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Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2026 10:28 pm
by Bruce Sato
Excellent, the BBC managed to quote the wrong OED entry for 'sham' in this story:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... y51l3gzq4o
(they're quoting the verb when all the uses of 'sham' in the report and even later on in that story are adjective or noun)
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2026 10:28 pm
by Bruce Sato
Abolish the licence fee etc
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2026 10:54 pm
by dng
hooray. i hope someone gets fired for this blunder
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2026 11:46 pm
by Bruce Sato
Dale Johnson's days are numbered.
Also I think this is most interested I've been in a football story in years.
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2026 3:02 pm
by dng
Hopefully the entire premier league collapses
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2026 3:02 pm
by dng
and also enough of the championship that West Ham don't accidentally end up as champions by default
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2026 3:53 pm
by endar
I was thinking Colchester, especially for you
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2026 4:17 pm
by dng
i would simply pretend that never happened
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2026 4:17 pm
by dng
and also immediately pretend i never liked football anyway
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2026 7:55 pm
by vom
you probably didn't, if you really think about it
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2026 9:02 pm
by dng
yes
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2026 7:49 pm
by blombluss
I'm not normally one for trial by public outcry/outrage, but I think I'll make an exception on this occasion.
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2026 12:59 pm
by blombluss
It's good to see Limmy advising Man City.
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2026 5:55 pm
by dng
Tuchel out
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2026 6:43 pm
by Gravid
Poor old Croatia
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2026 7:57 pm
by blombluss
Croatia are good at water polo, and I reckon they are going to get many new (6000) young fans.
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2026 7:10 pm
by blombluss
FFS INGLUND! I EXPECTED NUMEROUS GOALS BY NOW!!!!!!!!!
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2026 7:57 pm
by An Unicorn
The missus and i went to a footerball match on Friday between The Army and The Navy
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2026 7:57 pm
by An Unicorn
The Navy won 4-3 despite a dreadful own-goal
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2026 7:58 pm
by An Unicorn
No wonder the war in Iran is going so poorly
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2026 7:58 pm
by An Unicorn
I'm sorry, that was tasteless
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2026 7:59 pm
by An Unicorn
I'm not going to delete it for some reason though
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2026 8:23 pm
by dng
its not that tasteless
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2026 10:44 pm
by An Unicorn
dng wrote: Sun Oct 11, 2026 8:23 pm
its not that tasteless
I dunno, much like the World Cup, it feels awfully unfair to Iran.
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2026 10:15 pm
by blombluss
I discovered a new word vesterdai - 'cleats', which is American for boots, as in football/soccer boots.
I like 'cleats', and I am wearing mine as I write this...
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2026 7:40 pm
by blombluss
Man Utd 1 - Perry Como 4 is certainly a MAGIC MOMENT for the Italans!!!!111!!!
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2026 7:40 pm
by dng
i don't get it
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2026 7:43 pm
by blombluss
Ahhh, a Tony Bennett fan, eh? I thought as much!
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2026 7:51 pm
by dng
also poor old man united. i for one simply cannot believe they're crap now
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2026 7:51 pm
by dng
for the 14th season in a row
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2026 12:16 pm
by An Unicorn
blombluss wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2026 10:15 pm
I discovered a new word vesterdai - 'cleats', which is American for boots, as in football/soccer boots.
I like 'cleats', and I am wearing mine as I write this...
Those aren't boots, boots are the big clompy things you wear to go stomping around in the muck.
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2026 12:22 pm
by An Unicorn
I bought a pair of cleats for a recreational
-ball league
And then never used them again
Re: Soccerball Therad
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2026 5:48 pm
by endar
what about when you go stomping around Nashville, what kind of boots of those?
-ball league