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I'd say it was a result of knockout tournament rugby as opposed to being a 'crime'.

And..... Breathe.

The South African made a better challenge with the hug before he went to the bin!

This is just another level.

I remember being in a pub in Birmingham for that game and screaming for Sheddy Teringham to come on off the bench - "He'll definitely score", I nauseatingly kept shouting. Guess what? He did, and he did. I was briefly looked upon like some kind of mystical genius by all who had bothered to stay...

I can count on one hand the amount of times we played the game in 5 years of secondary school sports lessons. I hated the game - not helped by being absolutely football mad even back then so even the absolute briefest of interruptions to the expected game of football was met with derision. I...

Be a real collectors item to witness us winning up there - A bit like 'I saw Shaw score'. (I wasn't at Gillingham on that occasion) Will be only my second visit to the place. Third if I include the visit when the national footy museum was at the ground.

Naysayer.

OK, like I said, it becomes a lot clearer if you've played the game (I did very briefly and I'm far from an expert but just appreciate it for having done so) Once you are tackled it's in your best interest to conjure yourself into a position (backwards) so that a team mate can retain possession...

But it's very much still a 'minority' sport. How can we in the majority seriously claim a sense of 'inferiority' foisted upon us by the 'minority'? Self imposed siege mentality perhaps? Oh, you can kick it forwards (or head it :ROFLMAO:) but you have to handle it backwards and that's about it.

Ah, I take it you're more of a 'cha cha' man?

I didn't say I understood it completely myself! I played very briefly in my late teens/early 20's - and even then only 3rd 15's. One thing I do appreciate though is that it's a game you have to have played to at least (partially) understand the rules. (And there have been constant rule changes...

Utterly baffling how some of you still slate this sport after that.

Well, they are both number 1 in the world!

Only half way and been utterly spoilt with that quality. And to think - The zenith of some peoples televisual entertainment this evening will amount to watching celebrities attempt a foxtrot.

That was a fine aperitif to what should be a mammoth feast later, er Gareth.

Yes! And YES!

You never been to Dudley zoo, clint?

Jesus wept.

Ally McCoist, Paul Gascoigne and Les Ferdinand (amongst others) all wore a City shirt for David Busst's testimonial game in May 1997 but somehow they all slipped away into the night at the end of the match. I take it recruitment had a night off that evening?