Modern football is not a gentleman's game. Or to put it another way: - Wrath of the Barclay

Modern football is not a gentleman's game. Or to put it another way:

Rugby is a game for hooligans played by gentlemen.

Football is a game for gentlemen played by hooligans.

Posted By: thebigfeller on October 28th 2013 at 16:44:53

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For the record (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Oct 28, 16:20:21
- ^^^ not a gentleman ^^^ (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 28, 16:41:56
  - Modern football is not a gentleman's game. Or to put it another way: (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Oct 28, 16:44:53
    - always wonder how the whole rugby eye-gouging thing fits with that (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 28, 17:27:45
- Wow (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 28, 16:32:01
- 3 - hasnt hughton denied this? (n/m) (NCFC) - matt in london, Oct 28, 16:32:00
  - I've just spotted that. Interesting. I therefore withdraw 3 (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Oct 28, 16:41:07
- Fair enough. You've said how I feel. It was the same official who bought Sakho's dive (NCFC) - pants, Oct 28, 16:26:03
  - That's how I see it too. If we'd beaten Southampton last season because of Holt's dive (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Oct 28, 16:29:40
    - The difference is so obvious (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 28, 16:46:57
      - The oppo knocked it out of play having injured our player, and to waste time (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Oct 28, 16:49:20
- 3,4 and 5 awful (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 28, 16:21:17
  - vmt (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 28, 16:24:10
    - and 1 and 2 (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 28, 16:37:08

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