The photo in the 1923 thread got me thinking about how goal post evolved over the years and the history behind the changes. Strange to think that once they used string tied to the tops 🙃

Here are a few links with some history.

Even though they are not made from wood now we still refer to hitting the 'woodwork'.

 

https://www.harrodsport.com/advice-and-guides/a-history-of-the-football-goalpost

https://gdfra.org.au/history_of_goalposts.htm

Im sure as late as 70s/80s jocks still had square posts

I remember a European final at Hampden having them

Edited April 28, 20206 yr by Casino

18 minutes ago, Casino said:

Im sure as late as 70s/80s jocks still had square posts

I remember a European final at Hampden having them

Banned in 87 so quite possibly

It Was 76

Munich v PSG

And main reason for remembering it is the frogs hit the frame and there was discussion that if it'd been round it would've gone on

Vaguely recollect a story PSG bought the goalposts

I'm a bit of a goal net nerd. I make no apologies. Any slight variation in the nets a team is using, I'll notice.

Seen someone retweet a photo of AEK Athens' goals from the 90s recently, curved angle between post and bar rather than square. Interesting, and possibly not allowed!

I miss the old European ones that were so square and deep you could park a coach in them.

Proper nets, them.

Edited April 28, 20206 yr by Spider

Just now, Mr Grey said:

Did any team have nets like QPR, must have been 4 inches deep.

Think Norwich did back in the day 

2 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

Did any team have nets like QPR, must have been 4 inches deep.

Southampton

USA 94 when they removed the back bits so they looked like hanging curtains and could easily collapse

24 minutes ago, Spider said:

Southampton

Whilst reading up on the history of nets, because lockdown, i came across this

"The entirety of Matt Le Tissier’s career, it turns out, was dedicated to the quest of finding a way to score a goal that didn’t make the ball rebound unsatisfyingly back on to the pitch."

37 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

I'm a bit of a goal net nerd. I make no apologies. Any slight variation in the nets a team is using, I'll notice.

Seen someone retweet a photo of AEK Athens' goals from the 90s recently, curved angle between post and bar rather than square. Interesting, and possibly not allowed!

Used to have a collection of different nets for my subbuteo set up 

sad really😀

Just now, Mr Grey said:

Ffs, and you kick up a fuss about going in Weatherspoons 😁

Collectible I have you know 

spoons is shite and the owners a cnut 

35 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Collectible I have you know 

spoons is shite and the owners a cnut 

Hmmm, I thought that but Jaipur at £2.39 a pint in New Malden?

I’m allowed to reconsider...

7 minutes ago, Steejay said:

Hmmm, I thought that but Jaipur at £2.39 a pint in New Malden?

I’m allowed to reconsider...

I forgot you drink that shite😀

2 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

Fuck the owner, top service, decent food and Beer at top top prices, and for exercise its brilliant because you have to walk up at least 86 steps to go for a piss, or in the Colonel's case, his customary shit!

 

Top service

you wasn’t saying that in Peterborough 

2 hours ago, Spider said:

I miss the old European ones that were so square and deep you could park a coach in them.

Proper nets, them.

Like Porto? Easily a 10 yard walk for a keeper to fetch a ball after conceding!

1 hour ago, ZicoKelly said:

Whilst reading up on the history of nets, because lockdown, i came across this

"The entirety of Matt Le Tissier’s career, it turns out, was dedicated to the quest of finding a way to score a goal that didn’t make the ball rebound unsatisfyingly back on to the pitch."

Mark Hughes scored one at the Dell didnt he, that didnt count as a goal as it bounced out so fast and ref didnt see it!

1 hour ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Used to have a collection of different nets for my subbuteo set up 

sad really😀

Same... them Italia 90 ones were ace

2 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

Personally liked the old Wembley nets (1970/80's) and those at USA 94 weren't to bad either.

Sunday league though, we always had a pair of shit Orange ones, no pegs, just used sticks and twigs 😁

And housebricks

 

7 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

A slight glitch there, chav town, chav service and could have been a fake spoons, Tim apogised and we move on.

And rochdale see where I’m going with this grey 

he’s got complacent, ok drinks fair price 

foods wank Birmingham burger van all day 

56 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

Sunday league though, we always had a pair of shit Orange ones, no pegs, just used sticks and twigs 😁

Sticks and twigs !

What was wrong with jumpers ?

La Liga teams used to have huge nets, the sort of nets they would use on deadliest catch. 
Barcelona stuck 9 past a team and the poor cunt of a keeper must have walked 2 miles picking the ball out of the back of the net. 

another random I came across whilst researching goal posts earlier

Mexico 86 was the first World Cup not to have a game played under floodlights

hows about that for a fact

6 minutes ago, ZicoKelly said:

another random I came across whilst researching goal posts earlier

Mexico 86 was the first World Cup not to have a game played under floodlights

hows about that for a fact

A brilliant World Cup to boot , bar them tossers winning it.

Subbuteo used to make some great replica nets

The blue stripe nets at Burnden were my favourite. A sad day when everyone adopted the same square nets. Give me a nice and deep South American set of nets any day.