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#Post#: 16695--------------------------------------------------
In need of a football fix!
DIR By: bmb
Date: March 15, 2020, 4:22 pm
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I will get 1 of you to watch an NBI game!!!
Here is a link to our national sports channel, the last 3-4
months of games are available to watch, legally & free of
charge:
HTML https://m4sport.hu/video/sportkozvetitesek/
(Just looked ad the
games go as far back as August 2019)
If you decide to watch just 1 game to humour me/shut me up, then
may I recommend this one!
HTML https://m4sport.hu/videok//labdarugo-kozvetites-otp-bank-liga-ujpest-fc-puskas-akademia-fc-merkozes
My Lilák v Felcsút, with the lovely Mr Solymosi as ref and
wearing my favoured red shirt (with him anyway) with his lovely
matching whistle! The black shirt is my 1st choice normally but
favouritism is favouritism & there is of course a different rule
for favourite - apart from the nincs sárga rule of course!!
This home game was 271km away from our ground as our pitch has
been deemed unplayable, our ultras have ordered a boycott anyway
due to an ongoing feud with the owner so I think we had about 3
home fans there!! My team lost 2-3, the goal from Calcan is a
beauty as is one of the Felcsút goals. My fav player wasn't
playing (if you watch any other games then it's #49 Pauljevic, I
always refer to him as Branko - he's my 'other' main man).
Néni's 2 baby boys are #86 Novothny (sweet Soma) and #10 Zsoter
(kis Donát). My boy Obinna is #6 Nwobodo. Love Lita #5
Litauszki, our captain and #68 Burekovic as well. Our manager
(my main man) is Nebojša Vignjević who I often refer to as
Mr beautiful in my NBI thread! My team are in the purple & white
stripes.
The emotion derby from last December is also still up. My 2
teams Kispest v Lilák and the lovely Mr Solymosi (in blue) as
referee! All the favourites on the same pitch:
HTML https://mediaklikk.hu/video/labdarugo-kozvetites-otp-bank-liga-budapest-honved-ujpest-fc-merkozes/
This post brought to you by the sole member of the Solymosi
Péter fan club! ;D
#Post#: 16703--------------------------------------------------
Re: In need of a football fix!
DIR By: bmb
Date: March 16, 2020, 10:13 am
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The MLSZ has now announced the suspension of all sport in
Hungary, no more behind closed doors games & no training for
teams etc. This is for all sports, gymnastics, handball, water
polo as well as football.
The MLSZ Board, in accordance with the decision of the
authorities, shall immediately suspend all organized competition
programs and training events of the Federation until a new
decision is made. It is also advisable to pause personal sports
activities (eg training).
We knew it would be coming. Hungary has also closed its borders
now, only Hungarian citizens allowed to travel in. Hungarians
limited as to where they are allowed to travel out to & certain
sectors banned from travelling at all. I can't travel back even
as a permanent full resident as I don't yet have citizenship -
can't apply for another 6 months. :-\ Guess myself & Mr bmb
will be observing social distancing for the foreseeable future -
about 1300 miles worth :'( Thank goodness for Skype, facetime &
whatsapp!
#Post#: 16706--------------------------------------------------
Re: In need of a football fix!
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: March 16, 2020, 6:46 pm
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May i suggest something to all to start a discussion on in this
time of concern and worry...
What has been your most memorable refereeing performance you
have witnessed ever, whether it be live or on television and
whether it be good or bad?
We have a vast base of knowledge and eloquent posters on here
whom I’m sure would have some great tales of the past.
#Post#: 16707--------------------------------------------------
Re: In need of a football fix!
DIR By: bmb
Date: March 16, 2020, 8:49 pm
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Great idea TTFL - I shall start by sharing 3 referee related
memories:
I think my most memorable in many ways was when I was 13 & not
for what you would expect! Daddy bmb had let me go to watch AFCB
on my own, well so I thought! Feeling all big and grown up I had
joined in the "who's your father" song at the referee, as you
do! Unbeknown to me, Daddy bmb had strategically placed me in
amongst players families so they could keep an eye on me & by
the time a smug teen Missy bmb got home, Daddy bmb was sat there
with his face of quiet fury on... Daddy bmb is the most
beautiful man that has ever & will ever walk the earth, he has
never once raised his voice to me but would use that quiet,
controlled anger that is so much worse than getting yelled at!
While I'm thinking to myself what chore I had failed to do he
said "tell me what happened in the 78th min", I just shrugged &
then got a very long lecture on my lack of respect! I was
grounded for a month and then sent on the referee course to
teach me manners, respect & discipline! I passed 6 months before
I turned 14 so had a very long wait for my 1st game but a love
of refereeing was born. Daddy bmb had taught me from literally
in nappies to always respect the referee and after every game he
would always make me go over to them, thank them for refereeing
the game & wish them a safe journey home. I have never once
heard him say anything detrimental about a referee. As a manger
he would fine any player who showed any dissent to the referee.
He's a classy man - not sure where he went wrong with me ;)
Daddy bmb tells a different favourite story - he has told many
people that a very little Missy bmb, aged 3-5ish, went running
over to him after a game and was literally bouncing with
excitement. Daddy bmb was being interviewed at the time by press
and I allegedly interrupted it asking him if we could take the
lino home with us, when asked why I replied that I loved him and
was going to marry him! Apparently at the time it caused much
amusement! Dave Allison was the lino that day! I do not remember
it at all but Daddy bmb has told the story many times over the
years, including to Dave Allison! Still love him, both Daddy bmb
and Dave Allison but I did grow out of wanting to marry him when
someone else captured my heart!
