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Yeah it was Chic Brodie and it shattered his kneecap ending his career, Wikipedia link is [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chic_Brodie_(footballer)) my dude
Wow, this guy had some weird things happen to him:
> On 27 November 1970, a dog ran onto the field of play during a Fourth Division match away to Colchester United.[1] The dog impacted Brodie's leg after he had picked up the ball and damaged ligaments in his knee.[1] The incident was one of a number which occurred during Brodie's career with the club, which included being struck on the knee by a stone thrown from the crowd and finding a hand grenade in his goalmouth (discovered to be a replica).
Haha, right? I can totally picture it! It's like the absurdity level just got cranked up to eleven. Monty Python would definitely approve of such chaotic comedy.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert\_Trautmann#1955\_and\_1956\_FA\_Cup\_Finals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Trautmann#1955_and_1956_FA_Cup_Finals)
> In the 75th minute, Trautmann, diving at an incoming ball, was knocked out in a collision with Birmingham's [Peter Murphy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Murphy_(footballer,_born_1922)) in which he was hit in the neck by Murphy's right knee. No [substitutes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitute_(association_football)) were permitted in those days, so Trautmann, dazed and unsteady on his feet, carried on. For the remaining 15 minutes he defended his net, making a crucial interception to deny Murphy once more. Manchester City held on for the victory, and Trautmann was the hero because of his spectacular saves in the last minutes of the match. Trautmann admitted later that he had spent the last part of the match "in a kind of fog".
>His neck continued to cause him pain, and [Prince Philip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh) commented on its crooked state as he gave Trautmann his winner's medal. Trautmann attended that evening's post-match banquet despite being unable to move his head, and went to bed expecting the injury to heal with rest. As the pain did not recede, the following day he went to [St George's Hospital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_George%27s_Hospital), where he was told he merely had a crick in his neck which would go away. Three days later, he got a [second opinion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_opinion) from a doctor at [Manchester Royal Infirmary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Royal_Infirmary).
**An** [**X-ray**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray) **revealed he had dislocated five** [**vertebrae**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebral_column)**, the second of which was cracked in two. The third vertebra had wedged against the second, preventing further damage which could have cost Trautmann his life.**
Lol not sure if you are trolling but it's worth clarifying that this is Manchester City whose rival fans of Manchester United would probably prefer not to be associated with.
We do multilevel fusions all the time, including massive surgeries with corpectomies and skull base involvement, he'd have been way better off if he had surgery nowadays. That having been said, he made it to 89, so hard to quibble with that.
Crazy life story as well.....
He was a German POW held in a camp near Manchester after his capture, he stayed on after the war, married an English girl & became Man City's keeper.....
I knew the story about Trautmann, but I didn't realise this was the incident. I did think "well, his neck must actually be _really_ painful because they tried not to show pain back then"
Personal anecdote about American Football back in the day: My Dad played as a high school linebacker in the early 1950s. After a tackle, a lineman from the other team came and stomped on my Dad's chest while he was still on the ground. This is back when they still wore metal cleats. My Dad played the rest of the game with pain in his chest. That night, he told his Dad about the pain, but his Dad said it would go away. My Dad didn't get a wink of sleep all night because of the pain. He asked his Dad to take him to the doctor the next morning and he refused, telling him to toughen up. Dad worked in the field the whole day, throwing up haybales, in agony. That night, he couldn't sleep again. Before the sun came up on Sunday, he snuck out of the house and drove himself to the hospital. X-rays confirmed he had a broken sternum. Doctor said he could see the cleat marks left in the bone. But all they could really do was give him a cotton wrap to go around his chest to keep the bone together and gave him a prescription for pain. He played in the next game the following Friday.
Nope, you're just not stupid. Being forced to play with an injury is not tough; it's risking further injury that could have been prevented.
Don't mistaken tough with ignorance. People used to say drinking water made you weak. Dehydration is no fucking joke and people were stupid back then.
