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The "Where should I put this?" Thread;; Strange stories from the crazy world of football.
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Topic Started: 25 Sep 2012, 05:56 PM (238,079 Views)
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Kingslim
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3 Mar 2017, 11:52 AM
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- tonyjaa-csc
- 2 Mar 2017, 09:35 PM
The lads had informed me prior to his arrival that it wasn't unusual for Mr Romanov to arrive unannounced at the training ground, as he liked to have a personal chat with the players every now and again.
It was my first experience of one of these encounters and it was an real eye opener if ever I saw one. These meetings involved all the players sitting in the dressing room awaiting the chairman and the rest of his ‘mob’ to come in. It was quite comical looking back at it.
Mr Romanov would come in and shake everyone's hand very vigorously before he went to the centre of the dressing room and addressed us all in some sort of Russian-Lithuanian language while his pals stood behind him.
It was here that Sergejus came into his own in becoming the ‘perfect’ translator.
As Romanov was seemingly having a bit of a rant, Sergejus would speak after his every sentence saying that the chairman would like to say “how pleased he was with us and that if we continued competing with the top two we would be rewarded accordingly'.
He also translated him saying that he was “so proud of the unbeaten run we had gone on'. It sounded like he was delighted how things were going and if I'm being honest, I was sitting in the dressing room thinking that these guys were not as bad as I first thought.
That was until they had left the room and our captain Marius Zaliukas, who being Lithuanian funnily enough, could understand everything that was said! He explained what Romanov was really saying to us.
Marius informed us that instead of saying all those nice things originally translated by Sergejus, Romanov told us that “we were all a bunch of losers and had bottled it against Celtic last week'.
He also said that “he would not be paying any of the win bonuses we were due for the successful run of games, as we were a disgrace to be beaten in the manner we were'.
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Big Drew
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3 Mar 2017, 02:38 PM
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Football in Rio has gone from the ridiculous to the absurd. Last year with the Olympics we only had a handful of First Division games in the city.
This year the demise of the Maracana means we only have one "neutral" venue for the final of the Guanabara Cup due on Sunday. Its Botafogo's stadium and they dont want it to be used. Flamengo and Fluminense want to play at the Maracana which is almost ready after the mess after the Olympics. A judge ruled it must be played at the Botafogo stadium as they haven't had a safety review of the Maracana. A judge has ruled only on set of fans can attend a classico in Rio. So the cup final will be played in a stadium that neither team wants to play in, with only one set of fans, with the host club unhappy that the game is being played there.
Cant take my boy to the final as Fluminense won the coin toss and only their fans can go.
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Hoops_in_Paris
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3 Mar 2017, 03:06 PM
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Another legend has passed away, Raymond Kopa, a France and Real Madrid great. The Platini or Zidane of the 1950's. His background, from a mining family, is close to many Scottish footballers of that era
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Arsene Parcelie
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3 Mar 2017, 04:34 PM
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- Hoops_in_Paris
- 3 Mar 2017, 03:06 PM
Another legend has passed away, Raymond Kopa, a France and Real Madrid great. The Platini or Zidane of the 1950's. His background, from a mining family, is close to many Scottish footballers of that era 
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nervous 'tic
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3 Mar 2017, 06:17 PM
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- Hoops_in_Paris
- 3 Mar 2017, 03:06 PM
Another legend has passed away, Raymond Kopa, a France and Real Madrid great. The Platini or Zidane of the 1950's. His background, from a mining family, is close to many Scottish footballers of that era  One of the legendary football names that modern fans never saw in action but had heard of.
R.I.P
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Big Drew
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3 Mar 2017, 09:54 PM
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- 3 Mar 2017, 02:38 PM
Football in Rio has gone from the ridiculous to the absurd. Last year with the Olympics we only had a handful of First Division games in the city. This year the demise of the Maracana means we only have one "neutral" venue for the final of the Guanabara Cup due on Sunday. Its Botafogo's stadium and they dont want it to be used. Flamengo and Fluminense want to play at the Maracana which is almost ready after the mess after the Olympics. A judge ruled it must be played at the Botafogo stadium as they haven't had a safety review of the Maracana. A judge has ruled only on set of fans can attend a classico in Rio. So the cup final will be played in a stadium that neither team wants to play in, with only one set of fans, with the host club unhappy that the game is being played there. Cant take my boy to the final as Fluminense won the coin toss and only their fans can go. Judge has decided both sets of fans can attend the game. Only 46 hours to advertise and sell the tickets then.
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33-rpm
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4 Mar 2017, 02:17 PM
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Still we sing with our heroes, thirty-three-rounds-per-minute
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Wasn't sure this was thread-worthy, but it seems there's a huge change to the way penalty shootouts are conducted on the horizon...
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Football’s lawmakers are to look at revolutionising the format of penalty shoot-outs so that they resemble tennis tie-breaks, in an attempt to prevent the team kicking first having an unfair advantage.
