The English Football Thread

[MoroccanBlue 5,320]

7 minutes ago, Patrick Bamford said:

This is not funny anymore. Liverpool can't lose cos they always have the referee on their side.

 

That Greek left back and Milner battered Zaha and Ayew all match, no yellow cards. Ward makes a 50/50 challenge, instant yellow card. Let’s not ignore Palace’s missed penalty call. 
 

Normally this wouldn’t bother me but the amount of shit decisions that have gone our way recently has me fuming. 

[Atomiswave 6,072]

1 hour ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Least Saints did us a solid. Score line flattered Liverpool and the official made no secret who he was favoring that entire 90. He needs looking at. 
 

Can Burnley just fuck off already? 

What did you expect, its the EPL just another season, their darlings will continue getting bonuses while we will suffer. The shit is bent to its very core.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,559]

Well that escalated quickly! AV 3-0 

[Milan 17,881]

😔

[Vesper 29,250]

2 hours ago, Milan said:

😔

RIP to one one the best English footballers ever.

Shame he left us so young and went to AC Milan and then spuds.

Jimmy Greaves: Ex-England & Tottenham striker dies aged 81

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/58613988

Former England striker and Tottenham's record goalscorer Jimmy Greaves has died at the age of 81.

Greaves began his career with Chelsea before spells at AC Milan, Spurs and West Ham.

 

He scored 44 goals in 57 games for England and was a member of the 1966 World Cup-winning squad.

He holds the record for most goals in the English top flight with 357, and scored 266 in 379 matches for Tottenham.

Greaves' 41 goals in 1960-61 remains a record in a season for Chelsea, and he also holds the Spurs record with 37 in 1962-63.

A Tottenham statement read: "We are extremely saddened to learn of the passing of the great Jimmy Greaves, not just Tottenham Hotspur's record goalscorer but the finest marksman this country has ever seen.

"Jimmy passed away at home in the early hours of this morning, aged 81."

• 'Physical courage and glorious goalscoring - a striker of undisputed world class'
• Send your tributes as football pays it respects to Greaves

Tottenham said Greaves possessed "immaculate ball control, great balance and such composure in front of goal that he rarely spurned an opportunity".

He scored a hat-trick on his Spurs debut against Blackpool in December 1961, in the FA Cup final win in 1962 and twice in the Cup Winners' Cup win in 1963 as they became the first British club to win a European trophy.

"Football will not see his like again," Spurs said.

Greaves is survived by his wife Irene, four children and 10 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

 

Greaves scored 132 goals in 169 matches for Chelsea between 1957 and 1961 before moving to Milan.

Chelsea said they "mourn the loss of a truly remarkable player and one of our own".

He scored nine goals in 14 Serie A games for Milan, including on his debut, but did not settle in Italy and returned to London with Tottenham.

He left Spurs in 1970 to join West Ham before retiring at the end of the 1970-71 season at the age of 31.

The Hammers will hold a minute's applause before Sunday's Premier League game against Manchester United.

After retiring, Greaves moved into broadcasting and presented 'Saint and Greavsie', a football show with former Liverpool striker Ian St John, between 1985 and 1992.

Greaves suffered a minor stroke in 2012 and a severe stroke in 2015. He was awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Year Honours list in 2020.

'Admired by all who love football'

Greaves is fourth on the list of all-time England goalscorers, behind Wayne Rooney (53), Sir Bobby Charlton (49) and Gary Lineker (48).

He originally missed out on a 1966 World Cup winners medal because he was injured during the group stage.

After recovering, Greaves was left out of the starting XI for the final and his replacement, Sir Geoff Hurst, scored a hat-trick as England beat West Germany 4-2 after extra time.

The World Cup squad players and the families of manager Sir Alf Ramsey and other backroom staff were finally presented with medals in 2009.

England manager Gareth Southgate said his team will pay tribute when they play Hungary at Wembley on 12 October.

"Jimmy Greaves was someone who was admired by all who love football, regardless of club allegiances," said Southgate.

"Jimmy certainly deserves inclusion in any list of England's best players, given his status as one of our greatest goalscorers and his part in our 1966 World Cup success."

 

Edited September 19, 2021 by Vesper

[Vesper 29,250]

2021-22 English Premier League

West Ham United             
Manchester United           

http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2021/premier-league-west-ham-united-vs-manchester-united-s1/

https://www.totalsportek.com/football/premier-league/west-ham-vs-man-utd-match/

[Vesper 29,250]

lucky cunts Manure don't have to face Antonio as he got that 95th minute red card last game

 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,559]

Yessss Get in WH!! 1-0

[Vesper 29,250]

woot

1 nil Hammers

[ZAPHOD2319 4,559]

Fecking Ronaldo is a shark, he always finds the tap ins. 

[Vesper 29,250]

1 1

CR7 tap in merchant

[DH1988 1,332]

Monster.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,559]

Brighton 1-0 over Leicester.

[Pizy 18,538]

His ability to seemingly always be in the right place at the right time is crazy. The ultimate poacher at this point in his career.

[Fulham Broadway 16,987]

Looked offside on TV

No VAR for that then, just accept he was on side. He is not a rapist, either.

 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,559]

They reviewed the CR7 goal. Defender’s leg was extended that kept him onside.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,559]

 

[Pizy 18,538]

7 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

They reviewed the CR7 goal. Defender’s leg was extended that kept him onside.

Yep. Shocking defending by Creswell.