‘On the telly’ Archives
Is the Nike advertising campaign cursed?
I for one won't be shedding a tear for any of the trumped up little idiots who appear in the advert and who have flopped badly at the World Cup, but let's take a quick stroll through the advert just for fun. First up we have lion heart Didier Drogba, weaving past Italian defenders before dinking the ball over a goalkeeper called Palermo [...]
American ‘soccer’?
John Oliver (of the Daily Show) rips into American soccer... John Oliver (Daily Show) rips into American soccer - Watch more Funny Videos at Vodpod.
Prem and Cup highlights: 6th – 7th March
Fulham 0 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham 0 - Tottenham 0- Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Wolves 0 - 1 Man Utd Wolves 0 - Manchester United 1 MOTD- Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Sir Alex Ferguson interview after Wolves game... Sir Alex Ferguson interview after Wolves game- Watch more Sports Videos at [...]
The ‘Shirt of Hurt’ for Dixon, Keown and Chiles
As part of the Shirt of Hurt campaign for Sport Relief, MotD 2 pundits Lee Dixon and Martin Keown, along with presenter Adrian Chiles, donned the football shirts of their arch rivals. Shirts of Hurt: Dixon & Keown (Arsenal) wear Spurs & United tops- Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod.
How to look like a pillock on TV
Whatever you do, and this is more important than any acceptance speech, make sure that you don't look like an idiot when someone else wins the goalie of the year award. Brazilian stopper Bruno Flamengo is clearly stunned as he loses the award he clearly expected to win. Bruno (Flamengo) is stunned as he loses goalie award- Watch [...]
Intro to ‘The Big Match’ 1978-79
'The best thing about this era was...most all of the teams in the 1st Division were capable of beating anyone on their day, argues WELLBRAN. 'What an interesting time! An open championship where anything could happen. As for the FA cup that was a free for all. The minnows would cheer if they got a big team at home... as they fancied to beat them, [...]
Intro to ‘The Big Match’ 1975-76
'Great footage of Bobby Moore just getting on with it after defeat. No silly weeping or hysterics like we get today. In those days all the refs looked like your granddad and a great nancy boy push. Today he would be carrying a knife down his socks.' As punditpete notes, 'yes, the modern game stinks compared to this.'
Intro to ‘The Big Match’ 1972-73
'I think we had our first colour telly - bought not long before this,' declares kenmalUTUBE, going on to ask, 'who remembers watching in black and white?'
Intro to ‘The Big Match’ 1969-1970
'Just hearing that theme tune takes me back to Sunday afternoons,' reminisces basil226, 'after a lovely roast, you'd watch The Big Match, hoping your team would be on that week and then it would be time for Randall and Hopkirk.'
