Football

[Robinson]

Old Firm preview here...
With Rangers having dropped points and allowed Celtic to close the gap, the pressure on Rangers to get a result out of Parkhead just went up several notches. A win for Celtic would allow them to top the table for the first time since August, while a Rangers win would surely give them a massive psychological boost (2 wins out of 2 for Super Ally as manager, etc.)

However, the doomsayers might do well to remember the old adage - when it's OF time the form book goes out the window. It'll come down to how much either side wants it, as per usual.

 

[CarterUSM]

I'm not confident. But then again, I wasn't confident before the 4-2 win at Ibrox either, and at half time during that one, I was in the doldrums! Worst Rangers side in a generation though.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

We could do with Kenny Miller back as far as I'm concerned. And a Pedro Mendes, Nacho Novo, Thomas Buffel and Carlos Cuellar.

 

[Barton Keyes]

Unjustly down to ten men but still Wolves earned a tenacious point. Bring on Chelsea.

 

[SS4]

Unjustly down to ten men but still Wolves earned a tenacious point. Bring on Chelsea.

Arsenal are as dirty as the rest of them when they want to be, especially when it comes to underhanded tactics to get players sent off. Referees need to clamp down on it as well as dissent.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Luis Suarez of Liverpool has received a one match ban and a fine of £10,000 for what he did in the matter of giving "a one-finger" gesture towards the fans of the opposing team. It was the match where Liverpool lost 1-0 at Fulham.

Perhaps that also was another case of "cultural differences"...:roll:

What type of a country is Uruguay, which seems to allow such behaviour as normal ?

 

[Minilad]

Old Firm game tonight. Lets hope during the game a chasm forms in the Parkhead area and the whole filthy lot goes in it.
And in the interest of balance the same happens when they next meet at Ibrox

 

[MidnightFlyer]

I was about to same the same for Villa's game against Chelsea.

 

[Minilad]

Oh yes. The Villa Chelsea fixture has a long history of violence and sectarian garbage. Of course that should go too

 

[Minilad]

Do not read the following if you are of a nervous disposition or eating your tea or have just finished playing marbles



Gillingham winger Chris Whelpdale is hoping to be fit for Friday night's game with Dagenham & Redbridge - despite suffering from a split scrotum.

The 24-year-old needed five stitches after being caught in a challenge with David Hunt late on in the Gills' 2-1 Boxing Day win at Crawley.

"I'm hoping to be fit," Whelpdale told the club's website.

"I've just been out and bought a jockstrap, so I'll pad it all up and I should be OK to play."


He added: "I had a bit of a shock when I saw it but when it initially happened I thought it was just a normal whack in the area, but then three or four minutes later it was hurting.

"I did have a look and that was when I was a bit shocked."

The victory extended the club's unbeaten run to nine games and after the game manager Andy Hessenthaler described the injury as "disgusting" and added that "I'm sure his wife won't be too happy either!"

But Whelpdale said: "I think she felt a bit sorry for me, but she did have a bit of a giggle as well.

"There's been a lot of banter from the lads as well, but they've all been cool."

Whelpdale joined Gills from Peterborough United in July 2011 following a successful loan spell, having made 143 appearances for the Posh.

Since completing a move to Priestfield he has scored four goals in 22 games.

 

[CarterUSM]

Oh yes. The Villa Chelsea fixture has a long history of violence and sectarian garbage. Of course that should go too

You've got a point , but the fact is a significant amount of the supporters attending an old firm match from both sides of the divide, and i'm fairly confident it's a majority, actually enjoy shouting sectarian insults at each other. David Murray coined the phrase "90 minute bigot" and it is overwhelmingly true in my experience , we've got to go and work , socialise, live with and even marry those from the other side!. Maybe it isn't right in many peoples eyes, and many hardcore extremists from either side have crossed the line gravely, but it is the way it is and it contributes to the atmosphere , no other derby comes close.
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do not read the following if you are of a nervous disposition or eating your tea or have just finished playing marbles



gillingham winger chris whelpdale is hoping to be fit for friday night's game with dagenham & redbridge - despite suffering from a split scrotum.

The 24-year-old needed five stitches after being caught in a challenge with david hunt late on in the gills' 2-1 boxing day win at crawley.

"i'm hoping to be fit," whelpdale told the club's website.

"i've just been out and bought a jockstrap, so i'll pad it all up and i should be ok to play."


he added: "i had a bit of a shock when i saw it but when it initially happened i thought it was just a normal whack in the area, but then three or four minutes later it was hurting.

