I am so glad that you said that before I did, Debo. I sat at my desk feeling like such an unwashed American thinking places such as Nottingham Forest existed only in storybooks. But Robin Hood as their goalie? C'mon. Even I wouldn't have said that. Friar Tuck would seem more suited, given his solid base and surprising agility.
Hood is good, but he tends to be a bit of a straight arrow though. Ba-dum-tish. He'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress. Hood is okay, but when I last spoke to him he said he wanted to settle down with this nice girl he met named Scarlet. I said "You may want to settle down, but will Scarlet"... *sits back waitings for the inevitable crickets chirping* This is great. After the utter bullshit of the McLaren spying thing this past week, and Ferrari winning the title by getting a team punished for what teams have been doing since 1950, and the NFL 'spying' thing etc... Sport, as a whole, makes me fucking sick. Reading a story like this makes me feel there might just be hope. Thanks, Fence, for the gift of sporting hope!
btw, Robin was from Sherwood Forest. You plonkers are confusing him with the Sheriff of Nottingham. Now, he was more of a 'keeper (as in keepin' yer 'ard earned income). Robin was more of a taker (and giver). I also rate Little John ahead of Friar Tuck. A little slow but his big frame filled the goal. Friar Tuck was a quick wit, but a little addled by the sauce, if you know what I mean.
The link has always been there, WC2K2. The name is a bit of a play on the Robin Hood legend for a start, and for many years Nottingham F****** have run on to the pitch to the sounds of "Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen", or some similar rubbish. I'm not sure they still do, as the team at the other end of Brian Clough Way has been in a higher division lately.
Ahh well, it's hard for me to get my facts straight as my bicycle shorts are too tight, my Hawaiian shirt too loud, and my mouth stuffed with Big Macs. Teaches me to post on a futbol thread. I am 7000 miles from the locales discussed but only a few feet from a book. I shall endeavor to wash and leave you fine folks to this honorable subject.
You're closer than I am, THX. However some things have sneaked into my brain despite a lifetime spent avoiding all things F*****.
I think it was a class act by Leicester. It makes me proud to be part of the soccer community. No matter what anyone else says soccer/football/futbol, etc... is a sport of character and sportsmanship more often than not..
When they were talking about it on the news they also showed footage of other similar incidents, like when Di Canio caught the ball after the opposition goalkeeper was injured (Video link). It is nice to see that spirit of sport still around.
Nice link fence. I had not seen that one before.
I was just messing around, THX. I'm on the left side of the Atlantic myself, never actually set foot in merry olde England, and am fortunate if I'm washed on most days. Just liked those Robin Hood stories when I was growing up, in book form and Disney-fied comics and TV and movie form.
No prob my friend, I will be telling my friends and family that I am a plonker. And they will ask me to tell them something they don't already know. I come here to be edified and it's a schoolin' I got. And I give a hearty Hear, Hear to this fine example of sportsmanship in a sports world clouded by cheaters.
I live in Nottingham or as we know it the gun capital of England. I imagine it used to be the longbow capital in Robin Hood's day. Forest still run out to the Robin Hood tune AFAIK.
What's the Robin Hood tune? (Please don't tell me it's the French-tinged Irish Dance travesty they came up with in Shrek, altho that was funny, for what it's worth.)
I think it's the tune from the old Richard Greene Robin Hood series on BBC over here.
