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KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab · Post by **KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:33 am

TANGODANCER wrote:

This is what we had in the fifties. Head one of these on a wet day and you needed traction to get your head out of your neck.

Sod the laces for the potential of horrible heading injuries. Look at how much the valve pokes out.

Our league is sponsored by Molten.You can tell they usually specialise in making volleyballs and basketballs when you see the official ball of our league:

Whoever lauded the Adidas Tango has it bob on. Best football ever.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:00 am

the wawa aba would get a few comments down the park on a sunday morning....

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab · Post by **KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:48 am

It looks like it's been coloured in by a child. What's the point?

I saw a mid grey football made by Nike a few weeks ago. Our youth team coach was thinking of buying some for training, until I pointed out that it would be barely visible in daylight as well as under the floodlights.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:23 am

Lord Kangana wrote:Furry five-a-side balls are for cheats

And for those that played cricket with a tennis ball. Softy Walters!

mofgimmers · Post by **mofgimmers** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:34 am

I never liked those 5-a-side balls... when I was young, I thought that they were designed for people with 'difficulties' for some reason.

Anyway, Mitre balls were always a bit lame in my opinion. They had the capacity to soak up quite a lot of water (I recall getting one on the thigh in winter which resulted in a rather grim looking yellow bruise with purple stitching marks). The Adidas Tango however... jeez... the control you could get off those things! More importantly, they looked great when flying through the air! A design classic!

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:51 pm

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab wrote:
Whoever lauded the Adidas Tango has it bob on. Best football ever.

With a name like that, how could it not be?

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:53 pm

mofgimmers wrote: A(I recall getting one on the thigh in winter which resulted in a rather grim looking yellow bruise with purple stitching marks). !

Get one in the nuts from a "casey" and the rest pales into insignificance.

mofgimmers · Post by **mofgimmers** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:16 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:
mofgimmers wrote: A(I recall getting one on the thigh in winter which resulted in a rather grim looking yellow bruise with purple stitching marks). !
Get one in the nuts from a "casey" and the rest pales into insignificance.

I'm surprise you can walk, let alone dance after an injury like that.

When at primary school, a teacher brought an old-style ball in for us to have a kick around with and mate headed it right on the knot for a goal-line clearance and it nearly knocked him clean out (he made the mistake of closing his eyes first and catching it right on the top of his bonce... yipes!)

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:39 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Lord Kangana wrote:Furry five-a-side balls are for cheats
And for those that played cricket with a tennis ball. Softy Walters!

Right on. On the park it was always a "corky" but we used to play a lot outside Holy Harbour on the cinders. Being a bowler those solid rubber things that weighed about two pounds were ideal for taking the smiles off would-be Len Huttons.

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:33 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:
mofgimmers wrote: A(I recall getting one on the thigh in winter which resulted in a rather grim looking yellow bruise with purple stitching marks). !
Get one in the nuts from a "casey" and the rest pales into insignificance.

Every Christmas, in the wrapping under the tree was a casey. Brown leather with the distinctive shaped leather pieces and the laces. It was flat & so also there was a valve to connect to your bike pump to inflate it.

Finally, a tin of dubbin, to rub onto the ball to help it's waterproofing. Totally pointless as is soaked in more water than a camel the moment you used it in the wet.

At age 8 or 9, on pitches so muddy the H&SE wouldn't allow you on it, with boots like divers shoes trying to kick a water soaked piece of leather as heavy as a small skyscraper. The "I don't want to head it, the lace hurts" brigade were talking bollox. No child could possibly kick it hard enough to get it into the air.

I was, later, fixated by footballs with "threepenny bit" shapes on the outer. The first I knew without laces, light and covered with a sort of plastic vasrnish. Those dubbin manufacturers were buggered from then on. You kicked it, having only experienced these others and the bloody thing flew miles.

... & you tell the youngsters of today and they won't believe you !!

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:38 am

Wasn't heading caseys what contributed to Jeff Astle's early demise?

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:03 am

ratbert wrote:Wasn't heading caseys what contributed to Jeff Astle's early demise?

His regular song and dance slot on the Frank Skinner show was probably a contributory factor.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:35 am

ratbert wrote:Wasn't heading caseys what contributed to Jeff Astle's early demise?

Wife worked at the hospital in the mentally damaged men's area. Several footballers and boxers finsihed up in there suffering from Front Lobal Damage. Forgotten the guys name (senior moment) but one old-timer was an ex-Wanderer, Harry ? who died in there. Another was a local boxer, Jack Heywood.

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:03 am

TANGODANCER wrote:
ratbert wrote:Wasn't heading caseys what contributed to Jeff Astle's early demise?
Wife worked at the hospital in the mentally damaged men's area. Several footballers and boxers finsihed up in there suffering from Front Lobal Damage. Forgotten the guys name (senior moment) but one old-timer was an ex-Wanderer, Harry ? who died in there. Another was a local boxer, Jack Heywood.

Did you play centre-half Tango?

warthog · Post by **warthog** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:01 pm

Zulus Thousand of em wrote:
ratbert wrote:Wasn't heading caseys what contributed to Jeff Astle's early demise?
His regular song and dance slot on the Frank Skinner show was probably a contributory factor.

That was a symptom.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:14 pm

Lord Kangana wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:
ratbert wrote:Wasn't heading caseys what contributed to Jeff Astle's early demise?
Wife worked at the hospital in the mentally damaged men's area. Several footballers and boxers finsihed up in there suffering from Front Lobal Damage. Forgotten the guys name (senior moment) but one old-timer was an ex-Wanderer, Harry ? who died in there. Another was a local boxer, Jack Heywood.
Did you play centre-half Tango?

Aye, amongst other things.

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:14 pm

warthog wrote:
Zulus Thousand of em wrote:
ratbert wrote:Wasn't heading caseys what contributed to Jeff Astle's early demise?
His regular song and dance slot on the Frank Skinner show was probably a contributory factor.
That was a symptom.

It would have been a factor if I had had a gun.

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