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[@lambda6564]

Cup upsets are quite common. Just recently the german 3rd division club 1.FC Saarbrücken has kicked out reigning german champion Bayern München out of the cup. But a lower league team reaching the finals is quite rare. Maybe every 15-20 years that happens here in Germany.

[@mrsiborg]

Same in England, it's rare a team outside the top 2 divisions reaches a quarter final but it does happen occasionally.

[@theonetheonlyjoey]

Inverness Caledonian Thistle made it to the Scottish Cup final last season and they're in the second tier, sadly they lost 3-1 to Celtic

[@rickygrimshaw1255]

@@mrsiborgI will never forget when league Bradford reached the league cup final back in 2012 before losing to Swansea at Wembley.

[@tkFC92]

wigan 2013 and 2017@@mrsiborg

[@oufc90]

There’s been a fair amount of ‘small clubs’ that have won the league cup though. For example my club Oxford United, Luton Town, Norwich City Swansea City etc

[@user-vf6po7kt3q]

When I first heard of "tanking" in US sports, it confirmed to me the whole system is completely messed up

[@ethantalbot3015]

Lol,it’s so obviously terrible

[@YusufAli-zy8ze]

what is that?

[@juliandolores-perez1509]

@@YusufAli-zy8zethe thing the video described where teams purposely do bad to get better rewards at the end of the season

[@YusufAli-zy8ze]

@@juliandolores-perez1509 oh thats so dumb lmao

[@juliandolores-perez1509]

@@YusufAli-zy8ze yeah it’s fucked lol

[@bryanfish7303]

Another good thing about European Football for the fans is that the clubs are cemented in the town or city. This means locally fanbases grow and are passed down through generations to the point its almost a religion. You support your team and font change loyalty even if they go years without success. And also the club is never moved away from you because it makes more business sense like American franchises. Eg Newcastle United the Newcastle is the fundamental part but with a franchise like the Las Vegas Raiders, the Raiders is the fundamental part and the owners can (and do) move it around the country.

[@geoffsmith1479]

This is generally true, but not absolute. Wimbledon famously moved itself to Milton Keynes and changed their name to MK Dons. Not a very popular decision but they ploughed ahead with it anyway.

[@bryanfish7303]

Plough-Laned ahead? You're right, that was an exception to the rule, though. Noone could take Bristol Rovers to Warrington or somewhere large with no large team and be successful

[@RollerbazAndCoasterDad]

You've handled this point well gentlemen. Well done.

[@AlainnCorcaigh]

The worst thing is very few clubs have home grown players which is why the majority of clubs nowadays have players that play with passion for that club

[@tonycowin]

There's even outrage if a club want to just move the stadium to another part of the city never mind another city all altogether.

[@123anaya14]

And this is without mentioning the International Breaks, Europa League, Conference League, how England have more than 1 Cup, how some leagues do work differently like Belgium with an additional few games added to the end of the regular season only hosting the Top 4 teams and having them play against each other to see who wins. Such a beautiful sport man 🎉

[@NIDELLANEUM]

The video itself uses the Bundesliga, but fails to acknowledge that the 3rd-to-last team in the League actually has the chance to stay with a play-off match

[@Phoenix-eo5yp]

Also if im not wrong the winner off the cup will play in the playoffs for the Euro League in the next season no matter what team they are. So in theory if a 2nd or lower div team wins the national cup they will play international the next season, even if they are either in the lower div or just got relegatet.

[@123anaya14]

@@Phoenix-eo5yp I think that rule is gonna disappear considering the new format of International competition but I hope it doesn't cause it gives a non European regular a chance to play expansive football

[@NIDELLANEUM]

theoretically, yes, but it could not be the case if they don't have a so-called "UEFA License". Sometimes, a team could be prevented from participating because of this. A fun story happened in Italy, in which Genoa CGC was prevented from participating due to this "license", and their place was taken by their city rivals, Sampdoria. Who then were defeated 4-0 in the first round, meaning that Genoa got to witness their city rivals, who were there instead of them, getting absolutely destroyed@@Phoenix-eo5yp

[@SantomPh]

@@Phoenix-eo5yp The Cup winner automatically gets to the Europa League unless it is a Champions League side as well. In that case the Europa place will go to the next place in the League (5th or 6th depending on the league) and the Europa Conference League place goes to the place below it. England is a bit unusual in that it has a second cup competition with the ECL place up for grabs and not available for the league-unless a Euro qualified side wins it.

[@joshb92004]

5:15 Yes, like 10 years ago Bradford City of the 4th division managed to go to the League Cup final. They ended up losing, but they knocked out a couple of top teams along the way.

