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When Graeme Souness Planted the Galatasaray Flag in Fenerbahçe’s Pitch

By: Daryl | September 18th, 2009

When it comes to antagonizing opposition fans, Emmanuel Adebayor is a mere amateur next to Graeme Souness.

Souness was managing Galatasaray in 1996, and his team faced eternal rivals Fenerbahçe in the Turkish Cup final. It was a two legged cup tie, with Galatasaray winning 1-0 at home in the first leg, then claiming the cup with a 1-1 draw in Fenerbahçe’s Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium.

Which is when Souness decided to celebrate by taking a gigantic Galatasaray flag and plating it right in the middle of the Fenerbahçe pitch. The incident made him a hero with Galatasaray fans, but not so much with Fener fans.

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Daryl

Just found a 1995-6 final Turkish league table, and Souness finished fourth with Galatasaray, which I'm assuming is unacceptable no matter how many flags you plant on Fenerbahce's pitch.
Daryl

Yeah, despite the cup win with Galatasaray, didn't Souness disappoint in the league and get let go after one season?
Musab

Plant a flag in your enemies stadium in Turkey = Instant Hero to the fans, no matter how terrible a manager you were.
diana

I remember I once watched a feature on footballing rivalries and when the episode I was watching was about the rivalry between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, it did featured what you posted Daryl.

Now there's the Manchester derby this weekend. ;)
Rami

There's a good bit explaining this in the "Real Football Factories International" when they profile Turkey. Rambo from Fener didn't take kindly to this!
Daryl

Ha, no, not this time. It was actually Taylor from Man Utd Offside who reminded of this a couple of days ago.
Ryan

Football Ramble?

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