Bit quiet on the transfer front so.......... Have some real footy jokes. Alf Ramsey to Rodney Marsh, " I'll be watching you for the first 45 minutes, if you don't work hard I'll pull you off at halftime." Marshy in reply. " Crikey Alf! At Man City we only get an orange and a cuppa tea!"
For the younger ones on here, just to prove football can be fun. A clip of two of the greatest players I had the pleasure of watching. Best and Marsh. [video=youtube;dz2l-xUQmc0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dz2l-xUQmc0[/video]
Bill Shankly was offered the Liverpool job by someone who said "How do you fancy managing the greatest club in the world". He asked if Matt (Busby) had resigned.
Jimmy Greaves (an alcoholic at the time) "When I played in Italy the leaning tower looked dead straight to me".
There were class footballers and characters in them days. Best & marshy as you rightly pointed out. Stan Bowles was an entertainer, V.Halom & F. Worthington from our team, not the best footballers, but comical on the pitch. Tommy Smith (bag of cement on legs) Allegedly once gave Jimmy Greaves a note whilst walking out onto the pitch at Anfield. It was the local hospitals menu for Saturday night. Apparently it got the message across as well cos greavesy had a stinker.
SHACK!!!!!! In February, 1948, after less than two years with Newcastle, he was signed to their local rivals Sunderland for a then-record fee of £20,500. Shackleton was adored by Sunderland fans and he was known to prefer Sunderland to his previous club, once remarking: "I'm not biased when it comes to Newcastle – I don't care who beats them!" [SUP] [[/SUP]Whilst at Sunderland, Arsenal never took a point. During games he frequently exhibited behaviour which pleased many of his fans, though upset much of the football establishment, and some in the game thought his antics to be "unsportsman-like". On one occasion, 2–1 up against Arsenal with 5 minutes to go, he dribbled the ball into The Gunners' penalty area before putting his foot on it, pretending to comb his hair while looking at his watch. Other examples include mocking opposition full-backs by playing one-twos with the corner flag, literally sitting on the ball to torment defenders who couldn't dispossess him, and teasing a beaten goalkeeper by putting his foot on the ball on the goal line. One of his contemporaries remarked: "Once in possession, and few can match his dexterity at bringing the ball under control, the ball becomes his slave. All the skills of inside forward play – dribbling, feinting, correct positioning and accurate passing are his to command." He was also adept at back heeling penalty kicks into the goal. I would give my left knacker to go back in time and watch this legend. FFS! At my age I'd give them both just to watch him play.
Don't forget Shacks book! Shackleton was famous both on and off the field for his sense of humour. He used his nickname, "The Clown Prince of Football", in 1956 for his autobiography. One chapter of that book was The Average Director's Knowledge of Football. It consisted of a single blank page.
Loved them lads, here's some more I found. Bill Shankley •He has football in his blood – the disappointed scout complained. You may be right, Shanks said, but it hasn’t reached his legs yet. Kevin Keegan •We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first half. •Argentina won’t be at Euro 2000 because they’re from South America. •There’s a slight doubt about only one player, and that’s Tony Adams, who won’t be playing tomorrow Brian Clough I wouldn’t say I’m the best manager but I’m in the top one If I had an argument with a player we would sit down for twenty minutes, talk about it and then decide I was right! •I can’t even spell spaghetti never mind talk Italian. How could I tell an Italian to get the ball? He might grab mine. Sir Alex Ferguson •If we can play like that every week, we’ll get some level of consistency •Cole should be scoring from those distances, but I’m not going to single him out. Others •I never comment on referees and I’m not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat – Ron Atkinson •Jean Tigana has spent the entire first half inside Liam Brady’s shorts – Jimmy Magee •I couldn’t settle in Italy – it was like living in a foreign country - Ian Rush, (ex-Liverpool) when asked how he enjoyed his time at Juventus •That’s great, tell him he’s Pele, and get him back on – John Lambie, Partick Thistle Manager, when told his concussed striker did not know who he was •It took a lot of bottle for Tony to own up – Ian Wright, on the Arsenal captain’s confession to alcoholism •I hear Glenn Hoddle has found God, that must have been one hell of a pass – Jasper Carrott “Now we’ve got Southgate…” Bobby Robson, on signing Jonathan Woodgate 'I took a whack on my left ankle, but something told me it was my right.' - Lee Hendrie Interviewer: 'Would it be fair to describe you as a volatile player?' David Beckham: 'Well, I can play in the centre, on the right and occasionally on the left side.' 