[@Metallico936]

And like last year wrexham made it to the semis or quarters

[@joshb92004]

@@Metallico936 They made it to the 4th round. They did beat Coventry (3 tiers above) though, unless you’re confusing them with Grimsby who did make it to the Quarters

[@YorkshiremanReacts26]

We knocked out three premier league clubs, Wigan, Arsenal and Aston Villa. I was at every game. The Arsenal game was by far the biggest and best because we had a squad worth £35,000 with only one player in the entire squad who we’d actually paid any real money for, our number 9 James Hanson. Whereas Arsene Wenger opted to play his champions league squad from a few days earlier, which was worth around £440 million. Szczesny in goal who went on to join Juventus and became one of the best in history, the squad was: B Sagna P Mertesacker T Vermaelen K Gibbs S Cazorla A Ramsey J Wilshere L Podolski F Coquelin Gervinho (with a forehead brighter than Newcastle uniteds Arab oil money funded future.) And three subs came on, Rosicky, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Chamack. Mikel Arteta was on the bench but didn’t play. I was in the stand where we scored the opening goal and that the penalty shootout was done, I got on tv and whenever I watch the highlights of that game I can literally feel the emotion and atmosphere of that game all over again just by watching myself go absolutely fucking mental every time the ball comes within 3 feet of the twatting goal! 🤦🏻‍♂️ I went to the final too with a bunch of family members cos my dads brother who is a very successful businessman bought us all a box seeing as it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. The emotional blow of Losing 5-0 in the first cup final that club had reached since 1911 when we won the FA Cup was softened by a warm hospitality area, an unlimited supply of pop (I was still a kid), a Michelin star quality half time meal, a Thai woman servant type deal who was so overbearing with trying to help that I’m amazed she didn’t offer to shake it for us when we went for a piss! And our own personal set of padded seats on the balcony! Plus I got the meet Jamie Redknapp on the way out as he was in the box next to ours or knew someone in it because he came out of it at the same time as us. Then like 3 months later we were back at Wembley again winning the playoffs against Northampton to go up into league one. Phil Parkinson is a god to me. Wrexham have absolutely no idea just how lucky they are to have him as their manager right now. I’d give a left bollock to be able to go back in time and relive that entire season all over again.

[@Willc-or8mj]

@@YorkshiremanReacts26did I ask

[@YorkshiremanReacts26]

@@Willc-or8mj WTF are you? You’re not even in this comment thread ya little melt…

[@robertcooper3133]

Hey JT. My club Grimsby Town are in league two (Division four) and we made history in the FA cup last season by being the first club in its history to get to the quarter finals by beating 5 teams in higher divisions than us including one premier league team

[@ianhadders4873]

UTM

[@cramyt]

you dont know how much grief losing to you caused me

[@robertcooper3133]

@@cramyt it's fine just think you got justice because of the way we are playing this season 😂😂

[@cramyt]

@@robertcooper3133 hahah, i saw that 5-5 earlier. best of luck to stay up

[@robertcooper3133]

@@cramyt it will be how it always is we get promoted back to the football league have a first amazing season then get into a relegation battle in second maybe third season then go down again in the fourth season

[@stewartcarroll304]

The draft system is so bizarre to football fans. Players for clubs come from their own academy's, often signing from ages 9 or even less, or by transfers (trades) where players are sold for multi millions or maybe just for free depending on their quality. No college scholarship players ⚽️

[@karabatsi]

My team is Bradford City and first started watching them in 1956. I have now been living in Australia for over 40 years, but still support them.

[@TobiDenobi]

You started watching them before my father was born 💀

[@PeterFootballeditz]

@@TobiDenobi same 💀 My dad born 8 years later 💀

[@Jptm26]

Here in Portugal, a couple years ago, a third division team called "Caldas' reached the semi-finals of the portuguese cup and it was awesome! Just last year, Varzim, also a third division team, beat Sporting (one of the top-3 teams in the country) in the early stages. These games are always interesting, because these lower league teams have nothing to lose and give everything they have against the big dogs, who are usually rotating players and not that motivated

[@SamuBlitz]

one thing is that on each league the top 4 clubs of that season qualified to the champions league, the 5th best of that season qualified to the europa league and the 6th best to the conference league, at least from where I am, SPAIN. Other thing is that in the champions league if you get third on your group you automatically qualified to the europa league

[@pegaz6529]

The FA cup in the UK is the oldest cup tournament in the world. It's also called the giant killer because every now and then, something like a league 3 team knocking out a premier league team happens, and when it does, it literally shocks everyone that hears it. It happens more than you think it does, too.

[@bryanfish7303]

Yeah, the first FA cup final was in 1872, believe it or not, and predates the English football league (which I'm pretty sure is also the oldest professional league) by around 15/20 years and a lot of the top clubs of today by around half a century

[@pegaz6529]

@@bryanfish7303 My team Walsall was created in 1888 too. But that was from a merger of two football teams that predated the FA cup (i think).

[@bryanfish7303]

Yeah, my club is Newcastle United which was formed in 1892 by merging 2 clubs in the city. Its weird to think of people going to football matches in the middle of Queen Victoria's reign

[@stuartmcivor2276]

@@bryanfish7303 Yes, clubs with 'United' in there name are usually combinations of different clubs, for example, Rotherham United was a merger between Rotherham Town and Rotherham County.