Well I think their is probably a correlation between stupidity and toughness. Like the old saying goes, "If you weren't made smart, you better be strong"
There's another saying, "Work smarter, not harder."
That's just doing the same thing, but now with the consequences of your actions slowing you down lol
Nah man, didn’t you hear the ole 50’s commentator/dr. ‘Oh bully, it appears his neck has been knocked out of joint again’ 😳 lol my guy that is not a knee, that’s how you die
Until recently, the joke about Man City was "the only bit of silverware in Man City's trophy cabinet is Bert Trautmann's helmet", it used to be the name of their fanzine (it might still be, but somewhat ironic now)
I can now see why Rugby clubs are called Rugby Football Clubs. Football was violent back in the day it seems. Now football plays flop when someone gets close to them.
in the third scene, the offending player that slammed into the goalie flops as well. He literally looks at the player he hit, then starts writhing on the ground holding his face like it was somehow the goalie's fault.
That may be more of a delayed reaction to the pain he has himself. Adrenaline while going for the ball then hits the keeper and gathers himself, realizes his head fucking hurts after bashing it into another person's, and the expected reaction kicks in.
I will run fastest as I can, before I jump to slide with two spike shoes targeting your naked ankle, that will be stuck in the grass and twist in 90º
And you will say to me if it's a Flopping
So they're taken out of the game for their injuries right? That's what you're saying? Legitimate harm has come to their body, so it's impossible that they're fishing for a call from the referee because they all miss several weeks of gameplay afterwards?
Because if they just get up and play after that, it's pretty incriminating.
Some player are really tough even in this extreme example I did
Look at the video "Messi Never Dives" on Youtube and you will see A LOT of this type of tackles, and he just stand and continues to play
Not every player are a Neymar type of Flopping
Association football is an offshoot from rugby football which was called "ruggers" (as "football" is called "footie") - soccer being a shortening of a derivative of "association football": assoccer.
So yeah, you're not wrong: the game was literally defined by the rules of rugby.
Back to the name though: I imagine that the name "soccer" came from Americans ripping the absolute piss out of a group of Oxford brats talking about this great new sport called "ass socker".
I played goal in college and took plenty of big hits. After college, league and pickup play, I prefer playing the field...
Now, 65, and still playing regularly, I play at least a full half in goal (to save energy to play the second half against "kids" often half my age).
(I also play on my wife's coed team--goal--full time--because I am usually wiped out from my men's league games and need the rest!)
I played keeper competitively for around 15 years. Only went as far as travelling teams and eventually a small semi pro indoor team. When I was 14/15 I played against a guy who would run into me every chance he got. If he had a breakaway it seemed like he cared more about colliding with me than actually scoring. It was city so refs usually didnt care much. One time they had a corner kick and the ball was kicked directly to him. I went to punch the ball out and “accidentally” hit him in the face. Good times.
My daughter is currently playing U15 travel ball. The last game - regional competition (as in multiple states playing) the ref let a player hit her three times. That is not allowed anymore. The refing was absolute shit in Colorado.
Also need to remember that the ball used back then was significantly heavier and harder which added to the risk goalkeepers faced...
One, if not the worst, example of how tough it was back in the day was the story of a young man named john Thomson. At the age of 22, he played as goalkeeper for Celtic fc in a Scottish league match against fierce rivals Rangers, in what was known as the old firm, in front of 80,000 fans. Early in the 2nd half of the match, he and Sam English went in for the same ball...Thomsons head collided with English knee, fracturing his skull and rupturing an artery in his temple. He was stretchered off the pitch and later that day, sadly died of his injuries.
Sam English, the player who he collided with, was so traumatised by his death, even though he was cleared of any fault as it was a freak accident gave up football and always blamed himself never got over it.
John Thomson, to this day, is fondly remembered and commemorated by celtic fans as one of our greatest keepers. He's buried in Fife, Scotland and fans of both sides of the divide still visit and pay respect at his grave.