'Germany are a very difficult team to play...they had 11 internationals out there today.' - Steve Lomas 'I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.' - Barry Venison 'I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet.' - David Beckham 'The Brazilians were South America, and the Ukranians will be more European.' - Phil Neville 'One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.' - Alan Shearer 'Sometimes in football you have to score goals.' - Thierry Henry 'I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.' - Mark Viduka 'He's put on weight and I've lost it, and vice versa.' - Ronnie Whelan 'I've had 14 bookings this season - 8 of which were my fault, but 7 of which were disputable.' - Paul Gascoigne 'I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.' - Alan Shearer 'I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona.' - Mark Draper 'I was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Sunday when it flashed on the screen that George Ndah had scored in the first minute at Birmingham. My first reaction was to ring him up. Then I remembered he was out there playing.' - Ade Akinbiyi 'Without being too harsh on David Beckham, he cost us the match.' - Ian Wright 'My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.' - David Beckham 'I was surprised, but I always say nothing surprises me in football.' - Les Ferdinand 'It was like the ref had a brand new yellow card and wanted to see if it worked.' - Richard Rufus Zlatan Ibrahimovic Reporter – "You've got some scars in your face, Zlatan. What has happened?" Zlatan – "Well…I don't know…you'll have to ask your wife about that" 'I have a number of alternatives, and each one gives me something different.' - Glenn Hoddle 'Neil Sullivan has stopped absolutely everything have thrown at him...Wimbledon 1, Manchester United 1.' - Mike Ingham 'Martin O'Neill, standing, hands on hips, stroking his chin.' - Mike Ingham 'It's now 1-1, an exact reversal of the scoreline on Saturday.' - Radio 5 live 'It's headed away by John Clark, using his head.' - Derek Rae 'The USA are a goal down, and if they don't get a goal they'll lose.' - John Helm 'I predicted in August that Celtic would reach the final. On the eve of that final I stand by that prediction.' - Archie MacPherson 'McCarthy shakes his head in agreement with the referee.' - Martin Tyler 'Lukic saved with his foot, which is all part of the goalkeeper's arm.' - Barry Davies 'Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer.' - David Acfield 'Sporting Lisbon in their green and white hoops, looking like a team of zebras.' - Peter Jones
Saw Shack hit a pass right on the touchline marking for about 20yds to Billy Elliott who stopped it and rolled back for Schack to flick up onto his knee and nutmeg the defender back to Elliott.
My Mam and Dad raved about him. My Mam always claimed he winked at her at one match. For some reason she used to get upset when my old man pointed out there was about 300 people in the same area as them at that time.
The footballer said "Just checking!" The female ref said "So what do you think?" The footballer "Still not sure. You could still be a bloke!"
Some more Shackisms: FA official asked if he would be available for England to tour South America - he replied he would do his best but he would have to find somebody to run his ice cream stall. He wasn't selected! In 1955 England beat world champs Germany (who else) and Shack scored 2, including a cheeky chip over their keeper. The Germans were so impressed with him they asked what he thought their team got wrong. He replied they played too much square ball and these were difficult to head. For a period he had been in the doghouse with management and had been dropped but brought back for the Arsenal game. He scored two cracking goals and when we got a penalty after he was fouled the crowd chanted his name to take it. It was offered to him for his hat trick but he shook his head so Stand Anderson banged it home. The man was a footballing genius and would have graced any team in the world - bar none.