"i did have a look and that was when i was a bit shocked."

the victory extended the club's unbeaten run to nine games and after the game manager andy hessenthaler described the injury as "disgusting" and added that "i'm sure his wife won't be too happy either!"

but whelpdale said: "i think she felt a bit sorry for me, but she did have a bit of a giggle as well.

"there's been a lot of banter from the lads as well, but they've all been cool."

whelpdale joined gills from peterborough united in july 2011 following a successful loan spell, having made 143 appearances for the posh.

Since completing a move to priestfield he has scored four goals in 22 games.

ouch!

 

[SS4]

Do not read the following if you are of a nervous disposition or eating your tea or have just finished playing marbles



Gillingham winger Chris Whelpdale is hoping to be fit for Friday night's game with Dagenham & Redbridge - despite suffering from a split scrotum.

The 24-year-old needed five stitches after being caught in a challenge with David Hunt late on in the Gills' 2-1 Boxing Day win at Crawley.

"I'm hoping to be fit," Whelpdale told the club's website.

"I've just been out and bought a jockstrap, so I'll pad it all up and I should be OK to play."


He added: "I had a bit of a shock when I saw it but when it initially happened I thought it was just a normal whack in the area, but then three or four minutes later it was hurting.

"I did have a look and that was when I was a bit shocked."

The victory extended the club's unbeaten run to nine games and after the game manager Andy Hessenthaler described the injury as "disgusting" and added that "I'm sure his wife won't be too happy either!"

But Whelpdale said: "I think she felt a bit sorry for me, but she did have a bit of a giggle as well.

"There's been a lot of banter from the lads as well, but they've all been cool."

Whelpdale joined Gills from Peterborough United in July 2011 following a successful loan spell, having made 143 appearances for the Posh.

Since completing a move to Priestfield he has scored four goals in 22 games.

Ouch! Just when I was eating marbles for tea. Almost as painful as watching us trying to defend a corner

 

[ACE1888]

Celtic 1 Rangers 0
Top Of The League

 

[CarterUSM]

Celtic 1 Rangers 0
Top Of The League

Aye, you deserved it ACE, Rangers were never really in it. I'm not even gonna complain about the "goal" we scored, the ref can only judge what he see's, and I suppose it makes up for Jorge Cadetes disallowed goal a few years back! What a response at the end from the home support though! They cheered like they had won the league! Poor game overall though, and that's becoming the norm now unfortunately ............

 

[ACE1888]

Aye, you deserved it ACE, Rangers were never really in it. I'm not even gonna complain about the "goal" we scored, the ref can only judge what he see's, and I suppose it makes up for Jorge Cadetes disallowed goal a few years back! What a response at the end from the home support though! They cheered like they had won the league! Poor game overall though, and that's becoming the norm now unfortunately ............

Nail on the head there Carter, 'Total' football isn't really on the OF Derby agenda, but the conditions certainly dictated the 'style' (or lack of it).
We did get the 'rub of the green' with the goal that 'wasn't', at full speed I and many others thought it hit the post!

 

[Minilad]

And this is why my post still stands. The footballing world would be better off without both of them !

 

[DarloRich]

This looks like the end for Darlo:

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ne...ball_Club_into_administration__sources_claim/

The club own nothing but a worthless lease on a massive financial balckhole of a stadium - we are well and truely chuffed this time.

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH - i want to swear but i will get banned for all time if i put my true feelings up

 

[Chew Chew]

This looks like the end for Darlo:

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ne...ball_Club_into_administration__sources_claim/

The club own nothing but a worthless lease on a massive financial balckhole of a stadium - we are well and truely chuffed this time.

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH - i want to swear but i will get banned for all time if i put my true feelings up

What did Reynolds honestly think he could do at Darlington?

I wish that football clubs in the UK, and everywhere else, had to go by the German method where the fans needs to own 50%+1 share of the club.

Would stop shysters like Reynolds getting involved in football.

 

[Minilad]

We should adopt the German model with regards to club licensing too. You have to be solvent or you don't get a licence to compete.
German football and the way it is run is head and shoulders above British football

 

[Chew Chew]

We should adopt the German model with regards to club licensing too. You have to be solvent or you don't get a licence to compete.
German football and the way it is run is head and shoulders above British football

You just have to look at the German matchday experience. It is head and shoulders above what is on offer in the UK.

Superb atmosphere, ticket prices practically everyone can afford and the football is, IMO, great to watch.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

You just have to look at the German matchday experience. It is head and shoulders above what is on offer in the UK.

