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[TheBoy]

Like most people in my generation, I used to live and breath a bit of footie in my younger days. And wasn't half bad at it as well.

But I rarely watch any games on the telly now.

With the lockdown, and no televised games, they have been showing some older games from the 90s, and that is when I had this revelation.  Back in the 90s, they played footie, and were proper men. The games were enjoyable, and was about the game.  Now its a game played by a bunch of poofters who are better actors than football players.

Back in the 90s, players rarely fell over without being touched, or purposely tripped over a trailing foot.  Nor did they were poofter tights or gloves.

Where as now, rather than playing footie, its a game of theatrics, constantly appealing any decision, be it fouls, or who's throw-in it is, and it seems the idea is to get in the penalty area and fall over.


No wonder I can't be dealing with it any more.  Its probably the reason I prefer womens footie over the poofters, because they play the game, not act it.

[biggriffin]

I watch some girlys footie waiting for them to swap shifts

[Lizzie Zoom]

  ;  

Back in the 1970’s I remember men saying all that, and they should get a hair cut and
stop being woofers!

[TheBoy]

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Back in the 1970’s I remember men saying all that, and they should get a hair cut and
stop being woofers!

I don't really recall, lengths and tightness of kits aside, much difference between the 70s, 80s and early 90s.  When that Nancy Henry came over in the late 90s, for me, that's when it all got a bit silly.

[Entwood]

It started to go downhill when they all had mullets .. and steadily just got worse !!

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I can remember in the 90,s people saying that they were all over paid prims donnas who wouldn't last 5 minutes on the pitch in the 70,s.

[Broomies Mate]

TV ruined Football....... especially the last decade or so where there are multiple camera's, instant replays with different angles. 

Apart from the Euro's or World Cup, I do not watch football on TV as it's infuriating.  I hate to burst anyone's bubble, but nothing has changed within the game.  Every man for himself, which if that means falling over in a dramatic way to win a free-kick or penalty, that's always been!  It's just the TV viewer gets to see it 15 times before the Referee makes/doesn't make a decision.  Don't even get me started on VAR!

[Lizzie Zoom]

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Back in the 1970’s I remember men saying all that, and they should get a hair cut and
stop being woofers!

I would add that from my recollections of the past, listening to great uncles, great grandfathers, grand fathers and my father, each male generation has thought the new generation a load of girlie wimps who “wouldn’t last five minutes in the army!” 

Why is it then that men seem to always undervalue the new generation lads just as they were once under estimated for their worth?

As for football I as a child remember the antics of Nobby Stiles, who hacked other players down with some regularity and made my dad shout out about how that was “another filthy tackle!”

[BazaJT]

My "one claim to fame" is that I once saw Pele[and the Santos team]play in a friendly match against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.First half was a pretty standard game,then in the second half Santos turned on all the style and Sheffield hardly got a look in!!

[deviator]

TV ruined Football.......

I would argue that money ruined football, granted a large proportion of that money comes from TV. It's not about the game anymore, it's about who can afford the best team.

[Doctor Gollum]

TV ruined Football.......

I would argue that money ruined football, granted a large proportion of that money comes from TV. It's not about the game anymore, it's about who can afford the best team.

Having the best team and being able to play are very different things...

Just ask Man City... 

[STEMO]

I think those of us who like to watch a game of footie are quite aware of what the game has become. There is, indeed, far too much money sloshing around the game. There are, indeed, players who act like prima donnas. But...as one who has watched football through the 60's, 70's, 80's, etc., I can confidently say that the level of skill has increased dramatically. Lighter balls, designer boots and clubs getting hold of players at a very young age has vastly improved the technical level of the game. Lots of the players now would have been considered prodigious in the 80's, on a level with George Best.
You/we have a choice.....watch or don't/pay or don't pay.......it's up to you. Shouting at the telly is just the same now as it always was.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I can remember in the 90,s people saying that they were all over paid prims donnas who wouldn't last 5 minutes on the pitch in the 70,s.

Yep.....most were still overpaid nancy boys back in the nineties.

