Football isn't it?

Tuesday 21/08/07.
What a good weekend! Saw lots of old friends, I mean that literally as I was at a 50th birthday party where 95% of the people had already reached that milestone.
Spent Saturday in the pub followed by the game (Albion vs Northampton) with a 2-1 victory to the Seagulls. Took me back to November 1976 when a minibus load of us went to see Northampton vs Brighton. A 2-0 victory and a stop off at Soho for some 70's style porn afterwards....ah, those were the days! Which reminds me -
In the first of an occasional series :

Why football was better in the 70s than it is now

1) Proper nicknames. Wassa and Becks? Pathetic! A real nickname is 'Chopper' or 'Bites your legs'.
2) A yellow card for tackling from behind when you get the ball? Nobby Stiles wouldn't have lasted 30 seconds!
3) A bit of rain or snow nowadays and the game's off, whatever happened to a good old mudbath with Francis Lee sliding towards you at 50mph?
4) A red card for nodding your head at an opponent? For a proper red card offence see Bremner vs Keegan in the 1974 Charity (?) Shield. I rest my case.
5) 3.00 Saturday and 7.30 Wednesday kickoffs - you knew where you were.
6) I know the late great Alan Ball wore white boots occasionally but some of these guys nowadays wear all colours - and they are definitely not fit to lace Bally's boots.
7) Scottish goalkeepers. Is it me or are they finally improving?
8) Sitting at a game's nice but a good surge on the terrace was something special.
9) Rattles vs airhorns? Rattles win every time.
10) Foreigners have brought a lot to our game but do we need so many? It was once considered exotic to have a Welshman in your team.

And just to show that I'm a balanced individual:

Why football is better now than in the 70s

1) Your chances of salmonella from football ground food has decreased by about 98%.
2) You can go to a match without fear of getting pummelled by a bunch of neanderthals.
3) The neantherthals have been priced out of going!
4) Most grounds have comfortable seating and are under cover (Withdean Stadium excepted).
5) you don't get people pissing down the terraces when they can't be bothered to go to the shed that passed as a toilet - and that was just the women!

And that's all of can think of...which proves my point.

Lee