madras Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 10 hours ago, Hovagod said: You go in goal then don’t you? First to 10, forwards or keeper. If the keeper wins it was the forward who gave the keeper most points who went in goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 15 hours ago, BlueStar said: Wembley Singles or Wembley Doubles, depending on if you were all playing solo or in pairs Can confirm from North London. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 (edited) 16 hours ago, joeyt said: Wembley Singles or Doubles depending on the team formations. Heads and volleys was: no half volleys no self setups touches in the box allowed but only headers or biceys to score, volleys allowed outside the box only Biceys worth 2 points (can only remember anyone actually scoring one once ever) "sky's the limit" rule meaning over the bar was fine but wide meant you went in nets "post saves all" rule meaning that if you hit the post and it went wide or hit the bar then keeper caught it, it didn't count Deliberately ignoring someone's pass so it went behind would be funny and you'd make them go in goal for it, but excessive piss taking with this and you'd make the person ignoring the pass go in goal eventually Edited April 9 by Pilko Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Just now, Pilko said: Wembley Singles or Doubles depending on the team formations. Heads and volleys was: no half volleys no self setups touches in the box allowed but only headers to score, volleys allowed outside the box only Biceys worth 2 points (can only remember anyone actually scoring one once ever) "sky's the limit" rule meaning over the bar was fine but wide meant you went in nets "post saves all" rule meaning that if you hit the post and it went wide or hit the bar then keeper caught it, it didn't count Deliberately ignoring someone's pass so it went behind would be funny and you'd make them go in goal for it, but excessive piss taking with this and you'd make the person ignoring the pass go in goal eventually You went in goal after 1 volley wide ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1 hour ago, madras said: You went in goal after 1 volley wide ? Yep, each player starts with so many lives, depending on how long you want the game to last. Usually 5 lives and whoever starts in nets might get 6 or 7. You lose a life for every goal conceded til someone gets to 0. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 5 minutes ago, Pilko said: Yep, each player starts with so many lives, depending on how long you want the game to last. Usually 5 lives and whoever starts in nets might get 6 or 7. You lose a life for every goal conceded til someone gets to 0. We played up to 10. If the keeper lost he stayed in. Stopped him letting in goals to get out of goal. Me and a mate also had a variant (which the keeper wasn't aware of) called "Ooooomph" in which the aim wasn't to score but to hit the keeper, which was fun from about 10yds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 2 minutes ago, madras said: We played up to 10. If the keeper lost he stayed in. Stopped him letting in goals to get out of goal. Me and a mate also had a variant (which the keeper wasn't aware of) called "Ooooomph" in which the aim wasn't to score but to hit the keeper, which was fun from about 10yds. Can remember a brilliant moment when one of the lads hit an absolute blasty volley perfectly from about 25+ yards, it smashed another lad in the face, the keeper had already dived and the ball agonisingly span over the line whilst everyone ran to pile onto the prone lad with the bloodied nose in joyous celebration. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 (edited) 9 hours ago, Disco said: Looking good in my airline safety card phase. Never seen a team that was more only going to be saved from relegation by the bell than Norwich that day. Utter freefall. Joint 6th at the turn of the year. But glad of the chance with the ice broken to post an obscure spot. More proud of the Where's Wally work than anything else, after someone put the original picture up. Edited April 9 by Jonas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewboy74 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 8 minutes ago, Jonas said: Never seen a team that was more only going to be saved from relegation by the bell than Norwich that day. Utter freefall. Joint 6th at the turn of the year. But glad of the chance with the ice broken to post an obscure spot. More proud of the Where's Wally work than anything else, after someone put the original picture up. Is that Mark Stimpson? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 (edited) 2 hours ago, Pilko said: Wembley Singles or Doubles depending on the team formations. Heads and volleys was: no half volleys no self setups touches in the box allowed but only headers or biceys to score, volleys allowed outside the box only Biceys worth 2 points (can only remember anyone actually scoring one once ever) "sky's the limit" rule meaning over the bar was fine but wide meant you went in nets "post saves all" rule meaning that if you hit the post and it went wide or hit the bar then keeper caught it, it didn't count Deliberately ignoring someone's pass so it went behind would be funny and you'd make them go in goal for it, but excessive piss taking with this and you'd make the person ignoring the pass go in goal eventually They were the rules we had too - the only slight adjustment is that you could head the ball after it had bounced and it would count, unlike a half-volley I actually saw a YouTube clip a while back of Shearer and Lineker laughing at Micah Richards who said that it wasn’t a volley if the ball bounced - hate to disagree with two of England’s greatest ever strikers, but they wouldn’t survive a game of heads and volleys at Newburn rec if that’s what they think Edited April 9 by TheBrownBottle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 4 minutes ago, Drewboy74 said: Is that Mark Stimpson? Yep, worst FB I’ve seen in B&W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 (edited) 10 hours ago, Disco said: Looking good in my airline safety card phase. Youth team keeper in for Norwich wasn't it ? 