Nets

[Peaceful Terrier]

My younger brother and I have been obsessed with goal nets ever since we were young kids in the mid 80s, so it's reassuring to see we're not alone in our fascination! I can still remember how we used to get so pissed off with how disappointingly rigid the old Subbuteo nets were compared to the massively deep ones that had captured our young imaginations during Mexico '86 that we even had our old fella up til all hours making us some bespoke ones!

As we got into our teens it got even worse, as we used to break into building sites after hours and steal whatever scaffold poles, fixings and netting we could, then take them back to our estate to put them altogether for our after school five a side street games :D

My favourites ever were the ones used in Italia 90, with the hexagonal netting design. Used to look so good when the ball went into them. Bloody scaffolders and their lack of hexagonal netting...

 

[Stelea]

Not as tight as the ones at Coventry. Ask Clive Allen.

The one when Motty couldn’t pronounce Stanchion?
He shouted Stornshun, Stornshun ………

 

[Stelea]

Remember the Trevor Brooking one where the ball became wedged it the metal triangle thing. Away v Hungary

 

[TinFoilHat]

Knew it was a big match when we used have goal nets in school games.

 

[Stephen230]

The one when Motty couldn’t pronounce Stanchion?
He shouted Stornshun, Stornshun ………

I don’t remember the commentary. But I do remember the referee. He was from Manchester and called Derek Webb and the poor fucker never lived it down.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Im just glad we got rid of those shite black nets we used to have

Racist

 

[horlock_was_super]

Remember the Trevor Brooking one where the ball became wedged it the metal triangle thing. Away v Hungary

You beat me to it. Knew it was Trevor Brooking and it was for England and that was all I could recall.

 

[nmc]

As a young kid I remember the nets in the 1974 WC in West Germany - similar to what we have now…. Thought they were ace…. Tried to replicate them on my subbuteo WC set ! Of course as a kid we never played on pitches with nets - just goals… so many arguments about whether the ball had gone in or wide…. Them were the days.

 

[horlock_was_super]

As a young kid I remember the nets in the 1974 WC in West Germany - similar to what we have now…. Thought they were ace…. Tried to replicate them on my subbuteo WC set ! Of course as a kid we never played on pitches with nets - just goals… so many arguments about whether the ball had gone in or wide…. Them were the days.