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Fitz
Fitz
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1:22pm, 25 Apr 2024
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GregP, at Spurs they now run-on the stadium clock after 45/90 minutes, so you now know where you are in terms of time added on. Much betterer that way.

I always assumed the convention of the ref whistling the end of the half / match when the ball is in the air, rather than in the middle of a goal-mouth scramble, was a direct response to ye olde Clive Thomas incident in the 70s.
TROSaracen
TROSaracen
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1:23pm, 25 Apr 2024
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Yes, it was very similar to when Whiskey Face managed Man Utd, the game either ended on 90:00 with Man Utd ahead, or when the next Man Utd goal was scored….
GregP
GregP
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1:24pm, 25 Apr 2024
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Really? I haven't been since the end of last season [when I bought a Chelmsford City season ticket] - that's a big improvement.
Joopsy
Joopsy
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1:51pm, 25 Apr 2024
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TROSaracen wrote:Yes, it was very similar to when Whiskey Face managed Man Utd, the game either ended on 90:00 with Man Utd ahead, or when the next Man Utd goal was scored….


I remember when we beat Sheffield Wednesday at home in 93 with goals in the 93rd and 96th minute or something like that and the future and complaining afterwards. I was at that game and in a modern equivalence there would have been at least three years injury time, such was the time wasting of Waddle and co.
Joopsy
Joopsy
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1:55pm, 25 Apr 2024
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And also, we need less complexity in the game, not more. Stop time wasting, stick to the 6 second goalkeeper rule, stop tactical time outs (Arteta is the worst) by feigning a serious injury when things aren't going well so that everyone can run over and have a chat with the coach. It's a lot easier and the laws just need applying.
bigleggy
bigleggy
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3:04pm, 25 Apr 2024
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TROSaracen wrote:Clive ‘the book’ Thomas


Don't you blaspheme in here ;-)
TROSaracen
TROSaracen
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3:53pm, 25 Apr 2024
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Yeas he stitched us up too - 1981 League Cup Final vs Liverpool. The most mild mannered manager in football history, John Lyall, exploded and called him a 'cheat' after. Doing that to someone like Lyall would made 'The Book' very happy.
bigleggy
bigleggy
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4:09pm, 25 Apr 2024
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v Liverpool you say - us too !!! He's still hated with a passion by any Evertonian old enough to remember it.
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Hills of Death (HOD)
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5:33pm, 25 Apr 2024
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