What ever happened to...

[Linz]

... people chucking bog rolls on the pitch at football as cheap and stolen streamers?

Is this now against some rule?

Or are we alright to lob Strafford's daily supply of Andrex off the upper tier on Sunday?

Bring back chucking bog rolls!

 

[Dessie]

And white dog shit?

 

[frechyblade]

... people chucking bog rolls on the pitch at football as cheap and stolen streamers?

Is this now against some rule?

Or are we alright to lob Strafford's daily supply of Andrex off the upper tier on Sunday?

Bring back chucking bog rolls!

A mate once got chucked out at Hull after hurling a bog roll! Hardly an offensive weapon or likely to cause serious injury!

UTB

 

[TheSwollengland]

Probably went the way of banners made out of broom handles ,old bed sheets and red ink

 

[SotonBlade]

One of my earliest Football Memories was bog rolls on the back of the goal!

 

[LouTheBlade]

... people chucking bog rolls on the pitch at football as cheap and stolen streamers?

Is this now against some rule?

Or are we alright to lob Strafford's daily supply of Andrex off the upper tier on Sunday?

Bring back chucking bog rolls!

Yep I remember those days. I also remember loads of rolls being lobbed from the Kop, one particular cup tie against Man Utd. Roy Keane got his feet tangled up in it whilst trying to take a corner. That was when we had some characters in football and everyone knew how to have fun without getting silly.

Sadly because of one off incidents football has gone the way of the rest of society in being 'over PC' as well as being health and safety obsessed. Its mainly down to the irritating do-good-ers. Everything is dangerous now; and everything is an offensive weapon. Like those rattles (cant remember what they were called) they used to have back in the day. They got banned as well unsurprisingly.

We'll all end up having to go to games naked eventually, as people's belt buckles and shoes will be deemed as potential instruments of violence soon. All of this is the reason football has lost a lot of its traditions and has consequently led to boring players and managers in an indirect sort of way. No one says anything controversial (other than Warnock and Holloway) and everything is cliche - "we take one game at a time etc....." zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[frechyblade]

We'll all end up having to go to games naked eventually,

If that day ever comes I would really need to change my ST seat, boy there are some ugly feckers around me and thats with there kit on! And I don't think I look particularly good naked!

Is there a sexy section to go with our singing section? What other sections could we have?

UTB

 

[LouTheBlade]

If that day ever comes I would really need to change my ST seat, boy there are some ugly feckers around me and thats with there kit on! And I don't think I look particularly good naked!

Is there a sexy section to go with our singing section? What other sections could we have?

UTB

Yes I have to admit, the people round me wouldnt be pleasing on the eye in the buff either!

 

[Linz]

If the naked law was brought in, could females under the age of, say, 30 have half price season tickets?

I'm guessing more naked women = more men wanting to pay to get in (the ground... guttersnipes!)

 

[JohnDenver]

I also remember loads of rolls being lobbed from the Kop, one particular cup tie against Man Utd. Roy Keane got his feet tangled up in it whilst trying to take a corner. That was when we had some characters in football and everyone knew how to have fun without getting silly.

I remember this differently. Cantona was taking a throw-in (or corner) by the Kop / South Stand and got bog-rolled. He turned round to glare at the crowd in that Galic way of his. I was sat directly in line so remember it fairly well.

Anyway, the point being, I think it was a matter of days later that he went famously mental at Crystal Palace.

Can anyone verify this? I'm pretty sure about the timings.

 

[Sothall_Blade]

If the naked law was brought in, could females under the age of, say, 30 have half price season tickets?

I'm guessing more naked women = more men wanting to pay to get in (the ground... guttersnipes!)

Half price? They could have them free as far as I'm concerned. In fact why wait for the law to change? We could easily fill the ground the next season. One for McCabe and Birch at the forum maybe?

 

[SwissBlade]

Bog Roll, Argos Papers and Air Horns

... people chucking bog rolls on the pitch at football as cheap and stolen streamers?

Is this now against some rule?

Or are we alright to lob Strafford's daily supply of Andrex off the upper tier on Sunday?

Bring back chucking bog rolls!

Perhaps this is a question for the "modern supporters"

Its alledged that we used to go to McD's on the Moor and "borrow" the bog roll...

Then we used to go to Argos down the Moor and take handfuls of the order tickets and spend ages on the back of the John St West, Kop or Kop corner tearing them into little pieces to chuck in the air when the teams came out.

I got a bit excited before the 0-0 derby back in the early 90's, we bought an air horn from Halfords between us before the game and each smuggled a part in. As the John St West filled up we put it together and a couple of the lads had a go, which resulted in failure... I had a go and it was perfect air horn execution... back slaps all round from my mates, resulting in one final back slap from a big Plod who preceeded to kick me and one of the lads out, 15 minutes before kick off!

Obviously we were gutted and as we wandered around aimlessly outside the ground we bumped into Mick Rooker (the legend), he'd attended our football club awards do with Bob Booker (the legend) the previous season as well as giving the club a tour of the lane. He took us in to one of the conference rooms on the South Stand where the game was being recorded for BBC so at least we got to watch it!

 

[JohnDenver]

Obviously we were gutted and as we wandered around aimlessly outside the ground we bumped into Mick Rooker (the legend), he'd attended our football club awards do with Bob Booker (the legend) the previous season as well as giving the club a tour of the lane. He took us in to one of the conference rooms on the South Stand where the game was being recorded for BBC so at least we got to watch it!

The Rooker legend just grows and grows.

