Cup Champions ball in the face on a frosty day

Giblet · 23-09-2014 8:19pm #1

Jumpers for goal posts hmm?

jimboblep · 23-09-2014 8:30pm

Even better when its a burst one

some random drunk · 23-09-2014 8:32pm

Being in goal on a wet day and wearing soaking wet yellow Mikasa gloves.

Sauve · 23-09-2014 8:34pm

I actually flinched

mikom · 23-09-2014 8:34pm

Astro-turf burns.

Dr. Mantis Toboggan · 23-09-2014 8:34pm

Getting hit in the bollox by a semi flat, freezing cold, cup champion ball was no fun.

Giblet · 23-09-2014 8:37pm

some random drunk wrote: »

Being in goal on a wet day and wearing soaking wet yellow Mikasa gloves.

The stink!

Remmy · 23-09-2014 8:38pm

and Sally O'Brien and the way she might look at ya

dxhound2005 · 23-09-2014 8:43pm

Oh, those Brazilians, you know? Circa 1970? Broke the mould. Theory out the window. Free expression of football. Uncategorisable. Is that a word? It is now! You know? Far cry from small boys in the park, jumpers for goalposts. Rush goalie. Two at the back, three in the middle, four up front, one's gone home for his tea. Beans on toast? Possibly, don't quote me on that. Marvellous.

The Backwards Man · 23-09-2014 8:47pm

That's not a ball.

This is a ball.

razorblunt · 23-09-2014 8:48pm

The same ball getting smashed against you in the inner thigh just at time of night in the summer when the sun was going down and it was getting dewy.

whiskeyman · 23-09-2014 9:02pm

Getting your ears flicked on an icy cold day

Giblet · 23-09-2014 9:06pm

Getting your white runners christened? Not on my watch bud!
Mitre football boots!!!

131spanner · 23-09-2014 9:09pm

Teacher starts ringing the school bell, "next goal wins!"

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 23-09-2014 9:13pm

131spanner wrote: »

Teacher starts ringing the school bell, "next goal wins!"

And chases us into the showers wiping us with his white towel.

Stinicker · 23-09-2014 9:16pm

Staying out late in the summer playing ball until eventually the midges hunt you indoors.

porsche959 · 23-09-2014 9:18pm

What's this? Foreign games? We'll have none of that nonsense here.

nullzero · 23-09-2014 9:20pm

Those balls had a particular reverb to them. Even the lightest of touches resulted in a high pitched pinging sound, added to the cold weather made to unwanted contact with cold ears even less pleasant.
As I remember they could float like nobodies business as well, football was a somewhat different sport when played with one.

Tail Docker · 23-09-2014 9:31pm

If one got lost, and sat for a few weeks, when re-discovered, it was like kicking a block of concrete. Still bate having no ball at all though. Shyte for keepie-ups.

some random drunk · 23-09-2014 9:35pm

I remember getting one of the orange ones thinking it would be great for playing with at night. Dunno what I was thinking - turned out to be very difficult to play with under orange street lights!

Once saw similar plastic footballs that had some sort of light inside them that you could switch on. Alas I didn't have the 4 quid on me at the time and I never saw them for sale again. Would have been class!

Giblet · 23-09-2014 9:35pm

nullzero wrote: »

Those balls had a particular reverb to them. Even the lightest of touches resulted in a high pitched pinging sound, added to the cold weather made to unwanted contact with cold ears even less pleasant.
As I remember they could float like nobodies business as well, football was a somewhat different sport when played with one.

Ah man, you'd hoof one up the field and it would make a deadly sound while curving like no-ones business.

KomradeBishop · 23-09-2014 9:41pm

The pinging sound from one of these bouncing off someones face was brilliant.

rogieop · 23-09-2014 9:46pm

Goal or a Penalty!

wp_rathead · 23-09-2014 9:52pm

"Goal!"
"It was over"
"No it wasn't it was in"

dmc17 · 23-09-2014 9:55pm

KomradeBishop wrote: »

The pinging sound from one of these bouncing off someones face was brilliant.

Except when the sound came from your own face :pac:

razorblunt · 23-09-2014 9:55pm

Tail Docker wrote: »

If one got lost, and sat for a few weeks, when re-discovered, it was like kicking a block of concrete. Still bate having no ball at all though. Shyte for keepie-ups.

Even worse was when it was crossed in you knew it was going to hurt but you had to put your head on it anyway, to save face in front of the lads.

Tail Docker · 23-09-2014 9:56pm

razorblunt wrote: »

Even worse was when it was crossed in you knew it was going to hurt but you had to put your head on it anyway, to save face in front of the lads.

"Token nodding". Lol.

Super-Rush · 23-09-2014 9:57pm

We used to play with one of the O'Neills GAA balls in school.

I took one of those to the ear on a frosty November morning.

I tried not to cry, i really really tried.

anncoates · 23-09-2014 10:00pm

Slide tackling on the grass and knowing immediately you've slid in dog sh1t. A guy in school actually got it on his face and was immediately christened sh1te savage.

anncoates · 23-09-2014 10:04pm

nullzero wrote: »

Those balls had a particular reverb to them. Even the lightest of touches resulted in a high pitched pinging sound, added to the cold weather made to unwanted contact with cold ears even less pleasant.
As I remember they could float like nobodies business as well, football was a somewhat different sport when played with one.

