It’s the hope that kills the suffering football fan, but for Liverpool fans here’s an omen to keep the fading flame of disbelief alive for a few hours.
Courtesy of BT Sport French football journalist Julien Laurens we bring you an obscure stat that brings together the title races in England and Spain, the Madrid derby Champions League final and the Eurovision...
1966: Austria won the Eurovision,England the World Cup,Liverpool the Old Division 1, Atletico Madrid la Liga,Real Madrid the European Cup...
— Julien Laurens (@LaurensJulien) May 10, 2014
As you’ll probably have heard, Conchita Wurst won last night’s Eurovision for Austria, their first since 1966. In 1966 Atletico Madrid were crowned Spanish champions, Real Madrid won the European Cup, England were exploiting the grey areas of pre-goal line technology for all they were worth and winning the World Cup, and Liverpool – you can see where this is going – won the old First Division.
Atletico Madrid are 3 points clear at the top of La Liga, leading Barcelona with just 2 games left. Real Madrid will meet their next door neighbours in the Champions League final on May 24, and England, well they’re going to Brazil.
It’s tenuous we know, but that never stopped football fans clinging to superstitious hope before...
As it happens, Manchester City are 1/60 to win the Premier League title today.