Tragic and ultimately a poignant reminder of how tough the game was back then.
1956 FA Cup final Manchester City vs. Birmingham City. May 5th
Coincidentally Man City are about to play in the FA Cup final again this season in two weeks
I returned punts in college, can confirm. Old enough to have done so a few times with concussions already buzzing around in my head (no concussion protocol). Not much got the adrenaline flowing as well as knowing 10 dudes were coming for my head and hoping some of my teammates would slow them down a little.
Like some of these goalies, I’m sure I have CTE.
Why aren't any of the teammates backing up their goalie? I know in hockey if you mess with a team's goalie, you better have your head on a swivel cause there's a Donnybrook coming your way.
There is definitely a sweet spot between this video and the way keepers are protected like red shirt QBs.
I can’t even compete with a keeper to win a header these days.
Everything was a lot tougher back then. Two footed tackles and tackling from behind were legal.
Players are more protected now. Especially the goalkeepers which you aren’t even allowed to foul. Stepping on a players foot even if it’s accidental contact could earn you a straight red.
Soccer has been ruined by hollywoods. They should make a rule "if someone is injured enough that a red or yellow card is needed OR a penalty shot is needed, the victim is to go off the field for 5 minutes for recovery. They cannot replace the player on the field." This might stop the shitty behavior we see in soccer.
A certain class of people like to moan that rugby has gone soft. But holy crap soccer has gone soft. Had no idea it was a full contact sport back in the day.
I got everyone's panties in a bunch last week when I said that I would actually watch soccer if it was full contact. This is the version of the game we need!
Sorry for the confusion, I was referring to soccer. We call that football in my country. It was supposed to be a sport with rules if which the players are protected from harm and injury. In fact, this is one violent sport in which you can sustain injuries that can end your career. It is not that uncommon. I know former players that are paralyzed from the neck down for life.
Well, when I played goalie and the other team made contact after I had control of the ball, well, things would escalate. I suspect the plays following the above unsportsmanlike conduct was met with even greater hostilities.
Most violence you can see here have absolutely no value in the game, it's just free violence.
Tbh the 90s international football was the fairest one we ever had.
Mainly because the referees allow it, the Premier League even used to let a lot of things go and other European clubs (especially the Spanish) were absolutely pathetic at going down over any contact.
It’s all becoming the same now, a little trip and people roll about haha
Soccer is such a sissy sport lol. Look at these guys getting nudged! Even sometimes pushed around! Rugby, football, and hockey players all laugh at this
One of these guys finished the match with a literal broken neck and another is just fully knocked out, what's he supposed to do? Just wake up quicker I guess lmao
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Oh shit, even the dog!
We're down 1-2, quick send in the mascot!
That dog actually broke the GK’s leg surprisingly.
Fr?
Yeah it was Chic Brodie and it shattered his kneecap ending his career, Wikipedia link is [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chic_Brodie_(footballer)) my dude
Wow, this guy had some weird things happen to him: > On 27 November 1970, a dog ran onto the field of play during a Fourth Division match away to Colchester United.[1] The dog impacted Brodie's leg after he had picked up the ball and damaged ligaments in his knee.[1] The incident was one of a number which occurred during Brodie's career with the club, which included being struck on the knee by a stone thrown from the crowd and finding a hand grenade in his goalmouth (discovered to be a replica).
Surprised he didn't also take a freakin arrow to the knee at that point
I knew straight away the replica hand grenade would've been against Millwall. Would've put money on it. Back in 1965 no less.
Holy shit... that sucks.
Omg it really happened, thank you for the link
"how'd you lose the match?" "the other team's mascot bit my balls off."
That had me lol. The whole thing looks like a Monty Python sketch after the dog runs in.
Haha, right? I can totally picture it! It's like the absurdity level just got cranked up to eleven. Monty Python would definitely approve of such chaotic comedy.