The International FA Board (Ifab) has drawn up proposals that they have nicknamed “ABBA” under which Team A takes the first penalty, then Team B has two in a row and then Team A has the fourth, with the pattern then repeated. The meeting of the Ifab at Wembley Stadium also announced that video replays to assist referees will be trialled in the FA Cup next season from the third round onwards.
In terms of shoot-outs, research has shown that the team taking the first penalty have a 60 per cent chance of winning and Ifab will look to hold trials of the ABBA system.
It would see penalties follow the pattern ABBAABBAAB — similar to players’ serves in a tennis tie-break — and if it goes to sudden death then the shoot-out would revert to alternate kicks. Stewart Regan, an Ifab board member and chief executive of the Scottish FA, said: “The stats at the moment say that 60 per cent of penalty shoot-outs are won by the team that takes the first penalty.
“We believe that the ABBA approach could remove that statistical bias and this is something that we will now look to trial.”
The first live trials of video assistant referees in English football will take place in the FA Cup from the third round onwards next season, the FA chief executive, Martin Glenn, confirmed, adding that it would be too early to have it in place for the Community Shield in August.
Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president, said that he is aiming to have video assistants in place for next year’s World Cup in Russia.
Glenn said: “You can expect to see it in the FA Cup next season — I would expect to see video assistant replays from the third round in the coming season.”
Glenn also revealed that the FA and PFA are to commission a major study into historic research of possible links between heading the ball and dementia, which will cost a six-figure sum.
It follows claims that players in the past, including members of the England 1966 World Cup-winning team, have an unusually high incidence of dementia.
“We’re obviously taking it seriously, but one has to be proportionate,” he said.
“And the research that we’re scoping out right now along with the PFA — and we’ve asked the other home nations whether they want to play a part in this — is really to look at one simple thing, which is: Is the incidence of dementia greater in professional footballers, or former professional footballers, than it is in the population as a whole?
“Actually, you need lots and lots of data on that — and this will be a six-figure study. The final details of it are being confirmed now. Then the FA will take it back to our board and the PFA to theirs to get it confirmed, and we’ll get an independent university body to get that going.”
Sin-bins were approved for use in youth football, as were moves to ensure that only the captain of a team is allowed to speak to the referee after “major” incidents in efforts to improve player behaviour.
Link (paywall)
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el gato
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5 Mar 2017, 01:02 PM
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Waiting to go into the game listening to talk sport.wtf is that quiz about when the two presenters name random footballers?
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Vinnie Bhoy
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5 Mar 2017, 05:41 PM
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Just saw that orlando cities new stadium has a stand thats all standing with a designated smoke bomb area
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Dhogtanian
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5 Mar 2017, 05:48 PM
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Russian politician Igor Lebedev proposes legalising football hooliganism
A Russian politician has proposed legalising football hooliganism and turning it into a sport.
Igor Lebedev has drawn up rules for "draka" - the Russian word for fight - which he said would involve 20 unarmed competitors on each side in an organised brawl.
Spoiler: click to toggle Groups of Russia fans were deported from France after repeated scenes of violence at Euro 2016. Russia will host the next World Cup in summer 2018. Lebedev, who represents the opposition Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, is also on the board of the Russian Football Union. He published the proposal on his party's website, stating: "Russia would be a pioneer in a new sport. Fans arrive, for example, and start picking fights. And they get the answer - challenge accepted. A meeting in a stadium at a set time.'' Following clashes between his country's fans and England supporters at Euro 2016, Lebedev said he "did not see anything terrible about fans fighting". http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39172314
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Big Drew
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5 Mar 2017, 06:04 PM
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Russian politician Igor Lebedev proposes legalising football hooliganismA Russian politician has proposed legalising football hooliganism and turning it into a sport. Igor Lebedev has drawn up rules for "draka" - the Russian word for fight - which he said would involve 20 unarmed competitors on each side in an organised brawl. Spoiler: click to toggle Groups of Russia fans were deported from France after repeated scenes of violence at Euro 2016. Russia will host the next World Cup in summer 2018. Lebedev, who represents the opposition Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, is also on the board of the Russian Football Union. He published the proposal on his party's website, stating: "Russia would be a pioneer in a new sport. Fans arrive, for example, and start picking fights. And they get the answer - challenge accepted. A meeting in a stadium at a set time.'' Following clashes between his country's fans and England supporters at Euro 2016, Lebedev said he "did not see anything terrible about fans fighting". http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39172314 There's videos on Youtube of this happening where two groups of fans organise a meet up and batter each other to a pulp.
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5 Mar 2017, 06:07 PM
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- 5 Mar 2017, 05:48 PM
Russian politician Igor Lebedev proposes legalising football hooliganismA Russian politician has proposed legalising football hooliganism and turning it into a sport. Igor Lebedev has drawn up rules for "draka" - the Russian word for fight - which he said would involve 20 unarmed competitors on each side in an organised brawl. Spoiler: click to toggle Groups of Russia fans were deported from France after repeated scenes of violence at Euro 2016. Russia will host the next World Cup in summer 2018. Lebedev, who represents the opposition Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, is also on the board of the Russian Football Union. He published the proposal on his party's website, stating: "Russia would be a pioneer in a new sport. Fans arrive, for example, and start picking fights. And they get the answer - challenge accepted. A meeting in a stadium at a set time.'' Following clashes between his country's fans and England supporters at Euro 2016, Lebedev said he "did not see anything terrible about fans fighting". http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39172314
There's videos on Youtube of this happening where two groups of fans organise a meet up and batter each other to a pulp. aye its very popular in eastern Europe . they go to a secluded forrest usually and just batter each other. Everyone involved wants to be taking part.
