Things you don't miss about "old" football

[fidelcastro]

I'll start with the following...

1. The old rule of goalkeepers being able to pick up backpasses.

2. Crap stadia.

3. Managers being interviewed during the game.

4. The tackle from behind.

5. Racist or similar chanting.

There must be many many more.

Thoughts?

[Goalposts]

Standing,

[Lip]

The old leather ball,it didn't half hurt your head on a cold muddy winter's day,sometimes leaving an imprint of the laces on your forehead. OUCH

[Claret Toni]

Seeing players kicked up in the air and then volleyed on the way down.

[Rowls]

Racism in the stands

The bad views

Getting rained on

[Vegas Claret]

waiting to see if the ball comes down with snow on it

[fidelcastro]

Racism in the stands

The bad views

Getting rained on

Your final one still occurs in the JML at the Turf.

[fidelcastro]

waiting to see if the ball comes down with snow on it

I used to like that

[Chobulous]

******* up against a wall in the old bogs

[Clovius Boofus]

Unfit professional footballers more bothered about their booze and fags than the fans they played for. Turning up stinking rough on a Saturday afternoon while laughing and joking with their teammates about how hungover they felt.

[dougcollins]

2. Crap stadia.


Thoughts?

That's interesting, as I would view some of the new concrete bowls we visit nowadays as being 'crap stadia'.

[fidelcastro]

That's interesting, as I would view some of the new concrete bowls we visit nowadays as being 'crap stadia'.

Still preferable to the likes of Halifax, Scarborough and Maidstone used to be.

[Vegas Claret]

I used to like that

that's because you are bonkers !

[Claret Toni]

Still preferable to the likes of Halifax, Scarborough and Maidstone used to be.

Ah The Shay - sadly I recall that shithole - not a place I'd previously associated with the word "stadia".

[claptrappers_union]

I prefer old stadia

Defenders in the wall creeping forwards for freekicks.
'Toilets' wreaking of stale ****.
Cheerleaders
Smoking

[fatboy47]

The heavy ball and the backpass.

Everything else is worse now.

[yTib]

jumpers for goalposts.

[Stalbansclaret]

Having to try and work out HT scores in other games by deciphering a grid of letters and numbers stuck on the wall near one of the corner flags.

[1882Clarets1882]

Stimrol choddy.

[Clovius Boofus]

Trying to eavesdrop on a radio held by someone standing thirty feet away.

[Cirrus_Minor]

- standing behind a 7 foot tall chap with a banner.

- the toilets

- hiding your scarf under your coat

[martin_p]

Apart from the racism and hooliganism I think the only thing I don’t miss is not being able to see Burnley’s goals on tv every week.

[tiger76]

Hooliganism.
English teams being banned from Europe.
England failing to qualify for major tournaments.
Bananas being thrown at ethnic majority players.
Rattles bloody noisy objects.
2 legged cup ties especially if we've been gubbed in the 1st game as we often were.

[MACCA]

Dyches boring interviews, the cloak and dagger approach to them aswell as the constant moaning on repeat.

Much prefer the current ones

[claptrappers_union]

The ‘lineups’ on the back the programme that were never right.

[Rowls]

Unfit professional footballers more bothered about their booze and fags than the fans they played for. Turning up stinking rough on a Saturday afternoon while laughing and joking with their teammates about how hungover they felt.

I don’t know why this thought popped into my head but I hope Gazza’s doing well these days.

[boatshed bill]

TBH I didn't mind the back-pass until they altered from the goalkeepers' 4 steps and bounce rule. That old rule kept the game moving.

[timshorts]

Liverpool being good.

That long walk via some allotments away at Watford before the game, and then being escorted by the police miles away from where your car was / the tube station.

Wales never qualifying for anything.

Ardiles and Maradona.

Plus a fair few of those things listed above. But on comparison, I think I'd go for the late 1970's / 1980's experience if you include a return to British rail and not getting ripped off, having to book trains, pre-order tickets to games taking away all the spontaneity.

[yTib]

you don't miss ossie ardiles? you beast!

[NRC]

******* up against a wall in the old bogs

I distinctly remember in the Longside bogs that the back of my legs were, in fact, that wall

[bfcjg]

Elton Welsby.

[durhamclaret]

Smoking!

[Cooclaret]

Racism in the stands

The bad views

Getting rained on

2/3 of those things still happen regularly at Turf Moor

[Stantheman]

The toilets in the bee hole end
John bond
Chris waddle
The golden gate
Going to freezing hartlepool in Feb and losing
Demonstrating against the board in the dark days
Chanting 'teasdale out'
STAN CANCELLING CHRISTMAS

[TheFamilyCat]

Local derbies against Rochdale, Halifax and Stockport.

[houseboy]

I'll start with the following...

1. The old rule of goalkeepers being able to pick up backpasses.

2. Crap stadia.

3. Managers being interviewed during the game.

4. The tackle from behind.

5. Racist or similar chanting.

There must be many many more.

Thoughts?

I kinda liked crap stadia. Modern ones are a bit soulless. I didn’t mind goalies picking up back passes but it did seem to slow the game down. I don’t remember managers being interviewed during games because there was no live football to speak of (depending how far back you mean). The racist chanting I don’t miss but then we all did it because we didn’t know any better. Tackles from behind? Indifferent really.

[houseboy]

I prefer old stadia

Defenders in the wall creeping forwards for freekicks.
'Toilets' wreaking of stale ****.
Cheerleaders
Smoking

Cheerleaders? That would be a plus if I’d ever seen one. Must have missed that game.

[houseboy]

I think I pretty much enjoyed most of the old times but:
The pitches looking like the Somme on a bad day.
Malcolm Macdonald.
Stamford Bridge (a mile from the nearest goals).
Never getting on the Longside against United.
Or City.
Or Liverpool.
But I did like the orange ball on a snowy pitch.

[basil6345789]

Alf Thornton

[claptrappers_union]

Cheerleaders? That would be a plus if I’d ever seen one.

Not when it's just kids from a local dance school

[fidelcastro]

The racist chanting I don’t miss but then we all did it because we didn’t know any better.

Speak for yourself.

[ClaretinJapan]

Standing outside Dixons watching the vidiprinter at 4:45pm. Especially when it paused for what seemed like an eternity.

[CoolClaret]

Burnley being s***

[Darnhill Claret]

Houseboy, do you mean not getting in the Cricket Field End or having to move to The Longside or maybe I’m just a fair bit older than you. Anyway we usually got moved to where the CFS Burnley fans sit now. On The Longside it was more a case of being shoved down to the front or towards The Beehole.

[wilks_bfc]

Speak for yourself.

The chant for Winston White could now be seen as being “racist” and we all sang it

[Loyal Supporter]

Some on here saying they didn't mind the backpass being picked up by the keeper.
That change of rule revolutionised football. Now we need to stop keepers time wasting by holding on to the ball for ages, goal kicks and falling on the floor whilst holding the ball in the last 10 minutes or so after catching a simple shot or cross.

[Quicknick]

There is nothing I don't miss. I miss it all.

[Carwin261]

The stinking toilets on the Longside,& next to the snack bar on the Beehole end.

[Lord Beamish]

The Swankypants Dog Troupe.

[NottsClaret]

The backpass rule, 100%. And now we've got used to watching games on perfect surfaces, I'd probably struggle to enjoy a game on a rutted, cabbage field. Even 8th tier non-league has better pitches than the old First Division.

Uncovered away ends wouldn't be as much fun now I'm not 15 anymore.