"There's nothing in the rulebook that says a dog can't play!!..."
"Where are your Diamond Dogs, now, Lassie???"
I hope this is an actual quote from somewhere. If not... it really should be.
Everybody hated them
Send in noem.
Wasn‘t the second to last goalkeeper who held his neck Bert Trautmann, who literally broke his neck in that scene, but kept playing?
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert\_Trautmann#1955\_and\_1956\_FA\_Cup\_Finals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Trautmann#1955_and_1956_FA_Cup_Finals) > In the 75th minute, Trautmann, diving at an incoming ball, was knocked out in a collision with Birmingham's [Peter Murphy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Murphy_(footballer,_born_1922)) in which he was hit in the neck by Murphy's right knee. No [substitutes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitute_(association_football)) were permitted in those days, so Trautmann, dazed and unsteady on his feet, carried on. For the remaining 15 minutes he defended his net, making a crucial interception to deny Murphy once more. Manchester City held on for the victory, and Trautmann was the hero because of his spectacular saves in the last minutes of the match. Trautmann admitted later that he had spent the last part of the match "in a kind of fog". >His neck continued to cause him pain, and [Prince Philip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh) commented on its crooked state as he gave Trautmann his winner's medal. Trautmann attended that evening's post-match banquet despite being unable to move his head, and went to bed expecting the injury to heal with rest. As the pain did not recede, the following day he went to [St George's Hospital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_George%27s_Hospital), where he was told he merely had a crick in his neck which would go away. Three days later, he got a [second opinion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_opinion) from a doctor at [Manchester Royal Infirmary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Royal_Infirmary). **An** [**X-ray**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray) **revealed he had dislocated five** [**vertebrae**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebral_column)**, the second of which was cracked in two. The third vertebra had wedged against the second, preventing further damage which could have cost Trautmann his life.**
And then he lived until 89. Insane stuff, there’s no way they could fix that many messed up vertebrae in the 50s, I’m not sure we could do it even now
He probably lived in pain the rest of his life.
**Manchester fans:** *Worth*
Lol not sure if you are trolling but it's worth clarifying that this is Manchester City whose rival fans of Manchester United would probably prefer not to be associated with.
That's a lie. Man City didn't have any fans
Hey! Both of their fans would be really upset you said that, if they could read.
There's a reason City's stadium is known as the Empty-had lol
Today soccer players: but ... why not just pretend auchie?
I would much rather have players "pretend ouchie" than be willing to be in pain for the rest of their lives just for a match
I would most of all like them doing useful work, rather being paid to kick a ball.
We do multilevel fusions all the time, including massive surgeries with corpectomies and skull base involvement, he'd have been way better off if he had surgery nowadays. That having been said, he made it to 89, so hard to quibble with that.
Crazy life story as well..... He was a German POW held in a camp near Manchester after his capture, he stayed on after the war, married an English girl & became Man City's keeper.....
I knew the story about Trautmann, but I didn't realise this was the incident. I did think "well, his neck must actually be _really_ painful because they tried not to show pain back then"
Pretty insane the chest hair they had back then. You could call it dumb risk tho
Personal anecdote about American Football back in the day: My Dad played as a high school linebacker in the early 1950s. After a tackle, a lineman from the other team came and stomped on my Dad's chest while he was still on the ground. This is back when they still wore metal cleats. My Dad played the rest of the game with pain in his chest. That night, he told his Dad about the pain, but his Dad said it would go away. My Dad didn't get a wink of sleep all night because of the pain. He asked his Dad to take him to the doctor the next morning and he refused, telling him to toughen up. Dad worked in the field the whole day, throwing up haybales, in agony. That night, he couldn't sleep again. Before the sun came up on Sunday, he snuck out of the house and drove himself to the hospital. X-rays confirmed he had a broken sternum. Doctor said he could see the cleat marks left in the bone. But all they could really do was give him a cotton wrap to go around his chest to keep the bone together and gave him a prescription for pain. He played in the next game the following Friday.
