British town council informs football fans they are "not welcome" in letter later acknowledged as "could have been worded better": https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45205626
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Algerian football is so bent theirs an understood price list for various kinds of preferential officiating, described as "corruption a la carte":https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45549805Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).Comment
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Exeter played West Ham U-21 team in the Checkatrade Cup a couple of days ago. Due to a floodlight failure, there was a delay, and when the game resumed, at the end of the half, the 4th official signalled for 27 minutes' additional time.
I wonder what's the longest amount of additional time there has been. I'm also surprised that the ref didn't stop the watch when he took the players off, and just restart it when the game restarted.Comment
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Wow. I remember 15 minutes being played in a friendly at the Bowl when one of our players went off on a spinal board - but the officials just let play go on until the break; there wasn't a board raised with "15" on it.
Might have been different if it wasn't a friendly of course.Comment
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The 17 weirdest club crests in the world, according to Four-Four-Two
Won by a (Northern) Irish team.
Some absolute crackers in there.Comment
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That reminds me of this article on weird football-related Wikipedia pages, specfically #2 on defunct North American teams like the "Utah Freez" and the "Myrtle Beach Seadawgs": https://thesetpieces.com/features/ci...kipedia-pages/
Thought it was the deadpan recitation of Rio Ferdinand's prank show that made me smile the most.Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).Comment
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Clearly trying to ape the LOI's #greatestleague shtick, Bundesliga Twitter jokingly offer the league title to Borussia Monchengladbach if they can get 50 million retweets: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46345448
I did quite like RB Leipzeig's rejoinder.Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).Comment
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300 or so fans at a 16K stadium watch Qatar thump North Korea in the Asian Cup group stages, since a diplomatic blockade stopped Qatari fans travelling, and North Korea only ever lets a select group of fans attend away games: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...w/67513572.cms
As I recall when North Korea made it to the World Cup some of their fans were later revealed to be Chinese.Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).Comment
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One goal separated four teams at the end of the Asian Cup group stage when it came to the third place sides moving forward - 2 "disciplinary points" of a difference sent Lebanon home and Vietnam to the knockouts. Lebanon needed to beat North Korea by four but managed a winning margin of three. How devastating must that have been?Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).Comment
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