Football

[Futtocks]

If you don't recognise the story arc, this refers to Lutz Pfannenstiel, a German goalie who has also played in all six FIFA confederations, been clinically dead three times while playing for for Bradford Park Avenue, negotiated a contract at gunpoint in Albania and coached in countries from Armenia to Namibia to Cuba.

As you might expect, his 2014 autobiography The Unstoppable Keeper is quite the read.

 

[HawkMan]

@The Hallucinating Gooseknow you're new to Sky, if interested in Scottish football,  channel 964 BBC ONE SCOTLAND, tonight 10.45 Sportscene,  Scottish Premier version of MOTD, all 12 teams playing tonight, should be good show considering what's been happening lately. Regularly this show on straight after MOTD in England on  Sat or Sun night.

Also on channel 180, BBC SCOTLAND, ( different from BBC1 SCOTLAND) , Friday night is Scottish Championship live match, usually pretty entertaining.

[Sidi Fidi Gold]

 

[Sidi Fidi Gold]

On 30/10/2025 at 09:41, Sidi Fidi Gold said:

 

Lyrics to the song

[Gerrumonside ref]

1 hour ago, Sidi Fidi Gold said:

Lyrics to the song

I’m not the biggest Queen fan in the world, but this oozes pure class as far as original terrace songs go!

[17 stone giant]

Haha. Great song. Don't really need all the build up as that gets a bit messy. Just do the "All we need is, Claudio Braga". That sounds great. I can imagine the whole stadium singing that.

I used to like singing "Our Claus, in the middle of defence" when we had Claus Lundekvam at centre back.

The best songs are the simple ones.

[Father Gascoigne]

David Beckham receives knighthood for services to football and British society - BBC Sport

Well deserved. Great ambassador for the country. 

[gingerjon]

This is how you sell a game when you're not expecting (m)any away fans: https://bexhill.news/bexhill-united-gear-up-for-overseas-visitors-at-the-polegrove/?fbclid=IwY2xjawN36mBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe6LJTrlXEq7YA7Bx691LaWwBmgJUBk0kKEn-wrni6NmLMctpm5ii4W6Bw-Kw_aem_uo9cu-excH5L-tl8kFy_Dg

[Sidi Fidi Gold]

Interesting conversation, I don't think winning trophies defines whether a region is a "hotbed" or not, in my opinion it has everything to do with the passion and enthusiasm of the supporters in the general population of the area.

[gingerjon]

Scenes

 

[Hopie]

20 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Scenes

 

Maybe we should go back to WInter Rugby?

 

[JonM]

Curaçao (pop 150 000) looking quite likely to qualify for the world cup. I'm sure they'll all be paying thousands of dollars to watch their nation in the US next year.

[Sidi Fidi Gold]

 

Fantastic scenes.

[HawkMan]

17 minutes ago, Sidi Fidi Gold said:

 

Fantastic scenes.

Well worth the £2.49 I paid to Amazon Prime for this game. Incredible scenes at the end , I've never heard such a noisy stadium go so quiet so quickly. 

[Damien]

The Ireland game was some finish and what a week Parrott has had. This made me laugh:

 

 

[Sidi Fidi Gold]

4 hours ago, HawkMan said:

Well worth the £2.49 I paid to Amazon Prime for this game. Incredible scenes at the end , I've never heard such a noisy stadium go so quiet so quickly. 

I didn't realise it was being played but saw the score at 1-1 after 20 minutes, so I googled to see where I could watch it, as you say, well worth the price.

The Scotland game last night was pretty exciting too.

[Gerrumonside ref]

As an Irish mate told me:

If at first you don’t succeed, Troy, Troy and Troy again!

Edited November 17 by Gerrumonside ref

[Sidi Fidi Gold]

Wow, I looked at the Italy v Norway score and it was 1-0 Italy after 60 minutes, it didn't matter really because Italy needed to win by about 9 goals to knock Norway off top spot, anyway, I've just looked at the final score and it finished Italy 1 Norway 4

[sam4731]

On 27/10/2025 at 21:44, Futtocks said:

If you don't recognise the story arc, this refers to Lutz Pfannenstiel, a German goalie who has also played in all six FIFA confederations, been clinically dead three times while playing for for Bradford Park Avenue, negotiated a contract at gunpoint in Albania and coached in countries from Armenia to Namibia to Cuba.

As you might expect, his 2014 autobiography The Unstoppable Keeper is quite the read.

 

But can he do it on a cold Tuesday night in Stoke?

[Futtocks]

17 minutes ago, sam4731 said:

But can he do it on a cold Tuesday night in Stoke?

He probably did. Compared to his stint in a Singaporean prison, even Stoke must feel like a doddle.

[sam4731]

Just now, Futtocks said:

He probably did. Compared to his stint in a Singaporean prison, even Stoke must feel like a doddle.

I dont know. Have you been to Stoke?

[Sidi Fidi Gold]

33 minutes ago, sam4731 said:

But can he do it on a cold Tuesday night in Stoke?

Whatever happened to a wet night in Grimsby.

[Futtocks]

To all our woad-stained cousins North of The Wall, good luck tonight!

[Futtocks]

Scotland v Denmark tonight on BBC2. The first live Football I've watched in a few years now.

Oh, I can pick 'em!

[Sidi Fidi Gold]

1 minute ago, Futtocks said:

Scotland v Denmark tonight on BBC2. The first live Football I've watched in a few years now.

Oh, I can pick 'em!

Ex Leeds United player was key to Scotland's victory.