alan shearer - c or d

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well?

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:11 (twenty-two years ago)

He's a wanker

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:15 (twenty-two years ago)

He's a wanker but classic

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:15 (twenty-two years ago)

He's no Larsson.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:16 (twenty-two years ago)

he's too much dearer than solsjkaer

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:16 (twenty-two years ago)

alan has too plain a personality to be deemed a wanker!!!

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:16 (twenty-two years ago)

i don't see how he is a wanker or worse than Larsson. a bit dull granted (tho i love his solemn defiance in interviews) but a brilliant player and very much classic in the meat and potatoes vein. only flaw may be in shoddy Mcdonalds endorsements.

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:18 (twenty-two years ago)

ok so i find shearer's presence at the top of the premiership goaslscoring charts (well, the top 2/3/4 whatever) comforting and familiar and reassuring. he's very very effective on the football pitch, but boringly effective, so when he first started scoring 25-30 goals a season i hated him and was dying for him to show signs of weakness. now i want him to go on scoring forever. classic.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Who was it who said that Alan Shearer is the sort of bloke who throws his wife onto the bed and promptly hoovers the spot where she'd been standing?

― Japanese Giraffe (Japanese Giraffe), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Anyone who can score that many goals that consistently AND at the highest level too cannot surely not be considered a dud - however dull he may be personally. Could be worse, he could be Michael Owen - possibly the dullest homo sapien ever

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:22 (twenty-two years ago)

gullit called him overrated recently, which was silly cos the things that cause ppl to rate shearer are very evident and undeniable and present for long stretches of each match.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:22 (twenty-two years ago)

he's good at winning them freekicks outside the box.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:26 (twenty-two years ago)

he's a durty divin'/hackin' MAGGIE BASTAD

obv.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Who was it who said that Alan Shearer is the sort of bloke who throws his wife onto the bed and promptly hoovers the spot where she'd been standing?
-- Japanese Giraffe

that was Nick Hancock, They Think It's All Over ;)

(see also the sort of bloke who celebrates opening a 9 point lead at the top of the table by creosoting his garden fence)

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:28 (twenty-two years ago)

there will be no Owen-bashing here either

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Michael Owen - didn't he recently bore a man to death?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:32 (twenty-two years ago)

shearer's garden fence must be very rusty nowadays

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:33 (twenty-two years ago)

to be fair Dadaismus I think you did most of the loosening of that jar and Owen merely had to unscrew the lid once loosened

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

To be fair stevem, fuck you

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:36 (twenty-two years ago)

chill you two, this is the thread for praising the balding, ox-like shearer.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:37 (twenty-two years ago)

He's a wanker. Always kept a good rep despite being a sly dirty fucker, should have been properly reprimanded for kicking Lennon.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:38 (twenty-two years ago)

And not for insulting one another, thank you

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:38 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm not sure how 'sly' shearer's overbearing physicality was ronan. he used to just fly in with the old elbows, the fact that the referees refused to punish him is their problem!!!

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Je lui adore

― the magfox, Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)

sly dirty fucker like about 200 other players. has received only one red card in his career and that was Uriah Rennie's stupidest, practically childish, decision ever. can you argue with the maths that much? is Shearer really that intimidating to referees on the pitch? he's hardly Keane.

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, Alan Shearer does have an uncanny knack for getting away with some pretty atrocious stuff on the pitch. Dull as ditchwater off the pitch.

However his goal record is fucking great by anyone's standards and I kind of respect him for sticking with Newcastle throughout seasons of midtable mediocrity instead of bleating "ooh I want to be in the Champions League and I'll leave otherwise". And I'd be secretly happy if he played for England in Euro2004.

Jury's out then.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Not just that though, I remember one game against Villa where he ran across Bosnich and pulled his arm as on the SLY as the ball was being kicked, causing him to utterly fuck up the kick-out.

