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NYC has has had a Weston in this thread fair play
ahhhh Leeds have only gone and dialed it.
This canard that "soccer" is an Americanism is getting old. When I was a kid, which was a very long time ago, my little friends didn't knock on the door and ask if I could come out to play "football." It was "soccer."
Here's the iconic David Coleman from 1969, not giving it a second thought:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPaYry5XOMQ
Some people need to get with it..
I lived in America for six months...I must say I had no idea what the phrase 'phoning it in' meant!
Learn something new every day.
That said I am no more likely to use that than yo say that someone is the 'winningest' team.
not getting much love eh! NYC.
What happened with that call in after?
What a stupid turn of phrase - gimme cockney slang everyday of the week.
Great clip - you forget how bad the pitches were back then.
Other things that come back to you - one keeper in a flat cap, the other in baggy tracksuit bottoms, picking the ball up from a back pass, 3 around the ball at a kick off, and all the players in long sleeves. Loads fans come on the pitch after a goal - one nearly jogged to the halfway line with the players after the 3rd.
About 5 years before my time but lovely to see us batter someone and with a 'young John Toshack' as they referred to.
PS I've never heard of phoning it in either so not sure if I'm wilfully ignorant or just ignorant
I remember saying to a work colleague I was just going to “chill” for the weekend. She didn’t have a clue what I was talking about. It’s a normal UK saying now.