BoZo would absolutely support the other home nations...
Twat
He probably would support them (inasmuch as he gives a crap about football, which I doubt is very much), he probably supports England more though.
I cannot work out if you would be furious or not if he had worn a non-English shirt at some point though. "He has no right to wear that, the twat, he's expressing dominance of England!"
Scott is easily triggered these days.
Of course, Brexit Britain is not the disaster je wanted it to be.
Wasn’t there a team once that deliberately scored an own goal to take a match to extra time so they could improve the goals scored criteria?
Kinda.
"I wonder if you can help me," asks Aladair Maughan. "I remember reading about a match being played in an African cup competition (I think) where both teams were trying to score own goals in order to try to make/try to prevent the game from going into extra time and being won on a golden goal. Does anyone know the exact details of this, or if it's just an urban myth?
It might sound like an urban myth, Alasdair, but it's (almost) 100% true. The crazy events you describe took place in a Shell Caribbean Cup match between Barbados and Grenada in 1994.
Going into the last group game Barbados needed to beat Grenada by two goals to qualify for the final stages. Anything less and Grenada went through.
So far, so simple. Except that the organisers had decided that, in the case of extra time, a golden goal would count as two goals.
You don't have to be Einstein to work out what happened next. Barbados raced to a 2-0 lead before Grenada made it 2-1 with seven minutes remaining. The Barjans were heading out unless they scored a goal; any goal.
Fortunately for them, with three minutes left, they did just that - only not in the right net. Their deliberate own goal made it 2-2 and propelled the game towards extra time.
Now, farcically, Grenada needed to score a goal (at either end) to go through. Cue frantic defending of both penalty areas by Barbados until the final whistle.
Such dubious shenanigans were rewarded, however, when Barbados scored the golden goal - this time in Grenada's net - four minutes into extra time to win the match 3-2 (or 4-2 according to the rules of the tournament) and qualify for the finals.
Wasn’t there a team once that deliberately scored an own goal to take a match to extra time so they could improve the goals scored criteria?
I had never heard of that one, but I believe its said that a team once deliberately let the other team equalise in order to knock out a rival from the group stage knowing they needed a draw for both clubs to proceed, which is why final group stage games are played simultaneously now.
Wasn’t there a team once that deliberately scored an own goal to take a match to extra time so they could improve the goals scored criteria?
I had never heard of that one, but I believe its said that a team once deliberately let the other team equalise in order to knock out a rival from the group stage knowing they needed a draw for both clubs to proceed, which is why final group stage games are played simultaneously now.
Yes, it was West Germany v Austria in 82. Sadly Algeria was the victim
This is an excellent game. Have there ever been 2 exciting, and well-matched semi finals in the same tournament? They are usually dull, or one-sided. Or both.
This is an excellent game. Have there ever been 2 exciting, and well-matched semi finals in the same tournament? They are usually dull, or one-sided. Or both.
This is an excellent game. Have there ever been 2 exciting, and well-matched semi finals in the same tournament?
The semi I remember is Italy Germany in 2006, I think it was. We were staying in an Italian hotel in the lakes, full of German guests, and in the TV room it was the staff and us cheering for the Italians with all the other guests supporting Germany. Italy won after a terrific match and within minutes of the final whistle the town went wild with cheering fans and hooting motorists.
By the final we were back home and as I recall it was a disappointing match by comparison.
This is an excellent game. Have there ever been 2 exciting, and well-matched semi finals in the same tournament? They are usually dull, or one-sided. Or both.
This is an excellent game. Have there ever been 2 exciting, and well-matched semi finals in the same tournament? They are usually dull, or one-sided. Or both.
Very unnerving tonight. The pub at the bottom of the garden has live TV on a big screen. We are watching at home on streaming. They are about a minute ahead of us so we know in advance what’s going to happen from the cheering or groaning.
This is an excellent game. Have there ever been 2 exciting, and well-matched semi finals in the same tournament? They are usually dull, or one-sided. Or both.
Spain 1982. Best two semi-finals of all time.