Keane was not sly though that's the difference, he stood up and was counted. Shearer got away with too much because since he was English and scoring goals for England (and essential to England) he was never branded with a rep like Vieira or Keane.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Also it was his fucking elbow that put England out of France 98 and no one ever seems to mention that.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I think the dullness is over-stated. Is it a consequence of his on-pitch brilliance? Ronaldo is dull off the pitch for chrissakes, that's not what we pay them for (leave that to Nikesico)

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Also it was his fucking elbow that put England out of France 98 and no one ever seems to mention that.

this cannot be pinned down to any one thing. Beckham, Ince, Batty, Roa and the ref are all just as significant factors as Shearer's elbow.

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:47 (twenty-two years ago)

okay i concede Shearer got away with a lot...but there's an interesting thing going on here where if you were to ask if Vieira, Keane, Cantona etc. were classic or dud I think you'd get the unanimous 'classic...but a dirty bastad' as well, and they're possibly all perceived to be MORE classic than Shearer because they're considered less dull as people and their petulance is better-documented, almost celebrated.

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, they're better players too and they won more trophies.

Contrary to what Matt says I think Shearer was unambitious not to leave Newcastle. Same goes for him quitting England. When you look at his ability he's had a very disappointing career.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Could you imagine late 90s Manyoo with Shearer upfront? Frightening.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Does Shearer have any trophies to his name other than the Premiership title with Blackburn?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:59 (twenty-two years ago)

dunno about BETTER players. Shearer WAS ambitious but also idealistic and seemed to feel that trophies wouldn't mean half as much unless they were won with Newcastle. maybe that's not true, but he surely joined the club believing they could become a real force and not just out of homesickness. so I wouldn't lump him in with Le Tissier or Steve Bull in that respect (their loyalty admirable but was there real ambition there?).

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Lineker only won the title with a club once too didn't he?

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Surely Shearer fulfilled part of his ambition by playing for Newcastle, undoubtedly he'd have won more trophies at ManU, L'pool, Arsenal etc but it's not what he was interested in.

He'll fulfill the rest of his ambition when he suceeds Sir Bob as manager in a year or two's time.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:02 (twenty-two years ago)

A great goalscorer and an exciting lover.

Remember France 98 when all the England team were giving media interviews and dropping song titles into them? They would have got away with it if Shearer hadn't said "we've been dancing on the ceiling." Only Alan would come up with a Lionel Richie song.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah I still think he should have left at some stage. He's never going to be considered as good a player as he could have been.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Michael Owen - didn't he recently bore a man to death?
-- Dadaismus (kcoyne3...), April 13th, 2004.

No, Houlier recovered from the heart attack.

― matthew james (matthew james), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Erm

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I admire his loyalty and appreciate his desire to have a settled, stable life rather than chase trophies and ca$h wherever whim and luck may have taken him. I wouldn't be too pissed off if I was him looking back over his career.

(also I don't see why being the Premiership's top goalscorer at 33 while playing for a mediocre team disaqualifies him in Ronan's eyes. If he's happy and loves his club I'm sure he's giving it his all. Better than being a bernchwarmer in the highly pressurised top rung of club football. Ronan, try and look on the positive side for once, Christ!)

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes I am incessantly pompous and oblivious amn't I?

Oh did I just type that!

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I feel Shearer's career is disappointing, staying at his club was in my opinion a mistake. I feel lots of other players have fulfilled their potential. It's not even a matter of negative/positive. I think it's quite clear he could have won more, and besides, do you expect me to say something I don't think for the sake of "being positive", or your fairly spurious idea of positivity.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:19 (twenty-two years ago)

but if you asked most pundits to pick their top 5 players of the Premiership, I reckon Shearer would be many people's first choice because of the prolificness and consistency he provided where so many others could not, in spite of the empty trophy cabinet.

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:21 (twenty-two years ago)

it's not a given he would've won more Ronan. Unless you mean he should've gone to Man Utd or to a big Italian club (he learned Italian with this view in mind but it never happened)..but who knows how it would've worked out either way.

