The Football News Thread 2022/23

[Newbridge Wolf]

Club Statement: Hallam Hope

Oldham Athletic is sorry to have to report that our player, Hallam Hope, was the victim of a vicious assault on Saturday evening.

www.oldhamathletic.co.uk

This appears to have been a Chesterfield player's doing...

Some people really struggle to separate the theatre of football from real life. Very sad to hear this and hope the idiot responsible is brought to justice

 

[Kenny]

Brighton taking the news that Potter could be off really badly and they postpone their game v Palace next week

(Real reason is due to the train strike)

 

[SSB]

Brighton taking the news that Potter could be off really badly and they postpone their game v Palace next week

(Real reason is due to the train strike)

It's a pain in the arse of a ground whether on the train or in a car.

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

"But it simply was not possible to play the match with a full capacity crowd in attendance."

So what? Play the game anyway.

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Isn't that one if those weird derbies? Palace and Brighton that is, not the Rail Unions ongoing strike.

A bit like Norwichs (one sided) rivalry with ourselves.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

A ground it is only easy to get to by train. Sussex police think it is the most violent game in world football for crowd disorder. Plus the game is on induction day at the university which uses the same meagre car parks so it will be chaos.

I wouldn’t be at all shocked if this were at least a “police-supported” decision.

 

[Johnny75]

A ground it is only easy to get to by train. Sussex police think it is the most violent game in world football for crowd disorder. Plus the game is on induction day at the university which uses the same meagre car parks so it will be chaos.

I wouldn’t be at all shocked if this were at least a “police-supported” decision.

That'll be the same Sussex police who only have Brighton as a professional football team.

Aren't they all a bit Hot Fuzz down there?

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Apparently about Brighton v Palace they really are.

For the Greater Good, no doubt.

 

[Tony Towner]

That'll be the same Sussex police who only have Brighton as a professional football team.

Aren't they all a bit Hot Fuzz down there?

Inconsequential piece of pedantry...Crawley

 

[Tony Towner]

It's not a competition, but this is genuinely tragic

https://twitter.com/x/status/1567875486885314560

 

[PuntsWolf]

Awful disease which seems there’s nothing you can do to stop you getting it and nothing you can do to stop it progressing.

Just gradual decline of otherwise young, healthy fit people. Terrible

 

[The Bear]

I remember him in the Prem. Really good player in his prime.

 

[Kenny]

No EFL games tomorrow.

Full decision on all other games tomorrow after talks he'd between the governing bodies and the Government

 

[The Bear]

This does my head in from whichever sports data supplier BBC use (could be Opta).

How the fuck are we supposed to know who Oliveira Alencar is? They do it all the time with Portugese language names. Has wound me up for a long time. Thankfully BBC use his more common name in the match report.

 

[Kenny]

Evening Tim "not my job to know about foreign stuff" Nash..

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

He’s the bloke they nicked off us isn’t he? Goal and assist on his debut isn’t bad.

 

[The Bear]

Evening Tim "not my job to know about foreign stuff" Nash..

Bet you didn't know who it was without looking it up!

 

[Kenny]

Bet you didn't know who it was without looking it up!

On this one I did but nowt wrong with looking stuff up.

 

[Kenny]

Oh noes Barca are upset as Atletico are outdoing them on the bastard scale

https://twitter.com/x/status/1567999390480236544

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Atleti haven’t breached the contract which Barcelona wrote. And they have been public about it.

It’s fucking hilarious.