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From: t8914229@phillip.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: GRAEME SOUNESS AND HIS MANY MISTAKES
Date: 12 Sep 92 13:48:46 EST
Organization: RMIT (Bundoora Campus)

Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: GRAEME SOUNESS

In article <1992Sep10.102722.10326@rdg.dec.com>, tanner@kbomfg.enet.dec.com (Dave Tanner) writes:
>>
>>    To me and a lot of other folks Souness is doing an excellent job, and when
>> all the injured recover they will be hard to beat. He's made one mistake since
>> taking over and that was selling Houghton, but he bought James and the Pool
>> needed him, and Paul Stewart will fit in well after about 10-15 games or so,
>> and when Thomas, Barnes, McManaman are back then we'll see some excellent
>> football. He also trying to get rid of that useless git Saunders...  
>>

according to paul@vax.oxford.ac.uk
oxford university - wow, SOUNESS would be impressed at your wealth of
knowledge and wisdom.

>Funny, I seem to recall Souness was the 'useless git' who bought 'that useless
 ----------------------------------------------------- (what is your source?)
 you also said that ".....Souness *was*.....": does that mean he isn't now?????
					       ================================
>git Saunders' ... mistake number 2 perhaps?

>Someone called Beardsley seems to be doing quite well across the park ...
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 really?????  where is the england selection?????  rob jones rose from
 virtual obscurity to england selection.  didn't GRAEME SOUNESS make a
 mistake there also?????
>mistake number 3?

>Need we go on?
 if you want us to see more of GRAEME SOUNESS'S so-called "mistakes"!

>Paul

	LIVERPOOL F.C. RULES THE WORLD FOREVER AND EVER
	GRAEME SOUNESS RULES ALL MANAGERS

	LIVERPOOL F.C.
	F.A. CUP WINNERS
	1992 (CENTENARY YEAR)

p/s.  LIVERPOOL F.C. winning the fa cup under the guidance of GRAEME SOUNESS
      must have been the biggest mistake of all!
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
From: s009@brems.ii.uib.no (Arne Rivenes)
Subject: Old league tables wanted
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 11:34:01 GMT

I wonder if someone got the final standings for the seasons 1889/90 to
1899/1900.
I also wonder about the promotion system from lower leagues to GM Vauxhall.
Finaly I'm interested in Manchester United's results in FA-cup over the seasons.
How far did they get (I know their victories) and who knocked them out?

PS How did Accrington Stanley do in 1.qualifing round in the FA-cup?

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From: blrj_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (MUSTT MALANG)
Subject: Re: Graeme Souness
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 01:41:08 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.160305.28865@cco.caltech.edu> christos@cco.caltech.edu (Christos S. Christoforou) writes:
>In article <1992Sep10.145657.8793@vax.oxford.ac.uk> paul@vax.oxford.ac.uk writes:
>>
>>Someone called Beardsley seems to be doing quite well across the park ...
>>mistake number 3?
>>
>
>I agree. Why on earth did they ever let Beardsley go???
>
>>Paul
>
>christos

I don't think any of us who support Everton really mind that he left Liverpool.
At least we won't ever have to face his skills again coz he's using them to grand effect for us.

Bilal

Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
From: archer@hsi.com (Garry Archer)
Subject: Re: Gresley news
Organization: 3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford CT
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:25:11 GMT

In article <12757@taxus.rl.ac.uk> gjd@inf.rl.ac.uk (Graham Doe) writes:
>
>Following up a midweek 2-0 win over Redditch (I think it was Redditch - I'll
>correct it later if not) Gresley came through the first qualifying round of 
>the FA Cup on Saturday:
>
>Newcastle Town 0 - Gresley Rovers 1
>
>Beazer Midland leaders Gresley [does that sound good, Garry?] made a dream 
>start with a 4th minute goal by Taplin. ...


Sounds _absolutelybloodyfantastic_ Graham!


