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Hey Gordon Your not from Essex?
ill not know you at Euro, what with you looking like a celeb! ill just observe the way you walk, I believe chaffing is a problem
when you have work done .
 
Food for thought:
Watch through to the end:-

The man had a cracked cervical vertebra (broken neck) when he kicked this drop goal (mind you, so did Bert Trautman in the '56 Cup Final)!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/27939607 but don't mention the All Blacks!

Here's to another Football World Cup (Rugby Football) next year. Hopefully England will get through to at least the semifinals.

Mike
 
I once stubbed my big toe and fell down holding it in front of my fiancé. She called me a drama queen and still reminds me if it today, 30 years later. I think I broke it ..... but I could lose a leg to a round shot in front of her today and not make a whimper. So not worth it. I think these guys need a dose of female mockery.

Colin
 
england were just unlucky, i thought they played well,but the level of football being played is very high, so they can come home with their heads high. better luck next time./badger
 
I once stubbed my big toe and fell down holding it in front of my fiancé. She called me a drama queen and still reminds me if it today, 30 years later. I think I broke it ..... but I could lose a leg to a round shot in front of her today and not make a whimper. So not worth it. I think these guys need a dose of female mockery.

Colin

My present wife watched me playing against London Welsh in the 70s as I charged down a clearance kick getting my jaw broken and a fractured cheekbone in the process.
I went to hospital ......... she went up west with the rest of the team and their wives and girlfriends.
Women are really tough.....
 
i cant play football,bloody useless, i even tried golf and the only two good balls i hit allday was when i stood on a rake/badger
 
Says it all when the broadcasts of the games finish and half the players are in the ads, particularly England's goalkeeper (advertising shampoo!). Shows where the priorities are.

Geoff
 
The flopping was getting bad in the NBA a couple of seasons ago so the league instituted fines. A sports station was interviewing a recently retired player who told him that they were actually practicing flopping in team practices. The interviewer was shocked and asked if the coaches were involved. The player replied that the coaches were the ones who showed them the films of soccer players in action as examples.

Bob
 
The flopping was getting bad in the NBA a couple of seasons ago so the league instituted fines. A sports station was interviewing a recently retired player who told him that they were actually practicing flopping in team practices. The interviewer was shocked and asked if the coaches were involved. The player replied that the coaches were the ones who showed them the films of soccer players in action as examples.

Bob

I know the NHL hands out a 2 minute minor penalty for blatant dives.

Rule 64 - Diving / Embellishment
64.1 Diving / Embellishment – Any player who blatantly dives, embellishes a fall or a reaction, or who feigns an injury shall be penalized with a minor penalty under this rule.
A goalkeeper who deliberately initiates contact with an attacking player other than to establish position in the crease, or who otherwise acts to create the appearance of other than incidental contact with an attacking player, is subject to the assessment of a minor penalty for diving / embellishment.
64.2 Minor Penalty - A minor penalty shall be imposed on a player who attempts to draw a penalty by his actions (“diving / embellishment”).
64.3 Fines and Suspensions - Regardless if a minor penalty for diving / embellishment is called, Hockey Operations will review game videos and assess fines to players or goalkeepers who dive or embellish a fall or a reaction, or who feign injury. See also Rule 28 – Supplementary Discipline. The call on the ice by the Referee is totally independent of supplementary discipline.
The first such incident during the season will result in a warning letter being sent to the player or goalkeeper. The second such incident will result in a one thousand dollar ($1,000) fine. For a third such incident in the season, the player shall be suspended for one game, pending a telephone conversation with the Director of Hockey Operations. For subsequent violations in the same season, the player’s suspension shall double (i.e. first suspension – one game, second suspension – two games, third suspension – four games, etc.) See also Rule 28 – Supplementary Discipline.

Colin
 
In hockey and basketball, the action is so fast it is hard for the refs to determine what happened so the leagues also have the right afterwards to make a ruling. The sad part in basketball and soccer is it seems the biggest stars are also the biggest clowns. If I want to see pratfalls, I'll turn on a Buster Keaton movie.

Bob
 
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