| Am I losing my marbles 15:45 - Dec 15 with 823 views | dixiefrog |
But can anybody else remember playing a game called ‘Wembley’ down the park as a nipper. |  |
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| Am I losing my marbles on 16:09 - Dec 15 with 770 views | Heisenberg |
No not losing your mind. From my memory Wembley was played with one goal and goalie and a free for all for everyone else. If you scored you went off and into the next round. Remaining player was out. The trick was to goal hang and try and get a deflection. Many happy hours playing footy in the park. |  |
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| Am I losing my marbles on 17:41 - Dec 15 with 689 views | DENZY |
Remember it as "World Cup Singles" |  |
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| Am I losing my marbles on 21:48 - Dec 15 with 593 views | dixiefrog |
| Am I losing my marbles on 16:09 - Dec 15 by Heisenberg |
No not losing your mind. From my memory Wembley was played with one goal and goalie and a free for all for everyone else. If you scored you went off and into the next round. Remaining player was out. The trick was to goal hang and try and get a deflection. Many happy hours playing footy in the park. |
There was also a game where you could only score with a header or volley, anybody remember what this one was called. | |
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| Am I losing my marbles on 23:01 - Dec 15 with 569 views | SaintNick |
| Am I losing my marbles on 21:48 - Dec 15 by dixiefrog |
There was also a game where you could only score with a header or volley, anybody remember what this one was called. |
We used to call that one Spotlight |  |
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| Am I losing my marbles (n/t) on 05:37 - Dec 16 with 514 views | huelinsaint |
| Am I losing my marbles on 21:48 - Dec 15 by dixiefrog |
There was also a game where you could only score with a header or volley, anybody remember what this one was called. |
28's round our way, because it was the first one to 28 points.
1 point for a volley 2 for a header and I think the goalie got points for catches and saves [Post edited 16 Dec 5:39]
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| Am I losing my marbles (n/t) on 09:37 - Dec 16 with 447 views | SaintNick |
| Am I losing my marbles (n/t) on 05:37 - Dec 16 by huelinsaint |
28's round our way, because it was the first one to 28 points.
1 point for a volley 2 for a header and I think the goalie got points for catches and saves [Post edited 16 Dec 5:39]
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If I am right it was played because you didnt have enough for a proper game.
So you usually had one goal with a goalkeeper and a couple of defenders and then 3 or 4 attackers, as you say you got points for a header or volley and I think you got double or an extra point of they were from outside the 6 yard box | |
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| Am I losing my marbles (n/t) on 17:20 - Dec 17 with 279 views | huelinsaint |
| Am I losing my marbles (n/t) on 09:37 - Dec 16 by SaintNick |
If I am right it was played because you didnt have enough for a proper game.
So you usually had one goal with a goalkeeper and a couple of defenders and then 3 or 4 attackers, as you say you got points for a header or volley and I think you got double or an extra point of they were from outside the 6 yard box |
Yeah, that sounds like it, we called it, as I said 28s but some people said Headers and Volleys | | | |
| Am I losing my marbles (n/t) on 17:26 - Dec 17 with 273 views | felly1 |
| Am I losing my marbles (n/t) on 17:20 - Dec 17 by huelinsaint |
Yeah, that sounds like it, we called it, as I said 28s but some people said Headers and Volleys |
I remember playing this down Daisy Dip in Swaythling.
Kids still play it now, my lad and his mates call it Wembley. | | | |
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| Am I losing my marbles on 17:33 - Dec 17 with 266 views | Heisenberg |
I used to like a game of keepy uppy but when you get in your late 60s it becomes a bit challenging. | |
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| Am I losing my marbles (n/t) on 22:44 - Dec 17 with 194 views | dixiefrog |
| Am I losing my marbles (n/t) on 09:37 - Dec 16 by SaintNick |
If I am right it was played because you didnt have enough for a proper game.
So you usually had one goal with a goalkeeper and a couple of defenders and then 3 or 4 attackers, as you say you got points for a header or volley and I think you got double or an extra point of they were from outside the 6 yard box |
I’ve got the word parry or parlay stuck in my head, anybody remember this as a game as a kid. | |
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| Am I losing my marbles on 08:22 - Dec 18 with 129 views | solent_toffee |
| Am I losing my marbles on 21:48 - Dec 15 by dixiefrog |
There was also a game where you could only score with a header or volley, anybody remember what this one was called. |
That was heads and volleys in Liverpool or 60 seconds. You had 60 seconds to score one, then start again if you scored, then two goals, three goals etc. When the 60 seconds were up (the goalie had to shout out the seconds, often being accused of going too fast and having to go back a few), the game only ended when the goalie caught the ball from a cross or a shot with the outfield player touching the ball last going in goal.
It was brutal. Often the fat kid would go first in goal and in the extra time bit would be subjected to one player flicking it up and the one with the hardest shot viciously smashing blammers towards the goal.
Great days. Kids wouldn’t have a clue these days. | | | |
| Am I losing my marbles on 11:22 - Dec 18 with 92 views | dixiefrog |
| Am I losing my marbles on 08:22 - Dec 18 by solent_toffee |
That was heads and volleys in Liverpool or 60 seconds. You had 60 seconds to score one, then start again if you scored, then two goals, three goals etc. When the 60 seconds were up (the goalie had to shout out the seconds, often being accused of going too fast and having to go back a few), the game only ended when the goalie caught the ball from a cross or a shot with the outfield player touching the ball last going in goal.
It was brutal. Often the fat kid would go first in goal and in the extra time bit would be subjected to one player flicking it up and the one with the hardest shot viciously smashing blammers towards the goal.
Great days. Kids wouldn’t have a clue these days. |
Ah happy days, long summer evenings on the rec’ playing until it was so dark that you couldn’t see each other, then home for a thick ear from your mum for getting in late. | |
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