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5 Mar 2017, 07:30 PM
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Russian politician Igor Lebedev proposes legalising football hooliganismA Russian politician has proposed legalising football hooliganism and turning it into a sport. Igor Lebedev has drawn up rules for "draka" - the Russian word for fight - which he said would involve 20 unarmed competitors on each side in an organised brawl. Spoiler: click to toggle Groups of Russia fans were deported from France after repeated scenes of violence at Euro 2016. Russia will host the next World Cup in summer 2018. Lebedev, who represents the opposition Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, is also on the board of the Russian Football Union. He published the proposal on his party's website, stating: "Russia would be a pioneer in a new sport. Fans arrive, for example, and start picking fights. And they get the answer - challenge accepted. A meeting in a stadium at a set time.'' Following clashes between his country's fans and England supporters at Euro 2016, Lebedev said he "did not see anything terrible about fans fighting". http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39172314
There's videos on Youtube of this happening where two groups of fans organise a meet up and batter each other to a pulp.
aye its very popular in eastern Europe . they go to a secluded forrest usually and just batter each other. Everyone involved wants to be taking part. Thats effin mental! Our eastern European cousins eh? All the best dashcam footage is from Russia too, theyre a crazy bunch.
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Big Drew
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5 Mar 2017, 09:53 PM
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Luiz araujo scored a goal for Sao Paolo using his right hand. Quite blatant, must have been a tricolor ref.
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Big Drew
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6 Mar 2017, 04:11 AM
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Luiz araujo scored a goal for Sao Paolo using his right hand. Quite blatant, must have been a tricolor ref. And their first goal was a mile offside. Only in Scotland, eh?
Site shows the two disputed goals. First video is full highlights. Second video is the offside goal, third is the handball goal.
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6 Mar 2017, 06:35 AM
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Russian politician Igor Lebedev proposes legalising football hooliganismA Russian politician has proposed legalising football hooliganism and turning it into a sport. Igor Lebedev has drawn up rules for "draka" - the Russian word for fight - which he said would involve 20 unarmed competitors on each side in an organised brawl. Spoiler: click to toggle Groups of Russia fans were deported from France after repeated scenes of violence at Euro 2016. Russia will host the next World Cup in summer 2018. Lebedev, who represents the opposition Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, is also on the board of the Russian Football Union. He published the proposal on his party's website, stating: "Russia would be a pioneer in a new sport. Fans arrive, for example, and start picking fights. And they get the answer - challenge accepted. A meeting in a stadium at a set time.'' Following clashes between his country's fans and England supporters at Euro 2016, Lebedev said he "did not see anything terrible about fans fighting". http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39172314 Support your local fight club.
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6 Mar 2017, 08:27 AM
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- 5 Mar 2017, 05:48 PM
Russian politician Igor Lebedev proposes legalising football hooliganismA Russian politician has proposed legalising football hooliganism and turning it into a sport. Igor Lebedev has drawn up rules for "draka" - the Russian word for fight - which he said would involve 20 unarmed competitors on each side in an organised brawl. Spoiler: click to toggle Groups of Russia fans were deported from France after repeated scenes of violence at Euro 2016. Russia will host the next World Cup in summer 2018. Lebedev, who represents the opposition Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, is also on the board of the Russian Football Union. He published the proposal on his party's website, stating: "Russia would be a pioneer in a new sport. Fans arrive, for example, and start picking fights. And they get the answer - challenge accepted. A meeting in a stadium at a set time.'' Following clashes between his country's fans and England supporters at Euro 2016, Lebedev said he "did not see anything terrible about fans fighting". http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39172314
There's videos on Youtube of this happening where two groups of fans organise a meet up and batter each other to a pulp.
aye its very popular in eastern Europe . they go to a secluded forrest usually and just batter each other. Everyone involved wants to be taking part. Sounds like dogging to me.
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6 Mar 2017, 08:32 AM
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https://mobile.twitter.com/SpursOfficial/status/838429335912595457
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6 Mar 2017, 10:27 AM
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- Arsene Parcelie
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- 3 Mar 2017, 03:06 PM
Another legend has passed away, Raymond Kopa, a France and Real Madrid great. The Platini or Zidane of the 1950's. His background, from a mining family, is close to many Scottish footballers of that era 
 Good guy, wink, good guy.
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6 Mar 2017, 05:13 PM
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- 5 Mar 2017, 05:41 PM
Just saw that orlando cities new stadium has a stand thats all standing with a designated smoke bomb area MLS is not my cup of tea but the atmosphere in that stadium before their first game was absolutely outstanding
americans certainly seem a lot more emotionally invested in their football than they were back in 94
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