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11 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Happy Five 0 Iggs !

 

It was a day when the names of Banks, Cohen, Wilson, Charlton J, Moore, Ball, Stiles, Peters, Charlton R, Hunt and Hurst earned their place in football history.

Bobby Moore and Alan Ball have since died, in 1993 and 2007 respectively. A bronze statue of Moore stands outside Wembley Stadium and is likely to be visited by many of fans attending the commemoration at the nearby arena today. Loads of other commemorative events going on, and why not ? Lets face it we'll win fuck all again :D

And how can we forget Geoffrey Hurst's Blue and White Army. We should have been promoted in 1980 and we would have done only for Mickey Droy getting injured at crucial times. I hate to speak ill of the dead F.B. but I've heard some pretty damning things about Alan Ball. Apparently if anyone ever questioned his tactics he would say '' Have you got a world cup winners medal ?''. And he would always speak in the third person like that twat David O' Leary used to.

Your right about never winning anything again the players biggest fault is their mental fragility it was plain to see in the Euro's especially after we went 2-1 down to Iceland. The shoulders dropped and heads went down mainly because they knew they were going to get slagged off in the press and media. Having shit coaches like Taylor, Keegan, Mc Claren and Hodgson and now Allardyce doesn't help mind you.

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1 hour ago, Iggy Doonican said:

And how can we forget Geoffrey Hurst's Blue and White Army. We should have been promoted in 1980 and we would have done only for Mickey Droy getting injured at crucial times. I hate to speak ill of the dead F.B. but I've heard some pretty damning things about Alan Ball. Apparently if anyone ever questioned his tactics he would say '' Have you got a world cup winners medal ?''. And he would always speak in the third person like that twat David O' Leary used to.

Your right about never winning anything again the players biggest fault is their mental fragility it was plain to see in the Euro's especially after we went 2-1 down to Iceland. The shoulders dropped and heads went down mainly because they knew they were going to get slagged off in the press and media. Having shit coaches like Taylor, Keegan, Mc Claren and Hodgson and now Allardyce doesn't help mind you.

Yeah heard that about Alan Ball as well. God rest the squeaky voiced one. Heard some disparaging things about Hurst as well when he was managing us-basically ''ive done it all, i'm better than you'' kind of attitude.

Nothing beats Eddie Mcreadie though allegedly walking out on Stamford Bridge because they wouldn't let him have a Ford company car. Imagine Conte walking out because Abramovich wont let him have a Ford Focus :D

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19 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Yeah heard that about Alan Ball as well. God rest the squeaky voiced one. Heard some disparaging things about Hurst as well when he was managing us-basically ''ive done it all, i'm better than you'' kind of attitude.

Nothing beats Eddie Mcreadie though allegedly walking out on Stamford Bridge because they wouldn't let him have a Ford company car. Imagine Conte walking out because Abramovich wont let him have a Ford Focus :D

Yes Chelsea have always shot themselves in the foot it's in our D.N.A.. I was especially gutted because I had a Eddie McCreadie's Blue and White Army silk scarf that I used to wear on my wrist those were the days.

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1 hour ago, Iggy Doonican said:

Yes Chelsea have always shot themselves in the foot it's in our D.N.A.. I was especially gutted because I had a Eddie McCreadie's Blue and White Army silk scarf that I used to wear on my wrist those were the days.

Yeah all that Chels memorabilia really collectable now. Had a huge collection of badges that I got rid of.

Btw you can tell this is an international forum - youre the only one that's acknowledged English footballs greatest achievement

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1 hour ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Yeah all that Chels memorabilia really collectable now. Had a huge collection of badges that I got rid of.

Btw you can tell this is an international forum - youre the only one that's acknowledged English footballs greatest achievement

Bought a pin badge on Ebay the little one's from the late 70's early 80's.. You could get them in yellow and green and white and blue as well.  I also bought a red white and green scarf. Had loads of badges and scarfs when I was a kid some of them cost about 30 quid on Ebay now. I moved house recently had to leave all my Chelsea fanzines I used to buy them all even though some of them were terrible like Red Card.

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4 hours ago, Iggy Doonican said:

Bought a pin badge on Ebay the little one's from the late 70's early 80's.. You could get them in yellow and green and white and blue as well.  I also bought a red white and green scarf. Had loads of badges and scarfs when I was a kid some of them cost about 30 quid on Ebay now. I moved house recently had to leave all my Chelsea fanzines I used to buy them all even though some of them were terrible like Red Card.

