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whufcroe 12:59 Thu Feb 18
Bobby Robson would have been 83 today, this real football man knew his stuff....
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"What is a club in any case? Not the buildings or the directors or the people who are paid to represent it. It’s not the television contracts, get-out clauses, marketing departments or executive boxes.
It’s the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city. It’s a small boy clambering up stadium steps for the very first time, gripping his father’s hand, gawping at that hallowed stretch of turf beneath him and, without being able to do a thing about it, falling in love. "
RIP Sir Bob
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Eggbert Nobacon
6:19 Thu Feb 18
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maybe we could have a statue of Jimmy Greaves then
local lad tat did great then came to us at end of his career
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,
6:11 Thu Feb 18
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As a matter of fact Robson eventually managed Ipswich Town after Sir Alf Ramsey . Ramsey took Ipswich from the old third division into the First division and won the league at the first attempt. This achievement lead to the FA offering the England job to Ramsey and the rest is history.
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glenny boy
5:52 Thu Feb 18
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The reason that Newcastle have a statue (as do Ipswich, and a stand), is that he was a true Geordie.... a local lad come good. I thought that they treated him badly by sacking him. But what a manager and person in hindsight.
Took a small town club to be one of the best in Europe, was unluckily knocked out of two world cups - both games were down to bad luck (a shitty handball, and amazing clearance as Lineker was about to score and a penalty shoot out despite hitting the inside of the post and having it rebound past Lineker again). Won trophies in different countries (when Barca were not the best team in Spain either), rescued Newcastle from relegation to European football.
The guy was both an amazing person by all accounts (look at how Gazza, Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose all revere about him), a battler with his survival from cancer (had half of the inside of his head removed at one point), and true footballing great.
Antone who thinks otherwise is talking bollocks IMO.
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holyhandgrenade
4:56 Thu Feb 18
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Infidel 1:12 Thu Feb 18
Great story, thanks for posting
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Pancho
4:48 Thu Feb 18
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Saul Bollox 4:23 Thu Feb 18
Pretty genius move if you ask me.
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i-Ron
4:23 Thu Feb 18
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Buster 3:56 Thu Feb 18
Oh yeah. I could do a Texas, iyawnsofcanadia, croe or griff and rather than hold my hands up claim I meant his goal in 90 anyway...maintaining how right i am! ;-)
Infidel, to be fair I spent the belgium game pestering my dad for a mars ice cream in tenerife as i was just a kid. but i was definitely bored.
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Saul Bollox
4:23 Thu Feb 18
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When he was manager of Ipswich, his strategy for coping with Sir Trevor was to have several players taking turns to foul him. In that way they avoided being sent off.
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Eggbert Nobacon
4:17 Thu Feb 18
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depends on exactly how much you like World Cup 86 goals I suppose stewie
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Far Cough
4:17 Thu Feb 18
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I would have thought Ipswich would be the club side he had most success with and the one he should be associated with?
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Council Scum
4:17 Thu Feb 18
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86 wasn't like 82. Maradona aside and a couple of long range efforts
Tournament football tends to be shit bar the odd game
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,
4:16 Thu Feb 18
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France v Brasil 1986 was a great game. Ended 1-1 after et and France won the penalty shoot out.
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stewie griffin
4:15 Thu Feb 18
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Is that porn, Jim?
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Pancho
4:15 Thu Feb 18
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*pulls out a seat and tells Dudley to sit down*
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Dudley Moore
4:14 Thu Feb 18
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Well shut my mouth
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Eggbert Nobacon
4:14 Thu Feb 18
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here you go stewie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPtCxH7tuKo
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Buster
4:14 Thu Feb 18
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Why not drop them an email and ask them, Egg?
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stewie griffin
4:13 Thu Feb 18
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86 was wide open, Scum son?
GREAT goals.
JOSIMAR against Pat JENNINGS
Vasiliy RATS
Preben ELKJAER
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Eggbert Nobacon
4:13 Thu Feb 18
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Moore was at our club a lot lot lot longer though and everyone thought of us connected to him
Robson has far more to do with Ipswich and Fulham than he ever did Newcastle
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Sven Roeder
4:13 Thu Feb 18
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Didn't Robson also encourage Andre Villas BOAS who was an annoying kid who lived in the same apartment block as Robson when he was Porto manager and kept bombarding him with tactical ideas?
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Buster
4:11 Thu Feb 18
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Guilt. Same reason we named a stand after Bobby Moore.
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Council Scum
4:11 Thu Feb 18
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World cup's tend to be shit, tight games. 82 was different, but by and large World Cups are pretty shit tournaments.
Its the expectation, the media, the long summer days, even better if you make a game or two, I've done a few and also been in various parts of the world (as its the summer) watching games in bars etc. All your mates, dreaming, wondering, usually some doris on your arm by the end of the night as they love a football tournament
The longer you are in, the greater it is, who gives a fuck how shit the games are
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