Rolling thread for when the Brits are at it again

Murder · 2020-04-03T10:51:58.399Z

I think England vs Algeria at 2010 might also be a contender for that crown.

So boring that a bird managed to settle on top of one of the goals without being disturbed.

Or the king of stinkers. A match so godawful that it basically forced Fifa to change their rules so the last two group fixtures needed to be at the same time.

en.wikipedia.org

Disgrace of Gijón

The "Disgrace of Gijón" is the name given to a 1982 FIFA World Cup football match played between West Germany and Austria at the El Molinón stadium in Gijón, Spain, on 25 June 1982. The match was the last game of the first-round Group 2, with Algeria and Chile having played the day before. With the outcome of that match already decided, a win by one or two goals for West Germany would result in both them and Austria qualifying at the expense of Algeria, who had defeated West Germany in the fir...

kiyonemakibi · 2020-04-03T10:54:49.421Z

I don’t think it counts when teams are playing deliberately badly

Murder · 2020-04-03T10:58:31.227Z

Well, Fifa have decided to put full classic, in other words, eventful matches on their Youtube channel: Netherlands vs Spain 2014; Brazil vs Germany 2014, Brazil vs France 1986, for example.

I just like the perverse idea of them putting up the complete opposite on their Youtube channel: here is the most boring, anti-football match ever played. Watch it in full!

kiyonemakibi · 2020-04-03T10:59:25.335Z

@moderators - you can move all the football posts to the football thread if you want?

Kallgeese · 2020-04-03T11:00:08.596Z

I’ve seen highlights (lowlights?) from that match but have never watched the full thing. I have time I suppose!

Severed799 · 2020-04-03T11:00:38.228Z

urbanfox:

Would love a rewatch of England v Iceland from Euro 2016.

Superb stuff, especially combined with the football thread from that day on here.

Legend has it Icelandic state TV is playing that game on a daily basis, that was long before anything to do with Coronavirus though.

Kallgeese · 2020-04-03T11:00:46.984Z

NEIN

Football chat is totally fine in here, especially as the Irish team of Italia '90 was referenced.

hip_young_gunslinger · 2020-04-03T11:03:28.308Z

“The local paper printed the match report under its crime section”

thesewoodenideas · 2020-04-03T12:50:16.216Z

At least its not more Mrs Browns Boys

thesewoodenideas · 2020-04-03T12:53:55.494Z

Should televise a Fifa20 esports tournament or something.

guntrip · 2020-04-03T13:26:24.866Z

We’ve got Fifa 12 (or something - it was 50p), should do it on that just for the added comedy and wonky and expressionless character animations

Icarus-Smicarus · 2020-04-03T18:34:22.250Z

kiyonemakibi:

(see also: the 2010 final)

interminable.

futilityofendeavour · 2020-04-03T20:02:23.474Z

thesewoodenideas:

(Hhhhheeeeeeaaaaaaalllllleeeeeyyyyyy!!!)

Not sure if the picture quality will be great from a match from 1975

thesewoodenideas · 2020-04-03T22:16:35.765Z

I give it 3 weeks before we get a double bill of the 66 world Cup final and the dambusters/great escape.

1101010 · 2020-04-04T04:08:15.157Z

Both teams were accused of match-fixing, although FIFA ruled that neither team broke any rules.

Oh aye, at the expense of an African team? Colonial powers at it there…

Murder · 2020-04-04T09:40:44.776Z

I do find the topic fascinating and would love to discuss it in more detail, but I fear I’m going away from the topic of “The Brits” and into the topic of “general racism in the World Cup”, which seems beyond the remit of this thread. Maybe we should move this chat to the football thread.