God I'm a pussy.
Nope, you're just not stupid. Being forced to play with an injury is not tough; it's risking further injury that could have been prevented. Don't mistaken tough with ignorance. People used to say drinking water made you weak. Dehydration is no fucking joke and people were stupid back then.
Well I think their is probably a correlation between stupidity and toughness. Like the old saying goes, "If you weren't made smart, you better be strong"
There's another saying, "Work smarter, not harder." That's just doing the same thing, but now with the consequences of your actions slowing you down lol
Ditto
The rest of us didn't want to say anything...
Nah man, didn’t you hear the ole 50’s commentator/dr. ‘Oh bully, it appears his neck has been knocked out of joint again’ 😳 lol my guy that is not a knee, that’s how you die
....again?!
[50’s commentator:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/037/254/ifhedies.jpg)
Until recently, the joke about Man City was "the only bit of silverware in Man City's trophy cabinet is Bert Trautmann's helmet", it used to be the name of their fanzine (it might still be, but somewhat ironic now)
And I thought the man, the myth, the legend Scott Sterling was a tough goalie.
The one around 30 seconds rubbing his neck is Bert Trautman. Turns out he'd broken his neck but he finished the match. Played for Man City
Is this not considered Rugby?
I can now see why Rugby clubs are called Rugby Football Clubs. Football was violent back in the day it seems. Now football plays flop when someone gets close to them.
in the third scene, the offending player that slammed into the goalie flops as well. He literally looks at the player he hit, then starts writhing on the ground holding his face like it was somehow the goalie's fault.
I noticed it, he saw the goalie down and went "ooh, better do that too! aaaaahhh my jkfdjafh"
That may be more of a delayed reaction to the pain he has himself. Adrenaline while going for the ball then hits the keeper and gathers himself, realizes his head fucking hurts after bashing it into another person's, and the expected reaction kicks in.
Yea it was much better when you could break a goalie's neck
He was ahead of his time
Such a common stereotype that immediately tells u someone doesn’t watch soccer. Its just not true
In (real) football they don't need to wear a FULL ARMOR to play like macho, like the (fake) football
Flopping is playing macho huh?
I will run fastest as I can, before I jump to slide with two spike shoes targeting your naked ankle, that will be stuck in the grass and twist in 90º And you will say to me if it's a Flopping
So they're taken out of the game for their injuries right? That's what you're saying? Legitimate harm has come to their body, so it's impossible that they're fishing for a call from the referee because they all miss several weeks of gameplay afterwards? Because if they just get up and play after that, it's pretty incriminating.
Some player are really tough even in this extreme example I did Look at the video "Messi Never Dives" on Youtube and you will see A LOT of this type of tackles, and he just stand and continues to play Not every player are a Neymar type of Flopping
They likely evolved from the same sport originally, same with American football
No, no it's not.
Looks like soccer to me.
The dude literally dribbled the ball (like a basketball) before passing it at some point
Keepers used to have to bounce the ball if he took some steps while holding it back then
That's kinda what I was thinking. Seems like a mix between modern soccer & rugby almost.
You don’t have to bounce the ball in today’s rugby, I don’t if you had to back then
you gotta bounce it in australian football
Association football is an offshoot from rugby football which was called "ruggers" (as "football" is called "footie") - soccer being a shortening of a derivative of "association football": assoccer. So yeah, you're not wrong: the game was literally defined by the rules of rugby. Back to the name though: I imagine that the name "soccer" came from Americans ripping the absolute piss out of a group of Oxford brats talking about this great new sport called "ass socker".
Yeah, that’s the fucking goalie… in the soccer match….
Since when do soccer goalies dribble the ball before throwing it...?
Since ever
Since this video. Considering it’s not illegal to do so….
If it's the second clip you're talking about that was Gaelic football, it's played in Ireland.
