I can't find it now, but a while back someone did a Twitter thread of how likely you were to beat each club's badge animal in a fight, and I really need to know their verdict on Bradford.
One of the joys of football is the quirky nicknames. Here in America it is almost always aggressive, like Bears, Eagles, Lions, Hawks, etc. But the look on my (American) wife's face when I told her there is a team known as the 'Toffeemen'....
Good shout! Another funny aspect is when a team does not change it's name after relocation (which is an awful part of American sports anyway) and does not suit the new place. The LA Lakers is bad enough, but nothing beats Utah Jazz!
And there was me, just yesterday, watching the highlights of our Cup game vs Wimbledon and thinking “isn’t it amazing how we don’t see pitches in that state anymore”.
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Gosh I am sorry to hear that, @FmG . Personal question I know, but may I ask what happened to your mum and dad? Do you still eat a lot of grain?
I can't find it now, but a while back someone did a Twitter thread of how likely you were to beat each club's badge animal in a fight, and I really need to know their verdict on Bradford.
One of the joys of football is the quirky nicknames. Here in America it is almost always aggressive, like Bears, Eagles, Lions, Hawks, etc. But the look on my (American) wife's face when I told her there is a team known as the 'Toffeemen'....
That's true - but then you also have the Browns and the Texans...
They don’t have any Cobblers though 😂
Can you imagine the Peterborough uproar if (assuming we do go through) we had been drawn as the home club.
We very much want to win a semi final, with a Wembley final at stake.
Seems surprising. You'd have thought we'd have instead been all out to see if we can finish 14th instead of 15th in the league as our sole aim.
One of the most bizarre aspects of the NFL is that one of the teams (Browns) is named after the chap who started their archrivals (Bengals).
See also: the New York Giants being the name of the baseball team before they relocated to San Fran.
Good shout! Another funny aspect is when a team does not change it's name after relocation (which is an awful part of American sports anyway) and does not suit the new place. The LA Lakers is bad enough, but nothing beats Utah Jazz!
I'm off to an MLS game in a couple of weeks - $79 for the cheapest ticket.
Bradford's pitch looks 70's classic TV. I assume Kone is the only player with experience of a non-football pitch so he's got to be up front.
Nice! Which one are you going to, if you don't mind me asking?
Good grief
The state of that. Are Bradford not a professional football club?
Tonight's team!
Stryjek, Grimmer, Scowen (c), Tafazolli, Wheeler, Vokes, Leahy, McCleary, Low, Potts, Taylor.
Subs: Ravizzoli, Jacobson, Butcher, Lonwijk, Kone, McCarthy, Vincent-Young.
Kieran Sadlier misses out with illness.
Can we get a bye? That's not a football pitch.
Live look-in at the first Bradford player complaining to the ref.
At the risk of upsetting the purists may I suggest hoofing it up to the big guy?
You are joking..... Thats a pitch that has passed a pitch inspection?!?
What is this based on?
It's an old Yorkshire trick...Matthew will beat it
And there was me, just yesterday, watching the highlights of our Cup game vs Wimbledon and thinking “isn’t it amazing how we don’t see pitches in that state anymore”.
Surely that’s waterlogged
Huge game. I trust everyone is in full kit watching.
Vokes in, excellent.
Shame no Sadlier.
Good to see JJ involved after a while out.
Treasure him while we can.
Who inspected the pitch? Michael Phelps?
I'm detecting that you might not like the look of the pitch?
There's a pitch under there?
Pity Ainsworth isn't managing tonight. His love of The Somme would do well here.