Other Football - 2019/20

[magicrat]

I take back what I said about Neville earlier. He just said racism is tolerated in the highest places in the land.

Fair play

[Bjornebye]

 

 

 

 

 

[magicrat]

2 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

 

 

 

 

 

Good to see him back on his game

[Bobby Hundreds]

Since when do you give cards based upon how much pain you caused. It was a clear red, petulant behaviour and he was done for it. Good.

[Anubis]

Definite scope for another sending off here. Spurs fans getting a proper taste of Mourinhoball.

[aRdja]

3 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Definite scope for another sending off here. Spurs fans getting a proper taste of Mourinhoball.

A bit late I think now mate.

[Anubis]

That explains the weird resubmit form message when I tried to refresh the page.

[moof]

Real Madrid are looking pretty tidy recently. They’re gonna wallop city all over the place 

[Captain Turdseye]

1 hour ago, moof said:

Real Madrid are looking pretty tidy recently. They’re gonna wallop city all over the place 

 

Drew 0-0 to bust my bet tonight. Nice one Moof, you jinxing twat. 

[sir roger]

2 hours ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

Since when do you give cards based upon how much pain you caused. It was a clear red, petulant behaviour and he was done for it. Good.

Agree completely on the red , but not sure Rudiger needed to pitch himself backwards screaming , although it seems to be accepted these days ( Not by Jurgen I am glad to see ).

[an tha]

Fucking tackle!

 

The ruck after was a bit shite though.

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/RGonzalezCBS/status/1207342174842576897?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.givemesport.com%2F1531094-worst-tackle-of-the-year-sparks-brawl-in-argentinas-lower-leagues

[Jimmy Hills Chin]

8 hours ago, Pistonbroke said:

 

I'm hoping it lasts for the rest of my life. 

And I wish you a long and happy one.

[The Golden Eel]

35 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Agree completely on the red , but not sure Rudiger needed to pitch himself backwards screaming , although it seems to be accepted these days ( Not by Jurgen I am glad to see ).

They all seem tuned into the idea that if someone fouls you in a way that could possibly get them sent off, you milk it. Mourinho has a point like but it's pretty rich coming from him. 

[Anubis]

Isn’t this really the same as what we say about our forwards getting nothing from fouls in the box by staying on their feet. Pound to a penny if Rudiger just steps away from that rubbing his rib cage, without falling, then the ref does nothing.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

54 minutes ago, an tha said:

Fucking tackle!

 

The ruck after was a bit shite though.

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/RGonzalezCBS/status/1207342174842576897?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.givemesport.com%2F1531094-worst-tackle-of-the-year-sparks-brawl-in-argentinas-lower-leagues

That’s not even a foul if you’re Brendan Rodgers.

[Baltar]

I just noticed that the Italian Super Cup which Juve lost tonight was played in Saudi Arabia! What the flying fuck is going on here?

[Lee909]

Its a red card every day of the fucking week

Absolute stupidity from Son, prick will be nicely rested after a three game ban to come back for the FA cup game and then ours

[s(k)aturation]

Didn't know where to post this (already posted it on the MF), so thought maybe here (apologies for length and self-indulgence)...

 

It was my son's 12th birthday yesterday.

While we were celebrating, I got news that my friend Gary Talbot has passed away in Chester, aged 82.

It was because of my son that Gary and I knew each other.  Gary's daughter, Annabel, and my wife met at mother's group here in Melbourne and, so our families got to know one another from there.

Some years back when Gary was on a visit to Australia, we spent a lot of time together over the Christmas holiday period - it was just one of those things where the two of us clicked, and became instant mates.

Gary, Blackburn-born, was a press photographer in the north-west - and it was playing in a charity football match involving local journalists that he caught the eye of Chester City's manager in the mid-1960s. Gary was 25 at the time, but the Chester manager invited him to play for the club.

He scored in his first game against Newport County and went on to become Chester's highest-ever goalscorer by the time he retired.

Bill Shankly watched him play once and was very impressed, saying that it was a pity Gary was "too old" for a possible move to Liverpool at the time.

Gary still holds the record for the fastest-ever hat-trick in the FA Cup - against Crewe.

As a photo journalist, he was a match-day photographer at Goodison and did stints at Anfield too.

Gary and his camera were on the pitch in our 1965 FA Cup triumph - he was there at the invitation of Don Revie, whom he knew.

Gary was the photographer at Ian Rush's first wedding (the perm days!), and was good mates with Michael Owen's Dad.

One day in his billiard room, Gary showed my his photographic portfolio - it has shots of all kinds of luminaries in it: Princess Di, Bobby Charlton, Tom Jones, and countless eclectic mixtures of other people, including Presidents and Prime Ministers.

Most recently, he was honorary life President of Chester FC and was chiefly behind Liverpool playing there in a fundraiser a year or two ago.

Gary was a Bluenose, but an old-fashioned one without a chip on his shoulder - as an ex-footballer he was just affable and fair-minded about the game.

