I'd single out Maradona for leading Napoli to their 1st Scudetto 1987, therefore ending the dominance of teams (Milan, Roma, Inter and Juventus) based in northern Italy.
Reckon that one's hard to beat!
Reckon that one's hard to beat!
2nd best achievment in football by any player, manager or team. (Leicester, of course, winning the PL being everyone's 1st choice? )
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Winning the CL 3 seasons in a row / 4 of 5 between 2013 and 2018. Real Madrid.
The title is confusing. You’re asking for the second best achievement but also asking if Leicester is the first achievement.
For that reason I feel the thread has been poorly thought out and shall not be partaking.
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Or Ma’am.
For that reason I feel the thread has been poorly thought out and shall not be partaking.
Good day, Sir.
Or Ma’am.
Chelsea conceding 15 goals in a season will always be a standout for me. Remarkable record.
Greece shithousing themselves to a European Championships win remains the number 1 in terms of funniest.
Did I miss the part where Leicester went on to win back to back CLs?
They won 5 in a row back in the 50s no?
Montpellier winning Ligue 1 has to be up there.
In an era where teams can’t retain the CL, Madrid winning it 4 times in 5 years is exceptional.
In an era where teams can’t retain the CL, Madrid winning it 4 times in 5 years is exceptional.
Football started in 1992
Olaf thon or was it marshall?
Kaiserlauter defender. Promoted and winning the bundesliga the next season. Scoring shitloads of goals.
If my memory serves me right
Kaiserlauter defender. Promoted and winning the bundesliga the next season. Scoring shitloads of goals.
If my memory serves me right
Forest going from the 2nd division to back-to-back European Cups (in about 5 years was it?) has to be right up there
Sir Alex’s exploits with Aberdeen
General that Kaiserslautern team 1998 has to be among the top achievements, not sure why Leicesters win should rank higher than that. Also as already mentioned Greece winning in 2004 is another top candidate.
So the best achievement for me is that the coach in both of this cases was the same (Otto Rehagel) - pulling of that stunt of winning with a complete underdog TWICE in completely different tournaments and circumstances.
The first team to win a back to back title of the current format. I'd argue that the fact that multiple teams managed to retain their title in the old edition compared to the new, it is much more difficult to do so nowadays and a testament to how good that team was.
Olaf Marschall was a CF for Kaiserslautern.
Greece winning Euro 2004
Tahiti scoring a goal against Nigeria
Tahiti scoring a goal against Nigeria
Liverpool coming from 3-0 down to level it up at 3-3, breaking hearts creating legends in the process.
Sorry not Liverpool, Crystal Palace.
Sorry not Liverpool, Crystal Palace.
That Chelsea home unbeaten record was phenomenal. It stands out to me because of how utterly pointless it has become to watch anyone go there. They just were not going to win.
City getting promotion from the third division in the year of the Utd treble.
OK get it!
Maybe I could tempt you to back by asking you what would be your first choice. If Leicester then say!
The damage is done.
May not meet the exact criteria of the thread as it’s not a standalone championship win, but Ferguson’s Aberdeen team winning three Scottish titles (including Aberdeen’s first in nearly 30 years and the last time a club other than Celtic or Rangers to win the Scottish title), five domestic cups, the European Cup Winners’ Cup (beating Bayern Munich and Real Madrid en route) and the European Super Cup in a seven-year period is an astonishing achievement all things considered.
Even more remarkable, however, is many consider this to be the second-most impressive spell of his managerial career.
What an absolute genius he is. A true great of the game.
Even more remarkable, however, is many consider this to be the second-most impressive spell of his managerial career.
What an absolute genius he is. A true great of the game.
Sir Alex and Ryan Giggs with 13 Premier League medals. Hard to see any manager or player ever breaking that record.
Hard to look past Nottingham Forest in this.
So bleedin obvious. Leicester's mega achievement benefiting hugely from recency bias. In fact it was just a decent but inferior sequel to the Forest story.
SAF's two European trophies with Aberdeen and knocking the old firm to the side is pretty hard to beat.
Phil Jones still being United player.
