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Things that don't happen nowadays (1 Viewer)

  • Thread starter JulianDarbyFTW
  • Start date Jul 10, 2023
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San Francisco

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #36
Mudbath pitches where the ball would stop rolling before going into the goal.
 
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Kingokings204

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #37
5 subs
 

ccfctommy

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #38
The Nomad said:
Players signing on a Friday night or Saturday morning and going straight into the team on a Saturday afternoon. Now they need about a month to 'get up to speed'.
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I remember in 2004, we signed Matt Mills from Southampton on the day.
 
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Sbarcher

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #39
Getting a steak pie and finding out most of it was gristle.
 
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Sbarcher

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #40
Wasn’t there also a chap going around the pitch selling nuts?
 

Sbarcher

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #41
Half time score numbers hooked onto the A,B,C etc boards
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #42
DawlishSkyBlue said:
City players on the piss in town. Robbie Keane in Ikon, Micky Quinn in Pink Parrott, Dave Bennett everywhere
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I saw Kev Thornton in the colly a few times
 

Julie SBA

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #43
goalkeepers, wearing the same shorts and socks as the rest of the team with a green goalie top.
 
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RegTheDonk

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #44
Half time raffle draws pitchside.
 

Hobo

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #45
Calista said:
Fullbacks carrying out a horrifying first-minute assault with a bone-crunching flying tackle that almost dumps the opposition winger into the crowd, and nobody batting an eyelid because it's the normal way to start every game.
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League Cup Semi 2nd leg at West Ham. Ray Stewart on Peter Bodak, who had destroyed them 2nd half first leg. After that tackle Bodak looked like he didn't want to be on the pitch let alone have the ball.
 
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ccfctommy

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #46
Julie SBA said:
goalkeepers, wearing the same shorts and socks as the rest of the team with a green goalie top.
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I think that was back in the days when they had three subs. Sometimes the goalie sub would have to come on as outfield.
 

JulianDarbyFTW

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #47
ccfctommy said:
I think that was back in the days when they had three subs. Sometimes the goalie sub would have to come on as outfield.
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It never occurred to me that that could happen! I wonder if any managed to score?
 
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Tripehound

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #48
Rosettes.
 
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ccfctommy

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #49
JulianDarbyFTW said:
It never occurred to me that that could happen! I wonder if any managed to score?
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I know thats how Les Sealey made his West Ham debut.
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #50
Circular red cards
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #51
San Francisco said:
Mudbath pitches where the ball would stop rolling before going into the goal.
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That season at St Andrews being the odd exception when they failed to do the summer renovation on the pitch.
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #52
People listening to radios on the final day of the season when you’ve got something to play for
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #53
DawlishSkyBlue said:
City players on the piss in town. Robbie Keane in Ikon, Micky Quinn in Pink Parrott, Dave Bennett everywhere
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Hamer is always out in town or Leam
 

skybluetony176

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #54
The dancers/cheerleaders that used to come on at half time. Don’t recall what they were called.
 

JulianDarbyFTW

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #55
skybluetony176 said:
The dancers/cheerleaders that used to come on at half time. Don’t recall what they were called.
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Was it the sky blue belles?

Edit: google suggest it was the sky blue crew girls.
 

Sbarcher

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #56
JulianDarbyFTW said:
Was it the sky blue belles?

Edit: google suggest it was the sky blue crew girls.
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Have in my mind that the SB Belles were quite young ones and replaced by the much more nubile Crew, maybe my memory,s not so good now.
 

Malaka

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #57
The smell of the cigars over the Christmas game period was a thing I remember from my childhood.
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #58
JulianDarbyFTW said:
Was it the sky blue belles?

Edit: google suggest it was the sky blue crew girls.
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I think your edit is correct, certainly rings a bell. IIRC they tuped over to CCFC when Coventry Crusaders disbanded.
 
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DrPoolittle

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #59
Those little blue cars on the touchlines for those with mobility issues.

I think Kevin Drinkell used one
 
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Wyken Sky Blue

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #60
The magic sponge

Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk
 
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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #61
mmttww said:
Stadium announcer telling someone to contact the nearest Steward as their wife has gone in to labour.
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Jimmy Hill telling the Stadium announcer, " put that fucking score on the scoreboard."
 

NortonSkyBlue

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #62
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT said:
Jimmy Hill telling the Stadium announcer, " put that fucking score on the scoreboard."
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Thank god that didn’t happen...we would never hear the end of it!
 
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worc0257

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #63
Calista said:
Fullbacks carrying out a horrifying first-minute assault with a bone-crunching flying tackle that almost dumps the opposition winger into the crowd, and nobody batting an eyelid because it's the normal way to start every game.
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Stuart Pearce did that to Kevin Gallagher in the first minute of the League Cup semi-final. I think he did get booked.

Dogs/foxes on the pitch.

Straining to hear the results on the transistor radio of the guy next to you walking home after the game.

Cigar smoke, yeah.

Wooden seats.

Finishing at ten-to-five.

Refs all in black.

Occasionally making the other lot change ends if you win the toss.
 

Calista

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #64
Just remembered the Golden Goal (?) tickets you could buy. Tear the perforated ticket open to reveal a time (e.g. 38 mins 14 seconds), and the closest ticket to the time of the first goal was the winner. I bet it was about ten quid, which would keep you in beer for a month in those days.
 
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Finham

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #65
We had a squirrel on the pitch not that long ago because everyone made the "Squirrel Regis!" joke.
 

Darth Robins

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #66
JulianDarbyFTW said:
Was it the sky blue belles?

Edit: google suggest it was the sky blue crew girls.
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There was the Sky Blue Belles, and there was another group called Venom or something? They used our away colours. I vividly remember them in the green/black for some reason.
 

Calista

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #67
Darth Robins said:
There was the Sky Blue Belles, and there was another group called Venom or something? They used our away colours. I vividly remember them in the green/black for some reason.
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I think we can guess the reason
 

RegTheDonk

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #68
Spot the Ball.
 

Kneeza

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #69
Glad all Over. (And rattles of course).
 

mrfr

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #70
Big Ron on Co-comms.
 
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