sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Wasn't aware he had a view on such things tbh.
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*Official* English Football Season 2014-15
- Thread starter GIMH
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GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
As I always say, **** off nobody asked you ****
Cabinet96
Global Moderator
Moan about debate IMO.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Away goals are a bit of an anachronism; back in the day I can see why they were introduced as travelling abroad was a big deal; not so very long back teams were literally taking their lives into their hands (Munich 
), foreign conditions were alien to teams that were pretty much exclusively home reared, the officials were often less than neutral, invariably favoured the home side and were occasionally actively bent (I think a ref who officiated Forest in the late 70s admitted to taking a bribe).
Nowadays football's so homogenised away goals are just an arbitrary way of splitting teams.
), foreign conditions were alien to teams that were pretty much exclusively home reared, the officials were often less than neutral, invariably favoured the home side and were occasionally actively bent (I think a ref who officiated Forest in the late 70s admitted to taking a bribe).Nowadays football's so homogenised away goals are just an arbitrary way of splitting teams.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
AndyZaltzHair
Hall of Fame Member
unbelievable atmosphere at signal iduna park
Furball
Evil Scotsman
1984 final would have been an all-British affair had it not been for a bent ref.Away goals are a bit of an anachronism; back in the day I can see why they were introduced as travelling abroad was a big deal; not so very long back teams were literally taking their lives into their hands (Munich
Nowadays football's so homogenised away goals are just an arbitrary way of splitting teams.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
1984 final would have been an all-British affair had it not been for a bent ref.Away goals are a bit of an anachronism; back in the day I can see why they were introduced as travelling abroad was a big deal; not so very long back teams were literally taking their lives into their hands (Munich
Nowadays football's so homogenised away goals are just an arbitrary way of splitting teams.
Tom Halsey
International Coach
Yeah there are several supposed cases of bent refs. Only really hear about the occasions when it affected English teams but presumably there are more. Liverpool vs Inter in 1965 is usually cited, as is Derby vs Juventus in, I think, 1973. Also, never really seen it argued that it was bent (other than by United players/fans) but a big part of the reason United failed to retain the European Cup in 1969 was one of the worst decisions I've ever seen. I'm sure there must be more cases involving non-English teams being wronged but unless I'm forgetting something obvious, I've never really heard anything from that era. It seems likely though that there were probably other cases.