OK this is a follow up to Aber's excellent music thread, for those that aren't familiar with the programme (anyone under about 40 ) You get castaway on a desert island, and you have to pick your five favourite records, your five favourite books you get the complete works of Shakespeare <William not Craig> and the Bible........and a luxury................can't be anything to help you "escape" from the island, and it can't be a mobile phone or an internet connection, So OK lads, a football version, the five best players you have ever seen, the five best teams you have ever seen, your five best tunes...........and your luxury apart from a whisky still as my luxury...............well this needs a bit of thought..............I will post, but I need to think about this, but help yourselves
Maradona, Pel'e, Thon,Ayala,Ronaldhino, They all scored goals that put Hengerland out of the world cup. Argentina, Brazil, West Germany, Poland, Portugal...They all knocked Hengerland out of the world cup or stopped them qualifying 1.House is rockin'..Stevie Ray Vaughan 2.Man of the world. Fleetwood mac 3. Walking by myself. Gary More 4. Child in time ..Deep Purple 5. Stormy Monday blues.T,bone Walker version My luxury , A goal for the Swans.. or at least let them TRY and score in a brothel
That's a hard one Proff. My 5 players might not be the best but they are the ones that gave me the best pleasure for different reasons George Best. Jimmy Greaves. Ian Rush. Phil Dwyer. Robin Friday. Best Teams I've seen The Spurs and Chelsea teams of the late 60's early 70's. Arsenal in the late 1990's to 2004. Liverpool in the 80's and of course my favourite Cardiff team mid 1970's Willie Anderson, John Buchanan, Peter Sayer & Johnny Vincent Etc Etc 5 records Rhinos, Winos & Lunatics - MAN Iceberg - Deke Leonard Many are called but few get up – MAN Endlessly – Duffy International Velvet - Catatonia My Luxury would be a never ending supply of Brains SA Gold
Platini, Cryff, Beckenbauer, Bergkamp, Willie Anderson. Holland, Brazil, Barcelona, Argentina (78), Eddie May's Bluebirds Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb Metallica - One The Special AKA - Gangsters Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird Pink Floyd - Echoes Luxury Item: Acoustic Guitar (I wouldn't want to be rescued)
John Charles Pele Best Cruyff Maradona 1970 Brazil Side 1960 Real Madrid Current Barcelona 1978 Liverpool 70's Holland Music is probably the hardest in no particular order Stairway to Heaven Freebyrd Voodoo Chile I feel free (cream) Riders on the Storm But the music can change with the mood..............none of those are ever far from the top though
Maradona , Messi , Gazza , Andy Legg and Zidane. Music too difficult. Luxury - pair of Adidas Trimm Trabs.
Hilts I thought long and hard about Messi..............the trainers never even crossed my mind.................. it's called being old
Best players George Best Pele Pat Jennings Messi Liam Brady Teams Spurs 1972/3 Any Brazil team Cardiff City 2012/2013 when they get promoted to the Premier League Argentina 1978 Current Spanish team Songs Fairytale of New York Freebird (popular choice!) You Really Got Me Streets of London Dirty Old Town Luxury Item Laptop so I can log on the the forum threads. Cheers Proph...that filled about 15 minutes on a boring Tuesday evening.
Dalglish Bergkamp Dave Bennett Rush Gullitt AC Milan 80's, Cardiff promotion team 82/83, liverpool 70/80's, Blaenrhondda early 90's, Cardiff 77 team Noise, Noise, Noise - The Damned Career Opportunities - The Clash Religious Wars - Subhumans Fly the Flag - SLF Thats Entertainment - The Jam Luxury item = powerball
In my lifetime:- Players. Messi Maradona C. Ronaldo Zidane Ronaldo Teams:- Barcelona Brazil 82 Holland 88 Arsenal 04 AC Milan 89 Tunes:- There is a light that never goes out - The Smiths Substitute - The Who Chime - Orbital Bring the Noise - Public Enemy Fools Gold - Stone Roses And Stella, Strongbow, Old Empire, or fine red wine. Not arsed which, any one of them will be fine.
Haven't had time to post for ages but love this thread. I'm afraid with my footy answers I show that I'm not old enough to answer properly - I know Maradona is the best player I've seen, I just never saw him play enough... Best players Ruud Gullit Zizzou Gazza Franco Baresi Peter Schmeichel Teams Italy 94 (Defence!) Milan 89 Sampdoria 91 Barcelona 2011 Brazil 97 (La Tournoi) Songs Ghetto Defendant - The Clash Wrecking My Love Life - Bo Diddley So Watcha Want - Beastie Boys Johnny Too Bad - The Slickers Baltimore - Nina Simone Luxury Item Cinema
Hmmm, tough one Proph. I'm sure I could try this again tomorrow and have completely different ideas. Maybe not the best, but those that left a lasting impression: Ronaldinho John Buchanan Cruyff Beckenbauer Dalgleish Arsenal’s invincibles Cardiff 78 – 79 West Germany in the early 70s Liverpool in the mid 70s Cantona’s Man Utd Rocky Mountain Way – Joe Walsh Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchel Three Little Birds – Bob Marley And for a luxury, my favourite salmon pool on the upper Wye with 2 feet of water on.
I'm only 23 Blue, I've just watched a lot of old footage on my video recorder and listened to old music on my gramaphone.
Jeez this is tough.... 5 best players.... Lothar Mattheus Neville Southall Messi Zidane Paul Wheeler......... nah, just kidding , Kevin Ratcliffe 5 Best teams Everton's Championship winning side Current Barcelona side that demolished Man Utd in the Champions League Final France World Cup Winners 98 Hate to say it but Liverpool side of Daglish, Rush etc.... and Man Utd with Cantona, Giggs, Scholes etc Songs Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana Bartender & the Thief - Stereophonics Local Boy in the Photograph - as above In the SummerTime - Mungo Jerry Sh##y Swansea City went to Rome to see the Pope.... just kidding again Johnny B Good - Chuck Berry Luxury Subbuteo Please don't do this to us again Proph... my headhurts now and there's so many others that could have gone in!!
I actually know most of the bands by name and some of the songs suggested so I guess I'm not that far off
