James Milner's retirement means 2026-27 will be the first English top-flight season since 1956-57 that will not feature a single player who played under Sir Bobby Robson.
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New on Always Liverpool | So much has been written on Arne Slot. I hope this piece β on how the managerial eras at Liverpool resonate through life β has value.
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@LTFC_Dave To be fair, Soccer Aid was decent when it first started, lots of ex pros and "celebs" who could actually play a bit and not look "too" out of place, like that Wilkes and Gordon Ramsey, it is shit now though, that YouTube berk from Plymouth will end up playing
@Jdownes15@martinberry17 I didn't think youth players were on anything close to a good wage, let alone very, they're scholars? Essentially an apprentice wage, no?
Like Martin says, you bank on one / two coming through to make it worth while, or cashing in on ones signed before they "make it ala Bradbury
@seanevans88@daleskitt@FutbologyApp β€οΈ What a bloody era! Saturday morning rituals of "inspecting" the pitch at 9am, smelling the programmes, π crack with the oppo kit man, cuppa with pam and Dave, oh, and a little bit of work now and then
@daleskitt@FutbologyApp To be fair mate, I only go because my lads a ST holder with my dad, if I'm off work, Finn will often ask if ill go (I'm a bit more fun than his 73 year old grandad ha!) But yes, I agree. My colleagues were just one of the many great aspects I had working there. But now gone π«
Gone down a rabbit hole and the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay was mental! All the Europeans arrived together on a boat, Egypt missed theirs, USA v Argentina kicked off, one player lost 4 teeth, a physio slipped, smashed a chloroform bottle and knocked himself out. Chile wore berets!
@daleskitt@FutbologyApp Quite a damming insight that you have only seen salop 12 times this year, given historically, you're a home and awayer on the regular