 

[Linz]

Half price? They could have them free as far as I'm concerned. In fact why wait for the law to change? We could easily fill the ground the next season. One for McCabe and Birch at the forum maybe?

It'd take some bloody Bovril to warm me through for them Tuesday night matches in January.

Brrrrr! Makes me chilly just thinking about it.

 

[Sothall_Blade]

It'd take some bloody Bovril to warm me through for them Tuesday night matches in January.

Brrrrr! Makes me chilly just thinking about it.

Oh go on then. We'll chuck in free Bovril as well.

 

[LouTheBlade]

If the naked law was brought in, could females under the age of, say, 30 have half price season tickets?

I'm guessing more naked women = more men wanting to pay to get in (the ground... guttersnipes!)

It would certainly be financially viable as I'm sure the fellas would happily pay 50% extra on top of their ST, which would cover the female discount. WIN WIN!

Although you would then get complaints from sections of the lane with the groaners complaining over lack of value for their money when they get sat next to a 50 year old heffer!

It has some pit-falls I think!

 

[Billyblade]

Like those rattles (cant remember what they were called)

Lou, they were called "rattles"

No need to give me +rep. I'm here to help.

 

[LouTheBlade]

I remember this differently. Cantona was taking a throw-in (or corner) by the Kop / South Stand and got bog-rolled. He turned round to glare at the crowd in that Galic way of his. I was sat directly in line so remember it fairly well.

Anyway, the point being, I think it was a matter of days later that he went famously mental at Crystal Palace.

Can anyone verify this? I'm pretty sure about the timings.

Sounds around about the time he did the karate kick yeh. Although the bog roll incident was repeated in that game. Cantona did get it from the Kop but Keane did as well. I distinctly remember it. It happened three times during the game and Keane got his feet caught up in the corner. I remember thinking it was really funny at the time due to his hard man image and the fact that I was 9 years old

 

[Billyblade]

It would certainly be financially viable as I'm sure the fellas would happily pay 50% extra on top of their ST, which would cover the female discount. WIN WIN!

Although you would then get complaints from sections of the lane with the groaners complaining over lack of value for their money when they get sat next to a 50 year old heffer!

It has some pit-falls I think!

I sit between my Brother and my Son. You can't get a bigger pitfall than that !

 

[LouTheBlade]

Lou, they were called "rattles"

No need to give me +rep. I'm here to help.

Thanks Billy. Sadly I am far too young to remember them at games - although I'm sure I saw people sneeking them in once or twice. Sadly the authorities never let it catch on again it seems.

 

[LouTheBlade]

I sit between my Brother and my Son. You can't get a bigger pitfall than that !

Yeh I sit with my old man and my kid brother. Alongside three fellas well into their 60's and 70's - GRIM!

 

[Billyblade]

Thanks Billy. Sadly I am far too young to remember them at games - although I'm sure I saw people sneeking them in once or twice. Sadly the authorities never let it catch on again it seems.

I'm not surprised Lou, they weighed a ton and were bloody lethal !!!

 

[Sothall_Blade]

What ever happened to - Part Deux

Also..What ever happened to? The goalie walking twenty yards out of his goal before launching his kick into the opposition's box. It was alway a very profitable tactic for us in the Bassett days and yet teams (even long-ball teams) just don't seem to do it much any more.

Unlike bog rolls, rattles, inflatables, baloons and clackers, useful tactics don't simply go out of fashion. So why have goalies stopped doing this?

 

[Linz]

At a guess, the introduction of the pass back rule meaning that goalies like to stay closer to their six yard box?

It's easier to be further out in your area if you know you can pick the ball up regardless of who has kicked it towards you.

 

[Grecian2000]

a bog roll! Hardly an offensive weapon or likely to cause serious injury!

There speaks someone who has never ripped their arse to shreds on a piece of Izal Soft (thank fuck I never got to sample Izal Not So Soft).

 

[Sothall_Blade]

At a guess, the introduction of the pass back rule meaning that goalies like to stay closer to their six yard box?

It's easier to be further out in your area if you know you can pick the ball up regardless of who has kicked it towards you.

It's a possibility but the back pass rule was introduced in 1992 and I'm sure I remember Bassett continuing to use the tactic until he left us in 1995.

 

[LouTheBlade]

At a guess, the introduction of the pass back rule meaning that goalies like to stay closer to their six yard box?

It's easier to be further out in your area if you know you can pick the ball up regardless of who has kicked it towards you.

Linz has pretty much hit the nail on the head. Another reason though is that teams simply dont allow keepers to do this anymore. At that time keepers used to drop the ball and walk out with it as you say, but after the era of effective long ball tactics, teams started countering this by always having their centre forward harrasing the keeper. Nowadays there is always a man up top on the keepers toes (in most cases) or at least 5-10 yards away. Manager's started to encourage this to prevent goalies from gaining ground. Simple enough really, it was just that no one cottoned on back then as persistent hoof-ball was a new thing.

 

[the magic man]

There speaks someone who has never ripped their arse to shreds on a piece of Izal Soft (thank fuck I never got to sample Izal Not So Soft).

Ah, Izal, the grandparents toilet roll of choice. I hated it so much i used to try and 'hold it in' when staying at my grans. It just used to move it around, not wipe it up!!

 

[sothall blade]

what became of the massive flag that used to come over the kop in the early 90s,used to go fuckin dark when it passed over,and anybody remember those stupid little trumpets what the piggy kop band brought to bdtbl when the owls band got banned,i could fart louder than they could play

 

[rachyblade]

That massive flag was one of my first memories, wasnt it red and yellow? I think we had a couple of them, really thick material, would love to see them back on the kop.