Cruddley,sorry Cuffley! One member at an AGM suggested only people with an EN6 postcode should be allowed to join. She withdrew the proposal when she was reminded that her best friend lived in, horror of horrors EN7 (Goffs Oak)! Harpenden has some oddments but it is a haven of common sense compared to the village idiots of Cuffley.
Most pundits are completely clueless. They utter meaningless statistics ad nauseaum, often know little about overseas players and are often blinded by prejudices relating to former clubs. A great commentator is Barry Davies. The level and skill of BBC commentating in my opinion has declined considerably over the years.
Motty in a bit of bother over a racism issue. Showing his age/lack of self awareness a bit? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...ned-radio-bosses-describing-millwall-striker/ Or just an off the cuff comment in the heat of the moment - and we know how excitable Motty gets at times.
He is a bit of a lech,as mentioned previously. However having just sat through a safeguarding meeting with the Anodyne Alan from the LTA* and squirmed when my fellow coach said "what's wrong with saying 'coloured'?" I can confirm he's not alone. The membership secretary then asked "what do we do if we have a kidnapping?",forgetting clearly that this is EN11, not Beirut. * It appears the federation employ numerous people with zero personality.
Or the decline in your mental powers. I can reel off the names of the players in the Cup Final teams from 1959 to 1970 but couldn't tell you Watford's fixtures and results since Christmas.
The most loathsome is Alan Green. Self-important and always complaining about minor inconveniences he's experiencing at the grounds he's working at
Is he still going? Or quit/decides when he can be bothered to turn up. Seemed to the be the only commentator allowed to forgo the World Cup in Russia for safety reasons.
My mental powers have all been used up today getting Firmino injured and Mané even worse than the rest of the Liverpool team and my mind has gone blank on 1968. My excuse is that that year I had a girlfriend with absolutely no interest in football and was spending more time on other things. But maybe also more mental deterioration since I last did this. Was it West Brom v Everton? So I've failed to validate half of my boast, but still assert that I've forgotten most of what's happened this year. One earlier line-up that I remember. Baynham; McNally, Hawkes; ?, Owen, Pacey; Bingham, Morton, Turner, Cummins, Gregory
He certainly has a reputation for being a drunken old letcher and not a very nice person generally - he believes his own hype too much.
It was - first full game of football I ever watched, aged 4 having got a bit bored during Celtic / Inter Milan the previous season. Jeff Astle scored in extra time, becoming, I think, the first person to score in every round...
Can we put you on the Match Preview rota? Since Clive's tour de force, I sense a forum clammering for this 50 Shades of (Andre) Gray stuff.
V similar over here. I remember getting bored & managing to clamber all round the sitting room without touching the floor. A low ebb between my Vic Rd debut (that Feb) & the moon landing.
Sorry, my limited remaining brainpower is already fully booked, what with Brexit and trying to remember what day of the week it is.
Shame on you! That Celtic-Inter game was something else. Celtic were 1-0 down when I got home from school but were battering the Italians. Tommy Gemmell's piledriver won it and he distinguished himself again with excellent retaliation in the World Club Champions match against Estudiantes. One of the three dirtiest matches I've ever seen, along with Chile-Italy in the 1962 World Cup and the Chelsea-Leeds Cup Final replay in 1970. They don't make them like that nowadays, says the old git
I was only 3 when celtic played inter - we were in a hotel on isle of wight with about 50 people gathered round a tiny black and white tv ! Remember the 1970 replay - fantastic stuff that would have ended about 3 a side now (i think they asked a contemporary ref to “ref” it on tv to see the outcome. Great stuff.