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:23 (twenty-two years ago)

stevem has a point. he was bought for massive money by a big club who were spending a lot of money to build a title-chasing team. it wasn't like le tiss who stayed at a club who were never ever gonna compete for anything - shearer showed ambition, but the club never quite got off the ground in the way they wished (still had some strong seasons)

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:26 (twenty-two years ago)

If Shearer had gone to Italy or Spain he'd be a God now. I've watched Celtic be outplayed by two Spanish teams this seasons - outplayed in the sense of out-passed and out-thought but could either of them score? OK so Villarreal fluked a header but they could still be playing NOW and they wouldn't have scored another.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I think the memory of him will always be purely an English one and in today's game that's not enough really, there are bigger opportunities. I mean whatever about not leaving Newcastle, retiring from England ASWELL. That does show a total lack of ambition or drive to take on things on the international stage.

x-post, he stayed for ages though!

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Players who score goals are gold dust - Shearer scores goals

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:28 (twenty-two years ago)

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― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 12:20 (twenty years ago)

I wonder if he's scored more penalties than any other Premiership player?

Terrific striker of the ball.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 12:21 (twenty years ago)

What the hell was I doing up at 8:15 in the morning.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 12:22 (twenty years ago)

Sorry I should correct, of course he made it at club level, all the goals, but never played in a really successful team.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 12:23 (twenty years ago)

Blackburn?

― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 12:44 (twenty years ago)

Yes but one league title for one of the best players in Britain fairly consistently for how many years, 12 or so?

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 12:50 (twenty years ago)

That's 'cos he's never played alongside a forward as good as Chris Sutton since ;-)

― TS: Mick Ralphs vs. Ariel Bender (Dada), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 12:52 (twenty years ago)

Or Mike Newell!

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 12:53 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://www.thefa.com/NR/rdonlyres/1333122F-8293-4621-A39E-

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 12:54 (twenty years ago)

oh well, didn't work

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 12:54 (twenty years ago)

xpost: You could say something similar about Bryan Robson, I don't think greatness necessarily equates to league medals. Do you think Shearer made the wrong decision going to Newcastle instead of Manchester United? At the time (summer of 1996) Newcastle had narrowly missed out on winning the league - I'm sure he didn't expect them to win nothing in the following decade. Plus Jack Walker was adamant he would not sell to his supposed arch-rivals (forgetting that they were actually Burnley, not United). No other clubs had the money or the inclination, and Shearer was a boyhood Newcastle fan. So he probably had no choice.

― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 13:00 (twenty years ago)

A footballer who wants to play for the club he supports, what a crime!

― TS: Mick Ralphs vs. Ariel Bender (Dada), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 13:01 (twenty years ago)

i always wonder why recovered-from-serious-injury players seem to lose the power of evil freekicks

i was just about to say this, again!

i'll always prefer sir les, mind

this too!

― rtcotm (mwah), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 13:07 (twenty years ago)

A footballer who wants to play for the club he supports, what a crime!

I'm sure that's what swung it for him, but I don't think he would have made that decision if he'd known that Keegan would leave six months later and Newcastle would never challenge for the league again.

― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 13:07 (twenty years ago)

the 'what if shearer had gone to barcelona before newcastle came in' parallel universe is still always an enticing 'un

― rtcotm (mwah), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 13:09 (twenty years ago)

manchester united didn't want shearer anyway, because he was too fucking dearer.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 13:22 (twenty years ago)

I think it is perhaps a myth that he turned Manchester United down. I have always followed footy news closely - as have you. And I don't remember anything in that period about United tabling a bid. It is a pity that this story has become so standard-issue, leading to United fans baiting him, etc, with no evident basis.

I like Alan Shearer a great deal; I'll refrain from saying that I love him. I have always appreciated him, in just the same sort of way - as a scan of my comments on him on ilx would suggest. In English terms, he is one of the greats.

It is sad if he doesn't get to play again - but then, given his injury record, he's had a remarkably good run for the last two seasons. And this may be the perfect way to go: surely for many Newcastle fans, a 1-4 win at Sunderland is the best result in ages?

How about this question: what is your favourite Shearer goal? I think mine might be the 30-yard volley against Everton, about 2 years ago.

