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

Remember watching this goal with just "stadium noise" on, the sound 🤤

 

 

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12 hours ago, ZicoKelly said:

 

So humiliating for the keeper too 

Ipswich had these poky shit ones

An honourable mention to these deep bastards at Zaragoza

The Dell had the shallow ones

Chelsea's weird shaped ones always remind me of Dmitri Kharine and his tracksuit bottoms

Was always fascinated by the Spanish custom of painting the base of a goalpost black

then read this http://inbedwithmaradona.com/buenos-aires-blog/2017/6/22/hidden-in-plain-sight-the-black-bands-of-78

 

Fuckin' love talking about nets.

Ipswich's are one of my all time favourites, what was the point of that?!

Real shame to find out a blog called History Of Goal Nets has been stripped down to a few posts now, it used to be an in depth exploration of goal nets worldwide.

While trying to find the blog I came across this photo though, they are needlessly massive!

Those nets at Zaragoza 

❤️❤️❤️❤️

 

Be a football pitch/ grass pattern thread by the end of the week 🙏

1 hour ago, deane koontz said:

Be a football pitch/ grass pattern thread by the end of the week 🙏

Leicester have had some belters.

9 hours ago, leigh white said:

Rudy took that photo this morning. 

1 hour ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Rudy took that photo this morning. 

I'm good mates with their groundsman's brother, creativity like that does not run in the family 🤣

1 hour ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Rudy took that photo this morning. 

Etihad?

Crowds haven't changed...

11 hours ago, leigh white said:

That looks ace. I’m struggling getting lines on the lawn, so I’ve turned to hoovering lines into the living room rug. The work of a furloughed sociopath according to the wife.

10 hours ago, Traf said:

Leicester have had some belters.

As someone pointed out on Twatter the 2nd best grass in Leicester behind Jamie Vardys mrs

On 30/04/2020 at 11:07, Matt said:

That looks ace. I’m struggling getting lines on the lawn, so I’ve turned to hoovering lines into the living room rug. The work of a furloughed sociopath according to the wife.

Does your mower have a roller?  You'll struggle for a stripped lawn with a hover mower

I've always liked how De Freitas' first goal against Reading skipped up and got stuck in the corner of the net.

This one is just crazy. How this got through the net I don't know. 

 

11 hours ago, MickyD said:

Does your mower have a roller?  You'll struggle for a stripped lawn with a hover mower

It’s a petrol rotary that I assumed had a rear roller. It doesn’t

You need to call tmgj, he'll have a mower with a stripe attachment.