hoffenheim (@achtzehn99) 12 May 2018
Hoffenheim made it into the CL
What a diabolical way for Moenchengladbach fans to tease Hamburg:
a choreography about how many minutes Hamburg is far from being relegated, changing the minutes as the clock goes by pic.twitter.com/ZzS8jHL3CP
- Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) 12 May 2018
I LIVE for the petty
Proud to wear the new jersey and to continue giving you joy
Orgulhoso de usar a nova camisa e continuar dando alegria a todos 🙏 #ICICESTPARIS 🤙 @PSG_inside @nikefootball pic.twitter.com/EPZd5DiKXh
- Neymar Jr (@neymarjr) 12 May 2018
The new kits are being previewed this weekend all over the leagues. I'll do a post round up with the new kits as they are being worn.
🏆 Trotz einer 1:3 (0:1)-Niederlage bei der @achtzehn99 hat Borussia Dortmund am letzten Spieltag die Qualifikation für die @ChampionsLeague geschafft. Der BVB beendet die Saison 2017/18 als Vierter. Zum Spielbericht #TSGBVB https://t.co/ROtwZTs8wu pic.twitter.com/aoEoWb8iyH
- Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) 12 May 2018
BVB is back in Champions League
💫💫 ZEFDIVHUCHXJBANEFZGDOFHJXZXJFGINHCFJKHLZXMFCNUIGJKXDFNUZCIQINXMFCUI GRCJKHMXNIFCJZ... ON L'A FAIT !! QUEL MATCH ✊🔴⚫ #PSGSRFC (0-2) pic.twitter.com/jxq5o8iHko
- Stade Rennais F.C. (@staderennais) 12 May 2018
Someone's happy! Rennais have qualified for Europa League!
il presidente #psg: "neymar resta al 2000%" pic.twitter.com/KXyxcbTWv7
- Alessandro Grandesso (@agrandesso) 12 May 2018
Neymar will stay at PSG 2000 percent!!!
Arsenal not close to appointing new manager. No agreement yet on chosen candidate, negotiations at relatively early stage, thorough process ongoing, next week looks unrealistic. Once decided, IG/RS/SM will present recommendation to #AFC board. Arteta among names being considered
- David Ornstein (@bbcsport_david) 12 May 2018
Also among those contacted by Arsenal during the process is another of their former captains - Patrick Vieira. Unclear if it’s gone any further than that but don’t sense the current New York City FC head coach will be the first-choice candidate for #AFC
- David Ornstein (@bbcsport_david) 12 May 2018
Hmmmm
💬 Peter Stöger: "Das war heute mein letztes Pflichtspiel für den BVB, das haben wir schon vor einiger Zeit gemeinschaftlich beschlossen. Ein neuer Reiz, mit einem neuen Trainer, wird dem Verein gut tun." #TSGBVB pic.twitter.com/b68C48q6Kf
- Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) 12 May 2018
Stöger's run with BVB has come to an end. It's his last press conference. Favre is rumoured to be in the mix for the new manager position
news in links
- Jose Mourinho's No 2 Rui Faria set to leave Manchester United To be a manager. WHERE?
- Neymar: I miss Messi and Suarez so why did he leave?
repeating this again for those who missed it yesterday. Because there are still hiccoughs behind the scenes.
OP: Done.
End of season letter from the OP (with minimal changes)
tl;dr: maintenance issues, and thanks!
First of all, if there are any problems with this post's presentation, I'm desperately sorry. I'm still working on it, and hope that the experience of presentation is smooth as it as been before.
There's been behind the scenes computer drama: I've had to strip my computer back to factory settings (it's four years old and feeling its age, poor love) so all my bookmarks and passwords are gone (and the password co-ordinator refuses to work with the new developments, which is most vexing).
In addition, Google Chrome is replete with malware at the minute, so I'm hanging out in Safari in its default settings until Chrome's issues are resolved.
Today will be the end of the last matches of the season, I should think (CL and various domestic cup finals do not count). I wish to say thank you so much for seeing out this season with me, the OP!
Many thanks to all who have contributed to the posts over the year, be it snarky comments, match watching, leaving links to other more interesting articles in the comments, and pointing out corrections which have been in the main posts.
Over the season, I've tried to keep the entries timely and fun. They've been shorter in order to have a better loading experience on mobile (hence the twitter accounts as default instead of huge pictures from source). There are direct links to articles with summaries in the hypertext, embedded videos instead of direct links, and summaries on the videos just in case you can't watch the video at work.
Going forward, at least 1/2 of the posts will be done with the new LJ text editor, as much as we have our problems with it (aesthetically, it's terrible, and the formatting is annoying). This has to be done, primarily to get my head around it, and because I fear it will be forced upon us to be the default soon enough.
I'm sorry that the community has quieted down over the past year, but fandom is nothing but a study in transience, so there is that. From my end, I'm committed to continuing with the entries as long as there's interest (and I'm able).
In closing, excuse the mess, and thank you for responding to the curated content on this site (still won't have Man City or certain people's faces on my watch though).
Thank you!
OP!