[@KarliNewton]

I am an Arsenal fan. A Gooner. My family first started supporting Arsenal in 1918. With my great grandad. Then my grandad AND nan both supported Arsenal. Watching live since 1930s. I have supported since 6 years old. Our football teams are a DNA thing a lot of the time

[@MrKnowledge0014]

Your lucky it runs in your family. Living in London my Dad supports Man U, Brother is Chelsea, But I'm the same 1 who supports the more local team who didn't buy their success.

[@KarliNewton]

@MrKnowledge0014 yes I am lucky to have that family link. My dad supports Leyton Orient which was also another localish side but he has a soft spot for Arsenal too

[@strider6920]

A lot of Americans have learnt about football and the rankings and challenges by watching the Disney show “Welcome to Wrexham”. The team are from Wales and are outside the main leagues and are a struggling ex mining community. Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney (Hollywood stars) decided they wanted to buy the football club and try to get them promoted (move up a division) as mentioned, while also helping the community. It is a good show and helps you understand the challenges involved with a club. They are currently showing season two. It has gained so many followers in America that the club have had a massive increase in sales of merchandise and jerseys (football strips). You also see why fans become so involved with following a team. By the way, I don’t work for Disney and don’t follow Wrexham 🤣. I used to be a Coventry City fan, but I now follow hurling and rugby in Ireland 😊

[@weeeeee374]

FA cup is kinda cool. Teams that are like....plumbers, brick layers, tattoo artists that also play for a football team in a low af league can beat say.....manchester united in a freak shock victory.

[@stuartthomson1863]

Some of the best games each season are actually the ones which decide the relegation spaces. Sometimes it comes down to the final day of the season and a number of teams could still get relegated. Those that avoid it celebrate like they just won the league.

[@Amy-tb3rd]

Lincoln city fc (you have a pic of their cathedral behind you) were a non league club in 2017, they made it the qtr finals of the FA cup knocking out prem league club burnley at their home ground before losing to arsenal at the emirates. They were the first non league club to make it the quarter finals x

[@NIDELLANEUM]

Aside from the Champions League, Europe has two more competitions, called Europa League and Conference League. How to qualify for these competitions: - The Champions League has this name because you have to be the champion of your country. Now, back in the day, *only* the champions could compete, but, ever since the 90s, the top leagues in Europe get to have multiple teams representing them. They can go up to 4, but there's also the occasion in which a 5th team comes (like, for instance, if the defending champions didn't manage to qualify through the league); - The Europa League has the teams who finished right below the ones who qualify to the Champions League, plus each nation's cup winners - The Conference League has the teams who finished below those teams as well The competitions are also in a tier system, and, should a team "qualify" to two of these competitions, it participates in the highest one. For instance, if a team wins the national cup (which would take them to the Europa League), but finishes the league in a position that qualifies them to the Champions League, they participate there, and another team takes its place. Europe's international season is kickstarted by the UEFA Supercup, in which the winners of the Champions League and the Europa League in the previous season face each other.

[@Kezzzzz.]

In England not too long back, Wigan ended up getting relegated from the premiership whilst winning the cup competition. This meant they played European football whilst been in the second division which was quite entertaining. can imagine that was a rollercoaster of emotion for their fans.

[@Brytonrock]

My local team, Brighton and Hove Albion, " The Seagulls", are playing in a European competition for the first time in our history. Although it's the Europa League, formally "The European Cup Winners Cup" and not the Champions Leage, also formally known as 'The European Cup", it's an amazing achievement for the club considering that Brighton were just one game away from being relegated out of the Football League in 1997. Only a 1-1 draw against Hereford FC saved us and probably the club from folding.

[@tonycowin]

It was the UEFA Cup. The Cup Winners were scrapped/enveloped into the UEFA Cup and which recently (relatively) became the Europa. So if you win the Europa this season you'll be winning the old UEFA Cup which is a lot more prestigious.

[@jottyr3553]

In 2016/17 season my team (Lincoln) were in the national leauge basically division 5 and we managed to get the quarter finals of the fa cup. We beat burnley away who were in the premier league then. Now we are in leauge 1 struggling to get out the first round of the fa cup 😂

[@christinarodriguez7508]

The dutch cup had a season last year where 1 amateur team actualy reached the semi-final . Cup games are a totaly different way of playing . so there are teams that are horrible in league standing but , ruthless efficient in the cup games .

[@anthonyjarvis9472]

JT there are play offs in many leagues too, for example in the UK 3 teams at the bottom of the league go down automatically and 2 teams from the lower league go up automatically. the 3rd team to go up is decided by a play off from teams that finished 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th. (3rd plays 5th, 4th plays 6th and then the winners play to decide who goes up) i hope that makes sense!

[@angharaddenby3389]

I object to the play-offs on the basis that they are fundamentally flawed. As it stands, a team can finish 6th, 15 points behind the team that finished third and still go up. IF teams cannot win promotion after 42 games, why give them another 2 games? This system worked fine for 100+ years before sky got involved and fucked it up. (I also object to their 'sky' ever-growing monopoly of live sport.)

