SSN. Apparently Giroud rolls his sleeves up to avoid the fine. I like the idea of all the outfield players having some uniformity. I'd make 'em all wear the same boots and have a short back and sides. Clean shaven but a well trimmed beard would be acceptable. Shirts tucked in as well.
I'm not sure if that's a crease in Almunia's sleeve or if he has one of those sports vest thingamabobs that ****ters wear under his kit.
what happened to the rule of a goalkeeper had to wear long sleeves,if a hand goes up say from a corner it was a way of identifying him amongst all the others via colour of his shirt. at one time only a yellow goalkeepers would have been worn by an england keeper in an international and not in the league
I was thinking of those long slinky arm length ones Audrey Hepburn would wear...mind you that's sod all to do with the thread.
I remember a time when goalies didnt wear gloves. Proper men back then, apart from that Sepp Maier. Cheating German bastard as my old man was fond of saying whenever he saw him on telly.
Everton currently hold the record for the most seasons spent in the Top Flight of English football - 111 seasons out of a maximum possible 115 up to and including season 2013-14. Aston Villa are currently on 103 seasons in the Top Flight while Liverpool are on 99 and Arsenal are on 97 seasons. Hull City AFC are on 3 seasons and counting
Hull City AFC and Manchester United were the two football teams between which the first ever penalty shoot out was used to decide the match outcome. This was during the semi-final of the Watney Cup that took place at Boothferry Park.
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I believe that the rule requiring the ref to give permission for a player to return to the pitch after treatment was brought in after a City player being treated on the touchline jumped up, ran onto the pitch and scored a goal - it might have been against Notts County.
Probably the same time they started wearing gloves as there is still a rule about sleeves that only applies to goalkeepers (or at least there was about 10 years ago according to a sports quiz on TV at the time): A goalkeeper can wear long or short sleeved shirts. If they're wearing a long sleeved shirt and roll up the sleeves without getting permission from the referee then it can be a yellow card offence, and the reasoning is the same as you gave for them having to wear long sleeves. This doesn't apply to players in any other position. It seems backwards to me, if them rolling up their sleeves is going to confuse the officials at a corner as they're expecting a long sleeve it can only make them think the keeper is an outfield player. So how is it unsporting to roll your sleeve up and pretend to be someone else? It can only work against them as a perfectly legal save will be confused as a defender handling the ball and a penalty awarded. I can see it reduces the chances of the ref making a wrong decision in that position, but it's hardly something you'd do to try and gain an advantage. Contrast that to a keeper wearing shot sleeves and outfield players rolling up their long sleeves which is allowed at any time without needing to tell the referee.
Gloves are optional, if a keeper chooses not to wear them then he must by law wear a long-sleeved jersey that goes as far as his wrists so that the referee can distinguish the goalkeeper punching or touching the ball through a crowd of players.
The first goalkeeper to save a spot-kick during a penalty shoot-out was Hull City's Ian McKechnie, who kept out Denis Law's effort after The Tigers 1970 Watney Cup semi-final against Manchester United ended in a draw. McKechnie was also the first keeper to concede a penalty in a shoot-out when he failed to stop George Best's opener and became the first goalkeeper to take a spot-kick when he stepped up to take Hull's fifth penalty. Unfortunately for McKechnie he put the ball wide and thus became the first player to miss the deciding kick!
