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Unthinkable. Allowing more teams than the champions of each league? Impossible, it wouldn't be fair. The European Cup is a tournament meant for champions. Yes, the early rounds might be a bore for the big teams, facing little difficulty in qualifying, scoring heavily, and with few surprises. But...

The day was the 11th of May, 1966. The clubs Partizan Belgrade and Real Madrid were about to compete in the final of the European Cup, arguably the biggest competition between professional teams in the world. The teams were representing countries that were marred with controversy due to...

Football was one of the attractions of the second edition of the modern Olympic Games, disputed in 1900 at Paris. Football was one amidst a slew of new events of dubious Olympic status at these games, and didn't even distribute any medals. At the opening match, an English amateur team, Upton...

Greetings dear readers, speculators and fellow football fans. As of writing this introduction, I am still in the process of working on the 2002 World Cup knockout stage in my Brotherhood and Unity timeline, but lately I have been thinking of introducing a thread that gives anyone who reads this...

With a 1900 POD how can the US be turned into a soccer/football powerhouse in the men's game? Being a world power with their national team aswell as having a league that competes with Europe? In the early 1900s soccer was very popular in the US and had one of the highest paying leagues in the...

I know this scenario is a bit whacky but it sticks in my head, so I am sharing it. The UEFA Champions League we all know and love is preceded by the European Cup, which first started in 1955. What if the sports authorities in Warsaw Pact countries refused to participate and create their...

In 1960, the Pacific Coast Conference, the forerunner to today’s PAC 12 was dissolved due to pay for play scandals and numerous other issues, meaning the major college sports teams in California, Oregon and Washington didn’t have a conference. One idea was to create what would be called the...

If World War II Never Happened: A FIFA World Cup Timeline By NTF aka Seb The 1942 and 1946 FIFA World Cups were cancelled because of World War II, leaving football fans left to ponder who would have won those tournaments. Myself included, hence why I am making this timeline. There are some...

Using ice hockey as a point of reference: Olympic Ice Hockey is the most prestigious international ice hockey tournament. Achieving gold there is typically considered to be a much greater achievement than winning the IIHF's World Championship. Further, with the exception of instances like last...

"Children of men" is one of the worst dystopias ever written, not due the state that the world finds itself in (as there are many worse in the aspect of living conditions and opression), but due the premise of mankind going sterile in 2009. Basically in 2027 they find a pregnant women and...

What if FIFA took away Qatar's rights to host the World Cup after they used slave workers to build their stadiums? It's not likely to have been possible, but still, just think about it. Scenario 1: All other countries (except Iran) host three or four home games. Eligible countries in Groups A...

What if in Super Bowl 34 it’s Rams vs Dolphins Kurt Warner Vs dan marino

what if the Detroit lions through good drafting and having the right individuals go to super bowl 25 in 1991 defeating the bills which will start a football dynasty of the 1990 and it all started when they traded andre ware for warren moon from oilers and they drafted bo jackson in 1987 and...

A SOLUTION TO DISSOLUTION If the UEFA Nations League Began in 1998 By NTF aka Seb Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, UEFA sees the need to launch another international tournament to “meet the increased demands of this expanded European national team...

What if the USFL didn't Fold? 1985-1986 USFL Offseason, the Baltimore Stars are coming off of a Championship victory their second in franchise history. Throughout the rest of the league there is worries of bankruptcy, folding, and other financial issues. The teams hit the hardest were the San...

Hello everyone! I have been thinking about doing one of these collaborative timelines for a while, and I pulled the trigger. So some groundrules. 1. This starts in 1990 2. You may post on MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA, soccer (european clubs or International competitions), NASCAR, olympics, or college...

Dateline: October 1919 The Chicago White Sox and The Cincinnati Reds are playing in a Best of 9, Fall Classic called the World Series to Determine a Champion, The White Sox had a roster had included eight members who were trying to wreck the 1919 World Series Game by exchanging money from a...

With a population of 5m versus 50m Scotland were always realistically gonna play second fiddle to England among the Home Nations's sides. Nonetheless, as highlighted by someone on a Euros soccer thread a couple of months ago the head to heads between England and Scotland are surprisingly even...

The year is 2018. The World Cup has been underway for the past few weeks, and it's been a very exciting tournament for all involved. Hosts Sweden are entering their home field, the Friends Arena, to face off against first-time finalists Wallonia. During the first few minutes of the match...

Central London, 19th September, 2016 ‘I can’t believe we got him.’ The undercover journalist said. ‘Shhh he’s still not that far behind us’ his companion replied. ‘Sorry, I know, but I can’t believe we got the bastard’ It was quiet outside the Restaurant, it was a Tuesday night after all...