BTW:  Please, nobody pinch me.  This season is one of the best dreams
I've had since that night I had with six Swedish college girls...



-- 
|                     Garry Archer Esq.     archer@hsi.com                     |
|                                                                              |
=========| Gresley Rovers Football Club ("The Moatmen"), founded 1882 |=========
From: lipkens@chpc.utexas.edu ((user name unknown))
Subject: Belgian results
Summary: was there league play in Belgian this weekend? 
Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 14:12:45 GMT

Hi,

Was there league play in Belgium this weekend, if yes
could someone please submit the scores and tables.
Thank you
Bart


Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
From: michal@vsnmc2.cern.ch (Michal Szleper)
Subject: Polska liga, round 7
Summary: Wyniki 7. kolejki
Organization: European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:03:53 GMT

Round 7 of Polish league.  Sorry about this awful delay.


1) ZAWISZA BYDGOSZCZ  -  GORNIK ZABRZE  1:0
   Arndt         '61


2) POGON SZCZECIN  -  SZOMBIERKI BYTOM  2:1
   Studzinski    '23     Orzeszek       '17
   Szubert       '88


3) L~KS L~ODZ  -  GKS KATOWICE  1:0
   Cebula        '39


4) SIARKA TARNOBRZEG  -  SLA,SK WROCL~AW  3:1
   Kucharski     '42     Gal~kowski     '15
   Tyburski      '47 (pk)
   Sadowski      '55


5) JAGIELLONIA BIAL~YSTOK  -  WIDZEW L~ODZ  0:3
                         Koniarek       '44
                         Bartnowski     '46 (og)
                         Iwanicki       '59


6) ZAGL~E,BIE LUBIN  -  HUTNIK KRAKOW  1:0
   Stachurski    '35


7) OLIMPIA POZNAN  -  RUCH CHORZOW  1:0
   Borowko       '56


8) LEGIA WARSZAWA  -  STAL MIELEC  1:0
   L~e,tocha     '20 (og)


9) WISL~A KRAKOW  -  LECH POZNAN  0:0


Table
=====
    Team          Points   Goals
----------------------------------
 1. Lech           13-1    17:2
 2. Widzew         12-2    15:5
 3. Legia          11-3    13:6
 4. L~KS           11-3    12:8
 5. Ruch           10-4    13:5
 6. Katowice        7-5     9:6
 7. Stal            7-7    10:8
 8. Siarka          7-7    11:11
 9. Zagl~e,bie      7-7     8:8
10. Hutnik          6-8    12:9
11. Wisl~a          6-8     9:7
12. Zawisza         5-9     5:8
13. Gornik          4-8     7:11
14. Szombierki      4-10    5:10
15. Sla,sk          4-10    8:16
16. Pogon           4-10    5:15
17. Jagiellonia     3-11    6:18
18. Olimpia         3-11    3:15


Cheers!

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Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
From: miranda@sabotage.eng.uiowa.edu (Johann Miranda)
Subject: USSF and back-pass rule
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:59:12 GMT
Organization: Department of Elect. and Comp. Engr., University of Iowa, USA.

	Hello, everybody. You'll have to excuse me if this ends in the wrong
hands, since it is one of my first postings...

	I was wondering if anyone knows whether the USSF has ratified the 
new ruling on backpasses to the goalkeeper. There seems to be some other changes
as well. Will they be in effect this season in the USA? at what level? 
Thanks for the info. Adios.

***********************"May the force be with you".(Obiwan to Luke)**************
From: blrj_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (MUSTT MALANG)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Grobellar
Date: 10 Sep 92 15:43:03 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

In article <Bu9uu5.K1n@ecf.toronto.edu> yewhin@ecf.toronto.edu (YEW HIN Jimmy) writes:
>What is the status of Grobellar(sorry if I mispelled) with Liverpool this 
>season? Is he going to sit on the bench watching James or is it going to be
>the other way round?
>
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>LIVERPOOL F.C     THE BEST EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>

Not that I agree with the above expressed opinion (being Blueblooded myself)
but I do know that Grobellar is right now with the Zimbabwian National side
playing in the African World Cup Qualifiers or something like that.

