Eau de MacGowan posted:

Did he answer/did anyone ask any questions about his horse, Sea of Gibraltar or whatever it was called.

sircozzie posted:

Cool post Ninpo.

I found this interesting: http://www.football-italia.net/42269/ref-who-saw-zidane-hit-materazzi

Bit of an insight as to what was going through the head of the guy who sent Zidane off at the WC in 2006.

Eau de MacGowan posted:

Did he answer/did anyone ask any questions about his horse, Sea of Gibraltar or whatever it was called.

Scott Bakula posted:

Amazing that he almost got away with headbutting someone in a world cup final

DickEmery posted:

Disgusting that he didn't you mean?
Zidane headbutting that oval office and scoring the winner would have been truly magical.

Lot 49 posted:

Rock of Gilbraltar and part of his out of court settlement with Magnier was that neither of them are allowed to talk about it.

Ninpo posted:

What is it about French football magicians and being able to easily forgive violent transgressions?

Real Name Grover posted:

Happy Thanksgiving from USA CB Omar Gonzalez

Scott Bakula posted:

Gourcuff scored a pretty good disallowed goal last night. Ref had already blown for a foul when he took the shot

Ninpo posted:

What is it about French football magicians and being able to easily forgive violent transgressions?

Scott Bakula posted:

Gourcuff scored a pretty good disallowed goal last night. Ref had already blown for a foul when he took the shot

irlZaphod posted:

JingleBells posted:

Don't worry Crystal Palace fans: Crystal Palace to stay up, aliens tell Bromley woman who 'used to be Joan of Arc'

Zlatan Imhobitch posted:

Sainsos jumper with a stoke badge added?? Shameful.

Real Name Grover posted:

Happy Thanksgiving from USA CB Omar Gonzalez

JingleBells posted:

Don't worry Crystal Palace fans: Crystal Palace to stay up, aliens tell Bromley woman who 'used to be Joan of Arc'

irlZaphod posted:

Dalymount Park, home of Bohemian FC, in 1985

quote:

Despite their failure to qualify for EURO 1984 in France, the Italians were still a huge draw for the Irish soccer public. Due to the demands of Italian TV the match was played at floodlit Dalymount Park. It was a long time before

UEFA Licensing and so 40,000 people crammed into Dalymount. The game kicked off 15 minutes late due to overcrowding at the North Circular gate. Stewarding was virtually non-existant and Gardai claimed that they had no choice but to just open up one entrance gate in order to avoid a crush. This inevitably caused a further crush in the stand and hundreds of supporters were forced to sit on any free space they could find along the side of the pitch.

Further to overcrowding problems, a stilesman was attacked and £1500 of gate money stolen. If that was not enough to keep the Gardai present busy both sets of teams had to force their way through supporters to get to the dressing rooms at half-time. In the second half, the match was delayed further when protestors invaded the pitch with a large “brutality in Portlaoise” banner.

Italian TV were also unhappy. As the match was live on Italian TV (but not Irish TV which further contributed to demand for tickets) most of the advertising hoarding was directed at the Italian market but was obscured by spectators..

The match itself was, despite it all, an entertaining affair. It started disastrously for Ireland. After just five minutes, Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson tripped Alessandro Altobelli inside the box. Not only was a penalty awarded but Lawrenson broke his collar bone in the incident and was rushed to hospital (he later revealed he woke up alone in hospital with nothing but his Ireland socks and shorts!). Juventus striker Paulo Rossi converted the penalty past Packie Bonner. Bruno Conti, the man outfoxed by Bruce Grobbelaar’s spaghetti legs in the previous year’s European Cup final, set up Altobelli for Italy’s second goal after 18 minutes. Ireland fought back bravely. Franco Tancredi was forced to make a great save from a long range Chris Hughton effort and the keeper soon denied Frank Stapelton. Ronnie Whelan was unfortunate to see his effort cleared off the line.

Ireland finally made the breakthrough after 53 minutes. Stapleton supplied Queen’s Park Rangers midfielder Gary Waddock outside the box and he swept home a beautiful shot past Tancredi from 20 yards. This set up a frantic final half-hour when Tancredi saved brilliantly from a Liam Brady free kick. Kevin Sheedy also had strong claims for a penalty rejected after a tackle by new Ireland assistant manager Marco Tardelli. Italy held on for a 2-1 win.

Paperhouse posted:

What the hell happened to Gourcuff, was he ever even good or what

TwoDogs1Cup posted:

He looked good that one season he was on loan at Bordeaux. That's about it

Though he did score this..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysORKa4ed2I

The Class of '92 posted:

As part of his hazing ritual for joining Manchester United, a young David Beckham had to jerk off to a picture of Clayton Blackmore in front of his jeering teammates.

Mickolution posted:

That's a great photo, who are they playing, do you know?

edit: Turns out it's Ireland v Italy, according to a reverse image search. Sounds like an interesting affair...


Link

gently caress me, 40k in Dalymount.



This ground, for those wondering.

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Scott Bakula posted:

Surprised he didn't go off injured

crappledan posted:

Scott Bakula posted:

Surprised he didn't go off injured

crappledan posted:

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Soulex posted:

What tripped Diouf all over again.

Modus Trollens posted:

lads a bit special isn't he