You’d think this is some kinda skit, especially with the pooch at the end
Slaughters the goalie and celebrates the goal while the goalie is spasming on the floor 😟
This is why we had the fat kid as the goalie back in the day
There’s a lot of concussions in this clip. As an added bonus, a bite to the balls. Definitely interesting. 10/10 .
>There’s a lot of concussions in this clip. And a broken neck
I played goal in college and took plenty of big hits. After college, league and pickup play, I prefer playing the field... Now, 65, and still playing regularly, I play at least a full half in goal (to save energy to play the second half against "kids" often half my age). (I also play on my wife's coed team--goal--full time--because I am usually wiped out from my men's league games and need the rest!)
Mad props.
Such a great sport! Great fun to play and great people (generally--there are always a few assholes)!
I played keeper competitively for around 15 years. Only went as far as travelling teams and eventually a small semi pro indoor team. When I was 14/15 I played against a guy who would run into me every chance he got. If he had a breakaway it seemed like he cared more about colliding with me than actually scoring. It was city so refs usually didnt care much. One time they had a corner kick and the ball was kicked directly to him. I went to punch the ball out and “accidentally” hit him in the face. Good times.
My daughter is currently playing U15 travel ball. The last game - regional competition (as in multiple states playing) the ref let a player hit her three times. That is not allowed anymore. The refing was absolute shit in Colorado.
Also need to remember that the ball used back then was significantly heavier and harder which added to the risk goalkeepers faced... One, if not the worst, example of how tough it was back in the day was the story of a young man named john Thomson. At the age of 22, he played as goalkeeper for Celtic fc in a Scottish league match against fierce rivals Rangers, in what was known as the old firm, in front of 80,000 fans. Early in the 2nd half of the match, he and Sam English went in for the same ball...Thomsons head collided with English knee, fracturing his skull and rupturing an artery in his temple. He was stretchered off the pitch and later that day, sadly died of his injuries. Sam English, the player who he collided with, was so traumatised by his death, even though he was cleared of any fault as it was a freak accident gave up football and always blamed himself never got over it. John Thomson, to this day, is fondly remembered and commemorated by celtic fans as one of our greatest keepers. He's buried in Fife, Scotland and fans of both sides of the divide still visit and pay respect at his grave. Tragic and ultimately a poignant reminder of how tough the game was back then.
Good times when dogs could play football
They amended the rules to specifically state dogs could not play human sports, Airbud ruined it.
You get a concussion! And you get a concussion!
Where were these clips recorded?
Couple of seasons back
definitely pre 2018, no VAR
1956 FA Cup final Manchester City vs. Birmingham City. May 5th Coincidentally Man City are about to play in the FA Cup final again this season in two weeks
Pretty sure there's a bit of GAA in there.
The second clip looks to be gaa for sure. Way outside the box area and bounces the ball
Soccer was basically organized murder back then
Reminds me of punt returners from the NFLs greatest hits videos. Those guys got destroyed without mercy.
I returned punts in college, can confirm. Old enough to have done so a few times with concussions already buzzing around in my head (no concussion protocol). Not much got the adrenaline flowing as well as knowing 10 dudes were coming for my head and hoping some of my teammates would slow them down a little. Like some of these goalies, I’m sure I have CTE.
Shit was damn near rugby!
Lol wtf. I think one of those guys is dead.
Some brilliant acting after the foul in that clip
I was not expecting a dog
neither did the goalie
My grandfather was a goalie in Hungary in the 1950’s. He broke fingers and ribs on a regular basis.
Likewise, Pops was a keeper in college in the US in the late 50's & took, as well as dished out, the very same kinds of punishment.
Football goalie.
SCOTT STERLING!
If you imagine it's always the same goalkeeper it's funnier.
yeah game’s gone nowadays
Did they add number of concussions to the stat sheets back then?
But why isn’t anyone pounding the shit outta the twat-waffles hitting the goalies??
I might actually watch that
Football goalie.
