Might be fun to have a few of the old playground rules brought into the football league.
Jim Baker
They were proper rules. And good times .......taking the ball home sulking when you lost, so the rest of them could not play anymore. It's my ball and I'm taking it home !
Arguing whether it was a goal or over the bar, when there was no bar.
Asking for 5 more minutes from your mum when she calls you in.
Saying commentary out loud when you are in possession of the ball........and there he goes past another player and shoots in the top corner....
Love those days down the park with mates kicking the ball about all the above rules applied - very happy days especially as i can barely walk these days.
I remember taking £10 off my dad to go on a school trip and forgot to get him to sign the consent form so i wasn't allowed to go, And instead of going home I went down the park bought a loads of crisps drink and chocolates for my mates with the money and we had a kick about.
Little did i know it was polling day and the field was next to the polling station, I got in a world full of trouble that day
Love those days down the park with mates kicking the ball about all the above rules applied - very happy days especially as i can barely walk these days.
I remember taking £10 off my dad to go on a school trip and forgot to get him to sign the consent form so i wasn't allowed to go, And instead of going home I went down the park bought a loads of crisps drink and chocolates for my mates with the money and we had a kick about.
Little did i know it was polling day and the field was next to the polling station, I got in a world full of trouble that day
Another rule I've just remembered - if the keeper was little, the imaginary bar was lowered, unless it was you who scored.
www.theargus.co.uk/sport/18497521.crawley-town-crowdfunder-gets-off-promising-start/ probably as best notification we'll get that the club can survive these uncertain times ALSO appears suggest fans wont be back until after Christmas, which wouldn't surprise me at all although Supermarkets are crowded the argument like face coverings on public transport appears to be you pass someone in the Supermarket momentary than sat/stood next to for longer on a train etc. Which then got me thinking fans back but with face coverings? Ok I'm in danger of over-thinking this, but don't be surprised if someone comes up with that idea!
With half the league's players out of contract on 30th June and the play offs needing to be held before then it seems very sensible to me.
Looks like some long trips to Bolton, Tranmere and Barrow next season, plus Harrogate/Halifax still in it. Nonsense for clubs at our level to be travelling such distances for league football.
With half the league's players out of contract on 30th June and the play offs needing to be held before then it seems very sensible to me.
Looks like some long trips to Bolton, Tranmere and Barrow next season, plus Harrogate/Halifax still in it. Nonsense for clubs at our level to be travelling such distances for league football.
my shambles references unnecessary way I believe season was concluded i feel its not very relevant having players out of contract and my argument is you can get players in contracts - teams might look quite different - so be it but I watched a season of irrelevance any argument we could see covid coming doesn't stake up not that the pandemic couldn't be foreseen but that the integrity of football must ensure we finish one season before starting another. But we will have to agree to disagree there I think.
www.theargus.co.uk/sport/18497521.crawley-town-crowdfunder-gets-off-promising-start/ probably as best notification we'll get that the club can survive these uncertain times ALSO appears suggest fans wont be back until after Christmas, which wouldn't surprise me at all although Supermarkets are crowded the argument like face coverings on public transport appears to be you pass someone in the Supermarket momentary than sat/stood next to for longer on a train etc. Which then got me thinking fans back but with face coverings? Ok I'm in danger of over-thinking this, but don't be surprised if someone comes up with that idea!
I always knew my CTFC scarf would come in handy one day.
With half the league's players out of contract on 30th June and the play offs needing to be held before then it seems very sensible to me.
Looks like some long trips to Bolton, Tranmere and Barrow next season, plus Harrogate/Halifax still in it. Nonsense for clubs at our level to be travelling such distances for league football.
my shambles references unnecessary way I believe season was concluded i feel its not very relevant having players out of contract and my argument is you can get players in contracts - teams might look quite different - so be it but I watched a season of irrelevance any argument we could see covid coming doesn't stake up not that the pandemic couldn't be foreseen but that the integrity of football must ensure we finish one season before starting another. But we will have to agree to disagree there I think.