Superb atmosphere, ticket prices practically everyone can afford and the football is, IMO, great to watch.

Just don't try going to the big matches - tickets are exceptionally hard to acquire for 'normal' fans, and can sell for eye-watering amounts when they are running out.

 

[Minilad]

You just have to look at the German matchday experience. It is head and shoulders above what is on offer in the UK.

Superb atmosphere, ticket prices practically everyone can afford and the football is, IMO, great to watch.

Absolutely. It makes me laugh when people go on about the atmosphere at games in this country. They are not in the same league as in Germany
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Just don't try going to the big matches - tickets are exceptionally hard to acquire for 'normal' fans, and can sell for eye-watering amounts when they are running out.

Not the experience I have had to be honest. Never had problems in getting tickets for games. And that includes some big games

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Not the experience I have had to be honest. Never had problems in getting tickets for games. And that includes some big games

FourFourTwo reported such a while back, especially surrounding Borrusia Dortmund.

 

[Minilad]

Well I have been to Dortmund v Schalke and had no problem at all. And they don't get much bigger than that !!

 

[Chew Chew]

Just don't try going to the big matches - tickets are exceptionally hard to acquire for 'normal' fans, and can sell for eye-watering amounts when they are running out.

Agreed, some common ground at last , tickets can get expensive if you aren't a fan who goes every week but is that all that much of a bad thing?

Big game hunters 'deserve' to be 'fleeced' IMO.

Absolutely. It makes me laugh when people go on about the atmosphere at games in this country. They are not in the same league as in Germany

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8986321.stm

I think that article sums it up for me, Dortmund fans protesting at being asked to pay £19 for the away game against Schalke whilst Liverpool fans are charged £51 at Old Trafford.

I'm going to vastly contradict myself here but whilst I accept that football clubs are business and need to be run as such they are too business orientated. Fans aren't 'customers' who are to be screwed for every penny they can afford, they are the club. Without them there is nothing.

 

[Minilad]

I'm going to vastly contradict myself here but whilst I accept that football clubs are business and need to be run as such they are too business orientated. Fans aren't 'customers' who are to be screwed for every penny they can afford, they are the club. Without them there is nothing.

Amen to that brother !!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

This looks like the end for Darlo:

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ne...ball_Club_into_administration__sources_claim/

The club own nothing but a worthless lease on a massive financial balckhole of a stadium - we are well and truely chuffed this time.

Have any statements been made by any of the football authorities as a result of the Administration being made public knowledge and the situation of non-payment of player's wages?

 

[Chew Chew]

Amen to that brother !!

I'm getting on a wee bit, mid 30s, and I find myself saying "football isn't what it was when I was a kid" and it is increasingly depressing.

At every top level and probably lower ground, in Scotland and England anyway, we've got stewards who think they are the police and get a kick whenever they get someone chucked out; rip off prices for food, last time I bought a pie and bovril at an SPL ground it came to over £4 despite being absolute muck; vastly overpriced tickets, it was over £40 to get into Celtic Park for non season ticket holders last night and at the moment football at the top level is as far away from the 'common man' as it ever has been.

I probably enjoy going to Highland League/Junior matches more than I enjoy going to SPL matches these days.

 

[CarterUSM]

This looks like the end for Darlo:

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ne...ball_Club_into_administration__sources_claim/

The club own nothing but a worthless lease on a massive financial balckhole of a stadium - we are well and truely chuffed this time.

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH - i want to swear but i will get banned for all time if i put my true feelings up

Sorry to hear mate, gutted for you, the fans, and the players.

 

[Minilad]

I'm getting on a wee bit, mid 30s, and I find myself saying "football isn't what it was when I was a kid" and it is increasingly depressing.

At every top level and probably lower ground, in Scotland and England anyway, we've got stewards who think they are the police and get a kick whenever they get someone chucked out; rip off prices for food, last time I bought a pie and bovril at an SPL ground it came to over £4 despite being absolute muck; vastly overpriced tickets, it was over £40 to get into Celtic Park for non season ticket holders last night and at the moment football at the top level is as far away from the 'common man' as it ever has been.

I probably enjoy going to Highland League/Junior matches more than I enjoy going to SPL matches these days.

Well I am 48 so imagine how I feel !
I have the same thoughts as you about what has happened to football. And indeed I haven't been to a single Villa game this season. I now concentrate on non league and foreign football and doing some ground hopping