If God asked me which player I wouldโve chosen to miss the penalty that lost Arsenal the Champions League final, it wouldโve been him.
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๐คฃ @JamTarts launching their new kit with Lawrence Shankland still in the promo video is honestly peak Hearts.
Either nobody could be arsed checking it, or theyโre that gutted heโs away theyโve decided to keep him in for one last cry.
Watch till the end heโs still there. ๐
When Andy Goram had three months left on his Motherwell contract, he already knew he was not getting another one.
He was coming towards the end of his career, driving to training with his wife Miriam, and the phone rang at half nine in the morning.
It was Ally McCoist.
That was suspicious enough on its own.
Ally did not usually phone people at half nine in the morning unless he was still coming in from the night before.
So Goram spoke to him, thought nothing more of it, and went into training.
At lunchtime, the phone went again.
This time it was Walter Smith.
Walter was at Everton then, but he told him to keep his phone on because somebody was about to ring him.
โWhat is it, gaffer? You got a job for me?โ
Walter just told him:
โJust keep your f****** phone on.โ
A couple of minutes later, the phone rang again.
โGoalie, itโs Alex Ferguson here.โ
โWeโve got Bayern Munich on Wednesday and Liverpool at the weekend. Barthez is injured and Raimond van der Gouw is struggling. I need you to come down on loan until the end of the season.โ
Goram knew exactly what was happening.
Ally McCoist could do Fergusonโs voice perfectly.
So he gave the only answer that made sense.
โCoisty, f*** off.โ
And he put the phone down.
Then the phone rang again.
This time Goram told Miriam to answer it.
โMiriam, this is Alex Ferguson, and you can tell that fat b****** heโs got ten seconds to say aye or naw.โ
It really was Sir Alex Ferguson.
So Andy Goram went to Manchester United.
Steve McClaren took him round the dressing room and introduced him to the squad.
Goram knew most of them already.
Then they got to Roy Keane.
No handshake.
Just Keane staring at him.
Goram looked at him and said:
โThereโs no point is there?โ
Keane just said:
โNo.โ
And that was it.
Keane was a Celtic man.
Goram was a Rangers man.
They did not exchange a civil word in three months.
Training did not exactly help.
They were playing eight-a-side one day, and Keane and Luke Chadwick were up front for Goramโs team.
Goram pinged a half-volley straight on to Chadwickโs foot.
Chadwick snatched at it and put the volley over the bar.
Keane turned on Goram straight away.
โHey you, give me the f****** ball.โ
Goram was not having that.
โWhat, do you get the ball just because youโre Roy Keane? F*** off.โ
From that moment, the atmosphere was gone.
On the way off the pitch, Gary Neville came over to him.
โGoalie, we donโt talk to Roy like that down here.โ
โWe just donโt.โ
Goram wasnโt ready to start building relationships.
โF*** off Nev, do you just do everything Roy wants? Now do one.โ
Neville just walked away without saying another word.
#football
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) is messy, over-the-top, and completely ridiculous, but the idea of classic literary characters forming a Victorian-era superhero team still makes it oddly entertaining.
Tonight, Chris Kreider comes back to the Garden for the first time not wearing Ranger blue. It hurts. I miss him more than I can put into words. He left everything on the ice, rose in every big moment, and gave his heart to this organization. We love you, CK20. I wish I could be there tonight โ please make it loud and cheer him on for all of us. ๐๐
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