Well clearly it is relevant, as players like Lyle Taylor are already refusing to play due to risk of injury.
You have some clubs with half their squad out of contract....as we discussed before would it really be fair if teams with nothing to play for put out teams of kids and got hammered, while those with a chance of promotion could throw a lot of cash at a few players to get them over the line?
And as a player why would you play on past the end of your deal, or sign a 6 week contract, and risk an injury that could cost you a deal in the summer or (worst case) your career?
That's before you work out how clubs would pay players without any money coming in the gates.
Sorry, but at lower league level this is the real world. The clubs know it which is why they voted to end the season.
I think Doctors, nurses, paramedics, dental nurses, pharmacists, bus drivers etc would have something to say about the risks in their work. If as a player you look at the danger of injury why bother at all? There must be plenty of players that would love the chance to play professional football - sign them up - personally id rather have a player with the right attitude prepared to work hard - these players always warm to fans (or cardboard cut outs) and tend to improve; its also an opportunity for clubs with 'nothing' to play for to have a look at players and see if they are up to the std etc. There has always (transfer closed dates etc of course have an affect) been opportunities for teams to 'buy' their way into games and some might argue Crawley Town did a bit of that to get into league football. That's life. My argument has and remains that the season did not need to be concluded now and could be completed when safe to do so. The integrity of the game, league football is far more important than player in out shake it all about with contracts. Many businesses operate on short term contracts and do quite well out of it and non-league cubs wont always have these lengthy contract so I see nothing wrong on balance with clubs contracting players for short term. In fact I say bring it on. Some of these 'kids' have also done ok against the 'men' - just look at some of the pre-season matches we've had at the Broadfield stadium.
I hardly think the integrity of the game would be served by having a 10 game mini season determined by which teams could afford to throw a lot of money at players on a 1 month deal simply to get promoted, and those who can't be bothered and just put out a bunch of youths and get hammered. There doesn't seem much integrity in that.
Could the season have been played out in September - in principle yes, but then with everything from National League downwards finished and PL/Champ completed all that would do is hold everything up as promotion/relegation could not be decided.
The comparison of jobs is hardly relevant...if you are doctor or dentist there are of course risks but these are job for life type roles. A footballer could get a bad injury at 35 and they are unemployed. Who can blame them for having reservations.
I hardly think the integrity of the game would be served by having a 10 game mini season determined by which teams could afford to throw a lot of money at players on a 1 month deal simply to get promoted, and those who can't be bothered and just put out a bunch of youths and get hammered. There doesn't seem much integrity in that.
Could the season have been played out in September - in principle yes, but then with everything from National League downwards finished and PL/Champ completed all that would do is hold everything up as promotion/relegation could not be decided.
The comparison of jobs is hardly relevant...if you are doctor or dentist there are of course risks but these are job for life type roles. A footballer could get a bad injury at 35 and they are unemployed. Who can blame them for having reservations.
Simon I think we could roll this on forever there are always counter-arguments for example footballers can make a lot of money on a short space of time compared to arguably a dental nurse. I completely disagree with your first statement above and with that in mind I think we have to agree to differ. Yes the non-league football having 'decided' (I say 'decided' because if any of them have money-bags owners where teams were already promoted im not so sure its all 'decided') does make a mess of movement from league 2 but you can argue likewise all the way up to the PL. The reservations are of course all individual and anyone is absolutely entitled to that BUT a window cleaner risks his life on a daily basis and I dont know many that are rich. Footballers on the other hand have plenty of opportunities WHILST playing to craft a second career with further education, going into coaching, management and so on. Do footballers do a 40 hour week (or multiply that by at least 2 for Doctors). Not so many jobs these days are for life the world is changing so fast. I believe an average paid league 1 footballer earns more than double the national average wage and dental nurses, student nurses, bus drivers dont earn that much and yet statistically they are all high risk apparently for having Covid. I conclude in that a lot of footballers don't know how lucky they are (sure there are others that struggle) and the cotton wool they are wrapped up in is nothing compare to others on the front line.