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Re: Old Timey Football Thread

by BRO_BOT » 06 Feb 2025 14:47

Sutekh God, wasn’t domestic 90s football largely a load of dreadful cobblers, easily the worst decade on the pitch.


Was. It. Fcuk!

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by Sutekh » 06 Feb 2025 15:12

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Sutekh God, wasn’t domestic 90s football largely a load of dreadful cobblers, easily the worst decade on the pitch.


Was. It. Fcuk!


Hated the horrible kits, the paucity of any half decent British talent, dreadful hairstyles and general posing. It was that time before we were flooded with all the unknown foreigners, that turn out to be actually quite decent, that you get today so clubs were still largely filled with “hopeless” British talent. But at least Bournemouth, Brighton and Brentford knew their place!

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Re: Old Timey Football Thread

by Winston Biscuit » 06 Feb 2025 16:07

I won't hear a bad word said about the 90's, in any regard at all!

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Re: Old Timey Football Thread

by BRO_BOT » 06 Feb 2025 17:38

Winston Biscuit I won't hear a bad word said about the 90's, in any regard at all!



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by stealthpapes » 13 Feb 2025 13:53

Great Signing Photos of our Time.



When Reading signed Falklands War veteran Phil Stant.


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by leon » 14 Feb 2025 12:21

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Sutekh God, wasn’t domestic 90s football largely a load of dreadful cobblers, easily the worst decade on the pitch.


Was. It. Fcuk!


Hated the horrible kits, the paucity of any half decent British talent, dreadful hairstyles and general posing. It was that time before we were flooded with all the unknown foreigners, that turn out to be actually quite decent, that you get today so clubs were still largely filled with “hopeless” British talent. But at least Bournemouth, Brighton and Brentford knew their place!


There were some great foreign players in the 90s. English football started to get good. largely because of the foreign influx dragging the standards up.

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Re: Old Timey Football Thread

by BRO_BOT » 14 Feb 2025 12:34

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Was. It. Fcuk!


Hated the horrible kits, the paucity of any half decent British talent, dreadful hairstyles and general posing. It was that time before we were flooded with all the unknown foreigners, that turn out to be actually quite decent, that you get today so clubs were still largely filled with “hopeless” British talent. But at least Bournemouth, Brighton and Brentford knew their place!


There were some great foreign players in the 90s. English football started to get good. largely because of the foreign influx dragging the standards up.


Yeah English football couldn't compete before then


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by leon » 14 Feb 2025 14:16

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Hated the horrible kits, the paucity of any half decent British talent, dreadful hairstyles and general posing. It was that time before we were flooded with all the unknown foreigners, that turn out to be actually quite decent, that you get today so clubs were still largely filled with “hopeless” British talent. But at least Bournemouth, Brighton and Brentford knew their place!


There were some great foreign players in the 90s. English football started to get good. largely because of the foreign influx dragging the standards up.


Yeah English football couldn't compete before then



Back pass rule init.

fcuking Liverpool just passing it back to the keeper as soons as things got hairy.

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Re: Old Timey Football Thread

by BRO_BOT » 14 Feb 2025 14:58

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There were some great foreign players in the 90s. English football started to get good. largely because of the foreign influx dragging the standards up.


Yeah English football couldn't compete before then


Back pass rule init.

fcuking Liverpool just passing it back to the keeper as soons as things got hairy.


LOL, I got what you meant! The Foreigns made it sexier, smoking at half time etc


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by leon » 14 Feb 2025 14:59

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Yeah English football couldn't compete before then


Back pass rule init.

fcuking Liverpool just passing it back to the keeper as soons as things got hairy.


LOL, I got what you meant! The Foreigns made it sexier, smoking at half time etc


lovely hair, foxy wives and the accents!! Oh the accents....

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Re: Old Timey Football Thread

by Winston Biscuit » 17 Mar 2025 15:55

I just learned about Dario Dubois, who played for a number of teams in the Argentinian lower divisions in the 90's, and became really well known for playing in face paint



He was shot and killed 17 years ago today by people trying to rob him and his girlfriend

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Re: Old Timey Football Thread

by BRO_BOT » 23 Mar 2025 03:42

mad to think Ron Atkinson and Jim Smith were in their early 20s here.


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Re: Old Timey Football Thread

by From Despair To Where? » 23 Mar 2025 17:55

Fat Ron's the record appearance holder for Oxford, isn't he?


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Re: Old Timey Football Thread

by BRO_BOT » 23 Mar 2025 20:38

10 years today since this all-time great heat map


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Re: Old Timey Football Thread

by From Despair To Where? » 25 Mar 2025 17:14

stealthpapes


Keith Gillespie?

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Re: Old Timey Football Thread

by stealthpapes » 26 Mar 2025 09:36

Given that he was, quite literally, on fire, it's ironic that it's Will Grigg in the 2016 Euros vs Poland.

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Re: Old Timey Football Thread

by From Despair To Where? » 29 Mar 2025 14:45

To be fair, a League 1 flat track bully does not necessarily an International class striker make, even for Northern Ireland.

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