Bet you wish you'd kept em now ! Ahhh Red Card. My favourite was Chelsea Independent but also CFCUK ''Its onlyyyy a paahnd!!''

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10 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Bet you wish you'd kept em now ! Ahhh Red Card. My favourite was Chelsea Independent but also CFCUK ''Its onlyyyy a paahnd!!''

Talking of Geoff Hurst here's a clip for you F.B. ''Is Geoff Hurst's career as a pundit over ?  It is now''

 

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2 hours ago, Iggy Doonican said:

Talking of Geoff Hurst here's a clip for you F.B. ''Is Geoff Hurst's career as a pundit over ?  It is now''

 

Blimey that explains why hes never been asked as a pundit since. Garth has had a few pies since  -Girth Crooks

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put your money on WBA to be Relegated.

WBA lost to Torquay United from The League : Conference National

 

 

Torquay United - West Bromwich Albion

2 - 1 [FULL TIME]

 

2 - 1
81'


59'
2 - 0


52'
1 - 0

http://www.sofascore.com/west-bromwich-albion-torquay-united/isec

http://www.flashscore.com/match/b3I9WFxg/#match-summary

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Hi Kezza  [ @Kezza ] this is the only place and rights holder to legally view The Premier League for 2016/2017.

 

Sky TV NZ / SkySportsNZ - BeIN Sports NZ Channel launches on Tuesday 9 August 2016 and costs $11.96 NZD per month.

 

read more at links below

(links) - https://www.sky.co.nz/beinsports + https://www.sky.co.nz/-/bein-sports

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8 hours ago, KevinAshburner said:


Hi Kezza  [ @Kezza ] this is the only place and rights holder to legally view The Premier League for 2016/2017.

 

Sky TV NZ / SkySportsNZ - BeIN Sports NZ Channel launches on Tuesday 9 August 2016 and costs $11.96 NZD per month.

 

read more at links below

(links) - https://www.sky.co.nz/beinsports + https://www.sky.co.nz/-/bein-sports

Yeah cheers mate. Heard about that.

Not paying a single cent to fuckin sky. Will just stream or watch replays online 

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5 hours ago, Kezza said:

Yeah cheers mate. Heard about that.

Not paying a single cent to fuckin sky. Will just stream or watch replays online 

You could go straight to Bein. They're offering beinsportsconnect, a similar service to Premier League Pass. 

It's not up at the moment but Bein said it will be up, you won't need to subsribe with sky to get it, but it won't be available before the first round of EPL.

Rumours has it that it will be $18/month, much better than subscribing to sky. Though it probably works best if you have good connection at home.

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1 hour ago, Beepu said:

You could go straight to Bein. They're offering beinsportsconnect, a similar service to Premier League Pass. 

It's not up at the moment but Bein said it will be up, you won't need to subsribe with sky to get it, but it won't be available before the first round of EPL.

Rumours has it that it will be $18/month, much better than subscribing to sky. Though it probably works best if you have good connection at home.

http://getbein.beinsports.com/nz/subscribe/

This it?

Looks pretty good, also better than PLP as its also got UCL and cheaper it seems (PLP was about $199 for the season IIRC). Might get that when it arrives.

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28 minutes ago, Kezza said:

http://getbein.beinsports.com/nz/subscribe/

This it?

Looks pretty good, also better than PLP as its also got UCL and cheaper it seems (PLP was about $199 for the season IIRC). Might get that when it arrives.

Yup, that's it. Some games will have a delayed broadcast but those are mostly the smaller teams. I have never used PLP before so I am not sure how reliable streaming services like these are. I just got a new wireless provider so hopefully it streams smoothly. And not sure how good the HD is compared to normal TV. But definitely better than Sky. EPL + CL is all I need.

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11 minutes ago, Beepu said:

Yup, that's it. Some games will have a delayed broadcast but those are mostly the smaller teams. I have never used PLP before so I am not sure how reliable streaming services like these are. I just got a new wireless provider so hopefully it streams smoothly. And not sure how good the HD is compared to normal TV. But definitely better than Sky. EPL + CL is all I need.

PLP was really good!! quality was on par with TV. I guess the quality will be determined by your internet.

I'm getting too old/lazy to stay up to the early hours to watch the games, so hopefully they have the option of on demand games that i can watch the next day like PLP had

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