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Things which have been lost from football.
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The Spanish
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true but the law and order assault on football fans in the last 20 years is almost unique in the level of successive governments and police forces vindictive assault on a culture/attempt to stamp out antisocial behaviour, delete as appropriate.
Back on topic, I'll nominate: the collective memories of Chelsea "fans".
Nearly every single one of them you ever have the misfortune to meet will prattle on about how they've always supported them, how they hate the prawn sandwich munchers etc - despite the fact they were getting 7,000 on a regular basis throughout the 80s and early 90s.
Nearly every single one of them you ever have the misfortune to meet will prattle on about how they've always supported them, how they hate the prawn sandwich munchers etc - despite the fact they were getting 7,000 on a regular basis throughout the 80s and early 90s.
The Spanish
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and the wolves kiddy on the roof at their opening league game, nearly.
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total and UTTER bollocks , regular basis my arse,you wouldnt know a real football fan if he came up and stole your flask and bobble hat , you xxxxl replica shirt wearing tosser.
Smythe
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keepers being able to pick up a back pass.
If your off side your off side.......none of this being active or interfering with play crap
Players wearing proper head bands.
If your off side your off side.......none of this being active or interfering with play crap
Players wearing proper head bands.
Leather footballs! They fuckin' hurt and worse when wet when it was like kickin a medicine ball.
I've always wanted to welly one of them, to see if the rumours are true.
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Sorry, which bit is bollocks?
The fact you got 7,300 for Southampton in the Premiership in 1991, the fact that you didn't get 8,000 for a single game until Christmas in your last promotion season, or the fact that every one of your fans talks like he's a true blue from the year dot?
So it's alright for you to whitter on about middle class people from Reigate not being welcome at football these days (despite the fact they MIGHT have been STHs for 7 or 8 of their Albion supporting years) but I can't tell you a few HOME TRUTHS about your shit club, and views which are shared by quite a lot of PROPER football fans like me. If you don't like it, why not f*** off back to your Chelsea headhunters board where you can talk about how wonderful Chelsea have always been and throw in your silly stories about Bangladeshis throwing nappies?
withdeanwombat
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The European cup being a straight knockout.
The ref having a little book and a pencil,without those ever proliferating red and yellow cards despite the demise of hard players (see above).
NO substitutes and the Wembley curse.
No more "keep it on the island" shouts.
Linesmen.
Second division Chelsea.
Home players only.
Peter Ward.
The ref having a little book and a pencil,without those ever proliferating red and yellow cards despite the demise of hard players (see above).
NO substitutes and the Wembley curse.
No more "keep it on the island" shouts.
Linesmen.
Second division Chelsea.
Home players only.
Peter Ward.
The Spanish
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Well indeed - but then I don't recall saying the Premiership was a good thing.
So by inference that you've picked up on only that, I'm glad you agree with the rest of my post about Chelsea. Shitty little club, that. Well done fella, we agree on something.
Edit: I said 1991, I meant 1993.
Jamon Jamon
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thinking how weird it looked if a player had number 20 on their back (i.e during the 1982 World cup or the Home Internationals in the early 80's)
The Spanish
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Well indeed - but then I don't recall saying the Premiership was a good thing.
So by inference that you've picked up on only that, I'm glad you agree with the rest of my post about Chelsea. Shitty little club, that. Well done fella, we agree on something.
Edit: I said 1991, I meant 1993.
there was no need to question or debate the rest of the post when you had already fallen at the first fence.
The Spanish
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that was mental and SO cool back then. Remember Ozzie Ardiles playing for Agrgentina at no. 1?
Now its just f***ing annoying. Before we get onto 'retiring the short' or anything equally cringy.
Anyone remember when they introduced the keeper backpass rule, and Gary LINE-acre [(c) Mick Channon] moaned on and on about what a stupid rule it was.
Well no Gary, it wasn't. It was an excellent rule and now that keepers have adjusted to it, there isn't a sane person on Earth who would go back to things as they were, when keepers and centra halves could just pass the ball back and forth to each other - a tactic that saw Scotland eliminated at Uruguay's expense in the World Cup, 1982.
Well no Gary, it wasn't. It was an excellent rule and now that keepers have adjusted to it, there isn't a sane person on Earth who would go back to things as they were, when keepers and centra halves could just pass the ball back and forth to each other - a tactic that saw Scotland eliminated at Uruguay's expense in the World Cup, 1982.
The Spanish
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are you sure it wasnt the 1981 world cup?
You really don't need to be SCARED about disagreeing with bushy by being seen to agree with me that Chelsea are a shit club. Now don't be such a FANNY.