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General Football & Sports / Sin bins

« on: November 28, 2023, 05:48:48 PM »

It seems that talks are ongoing about having sin bins in professional foolball.
Would be used for "tactical" fouls and surrounding the referee.
Question.... If a "tactical" foull was considered to be inside the penalty area, would it be applied or would the penalty be considered enough?

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General Football & Sports / Transfer fees

« on: July 15, 2023, 08:55:22 PM »

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-07-15/from-100-to-100-million-the-record-transfer-fees-for-british-footballers
We get a mention....Willie Groves... The vile lot tried to do us over, as per usual

Declan Rice has joined Arsenal in a record transfer for a British footballer after the Gunners agreed to pay a reported £105 million for his services.

The 24-year-old’s departure from the club he joined a decade ago in a club-record deal – making him the most expensive English player in history – was confirmed by the Hammers ahead of his move to Arsenal.

The fee marks another key moment in the history of football transfers, which have grown exponentially in size over the past 130 years.

There was once a time when £100 was enough to hit new heights, almost a century before the first transfer worth £1 million was completed in the UK.

ITV News takes a look at some of the landmark occasions when the transfer record for a British player has been broken.

Real Madrid complete £88m signing of Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund
£100 - Willie Groves - Joined Aston Villa from West Bromwich Albion | 1893

Scottish midfielder Willie Groves became the first British player to be bought for £100 back in 1893.

Football at this point was still mostly played at a semi-professional level and players would typically be paid a weekly salary worth less than £4. Working men, meanwhile, were paid an average of £1 per week.

Groves joined Aston Villa from West Bromwich Albion and he went on to help Villa secure the league title in 1893-94.

However, the £100 fee Groves moved for was not one that the clubs involved agreed on.

Instead the fee came about retrospectively with the Football Association (FA) instructing Villa to make the the payment to West Brom as they suspected Villa of tapping up Groves over the transfer.

Almost a decade later, Alf Common became the first British player to command a transfer fee of £1,000.

The money paid for Common sparked uproar at the time, with so-called football 'purists' believing it could create a new brand of mercenary players.

To put the fee into perspective, the average annual wage in the UK at the start of the 20th Century was £42.70, according to The National Archives.

Middlesbrough signed Common from Sunderland, and the English forward would go on to score on his debut against Sheffield United.

He later became club captain and remained with the team until 1910, when he joined Woolwich Arsenal - which today is known as Arsenal.

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General Football & Sports / Mike Dean (Referee)

« on: February 08, 2021, 02:39:25 PM »

Mike Dean has had death threats towards his family.
It is just a sport, but some nutters think it is more than that.

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General Football & Sports / London Marathon

« on: January 17, 2021, 02:29:53 PM »

This is the first year I haven't run the London Marathon, because of Covid.
I usually don't do it because I am fat and can't run.

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General Football & Sports / Tax and footballers.

« on: August 10, 2020, 02:32:06 PM »

https://news.sky.com/story/tax-affairs-of-246-professional-footballers-investigated-by-hmrc-12046380


Some of them can't get it right.

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General Football & Sports / New league

« on: September 20, 2019, 09:48:51 PM »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49771802

I had never heard of it before.

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General Football & Sports / Super Cup

« on: August 14, 2019, 11:10:24 PM »

Liverpool won.
The big question...
Any one bothered?
What who?
No.

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General Football & Sports / Would Sky allow this?

« on: July 27, 2019, 04:47:26 PM »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49125627
La Liga fixtures changed by Spanish Football Federation to STOP Monday & Friday games

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General Football & Sports / Trademark?

« on: July 26, 2019, 09:56:51 PM »

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-07-26/liverpool-fc-wants-to-trademark-the-word-liverpool/

An application by Liverpool FC to trademark the city's name.

Should the Baggies trade mark "West Bromwich"?

