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posted 11-07-2008 11:03
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AC Milan is fine, as is Milan; what gets on my tits is people who use "AC" (without the "Milan") as an equivalent to "Inter".
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posted 11-07-2008 11:06
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JP, you'll just have to name the other teams in your new league.
As will I this time next year...
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posted 11-07-2008 11:07
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Those 'name all 92 clubs' things always trip you up, though - I obviously know them all, but if you're asked to name them as part of a challenge, there's always a few that slip your mind.
That's why I set the bar at 90. I always end up forgetting someone daft like Coventry.
I like saying Notts Forest.
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posted 11-07-2008 11:10
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And we pronounce Gillingham with a hard G, like that place near Yeovil...
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posted 11-07-2008 11:14
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So it's 91 clubs then ...?
No, it's 92 but you have to get the name of the 92nd club ("Franchise") correct.
In my younger, Shoot!-reading days I could have named all 92 English league clubs, but not now. Too many yo-yo-ing Donnys, Rushdens and Kidderminsters to keep track of these days.
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Last Edit: 11-07-2008 11:15 By blameless.
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posted 11-07-2008 11:16
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I would be doing well to get 85 of the 92 clubs.
I can tell you who played at right-back for Algeria in the 1982 World Cup though.
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posted 11-07-2008 11:17
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Gangster Octopus wrote:
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And we pronounce Gillingham with a hard G, like that place near Yeovil...
We've got a bit of Fanfreundschaft going with Gillingham Town. Quite a few of our lot drop in down there and boost the gates when we have fixtures in the West Country.
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posted 11-07-2008 11:18
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A peculiarity of my childhood was that, in the 1980s, Enfield were always referred to as "Enfield Town" by people that didn't know the club very well - presumably because that's the name of the nearby railway station, and it used to irritate the hell out of me. The Lazarou thing happened, the supporters went their own way and started their own club, and blow me down they called the new club Enfield Town.
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posted 11-07-2008 11:25
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When I was at Nuneaton Borough last season, their fans were telling me that they used to love playing Harrow And Wealdstone. I kept pointing out that this is the name of a railway station, and there has never been a football team called that, but they wouldn't believe me...
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posted 11-07-2008 11:26
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'Gooners' irritates me as does people still thinking it's funny to call Chelsea 'Chelski'.
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posted 11-07-2008 11:27
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Yup. It should be Chelskov...
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posted 11-07-2008 11:44
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I agree about "Gooners". I have never heard someone with a authentic Islington or, indeed, Woolwich accent call it Gooners.
I couldn't give a shit about Chelski as I am pondering supporting Chelsea, in itself, triggering resits
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posted 11-07-2008 11:47
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... and parents of 8 year old boys amongst many many others.
I was asked by a fellow under9s coach if I would "... bother going to watch Wrexham next season" now that we're in the Conference.
Needless to say this coach 'supports' Manchester United
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posted 11-07-2008 11:53
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Cunt
Obviously, and covered recently, anyone who talks about anything related to football as "a brand" is expelled if not shot in the head
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posted 11-07-2008 11:54
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We talk about kits a lot, and most of my favourite kits contain the same (excellent) brand.
So fuck that
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posted 11-07-2008 12:03
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Aha, I forgot about kits. You should also have to be able to name the colours of at least 90% of the professional clubs in your own country, plus, say 30 foreign teams.
And their home grounds (or former home grounds).
Plus 10 players with beards, 10 fat players, 10 players who have been to prison, 10 bald players (pre-1990) and so on.
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