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croydon proud Flag Any european country i fancy! 15 Nov 20 2.51pm

Originally posted by Willo

I recall in the 890s meeting a former player of ours. He had long retired with more than 300 games to his name after plying his trade for a few clubs.He came to view a flat which my wife (Then my partner) was selling.He was a taxi-driver at the time.

You"re even older than i thought!


Edited by Willo (14 Nov 2020 6.08pm)

 

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Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 15 Nov 20 2.56pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Darned finger trouble!
I of course meant 80s and I have corrected my 'Faux pas'.
In terms of my age I reach the ripe age of 68 towards the end of this month.

 

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croydon proud Flag Any european country i fancy! 15 Nov 20 3.04pm

Originally posted by Willo

Darned finger trouble!
I of course meant 80s and I have corrected my 'Faux pas'.
In terms of my age I reach the ripe age of 68 towards the end of this month.

It happens to the best of us!

 

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Spiderman Flag Horsham 15 Nov 20 3.15pm Send a Private Message to Spiderman Add Spiderman as a friend

Originally posted by croydon proud

It was the evening news that had the football results on a saturday, i used to sell it.

Apologies I remember the cry of “ classified” thought it was ES.

 

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Spiderman Flag Horsham 15 Nov 20 3.15pm Send a Private Message to Spiderman Add Spiderman as a friend

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Seconded.

Thirded

 

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Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 15 Nov 20 3.30pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by Spiderman

Thirded

In terms of VAR, if for some reason it was discontinued (Highly unlikely!) it is the model of plausibility that a sizeable amount of supporters might actually miss the sheer suspense of waiting for Stockley Park as they review an incident or indeed the suspense waiting for the referee to adjudicate whilst he is consulting the monitor.

 

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croydon proud Flag Any european country i fancy! 15 Nov 20 3.32pm

Originally posted by Spiderman

Apologies I remember the cry of “ classified” thought it was ES.

No need! "We" at the evening news always looked down on the standard, which didn"t come out on a weekend . The other fond memory of the "news", was it was the only papers "crossword" i managed to finish on a regular basis- I say "crossword", in brackets, it was actually the picture puzzle, dog, cat, you get the drift!

 

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Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 15 Nov 20 3.37pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by croydon proud

No need! "We" at the evening news always looked down on the standard, which didn"t come out on a weekend . The other fond memory of the "news", was it was the only papers "crossword" i managed to finish on a regular basis- I say "crossword", in brackets, it was actually the picture puzzle, dog, cat, you get the drift!

I recall people queueing for the 'Classified' waiting for the delivery.The newsagent used to collect the money whilst they were waiting and when the papers arrived and placed on the counter the customers just picked up a copy and off they jolly well went.

 

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croydon proud Flag Any european country i fancy! 15 Nov 20 3.59pm

Originally posted by Willo

I recall people queueing for the 'Classified' waiting for the delivery.The newsagent used to collect the money whilst they were waiting and when the papers arrived and placed on the counter the customers just picked up a copy and off they jolly well went.

He was a clever newsagent, the scramble for the saturday "results "paper could easily have left him shortchanged!

 

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eagleman13 Flag On The Road To Hell & Alicante 15 Nov 20 4.33pm Send a Private Message to eagleman13 Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add eagleman13 as a friend

Originally posted by The Dolphin

For those of us of a certain age we will always have fond memories of the past and I am no different.
I hate the diving, the cheating, VAR and the general dishonesty in the game at all levels especially within the clubs themselves.
Football has no real moral compass anymore which is a shame.
On the plus side watching skilful players is great particularly when they are being played on pitches which the likes of George Best (I saw him play live at Selhurst Park) would have thrived on.
Facilities generally are better of course as well.
In general though the negatives nowadays outweigh the positives for me and whilst I have put a deposit down on my Season Ticket for the 2021-2022 season I am not sure that I will take it up because it is just not as much fun anymore and that is the whole experience from leaving home to getting home again.
Finally though - one thing that really struck me from last weekend - the minutes silence before the game where the players stood, heads bowed to remember those that died to them give them the freedom to kneel to support a career drug addict criminal in America.
I know the kneel is about more than that but BLM is still a bad organization deep down albeit we all know that racism has to be kicked out of life.
Totally absurd and that may well be the one thing that stops me going back as a season ticket holder.

Edited by The Dolphin (15 Nov 2020 11.22am)

Totally this.

A great &, imo, a true & honest summary of where its got to, thank you.

 


This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

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JRW2 Flag Dulwich 15 Nov 20 5.21pm Send a Private Message to JRW2 Add JRW2 as a friend

Originally posted by Willo

Darned finger trouble!
I of course meant 80s and I have corrected my 'Faux pas'.
In terms of my age I reach the ripe age of 68 towards the end of this month.

I wish I did.

 

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eagleman13 Flag On The Road To Hell & Alicante 15 Nov 20 5.27pm Send a Private Message to eagleman13 Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add eagleman13 as a friend

Originally posted by JRW2

I wish I did.

Why, are you dead?

 


This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

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