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  • Ace of ClubsAce of Clubs
    A little something you may like.
  • MIAHammerMIAHammer

  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    RIP Diego Maradona.
  • stevesteve
    Never Really liked him ,so wont shed any tears .
  • alderzalderz
    I also was not a fan. However a man has just died at 60. That’s far too young, and there will be a lot of people grieving him right now. RIP
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    Hated him for years, but boy what a footballer.
  • yoyoyoyo
    As a youngster I had a great few days in May 1980. Saw us beat Arsenal at Wembly on the Saturday and then England beat the world champions Argentina 3-1 on the Wednesday. A young Maradona stood out like a sore thumb. Great player and like most sporting geniuses slightly flawed.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited November 2020
    He's still very popular in Naples (can't upload the photo I took at the moment)

    George Best died the same day 15 years ago, aged 59.

    The question that is still unanswered; how did a slightly chubby 5'5" Maradona outjump a strapping 6ft Peter Shilton to get his hand to that ball? Was Shilts wearing lead insoles or was there a trampoline hidden by the penalty spot?
  • nychammer66nychammer66
    alderz said:

    I also was not a fan. However a man has just died at 60. That’s far too young, and there will be a lot of people grieving him right now. RIP

    Cocaine and booze will do it.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    nychammer66 said:

    Cocaine and booze will do it.

    He was clearly an addict, the problem was everything was addictive.

    He started with coke, developed a Tony Montoya level habit, quit and swapped it for a Mr Creosote level of eating. When he hit 20 stone he got a gastric bypass but then he hit the bottle, eventually was admitted to hospital with hepatitis and various other problems related to alcohol abuse.

    He only seems to have done one thing at a time but whatever he did he did it to extreme

    Reminds me a line from a song by Berthold Brecht

    "Vices have their point, once you see it as such
    Stick to two for one will be too much"
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    "Greatest footballer ever" "genius" etc. etc.
    How will they describe Messi when he dies?
    The problem with hyperbole, it doesn't leave much room for manoeuvre. =)
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    They will describe Messi as 'not quite as good as Maradona.'
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited November 2020
    Maradona not quite as good as Pele

    Although football is a team sport played by 11 so neither Maradona and Pele the greatest goalkeepers, fill backs, centre halfs, etc.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    I see we've been stitched up over Christmas as usual, we've got to play our 2nd fixture 52 hours after our 1st game, whereas Southampton, our opponents, will have 75 hours to recover.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    It could be worse Chelsea & Manchester City only have 48 hours which some might say in the “good old days” was the norm. Jurgen & OGS will probably still complain even they have 75.30 and 79.30 respectively to recover. Fulham have the longest at 99 hours between games.
  • alderzalderz
    Fulham need it
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Fortuneseeker said:

    It could be worse Chelsea & Manchester City only have 48 hours which some might say in the “good old days” was the norm. Jurgen & OGS will probably still complain even they have 75.30 and 79.30 respectively to recover. Fulham have the longest at 99 hours between games.

    But Chelsea are playing Villa, who have 50.5 hours, so that's fair, and likewise City are playing Everton who also only have 48 hours between games. I haven't looked at all the fixtures, but as usual we're one of the teams being disadvantaged, there's a big difference between only having 2 days between games and having 3 days.
  • stevesteve
    Lets cancel christmas think thats best for all concerned =)
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Fortune in the really good old days matches were played on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. There was only a 48 hour gap if travelling was involved. Lots of years derbies were played.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    thorn, I remember my Father telling me about this chain of events.

    https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/harry-redknapp-recalls-west-hams-9515248
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited November 2020
    The last time we played Christmas Day and Boxing Day against the same team was 1958 against Spurs, winning 2-1 at home then 4-1 away. John Dick and Vic Keeble scored in both games, John Bond also scored at WHL with a Ron Henry own goal as a Boxing Day gift.

    That was the only time after the war we played two games in London on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. In the previous 12 seasons we had three fixtures against Luton, two against Leeds and had to go all the way to Middlesbrough in 1955. If Christmas or Boxing Day fell on a Sunday then the game was switched to the 27th.

    We played Birmingham City away on Friday Boxing Day then at home Monday 28th 1959 and we played Spurs on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day 1960.

    In 1963 we lost 8-2 at home to Blackburn Rovers on Boxing Day but won 3-1 at Ewood Park two days later. Budgie Byrne scored four of our five goals.

    1964 we played Birmingham Boxing Day and 28th but in 1965 we didn't play between 20th December and New Years Day. Ironically that year saw the last ever Christmas Day match played in England, Blackpool v Blackburn.

    We played Blackpool 26th and 27th 1966, Leicester City 26th and 30th 1967. That seems to have been the last time we played against the same team twice in the league around Christmas
  • alderzalderz
    Pretty good article about Cresswell's role in the side here

    https://www.squawka.com/en/aaron-cresswell-west-ham-stats-analysis/
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    I was at the 8-2 Blackburn mauling and was surprised to see half the team coming out of the Boleyn pub a I walked past on my way to the ground.
    I also went to the reverse fixture and took the baiting from their fans before the game but had the last laugh.
  • yoyoyoyo
    Did the teams in Argentina wear armbands and have a minute silence/applause when any of the 1966 Team died? Especially God himself Bobby Moore? I don't know but I doubt it. Reaction to Maradona's death is totally over the top in English football
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited November 2020
    yoyo said:

    Did the teams in Argentina wear armbands and have a minute silence/applause when any of the 1966 Team died? Especially God himself Bobby Moore? I don't know but I doubt it. Reaction to Maradona's death is totally over the top in English football

    Must admit I was thinking much the same, what I really remember of him is that he was a cheat.
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    buffybegood said:

    yoyo said:

    Did the teams in Argentina wear armbands and have a minute silence/applause when any of the 1966 Team died? Especially God himself Bobby Moore? I don't know but I doubt it. Reaction to Maradona's death is totally over the top in English football

    Must admit I was thinking much the same, what I really remember of him is that he was a cheat.
    And allegedly didn’t confine his cheating to just football
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited November 2020
    I don't even understand how .. HOW... in 21st century Britain, a TV advert featuring a black family can generate racist comment on social media.

    Has the world gone mad?


    (just reading about the supermarkets uniting to run adverts close together on Ch4)
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    Are you surprised because it's on social media or surprised because there are racist people still around in Britain?
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited November 2020
    Surprised that so many feel it's ok to express these views in a such a mainstream public forum. Surprised that something so ordinary could elicit such a response.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Not surprised, I suppose. Just disappointed and baffled.
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