On the Ball (new Football Focus)

[Jah Lush]

Officials and players too although it has never been proved but mud sticks.

[????]

Ince, Cantona and Hughes....compared to 'Chopper' Harris or Norman 'bite your legs' Hunter...pussycats

[Jah Lush]

And they were pussies compared to Dave Mackay. See here giving that horrible little fecker Bill Bremner a piece of mind.

[Atila Reincarnate]

Frank Mclintock could handle himself

[red devil]

On what occasion did Hughes and Ince physically confront supporters?, I can't recall any, though I seem to remember Liverpool's Jamie Carragher getting sent off, a police warning and ?40k fine from his club for throwing a coin back into the crowd at Arsenal...didn't that 'thug' Ince once play and captain Liverpool, or was that before your time as well?...

matthew123 Wrote:

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> Mark Hughes, Paul Ince and

> Eric Cantona physically confronting supporters in

> the crowd

[Jah Lush]

Atila Reincarnate Wrote:

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> Frank Mclintock could handle himself.

That may be so but real hard nut in that Arsenal side was Peter Storey.

[matthew123]

Mark Hughes got to grips with a Swindon Town fan who was in the front row of the stand. Eric Cantona did his cowardly kung-fu impression on a guy at Crystal Palace. As for Ince he also charged into the crowd at Selhurst Park.

Yes Jamie Carragher was also a muppet throwing a coin into the crowd at Highbury, just like Drogba recently, it is totally unacceptable.

[????]

....so could Billy Bonds....

[red devil]

'got to grips' , 'cowardly', it's a good job you weren't around in the 70's...

[????]

indeed...there's a rumour (and it is onl that) that at Coventry in the early 70s some West Ham players stopped and left the team coach to join in a mass ruck outside the ground

[Jah Lush]

http://www.duckyshack.co.uk/u/2503/f88580865.gif

It's quite an old one this but I thought as a bit of fun it would be worth putting up.

[matthew123]

Steve Bennett is a tw*t

[Sandperson]

It's always better to give than receive.

[Keef]

Eric Cantona's kick was stupid, but not sure I'd use the word cowardly. If never should have risen to it, but as he walked off the guy he kicked was leaning right over the barrier giving him proper verbal! Much as I love football, footballers in general are a simple breed, and a lot of them are complete knobs, who just happen to be very good at a game.

[ratty]

WE WON A GAME!!!!

PS Mick Kennedy was hard as fooking nails!

[Keef]

Well done. 4 Draws in the bus matches is a bit unusual.

[Sandperson]

On the phone again Keef? ;-)

[SimonM]

What a terribly dull 6th Round draw...Looks like the cup might be Everton's this year! :))

[matthew123]

Watching some of the Inter v Milan game live on BBC3 earlier - I didn't realise Italian football was so exciting! Maybe the BBC should make a habit of showing the Sunday night Seria A games live if that was a typical encounter?

[Annasfield]

Great to see Eduardo back - couldn't have asked for a better comeback.

Really never expected him to play again after that horrific injury. Fair play to the lad.

[matthew123]

Has anyone been watching the "Time of Our Lives" series on Sky Sports? Each week Jeff Sterling has 3 players belonging to a clubs golden era around the coffee table and they reminisce from back in the day. If you like anecdotes, such as Jack Charlton's black book, Tony Adams making Ray Parlour into a drinker, then set your Sky+ to 10pm every Monday night!

The one tonight was the 1970 Everton Championship winning team, and they were saying Shankly's back garden used to back onto Everton's training ground (which is where I guess the famous line from Shankly came of he'd drawn his curtains if Everton were playing at the bottom of his garden :) They said each Sunday (on Everton's day off), Shankly would take his dog for a walk around the Everton training ground so his dog could have a piss ;-)

Next week they have Nottingham Forest from their European Cup era.

[Ladygooner]

Annasfield Wrote:

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> Great to see Eduardo back - couldn't have asked

> for a better comeback.

>

> Really never expected him to play again after that

> horrific injury. Fair play to the lad.

A great night at the Emirates and wonderful to see Eduardo back on form - hope he can replace Adebayor in future! All the way now to the semis with our home ties - fingers crossed!

[Atila Reincarnate]

What can you say about Eduardo? Wonderful performance after nearly a year out following a horrendous injury. You've got to love his positive approach and hunger for the game, as well as giving credit to the backroom staff who helped on his road to recovery. It's almost like signing a new player.

[SeanMacGabhann]

lovely comment from Annasfield as well - nice one

[Annasfield]

Sorry but I have to share this as am soooo excited. Just found out I definitely have a Kop ticket for the Real Madrid game. *can't stop grinning*