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[ccfc92]

just watching the football league show, and their bit at Molinyeux, shows a 1950s kicking block in the changing rooms.

my question is, what is the point in them and why would you have one?

 

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[Astute]

You would have one to kick it?

 

[ccfc92]

You would have one to kick it?

I know the name is obvious, but why would you kick it? do boxers start punching brick walls before a fight?

 

[ajsccfc]

Some have, it toughens up the knuckles.

 

[ccfc92]

Some have, it toughens up the knuckles.

sorry, but surely a footballer kicking a heavy block of wood is not the best thing to do? Broken bones etc....?

or am i missing something?

 

[ajsccfc]

I'm with you, I've never heard of it in football before. You'd just smash your toes to pieces.

 

[ccfc92]

I'm with you, I've never heard of it in football before. You'd just smash your toes to pieces.

like i said the name is obvious, I just dont know why someone thought, i know what will be good before a game....

 

[slyblue57]

its to get the mud out of your studs u kick it the mud drops out. well in the old days. pusb

 

[Sky Blue Kid]

@ slyblue57....................................Bang on the money mate.

 

[ccfc92]

its to get the mud out of your studs u kick it the mud drops out. well in the old days. pusb

Ah okay cheers

 

[bringbackrattles]

In the 70'S when we went to Molineux there fans kicked us and we kicked them back !

 

[thaiskyblue]

In the 70'S when we went to Molineux there fans kicked us and we kicked them back !

subway army boot boys.

 

[wingy]

And flashing the Knives ,not pretty.

 

[thaiskyblue]

And flashing the Knives ,not pretty.

i used to enjoy wolves away in a masocistic kind of way, it was a long time ago though.

 

[SkyBlueScottie]

To kick your boots into shape before the game. As they used to be leather and had probably shrunk when washed in the week and also to get rid of mud from the boots.

 

[bringbackrattles]

It was tasty going to Wolves years back kept you on your toes !

 

[bringbackrattles]

Remember the time we all got on the pitch and stopped the game at Wolves ?
But a load of us tried to storm there boozer the Molineux which was a silly move as we got a bit of a hiding !
Crazy days but we were young and got carried away with it all madness looking back but hey still here in one piece.

 

[thaiskyblue]

Remember the time we all got on the pitch and stopped the game at Wolves ?
But a load of us tried to storm there boozer the Molineux which was a silly move as we got a bit of a hiding !
Crazy days but we were young and got carried away with it all madness looking back but hey still here in one piece.

ah, the exuberance of youth, or 8 pints of snake bite.

 

[ccfc92]

Remember the time we all got on the pitch and stopped the game at Wolves ?
But a load of us tried to storm there boozer the Molineux which was a silly move as we got a bit of a hiding !
Crazy days but we were young and got carried away with it all madness looking back but hey still here in one piece.

What makes me laugh, is when similar things happen now, people are quick to dismiss it as "the youth of today" and blatant hooliganism. Yet in the hey day, it was the norm lol

 

[thaiskyblue]

What makes me laugh, is when similar things happen now, people are quick to dismiss it as "the youth of today" and blatant hooliganism. Yet in the hey day, it was the norm lol

YES, but is that good or bad ?

 

[bringbackrattles]

Looking back it was bad and at times very dangerous but it was the fight or flight thing ?
But there is a myth over those times where all fans who scrapped were not football fans,as anybody who was there then loved the game but wouldn't let opposition supporters take your end. It was tribal and a bit childish !

 

[ccfc92]

YES, but is that good or bad ?

Idk, you tell me?

 

[thaiskyblue]

Idk, you tell me?

it was defo bad, but i loved it at the time.

 

[bringbackrattles]

Watch it thai you'll get called a thug and a hooligan !

 

[thaiskyblue]

Watch it thai you'll get called a thug and a hooligan !

i think you'll believe i've been called worse.

 

[bringbackrattles]

And me skin thickens with age ! All the best.

 

[thaiskyblue]

And me skin thickens with age ! All the best.

and my hair gets thinner, skinheads never die, they just get balder.