― the pinefox, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 13:51 (twenty years ago)

fave club goal: hmm. did he score when Blackburn beat Utd at Ewood Park in '95?

fave international goal: the way he took the third goal against the Dutch in '96 - so perfectly poised and so emphatic an execution.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 14:03 (twenty years ago)

No, he definitely turned United down. Twice.

fave club goal: hmm. did he score when Blackburn beat Utd at Ewood Park in '95?

We beat them home and away the season they won the league (94/95), but they won 2-0 at Ewood Park the season before that. I remember it was on Sky, I think late on a Saturday afternoon, and it was during my Easter holidays from university. I was in a pub in a small town in Sussex and the only other people watching the game there were two Blackburn fans wearing Blackburn shirts with their Blackburrrrrrrrrrrrrn accents. They looked like the chuckle brothers and gave me abuse for the whole match. I don't know what on earth they were doing there. I think Blackburn went top, or at least level with United, after that result, even though United had been about 14 points clear at Xmas. Don't know if Shearer scored, but I expect so. When did Sutton sign for Blackburn?

― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 15:10 (twenty years ago)

but I don't think he would have made that decision if he'd known that Keegan would leave six months later

But Keegan's an appalling manager.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 15:14 (twenty years ago)

Chris Sutton:

94-95 Blackburn Rovers 15 Goals, 40 Games
95-96 Blackburn Rovers 13 Games
96-97 Blackburn Rovers 11 Goals, 25 Games
97-98 Blackburn Rovers 18 Goals, 35 Games
98-99 Blackburn Rovers 3 Goals, 17 Games

― TS: Mick Ralphs vs. Ariel Bender (Dada), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 15:15 (twenty years ago)

I remember it was on Sky, I think late on a Saturday afternoon

IIRC it was the first Premiership match to be shown live on Sky on a Saturday, and so close to the other games as well. It was all very exciting.

soccerbase sez Shearer got both:

English Premier
Blackburn 2 (0) - 0 (0) Man Utd
Shearer 46
Shearer 76

At Ewood Park on 02-04-1994

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 15:20 (twenty years ago)

No, he definitely turned United down. Twice.

This simply restates the claim. Where is the evidence? I dare say that you can produce it.

― the bellefox, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 15:26 (twenty years ago)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/articles/2006/01/17/shearer_magic2_feature.shtml

Perhaps the greatest team performance ever seen by Newcastle United in the Premiership. After being crushed 4-0 by Man United in the Charity Shield a couple of months earlier, Newcastle played the exact same line-up against the Premier League Champions, and got a completely different result.

And at the heart of it was Alan Shearer, a player who turned down Manchester United to join Newcastle. He set up one goal, whipping in a fantastic cross for the reliable head of Les Ferdinand, before scoring another, tapping in after Schmeichel could only parry a shot.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 15:29 (twenty years ago)

I remember Shearer turning down Man Utd quite clearly, because if you recall at the time Blackburn made a cheeky offer of a swap deal for Cantona.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 15:29 (twenty years ago)

I'm afraid I don't count that (the italicized bit above) as evidence - it's just someone else in a hurry referring to hearsay.

What would count as evidence? Perhaps a book by Shearer in which he talks about why he made the difficult decision not to join United.

― the bellefox, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 15:31 (twenty years ago)

No, it's true, I turned them down twice. The first time for the love of money, and the second time for the love of my home town team. Now, I sit here, with my dodgy knee and reflect on David May having considerably more medals than me.

― Alan Shearer, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 15:36 (twenty years ago)

"It Doesn't Match???"

― Alan Actor (Ronan), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 16:15 (twenty years ago)

i love alan, he makes me happy in my pants.

― Edward Jennings III, Tuesday, 25 April 2006 15:43 (twenty years ago)

English Premier
Blackburn 2 (0) - 0 (0) Man Utd
Shearer 46
Shearer 76

At Ewood Park on 02-04-1994

I watched that game in a pub in Plumstead with my Dad. The local opinion was divided on which of the two teams was the biggest bunch of rich northern cnuts.

