The Double

[FantasyIreland]

With the very real possibility we will become European Champions and treble winners on Saturday,the chat has somewhat lost touch with the fact that we have just completed the Double,a feat few clubs could ever imagine doing......and yet we have managed this incredible achievement twice in the past 5 years.

So....if the worst happens on Saturday night.....lets not underestimate what an amazing season this will have been regardless - one the Dippers,Arsenal,Chelsea and those rag cunts can only dream of!

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

After yesterday though I really want this now on Saturday. I could never be disappointed with ‘just’ a double, however.

I’m really looking forward to Saturday.

 

[FantasyIreland]

After yesterday though I really want this now on Saturday. I could never be disappointed with ‘just’ a double, however.

I’m really looking forward to Saturday.

No,i agree,but the fact we are so close to that treble has somewhat overshadowed an already imperious achievement.

I have to say as well.....that win yesterday cannot be bettered,so,as much as i want that CL trophy,im feeling a lot more relaxed about Saturday.

 

[cityboy2602]

After yesterday though I really want this now on Saturday. I could never be disappointed with ‘just’ a double, however.

I’m really looking forward to Saturday.

Agreed, although this is clearly a once in a lifetime double.
I was telling myself yesterday, if we lose, it'll be OK because we have the CL to look forward too, but I knew I was only kidding myself. I cannot imagine the next few weeks/months/years had we lost to them.

 

[CarlosTevez'sEnglishTutor]

Any stattos out there want to provide the facts of how many teams have done the double before and what years? Thanks.

 

[hilts]

With the very real possibility we will become European Champions and treble winners on Saturday,the chat has somewhat lost touch with the fact that we have just completed the Double,a feat few clubs could ever imagine doing......and yet we have managed this incredible achievement twice in the past 5 years.

So....if the worst happens on Saturday night.....lets not underestimate what an amazing season this will have been regardless - one the Dippers,Arsenal,Chelsea and those rag cunts can only dream of!

Have to win on Saturday, just have too. Its seems crazy we would get negativity for only doing the double but that's where we find ourselves.

 

[Gingers Dad]

Sport is based on expectation. The treble has been talked about so much it is now expected. Let's do what we did in Porto so win or lose we bring home great memories from Istanbul.

 

[cyan]

It is still worth celebrating and marking - even of it has become more common place in the last 30 years than it was until 1971.

Here is the full list - borrowed from Wikipedia

In England, eight teams have won the double of the Football League First Division (1888–1992)/Premier League (1992–present) and FA Cup.

Club	Number	Seasons
Manchester United	3	1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99
Arsenal	3	1970–71, 1997–98, 2001–02
Manchester City	2	2018–19, 2022–23
Preston North End	1	1888–89
Aston Villa	1	1896–97
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1960–61
Liverpool	1	1985–86
Chelsea	1	2009–10

• Preston North End in 1889 won the double without losing a game all season and without conceding any goals in their cup winning campaign.
• Manchester United won the double three times in the 1990s, including as part of a continental treble in 1998–99.
• Manchester City won the double as part of the first-ever domestic treble for an English men's football team in 2018–19

 

[citymad]

Arguably first ever domestic quadruple.

 

[Out on blue 6]

At the start of the season we enter 4 competitions and we have won so far 50% of those with a chance to make it 75%. Hopefully we do that but don't let anyone tell us this hasn't been a great season especially after having to chase someone down so hard