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How much longer will this thread go on before the Powys that be lock it? :ohmy:
There’ll be no red CARD IF you all play nicely.
The FA have ensured that black players’ families will not be subject to racial abuse in Poland.
They’ve put John Terry in a different hotel.
Not heard anything, but to be fair Benfica would be a belter – and no reason why we shouldn’t play them. I watched Inter at the Reebok a few years ago.
Premier League one I got 38 out of 45, but can’t believe a couple I missed :S
45 out of 47 for the countries of Europe – missed one little one, and one I didn’t even realise was an independent country! And I think I’m good at geography.
strangest one i rember most
was when blackpool moved their pitch and stand we was in it did not feel like we was at the game
anyone else remember itMicky Flynn scored and started to run the 30 yards or so towards our fans, when he suddenly realised there were hundreds running towards HIM. He turned and legged it :lol:
The colour of the strip means more to some clubs than others especially if there is a rivalry involved. It would be inconceivable to think any owner of Liverpool, for example, would get away with changing their strip to blue.
Not 100% sure but the kopshites played in blue and i think it was shankly changed it to red[/quote]
I’m sorry but that is absolute rubbish.
Liverpool wore blue and white halves betwen 1892 (when they were formed from Everton) to 1894 – a total of two years.
They then adopted red shirts and white shorts (then called “knickers” if you want to have a cheap thrill) until the mid 1960s when Shankly introduced red shorts, initially for European matches.
We’re not saying that teams haven’t made wholesale changes to their colours – I remember Leyton Orient in blue. Crystal Palace have had quite a collection of kits. Oldham had a spell in orange. And so on.
Leeds is a bit of a red herring (or white herring or blue herring) as they had only had the blue and amber for 27 years, and the change was made with the approval of fans as it was seen as trying to take on the ideology of being like Real Madrid.
But teams who are established in a particular colour for over a century or so (Liverpool, Everton, Man United, Man City, Arsenal, Spurs, Blackburn, West Brom, Wolves, Preston etc etc) now have that colour as part of their psyche. Look at the outcry last season when it was suggested Liverpool have blue as a trim in their 3rd kit. Not all clubs do it, but there are some. Wigan are not, I would argue, particularly even in that camp.
I think Cardiff fall into that category of teams who are (were) now identified with “their” colour. For a group of Asians to come along and override that is insensitive.
Certainly the money is needed, and because of that their will be done (as someone once said). But that doesn’t make it right or stop it being insensitive.
Back to cardiff – as I said originally plenty of clubs have done it in the past but in cardiff’s case do they change their colours or do they have no club to follow? They may well have been held to ransom by the owners which isn’t nice but given that choice we’d all only make one choiceThat’s the point though, isn’t it?
Certainly Cardiff fans have no say in it all, and yes, we would accept playing in cherry and white hoops if it meant the club’s survival.
BUT – what is a sad sign of the times is that new owners come in with no feeling at all for football, the club and its history (and its fans) and treat the club as their plaything to dress up in whatever they want.
There’s nothing anyone can do about it, but it is nonetheless another nail in the coffin of the game we all used to know. Welcome to the Brave New World.
RumoursGoing round that some person might actually post a decent thing on this site, before the new season kicks off,only a rumour mind you :P
Experience tells me that is highly unlikely to happen
We are leading contenders to sign Michael Owen and Danny Murphy after both being released by their clubs..Your source and your thoughts please?
Come on Donnelly – as you’ve started the thread, how about an opinion of whether YOU think this is a good thing or a bad thing. We can see Roberto’s opinion, what do you think?
