| Football Rules When We Were Kids 12:36 - Jul 9 with 2084 views | SaintNick |
Football rules when we were kids.
1. - The fatty was always the goalkeeper
2. - The game ended when everyone was tired
3. - Even if the score was 20-0 whoever scored last won.
4. - No referee.
5. - Give a foul only if it was very clear or someone started to cry.
6. - There was no such thing as offside
7. - If the owner of the ball got angry, the match was over.
8. - The two best players couldn't be on the same team and they knew that too.
9. - If you were chosen last, it was a big humiliation, it meant nobody wanted you.
10. - you even played 2-3 hours in a row.
11. - The match was stopped when an elderly man passed by
12. - Neighbourhood players were enemies forever.
13. - Those who had no idea about football remained reserves or at maximum defenders.
14. - When the big ones were playing, you had to leave the field without protesting.
15. -There was always a neighbour who wouldn’t let you play and threatened you to take the ball and put it inside.
16. - If there was a bet, the game was very serious as if it were a final.
17. - The goals were two rocks or two jackets, but there was always a team with the smaller goal.
18. - When the goalkeeper was pushed, the goal was invalid.
19. - The rules were established before the match even started.
20. - If it was a penalty, remove the fat one and the best one goalkeeper would appear. |  |
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| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 19:46 - Jul 9 with 1881 views | GRIM |
You forgot:-
SKINS V's THE REST. |  | | |
| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 22:25 - Jul 9 with 1825 views | cocklebreath |
We used to chant against the wall for football. Then pick the teams. I was always Captain as I was the best in the school, I’d then pick the worst players for my team to make it more exciting. Being a Saint I always liked being the underdog. |  |
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| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 08:04 - Jul 10 with 1727 views | Portchy_Blue |
21. - Said owner of the Football caused a game stoppage due to him having to go in for his Tea. | | | |
| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 09:21 - Jul 10 with 1681 views | 1teeminants |
Jumpers for goalposts
Goalhanging was acceptable. No offsides. |  |
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| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 11:59 - Jul 10 with 1626 views | GRIM |
| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 09:21 - Jul 10 by 1teeminants |
Jumpers for goalposts
Goalhanging was acceptable. No offsides. |
No VAR.
No mobile phones or computer games.
It was great fresh air fun. | | | |
| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 14:13 - Jul 10 with 1593 views | kingolaf |
We used to play football and cricket on Peartree Green. Cars had to slow down all the time so they didn’t hit the ball.
How we never damaged any cars with a cricket ball I will never know.
If you were playing at the Veracity, the challenge was finding a patch of grass to play that didn’t have dogsh*t on it.
Happy happy days. | | | |
| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 14:23 - Jul 10 with 1585 views | Ifonly |
- try to avoid sliding tackles where the dogshit was
- hardly ever pass it, just dribble it or thump it as hard as you can
- if you score, do the windmill arm Mick Channon celebration | | | |
| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 14:53 - Jul 10 with 1552 views | LondonSaint76 |
In the 70’s we had a local bicycle repair shop that also sold some sports goods. They had the cheapest 32 panel balls available anywhere, problem was they were made in India and although dirt cheap were rarely properly round. Spent many hours playing in our local park in games with mates with a ball with a mind of its own - lost count of the air kicks in front of goal or rolled back passes that suddenly jumped up over the kneeling keeper’s shoulder (think Tim Flowers in goal at Blackburn). Hilarious at times - it was almost a disappointment if someone turned up with a decent Mitre football ⚽️ 🙂 |  |
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| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 16:43 - Jul 10 with 1513 views | Centurion |
Who played with a punctured ball? | | | |
| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 17:28 - Jul 10 with 1498 views | GRIM |
| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 16:43 - Jul 10 by Centurion |
Who played with a punctured ball? |
I still suffer headaches from heading those heavy leather balls which got heavier as they got wetter
If you catch that lace on your forehead you played the rest of the game with a very sore head. | | | |
| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 21:03 - Jul 10 with 1445 views | SaintNick |
| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 17:28 - Jul 10 by GRIM |
I still suffer headaches from heading those heavy leather balls which got heavier as they got wetter
If you catch that lace on your forehead you played the rest of the game with a very sore head. |
I remember reading a book on Stanley Matthews, the Blackpool centre forward Stan Mortensen used to say he liked playing with Mathews because he always made sure the lace was on the other side of the ball from that which Mortensen was heading when he crossed it to him
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| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 06:29 - Jul 11 with 1360 views | kernow |
Dogs were sometimes allowed to join a kick about but definitely not girls 👧! | | | |
| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 08:09 - Jul 11 with 1340 views | Berber |
When the mower cut the long grass on the playing field, you all had to kick the grass back to make a clear are for the pitch. It could sometimes be a small pitch if there weren’t many of you. Then you used grass mounds for the goalposts, and goal celebrations involved diving through the goalposts.
Sides would vary during the game as players were swapped to make it more even.
Running goalies. |  |
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| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 11:05 - Jul 11 with 1308 views | GRIM |
| Football Rules When We Were Kids on 08:09 - Jul 11 by Berber |
When the mower cut the long grass on the playing field, you all had to kick the grass back to make a clear are for the pitch. It could sometimes be a small pitch if there weren’t many of you. Then you used grass mounds for the goalposts, and goal celebrations involved diving through the goalposts.
Sides would vary during the game as players were swapped to make it more even.
Running goalies. |
I think we called them "Rush Goalies". | | | |
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