[@sean49999]

We don’t only play the domestic cup competition games midweek, in-between the league games at the weekend, but also the European competitions as well, Europa league, Champions league, so players potentially can play 50-60 games a season if you do well in all cups and have players capable of playing every game without injury etc

[@Alpha-cr2ix]

I don't know how he's gonna feel when he hears about Europa League and Conference League plus all those international tournaments😭🤣

[@philjones45]

It is rare, in modern times, West Ham won the FA Cup in 1980 whilst being in the second tier of English football. Back then simply called Division 2, now known as The Chamionship. I remember the goal pretty well as it seemed almost an accident. Trevor Brooking kind of fell down so he could head the ball downwards. I think they were playing Arsenal. Both clubs are from London, and now West Ham play in the 2012 Olympic stadium, a decision that didn't go down very well with fans, they complained of a lack of atmosphere as it isn't a football stadium. I think things have settled down now.

[@stupiditiusmaximus]

probably one of the best runs was in the 16-17 season of the premier league (the best league), where leicester city, a club which wasn't even in the big 6, won it!

[@Brynica]

How i read positions: CF (for you guys it's ST), SS (it's CF if someone wondering), LWF, RWF, LMF, AMF, CMF, RMF, LB, CB, RB, GK

[@CharlieHoldcroft-dg6cc]

5:23 Lincoln city (English 5th division at the time) got to the quarter finals of the fa cup (English cup) beating some decent teams along the way.

[@Wilss]

One of my favourite cup days was when 3rd division Leeds United at the time knocked Man United out of the FA Cup in 2010 .

[@RollerbazAndCoasterDad]

The reason football/soccer uses the points system in leagues is that draws are possible. So you get 1point for a draw 3 for a win. In cup games, if it is a draw, there are various time extention and replay options which vary from cup to cup, but if it stays drawn penalties decide a winner (a striker vs a goalie, from a standing start, at short range)

[@markjones127]

Lower level teams being owned by higher level teams while not common, does exist in Europe, Dortmund and Atalanta have reserve teams in lower leagues for example. Also in the UK there are two cup competitions played during the season, The League Cup (Carabao Cup) and the FA Cup, and there's a third cup (EFL Trophy) but just for lower league sides, that's known as the Bristol Street Motors Trophy, but it was the 'Papa John Trophy' for a few years as it was sponsored by the American pizza company.

[@drawde_064]

The Carabao Cup IS the EFL Cup. When you say EFL cup, you mean EFL Trophy.

[@thunderchild1083]

If you look at the league table it will tell you number of games played, wins, losses, draws, goals scored, goals conceded, goal difference (goals scored minus goals conceded so can be plus or minus total) and finally points

[@conormccann2997]

Wigan athletic were relegated and won the FA Cup in the same season. So even if you’re bad in the league you can still win a big cup if you get a good run of games

[@Vyperus69]

League standings is based on points, if two teams are equal on points, it goes to goal difference (goals scored minus goals conceded) and if this is equal the results between the two teams. Also I've noticed these videos haven't mentioned exactly how promoted teams are chosen to be promoted from the lower league to the higher, because its a bit more complex than just the top 3 teams. So here goes an attempt at an explanation, most leagues have between 2 and 4 teams promoted or relegated at the end of the season every team in the spots making up the "relegation zone" are automatically relegated (there is a couple of exception which I'll mention later) and will be replaced (in most league systems) with the top 1 to 3 teams being automatically promoted and 1 chosen via playoff between the next 4 teams (this is a 1 match a round playoff). So if the higher division/league relegates 3 teams the lower league will promote the top 2 automatically and the playoff winners. But as I said earlier there is a few leagues where relegation isn't automatic, there are leagues where the bottom 1 or 2 teams are relegated and the 3rd team in the "zone" plays a playoff final against the 2nd or 3rd team, with the result determining whether the teams switch league or stay where they are. There are also leagues where only 1 team gets relegated so the next league down doesn't have a playoff, and others with only 1 relegation spot and "relegation playoff" between the team in the spot and the winners of the next league down. Also much like how the top team in the top division doesn't win promotion, the bottom team(s) in the lowest amateur league doesn't get relegated.

[@alexbrueton8503]

They also have play offs here in England. In the leagues (other then Premier league) that is how the the 3rd team is chosen. 3rd-6th place play each other. Winners take the 3rd spot for promotion to next league. So top 2 places guarantee promotion, play offs for 3rd.

[@smilerzzz]

the video mentioned champions league, there are also two other tournaments with a similar structure to this for what can be called 'Lower placed teams' from 5th postion for example. These are called Europa League and Conference League again all over europe and it entitled to producing upsets.

[@diz5425]

7 teams from the second tier in English football have won the FA Cup, but none since 1980. A few teams from the 3rd tier have made the semi finals. My team Norwich City famously made the semis in 1958, beating both Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United. Wycombe Wanderers are one of the more recent teams from the 3rd tier to make the semis in 2001, then miraculously made the semis of the League Cup (different tournament, but same rules) 2 years later.