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General Football & Sports / Corruption

« on: June 18, 2019, 10:16:12 AM »

Michel Platini 'detained on suspicion of corruption over 2022 World Cup'.

https://news.sky.com/story/michel-platini-french-football-star-detained-on-suspicion-of-corruption-over-2022-world-cup-11743932

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General Football & Sports / Penalty

« on: April 10, 2019, 07:36:20 PM »

https://news.sky.com/video/a-bit-of-luck-and-magic-11689504

Unusual way to score a penalty.

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General Football & Sports / Lionesses

« on: March 06, 2019, 03:16:38 PM »

These goals were scored by keeping the ball low.
If only our team would take notice and not try to score by hitting into row Z.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/47464374
Well done the wenches!

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Safe standing

« on: June 22, 2017, 02:48:14 PM »

From Facebook...sons of albion

"Have it on very good authority WBA are in talks with the premier league about safe standing at the Hawthorns"

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General Football & Sports / Law changes suggested.

« on: June 17, 2017, 06:39:08 PM »

Most of these apply to trying to combat time-wasting. The document says match officials should be stricter on the rule which allows keepers to hold the ball for six seconds and be more stringent when calculating additional time. (Pulis has to change his strategy of Foster holding onto the ball).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40311889

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General Football & Sports / ABBA or ABAB

« on: May 03, 2017, 06:52:02 PM »

Uefa considers change to ways penalty shootouts are staged.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39798344

It does seem to a "bit" fairer.

Even so, I prefer the "golden goal".
Mistakes will be made due to tiredness, but it keeps the fans on the edge.

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General Football & Sports / Fraud.

« on: April 26, 2017, 10:29:51 AM »

West Ham and Newcastle.....Who would believe it?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39716009

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General Football & Sports / Leave the ref alone

« on: March 14, 2017, 05:17:47 PM »

Perhaps it is now time for ONLY the captain to talk to the ref during a game.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39272896

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General Football & Sports / Be careful of what you sing

« on: March 09, 2017, 11:28:35 PM »

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/rugby-union/england-rugby-anthem-swing-low-sweet-chariot-is-an-ignorant-expropriation-of-slave-lyrics-say-american-academics/ar-AAo2qCw?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=spartandhp

England rugby's Swing low sweet chariot is racist

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General Football & Sports / Captains and the ref.

« on: March 02, 2017, 07:57:13 PM »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39147110

About time too.
The big clubs' players usually surround the ref and give him an earfull.
This would help to redress quite a few things.

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General Football & Sports / Which player earns the most at each Premier League club?

« on: February 19, 2017, 06:33:37 PM »

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/which-player-earns-the-most-at-each-premier-league-club/ss-AAn2DkS?ocid=spartandhp#image=1

Interesting details.

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General Football & Sports / The softer side of players.

« on: July 19, 2016, 09:30:41 PM »

http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/soccer/reports-james-mcclean-donates-to-help-pay-for-local-childs-funeral-745584.html

James McClean donates to help pay for local child’s funeral.

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General Football & Sports / Sent off.

« on: June 23, 2016, 06:33:46 PM »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/36605999/swedish-footballer-sent-off-for-farting-on-the-pitch

Swedish footballer sent off for farting on the pitch

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General Football & Sports / 29th May 1985

« on: May 29, 2016, 01:00:03 PM »

Remembering Heysel.
39 fans who never went home again.

God bless.

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General Football & Sports / FA Cup quarter-final replays scrapped from next season

« on: May 26, 2016, 09:53:58 PM »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36393608

It sounds good.
As it says..Should stop fixture congestion.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Fair play

« on: April 20, 2016, 04:24:33 PM »

We are the dirtiest team, this year.
A title I don't want to see.

http://talksport.com/football/fa-fair-play-league-whos-been-naughty-and-whos-been-nice-160419192581?p=0

Played 40
Reds 3
Yellows 73

Is it the players fault, or have they been told to break up the play when in trouble?