tam57 698 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 10 21 ears lasted hours kids used to go home for lunch and come back and join in again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WadeWilson 4,670 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 How fucking old are you? Times change and move on - we have an academy now with the proper coaches in place and system to work too. That is how youths learn, not kicking a ball against a close.Bit of a dickish response, mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WadeWilson 4,670 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Up the high-rise flats. Heidy-two-touch in the landing, blasting the baw off the storm doors until you got chased and had to resume the game on another floor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dummiesoot 16,115 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Up the high-rise flats. Heidy-two-touch in the landing, blasting the baw off the storm doors until you got chased and had to resume the game on another floor. And belted roon the ear if you got caught, then cuffed again by your dad as they recognised you and told your mum n dad. Talk about taking responsibility for your actions! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 10-21erChippyCuppyWally (wawy)When the teams were so unfair we'd stop at 10-0 and put the best player from the winning team in the losing team, 10-10 before you knew it Great times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Getting a game of doubles and getting paired with the wee fanny who thought he was Ronaldo and never passed Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim1690 4,534 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 How fucking old are you? Times change and move on - we have an academy now with the proper coaches in place and system to work too. That is how youths learn, not kicking a ball against a close.[/quoteHmm. We have academies now eh, so how is that working out then, Apart from the fact that the OP is talking about street kids, well back in the day Scottish teams both club and international were respected and even sometimes feared, maybe professional coaches should think of reintroducing playing with tennis balls to hone some skills,........just saying. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
West_Side 1,571 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 One touch one bounce, heads and volleys, world cuppies. Setting up goals from old fenceposts in the stony disused croft behind the house. Summer nights spent playing till after midnight in near enough broad daylight. Getting annoyed because your cousin got to be Albertz again. Good times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brazz1972 397 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 How fucking old are you? Times change and move on - we have an academy now with the proper coaches in place and system to work too. That is how youths learn, not kicking a ball against a close.As much as I think proper coaching and modern methods are the way forward I still think Scotland and probably the UK in general are missing street footballers. Growing up in a scheme and playing football everyday after school anywhere you could, playing against boys from other streets and getting kicked up and down by the older boys is a great learning curve.As much as kicking a ball against a close sounds simple, things like that actually help bring on a good first touch etc. Arsene Wenger said recently that one of the reasons the likes of Sanchez and Suarez have become so good is because they are street footballers from a poorer background and that's why they have more character and a steely personality and great desire to win. Work there socks off every match. A good balance of both would be the ideal scenario. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathen fish boy 8,614 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Just remembered 10 - 21 games went on for hours, sometimes 20 aside.and any man safe,never seen pen for handball once Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim1690 4,534 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Not heard anyone mention annieslanders haha, one guy each either end of the tenement close, 1st player heads it towards the other guy trying to score, the other guy gets the chance to either kick it before it hits the ground or save it, if he saves it then he restarts with a header and so on, if the second guy managed to get the boots to the original header then the second guy also can shoot with his foot as well, until someone scores and then it starts all over again. Was great when it was pishing of rain outside, and it could last for ages or until the neighbours on either side of the close got pissed off and came out and chased you out the close haha.Oh happy days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpm1979 201 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Wally!Slide tackles on red ash ripping the skin of yer legs5s on the playground concrete, up onto the school roof to get the ball back before the janny caught you Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim1690 4,534 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Wally!Slide tackles on red ash ripping the skin of yer legs5s on the playground concrete, up onto the school roof to get the ball back before the janny caught youYou can tell all the guys who come from Glesga' from this thread haha, playing on red ash or worse black ash, as soon as you played any team from outside Glesga' you played on grass with goals with real nets,sliding tackles from 10ft away, goalies diving for everything LOL, it was like kids in a candy store.All you guys from the outlying districts had it made, you lucky bastards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpm1979 201 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I mind playing school football, can't mind the tournament, but teams were turning up trying to play football wearing football studs on our red ash pitch and we were all running about in our gutties taking the piss right out them Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartypants 4,460 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Heedy 2 kick and wally (wawy) doon the backs Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATBB 1,524 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 How fucking old are you? Times change and move on - we have an academy now with the proper coaches in place and system to work too. That is how youths learn, not kicking a ball against a close.Well you're definitely a cock. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Soprano 13,964 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Chippy/Records10/21erCuppy/WorldieWawy.What a time to be alive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpbluebear1972 22 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 a big sidie up on a sunday a 10 21er Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brazz1972 397 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 90s football and football as a kid are 2 good accounts on twitter for things like this. Brings back some good memories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeirFleckNRothen 1,789 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Hits it, gits it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aryizredy 12 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 It was over the post - it hit the sleeve Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB 599 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Or skinning yer knees on a red ash pitch.....ooh the memories [/quoteSkinning yer knees on red ash Pah!....... Now being stupid enough to try a slide tackle on black ash.......oh mammy daddy.Try having mammy scrub the rash out of your thigh with Detol almost made getting blootered in the face with a Mitre Mouldmaster pleasant Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB 599 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 You can tell all the guys who come from Glesga' from this thread haha, playing on red ash or worse black ash, as soon as you played any team from outside Glesga' you played on grass with goals with real nets,sliding tackles from 10ft away, goalies diving for everything LOL, it was like kids in a candy store.All you guys from the outlying districts had it made, you lucky bastards.Was why we hated getting drawn against a Glesga team in the Scottish Schools Cup. Slide tackles on our grass field were fine, go to Glasgow and you still had the same mind set till that first slide tackle on a cinder or black ash filed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Ranger 21 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I'm not that old but if there was a game to be played when we were wee then we played fitba all day and night. Personal favourite was Worldy but you can't beat the dying moments of a game and some cunt shouts "NEXT TEAM TO SCORE WINS!" followed quickly by "ANY MAN SAVE!" haha brilliant. There's a big 3g pitch and smaller ones along the road from my gaff though and they're always packed so the kids these days are definitely still out there playing probably just as much as we did. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theiconicman 3,012 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Old fucks in here all a tad defensive. We're miles behind other countries not because we've lost kick around but because we never took football seriously and developed proper coaching, training and diets. Stick yer nostalgia up yer erchie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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