Watched that Germany France semi in the morning in San Diego with my first experience of Mexican commentary.
This is an excellent game. Have there ever been 2 exciting, and well-matched semi finals in the same tournament? They are usually dull, or one-sided. Or both.
Spain 1982. Best two semi-finals of all time.
Watched that Germany France semi in the morning in San Diego with my first experience of Mexican commentary.
And just to add though the final was not as good, Tardelli gave us the best goal celebration of all time.
Another fucking winter of this lockdown shitefest. Is intolerable
Where do we go to escape? I’m just not suffering another. I’ll do myself in
Thailand is likely off limits. Ditto Oz
Hmmm
I think by the time we get there the resistance to another lockdown will be massive and, tbh, with a booster programme I'd be surprised if we needed one.
It's amazing how people pour scorn and vitriol on libertarians on the one hand and rely on them to lead the fight against authoritarianism with the other.
That's not amazing - there's a time and place for anything, and the stereotype rails against even sensible or proportionate measures or rules out of some kneejerk philosophical position (which like any such position, doesn't do so well judged against reality not theory). But clearly there is a time when the mass of people rely on such awkwardness to defend against threats that will affect them but they don't care enough about.
The difficulty is identifying where the line is. Automatically railing against anything is not the answer, nor is automatically defending something.
I have certainly poured scorn on contrarian and definitely justly, he was promoting that woman who claimed the ifr was about 0.1% when it would have meant to get our deaths 40 million would have been infected. He got debunked next night he would post the same crap. Contrarian isn't a libertarian he is an idiot
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"I wonder if you can help me," asks Aladair Maughan. "I remember reading about a match being played in an African cup competition (I think) where both teams were trying to score own goals in order to try to make/try to prevent the game from going into extra time and being won on a golden goal. Does anyone know the exact details of this, or if it's just an urban myth?
It might sound like an urban myth, Alasdair, but it's (almost) 100% true. The crazy events you describe took place in a Shell Caribbean Cup match between Barbados and Grenada in 1994.
Going into the last group game Barbados needed to beat Grenada by two goals to qualify for the final stages. Anything less and Grenada went through.
So far, so simple. Except that the organisers had decided that, in the case of extra time, a golden goal would count as two goals.
You don't have to be Einstein to work out what happened next. Barbados raced to a 2-0 lead before Grenada made it 2-1 with seven minutes remaining. The Barjans were heading out unless they scored a goal; any goal.
Fortunately for them, with three minutes left, they did just that - only not in the right net. Their deliberate own goal made it 2-2 and propelled the game towards extra time.
Now, farcically, Grenada needed to score a goal (at either end) to go through. Cue frantic defending of both penalty areas by Barbados until the final whistle.
Such dubious shenanigans were rewarded, however, when Barbados scored the golden goal - this time in Grenada's net - four minutes into extra time to win the match 3-2 (or 4-2 according to the rules of the tournament) and qualify for the finals.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/mar/28/theknowledge.sport
He does not fill me with confidence
.@BukayoSaka87 @sterling7 🙌
Game on.
#ENGDEN https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1412861959398100995/photo/1
PS. Pickford just broke Gordon Banks' record. 821 minutes without conceding.
By about a minute.
The Danish players encroached within a metre of the England wall.
Against the rules.
https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1412845703936806917
Please God. Just this once. One final. That’s all.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WAe5s-7t1mg
But bloody hell, sometimes you test that resolution to its limits...
BUT Pickford, hmm
If you want to know self-defeating, our CLP has tabled a vote of no confidence in Starmer for tonight during the match.
https://twitter.com/remainwithkate/status/1412844441992413201
Great keeper !!!!!!!!!!!
My predictions don’t normally come good quite so quickly.
They are usually dull, or one-sided. Or both.
By the final we were back home and as I recall it was a disappointing match by comparison.
Are we Italy in disguise?
oil tanker by the sounds of it.
https://twitter.com/Birdyword/status/1412872149187104769
*May have been an alcoholic drink that looks like water.