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Post by suedehead on May 21, 2024 18:54:30 GMT
Poch leaves Chelsea.
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Post by Lee on May 21, 2024 19:02:24 GMT
That whole division is fked with a couple of exceptions.
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Post by runtothehills on May 21, 2024 19:11:20 GMT
Utter madness, they'd had one of the best records since Christmas I believe, that league gets worse by the season.
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Post by mat1scfc on May 21, 2024 22:59:44 GMT
Just been reminded he's still got 1 more game to manage at Stamford Bridge in 2 weeks time He's the manager for one of the soccer aid teams (of which why is it soccer aid and not football aid? One of you older lot will know the history)
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Post by scfc73 on May 22, 2024 12:49:42 GMT
Just been reminded he's still got 1 more game to manage at Stamford Bridge in 2 weeks time He's the manager for one of the soccer aid teams (of which why is it soccer aid and not football aid? One of you older lot will know the history) It's funny how most of us rail against the word soccer & level it as an Americanism of our beautiful game but it was actually us Brits who coined the name back in the 1800's! supposedly it derives from the name association football!
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Post by sidcup on May 22, 2024 13:24:10 GMT
Just been reminded he's still got 1 more game to manage at Stamford Bridge in 2 weeks time He's the manager for one of the soccer aid teams (of which why is it soccer aid and not football aid? One of you older lot will know the history) It's funny how most of us rail against the word soccer & level it as an Americanism of our beautiful game but it was actually us Brits who coined the name back in the 1800's! supposedly it derives from the name association football! It does. They can at least stop calling the ball a "soccer ball" though, as we all know that's a contraction of "association football ball". Surely it should just be a soccer.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on May 22, 2024 13:59:28 GMT
Just been reminded he's still got 1 more game to manage at Stamford Bridge in 2 weeks time He's the manager for one of the soccer aid teams (of which why is it soccer aid and not football aid? One of you older lot will know the history) It's funny how most of us rail against the word soccer & level it as an Americanism of our beautiful game but it was actually us Brits who coined the name back in the 1800's! supposedly it derives from the name association football! Soccer came from the upper classes to differentiate it from rugger. Football being a working class sport it’s right that we call it football.
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Post by scfc73 on May 22, 2024 15:03:59 GMT
It's funny how most of us rail against the word soccer & level it as an Americanism of our beautiful game but it was actually us Brits who coined the name back in the 1800's! supposedly it derives from the name association football! Soccer came from the upper classes to differentiate it from rugger. Football being a working class sport it’s right that we call it football. Damn right! & despite it's origins whenever I see the word soccer I still get a bad American accent in my head
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Post by pugwash on May 22, 2024 15:43:54 GMT
It's funny how most of us rail against the word soccer & level it as an Americanism of our beautiful game but it was actually us Brits who coined the name back in the 1800's! supposedly it derives from the name association football! Soccer came from the upper classes to differentiate it from rugger. Football being a working class sport it’s right that we call it football. I read a newspaper article years ago, that clearly stated it was to differentiate the difference between Public Schools football, ie Eton Harrow Westminster & Charterhouse & Association(1865) I found it on line maybe 12 years ago but unfortunately it's gone from tinternet The story that it differentiates Association football & Rugby is a bit of a misnomer as Rugby was well established. First Rules written in 1845. This story is now based on an American journalist trying to tell us why soccer is soccer & as usual getting things wrong. I'm going to have to do a deep dive to try & find the original article. Being that the Beautiful game is (sorry to say this) a Richmans game ( look at the history of the early fa Cup winners , A litany of public schools university's etc). The London borough of Waltham Forest ( Leyton Orient Land) plays a part. The F.A cup originally an idea of a Sunderland man who lived in Chingford (lbwf) & Wanderers ( Forest school LBWF) are a massive part of the Football Story. Fortunately The North of the Country got their act together & Created the Football League. Thankyou for that. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_School_F.C. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderers_F.C.
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Post by timberwolf on May 23, 2024 8:23:07 GMT
Soccer came from the upper classes to differentiate it from rugger. Football being a working class sport it’s right that we call it football. Damn right! & despite it's origins whenever I see the word soccer I still get a bad American accent in my head It was quite normal once in britain to call football soccer. Kids called the ball by that name especially in areas where both types of rugby were popular. There was at least one publication with that name in its title, The Soccer Star. For once the yanks stole something off us and not us being quick to copy them.
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Post by David Schofield on May 23, 2024 11:42:04 GMT
City currently at 33/1 to be relegated 👀👀 Compared to Liverpool & Arsenal at 2000/1, for context! If Citeh are relegated it will only be a suspended sentence IMO They have obviously broken the rules, then covered it up and should be punished but ultimately, in this case, it is the owner of a football club spending their own money on their own football club… the day that becomes unacceptable the Premier League is finished; a “Super League” would be green lit immediately! I have far bigger issues with owners who load clubs with debt
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Post by bredburybusquets on May 23, 2024 21:40:54 GMT
According to tonight's BBC main news Phil Foden has "legendary status in his home town of Stockport"
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Post by timberwolf on May 24, 2024 8:10:52 GMT
According to tonight's BBC main news Phil Foden has "legendary status in his home town of Stockport" Mind you it could have been worded differently by saying he has legendary statues in his home town area of manchester, stockport.
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Post by bredburybusquets on May 24, 2024 8:26:08 GMT
According to tonight's BBC main news Phil Foden has "legendary status in his home town of Stockport" Mind you it could have been worded differently by saying he has legendary statues in his home town area of manchester, stockport. If they start putting up statues of him, I'm moving🤣
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Post by orkneyhatter on May 24, 2024 9:00:27 GMT
Mind you it could have been worded differently by saying he has legendary statues in his home town area of manchester, stockport. If they start putting up statues of him, I'm moving🤣 the BBC did show the "mural". (cringe)
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