After I had served my above mentioned grounding, I went to watch
Arsenal play. My maths teacher was lino on the game, the
economics teacher was an Arsenal fan so I was allowed to go
under his supervision. We were sat in the dressing room & in
walked Joe Worrall - a very awestruck Missy bmb sat there, mouth
open just staring at the man who was her footballing idol at the
time! He told me that I should go for it with the course and to
let him know when I passed. I duly wrote to him several months
later to tell him I had passed the course and enclosed a photo
of me & him together to remind him who I was!! A couple of weeks
later I had a beautiful letter back from him, along with the
photo, now signed by him. Never expected to hear back from him.
That photo and the handwritten letter sat in a frame on my
bedside table throughout my teenage years. It's still in Daddy
bmb's loft in a trunk full of football memorabilia!!
Nothing to do with memorable performances, good or bad, but 3
treasured memories anyway! I still don't believe the 2nd one but
Daddy bmb has been telling it for many a year & in latter years
Dave said he remembered the game & Daddy bmb laughing about my
excitement at the time!
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Re: In need of a football fix!
DIR By: flipmode
Date: March 16, 2020, 11:52 pm
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The one that always sticks out for me, was when I'd be about 16
or so and was introduced to Jack Walker in the room the Match
Officials guests used to use at Rotherham's old Millmoor Ground.
"This is Jack Walker, he refereed the World Cup Final in 1974"
"Don't you worry about that son, that's all in the past. You can
just call me Jack! Would you like a cup of tea?".
I still to this day think about what a truly gracious and humble
man he was, and how much I thoroughly enjoyed that night at
Millmoor in his company.
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Re: In need of a football fix!
DIR By: reflector
Date: March 17, 2020, 3:31 am
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--- Quote from: flipmode link ---
>
> The one that always sticks out for me, was when I'd be about
16 or so and was introduced to Jack Walker in the room the Match
Officials guests used to use at Rotherham's old Millmoor Ground.
>
> "This is Jack Walker, he refereed the World Cup Final in 1974"
>
> "Don't you worry about that son, that's all in the past. You
can just call me Jack! Would you like a cup of tea?".
>
> I still to this day think about what a truly gracious and
humble man he was, and how much I thoroughly enjoyed that night
at Millmoor in his company.
>
--- End Quote ---
Was this before or after Jack and Annie had given up as
licensees of The Rovers Return?
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Re: In need of a football fix!
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: March 17, 2020, 5:41 am
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One of the worst performance I’ve witnessed live was Andy
Woolmer at the AMEX when Brighton played Leicester in 2012. Link
here to the sky sports report.
HTML https://www.skysports.com/football/brighton-vs-leicester/238594
Two ridiculous red cards, three in total with complete loss of
control of proceedings. Bluntly, he looked like a lost sheep in
a huge flock.
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Re: In need of a football fix!
DIR By: bmb
Date: March 18, 2020, 1:14 pm
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Fulham v Juventus from 18.03.10 being streamed 'live' on its
10th anniversary
HTML https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2020/march/18/fulham-v-juventus-watch-live
#Post#: 16727--------------------------------------------------
Re: In need of a football fix!
DIR By: Wollongong Ref
Date: March 18, 2020, 6:25 pm
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The Australian A-League is still going ahead albeit with no
crowd and the minimum amount of people actually at the game.
#Post#: 16740--------------------------------------------------
Re: In need of a football fix!
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: March 20, 2020, 6:31 am
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Best performance at Crystal Palace (1962 to present) - I've seen
some very good performances at Selhurst Park over the years. I
always enjoyed seeing Norman Burtenshaw in action and he
reminded me a bit of Mike Dean - fit, demonstrative even
theatrical and a 'get stuck in' approach to the game. Joe
Worrall was another who I always liked seeing. I remember seeing
him at a cup tie, Newcastle v Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest,
when the abuse from the terraces (accepted in those days) was
awful, and he had a superb game despite the mayhem.
Worst performance - I will leave aside Eddie Hughes and his
'clock-stopped' incident at a Palace v Fulham game. Certainly
the worst performance I saw was from Peter Bye who refereed at
Selhurst Park twice in three days in 1968 - FA Youth Cup and Div
2 games - and was awful on both occasions. He did not survive
beyond the end of the season. The great Jack Taylor ran him a
close 2nd during a Palace v Rochdale League cup tie in Sept 1970
but he was back to his imperious best when he returned to
Selhurst for Palace v Liverpool in Div 1 later in the season.
Leo Callaghan - Millwall v Palace in 1968 - demonstrated a
frightening leniency which led to a similarly frightening
reaction on the terraces.
Most memorable performance - has to be Roger Kirkpatrick, Palace
v Millwall, in March 1969. A local derby, midweek under the
floodlights, both clubs going for promotion from Div 2, a huge
raucous crowd, six goals, and Roger at his entertaining best.
But then Roger was always entertaining even if he was not always
amongst the best.
Crewe Alex (2000 to present) - best performance, again quite a
few over the years, but three newbies come to mind - Bond,
Backhouse and Finnie. Worst performance - like TTFL I have to go
for Andy Woolmer a few years back. A simply awful performance
from 'speedy gonzales'. I was always a little bit surprised that
Andy later moved up to SG2, but I was also pleased for him as he
certainly seemed to calm down a bit after being promoted which
could only be a good thing. Worst performance this season - has
to be newbie David Rock, Crewe Alex v Cambridge. He capped a
poor performance with a joke penalty which won the game for
Cambridge. Ditto - Neil Hair, Plymouth v Crewe Alex. Perhaps
water under the bridge in the present circumstances but I hope
that Rock and Hair don't come back to haunt the Alex at the end
of the season, whenever that is.
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