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The simple pleasures of football

North Lower Neil
North Lower Neil Posts: 22,991
in Other Football and Sports
I'll start with:

- Goalkeepers taking penalties.
- Indirect free kicks in the box, the ones where players all line up on their own goal line.
- Referees falling over.
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  • ElliotCAFC
    ElliotCAFC Posts: 2,553
     Keepers failing to do a Cruyff turn in their own box is a drug to me. I could watch it all day
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,991
    Oh and the mocking cheer when opposition fans celebrate a goal only to realise it's been disallowed or only hit the side netting etc.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,743
    Foul throws being given as foul throws.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,991
    guinnessaddick said:
    Foul throws being given as foul throws.
    Never seems to happen any more apart from at Sunday League level.

    Same as indirect free kicks for obstruction, can't remember the last time I saw one given.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,991
    edited November 2020
    Players missing an absolute sitter (as long as it's not for us!).
  • ElliotCAFC
    ElliotCAFC Posts: 2,553
    Outfield player in goal is surely the greatest moment one can witness at a game? The fear in their eyes as they put on the keepers shirt and gloves is a glorious site to behold.
  • 9goalswentpastperry
    9goalswentpastperry Posts: 1,111
    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28260345-saturday-3pm

    This book by Daniel Gray is an enjoyable read on this subject.
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,218
    The cheer when the opposition's lippy bastard finally gets a booking for talking too much, especially if it's following the ref not awarded a pen/red against your team.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,991
    ElliotCAFC said:
    Outfield player in goal is surely the greatest moment one can witness at a game? The fear in their eyes as they put on the keepers shirt and gloves is a glorious site to behold.
    An outfield player doing well in goal is brilliant too.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,630
    Teams having to wear opponents 2nd kit (unless it's us having to wear Palace's)

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  • ElliotCAFC
    ElliotCAFC Posts: 2,553
    North Lower Neil said:
    ElliotCAFC said:
    Outfield player in goal is surely the greatest moment one can witness at a game? The fear in their eyes as they put on the keepers shirt and gloves is a glorious site to behold.
    An outfield player doing well in goal is brilliant too.
    Has that happened before?! I can only recall Kyle Walker and Harry Kane in recent years
  • heckington_reds
    heckington_reds Posts: 728
    Drop balls being challenged for.
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,108
    ElliotCAFC said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    ElliotCAFC said:
    Outfield player in goal is surely the greatest moment one can witness at a game? The fear in their eyes as they put on the keepers shirt and gloves is a glorious site to behold.
    An outfield player doing well in goal is brilliant too.
    Has that happened before?! I can only recall Kyle Walker and Harry Kane in recent years
    Steve Brown with one of the greatest saves* from one of the best ever free kicks* at Villa Park

    *it was much better from memory than YouTube seems to suggest. Still, he kept a clean sheet.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,432
    ElliotCAFC said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    ElliotCAFC said:
    Outfield player in goal is surely the greatest moment one can witness at a game? The fear in their eyes as they put on the keepers shirt and gloves is a glorious site to behold.
    An outfield player doing well in goal is brilliant too.
    Has that happened before?! I can only recall Kyle Walker and Harry Kane in recent years
     Steve Brown a bit further back. 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,743
    Dazzler21 said:
    ElliotCAFC said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    ElliotCAFC said:
    Outfield player in goal is surely the greatest moment one can witness at a game? The fear in their eyes as they put on the keepers shirt and gloves is a glorious site to behold.
    An outfield player doing well in goal is brilliant too.
    Has that happened before?! I can only recall Kyle Walker and Harry Kane in recent years
     Steve Brown a bit further back. 
    Steve Gritt, even further back.
  • killer kish
    killer kish Posts: 2,019
    In my distant memory I seem to remember Steve Gritt going in goal and making a few good saves
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,991
    ElliotCAFC said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    ElliotCAFC said:
    Outfield player in goal is surely the greatest moment one can witness at a game? The fear in their eyes as they put on the keepers shirt and gloves is a glorious site to behold.
    An outfield player doing well in goal is brilliant too.
    Has that happened before?! I can only recall Kyle Walker and Harry Kane in recent years
    I remember Niall Quinn saving a penalty once I'm sure, and Steve Brown as others have said was the first example that springs to mind.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,991
    A mascot scoring before kick off and the crowd celebrating. 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,743
    heckington_reds said:
    Drop balls being challenged for.
    Remember playing one Sunday morning and our keeper getting injured, with me going in goal and a drop ball about a yard off the goal line. Asked the ref if a keeper could compete in a drop ball, he said yes, so I got on the knees, when he dropped the ball I stuck my two hands on the ball and their forward moaning to the ref and me laughing at him.
  • Addick_and_Chips
    Addick_and_Chips Posts: 447
    9goalswentpastperry said:
    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28260345-saturday-3pm

    This book by Daniel Gray is an enjoyable read on this subject.

    Got this last Christmas, an excellent read. Would pick it up lots last season when my love for the game was being testing. 

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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,630
    killer kish said:
    In my distant memory I seem to remember Steve Gritt going in goal and making a few good saves
    He did it twice, Palace away one Boxing Day and also at Coventry.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,088
    ElliotCAFC said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    ElliotCAFC said:
    Outfield player in goal is surely the greatest moment one can witness at a game? The fear in their eyes as they put on the keepers shirt and gloves is a glorious site to behold.
    An outfield player doing well in goal is brilliant too.
    Has that happened before?! I can only recall Kyle Walker and Harry Kane in recent years
    Sadly a rarity. Too many subs allowed nowadays for that particular pleasure.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    That Luton player that has coming running to the Covered End with his finger on his lips when they've scored against us in the last two games, only for us to score more and end up beating them (twice!!).
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325
    When a dog or cat somehow get on the pitch and the hilarity of watching players trying to catch it. A rare event these days but gold when it happens.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,743
    DaveMehmet said:
    killer kish said:
    In my distant memory I seem to remember Steve Gritt going in goal and making a few good saves
    He did it twice, Palace away one Boxing Day and also at Coventry.
    Steve Brown also did it a couple of times, away to Villa also at home to Wolves, I think.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,180
    A real blast from the past...





    Streakers. 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,743
    Toilet rolls 
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325
    Is this you behind this one Algarve? Blimey, you do love ‘em  :o


  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,108
    Goalkeepers going up for corners.

    Even better if they score.

    Better still if they go and concede a Claus Jensen winner.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,671
    guinnessaddick said:
    Dazzler21 said:
    ElliotCAFC said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    ElliotCAFC said:
    Outfield player in goal is surely the greatest moment one can witness at a game? The fear in their eyes as they put on the keepers shirt and gloves is a glorious site to behold.
    An outfield player doing well in goal is brilliant too.
    Has that happened before?! I can only recall Kyle Walker and Harry Kane in recent years
     Steve Brown a bit further back. 
    Steve Gritt, even further back.
    John Hewie even further back.

    Keith Peacock's moment of history for example. Mike Rose the goalkeeper off injured, Peacock on as the first ever sub and John Hewie in goal.

    Hewie even STARTED a few matches as goalkeeper a seaon or two prior.

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