Old Timey Football Thread

[BRO_BOT]

God, wasn’t domestic 90s football largely a load of dreadful cobblers, easily the worst decade on the pitch.

Was. It. Fcuk!

[Sutekh]

God, wasn’t domestic 90s football largely a load of dreadful cobblers, easily the worst decade on the pitch.

Was. It. Fcuk!

Hated the horrible kits, the paucity of any half decent British talent, dreadful hairstyles and general posing. It was that time before we were flooded with all the unknown foreigners, that turn out to be actually quite decent, that you get today so clubs were still largely filled with “hopeless” British talent. But at least Bournemouth, Brighton and Brentford knew their place!

[Winston Biscuit]

I won't hear a bad word said about the 90's, in any regard at all!

[BRO_BOT]

I won't hear a bad word said about the 90's, in any regard at all!

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Great Signing Photos of our Time.



When Reading signed Falklands War veteran Phil Stant.

[leon]

God, wasn’t domestic 90s football largely a load of dreadful cobblers, easily the worst decade on the pitch.

Was. It. Fcuk!

Hated the horrible kits, the paucity of any half decent British talent, dreadful hairstyles and general posing. It was that time before we were flooded with all the unknown foreigners, that turn out to be actually quite decent, that you get today so clubs were still largely filled with “hopeless” British talent. But at least Bournemouth, Brighton and Brentford knew their place!

There were some great foreign players in the 90s. English football started to get good. largely because of the foreign influx dragging the standards up.

[BRO_BOT]

Was. It. Fcuk!

Hated the horrible kits, the paucity of any half decent British talent, dreadful hairstyles and general posing. It was that time before we were flooded with all the unknown foreigners, that turn out to be actually quite decent, that you get today so clubs were still largely filled with “hopeless” British talent. But at least Bournemouth, Brighton and Brentford knew their place!

There were some great foreign players in the 90s. English football started to get good. largely because of the foreign influx dragging the standards up.

Yeah English football couldn't compete before then

[leon]

Hated the horrible kits, the paucity of any half decent British talent, dreadful hairstyles and general posing. It was that time before we were flooded with all the unknown foreigners, that turn out to be actually quite decent, that you get today so clubs were still largely filled with “hopeless” British talent. But at least Bournemouth, Brighton and Brentford knew their place!

There were some great foreign players in the 90s. English football started to get good. largely because of the foreign influx dragging the standards up.

Yeah English football couldn't compete before then

Back pass rule init.

fcuking Liverpool just passing it back to the keeper as soons as things got hairy.

[BRO_BOT]

There were some great foreign players in the 90s. English football started to get good. largely because of the foreign influx dragging the standards up.

Yeah English football couldn't compete before then


Back pass rule init.

fcuking Liverpool just passing it back to the keeper as soons as things got hairy.

LOL, I got what you meant! The Foreigns made it sexier, smoking at half time etc

[leon]

Yeah English football couldn't compete before then


Back pass rule init.

fcuking Liverpool just passing it back to the keeper as soons as things got hairy.

LOL, I got what you meant! The Foreigns made it sexier, smoking at half time etc

lovely hair, foxy wives and the accents!! Oh the accents....

[Winston Biscuit]

I just learned about Dario Dubois, who played for a number of teams in the Argentinian lower divisions in the 90's, and became really well known for playing in face paint



He was shot and killed 17 years ago today by people trying to rob him and his girlfriend

[BRO_BOT]

mad to think Ron Atkinson and Jim Smith were in their early 20s here.

[From Despair To Where?]

Fat Ron's the record appearance holder for Oxford, isn't he?

[BRO_BOT]

10 years today since this all-time great heat map

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[From Despair To Where?]

Keith Gillespie?

[stealthpapes]

Given that he was, quite literally, on fire, it's ironic that it's Will Grigg in the 2016 Euros vs Poland.

[From Despair To Where?]

To be fair, a League 1 flat track bully does not necessarily an International class striker make, even for Northern Ireland.

[Winston Biscuit]

really interesting It Was What It Was podcast this morning which is on the 84/85 season and the violence going on at games. Lots of incidents I didn't know about, as behaviour at matches really deteriorated. The end of season includes the Bradford fire and Heysal.

[Sutekh]

really interesting It Was What It Was podcast this morning which is on the 84/85 season and the violence going on at games. Lots of incidents I didn't know about, as behaviour at matches really deteriorated. The end of season includes the Bradford fire and Heysal.

A week earlier and Reading would have been the “other half” of the Bradford fire