Other Games 2024-25

[Gemmill 51458]

One of the few days in the calendar that I'd be happy for Ben Brereton-Diaz to score a hat trick. 

[Holden McGroin 7787]

Southampton should fancy their chances against Mainoo and Eriksen in midfield. 

[Ayatollah Hermione 14852]

Southampton look decent enough tbf. They can’t finish their tea like but they move and keep the ball well. Still, they can get fucked

[Gemmill 51458]

Penalty Southampton.

 

[thebrokendoll 10581]

fucks sake. 

[Gemmill 51458]

Saved. Useless cunt. 

[Howmanheyman 37345]

More jam than Hartley's.

[Gemmill 51458]

Bad to worse. 

[Howmanheyman 37345]

Got to take your chances tbf.

[Gemmill 51458]

Ah well, fuck Southampton. And god bless Ten Hag's spawniness that keeps him in a job wasting this lot's money. 

[Alex 37375]

On 12/09/2024 at 11:23, sammynb said:

 

Actually it is the reverse. Soccer was huge here before WW2, there are records of football ashes matches and I think Australia v NZ was one of, if not the first official national team match, played in the world.

And after with the post WW2, European skilled work migration influx to our steelworks and the like industries, it grew even more. But it was around the time of the "ten pound poms" that Australia was barred from FIFA because of issues with the national association, if I remember correctly the various States didn't want to be governed by a national body and because they could not get organised FIFA disoffiliated Australia from playing other countries.

Also being the 1950s and 60s it was the time when sport news coverage started to grow and in Victoria the media got behind aerial ping pong (what was then Victorian Rules Football aka AFL) and in NSW/QLD they got behind rugby league, union was for poncey private school boys and amateurs.

And that's what fucked football initially in Australia, TV in the 70 and 80s made sure it never had a chance to recover.

So then a lot of the migrants, especially their children rejected the old country football and played whatever the "footy" of choice was depending where they lived, in order to assimilate, especially at school. And those that did continue to play football, found that the professional teams all had a home nation association, so as I said prior Sydney Olympic, etc.

Both Newcastle and Wollongong were primarily football cities due to their Northern and Welsh roots (Newcastle) and Italian/Greek/Yugoslava (as it was then) populations and that's where I grew up. Eventually with the commercialisation of league, even those two places have moved to league as the number one football.

 

When I was 16/17, I played NSW State second division U18 for Fairy Meadow (suburb of the "Gong") Italia. They were paying their first team players more than what a lot of the National Soccer League were playing their first team. It's still the same, those that play top tier state league for a Sydney Croatia or Marconi earn better money than a lot of A-League players, the clubs just don't want to play in the national league because they would have to drop the country of their origin reference.

The first ever international football match (or at least the first one with properly recognised representative sides) was Scotland v England. Played in Glasgow at a cricket ground. I wonder if the Australia v NZ match was the first in the southern hemisphere though? As an aside the first ever international cricket match was played between a touring Canadian team and the USA (in New York).

Also, speaking of the days before the A-League, does anyone remember the Australian Pools? Which filled the gap of English football pools in the close  season. 

[wykikitoon 23399]

1 hour ago, Gemmill said:

Ah well, fuck Southampton. And god bless Ten Hag's spawniness that keeps him in a job wasting this lot's money. 

Nice to see the Spitfire cunts get fuck all again. 

[Howmanheyman 37345]

Forest in a decent position to cross a ball over gets pulled back as MacAlister feigned injury for a free kick, didn't get it so stayed down so the ref stops play. (obviously Liverpool have more men back when the ref restarts it with forest in possession).

[Howmanheyman 37345]

Palace losing at home to Leicester and currently only with one point. 

 

[Ayatollah Hermione 14852]

Haaland is an absolute joke. I know he always starts well and gets injured so he can Christmas off but fucking hell, it’s just relentless 

[wykikitoon 23399]

Palace doing well with their generational talent 😂

[Howmanheyman 37345]

10 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

Palace doing well with their generational talent 😂

 

Remember the time we were after Solako but got Ginola instead? Getting those vibes tbh. See also Jeffers and Bellamy.

[wykikitoon 23399]

Elanga assist 

[Ayatollah Hermione 14852]

 Starting to think this might be a difficult old league this year 

[Howmanheyman 37345]

Forest deserve the lead, they've looked good second half. Need a big performance now from Liverpool's VAR men. 

[Alex 37375]

I wonder how many hours they’ll add on if it’s still 1-0 

[wykikitoon 23399]

1 minute ago, Alex said:

I wonder how many hours they’ll add on if it’s still 1-0 

and award a pen

[Howmanheyman 37345]

Should've been two. You know what happens next.

[Howmanheyman 37345]

If Forest do hang on there'll be some glum faces in the hotels in Merseyside tonight and John Lennon airport tomorrow. 

[PaddockLad 19404]

GREEN ARMY! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
 

(Contractually obliged to add “long old poke” ☺️)

Edited September 14, 2024 by PaddockLad