Otto Rehagel.
Promoting Kaiserslautern from 2nd Bundesliga to 1st Bundesliga, winning Bundesliga title right after.
Later the very same coach wins the EURO's with Greece.
2 major miracles.
This one i rate way higher than Leiceisters achievment.
Promoting Kaiserslautern from 2nd Bundesliga to 1st Bundesliga, winning Bundesliga title right after.
Later the very same coach wins the EURO's with Greece.
2 major miracles.
This one i rate way higher than Leiceisters achievment.
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It's really not hard to beat. Brian Clough's Forest took the English domestic league title from the best team in Europe (Liverpool) having only just been promoted to top flight football, then knocked them -the holders- out of the European Cup in the first round of the competition the following season before going on to win and then retain it. Meanwhile they appeared in the League Cup final 3 seasons running.
In a single season...Uniteds treble eclipses Leicester winning the league. The amount of huge games United endured from January to May without losing a single one. It’s massively underrated in my opinion.
Inter Milan twice, Juve twice, Bayern, Liverpool twice, Arsenal three times, Chelsea twice etc.
Whilst not losing a single other league game in between massive cup games. By April every single game we played was a cup final and we won the league on the last day, in fact we won three cup finals in ten days. Ridiculous achievement.
Inter Milan twice, Juve twice, Bayern, Liverpool twice, Arsenal three times, Chelsea twice etc.
Whilst not losing a single other league game in between massive cup games. By April every single game we played was a cup final and we won the league on the last day, in fact we won three cup finals in ten days. Ridiculous achievement.
Celtic winning every trophy available in 66-67 with an extremely local team?
Mourinho finishing second at United. Obviously.
What about Brian Clough winning back to back European Cups with Nottingham Forest..
Clough at Forest. Him and Taylor worked wonders.
It is when you consider the following;
Aberdeen had never even got to a QF in European football in their history before or after SAF
Since SAF won the title with Aberdeen, only Celtic and Rangers have won the title in the last 35 years.
SAF won 3 SPL titles with Aberdeen and they have only won 4 in their history.
Since the SPL began in 1890 (111 years), their have only been 18 league titles not won by Celtic and Rangers.
Only 3 clubs have won the SPL more than 3 times in their history that are not Celtic or Rangers. These are; Aberdeen 4, Hearts 4, Hibs 4. Of these 12 wins in 110 years, SAF has won 25% of them.
SAF winning 3 SPL titles with Aberdeen is therefore harder than Nottingham Forest only winning 1 English top flight league title.
Aberdeen had to beat Sion, Dinamo Tirana, Lech Poznan, Bayern Munich, Waterschel and Real Madrid to win the Cup Winners Cup.
Nottingham Forest won their 1st EC by playing Porto, AEK Athens, Grasshoppers, Koln and Malmo.
Nottingham Forest won their 2nd EC by playing Oster, Arges Pitesti, BFC Dynamo, Ajax and Hamburg.
Aberdeen had the more difficult teams to beat than Forest. A team as tiny as Aberdeen going on to beat Bayern and Madrid on their way to the Cup Winners Cup is ridiculous.
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Can agree on this as probably the greatest achievment by a manager. Very difficult to find anything to surpass what he did with that club.
Come on to say this.
Especially when they didn't even come up as champions (so it's not like they'd put a team together to romp Div.2 and were expected to challenge in Div.1).
To then challenge, win the title and win the European cup the season after is amazing.
And the mix of players. Yes, Francis was a £m but Larry Lloyd was 30/31, Viv was 21 and Kenny Burns had a rep as a maniac but Clough turned him back into a defender (been playing upfront for Birmingham) and into a POTY.
I always wonder what was the odds of them to win the European Cup in 2004. They literally won all their knock-out games 1-0. I remember when they knocked out France in the quarter-final, my local city's newspaper ran headline on a lad in my city who became wealthy overnight because he placed a significant bet on them to beat France. Jose Mourinho must be so proud of that Greek team. Still remains today one of the biggest football fairytale. I still put Leicester title win ahead of them though.
Portsmouth hosting AC Milan.