Silly buggers.
I only watched the last ten mins of extra time, but that was quite enough.
Iāve been mad about football since the age of five, our neighbour who played for Evertonās youth team bought me my first football shirt (Everton blue obviously) in the hope that my allegiance to Leeds would change, but I think he knew he had no chance.
Football has at times consumed my life, it cost me my first marriage and countless relationships and I missed several work promotions. I watched 70/80 live games a season in the 80ās and 90ās which took all of my spare cash and holidays and I played competitively until the age of 50 when my hip gave up.
Iāve met some amazing players (Best, both Charlton brothers, Moore, Bremner, Banks and many others) and visited towns and cities across the UK and Europe that ordinarily youād never go to, taking my two boys to the WC in Germany in 2006 is something Iāll never forget nor going to three Euroās, in total Iām close to attending 2000 games which Iāll likely to reach this coming season.
I wouldnāt have changed a thing other than maybe going to a few more games in my late teens/early twenties.
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Was he a zombie ? 
. Madonna perhaps ?
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Oops, sorry, my hearing is not what it used to be 
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Well, by all accounts the Argentinian team could have done with him being on the pitch 
Me too - that was my āgameā and I played from the age of 15 until I was 60. GA was my position until the last 10 years when I changed to GS. And I umpired as well! Wonderful game.
In the US we have an expression āstank on iceāā¦
Switch to RUGBY the best game 
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It has promise, but I can watch American NFL football on one of the UK channels, I think 4, if Iām really desperate, which I rarely am. I did miss most of the amazing season that my alma mater, Indiana , had in college (US) football, winning the NCAA championship.
Take it up and go to real matches, itās great. You will quite possibly find it an eye-opener 
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We do have to make the distinction between Rugby Union and Rugby League here. I was brought up in the League heartland but Union was always my game. I would always recommend someone watch a game of Union, itās so much better and exciting
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Oh sorry when I say Rugby I mean only Rugby Union, Iāve never seen a League match, I donāt think League was a thing where I grew up. Is that where they play with 13 players?
I discovered Australian rules football in Australia the summer before last and thought it was a hoot.
Itās a northern thing.
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Rugby league if you must but not the tedium of union.
Depends whoās playing
I went to several league matches when I was younger, coming from between Wigan and Leigh. I was always more interested in union and played it at school. But if you mention rugby to someone who knows nothing about it, you have to point out the difference. I would hate for @Nunthewiser to watch a game of League and imagine thatās what rugby is about
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Rugby League is simular to American football in that play stops when a player is tacked. In Union, play carries on until there is an infringement or someone scores and thatās what makes it a much more interesting game.
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Not having a TV, we didnāt watch the Final (and Stuart wouldnāt have watched it anyway!) but I imagine that from what I read with a 1-0 score that it was boring game. Maybe Iām wrong and it was exciting but I think not.
In the olden days when I used to watch football with my dad, we would often say that the semi-final of the FA Cup was nearly always a better game than the actual final and I think this may have been the case with this final.
What, you mean. Get tackled, pass the ball between your legs, get tackled again, pass the ball between your legs, repeat until the sixth time then kick the ball. Opposition get the ball, get tackled etc ad nauseam.
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