Fifties, sixties, and seventies was the last time football was played by men.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Imagine what Best would have been like had he played the game in the 90,s or 00,s with lighter balls, designer boots, and management which actually guided young players and went to great efforts to look after their welfare and manage their PR off the pitch.
I doubt the Portugese ballet dancer would have got a look in.

[Andy B]

Imagine what Best would have been like had he played the game in the 90,s or 00,s  ....

I've never been into any football but Geo Best was brilliant on the pitch ..... his demon being drink and that was never going to be 'cured'

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Here is an interesting football fact.

During the 1970 World cup in Mexico the England team were 'loaned' a brand new Cortina Mk2 1600E. At the end of 1970 the players could either give the car back or buy it as a reduced price.


Can you imagine the response of the England players in 2020........Good news lads Ford have very kindly offered to loan you a new Mondeo for a few weeks.

[Andy B]

Here is an interesting football fact.

During the 1970 World cup in Mexico the England team were 'loaned' a brand new Cortina Mk2 1600E. At the end of 1970 the players could either give the car back or buy it as a reduced price.


Can you imagine the response of the England players in 2020........Good news lads Ford have very kindly offered to loan you a new Mondeo for a few weeks.

but the 1600E wasn't just any old Cortina ..... it had a wooden dash & 4 clocks on it 

[ronnyd]

Here is an interesting football fact.

During the 1970 World cup in Mexico the England team were 'loaned' a brand new Cortina Mk2 1600E. At the end of 1970 the players could either give the car back or buy it as a reduced price.


Can you imagine the response of the England players in 2020........Good news lads Ford have very kindly offered to loan you a new Mondeo for a few weeks.

Should have been a Escort then.

[Andy B]

Here is an interesting football fact.

During the 1970 World cup in Mexico the England team were 'loaned' a brand new Cortina Mk2 1600E. At the end of 1970 the players could either give the car back or buy it as a reduced price.


Can you imagine the response of the England players in 2020........Good news lads Ford have very kindly offered to loan you a new Mondeo for a few weeks.

Should have been a Escort then.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Imagine what Best would have been like had he played the game in the 90,s or 00,s with lighter balls, designer boots, and management which actually guided young players and went to great efforts to look after their welfare and manage their PR off the pitch.
I doubt the Portugese ballet dancer would have got a look in.

Apparently George Best went 'missing'  when he should have been training.

Miss Sweden..... Miss Brazil......Miss France......Miss world....

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

https://youtu.be/MZ-NwZQAwt4

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Imagine what Best would have been like had he played the game in the 90,s or 00,s  ....

I've never been into any football but Geo Best was brilliant on the pitch ..... his demon being drink and that was never going to be 'cured'

If Alex Ferguson had managed him he would never have discovered his demon though, or certainly not until his playing days were over. He would have been too strictly disciplined to have discovered it.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Imagine what Best would have been like had he played the game in the 90,s or 00,s  ....

I've never been into any football but Geo Best was brilliant on the pitch ..... his demon being drink and that was never going to be 'cured'

If Alex Ferguson had managed him he would never have discovered his demon though, or certainly not until his playing days were over. He would have been too strictly disciplined to have discovered it.

Not sure about that. Limitless money, fast cars, booze, and birds is going to lead any 20 year old astray.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Not if your manager gave the last bloke who tried it a free transfer to SLady bitshorpe reserves after 3 months training with the youth team for three months at 6am.

[Andy B]

Imagine what Best would have been like had he played the game in the 90,s or 00,s  ....

I've never been into any football but Geo Best was brilliant on the pitch ..... his demon being drink and that was never going to be 'cured'

If Alex Ferguson had managed him he would never have discovered his demon though, or certainly not until his playing days were over. He would have been too strictly disciplined to have discovered it.

A boozer will always find a way .... 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Not if your manager gave the last bloke who tried it a free transfer to SLady bitshorpe reserves after 3 months training with the youth team for three months at 6am.

The trouble with young premiership players is that they go from almost nothing to believing they are God almighty very quickly.

