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[Football] Pint chucking
- Thread starter Herr Tubthumper
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I think there is a good thread about which style of beer you would like poured over your naked body by a gorgeous German girl… It’s Altbier all the way for me…
Hofmeister
Ah the bare….
talk2knighty
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- Dec 26, 2014
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Worried Man Blues
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It's also the phones fault, look at us filming ourselves going ape.........how appropriate.
Mo Gosfield
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- Aug 11, 2010
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This mass hysteria is clearly not the actions of seasoned football fans, who have long since realised the folly of over-celebrating your team scoring or getting too worked up. It always comes back to bite you. As I watched the Brazilian players and management samba dancing their way to a hollow victory over an inept South Korea, I wondered when the payback would be.
The group gathering seems to be the in-thing now. Come one, come all. Work yourself into a frenzy, leap onto tables and chairs, throw liquid everywhere before slumping into silent despair as the tide turns against you. High optimism, low despair. No middle ground. All or nothing. All about outdoing your neighbour in how mental you can go.
Half time in the WC Final 1966, in the kitchen at home making a cuppa, I pointed out to my father that our next door neighbour was cutting his grass. As he had over an acre of garden, he was out there all afternoon. We retired to watch the rest of the unfolding drama and I couldn't get it out of my head that he wasn't interested in England trying to win the WC. It takes all sorts.
The group gathering seems to be the in-thing now. Come one, come all. Work yourself into a frenzy, leap onto tables and chairs, throw liquid everywhere before slumping into silent despair as the tide turns against you. High optimism, low despair. No middle ground. All or nothing. All about outdoing your neighbour in how mental you can go.
Half time in the WC Final 1966, in the kitchen at home making a cuppa, I pointed out to my father that our next door neighbour was cutting his grass. As he had over an acre of garden, he was out there all afternoon. We retired to watch the rest of the unfolding drama and I couldn't get it out of my head that he wasn't interested in England trying to win the WC. It takes all sorts.
For me, it dates back to watching the cricket world cup in Australia 1992. When there was a mexican wave going around, plastic pint glasses would fly into the air, with or withour beer in them. Never seen it before, maybe because it's usually too cold in England.
In the UK, at cricket, everyone collects them to get the deposit back.
el punal
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I’ve drunk that. Apparently I was shitting breeze blocks for the following two days.
- May 8, 2018
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Clearly a byproduct of shitting in changing rooms, society has gawn
el punal
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A couple of years ago I was at the England v Australia rugby match at Twickers with my grandson. All pints were served in thick plastic glasses for £6 which included a £1 deposit for the glass - to be redeemed on return. My grandson did a minesweep of the stand after the game and collected 32 of the buggers, promptly returned them to the nearest bar and pocketed £32!
Paxton Dazo
Up The Spurs.
- Mar 11, 2007
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He’ll go far.
Me & @Jimmy Grimble used to do this out the County Ground on T20 nights back in our youth.
We even had a way of jibbing into the corporate bit at the Sea End of the ground to nab theirs too. Think we managed 3 figures once.
As for the article the OP posted - couldn’t agree more…
I’ve only done about 10 England games in my lifetime therefore consider myself a bit of a plastic, but I love my country and love it when we win. That said, I’ve never thought of launching a pint in the air when we score. I will leave that to the Boxpark-hipster-Italia90-replica-kit wearing types.
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smudge
Up the Albion!
With the rise of social media came a new breed of fan, I call them concourse c**ts.
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Good point. I have seen people grabbing for their phones and filming themselves when Brighton score. Very odd behavior.
Justice
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What pisses me off about that is you could quite innocently find yourself splashed over social media. I’m sick today boss, really I’ve just watched a video on Twitter quite clearly you were at a football match.
Peacehaven Wild Kids
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It wouldn’t happen in Marrakech
Peacehaven Wild Kids
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At the cricket at Arundel, my son did that, but as he was only about 5 at the time he was taxed at rate of about 80%
Why are you tutting? I’d done a fortune that day
studio150
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So you throw your weak lager in the air when England score going crazy, then see VAR checking, and after a five minute wait the goal is disallowed. You slowly wring you soaked shirt and wander back to the bar for another pint wondering if you get to drink this one, but then check out the video you took of the "goal" celebration and post it on all social media outlets saying what a great night you are having.
Meanwhile England have conceded due to yet another Maguire error at the back, The TV pictures move across to Paris where the French fans are celebrating with a glass of wine which is being sipped rather than thrown around.
Me - I may open the Terrys Chocolate Orange early to celebrate at home.
Meanwhile England have conceded due to yet another Maguire error at the back, The TV pictures move across to Paris where the French fans are celebrating with a glass of wine which is being sipped rather than thrown around.
Me - I may open the Terrys Chocolate Orange early to celebrate at home.