Football

weave · February 10, 2021, 11:13:44 PM

Hi John @Trainfish ,

I missed your question in your earlier post re. pic no.1 as I was checking out inflation price rises at the bottom of pic no.3 purely for research purposes

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Chris Kamara, ex Navy boy. Good man. That's not who I phoned by the way

, have gone back to pic no.1 as that answer. I'm getting in a pickle here. I'll shut up.

Cheers, weave

Trainfish · February 10, 2021, 11:26:48 PM

Yes, that's Kammy. Had 2 spells at Town and was a top bloke. I met him a couple of times and he was always up for a laugh

I'll believe you about the phone cost

port perran · February 11, 2021, 08:18:41 AM

Football and Railways - all up really close.
For those using FaceBook - have a look at this :

https://www.facebook.com/564564010417492/posts/1613893312151218/

port perran · February 11, 2021, 08:43:03 AM

For those not using Facebook here's a YouTube version :

https://youtu.be/l96ICiMmmWA

Bealman · February 11, 2021, 08:53:39 AM

This is a cool thread.

Football, here in Australia, has always been rugby league or Australian rules football. Real football, until recently, has always been called soccer, to differentiate between the codes.

I always remember having a place on Newbottle working man's club team, in the early seventies. You'd have to turn up for training on Sunday mornings, and I'd be the only one who did, after a Saturday night!

Likewise, at school, they'd always stick me in goal. I remember diving onto that bloody permafrost on January mornings during PE lessons.

Go through that crap again?

No thanks!

port perran · February 11, 2021, 09:11:47 AM

Quote from: Trainfish on February 10, 2021, 10:53:57 PM
It was never cold in that stand, it was f*&%ing freezing!

Nice Indian restaurant just down the road though.
I remember a game up there where our goalie was sent off after about 30 mins. Brian Tinnion went in goal and played a blinder.
Definitely was cold that evening - and wet!

port perran · February 11, 2021, 09:22:38 AM

And a nice little tale of a game away at Port Vale (who play at Burslem just outside Stoke for those who are unaware).
Anyway.....it was the Saturday before Christmas.
We were allowed into the Supporter's Club bar. I bought a Christmas Raffle ticket for some reason (must have been feeling Christmasy) putting my address on the back.
Just before New Year a bottle of Bells arrived in the post.

Trainfish · February 14, 2021, 02:34:13 PM

Even though I rescued my wife from Watford and brought her back to god's own county she still has some feelings towards her old home town football club so I keep a close eye on their results as you never know what it may lead to if they win. Now I'm just looking forward to watching the Bristol City loving presenters on the HTV news on Monday

I don't suppose you get HTV news down there do you @port perran ?

port perran · February 14, 2021, 02:40:49 PM

Quote from: Trainfish on February 14, 2021, 02:34:13 PM
Even though I rescued my wife from Watford and brought her back to god's own county she still has some feelings towards her old home town football club so I keep a close eye on their results as you never know what it may lead to if they win. Now I'm just looking forward to watching the Bristol City loving presenters on the HTV news on Monday

I don't suppose you get HTV news down there do you @port perran ?

Thank you for that.
I watched the whole game live on Robins TV yesterday - a truly abject performance from our lot.
If you watch HTV news, watch out for the highlight - City's single attempt at goal in the 73rd minute!

By the way, we've just loaned JoJo Woolacott to Swindle Town. Had your game not been postponed yesterday, he'd likely have made his debut against the Gas.

As for Watford......what was the name of that TV programme from the 70s (I think) based in and around Vicarage Road?

Trainfish · February 14, 2021, 03:08:38 PM

I think you may be thinking of Murphy's mob?