They suddenly find themselves at 18 or 19 driving a new Aston or Ferrari rather than a  15 year old Corsa with a red primer front wing. Little wonder they are such arrogant little pricks.

[Rangie]

Here is an interesting football fact.

During the 1970 World cup in Mexico the England team were 'loaned' a brand new Cortina Mk2 1600E. At the end of 1970 the players could either give the car back or buy it as a reduced price.


Can you imagine the response of the England players in 2020........Good news lads Ford have very kindly offered to loan you a new Mondeo for a few weeks.

but the 1600E wasn't just any old Cortina ..... it had a wooden dash & 4 clocks on it 

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And one of the first cars to have Rostyle wheels !!

[Lizzie Zoom]

Imagine what Best would have been like had he played the game in the 90,s or 00,s  ....

I've never been into any football but Geo Best was brilliant on the pitch ..... his demon being drink and that was never going to be 'cured'

If Alex Ferguson had managed him he would never have discovered his demon though, or certainly not until his playing days were over. He would have been too strictly disciplined to have discovered it.

Not sure about that. Limitless money, fast cars, booze, and birds is going to lead any 20 year old astray.

Yes, and we are talking about the late 1960's, early 70's when drinking, and especially smoking, had not been demonised as much.  They were THE pleasures, along with the fancy cars and clothes and sex, that distinguished the new elite, the celebs, like Best, Richard Burton and many other 'A' isters.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Imagine what Best would have been like had he played the game in the 90,s or 00,s  ....

I've never been into any football but Geo Best was brilliant on the pitch ..... his demon being drink and that was never going to be 'cured'

If Alex Ferguson had managed him he would never have discovered his demon though, or certainly not until his playing days were over. He would have been too strictly disciplined to have discovered it.

Not sure about that. Limitless money, fast cars, booze, and birds is going to lead any 20 year old astray.

Yes, and we are talking about the late 1960's, early 70's when drinking, and especially smoking, had not been demonised as much.  They were THE pleasures, along with the fancy cars and clothes and sex, that distinguished the new elite, the celebs, like Best, Richard Burton and many other 'A' isters.

Peter Sellers. .........he seemed to get a lot of female action for a 'speccy idiot'

[Lizzie Zoom]

Imagine what Best would have been like had he played the game in the 90,s or 00,s  ....

I've never been into any football but Geo Best was brilliant on the pitch ..... his demon being drink and that was never going to be 'cured'

If Alex Ferguson had managed him he would never have discovered his demon though, or certainly not until his playing days were over. He would have been too strictly disciplined to have discovered it.

Not sure about that. Limitless money, fast cars, booze, and birds is going to lead any 20 year old astray.

Yes, and we are talking about the late 1960's, early 70's when drinking, and especially smoking, had not been demonised as much.  They were THE pleasures, along with the fancy cars and clothes and sex, that distinguished the new elite, the celebs, like Best, Richard Burton and many other 'A' isters.

Peter Sellers. .........he seemed to get a lot of female action for a 'speccy idiot'

Oh yes Opti, I forgot about him and Oliver Reed, who was always pissed

[Sir Tigger KC]

Oliver Reed.  What a legend!     

[Lizzie Zoom]

Oliver Reed.  What a legend!     

And loveable. Like a cuddly teddy bear (a pissed one albeit!)

[Andy B]

Oliver Reed.  What a legend!     

And loveable. Like a cuddly teddy bear (a pissed one albeit!)

The one & only Ollie Reed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKdtP_CDpm8

[Lizzie Zoom]

Oliver Reed.  What a legend!     

And loveable. Like a cuddly teddy bear (a pissed one albeit!)

The one & only Ollie Reed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKdtP_CDpm8

I remember watching that as it happened and I just cracked up with laughter.  That was the essence of dear Ollie  

[Andy B]

Oliver Reed.  What a legend!     

And loveable. Like a cuddly teddy bear (a pissed one albeit!)

The one & only Ollie Reed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKdtP_CDpm8

I remember watching that as it happened and I just cracked up with laughter.  That was the essence of dear Ollie  

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