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argentine soccer fan
08 Mar 2006, 04:24 PM
I thought I remembered reading somewhere that it was both brothers. But I wasn't sure, maybe I'm wrong. I'll try to look it up in my collection of magazines.
I know it is true about Bobby, though. Some of his fans were campaigning for FIFA to remove the booking, which they felt was unfair, so it could be said that he'd never been booked. But Charlton distanced himself from that effort.
lanman
08 Mar 2006, 04:27 PM
I know it is true about Bobby, though. Some of his fans were campaigning for FIFA to remove the booking, which they felt was unfair, so it could be said that he'd never been booked. But Charlton distanced himself from that effort.
For me, that just speaks volumes about the sort of man Bobby is. Incredibly dignified and humble given how good a player he was.
Stud83
08 Mar 2006, 04:48 PM
NCAA? Who did he play for?
Stockton College
Excape Goat
08 Mar 2006, 07:29 PM
Stockton College
I believed it was Divison III too. Anyway, it was very low level NCAA soccer. It might have been NAIA. So I could be wrong.
Leto
08 Mar 2006, 09:51 PM
For me, that just speaks volumes about the sort of man Bobby is. Incredibly dignified and humble given how good a player he was.
Pfft. He just doesn't want to be remembered as a no-booking pansy.
;)
Robert Lanza
11 Mar 2006, 06:09 PM
-- Tennis player Rafael Nadal's uncle, Miguel, is a former Spanish international and Barcelona legend.
If this has been discussed elsewhere before, my apoogies.
Speaking of the connection between tennis and soccer, I know that Elena Baltacha on the women's side is the daughter of former USSR international Sergei Baltacha (WC 1982). Is Kim Clijsters the daughter of Leo Clijsters, who played for Belgium in the 1986 and 1990 WCs?
Can anyone verify?
lanman
11 Mar 2006, 06:13 PM
Is Kim Clijsters the daughter of Leo Clijsters, who played for Belgium in the 1986 and 1990 WCs?
Can anyone verify?
Verified.
dor02
11 Mar 2006, 11:40 PM
Paul McGrath, the former Irish international, in his days at Aston Villa, wasn't required to go to training because of his infamous knee problems.
SwandelPark
12 Mar 2006, 01:52 AM
yea i read that somewhere actually
guado
28 Mar 2006, 03:54 PM
when pele went to play an exihibition match in lagos, there was a ceasefire called between nigeria and biafra to watch him play.