[@guitarman8462]

The biggest 2 rival teams in South America are : River Plate vs Boca Jr. You should check out the game or highlights of the world cup Argentina vs France. Greatest final ever 🏆

[@ruthfoley2580]

A few days ago a team called Clay Valley Paper Mills played Charlton Athletic in the UKs FA Cup. Charlton are professional players. Clay Valley are not. Their player manager (as in he is also an active player) is a full time cab drver. Their stadium holds 1000 at maximum capacity. Charlton are 5 leagues above them & their stadium is a 10 minute drive away. They had 2000 people turn up to support them when they played at Charltons ground. The match ended as a 1 - 1 draw. They will now have a match at their own stadium.

[@GarrMunro]

To confuse you, in the top leauge in Scotland each plays each other 3 times. After that the top 6 teams play each other once, and the bottom 6 play each other once. (Suppose to add excitement on who qualifies for Europe, and who gets relegated) points don't reset, so there's been times the time in 7th even 8th have more overall points than the team in 6th. Regarding relegation, the bottom team automatically goes down a leauge swapping with the winners of the league below, , with the 2nd bottom team facing the winner of the leauge below playoffs (where the teams in 3rd & 4th play each other twice, that winner plays the team in 2nd twice) After all that the winner gets to play in the higher leauge

[@davidbateleur8357]

Giant Killing - thats the term we use in the UK when a low league team knocks out one of the 'big boys' from the Premiership. This actually happens almost every year and its very embarressing for the premiership team who gets knocked out ;)

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

What do you mean, you only have one league in each sport in the US? In baseball alone, you have MLB, ALB, NLB, Minor League Baseball, Eastern League, Southern League, Pacific League, Northwest League, Pecos League, Midwest League, Texas League, North American League, etc, etc. I think there are over 40 professional or semi-professional baseball leagues in the US.

[@joshualiley]

"Does a 4th division side go on a good run in the cup" Let me introduce you to the Coupe de France, France's Cup. The way their tournament is designed, it encourages upsets from lower division sides without forcing artificial competition. This is for the following reasons: 1) Any tie drawn between 2 teams with a gap of 2 or more divisions, the lower division side always plays at home. This often gives the lower side a small boost when playing bigger sides. 2) There are no replays, so any team good enough to hold out for a draw on the day can go to extra time and penalties, rather go back to the higher division team's stadium and try to hold out for a second game. 3) The sheer number of teams entering (often in the region of 7-8,000 per year) in itself causes upsets due to the sheer probabilities. It also means that higher division sides enter the cup earlier relative to the same level in other countries, so they have more games being played where they could slip up. All this culminates in a competition where a 4th division side (or lower) has reached the quarter final or better in 8 out of the last 10 years, and frequently they also reach the semi finals. 3rd division sides Les Herbiers and Quevilly-Rouen lost the finals in 2018 and 2012 respectively

[@Shinobito1]

The biggest difference: US has franchises, Europe has clubs.

[@mrsiborg]

A few years ago in the 3rd round of the FA Cup in England a team from the 7th tier of Football went up against a Premier League team, it's a dream come true for any lower level team, not to mention the financial benefits from such a match.

[@jacksonmacmanus1001]

wins, losses, goals scored, goals conceded, and goal difference are recorded and sometimes used if teams are level on points

[@klio9611]

As in all the other national cups in Europe, not all leagues (and all teams) are taking part in the national German cup (DFB-Pokal). There are 2,235 leagues in Germany on 13 levels (from top-level Bundesliga down to village amateur clubs on "Kreisliga" level). Over 31,000 teams are playing in that league system. In the German cup, the teams from the top-3 professional leagues are qualified. And all the winners of the regional amateur cups qualify for the "big" national cup. So every region in Germany is represented in the German cup by one amateur club. In the first round each amateur club is playing against a professional club - always at home! So every year in the first round there are some very small clubs hosting Bundesliga clubs on their village playing field. Playing against Bayern München or Borussia Dortmund is therefore often the biggest event in some amateur clubs' history.

[@CaptainB1994]

Small correction on the Bundesliga relegation thing, only the bottom 2 teams are automatically relegated the team 3rd from bottom (16th place) go into a relegation play-off with the 3rd place team in the 2nd tier (2. Bundesliga) if the team in the 2. Bundesliga wins this play-off they effectively switch places with the team in the Bundesliga, but if the team in the Bundesliga wins then both teams stay where they are and only the top 2 teams in the 2 Bundesliga get promoted and only the bottom 2 teams of the Bundesliga get relegated.

[@AndyDeres]

I was at an FA Cup game the other day where a team from The Isthmian League South East League drew away with a team from League One which is five or six leagues above.

[@Fr0z3n_Fr0st18]

The win and loose streaks depends on the individual club supporters side for example I am a Chelsea fc fan and a Carlisle United fan and I keep track of the winning and losing streaks of those teams.

