Wiltshire Flyer Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Hey reg, just how do you "moggle" ? 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich too Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Posted by Mike Etheridge 1 on 10/06/2014 00:08:23: When your old school colleague becomes the England football manager it is difficult not to take notice ! I am still in contact with other old school mates who used to play football with Roy in the school sixth form games on a Wednesday afternoon and we are carefully monitoring his progress. Roy was a star on the football pitch, and I hope it all works out well for him in Brazil. Got out last weekend to the our club's scale competition, and I must get some more flying in even when the football is on. Edited By Mike Etheridge 1 on 10/06/2014 00:10:11 Interesting Mike! Alas until he (or someone) gets them bonding as a team off the pitch they will never achieve anything on it. Not many supporters on the forum! I am looking forward to it, not so much England as I doubt they will advance from the group stage. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin lane Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 My proud boast, 67 years on this planet and never attended or watched a game of football!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Walters Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Is there some proper football on Guys or is it that poor distant relation of the real game with the round ball again? If so I do have better things to do....... Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I don't like football. In 76 years never watched a game. I don't mind if other people want to enjoy it but there are a few things that do annoy me intensely. Currently we keep being shown faces of supporters Gurning out of the TV screen and being promised that goal faces will be used on TV . Have these people any idea just how moronic they look! Not only are we going to be inflicted with football for the next month or two, we are going to have Wimbledon rammed down our throats and that means that it is almost a total waste of time buying the Radio Times because all the programs will be delayed or cancelled. Come to think of it, that doesn't really matter as there are so few programs worth watching these days. I might watch a bit of the Tour de France, especially the mountain stages. The scenery is great and I am a sadist! Oh well, I have a new model to design and build and demands for more plans on the list so that will fill the hours. Edited By Peter Miller on 10/06/2014 08:05:36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.B. Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 As usual the BBC got through TT week only mentioning it when there had been a fatality. Can they use the same policy for foot ball please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Skilbeck Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Posted by Mr.B. on 10/06/2014 10:23:05: As usual the BBC got through TT week only mentioning it when there had been a fatality. Can they use the same policy for foot ball please? But ITV 4 was great....... I have a TV over my building bench, so will multi-task..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceejay Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Football has been part of my periferal life for ever, all my family are big fans, just me that isn,t, went lots as a kid to the local team, Stoke City, and met most of the players in the 60,s and 70,s Gordon Banks was a highlight but top of the tree was Stanley Mathews, went to his testemonial and met him at half time, the reason is that my Dad worked (in fact still does a little even at 84,he has been a SC fan ie attending live games since the age of 5 or 6 and is stil a season ticket holder after 78 years) for SC promotions selling SC lottery now, and his claim to fame is that as a boy himself and is father being a huge SC fan in the late 30,s early 40,s i believe when stan first played for Stoke, my grandparents owned a shop and it was en-route to the old ground and in those days Stan and most of the players lived in the terraces amongst their fans and on his way to the ground on a match day, him and the goal keeper walked down together, they would call into grandads shop for fags, and would collect dad and take him to the ground to stand on terraces saving grandad a spot so he could leave shop at last poss moment, seems strange to think of players today as one of the local community, i dont hate footie i just have preferences for other sports, rugby and cricket mainley, i can and do watch the occasional england game but prefer to do it sat quietly with my feet up these days, ahhhh!!! old age eh!! chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 9 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 due to the time difference most of the games will be on late evening and if you don't like it you can always switch over I am not sure what you are all complaining about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I must confess I enjoy footie, and used to play a bit, so the World Cup is something I do relish. I would like to see England do well, but I like to watch the game played well so it doesn't matter who is playing really. I guess we are the minority Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmBuff Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Never understood my so many modellers slag off The World Cup or other major sporting events. In 2012, many on the forum were bitching about the Olympics! Why the apparent polarity of interests? The matches are being played at 5pm; 9pm and 11pm UK time. So unless you're retired (or a public sector worker) or have LED night lights on your plane you'll be able to fly and watch the football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 No one is complaining, only expressing their desire to avoid football either