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The non-Watford football thread

Discussion in 'Watford' started by North North Watford, May 1, 2012.

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  1. oldfrenchhorn

    oldfrenchhorn Well-Known Member
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    This is the type of football that people want to see in the mens game.
     
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    oldfrenchhorn, Jul 11, 2022
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  2. Bolton's Boots

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    Those Triallist brothers must be pretty handy...

    Screenshot_20220711-215127~2.png
     
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  3. Hornet-Fez

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  4. Bolton's Boots

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    Joking about what?
     
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  5. Hornet-Fez

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  6. Markthehorn

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    Bad will be in the media tomorrow for sure saying he is the favourite still etc .
     
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  7. Mexican Hornet

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    Fraudalonian slip? <laugh>
     
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  9. Hornet-Fez

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    Anyone watch the Lionesses last night? They played like the men's team: put us through the wringer!
    Blinding goal to win it though! Belgium or Sweden in the Semis, I think.
     
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  10. oldfrenchhorn

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    Thought they did really well with Spain being one of the favourites to win. Superb winner though.
     
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  11. Markthehorn

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    Was excellent indeed .

    Great comeback and atmosphere.
     
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  12. yorkshirehornet

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    Brilliant game.... football standard really gone up a notch inthe past couple of years
     
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  13. Mexican Hornet

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    Women's football is not for me. Good luck to them though. I find it a bit strange to watch to be honest.
     
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    This tournament I have really connected with it......
     
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    It's very much superior to when I was running the line on the WPL. That said, the portents of what was to come was clear.
     
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  16. Bolton's Boots

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    According to this article, superiority may have been the problem for the women's game around 100 years ago. It was so popular that the FA banned it - a ban that lasted for over half a century.

    https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...mens-football-in-1921-and-tried-to-justify-it
     
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    I read an article on that on the BBC site a couple of years ago, not as detailed but still shocking

    It was the equivalent of men being banned from playing Baseball (Rounders), Basketball (Netball) and Hockey

    On second thoughts Rounders could have been left to the girls
     
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  19. Bolton's Boots

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    Rather oddly, it was only in the early 70s that Netball became known as Netball in the Antipodes. Prior to that it was called Women's Basketball - the odd bit being that women also played Basketball. My mother-in-law was by all accounts rather sporty in her youth and played both - she used to enjoy confusing me with tales about her games.
     
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    When I was in the first two years of Senior school we had a few boys v girls games, one was Hockey where we boys had trouble walking after due to badly bruised knees and ankles the girls of course were totally uninjured, another was Basketball where the girls grabbed us where they shouldn't or pulled our shorts down to stop us dribbling past them

    We also played Netball and Rounders against them, non contact sports so we survived intact

    We never played them at Rugby or Football due to the risk of serious injury, to us
     
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