[@TonySpike]

Yes we keep track of wins and losses, we use them to decide who finishes higher if the Points and Goal Difference are the same

[@jameshumphreys9715]

Some Leagues do have play offs Cymru Premier and Northern Ireland football league has play off for europa conference league which 5 teams can take place, Preliminary round 7th vs 6th, then the semi finals, Champion league final spot, european competition or relegation if two teams have the same number of points, criteria can be completely differ. Bundesliga, Scottish Premier league, Swiss Super league, Allsvenskan and some others league may have a promotion/relegation with the league below them having a smiliar structure. Some like English, Spanish league and others from tier 2 have 4 play off places in which teams

[@BeauTheMan69]

There has been like Division 8 teams playing division 1 teams in fa cup in England

[@literallynapoleonhimself5417]

Leagues do take into account the amount of wins each team has, in the event that 2 teams finish the season with the same amount of points, number of wins or goal differential is usually the first tiebreaker (depending on the league). The cup competitions are pretty cool and many nations have more than one, smaller teams do occasionally knock off a big team but sometimes the biggest teams tend to focus on their league and (if they qualified) the champions league, so in order to prevent risking star players with injuries playing a lower division team, these big teams sometimes field their B-team out to play the fixture or the cup games. MLS (Major League Soccer) is the top division in the US and Canada, there are currently 29 teams that play in this league (San Diego FC will come to the league as an expansion team in the future making it 30). This league runs a little differently than the other European leagues, there is no relegation (although MLS president has shown interest in adding it some day in the future), there is a salary cap, and there are playoffs at the end of the season. There is still 2 cup tournaments, The US Open Cup which is open to all levels but MLS teams tend to not take too seriously (for example, despite being one of the best teams in MLS history, LAFC decided to put out what was essentially the academy / youth development team to play in this tournament). Leagues Cup is another cup competition, this one is tournament combining all MLS and LigaMX (Mexico’s top division) teams together. North America and Central America also has their own version of the Champions League as well, MLS teams typically don’t do too well in this tournament as Seattle are the only MLS team to win the CONCACAF Champions League, meanwhile LAFC have made it and lost in the final on 2 separate occasions. These are the most successful runs by MLS teams in this tournament. This tournament will be changing its name next time around to the Concacaf Champions Cup and MLS teams are starting to take this tournament more seriously now.

[@angharaddenby3389]

If two (or more) teams finish the season on level points, the next deciding factor is goal difference, it that is the same then it's goals scored, then it is most wins. After that it gets complicated. Also, the cup games (in the UK there is the League Cup [open to league teams only] and the FA Cup [open to ALL teams] plus European games and International games - ALL of which are played inbetween each other.

[@youtpfpm6097]

In France, only two second division clubs have won the Cup (the last in 2009). And a 4th division club reached the final in 2000.

[@xxZitroxx]

On the cinderella story in the cup: my team union berlin made the cup final in 2001 whilst playing in the third divison. We lost that final but even being there was a miracle.

[@parmentier7457]

In the 1990s my club Heracles played somewhere at the bottom of the second division of the Dutch football league. During a cup match it won against Ajax Amsterdam. It was special because Ajax was Champions League winner and had won the World Cup for Football Clubs in Japan a week earlier.

[@Graham6410]

There are also various different cup competitions depending on which League a team plays in as well like the Papa John's Trophy for teams that play in Leagues 1 &2.

[@squeakatu1981]

I'd say if you choose one main team to follow, support and keep up with from a devision or country that would make it a bit easier to keep up with. Also if you hear talk about tables that's how we all keep up with points, Am I the only person from Europe (England here) who didn't realise just how complicated football can be to an outsider? I grew up with my mum supporting one team and my dad supporting a different team, I ended up following my mum and supporting Chelsea. But I never realised how complicated it was to follow and keep up with the number of matches played, wins, losses, draws and points.

[@rickygrimshaw1255]

League 2 Bradford reached the league cup final in 2012 knocking Arsenal out before losing to Swansea 4-0 in the final at Wembley.

[@SteveODonnell]

Except in Scotland where the leagues are smaller so teams play each other at least three times. When the league takes a winter break they then play 5 more games each with teams in their half of the league. Each team plays 38 games. We do keep track of wins, draws and losses. As for points if two teams have the same points then goal difference plays a part.

[@footballlion_]

A team can also get relegated if they break FFP rules (Financial Fair Play) as a punishment. An example of when this happened was when in the early 2000s, Italian team Juventus were relegated from the Serie A (1st division of Italian football) to the Serie B (2nd division of Italian football)

[@SantomPh]

I thought it was the betting calciopoli scandal

[@marionettekent]

Basically each country/region (not always a country) has a football association and each has their own multi-tier league system. The North and Central American countries have multiple league as well. There's a football (soccer) league in Mexico, one in Trinidad and Tobago, one in Costa Rica, etc. And they also come together to play CONCACAF champions cup as well. Then the champions of each continent play in a tournament called Club world cup, which has only been won by the European or South American champions. Occasionally teams from other continent gets into final too but it might take sometime to catch up with the two powerhouses in the football world.

[@tliv9883]

Aronud 2à years ago, a french soccer team which was in the 4th division actually made it to the french cup final beating that year ligue 1 winner in the process.

