What did you make of Sergio Ramos' tackle to Mo Salah? I don't think it was intentional/foul? Now the medi team are claiming Loris Karius suffered some sort of blackout/concussion? Hmmm as much as I wanted an English team to win I think I have to accept Real Madrid were the better team on the night. Gareth Bale's scissor kick was sublime but I liked the cheeky little tap in too!
My childhood home was situated in front of a long disputed over field. It belonged to the house the other side of the field but then became the subject of probate or some sort of family disagreement as to how it should be used so it was just left. Meantime the children who lived near the field monopolised it and this went on for years. One half was used as football pitch and the other half was an orchard which we used to build dens and tree houses ruining my bell bottom trousers and getting tangled in my chain belts in the process. Those were the days
The other game was table football. I would get so carried away I felt like I wanted to yank the rods from the table
No mines in my area. Just barely remember blackouts and my dad lighting candles!
I think its a friendly tonight Costa Rica V England KO 8pm. I will have to get out my football anthem cd's.
Great goal from Rashford, man of the match display to go with it. He might just have convinced Mourinho he needs more play time next season. Decent performance all round I thought.
Ramos was heavily linked to Utd two year back, I was hoping we got him, in the end he had no intention and was using his link (as they all do) to Utd for a better contract. At first I thought it was an intentional foul, but when you look Salah actually starts it and he’s picked the wrong player to get involved with, he’s a master at subtle fouls and follow throughs, great warrior though. Professionals like him it’s part of the trade, I played with a master as good as Ramos and should have played in the World Cup final 1966 for England, Peter Swan, when he got banned for supposed match fixing, a bet of £100, I played at local level with him, he took one chap (bully) out the game and made it look like he’d been fouled, Poor chap has Alzheimer’s now, he gets me mixed up with my brother when I see him. What do you think of the link between Alzheimer’s and footballers Holly? I seen a article and it said at least 300 football heroes diagnosed with it. Mainly down to the heavy case ball they used to use, especially when it got wet
This is what a reporter said of Swanny
You would not have wanted to be the ball when Swan, among the most statuesque of
old-fashioned centre-halves, headed it.
That is obvious even today as he thrusts his head forward, stares you straight in the eye, and tackles questions in the same forthright manner.
I never cared for the table football to much, I think I used to hurt my wrists too much trying to hit it too hard, the fields you used to play on when you were younger are very hard to find now days, there isn’t any space for teens to play now.