er ..... football .......anyone!

[DomValente]

My name's Dom and ...and......me mam was born in Blacpool.

 

[Anonymous]

shhhhhh, that was a long time ago.... doesn't count now

 

[DomValente]

Oh, whew!

 

[ByronBlack]

Byron,

I'm a spurs fan,

It just had to be spurs didn't it mate. :roll: You'll be pleased to know then that I support the other and by far the best north London club Arsenal. :lol: :lol: Gooners

Cheers

Mike

Mwuhaha! Spurs are gonna get your fourth spot this year after Van Persie gets another injury and your left with Adebayor upfront :shock:

Should be a close call though, just wish spent some money on a decent defensive midfielder this year, when Zokora goes to the african nations were only left with Huddlestone or Tainio for that role.

Will you have enough players to field a team of 11 during the african nations?

 

[Scrit]

My name's Dom and ...and......me mam was born in Blackpool.

Ah, Blackpool - beer, birds and ......... I remember summer Saturday nights in Blackpool \/ Crackin' place, although the beer wasn't much cop and it was ruddy cold in winter! At least it gave us Ian Anderson (of Jethro Tull and for that matter a few others from the band), Graham Nash (Crosby Stills, etc), Jimmy Clitheroe, Alistair Cooke ("Letter from America") and Ricky Tomlinson to name a few. So yer mam was in excellent company, I'd say

Scrit

 

[DomValente]

She'd have loved to been associated with some of them,NOT,
she used to eat her fruit with a knife and fork, she was so posh there was fruit on the table even when no one was ill.

Dom

 

[Mike.C]

Byron, don't you worry about it we'll manage just fine. :lol:

Cheers

Mike

 

[Vormulac]

'Fraid not, each to their own but I can't think of anything more boring than football. The beginning of the new season heralds in the complete dearth of anything good on tv and messes with the schedule of what's already there for the next eleven odd months (the football season is 50 weeks of the year, right? Seems like it).
The only sports to attract my attention are Rugby and Cricket.

(as I said, each to their own! :lol: )

V.

 

[shedhead]

CRICKET
As much fun as watching paint dry. I can’t see what takes as much as 5 days to find out who has won can be so much fun. Rugby now that’s a different game. A physical game against the clock this is much more of competitive sport.

 

[White House Workshop]

AAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Darn it, I can't even get away from that stupid game in a WOODWORKING forum!!! :wink:

 

[ByronBlack]

AAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Darn it, I can't even get away from that stupid game in a WOODWORKING forum!!! :wink:

I guess the word 'football' in the thread title was a little giveaway? :wink: :wink:

 

[Alf]

Unless it was the references to cricket, rugby or (possibly) flat cap throwing that brought about the scream... :-k :lol:

I think I'd probably look forward to the football season rather more if, like Christmas, it didn't seem to start earlier every year. Bring back the proper form where a fellow could score hat-tricks for Preston North End in the winter and centuries for Lancashire CCC in the summer, dammit. [-( Not that I have any great desire for anyone to score for either club - my lukewarm loyalty is to Crystal Palace and Surrey. You can tell I've got a sense of humour, eh...? :roll:

Cheers, Alf

 

[Paul Chapman]

my lukewarm loyalty is to Crystal Palace

I went to a football match at Crystal Palace (they were playing QPR) when I was about 10 years old. I thought it was such a waste of time that I've never been to a football match since - and I'm 62 now.

(Everyone's probably thinking I'm a grumpy old sod as well :lol: )

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[promhandicam]

I went to a football match at Crystal Palace (they were playing QPR) when I was about 10 years old. I thought it was such a waste of time that I've never been to a football match since - and I'm 62 now. (Everyone's probably thinking I'm a grumpy old sod as well :lol: )
Cheers Paul

I seem to go to a match every 13 years - my 1st at the age 13 - Chelsea vs West Ham (nominally supporting Chelsea who I think lost); the 2nd when I was 26 - Albania vs Republic of Ireland (in Tirana where I was working at the time - ROI won), and the last at the age of 39 - Cameroon vs Egypt (in Yaoundé - Cameroon lost resulting in a full scale riot and us getting the car stoned).

Can't say I'm looking forward to 2018 when it seems inevitable that I will go to my next 'game'.

Oh, and FWIW everyone in my family knows I'm a gumpy sod when it comes to football :lol:

Steve

 

[scroller frank]

Football :x
A far more exiting saturday afternoon can be had, by finding an 8X4 sheet of MDF, then paint it ,and sit back with a pint and watch it dry , it dosent even matter what colour you use , it's still has the edge over the football , --- bring back welly wanging --- :roll:
---------------Frank-------------

 

[ByronBlack]

To everyone that really hates football - it's quite simple really - don't watch it! It's hardly ever on terrestial TV (Match of the day is late on a saturday) almost all football including internationals are now on dedicated sky channels, so I really can't see the problem.

The close season is the same every year. We only have 1 tournament every 2 years and that lasts for just a few weeks.

We get more tennis, rugby, cricket, racing etc.. on regular TV than we do football, despite it being the national game and the most played sport in the country. So why the hatred?

There is more inane nonesense every night on ITV and BBC in the form of soaps - but we have the option of turning over the channel.

 

[Paul Chapman]

don't watch it!

We don't :wink: :lol:

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[White House Workshop]

AAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Darn it, I can't even get away from that stupid game in a WOODWORKING forum!!! :wink:

I guess the word 'football' in the thread title was a little giveaway? :wink: :wink:

You mean it's nothing to do with the New England Patriots?????

 

[Slim]

It's not the actual game of football I dislike, I like to play it. It's the bad traits it brings out in people such as violence and greed.

I have been out in Leeds a few times during and after Leeds United matches, and I have seen the Leeds 'Service Crew' in action. Starting mass bar brawls, attacking people for no reason, shouting and swearing. My mate is a doorman and he has been attacked.

The other side that disgusts me is the money. The amount players are paid and the amount that changes hands when players are sold. In order to fund these vast salaries and transfer costs, the fans have to fork out huge amounts for tickets and merchandise. The spectacular downfall of Leeds United just goes to show how ridiculouss it is. They were somehow allowed to become £80m in debt, when any other company would have long before gone into administration or even liquidation.

Give me back the days when you could go to see you local team for £10 and I might get back into the sport.

 

[motownmartin]

don't watch it!

We don't :wink: :lol:

Cheers :wink:

Paul

You say you don't watch it but you are watching this thread :roll:

Martin