[@SantomPh]

2:29 points make more sense, since there is no comparing records. Real stats help determine who finishes higher 3:23 Some teams are owned by the same group, but often a group is only allowed one team per league. Red Bull for instance own New York Red Bulls, Red Bull Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg in the USA, Germany and Austria respectively. 5:12 the Cup competitions are a separate knockout tournament from the league where higher league teams and lower league teams can meet. It's usually a money spinner for the lower league teams who get a bigger cut of the tickets and money from TV broadcasting. Sometimes the big teams will play a weaker selection to rest their main players, resulting in an upset. Some teams deliberately tank it to focus on other priorities, such as European competition or the league. 7:00 the lower leagues each have their own trophy as well, so all the winners will get big trophies. Even the non-league sides have their own tournament in England.

[@lpsoldierPZ]

"So you don't keep track of the wins and the losses. Only the points?" WTF, what kind of a question is that LOL?! The points keep track of the wins and losses!

[@olienajh]

In England there 2 main cup competitions. The FA Cup & the League Cup. The format is basically the same for each however in the FA Cup the top division teams don’t join until round 3 which allows the lower league teams to get a bit of a cup run going & makes them a bit more money through gate receipts (fans watching in the stadiums). Because the lower league teams aren’t expected to do so well in the FA & League cup tournaments, there are also other cup competitions for them to take part in that the top division teams can’t enter. In theory, the best team in England could win the quadruple ie: FA Cup, League Cup, the Premiership (the name of the league running from Aug to May) & the Champions League all in one season.

[@noizecoatofficial139]

Over here in the Netherlands we had an cup upset last year, Where an amateur team made it all the way to the semi finals, Spakenburg, Who also beaten the semi top club FC Utrecht in the quarter finals, And got eliminated in the semi finals putting up an great fight against a top club of the main devision PSV, Who ended up winning the cup

[@Beefadin]

When you realise that, in little old England, we have 4 professional leagues, consisting of 92 teams and then a dozen or more leagues beow that, all with teams moving up and down depending how good or bad they are.

[@ivifizz]

Try and find a video on Lincoln City’s FA Cup run from a few years ago if you want to see an underdog in the cup

[@Isleofskye]

Good Reaction but in The World's best League which is The English Premier League there is a difference of TWO HUNDRED and 40 Million Dollars per season between the Top 2 divisions !... Top Players can play in FIVE different events during the year. The Premier Lague:38 Games.The F A Cup (700 Clubs compete) also The Football League Cup(for the 92 League teams only) and a European Tournament(There are 3but The Champions League is the most important). ALL these matches are between August and May. In between you have INTERNATIONALS for your Country and every 2 years i The Summer there is either The WORLD CUP or the European Championships both for COUNTRIES only)

[@mistycrom]

The points are based on wins and losses. 3pts for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss.

[@SigmaPSGEnjoyer]

Loved this video keep making great content ❤

[@GazilionPT]

2:09 Wins and losses matter only as a tie-braker: if by the season's end two or more teams are at the top with the exact same amount of points, we compare the results of the matches they played directly against each other; if one team, in that direct confrontation, performed better than the other(s), that team is the winner. And if that still results in a tie, then we compare goals (scored vs. sustained).

[@SantomPh]

depends on the league. head to head is not usually practiced in England but is considered in Spain , Italy and Germany.

[@cathyb46]

The trouble is the teams only have a small break as they arre made to travel to other countries to play friendlies etc so not as he says til the season starts again. FiFa and Uefa keep adding more matches and unfortunately players are suffering more injuries. Players need a summer break

[@SantomPh]

Their careers are quite short, 12-15 years at best. They get as many days off as other workers, to be honest.

[@user-sv6fd8ym9l]

I have friends in NM, Denver Colorado. Wisconsin, NYC, Texas etc etc and they all watch the British premier league on American TV

[@ianprince1698]

in order to keep teams equal you can't buy in the best players and then go insolvent because you spent more money than you are getting in, clubs have been docked points for this, wiping out the whole season, some notable clubs have been caught out with this and find themselves in a lower division for one or two seasons, some clubs with a loyal fan base have worked themselves back up

[@anxofernandez3344]

Answering your question about a crazy Cinderella run in the Cup, I believe it happened in Spain once or twice that a second division team reached the final in the past maybe 20-25 years and third category teams have definitely reached the quarterfinals and maybe the semifinals. Also I believe maybe some 15 years ago or so Kaiserslautern in Germany was a second division team and they won the German Cup. I'm not completely sure about the dates but these things have happened before.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Cup upsets do happen, though (in England) no team from outside the top two flights has won the FA Cup for over a century. Teams from the third and fourth flight do get to the quarter-finals every now and again though. One other thing that you should know - there is no draft. Teams have to buy the players they get by negotiating with the clubs that they currently play for. The other thing worth mentioning - and the reason why teams are so heavily supported - is that these are fully-owned clubs founded and playing in their home town. No franchises shifting from city to city. So theres a connection with the fans, who feel the clubs belong to their community.