Bilal. 
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
From: kstokker@risc.uni-linz.ac.at (Karel Stokkermans)
Subject: Yugoslavia round1 and 2 corrected 
Organization: RISC, J.K. University, Linz; Austria
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 22:08:20 GMT

Round 1
Crvena zvezda Beograd      4-0 Radnicki Novi Beograd
Zemun                      1-2 Partizan          !!
Mogren Budva               3-1 Napredak Krusevac !!
Rad Beograd                3-0 Buducnost Podgorica
Sutjeska Niksic            0-1 OFK Beograd
Pristina                   1-0 Radnicki Nis
Becej                      3-0 Proleter Zrenjanin
OFK Kikinda                2-0 Spartak Subotica
Vojvodina Novi Sad         2-1 Hajduk Kula

Round 2
Rad B                      2-2 Zemun
Radnicki NB                1-2 Sutjeska
Proleter                   1-3 Crvena zvezda
Spartak                    0-0 Pristina
Napredak                   1-1 OFK K
Hajduk K                   2-1 Mogren
Buducnost                  3-0 OFK B              !!
Radnicki Nis               2-1 Becej
Partizan                   2-0 Vojvodina

Results with exclamation marks are corrected.

-- 
-- Karel Stokkermans, RISC-Linz, Schloss Hagenberg, Austria, Europa
 -- email: kstokker@risc.uni-linz.ac.at (or k314070@edvz.uni-linz.ac.at)
"O hoe vergeefs / des doelmans hand / zich strekte naar de bal    [  21-6-88,  ]
 die 'een minuut / voor tijd de Duitse / doellijn kruiste..."     [ J. Deelder ]
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
From: steinle@arctecws-9.informatik.uni-kl.de (You can call me Al)
Subject: Re: Wynalda scores again
Keywords: Against my Roten Teufel
Reply-To: steinle@dfki.uni-kl.de
Organization: DFKI University of Kaiserslautern
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 14:17:26 GMT


Both goals have been pretty nice (esp. for a SB supporter) and they
were both out of situations, where you would normally expect a player
to score (ie. alone versus the goalie, not the ghost of a chance for
Ehrmann, terrible defensive play by KL).

... and I am asking myself where to go, to see an away-from-home win
of Lautern. Well, maybe Wattenscheid ???

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Frank Steinle (steinle@dfki.uni-kl.de)
From: ay00@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (ALI YILDIRIM)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Turkish Soccer League
Date: 15 Sep 92 21:44:36 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

Turkish Soccer League - 4th week results

        Konyaspor      - Fenerbahce      :  1 - 5
        Altay          - Trabzonspor     :  1 - 3
        Galatasaray    - Aydinspor       :  1 - 0
        Gaziantepspor  - Besiktas        :  0 - 0
        Ankaragucu     - Bursaspor       :  0 - 1
        Kayserispor    - Karsiyaka       :  1 - 1
        Bakirkoyspor   - Genclerbirligi  :  3 - 2
        Sariyer        - Kocaelispor     :  0 - 1

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    / /    / / / /   /_/    \ \/ /     / /        / /
   / /____/ / / /    _       \  /  _  / /   _____/ /  _   ___   _  ____  ______
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
From: dos105@rsphy2.anu.edu.au (Darren O'Shaughnessy)
Subject: Serie A - Table after Round 1
Followup-To: rec.sport.soccer
Organization: Australian National University
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 07:40:44 GMT

