Mustela Furo
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Panathinaikos - a discussion thread
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Knightsworld
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Basil Fawlty
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Da Man Clay
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Panathinaikos is the most successful Greek football club in European competitions, (having participated in one European Champions Cup Final (1971 at Wembley Stadium where they lost 2-0 to Ajax) and having twice reached the semifinal of the same competition (later renamed the champions league) in 1985 against Liverpool and in 1996 against Ajax.
Fourteenth Eye
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London Irish
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DO PANATHINAIKOS HAVE SECRET IRISH CONNECTIONS?
"What is the origin of the shamrock on the Panathinaikos crest?" asked Diarmuid O'Brien in 2001. "Is there any overt Irish connection there, given their crest and green strip, or is it, as my mate claimed in the pub during one drunken Champions League viewing, that Greece is the only place outside Ireland where shamrock grows?"
Much as it pains us to say it - for we love a good yarn more than most - neither story is true.
In 1918 Panathinaikos chose the shamrock - or trifylli as it's known in Greece - as their emblem on the suggestion of Mihalis Papazoglou, an athlete from Constantinople who played for Chalkidona, a team which had the same symbol. The idea was accepted by Panathinaikos's council and confirmed as the team's official badge.
As for the colour of the kit, again there's no overtly Irish connection. Green being the colour of the trifylli no doubt had something to do with it, but the choice of kit seems to be partly a practical one too. Until green became the team's official colour, most players turned up and played in different coloured outfits.
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"What is the origin of the shamrock on the Panathinaikos crest?" asked Diarmuid O'Brien in 2001. "Is there any overt Irish connection there, given their crest and green strip, or is it, as my mate claimed in the pub during one drunken Champions League viewing, that Greece is the only place outside Ireland where shamrock grows?"
Much as it pains us to say it - for we love a good yarn more than most - neither story is true.
In 1918 Panathinaikos chose the shamrock - or trifylli as it's known in Greece - as their emblem on the suggestion of Mihalis Papazoglou, an athlete from Constantinople who played for Chalkidona, a team which had the same symbol. The idea was accepted by Panathinaikos's council and confirmed as the team's official badge.
As for the colour of the kit, again there's no overtly Irish connection. Green being the colour of the trifylli no doubt had something to do with it, but the choice of kit seems to be partly a practical one too. Until green became the team's official colour, most players turned up and played in different coloured outfits.
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Trufflehound
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...is an anagram of: Ian shat a pin, OK?
Herne Hill Seagull
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They've won the league title 20 times and the cup 14 times.
Years ago in the Greek League, long before FIFA made all Leagues standardise on three points for a win, the Greek League used to give 3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and 1 point for a defeat. The reason behind this was that some of the smaller, more remote teams on the far-flung islands when they knew they were playing someone like Panathinaikos would frequently not turn up. The reason being that they knew they'd probably get thrashed, so why go to all the time and expense of fulfulling the fixture? Just give Panathinaikos a walkover
In order to encourage all teams to turn up they started giving out points for defeats, thus if you turned up and lost you would be better off than a team who just didn't turn up.
In order to encourage all teams to turn up they started giving out points for defeats, thus if you turned up and lost you would be better off than a team who just didn't turn up.
Dandyman
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Run from AEK...
Publius Ovidius
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In South Africa, the greeks used to support a team called Hellenic FC Of Johannesburg.
But I can remember when things were going badly for them, their crowd would split into various factions, Pana being one of them, and then they would all start fighting amongst themselves.
For an impressionable 7-11 year old it was all very disturbing
But I can remember when things were going badly for them, their crowd would split into various factions, Pana being one of them, and then they would all start fighting amongst themselves.
For an impressionable 7-11 year old it was all very disturbing
Uncle Buck
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Are coming to Brighton at the end of July?
Parson Henry
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Tassos (the bloke who's apartments the Milkins clan stay at in Corfu) is a mad 'Pana' fan.
Also Sandor Torghelle of the Scum played there last seasn.
Also Sandor Torghelle of the Scum played there last seasn.
Withdean Wanderer
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Uncle Buck said:
Seemingly confirmed http://www.brightonfans.com/bforum/viewthread.php?tid=7617&pid=94917#pid94917
Uncle Buck
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Withdean Wanderer said:
I should have been a detective...