He and his wife lived in Eccleston, Cheshire - somehow when they were young, they managed to secure a lifetime lease on the village manor house, which is owned by the Duke of Westminster.

I stayed there when I took my boy to Anfield for the first time in 2017 against Crystal Palace - we haven't lost in the League at Anfield since that day (that's my son with Gary in the picture below, watching the 2017 FA Cup semi-final at his local in Chester).

I was hoping to see Gary one more time as I knew his days were numbered - a heart condition and most recently, lung cancer.

Tragically, he died yesterday while his daughter was en route from Melbourne to Manchester - she wanted to see him for Christmas and perhaps be at his deathbed. 

Private tributes have already begun to flow in for him - one already from his friend, Micheal Parkinson.

Gary was, simply, a terrific bloke.

He was my personal connection with that part of the world, the city of Liverpool and the club.

 

[Jimmy Hills Chin]

Condolences Skaro, sounds like one of the good ones.

[suzy]

Sounds like a top bloke and a very interesting life. Condolences to you.

[Mudface]

7 hours ago, Baltar said:

I just noticed that the Italian Super Cup which Juve lost tonight was played in Saudi Arabia! What the flying fuck is going on here?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/23/shameless-influencers-face-backlash-for-promoting-saudi-arabia-music-festival

 

Image rehab. When even Ratjakowski, the liggers' ligger, opts out, you know it's a bad 'un.

[Trumo]

9 hours ago, Baltar said:

I just noticed that the Italian Super Cup which Juve lost tonight was played in Saudi Arabia! What the flying fuck is going on here?

 

One year they played the fixture in Libya. This was in the days when Gaddafi was still alive, and his son joined in the post-match celebrations.

 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

6 hours ago, skaro said:

Didn't know where to post this (already posted it on the MF), so thought maybe here (apologies for length and self-indulgence)...

 

It was my son's 12th birthday yesterday.

While we were celebrating, I got news that my friend Gary Talbot has passed away in Chester, aged 82.

It was because of my son that Gary and I knew each other.  Gary's daughter, Annabel, and my wife met at mother's group here in Melbourne and, so our families got to know one another from there.

Some years back when Gary was on a visit to Australia, we spent a lot of time together over the Christmas holiday period - it was just one of those things where the two of us clicked, and became instant mates.

Gary, Blackburn-born, was a press photographer in the north-west - and it was playing in a charity football match involving local journalists that he caught the eye of Chester City's manager in the mid-1960s. Gary was 25 at the time, but the Chester manager invited him to play for the club.

He scored in his first game against Newport County and went on to become Chester's highest-ever goalscorer by the time he retired.

Bill Shankly watched him play once and was very impressed, saying that it was a pity Gary was "too old" for a possible move to Liverpool at the time.

Gary still holds the record for the fastest-ever hat-trick in the FA Cup - against Crewe.

As a photo journalist, he was a match-day photographer at Goodison and did stints at Anfield too.

Gary and his camera were on the pitch in our 1965 FA Cup triumph - he was there at the invitation of Don Revie, whom he knew.

Gary was the photographer at Ian Rush's first wedding (the perm days!), and was good mates with Michael Owen's Dad.

One day in his billiard room, Gary showed my his photographic portfolio - it has shots of all kinds of luminaries in it: Princess Di, Bobby Charlton, Tom Jones, and countless eclectic mixtures of other people, including Presidents and Prime Ministers.

Most recently, he was honorary life President of Chester FC and was chiefly behind Liverpool playing there in a fundraiser a year or two ago.

Gary was a Bluenose, but an old-fashioned one without a chip on his shoulder - as an ex-footballer he was just affable and fair-minded about the game.

He and his wife lived in Eccleston, Cheshire - somehow when they were young, they managed to secure a lifetime lease on the village manor house, which is owned by the Duke of Westminster.

I stayed there when I took my boy to Anfield for the first time in 2017 against Crystal Palace - we haven't lost in the League at Anfield since that day (that's my son with Gary in the picture below, watching the 2017 FA Cup semi-final at his local in Chester).

I was hoping to see Gary one more time as I knew his days were numbered - a heart condition and most recently, lung cancer.

Tragically, he died yesterday while his daughter was en route from Melbourne to Manchester - she wanted to see him for Christmas and perhaps be at his deathbed. 

Private tributes have already begun to flow in for him - one already from his friend, Micheal Parkinson.

Gary was, simply, a terrific bloke.

He was my personal connection with that part of the world, the city of Liverpool and the club.

 

 

Lovely eulogy to your friend, John. My sincere condolences to all of those who loved and knew, Gary. 

[aws]

I saw Gary Talbot play Wrexham a couple of times and remember him as their main threat up-front. I think he may have scored as well. In which case, I forgive him.  

[TheHowieLama]

Vandals have cut off the nose of a statue of Zlatan Ibrahimovic outside Malmo's stadium in Sweden.

It is the latest act of vandalism directed at the statue since it was announced that Ibrahimovic had invested in a rival club last month.