 Team            W D L GF GA Pts

TORINO           1 0 0  4  1  2
Atalanta         1 0 0  2  1  2
Udinese          1 0 0  2  1  2
AC Milan         1 0 0  1  0  2
Pescara          1 0 0  1  0  2
Lazio            0 1 0  3  3  1
Sampdoria        0 1 0  3  3  1
Fiorentina       0 1 0  1  1  1
Genoa            0 1 0  1  1  1
Brescia          0 1 0  0  0  1
Cagliari         0 1 0  0  0  1
Juventus         0 1 0  0  0  1
Napoli           0 1 0  0  0  1
Internazionale   0 0 1  1  2  0
Parma            0 0 1  1  2  0
Foggia           0 0 1  0  1  0
AS Roma          0 0 1  0  1  0
Ancona           0 0 1  1  4  0


      Signed,
              Pat Rourke  (you may not have heard of me)
                (GO Torino GO!!)
From: caar14@vaxa.strath.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Scotland in Europe
Date: 13 Sep 92 22:19:48 GMT
Organization: Strathclyde University VAX Cluster

In article <25733@castle.ed.ac.uk>, eftv20@castle.ed.ac.
> Ec2 - Airdrie v Sparta Prague
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  The German contributors may be a little miffed at being represented by
> Hannover in this tournament but that's fairly respectable compared to
> whom we've got. Airdrie are the dirtiest side in Scotland and I hope the
> Sparta players have their shin guards packed. Sparta looked a reasonable
> side last season and can afford to take it easy at Broomfield - they
> ought to then stroll the tie in Prague.
>   0-1, 0-4
>            
>          Gerry Stewart
>          
>           (Heriot Watt & Edinburgh Universities Celtic Supporters' Club)

Well Gerry,
          How many times have you seen Airdrie play this season, or come to
think of it last season? Were you by any chance at Broomfield a fortnight ago
when "the mighty Glasgow Celtic" managed to scrape a 1-1 draw?
          I am fed up of people tagging Airdrie as "a hacking workman like
team" without giving justification for this. Before you mention the amount
of diamonds sent off last season; double that figure and you have the number 
of opposition team players red carded playing against them.
          Good luck to Hannover,Cologne (given Celtic's defence yesterday they
shouldn't need any luck) and Lynby (also the Hibees and Jambos).

Ronnie.
From: dvlkhh@cs.umu.se
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Calling all Swedes!
Date: 7 Sep 1992 11:26:14 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu
X-Unparseable-Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 18:25:33 MET DST

Come on! Post the results from Maesterskapsserien and Kvalsvenskan!!!

I know you are there, there really have to any AIK, IFK Goeteborg, MFF,
Norrkoeping, DIF or other fan who can do it! 
I don't dare do it because:
1. I haven't a favourite.
2. When I do something, I'll do it for real (like I do for "le Championnat"
   and I haven't the time to do it and not the motivation, see above)

Kom igen nu sloefockar!

Kent
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From: blrj_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (MUSTT MALANG)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Graeme Souness
Date: 11 Sep 92 16:09:33 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

In article <1992Sep10.145657.8793@vax.oxford.ac.uk> paul@vax.oxford.ac.uk writes:
>In article <1992Sep10.102722.10326@rdg.dec.com>, tanner@kbomfg.enet.dec.com (Dave Tanner) writes:
>> 
>>    To me and a lot of other folks Souness is doing an excellent job, and when
>> all the injured recover they will be hard to beat. He's made one mistake since
>> taking over and that was selling Houghton, but he bought James and the Pool
>> needed him, and Paul Stewart will fit in well after about 10-15 games or so,
>> and when Thomas, Barnes, McManaman are back then we'll see some excellent
>> football. He also trying to get rid of that useless git Saunders...  
>>
>
>Funny, I seem to recall Souness was the 'useless git' who bought 'that useless
>git Saunders' ... mistake number 2 perhaps?
>
>Someone called Beardsley seems to be doing quite well across the park ...
>mistake number 3?
>
>Need we go on?
>
>Paul
 
Hmmm...how about McMahon to Man City as mistake number 4?

