Old trends in football you’d like to see making a comeback

[chrismpw]

442 and strike partnerships

All day build up to the cup final

Champions league on terrestrial television

Referees making an instant and irreversible decision on whether to award a goal or not

Black boots for the majority of players except the mavericks

On that note, mavericks

Centre halves being ugly and having bad haircuts and presumably body odour

Long sleeves or short sleeves, no base layers showing

Fa cup replays

7/8 top flight games being on at Saturday 3pm, with a couple moved to a Sunday for telly

Any more?

All that apart from....
European Cup - 2 leg knockout
UEFA Cup - 2 leg knockout
Cup Winners Cup - 2 leg knockouts.

From when exciting jeopardy was valued more than sky acquisition.

 

[Ray Purchase]

Sousa marches over the PA, prior to KO>

 

[Dad watched Dixie]

Proper tickets [matchday and season] as opposed to the digital crap they have today!

 

[Littlesue]

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Players playing pool in the local every Friday night. smoking 20 woodbine and head butting anyone that spoke to them.

 

[summerisle]

Are testimonials still going ? You used to get matches like Hartlepool United v A World XI.

 

[mmmmsnouts]

Goalies wearing painters caps on sunny afternoons and looking like Mario and Luigi

 

[Benicetoourboys]

Goalies should always wear green shirts for obvious reasons, instead of shouting "Here I am to the opposition"

 

[summerisle]

Players just running out, and then kick off, no fannying around. Ten minutes for half time, matches finishing at 16.40, or for night matches 21.10.

 

[Swartzy]

Great thread !!

 

[Littlesue]

Proper tickets [matchday and season] as opposed to the digital crap they have today!

Buying tickets on the gates another one

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Commentators in sheepies and driving gloves laughing at players on snow covered pitches

With an orange ball. If there's no snow, a white mitre ball.

 

[klingklang]

Proper tackling, players acting like men and just getting on with the game.
Corner kicks, the ball goes in the quadrant not outside, that's why it's drawn on the pitch !
No live football on tv. All games kick off 3pm Saturday. If you can't get to a game wait for match of the day, where they show 1 game, like they used to, hence why it's called Match of the Day ! OK, maybe the goals from the other games at the end. It would rid us of pundits of whom the vast majority are stealing a living. In the words of Mr Robert Zimnerman, " You dont need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"
Rant over
Regards
Mr V. Meldrew

 

[PhilM]

Regular 3pm games, no VAR, European competitions as they were, and importantly the end of (separate to VAR) the silly application of the rules.

Allow a tackle to be a tackle, offside to be easy to understand and handball being what it says on the tin.

 

[Super Kevin sheedy]

Fa cup draw only on the wireless.

Wasn’t that 12.45 on a Monday dinner time