Calnefoxile · April 20, 2021, 11:10:50 AM

I was in 2 minds as to whether to post this rant about the European Super League in the Angry Thread or here, so as it's just about Football I stuck it in here, and to be honest I'm surprised that nothing has been said in here about it yet, so let me be the first and here's my take on the current situation:

European Super League - Closed shop for the financially biggest clubs in Europe, 12 at the moment with another 3 waiting to join, I suspect those 3 are PSG, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. However they are allowing 5 other Clubs to be 'invited' to participate, quite how those 5 are chosen is up for debate but I would suspect that it'll be like the Non-League clubs used to have to apply to join the Football league, so let's say that Leicester win the EPL again they would then have to apply to join the ESL, a vote would then take place within the 15 full members for a majority to allow Leicester to join, this process would take place across all the other European Leagues. Will there be relegation?? Probably, but will one of the founding 15 be allowed to be relegated?? If so, where would they go if they've been kicked out of their relevant League?? That will be the danger to these Clubs. More so where would the Players come from?? I wonder if the current crop of players at these teams are considering their positions in the Clubs. How many of them are at any of these Clubs purely for the money?? I actually suspect not many, yes the money is good but the prospect of playing alongside top players and 'winning trophies' (unless your name is Danny Drinkwater

) or even having a better chance of playing for your Country.

Champions League - The current reforms for the UCL also goes some way to ring-fencing these financially biggest clubs, in much the same way as the ESL does. Lets take this years Premier League, if Leicester & West Ham were to finish in the Top 4 at the detriment of Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal & Spurs then under the new UCL rules, it wouldn't matter as 2 of those teams with the best European pedigree would trump Leicester & West Hams efforts over the season, I'm not sure if Leicester & West Ham would even be allowed to take part in the Europa League??

All kudos to the Leeds players last night, wearing those T-Shirts saying 'Earn it' next to the Champions League logo and 'Football is for the fans', apparently they even left some in the Liverpool dressing room for the Liverpool players to wear.

So in closing, as a Leicester fan I'd be more than happy for them to

off to the ESL because it'd probably give us a better chance of winning the Premiership more often, but on the other hand, would it be a hollow victory because we've not played the 'best' teams in England and what would we get out of it as Champions??

Sorry for my lengthy diatribe.

Regards

Neal.

Trainfish · April 20, 2021, 11:27:36 AM

Summed up even better at Old Trafford I feel

Ali Smith · April 20, 2021, 11:36:00 AM

Although the game of football holds no interest for me, the business of football I find fascinating as it seems to have its own alternative logic (e.g. The Championship is won by the 21st best team).
As far as the ESL goes, surely it really is down to the fans. If they attend matches (not so easy when they are all over Europe) and pay to watch them on telly then maybe it will survive or even prosper but if not it will fail. This is just like any other entertainment business, which is what professional sport is. Whatever happens, I am sure football will continue to be played, which is what really matters.
Personally I find it selfish and greedy which seems to be a fairly universal opinion among everybody outside the boards of those 12 clubs.

Calnefoxile · April 20, 2021, 11:51:04 AM

Quote from: Ali Smith on April 20, 2021, 11:36:00 AM
As far as the ESL goes, surely it really is down to the fans. If they attend matches (not so easy when they are all over Europe) and pay to watch them on telly then maybe it will survive or even prosper but if not it will fail. This is just like any other entertainment business, which is what professional sport is. Whatever happens, I am sure football will continue to be played, which is what really matters.

Ali,

To a certain degree you are right, this ESL proposal is all to satisfy the 'fans' of these big clubs, not in Europe or their home countries, but in the Far East & America where the big money is by utilising the Global reach of streaming services, I'm sure I've seen reference to the some new Sports Streaming service called DAZN being involved somewhere, who I believe is the new big thing in Boxing & MMA.

Hopefully it'll fall flat before it starts.

Cheers

Neal.

emjaybee · April 20, 2021, 12:10:21 PM

Anyone who knows me, knows I'm not the least bit interested in football. Despite the best efforts of my late grandfather, no interest at all. Many things about it I find unfathomable, but that's for another day.

All that said, what is trying to be done here is repulsive to say the least. It's just greed for the sake of greed.

I see no reason why the clubs involved can't be just kicked out of their respective leagues and competitions by their respective governing bodies.