They had a really metallic pinging sound if you lashed t hem off a wall in a space with a slight echo like an alley or a gable end with walls .

HalloweenJack · 23-09-2014 11:37pm

There he goes now, being a ballhog as usual.

Call Me Jimmy · 23-09-2014 11:39pm

Giblet wrote: »

Jumpers for goal posts hmm?

I feel violated

Witcher · 23-09-2014 11:39pm

wprathead wrote: »

"Goal!"
"It was over"
"No it wasn't it was in"

'Give you a peno on it then'

:pac:

wp_rathead · 23-09-2014 11:39pm

HalloweenJack wrote: »

There he goes now, being a ballhog as usual.

Or being a goal hanger

HalloweenJack · 23-09-2014 11:42pm

Blay wrote: »

'Give you a peno on it then'

:pac:

Always smacked of guilt, that one did.

Another:
"Foul throw!"
"What's a foul throw?"
"When you don't have your feet on the ground."
"No, it's when you throw the ball after it's passed the top of your head."
"Or before?"
"Doesn't matter now, they've scored."

To this day, still don't know what a foul throw is.

HalloweenJack · 23-09-2014 11:42pm

wprathead wrote: »

Or being a goal hanger

Was always the one who'd get about ten tap-ins and go on about how he was the new Cantona.

Witcher · 23-09-2014 11:45pm

Anyone remember the balls that weighed a ton and had dimples on them..bit like this;

http://2.imimg.com/data2/WG/LF/FCP-2949821/data2-ak-cu-fcp-2949821-enkayballs-golty-250x250.jpg

Like a ****ing cannonball coming at you :pac:

Also one of these old veterans being dragged out for one last lap;

http://lastwordonsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1309957427QJ14n4.jpg

siblers · 23-09-2014 11:47pm

Playing with the orange ball with snow on the ground was the best.

Aubrey loves Joe · 24-09-2014 12:05am

If you kicked it in July it would be still bouncing in September

Satriale · 24-09-2014 12:15am

Kicking what you though was a snow covered Cup Champions ball and finding out it was a old kettle full of ice...

ballsymchugh · 24-09-2014 12:21am

Tail Docker wrote: »

If one got lost, and sat for a few weeks, when re-discovered, it was like kicking a block of concrete. Still bate having no ball at all though. Shyte for keepie-ups.

if you were lucky, your record was 2.
3 and you were a genius.

Call Me Jimmy · 24-09-2014 12:42am

DIYers, hatchers, bagsy keane/cantona/fowler, bash-ins, 'CAR!' and Names with a tennis ball on a crisp morning before school.

anncoates · 24-09-2014 6:48am

wprathead wrote: »

Or being a goal hanger

Hatcher

Fly goalie

Hospital ball

Have a ging

Man on

Watch your house

Citroen2cv · 24-09-2014 7:44am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f2-Hw8ukqc

Cheesy peas at half time, mums at home making the tea.
Match of the day - da, dat da da dah da daa da da
The Arsenal, isnt it?

cournioni · 24-09-2014 8:08am

Blay wrote: »

Anyone remember the balls that weighed a ton and had dimples on them..bit like this;

http://2.imimg.com/data2/WG/LF/FCP-2949821/data2-ak-cu-fcp-2949821-enkayballs-golty-250x250.jpg

Those balls were for the posh rich boys. :pac:

Remember these yokes?!

http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/maWun3-svEhmqBS_XYGPrVw.jpg

Impossible to play football with. If you smashed one it would travel like crazy (while moving all over the place) for about ten metres and then stop. Good craic all the same.

circadian · 24-09-2014 8:09am

Giblet wrote: »

Jumpers for goal posts hmm?

I broke my toe with one of these. It had been sitting outside for a year or two. I can't tell if it had deflated and the plastic kept its shape or what but it was rock solid.

Screamer of a goal though, apparently.

cournioni · 24-09-2014 8:12am

circadian wrote: »

I broke my toe with one of these. It had been sitting outside for a year or two. I can't tell if it had deflated and the plastic kept its shape or what but it was rock solid.

Screamer of a goal though, apparently.

Were you one of those bull toers?!

Akrasia · 24-09-2014 8:20am

cournioni wrote: »

Were you one of those bull toers?!

No Bull Toeing!

One lad at school was famous for calling for a penalty because the keeper picked up the ball outside of the box

Also, 6th class vs 5th class at lunch time, 150th consecutive victory for 6th class

gandalf · 24-09-2014 8:37am

Jaysus that brings me back. Playing football in the park ( a big green patch in the centre of our estate, it was built in the 1960's so they didn't pack houses everywhere!). I think I broke one of my neighbours windows with one of those balls back in the early 80's. God bless single glazing

pickarooney · 24-09-2014 8:40am

The sting of a Wavin hurl and the pins and needles in your arms after you flake a wet leather sliotar.

circadian · 24-09-2014 8:55am

cournioni wrote: »

Were you one of those bull toers?!

30 yard toe pokes were my special move.

Cup Champions ball in the face on a frosty day

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