Bilal
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
From: jussi@lut.fi (Jussi Salminen)
Subject: Finnish League, 28th round
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 06:56:41 GMT
Organization: Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland


	Finnish League, 28th round

	12th September:

FC Oulu		5-3	MP		(1-2)		1 460
42. Mark Dziadulewicz	16. Juha Karvinen
53. Sami Vaisanen	36. George Lawrence
69. Marko Harju		89. Karvinen
80. Marko Koykka	
85. Harju

FC Haka		2-1	FC Kuusysi	(2-1)		1 050
 5. Juha Lahtinen	35. Kimmo Tarkkio
14. Lahtinen

TPS		1-0	KuPS		(0-0)		1 041
87. Marko Rajamaki


	13th September:

FC Ilves	1-3	MyPa		(1-2)		2 434
41. Luciano Martins	37. Jukka Turunen
			39. Mauri Keskitalo
			60. Jukka Koskinen

Jaro		1-1	FC Jazz		(1-0)		2 007
 1. Marko Sorvisto	59. Luiz Antonio

RoPS		0-0	HJK				1 132




Table:
                             GP    W   T   L    GF     GA     PTS

 1.  FC Jazz (Pori)          28   16   8   4    55     35      56
 2.  FC Kuusysi (Lahti)      28   18   2   8    50     30      56
 3.  HJK (Helsinki)          28   16   5   7    51     33      53
 4.  MyPa (Myllykoski)       28   15   7   6    54     20      52
 5.  Jaro (Pietarsaari)      28   12   7   9    41     32      43
 6.  FC Haka (Valkeakoski)   28   12   5  11    33     45      41
 7.  RoPS (Rovaniemi)        28   11   5  12    46     41      38
 8.  TPS (Turku)             28    9   7  12    25     33      34
 9.  FC Ilves (Tampere)      28    8   4  16    39     49      28
10.  FC Oulu                 28    8   3  17    37     60      27
----------------------------------------------------------------------
11.  KuPS (Kuopio)           28    6   6  16    28     51      24
======================================================================
12.  MP (Mikkeli)            28    6   3  19    24     54      21


Top goalscorers:

20: Luiz Antonio (FC Jazz)
19: Ismo Lius (HJK)
14: Mauri Keskitalo (MyPa)
13: Kimmo Tarkkio (FC Kuusysi)
12: Stuart Beards (RoPS) and Jukka Turunen (MyPa)
11: Jari Vanhala (HJK)
10: Saku Laaksonen (FC Jazz), Paul Lindholm (Jaro)
    and Marko Rajamaki (TPS)
 9: Ari Hjelm (FC Ilves), Ari Tegelberg (RoPS),
    Juha Lahtinen (FC Haka) and Sami Vaisanen (FC Oulu)



	Next matches 20th September: HJK-FC Haka, FC Jazz-FC Oulu,
				     FC Kuusysi-TPS, KuPS-RoPS,
				     MP-FC Ilves, MyPa-Jaro
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
From: kstokker@risc.uni-linz.ac.at (Karel Stokkermans)
Subject: Russian League round 8
Organization: RISC, J.K. University, Linz; Austria
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 21:49:17 GMT

Round 8
Lok NN              0-2 Dinamo
Spartak M           1-1 CSKA
Rostselmash         1-0 Spartak Vl
Asmaral             0-3 Lok M

Table
 1.Spartak Moskva               8 11- 3  12
 2.Spartak Vladikavkaz          8 14- 6  10
 3.Dynamo Moskva                8  9- 9   9
 4.Lokomotiv Moskva             8  6- 5   8
 5.CSKA Moskva                  8 13-12   7
 6.Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu   8  3- 6   6
 7.Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod    8  3- 9   6
 8.Asmaral Moskva               8  6-15   6


-- 
-- Karel Stokkermans, RISC-Linz, Schloss Hagenberg, Austria, Europa
 -- email: kstokker@risc.uni-linz.ac.at (or k314070@edvz.uni-linz.ac.at)
"O hoe vergeefs / des doelmans hand / zich strekte naar de bal    [  21-6-88,  ]
 die 'een minuut / voor tijd de Duitse / doellijn kruiste..."     [ J. Deelder ]
From: jyrki@uta.fi (Jyrki Nummenmaa)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: WC qualifier: Finland-Sweden (report)
Date: 11 Sep 92 06:58:52 GMT
Organization: University of Tampere, Finland

