RIP Alan Ball - 1966 England World Cup Legend

hmmm let me think....

world cup winners....or home championship winners....hmmm let me have a bit more thought.

nah, sticking with the world cup nev.

Hehe everyone has there own glory.

Some of us just don't go on about it as much lol.

Tricky one this in my household cause the missus is English so her dad and me have some interesting conversations about football.

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Sad indeed - he was only 61. I saw him play for Arsenal many times. Good memories.

Never watched alotta the old games really(probably because i wasnt born) but last night in memory i watched the 66 final i was there all the way with them lol. It brings back to life how much most footballers of today are actuall pu$$ies there was hard tackles that players were gettin up and carrying on. Correct me if i'm wrong but Ball was the youngest in the 66 squad and yet one of the better players.

I think they should bring back alot of the old rules, i.e back passes keeper only allowed 3 steps, it keeps the game moving

De-rail Anyway RIP Alan Ball a credit to the game.

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by plowsie

...lots of sense...

And while I'm replying:

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Post on behalf of SVEcosse.

Really? The rallying to your argument has been awful quiet.

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

1966 was 41 years ago...blah blah blah blah...won the big one...whiny whiny whiny...Enough of the 66 stuff.

Yes, you know you're quite right - I'll do you a deal, as soon as Scotland win the World Cup* I'll never mention it again, promise, cross my heart and hope to die.

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Your very next game was agaisnt Scotland and you lost that one

And this matters because...? Oh wait! I get it now! Scotland were the real World Cup winners in '66! Of course, it's so obvious when you point it out.

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

As for the death - well dont follow football, didn't know the guy, but always a loss when someone dies.

Hold on a mo Dave, this is dangerously near being relevant to the thread**, easy now.

*Or indeed, anything.
** Ish - don't follow football, don't know who he is... etc etc

Earlier in this thread I commented about Alan Ball wearing a number 8 shirt. Last night I watched a 1975 Arsenal vs Manure game (Arsenal won, 3-1) and he was wearing no 7.

Gerodie Armstrong was in the no 8 shirt, which got me confused, as I was sure Bally used to be no 8? Maybe after Armstrong left he picked up the "8" shirt ??

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Peter Henry mentioning to me that Mr.Ball wear Nº8 mainly for Everton. Most England games he wear Nº7 also.

Oh dear, someone else for my Dad to bemoan the death of. Well, it'll make a change to reminding me 'which ones died when' each time the opening credits run to yet another repeat of Dad's Army.

What (very) little I did know of him though, he did seem like a genuinely nice bloke - for a footie player. RIP.