The FOC thread.

noseve said:
I remember Kendo Nagasaki, who wore a mask and never showed his face. Super intriguing for an 11-year-old.
He said he'd remove it if he ever lost and that was the excitement, with opponents pretending to try to rip the mask off whenever they had a chance.
When he did eventually lose, true to his word he ceremoniously removed his disguise, revealing finally that... he was just some bloke!

Bloody disappointing, that - don't know what else I expected, though?

The baddies (Mick McManus, Steve Logan, and my favourite Mark Rocco) were always more exciting than the boring goodies (The Royals, Les Kellet, and the mums' fave glamour-boy Steve Vidor).

Also remember 26-stone Big Daddy (Shirley Crabtree, brother of referee Brian) totally making an arse out of 35-stone Giant Haystacks.

Jeez, when I think that my dad used to love all this, and he was a grown-up!?! :-)
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My dad loved it too. Baffling.
 
Lavinda Past said:
In honour of that fine gentleman, Manuel Pellegrini, who was once called a 'F..... Old C...' by Alan Pardew (live on television if I remember correctly)

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Is that the same Pardew who today his probably dressed in beige tartan dungarees, quietly going about his business placing returned books back in their rightful place in his local library?
 
denislawsbackheel said:
Kendo Nagasaki will forever be a legend for throwing Anthony H Wilson across a studio floor in a live debate on Granada.
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He's still going.

Wrestling legend Kendo Nagasaki back aged 83​

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr54l7l5nepo

This is his house.

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noseve said:
I remember Kendo Nagasaki, who wore a mask and never showed his face. Super intriguing for an 11-year-old.
He said he'd remove it if he ever lost and that was the excitement, with opponents pretending to try to rip the mask off whenever they had a chance.
When he did eventually lose, true to his word he ceremoniously removed his disguise, revealing finally that... he was just some bloke!

Bloody disappointing, that - don't know what else I expected, though?

The baddies (Mick McManus, Steve Logan, and my favourite Mark Rocco) were always more exciting than the boring goodies (The Royals, Les Kellet, and the mums' fave glamour-boy Steve Vidor).

Also remember 26-stone Big Daddy (Shirley Crabtree, brother of referee Brian) totally making an arse out of 35-stone Giant Haystacks.

Jeez, when I think that my dad used to love all this, and he was a grown-up!?! :-)
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I saw Giant Haystacks at Maine Rd a few times back in the 70's. Jeez, he was bloody massive, and I mean seriously huge. 7 ft tall with a waist about a yard wide.

The biggest human I've seen in my life.

ITV 4 showed some of their wrestling transmissions a few years ago, and I watched one for a while.

It wasn't great viewing, but it was amusing watching all the old ladies, sitting ringside with handbags ready, entering into the spirit of the occasion. They were a force to be reckoned with if they didn't like something.
 
Not particularly interesting this, more pathetically sad really - just realised that this still half-full tin of grease in the shed was originally bought by my dad in the 1950s!

Just spent the last 30 minutes sitting here thinking about all the stuff that's happened and all the people who've come and gone while this tin has been moved from shelf to shelf.

Exactly the sort of thing that would have had me thinking dad was a stupid, sentimental old git when I was younger.

Creeps up on you, doesn't it?
 
As a fully paid up member of the FOC club, I can remember the football pools. Pick eleven fixtures; if eight of them came in as draws, you were a winner. The final scores on grandstand even had the pools value on the end of the fixture. I'm assuming they're long since gone (been out of the country since late '82, so excuse my ignorance).
 
jimharri said:
As a fully paid up member of the FOC club, I can remember the football pools. Pick eleven fixtures; if eight of them came in as draws, you were a winner. The final scores on grandstand even had the pools value on the end of the fixture. I'm assuming they're long since gone (been out of the country since late '82, so excuse my ignorance).
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If it wasn't for the pools the scousers would be playing Scunthorpe later in the month, Littlewoods FC the ultimate leg up club ;-)
 
jimharri said:
As a fully paid up member of the FOC club, I can remember the football pools. Pick eleven fixtures; if eight of them came in as draws, you were a winner. The final scores on grandstand even had the pools value on the end of the fixture. I'm assuming they're long since gone (been out of the country since late '82, so excuse my ignorance).
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My old man once picked all 11 fixtures in the old division 2, oh how I scoffed until he got 6 score and 2 no-score draws, won a couple of hundred if I recall correctly
 
jimharri said:
My bad. I should have said "score draws". Worth 3 points on the coupon, IIRC. 24 points was the magic number you were aiming for.
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indeed, 2 for 0-0 1.5 for away win and 1 for home win. Bookies had a variation whereby the fixtures were split into (I think) 5 sections and you had to pick 1, 2 or 3 results from each section. The more you chose, the more you won. Bloody difficult
 
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