The Official Nonsense Thread

[Minty]

There used to be a club called 3rd Lanark (Queen's Park's derby rivals) who were famous for booting the ball out of the ground early on so the match ball would be replaced with an old one that had been whitewashed, in order to reuse the same "new" ball over & over again. They were actually the club that introduced the rule now standard in football that a brand new ball must be used to start every competitive match!

Years ago, I was at a Junior football match where someone had tied their rottweiler's lead to the metal posts skirting the spectator standings while they lit up (the smoking ban in public ventures never being upheld at Junior games, even if the police are around, who are more worried about neds sneaking booze in). When the ball rolled the dog's way, it decided it could do a better job than either side. With one quick lunge the lead came loose & the dog started bulldozing the ball along the near edge of the park & up the field, much to the fan's amusement, especially as members of both teams could be heard shouting to their mates "No, YOU get the ball off it!"

My eyes are driving me nuts, going to have to get the Optrex