I found the teams:
Blackburn: Flowers ,May ,Le Saux ,Batty ,Hendry ,Berg ,Ripley ,Sherwood ,Shearer ,Newell (Marker ,85 ) ,Wilcox ,Mimms
Subs not used: Wright,

Man Utd: Schmeichel ,Parker (McClair ,70 ) ,Irwin ,Bruce ,Sharpe ,Pallister ,Kanchelskis ,Ince ,Keane ,Hughes ,Giggs
Subs not used: Robson,Sealey,

Bookings: None

Attendance: 20866

Top of the table clash with no bookings and only 20866 people there!

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 15:53 (twenty years ago)

No wonder Blackburn won, they fielded 12 players (including two goalies) according to that!

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 15:59 (twenty years ago)

Soccerbase formatting issues I think.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 16:01 (twenty years ago)

Mimms should have been in the subs list.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 16:02 (twenty years ago)

Wot no Cantona?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 16:17 (twenty years ago)

Who was "Marker"?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 16:18 (twenty years ago)

Wot no Cantona?

Cantona got sent off twice in about three days around that time, so he was probably banned. This was during the Great Wobble of the Spring of 1994. United had been leading the league by about 14 or 15 points at Christmas, and on course for an unprecedented (and still never-achieved) domestic treble, then it all started to fall apart - players getting sent off left, right and centre, the Rumblewoodsmilk Cup lost to Villa, Blackburn closing the gap to zero points, deep into injury time and losing against Oldham in the FA Cup semi-final with the chants of 'You're gonna win fuck all' ringing out...

Then Hughes got an improbable equalising volley, United powered clear of Blackburn again, completed the double with a 4-0 win over Chelsea and topped the charts with Status Quo.

― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 16:40 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

Revive for his testimonial, eh?

Coverage on ITV4 right now - Newcastle are playing "money for nothing" over the tannoy during the warm-up. Hoho.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 11 May 2006 17:40 (twenty years ago)

"all the Newcastle celebrities are here, and Jimmy Nail is the top of that list". Roffle.

Cool, Neil Lennon's playing. I hope he kicks Shearer in the face for revenge.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 11 May 2006 17:47 (twenty years ago)

I really miss that 1995 Blackburn team! They were formative, somehow, for me.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 11 May 2006 19:20 (twenty years ago)

Wish i'd known this was on tv earlier.
In a sign of sportsmanship Celtic are bringing on Adam Virgo to allow Newcastle a better chance of equalising.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 11 May 2006 19:36 (twenty years ago)

haha am i genius or what

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 11 May 2006 19:42 (twenty years ago)

Yes, recognising Adam Virgo as shit makes you the greatest footballing expert in the world. Well done ;-p

Testimonial in totally-fixed-to-make-the-recipient-and-the-fans-happy shockah!

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 11 May 2006 19:53 (twenty years ago)

Sorry to sound churlish, but Shearer's speech about the uniqueness of the Newcastle fans was annoying. 52,000 cheering fans - where else would you get that?

― Daniel Giraffe (Daniel Giraffe), Friday, 12 May 2006 10:19 (twenty years ago)

I had no intention of watching this but I was meeting my flatmate in the pub and caught the last 20 minutes or so. The end of this match was hilarious. It was such an obvious fix. Last minute equaliser followed by the most uneccessary hack in the penalty box. And who do they sub on to take the penalty? Priceless!

― Stew (stew s), Friday, 12 May 2006 10:24 (twenty years ago)

Sir Les nobly threw himself to the ground in the area in the last seconds, as his main contribution to proceedings.

― Daniel Giraffe (Daniel Giraffe), Friday, 12 May 2006 10:26 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

He just said that John Terry's goal and England captaincy 'couldn't happen to a better person'.

― the pinefox, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 20:00 (eighteen years ago)

Hahahaha, yes, exactly.

― Scik Mouthy, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 21:20 (eighteen years ago)

Apparently England's trouble is that they have too many good players. OK...

― The Boyler, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 22:19 (eighteen years ago)

and nice people, like JT

― the pinefox, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 22:39 (eighteen years ago)

ten months pass...

Someone must have been spreading rumours about Alan Shearer.

― the pinefox, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 10:05 (seventeen years ago)

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