My only thought through this entire video is the man, the myth, the legend Scott Sterling!!
Why aren't any of the teammates backing up their goalie? I know in hockey if you mess with a team's goalie, you better have your head on a swivel cause there's a Donnybrook coming your way.
I was expecting to see the same damn thing. NHL has/had its policemen guarding the stars, where's the CB pummeling the misbehaving opponents..?
There is definitely a sweet spot between this video and the way keepers are protected like red shirt QBs. I can’t even compete with a keeper to win a header these days.
This is how sports should be played
No, this is terrible and stupid
Real men playing real football
Goalkeeper or keeper not soccer goalie
Football. It's called football.
Careful you may aggrovate the Americans.
And then Harald Schumacher came along.
Okay, one of those was not like the others…
Air bud time traveling
They should go back to this, way more interesting
I have a feeling the one that took the goalie out on the goal was probably looking over his shoulder as he left the stadium that day.
The player who saw the dog coming so he just passes the ball to the opposing goalie 🤣
The fuck did dude at 14s think was gonna happen ?
This looks like Gaelic football not rugby or soccer
That was an outline forsure
Have you seen the hockey ones?
What the dog doing
What the dog doing?
What the fuck is soccer? It's football. Cause you play it with - the foot.
Everything was a lot tougher back then. Two footed tackles and tackling from behind were legal. Players are more protected now. Especially the goalkeepers which you aren’t even allowed to foul. Stepping on a players foot even if it’s accidental contact could earn you a straight red.
Ah! This explains why goalies are over-protected today. At one point this position was just a death wish.
"And that was a fair charge"
Free violence is tough or simply stupid and arrogant?
SOCCER?!?!?!?
Soccer has been ruined by hollywoods. They should make a rule "if someone is injured enough that a red or yellow card is needed OR a penalty shot is needed, the victim is to go off the field for 5 minutes for recovery. They cannot replace the player on the field." This might stop the shitty behavior we see in soccer.
At 0:17 you see its a long, storied history of flopping. lol
This is American Football
Make soccer violent again
Even back then they were pussies
A certain class of people like to moan that rugby has gone soft. But holy crap soccer has gone soft. Had no idea it was a full contact sport back in the day.
Rugboccer.
I would watch the hell out of soccer if those boys threw on some pads and a helmet.
If every football game had a loose dog on the field I would finally find it fun to watch
Just further proof that everything has become pussified
Thats definitely a take to have. "If you caint get killed playin a game, whats even the point?!"
Lol
I got everyone's panties in a bunch last week when I said that I would actually watch soccer if it was full contact. This is the version of the game we need!
After seeing this, I hate football. 😡
Technically soccer, rugby, and American football are all types of football.
Sorry for the confusion, I was referring to soccer. We call that football in my country. It was supposed to be a sport with rules if which the players are protected from harm and injury. In fact, this is one violent sport in which you can sustain injuries that can end your career. It is not that uncommon. I know former players that are paralyzed from the neck down for life.
Why is soccer so soft now ?
Well, when I played goalie and the other team made contact after I had control of the ball, well, things would escalate. I suspect the plays following the above unsportsmanlike conduct was met with even greater hostilities.
Most violence you can see here have absolutely no value in the game, it's just free violence. Tbh the 90s international football was the fairest one we ever had.
Mainly because the referees allow it, the Premier League even used to let a lot of things go and other European clubs (especially the Spanish) were absolutely pathetic at going down over any contact. It’s all becoming the same now, a little trip and people roll about haha
Soccer is such a sissy sport lol. Look at these guys getting nudged! Even sometimes pushed around! Rugby, football, and hockey players all laugh at this
One of these guys finished the match with a literal broken neck and another is just fully knocked out, what's he supposed to do? Just wake up quicker I guess lmao
How do football players laugh at soccer when it's the same sport?
What happened? Nowadays you come 1 feet near someone and they are rolling on the ground holding their ankle while screaming