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AshfordGill said:
10 premier league sides that I have seen play The Gills

Tottenham
Chelsea
Arsenal
Newcastle
Aston Villa
Southampton
Cardiff
Charlton
Sheffield Wednesday
Portsmouth
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Premier League when they played Gillingham or just Premier League at some point in time?
 
10 Venues where I have seen Paul Weller play

Guildford Civic Hall (The Jam)
Brighton Centre (The Jam, TSC and PW)
Wembley Arena (The Jam & TSC)
Margate Winter Gardens (TSC & PW)
Brixton Academy (TSC)
The Royal Albert Hall (PW)
Bedgebury Pinetum (PW)
Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall (PW)
The O2 (PW)
Kew Gardens (PW)
 
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PleaseNotPoll said:
Premier League when they played Gillingham or just Premier League at some point in time?
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They were all playing in the prem when we played them in 1 or other of the cups - 3 wins Charlton, Cardiff, and Sheff Wed. But only 2 thrashings 5-0 at the lane, and at Stamford Bridge. We did also give a Chelsea a good game at Priestfield losing 4-2, we also scored 2 at the Library before losing 5-2, but Wenger had to put Henry and Pires on in the last 20 when it was still 2-2.

The one that still annoys me the most was 2-1 home defeat to Villa, Ashley Young dived to win a penalty that won the game.All the others were comfortable 2/3 goal wins to the premier league team.
 
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PleaseNotPoll said:
You must've been shocked...

In actual shocking news, he now has hair:
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Looks almost unrecognisable. Until he starjumps in the box, of course.
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I was at the Villa game too, and it was a televised game

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- just watched it again first time for a while to see if I still think it's a dive and I still think that it is a very soft decision, you can guarantee that the penalty would not have been given at the other end
 
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AshfordGill said:
They were all playing in the prem when we played them in 1 or other of the cups - 3 wins Charlton, Cardiff, and Sheff Wed. But only 2 thrashings 5-0 at the lane, and at Stamford Bridge. We did also give a Chelsea a good game at Priestfield losing 4-2, we also scored 2 at the Library before losing 5-2, but Wenger had to put Henry and Pires on in the last 20 when it was still 2-2.

The one that still annoys me the most was 2-1 home defeat to Villa, Ashley Young dived to win a penalty that won the game.All the others were comfortable 2/3 goal wins to the premier league team.
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Played Sheff Wed twice too first time Pressman was sent off early doors and Chris Waddle was imperious
 
The Changing Man said:
I was at the Villa game too, and it was a televised game

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- just watched it again first time for a while to see if I still think it's a dive and I still think that it is a very soft decision, you can guarantee that the penalty would not have been given at the other end
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Never a penalty. It's his standard dive, where he goes down and flings his legs up behind him:
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humanbeingincroydon said:
Careful, you're talking about things involving Man Utd that happened years ago, and you know what happens when you do that...
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There was a period when he "won" multiple penalties in not that many games, but the refs kept on giving them. Contrast this to Bale when refs decided everything he did was a dive so that even the most ludicrous bad tackles were not given as pens. I remember there was a photoshopped image of Young with a mask and snorkel on, pretty funny - until you realise that the number of points he got by cheating isn't funny at all.
 
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vimhawk said:
There was a period when he "won" multiple penalties in not that many games, but the refs kept on giving them. Contrast this to Bale when refs decided everything he did was a dive so that even the most ludicrous bad tackles were not given as pens. I remember there was a photoshopped image of Young with a mask and snorkel on, pretty funny - until you realise that the number of points he got by cheating isn't funny at all.
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What really stuck out with that is that , because Brendan Rodgers called Bale a diver in one post-match interview, all refs deduced that he was never fouled in opposition penalty areas even when defenders were literally performing judo on him - yet other players who also had reputations for diving who routinely got called out by pundits for it, such as Drogba, continued winning penalties in the 89th minute regardless
 
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vimhawk said:
There was a period when he "won" multiple penalties in not that many games, but the refs kept on giving them. Contrast this to Bale when refs decided everything he did was a dive so that even the most ludicrous bad tackles were not given as pens. I remember there was a photoshopped image of Young with a mask and snorkel on, pretty funny - until you realise that the number of points he got by cheating isn't funny at all.
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The annoying thing is that he wasn't even good at it. The dives were so theatrical and exaggerated that it was almost funny. There are many cases where to be frank I am not sure whether someone has dived or not, but Young's technique left no doubt. And yet they kept being given.
 
Top ten dives that highlight the hypocrisy of football pundits

1. Michael Owen vs Argentina, World Cup 1998
2. Michael Owen vs Argentina, World Cup 2002
3. Steven Gerrard vs Milan, Champions League final 2005
4. Wayne Rooney vs Arsenal, 2004
5. Ashley Cole vs Barcelona, 2012
6. Ruud van Nistelrooy vs Arsenal, 2003
7. Wayne Rooney vs Arsenal, 2009
8. Alan Shearer vs Romania, Euro 2000
9. Didier Drogba vs Napoli, 2012
10. Ronaldo vs Juventus, 1998
 
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SpursDisciple said:
So who is going to provide a top 10 dives [HASHTAG]#keepingittopical[/HASHTAG]
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Top 10 Ashley Young dives? You could do one for his Utd dives alone, to be honest.

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Two Spurs players featured and neither was a dive... <whistle>

Rivaldo's has to be number 1, I think. Gilardino's v Celtic for Milan is up there, though. Awful.
 
Top ten Spurs online in jokes that make sense to nobody else

1. Stadium pic of DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
2. Danny Rose will have to Google that...
3. Can ... play right back?
4. NOBODY MOVE
5. Is Leandro Damiao available?
6. Cymoh didn't wait for the final whistle before popping by
7. N'Geme
8. To the plane tracker!
9. Nacer Chadli: Dolphin Enthusiast
10. Tom Carroll is better than Xavi
 
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