due to the boredom that it brings or that the overpaid, pompous, arrogant folk who demand an equivalent years worth of our wages every day just don't float our boats. What I, personally, don't like is the pathetic RADA acting which makes the players act as if they have broken a leg after tripping up over a draught and then being miraculously cured with a wet sponge. Oh, yes, I must not forget the unsportsman behaviour and the outrageous racism that permeates the whole thing from both the players and the fans. (Yes, been a medic at several games and it is very scary) The threat of being lynched at the game is also a thing I wish to avoid. I like most sports and as for Rugby - Now there's a proper sport. Proper wages, fair play and the whole family are perfectly safe at the game but football just annoys me. Edited By John F on 10/06/2014 11:40:51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Posted by Lindsay Todd on 09/06/2014 23:24:23: No interest in football what so ever, if people are into it that's fine, if it was a months worth of MotoGP then I would bore everyone silly! +1 It won't affect my activities one way or the other, unless it affects the scheduling of MotoGP or Superbikes Edited By Bob Cotsford on 10/06/2014 11:46:04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmBuff Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I too enjoy Rugby - but let's not go too overboard on the "fair play" thing. Eye gouging, coaches getting a player to bite on a blood capsule to simulate injury, spear tackles, stud raking... But back to OP - many model flyers will be experiencing the emotional roller coaster of watching England at the World Cup. And as someone who enjoys both model flying and sport - flying a model plane will NEVER stir up the same passions as being at Wembley watching Arsenal beat Manchester United, England beating Scotland or going mental at Edgbaston watching England beat Australia in The Ashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 If you don't like football fair enough, myself and my kids have travelled the length and breadth of the country over and over watching football, I think that makes us fans "outrageous racists" ? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceejay Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 i think its the associated violent element of the crowds over the years that have stopped a good many from continuing there interest in watching live footie, it did for me being an innocent bystander at the age of 12 and getting injured during a fracas in the terraces which meant i had to be removed by the St johns first aiders, i did get to watch the rest of the mach from the team bench sat next to the likes of terry conroy, but not been to a live game since. any sport that the spectators are banned from having a drink whilst watching has issues that need to be sorted, i suspect the england game is on the cards for Sat evening at Weston Park ,on a big screen poss,with copious ammounts of liquid refreshment and no fighting!! but those of us not so inclined can go and do something else, chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 The "fair play" that I wrote was supposed to have a in there! John, you're taking my comments way, way, way out of context, and you know it. Cheeky boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I hate football, and like at Weston a few years ago, when it was on, was doing something better - flying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Totally unbelievable, to a father who went fortnightly to United, with my two girls, my wives mother (grandma) queuing for the tickets during the week. The journey to the ground on the tram with other like minded people. The after match drink. What is there not to like about football? A total family event! I am sure that multiple screens will be provided at Greenacres, for the real men to watch. Yes, there must be a bar to, to create that total family environment. So totally looking forward to the World Cup, I am dreading the after series depression that could set in. Only elevated by England yet again thrashing Johnny Foreigner. Yes football crosses all boundaries, uniting all, in its ethos of fairness, respect of others and that money is not everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Erf, if your tongue was any more firmly placed in cheek I think you'd actually be a contortionist! BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 First of all i'm a grown man, no boy here son. secondly, cheeky I am, neither alters the content of your post. The outrageous racism that permeates the whole thing from both players and fans. Now where do you put the smiley ? You attached a very unpleasant label to a large number of people. You o.k. with that? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 This thread has been reasonably balanced and good-humoured so far - I'd like it kept that way otherwise it will be locked. The subject isn't worth a punch-up, verbal or otherwise, here or anywhere else...... Let's keep the superlatives in check, eh, gents? Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 No problem Pete, sorry John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Posted by Pete B - Moderator on 10/06/2014 17:19:37: This thread has been reasonably balanced and good-humoured so far - I'd like it kept that way otherwise it will be locked. The subject isn't worth a punch-up, verbal or otherwise, here or anywhere else...... Let's keep the superlatives in check, eh, gents? Pete You see? That is what happens when football gets involved! Punch ups!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunie Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I watched a world cup match once about 25 years ago and quite enjoyed it. Never felt the desire to watch another though! Shaunie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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