No sport.. so what you guys watching?

DILLIGAF said:
No, I'm not kidding
That's the great thing about opinions, you're entitled to them
I watched the first episode of Peaky Blinders, will never watch the rest
Have never watched Game of Thrones, it's not my kind of show
Gillian Anderson played the role well
The serial killer, was definitely creepier imho
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All things Hannibal,Chucky and as many goals as possible against Sevconia old and new HH
 
Bridie Bhoy said:
I think it is about how a couple of Scottish footballers helped revolutionize the English game as it changed from being a sport for ex public school toffs to being the working man's game.
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I saw something last week saying that people think either Chelsea or Arsenal (canna mind which) were the first to field a team a team with no English players in the 11 in the 2000s. The show I watched said that it was Sunderland 100 years earlier that were the first to do this. They had 11 Scots in their team. I posted something last year about a Celtic team with no Scots in the team. The only one I remember is Dimitri Kharine in goal. (Remember him?) Will look oot the book and post it again.
We invented futba no them. The rules are apparently in the archives at Stirling University (read that somewhere years ago). Sometimes the rules were agreed upon on the day of the game. The rules that most reflect the game as we know it are the ones in the archives at Stirling. The English were first to organise leagues and cups etc.
 
Here's that Celtic Scots free eleven.
8th September 2001 Celtic v Dunfermline. Celtic won 3-1.
Dimitri Kharine (Russia)
Joos Valgaren (Belgium)
Didier Agathe (Reunion)
Bobo Balde (France but played for Guinea)
Olivier Tebily (Ivory Coast)
Alan Thompson (England)
Neil Lennon (Ireland)
Stilian Petrov (Bulgaria)
Lubo Moravcik (Slovakia)
Henrik Larsson (Sweden)
Chris Sutton (England)
 
Richybhoy said:
I saw something last week saying that people think either Chelsea or Arsenal (canna mind which) were the first to field a team a team with no English players in the 11 in the 2000s. The show I watched said that it was Sunderland 100 years earlier that were the first to do this. They had 11 Scots in their team. I posted something last year about a Celtic team with no Scots in the team. The only one I remember is Dimitri Kharine in goal. (Remember him?) Will look oot the book and post it again.
We invented futba no them. The rules are apparently in the archives at Stirling University (read that somewhere years ago). Sometimes the rules were agreed upon on the day of the game. The rules that most reflect the game as we know it are the ones in the archives at Stirling. The English were first to organise leagues and cups etc.
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Even if the English did organise the sport it was the Scots that invented the game as we know it. Originally English teams played a 1-1-1-8 formation and took turns with a single person running at the spearhead of a ram trying to batter through the opposition line while dribbling the ball. I imagine it was like a cross between British Bulldog and a maul in rugby (a bit like Souness's deidco team for those of us unfortunate to remember it). Hacking of the opponents' shins was allowed snd positively encouraged as it toughened players into becoming men.

It was the Scots that realised you could effectively pass the ball to your colleagues to get round the opposition line. This resulted in more players dropping back into midfield and defense (read "Inverting the Pyramid" or "The Ball is Round" if you care enough). The passing game that every team adopted was known worldwide as The Scottish Game up to about the 2nd World War.

Sorry for being boring! 🥱
 
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