Just watched the programme about thee 66 World Cup, did not understand J greaves said he was part of the 17 understood he would play no part in the final though was fit, did I understand correctly in that they did not have subs (even though they had 6 in reserve) and was it only the playing 11 that received the medal though several other of the 17 man squad had played in earlier games
They could make one substitution, but only for an injury, and there were 12 players. Only the 12 received a medal. Only several years ago did the rest get their WC medals, which included Terry Paine getting his. He'd played in games before the Final itself, just like Greaves. Jimmy had taken a knock but had recovered. Ramsey went with Hurst instead anyway. One hat-trick later suggests it was a good call.
thanks for that, cleared that up. extra time in the summer with those boots must have been a nightmare
Have you noticed that Ryan's wearing higher top boots? May have saved his ankle when he was fouled on Saturday. Vin
You know the Talking Heads is moving down into the middle of town (by the Polygon) as the current site is going to be redeveloped? I was particularly upset that the Bent Brief had gone, as there were some good bands there. It's only the Hobbit around Portswood/Bevois Valley area now isn't it (I don't count The Brook as there's too many tribute acts there)?
If you mean the really old style boots, they started to disappear in the late 1950's and a revolution was underway. I'm not 100% certain but I think the England team wore Adidas boots that weren't a million miles away from modern boots of today. My first boots were Adidas Inters for kids from about 1966-67 and they were almost exactly the same. Cost an absolute packet for the time, but they were a revelation compared to an older brother's boots from 10 years previous. They had flexible plastic white soles with changeable studs that were unscrewed with a special tool. OK, the leather would have been thicker and 100% genuine hide, rather than some synthetic/genuine mix from today, but anyone would easily recognise them as a football boot. No blades, of course. The Wembley pitch had a reputation for being very heavy going though because it was little played on, so it was kind of soft, and they mowed the grass a tad higher for some reason that I can't remember. I just remember commentators mentioning it. It did mean that by the end of ET the players were beat, whether it was an FA Cup Final in May or the World Cup Final in high summer.
Last season several of the players were wearing all-red ankle high boots. Unless you saw a close-up you couldn't tell where the boot ended and the sock started. Looked quite slick.
Try Charlie Chaplin's autobiography it is a great read and gives an insight into the man and his humour or Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits a fantasy world that will chill you to the bone and if you fancy a real challenge try 100 years of Solitude by Gabriel García Marquez who you will remember wrote A Chronicle of a Death Foretold. That is enough to start with.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/everyday-heroes-video-playlist-133302801.html Man stops drug dealer running from police. Love his casual attitude...never let's go of his partner's arm.
http://news.sky.com/story/1638587/dumpling-emoji-delivery-after-online-campaign It apparently costs a lot of money to get voting rights for emojis. There is a board that decides on emojis!!! I need a gobsmacked emoji.
