Monday, May 21, 2012

Norway Vs England Tickets


Although the commentary was for Norwegian radio, it soon made its way to an English audience, and became quite famous in England, where it is generally regarded with good humor and even affection. The election campaign was the Norwegian parliamentary election of 1981, which was held on 13 and 14 September of that year.





After missing out on a place at UEFA EURO 2012, England will be hoping to make amends in Norway having eased to first place in their qualifying section this time round. England will enter UEFA EURO 2012 having missed out on the last European finals and with a new coach in Roy Hodgson after Fabio Capello resigned four months before the tournament. England had finished third behind Croatia and Russia in their UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying group, and they will also want to improve on their last major championship showing – under Capello at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. They won just once in South Africa before exiting the event with their heaviest World Cup defeat, 4-1 against Germany in the last 16. Qualification for this tournament went smoothly, however, as they topped their section with an unbeaten record.

Norway Vs England history matches record are given below.



  Norway
Games won:      5
Games drawn:   4
Games lost:       2



Date
Match
Result
Score
Competition
14 May 1937
W
0-6
International
09 Nov 1938
W
4-0
International
18 May 1949
W
1-4
International
29 Jun 1966
W
1-6
International
10 Sep 1980
W
4-0
FIFA World Cup
09 Sep 1981
L
2-1
FIFA World Cup
14 Oct 1992
D
1-1
FIFA World Cup
02 Jun 1993
L
2-0
FIFA World Cup
22 May 1994
D
0-0
International
11 Oct 1995
D
0-0
International

                                                                         


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Date: Saturday May 26, 2012(19:45)
Venu: Ullevaal Stadium, OSLO, Norway

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Football play-offs

The Football League play-offs are an annual series of football matches to determine some of the promotion places within the Football League. Each division of the league offers a certain number of automatic promotion places to the top two or three clubs. It had been started since 1920 until 1932 and this was no scheduled championship game. The championship was awarded to a team by a vote of team owners at the annual owners' meeting. From 1924–1932, the team having the best winning percentage was awarded the championship. As each team played a different number of games, simply counting wins and losses would have been insufficient. Additionally, tie games were not counted in the standings in figuring winning percentage.


 
The 2002 changes have led to two limitations in the playoff system: First, several division champions have hosted wild card playoff against teams that had a better win-loss record. Second, there have been division champions that have had worse records than teams failing to qualify for the playoffs. In one example, 2008 saw the San Diego Chargers clinch the AFC West championship with only an 8–8 record, and thus host the 12–4 Indianapolis Colts in the Wild Card Round, while the New England Patriots failed to even secure a wild card spot at 11–5. The Chargers then went on to defeat the Colts in that playoff game.





 One proposal has been to expand the playoffs to 14 teams. Proponents of expansion note the increased revenue that could be gained from an additional two playoff games. They also note that the 12-team playoff system was implemented when the league only had 28 teams and six divisions (of 4 to 5 teams each). The opposition to such a move notes that an expansion of the playoffs would "water down" the field by giving access to lower-caliber teams. Opponents to expansion further point to the NBA Playoffs and the playoffs where 16 of 30 teams qualify for the post season, and there is often a decreased emphasis on regular season performance as a result.
The NF L's Competition Committee withdrew the request later that off season, with Atlanta president Rich McKay mentioning that they wanted the idea to simply get a discussion going.  Just before the 2010 Seattle Sea hawks won the NFC West at 7–9, and then defeated the 11–5 New Orleans Saints in the opening round, becoming the first team in NFL history to win both a division and later a playoff game with a losing record, McKay wanted to revisit the previous proposal to reseed teams during Wild Card Weekend. 



Records
ü  Black pool is the only club to win all three divisional play-offs. They won the Championship finals in 2010, the League One finals in 2007, and the League Two (then Fourth and Third Divisions) in 1992 and 2001.
ü        Dagenham & Red Bridge hold the record for the highest winning aggregate in the semi finals.
ü        In League Two, only Black pool & Dagenham have ever been promoted in what is the traditional bogey slot  of 7th position.
ü  Reading and Sheffield United are the only clubs to lose a play-off final at the Old Wembley.the  Millennium Stadium and the New Wembley doing so in 19952001 and 2011 and 19972003 and 2009.


Wild Card playoff games in which a division winner defeated a wild card team with a better regular season record (2002–present)
Season
Wild Card team
Regular season record
Division winner
Regular season record
Score
Final postseason result of division winner
2002–03
Indianapolis Colts
10-6
New York Jets
9-7
Jets, 41-0
Lost Divisional Playoffs vs Oakland Raiders 30-10
2005–06
Jacksonville Jaguars
12-4
New England Patriots
10-6
Patriots, 28-3
Lost Divisional Playoffs vs Denver Broncos 27–13
2008–09
Indianapolis Colts
12-4
San Diego Chargers
8-8*
Chargers, 23-17 (OT)
Lost Divisional Playoffs vs Pittsburgh Steelers 24–35
Atlanta Falcons
11-5
Arizona Cardinals
9-7
Cardinals, 30-24
Won Divisional Playoffs vs Carolina Panthers 33–13
Won Conference Championship vs Philadelphia Eagles 32–25
Lost 
Super Bowl XLIII vs Pittsburgh Steelers 27–23
2009–10
Green Bay Packers
11-5
Arizona Cardinals
10-6
Cardinals, 51-45 (OT)
Lost Divisional Playoffs vs New Orleans Saints 45–14
2010–11
New Orleans Saints
11-5
Seattle Sea hawks
7-9*
Sea hawks, 41-36
Lost Divisional Playoffs vs Chicago Bears 35-24
2011-12
Pittsburgh Steelers
12-4
Denver Broncos
8-8*
Broncos, 29-23 (OT)
Lost Divisional Playoffs vs New England Patriots 45-10
Atlanta Falcons
10-6
New York Giants
9-7
Giants, 24-2
Won Divisional Playoffs vs Green Bay Packers 37-20
Won Conference Championship vs San Francisco 49ers 20-17
Won
 Super Bowl XLVI vs. New England Patriots 21-17


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