In article <9209101129.AA28350@ersboda.cs.umu.se> dvlkhh@cs.umu.se writes:
>    A freekick meters (!) wide by Patrik Andersson and then the goal a quarter
>from the end. A beatiful free kick by Stefan Schwarz excellently saved
>by Kari Laukanen. Martin Dahlin went on the rebound and Laukanen (may have)
>touched him, he went down IMHO. And what happens? The Russian referee 
>points at the spot! A gift if you ask me, but we aren't too sticky when _we_ 
>got it :-) Mechelen star "Klabbe" took it and sent it home near the left post,
>while Laukanen went the other way. Suomi pressed the remainder and Ravelli ...

It was clear already without slow-motion that it was no way a penalty.
I had taped the game and when I reviewed the situation, it went like this:

Laukkanen saved the free kick and dived after the ball, and actually
managed to touch the ball with his hand. Dahlin ran from behind over
Laukkanen and dived (and Laukkanen, who only had one hand on the ball,
could not hold the ball).

Another major blunder by the referee followed about a minute later, when
a Swede came studs first on Litmanen at Sweden's end on the edge of the
penalty box, hit the ball, though, but should have been a free kick or
perhaps even penalty for Finland. 

Finnish coach, Vakkila, in the newspapers the following day:
   'Only one thing seems to be for sure: Santa Claus lives in Sweden.'

The ref is probably not a very popular person in Finland. Let's hope
that more competent refs can be found for the rest of the games.

Jyrki

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From: newbery@zonda.atd.ucar.edu (Santiago Newbery)
Subject: Re: Maradona to Sevilla
Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 04:14:51 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.185934.26062@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>, skaamjm@ucl.ac.uk (Matthew Moore) writes:
|> mazzarel@purina.berkeley.edu (Ariel Mazzarelli) writes:
|> 
(my old post about Maradona's return deleted)
|> >Excellent!  Hopefully he'll get back in shape and once again make
|> >some magic.  And if we're lucky,  he'll be back for one last world cup.
|> 
|> baa! He's too fat and too slow.
|> 
|> (Once upon a time, he was the example to quote to all forwards falling
|> over in the hope of a penalty 'open your eyes and think of Maradona'.
|> 
|> Just imagine the wee fella, tripped! but does he fall over, Penalty!
|> ref! Nope, not a bit of it, he keeps on going stumbling, chasing,
|> fighting for it! "Thats my ball!", winning it, scoring many times.
|> 
|> Now he's just a ball player looking to score whatever he can, today a
|> goal, tommorrow coke, the day after fish with too many chips).

Judging from the needlessly derogatory comments above I can only conclude
that some of the English fans still hold a grudge against Diego,
and I bet I know why.
Does that brilliant 2nd goal he scored in the '86 WC
(Argentina 2 - England 1) still hurt that much?
I know the usual response will be to cite instead the (first) "Hand of
God" goal to throw a smoke screen and cry cheat!
Well, I still have a tape of that game, and watching it again reveals
an English side that was lucky to come out 1-2. Maradona & co. outplayed
Eng. most of the game. Not until it was 0-2 did England wake up and
challenge Pumpido's goal.
So don't pick on a great players shortcomings just because you are pissed
at the ease with which he outskilled five or six English players
and a veteran goalkeeper in '86. He may still have a few more runs
like that left in him before he hangs up his shoes.

                         
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|  Santiago Newbery	<<<<>>>>	newbery@zonda.atd.ucar.EDU	|
|  Atmospheric Technology Div.	/ SSSF	Phone/FAX: 303-497-8762/8770	|
|  National Ctr. for Atmospheric Research	Boulder, CO.		|
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