Things which have been lost from football.

[Lady Whistledown]

The national anthem being played by a band at cup finals or England games, not sung by some operatic diva.

 

[Questions]

The Watneys Cup final played in a temperature of 132 Deg fahreheit (before that celsius nonsense)

Oh and players rubbing 4 large jars of smelly embrocation on each leg when it got cold on the evening games.. (minus 40)

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Ron "I'm not a racist" Atkinson.

ps Thankfully, Ronglish still continues to, errr, blaze-a-trail!

 

[Seagullible]

Snoopy vs The Red Baron being played before games athe Goldstone

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Players who refused to wear shin-pads & would always play with their socks-nee-stockings round their ankles.

 

[Dave the OAP]

sportsnight with coleman

 

[Storer68]

International class players suddenly turning out at a reserve game for a "fitness" test

 

[Storer68]

Black boots

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Players having nicknames like "The Cat" or "Crazy Horse"


Now it's Lamps, Stevie G and JT...

 

[the wanderbus]

european champions cup - contested only by league winners,not top 4 champions league bollocks

European cup winners cup

"jacquard" scarves (whatever they are)

silk scarves knotted around your wrist

 

[looney]

uefa cup

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Rattles and kids standing on boxes that their grandfathers had made for them.

 

[Smythe]

Players actually needing the money from a testimonial!!!!

 

[gjh1971]

Townsend Thoresen advert hoardings, that scaffolding TV gantry on the east terrace (mind you, Withdean's is pretty simlar), half time jackpot tickets that cost 2 and a half pence, light blue disabled cars at pitch side, and 'Midweek Sports Special'.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Ability

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

light blue disabled cars

you mean crip bugs?

 

[The Spanish]

Indeed - or worse still: Phil Sodding Collins!

if anyone did a compilation of 1980s player programme interviews you would make a fortune. You could not make it up now.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Players dignity

An at least fairly equal playing field

 

[Nigella's Cream Pie]

Bremner and Keegan having a cracking punch up at the Charity Shield, Dave McKay and Francis Lee a similar scrap in a midweek game! Bobby Moore in goal for West Ham in an FA Cup Third(?) Replay!

Norman Hunter, surely?

And it was only swinging punches that got you sent off, breaking a leg wasn't serious enough!

 

[GT49er]

Home internationals;
Kids standing on orange-boxes on the terraces;
Being able to lift both feet off the ground at once when the crowd was tightly packed in;
Football League XI's (usually England plus Denis Law);
Boys' enclosures;
Christmas Day matches (with the return match on Boxing Day);
Teams playing in their own colours, not poxy away kits (unless there was a genuine clash);
People pissing on people two rows in front of them through a rolled up footy pink......