Media Thread - 2021/22

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1stFeb1969 said:
As far as a 'yo-yo club' is concerned, my conclusion would be, for all our seasons in top flight football (this season is our 93rd, with a total of 26 outside it by my reckoning), is that prior to moving stadiums, our longest run of consecutive seasons was 17, from 1966/67 to 1982/83.
We've suffered 11 relegations.
2021/22 is our 20th season in the top flight since our last relegation, a record that, given our current situation, is one we will keep building upon.
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I make it 10 relegations. United have had 5 and Chelsea have had 6.

It's not much of an insult, if that's what is meant by it. 6 of those relegations came after 6 years or more of topflight football, 4 of them were after 10 years or more... That's some slow yo-yoing.

I suppose all of this shows, that it depends how you look at it. Is it not better to break up the time spent in a lower division? Surely that's easier to take than going anywhere from 6 to 12 years at a time, like some of the so called history clubs have.

I think a shorter run of consecutive seasons outside the topflight(since first reaching it), than all but Arsenal from the big 6, is a better stat to have personally. Maybe I'm biased though. :)
 
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Norbiton said:
Those pennies were big as well! And threepenny bits potentially lethal
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My dad used to say he gave me a penny to stop me crying but l insisted it was a threepenny bit. Those 3d coins were quite heavy and of course the had the corner bits on the edges
The only other time l got hit by a coin was at Leeds when a riot was going on with police horses on the pitch, a bit.more worrying than a coin.
 
ancoats said:
shocking by ITV ? so one sided and keith lard aka (keane) arse licking so he can get back in the managers job
ian wright also united have the players to win titles and cups ? NO they don't

3.57 when you put the strongest team out its a match for everybody and even in europe hahahahahahahaha

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Hilarious. Total delusion. They are treating their viewers like idiots. People like Rashford have not had a good game for three years.
 
Bonzo Nododo said:
Mid week matches were played In the afternoon as well. I remember my dad taking me to Goodison where we stood in an open end behind a goal. I was hit on the head by a coin.
Welcome to Scouse land.
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Was that the 50's or the 70's? If it was the latter is was because of the miners strikes causing power cuts.
 
RadcliffeRick said:
Was that the 50's or the 70's? If it was the latter is was because of the miners strikes causing power cuts.
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50s. It was my first away match.
l tried to work out a bit more precisely by the building developments at Goodison but without success.
I do remember being at Maine Road before that when the Kippax didn't have a roof and was called the Popular Side. Lost my dad 25 years ago and not being able to ask questions about my early days is just one reason for missing him.
 
Bonzo Nododo said:
50s. It was my first away match.
l tried to work out a bit more precisely by the building developments at Goodison but without success.
I do remember being at Maine Road before that when the Kippax didn't have a roof and was called the Popular Side. Lost my dad 25 years ago and not being able to ask questions about my early days is just one reason for missing him.
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FOC!!! :-)
 
Bonzo Nododo said:
50s. It was my first away match.
l tried to work out a bit more precisely by the building developments at Goodison but without success.
I do remember being at Maine Road before that when the Kippax didn't have a roof and was called the Popular Side. Lost my dad 25 years ago and not being able to ask questions about my early days is just one reason for missing him.
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Thank you for that reference to the Popular Side - it took me back to my childhood - haven't heard the expression for years. It was of course used in reference to other grounds as well.

I do remember the Kippax having no roof. I always stood level with the halfway line, and on a wet day I would get back home like a drowned rat and receive a severe admonition for my mother, with phrases such as "you'll catch your death" etc.

Btw, you are not a FOC, you are a long-service true blue, like me, with all the mental scars no doubt that such loyalty brings with it.
 
I see the Ronaldo incident in Las Vegas is making the news again, his lawyers not happy that the information came from illegally hacked information from football leaks and published in der spiegal. They didn’t seem to mention much in the press about the illegally hacked information when City were nearly banned from Europe.
 
feedmpenzaandhewillscore said:
I see the Ronaldo incident in Las Vegas is making the news again, his lawyers not happy that the information came from illegally hacked information from football leaks and published in der spiegal. They didn’t seem to mention much in the press about the illegally hacked information when City were nearly banned from Europe.
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Yes I thought the same when I posted about this is the rag thread.
Der Spiegal leak re City; all true, dishonest, should be banned.
Der Spiegal leak re PR37 disgusting lies, illegally obtained, shouldn't be allowed.
It's the New York Times that wants to publish the stuff the cops have gathered so could be new, even more damaging stuff.
 
Big Swifty said:
Thank you for that reference to the Popular Side - it took me back to my childhood - haven't heard the expression for years. It was of course used in reference to other grounds as well.

I do remember the Kippax having no roof. I always stood level with the halfway line, and on a wet day I would get back home like a drowned rat and receive a severe admonition for my mother, with phrases such as "you'll catch your death" etc.

Btw, you are not a FOC, you are a long-service true blue, like me, with all the mental scars no doubt that such loyalty brings with it.
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It's good to look back with a mixture of emotions
and especially with all the fuss today for me celebrating my Blue Platinum Jubilee this year. Very kind of Her Majesty to arrange it for me.
My early days at Maine Road were usually spent at the top of the Main Stand where a long line of 'entitled' kids stood peering like Kilroy over the wooden barrier behind the back row of the whole stand. If you went down a few rows you could see a huge mass of pink faces on the uncovered far side. If l recall correctly the programme front page had an aerial picture of the ground and it changed one year to reflect the new roof but was otherwise identical.
The old expression 'l've forgotten more than you know' has never been more true because we seem to forget more knowledge than we acquire nowadays. Got the last 10 years in which is the main thing.
 
manclad said:
Wrong,wrong,wrong.
The traditional ko time was 2pm,because pre floodlight era it was dark by 4.30 pm in December and January.
And in the first half of the 20th century most people worked on Saturday morning only(usually finishing at 12.30/13.00 hrs).
3pm ko only became the usual time from the 1950s when floodlights were installed at most grounds.
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The mirror is the same. Has for the fail I think there are 6 articles about the granny shagger.
 
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