3rd or 4th choice at least. Edited April 9 by madras Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 I think we called it Wembley Doubles/Pairs but called it "International" when it was just every boy for himself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Proposition to bring back heads and volleys instead of fucking padel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewboy74 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 23 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: Yep, worst FB I’ve seen in B&W maybe Paul Sweeney? Christ, could open a can of worms here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1 minute ago, Drewboy74 said: maybe Paul Sweeney? Christ, could open a can of worms here. Fucking hell, sometimes traumatic childhood memories should stay buried Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 19 minutes ago, joeyt said: Proposition to bring back heads and volleys instead of fucking padel Garages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewboy74 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 16 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: Fucking hell, sometimes traumatic childhood memories should stay buried I'm sure I have a vague memory of Sweeney collapsing at the end of a midweek game and getting helped off the pitch. It's probably cos he got roasted throughout the game mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 36 minutes ago, joeyt said: Proposition to bring back heads and volleys instead of fucking padel Padel is mint man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si67 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 3 hours ago, Pilko said: Wembley Singles or Doubles depending on the team formations. Heads and volleys was: no half volleys no self setups touches in the box allowed but only headers or biceys to score, volleys allowed outside the box only Biceys worth 2 points (can only remember anyone actually scoring one once ever) "sky's the limit" rule meaning over the bar was fine but wide meant you went in nets "post saves all" rule meaning that if you hit the post and it went wide or hit the bar then keeper caught it, it didn't count Deliberately ignoring someone's pass so it went behind would be funny and you'd make them go in goal for it, but excessive piss taking with this and you'd make the person ignoring the pass go in goal eventually We called it cup finals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 3 hours ago, Pilko said: Wembley Singles or Doubles depending on the team formations. Heads and volleys was: no half volleys no self setups touches in the box allowed but only headers or biceys to score, volleys allowed outside the box only Biceys worth 2 points (can only remember anyone actually scoring one once ever) "sky's the limit" rule meaning over the bar was fine but wide meant you went in nets "post saves all" rule meaning that if you hit the post and it went wide or hit the bar then keeper caught it, it didn't count Deliberately ignoring someone's pass so it went behind would be funny and you'd make them go in goal for it, but excessive piss taking with this and you'd make the person ignoring the pass go in goal eventually I think we maybe only did this, but any volleys caught (and held) by the 'keeper, without it touching the ground meant the volleying player goes straight in nets, regardless of any score. Was like an equaliser thing to stop scores racking up keeping someone in net forever, and forced you to take shots that could only be saved but not caught. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 11 minutes ago, Drewboy74 said: I'm sure I have a vague memory of Sweeney collapsing at the end of a midweek game and getting helped off the pitch. It's probably cos he got roasted throughout the game mind. I can still remember him being brought on to man mark a certain Lee, R of Charlton Athletic when he was taking us to pieces - I’m not sure if he even played many times for us again after that. Sweeney was fucking dreadful that day. 1990/91 is still the worst season I can remember by a long chalk - even though we were shitter the year after, at least it had KK and an epic finish. I wasn’t around in the late ‘70s / early ‘80s, so didn’t see that absolute nadir - the past thirty-odd years have never come close to that shite (including the Ashley era). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big River Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 10 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: I think we maybe only did this, but any volleys caught (and held) by the 'keeper, without it touching the ground meant the volleying player goes straight in nets, regardless of any score. Was like an equaliser thing to stop scores racking up keeping someone in net forever, and forced you to take shots that could only be saved but not caught. aye we played it like that too and it was singles/doubles no "Wembley" prefix rush keeper was known as fog man back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewboy74 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 12 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: I can still remember him being brought on to man mark a certain Lee, R of Charlton Athletic when he was taking us to pieces - I’m not sure if he even played many times for us again after that. Sweeney was fucking dreadful that day. 1990/91 is still the worst season I can remember by a long chalk - even though we were shitter the year after, at least it had KK and an epic finish. I wasn’t around in the late ‘70s / early ‘80s, so didn’t see that absolute nadir - the past thirty-odd years have never come close to that shite (including the Ashley era). Think the relegation season of 88-89 stands out for me. Maybe the Sweeney game I'm thinking of, was a game against West Ham, late on in the season. I definitely took part in a sit down protest in the Gallowgate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 4 minutes ago, Drewboy74 said: Think the relegation season of 88-89 stands out for me. Maybe the Sweeney game I'm thinking of, was a game against West Ham, late on in the season. I definitely took part in a sit down protest in the Gallowgate! I can vaguely remember that game - didn’t West Ham score a really late winner? I can remember the crowd being really angry. I was a kid and there with my dad in the family enclosure Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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