A brief guide to the complex rivalries of Midlands football

[curiousorange]

And someone needs to tell him it was Staunton not Mellberg (not that this makes the memory any more palatable).

It was definitely Mellberg.

Blimey I never knew! Have never brought myself to watch it again. You'll be telling me Father Christmas doesn't exist next.

Still boils my piss that Encklman didn't just calmly pick the ball out of the net and throw it towards the corner.  Just shows the value of players actually knowing the rules, had he done that and shouted corner, the ref would have
realised the error.  Still, made them happy for a couple of years.  This will be the best season since then for them, if we go down.

I always understood it to have stood because it brushed the bottom of Enckleman's boot on the way across the line; if it had been chucked in by Mellberg without a touch it wouldn't have counted.

[Meanwood Villa]

And someone needs to tell him it was Staunton not Mellberg (not that this makes the memory any more palatable).

It was definitely Mellberg.

Blimey I never knew! Have never brought myself to watch it again. You'll be telling me Father Christmas doesn't exist next.

Still boils my piss that Encklman didn't just calmly pick the ball out of the net and throw it towards the corner.  Just shows the value of players actually knowing the rules, had he done that and shouted corner, the ref would have
realised the error.  Still, made them happy for a couple of years.  This will be the best season since then for them, if we go down.

I always understood it to have stood because it brushed the bottom of Enckleman's boot on the way across the line; if it had been chucked in by Mellberg without a touch it wouldn't have counted.

That may be the case but the ref was 50 yards away with his back turned so how could he know?

[joe_c]

And someone needs to tell him it was Staunton not Mellberg (not that this makes the memory any more palatable).

It was definitely Mellberg.

Blimey I never knew! Have never brought myself to watch it again. You'll be telling me Father Christmas doesn't exist next.

Still boils my piss that Encklman didn't just calmly pick the ball out of the net and throw it towards the corner.  Just shows the value of players actually knowing the rules, had he done that and shouted corner, the ref would have
realised the error.  Still, made them happy for a couple of years.  This will be the best season since then for them, if we go down.

I always understood it to have stood because it brushed the bottom of Enckleman's boot on the way across the line; if it had been chucked in by Mellberg without a touch it wouldn't have counted.

That may be the case but the ref was 50 yards away with his back turned so how could he know?

Because it was David Sodding Elleray.

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

And someone needs to tell him it was Staunton not Mellberg (not that this makes the memory any more palatable).

It was definitely Mellberg.

Blimey I never knew! Have never brought myself to watch it again. You'll be telling me Father Christmas doesn't exist next.

Still boils my piss that Encklman didn't just calmly pick the ball out of the net and throw it towards the corner.  Just shows the value of players actually knowing the rules, had he done that and shouted corner, the ref would have
realised the error.  Still, made them happy for a couple of years.  This will be the best season since then for them, if we go down.

I always understood it to have stood because it brushed the bottom of Enckleman's boot on the way across the line; if it had been chucked in by Mellberg without a touch it wouldn't have counted.

That may be the case but the ref was 50 yards away with his back turned so how could he know?

Because it was David Sodding Elleray.

Even if he'd been looking in the right direction I don't know how Elleray could have been sure Enckelman made contact with the ball - as he should have been to award the goal. I haven't watched it in years, but I remember it was impossible to say from all the action replays that there was any contact. If there was it was so minimal as to be practically invisible. It's almost as if Elleray was an incompetent git who crumbled under pressure. To be fair, had he disallowed it he probably would have been assaulted on the pitch by one of their apes.

[ktvillan]

And someone needs to tell him it was Staunton not Mellberg (not that this makes the memory any more palatable).

It was definitely Mellberg.

Blimey I never knew! Have never brought myself to watch it again. You'll be telling me Father Christmas doesn't exist next.

Still boils my piss that Encklman didn't just calmly pick the ball out of the net and throw it towards the corner.  Just shows the value of players actually knowing the rules, had he done that and shouted corner, the ref would have
realised the error.  Still, made them happy for a couple of years.  This will be the best season since then for them, if we go down.

I always understood it to have stood because it brushed the bottom of Enckleman's boot on the way across the line; if it had been chucked in by Mellberg without a touch it wouldn't have counted.

That may be the case but the ref was 50 yards away with his back turned so how could he know?

Because it was David Sodding Elleray.

Still by far the biggest c*** ever to have been allowed to referee.

[rob_bridge]

They missed out this bit.

Villa fans: Spend their lives obsessed with Villa.
SHA: Spend their lives obsessed with Villa.
Bitters: Spend their lives obsessed with Villa.

That is the best summary.

All else is of little consqequence.

[not3bad]

An even briefer guide:-

Villa are ace.

Albion are garbage.
Blose are garbage.
Wolves are garbage.
Every other Midlands team is garbage.

You're hired!