Shirt Lifters

[Weretheweststand]

Stupid rule anyway, players can celebrate how they like.

That said, I'd rather a player didn't start stripping after scoring......rather they did Gangnam Style (Haven't seen any player do this as a celebration yet).

About four players did it in separate games on Saturday, and the West Indies cricket team also did it!

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

About four players did it in separate games on Saturday, and the West Indies cricket team also did it!

Im disappointed that i havent yet seen it myself - that said we havent scored many goals and it will be out of craze by the Boro game.

 

[Garage_Doors]

I think it's acceptable in certain circumstances. Aguero took his shirt off after that late goal to grab the title last season...

Having to book players for taking their shirts off after scoring a goal is a completely ridiculous rule anyway.

Disagree completely. why does a player take his shirt, what's the purpose & thinking behind it, it completely Ridiculous.

 

[ALBION28]

Shirt removal has always puzzled me. It seems to show not respect or love for your club....If I had been lucky enough to play for the Albion you would have had to fight me to get it off my back.

 

[Twizzle]

If your buff you wanna show your six pack off ...I do it all the time in the office! after I make a sale I run around the office topless

Being well hung, I get my chopper out whenever a student gets full marks on their homework.

 

[algie]

Didn't Fran Sandaza take his shirt off a couple of times ?

 

[Brownstuff]

Didn't Fran Sandaza take his shirt off a couple of times ?

I think you will find he actually whipped off his horse blanket

 

[Mungo_Jerry]

As they know it's a booking then it's stupid to get booked for doing it. But at the same time it's a stupid rule - one of the best (non Albion) moments of recent years is Giggs goal against Arsenal in the 1999 FA Cup semi final, made all the better by the length of the pitch shirt waving chest rug display that followed it. Pure passion and euphoria.

 

[Fef]

ISTR reading that the FA doesn't want players to remove their shirts, as a bare chest can cause offence in some middle eastern countries where their product is sold. Commerciality rears its ugly head once again. FFS.

 

[beorhthelm]

I understood that UEFA banned it because it would mean sponsors logos would not be seen at a high visibility time. it's all about commerciality!

ISTR reading that the FA doesn't want players to remove their shirts, as a bare chest can cause offence in some middle eastern countries where their product is sold. Commerciality rears its ugly head once again. FFS.

not true. the rule came in across the world after a spate of politcal slogans being shown on undershirts in the 90's, in particular in Italy but i recall also Fowler here supporting dockers. the rule had been a ban on political slogans with a fine, but they of course could just be paid easily by the wealthy footballers, so they added the card.

 

[rocker959]

Now that's much better !!

 

[Brightonfan1983]

Daft thing to do anyway. What ever happened to the good old fashioned hand shake.


Baaaa humbug.

Exactly. Give me Shearer's raised arm any day.

 

[Brightonfan1983]

I understood Fowler's reasons, and Ian Wright beating the record when he hadn't, but it took a turn for the pompous when Terry Henry scored, showed a cryptic message under his shirt and when asked what it meant, said it was a private message.

A private message shown to millions? Dick.

 

[father_and_son]

It's a page from the book of American Football. They've had problems for many years with excessive celebrations causing delays, starting brawls, etc and so they introduced a ban on all touchdown celebrations (involving multiple players). A step too far as the NFL became known as the No Fun League.

The celebrations are part of what makes sport entertaining and providing you are not deliberately provoking opposition fans/players then anything that would be legal on the street and doesn't delay the restart should be allowed (and to my mind encouraged!). My son spends more time learning the goal celebration moves on FIFA than he does learning to score!

 

[Perfidious Albion]

Elaborate goal celebrations are juvenile, anyway...

It may be my perception, but are referees consistant in booking players who take off their shirt? Perhaps that adds to the practise if they expect to get away with it.

Did not Dean Cox get sent off after celebrating his debut goal for Albion? I read that he left the field of play, but did not know that you were not allowed to to that !

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Did not Dean Cox get sent off after celebrating his debut goal for Albion? I read that he left the field of play, but did not know that you were not allowed to to that !

It wasn't his goal, but he did get sent off. It was away to Rotherham. Cox had already been booked, for a foul, when Alex Revell scored the only goal of the game. Cox (and others) bundled against the Albion fans behind the goal, Cox got a second yellow, and was off.

 

[Dougie]

Im not saying nothing !

 

[Simon Morgan]

I don't actually agree. I think a lot of players when they score are feeling EUPHORIC, and pretty untouchable. Take your shirt off, absolute FREEDOM. Great times. Rule needs to be binned, it's retarded.

Completely agree. As the rule is there I can't help but cringe whenever players do it (Leroy Lita is particularly bad as I recall) unless in exceptional circumstances (Aguero). But the rule shouldn't be there anyway. Makes me laugh when people describe people as stupid when taking their shirts off. "Oh. I appear to have scored. There are thousands of people shouting my name. Jolly good".

 

[Seagull on the wing]

If your buff you wanna show your six pack off ...I do it all the time in the office! after I make a sale I run around the office topless

Why don't women do it when they play footie....

 

[Mackenzie]

Im not saying nothing !

So you are saying something?