[@timnewman7591]

In the FA Cup, England's main cup competition, there have been a couple of good runs by lower division sides over the last decade or so. Sheffield United from the 3rd tier made the last-four in 2014; and in 2017 Lincoln City from the 5th tier made it to the last-eight (and Sutton United also 5th tier reached the last-16 in the same season). Doesn't happen often, but it's always remembered by fans of those sides.

[@Bigmanjef]

Wigan winning in 2011 over a Saudi Arabia city

[@Bigmanjef]

*man city

[@stevelknievel4183]

In the 1998--97 FA Cup, Chesterfield Town got to the semi-final while competing in the Second Division. Confusingly, at the time the Second Division was actually the third tier of the English Football League as it came after the Premier League and First Division.

[@2xploreuk50]

I said this out loud while watching the video lol (it was the ‘96/‘97 F.A Cup). They had quite a memorable cup run. If I remember, I think they made it to the the semi final and had to have a replay with Middlesbrough after a 3-3 draw. You can’t beat the magic of the F.A Cup!

[@jonathanklassen4645]

Actually in

[@helenzebcharles]

If you win the national league, the FA cup and the Champions league it is known as the treble. Promotion to a higher league isn't automatic for all the top teams e.g. the top 2 teams go up but the last spot is fought over by the next 4 teams.

[@nytstalker1380]

Bradford City were level 4 in England and got to the League Cup final - Losing out to a top tier side. On their run they knocked out Chelsea and other top teams. The cups can be magical and I think Americans can miss out on their local side playing an elite team in their back garden

[@rickygrimshaw1255]

I’m a lifelong season ticket holder at AFCB and it’s great to watch football whilst catching up with friends over a beer.

[@theonetheonlyjoey]

West Ham are the last team to win the FA Cup in England as a second division team (back in 1980), but you'll see teams from the lower divisions going on a cup run fairly regularly, all over the world. Last season, Inverness Caledonian Thistle (a team from the Championship or second tier) made it to the Scottish Cup final but lost 3-1

[@chrystpick7741]

The main cup thar causes upsets in england is the FA cup. It's all 92 teams in the league playing their way to they are kicked out by losing or they win. As a kid I was taught "it's the FA cup, ANYTHING can happen".

[@jangoboi4119]

In the 1900-01 season, Tottenham Hotspur became the first and only club to this day to win the FA cup as a semi-pro team. They are now fighting to be champions of the premier league

[@mhplays5993]

in the UK we have 4 major leagues premier league, championship, league 1 and league 2 there is also a league under league 2 but not as big as the 4 but can say there has been team that played in premier league and dropped all the way to league 2 and for the win/loss it dont really matter because of points 9/10 times if your sitting first with the most points you have more wins than losses and draws

[@brucemc1581]

The reason for using points is because of the high possibility of a tie. Winning gives 3 times as many points as a tie. A team with only 2 wins out 5 has more points than abeam with 5 ties. It promotes going for the win.

[@marcgribben6014]

As per usual JT great video! Watch the champions league opening theme and you can appreciate the quality and gravity of the competition, I have always loved it

[@tomfontijne8674]

Recently we had an amateur team from the netherlands FC Spakenburg make it to the semi finals in the KNVB cup (the biggest cup in the netherlands) defeating FC Utrecht which is a mid table club in the eredivisie (the prem of the netherlands)

[@hettyscetty9785]

There are also other European competitions like the Europa league that is another opportunity for silverware. I live in Glasgow where football literally causes riots in the streets so much animosity between Rangers and Celtic.

[@kianolner3818]

Cup upsets are common in the early rounds but come the final it’ll usually be two of the top teams in the country. In England Luton Town became the first team to ever knock out a premier league team whilst in non league (tier 5 and below) when they beat Norwich in 2012/13 before being knocked out in the last 16. Rather fitting that this year Luton also became the first team to go from non league to the Premier League. Then in 2016/17 Lincoln City became the first non league team to make it to the quarter finals of the FA Cup knocking out Premier League Burnley on the way. Those 2 are the only occasions of a non league team beating a premier league team. Non league teams have held premier league teams to draws before (my team Nuneaton did with Middlesbrough in 2006 as well as Burton Albion did to Manchester Utd the same year) but that’ll go to a replay where the premier league team will usually win but the money and the experience for the fans makes it so special.

[@bluegorf]

The end of season relegation battles are often more exciting than the title race

[@craigmatthews4536]

You should look up a team called Bolton Wanderers and their rise and fall from division 4 to playing in European competitions to almost going bust before starting to climb the league's again.

[@Debbie76]

My cousin has been the Technical Performance Director at BW for the past 2.5years. Before that he worked for the FA with the England team and helped them focus on Penalty shootouts, resulting in us winning a match on Penalties for the first time in a loooooooong time 🙂

[@TheHarrip]

Cinderella runs as you call it happen often in uk FA cup and it's a wonderful thing. There are some great videos on that for you to consider. FA cup fairytales

[@markauckland666]

The Championship playoff game to enter the Premier league is know as the most valuable single game in sport, the winner as a result of being in the Premier league stand to earn nearly 500 million dollars

[@MrBunney91]

There are Cinderella runs in the cup competition EVERY YEAR that’s the beauty of it 😊