Olympiacos Piraeus

[Faliro]

I remember it like yesterday.

Faliro, would you trade Greece's Euro championship for an Olympiacos' Europa League/Champions League win? 

Very good question. I would keep the euro championship. 

[Godescalco]

Thrylos beat PAO today in basketball, right?

[Faliro]

Yes, just. Amazing game. Here are the standings now:

*FC Barcelona   
12-2
*EA7 Emporio Armani   
10-3
*Olympiacos Piraeus   
8-6
*Panathinaikos Athens   
7-7
Fenerbahce Ulker   
6-8
Unicaja Malaga   
5-8
Laboral Kutxa Vitoria   
5-9
Anadolu Efes   
2-12

[Godescalco]

Congratulations again on winning the title, Faliro!

[Festivus]

 That's the 16th championship in 18 years...

Don't people get bored with football there? 

[HJDK]

Aqui não....

[Festivus]

Aqui não....

No team has won the league 7 seasons in a row here, though.

[Fake Blood]

That's the 16th championship in 18 years...

Don't people get bored with football there? 

Bored... They have like 11 daily newspapers about football...

[Godescalco]

Aqui não....

No team has won the league 7 seasons in a row here, though.

The record is still with Celtic and Rangers who have won 9 in a row each.

[Festivus]

Aqui não....

No team has won the league 7 seasons in a row here, though.

The record is still with Celtic and Rangers who have won 9 in a row each.

Not even Linfield has topped that?

[Faliro]

That's the 16th championship in 18 years...

Don't people get bored with football there? 

Only since last year when AEK/Larissa went down. Add to that Aris and Apollon who sadly dropped this season..

Football here is an industry. Olympiakos spend the most on players by usually double their rivals. We look to try and do something in the CL each year. PAO have an industry of saying all the games are fixed, that keeps their fans and media satisfied until they find an owner with money.. PAOK - they are just hooligans with complexes. AEK have fanatical fans who are waiting to return. They won the 3rd division by the way.. The smaller teams are trying to survive..and have sensational scouts that build teams from nothing.

There are simply not enough big teams left now. Next year I may get bored, but PAO seem to be rising, so we will have to see.

That's the 16th championship in 18 years...

Don't people get bored with football there? 

Bored... They have like 11 daily newspapers about football...

More... here's a taster..

[Festivus]

 What kind of complexes do PAOK fans have?

[Faliro]

Well firstly they have a complex about where they live. The Athenian sides mock Salonika and call PAOK fans Bulgarians and Turks - which severely annoys them. Even Aris, the other Salonika team calls PAOK 'Turkoi.' That is because PAOK is made up and founded by Greeks who were exiled from Turkey.

The best one I heard this year is how an olympiakos fan described them a month ago. He called PAOK 'Toumbaspor.' A mixture of a Turkish ending (most Turkish teams end in Spor for some reason..) on top of their stadium name - Toumba.

PAOK fans also have a complex that Athens is the capital and Salonika is the second city. Most Athenians don't give two shits about about Salonika - but everyone from up there tries to act like it is better than Athens.. cleaner etc...

There is a massive game with them tomorrow.. cup semi final second leg. We only have 2-1 lead and PAOK feel the ref shafted them and will come out with all guns blazing. Going to be a cracker..maybe on bet365 if you fancy seeing some violence..

[Godescalco]

Toumbaspor!

[Faliro]

Yea, I laughed so hard too..