[Football] Stuff that never happens in football anymore

[Mustafa II]

Goals from indirect freekicks inside the area?

 

[Zeberdi]

And … Almost as brilliant as Shearer’s

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Putting a lid back on

 

[A1X]

Massively unfit but hugely talented maverick footballers at the top of the game

 

[Zeberdi]

‘Clear and obvious’ fouls

 

[OzMike]

Players getting into penalty areas without theatricals.

 

[Simster]

Scotland qualifying for their customary three group games at major tournaments before going home.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

A contested drop-ball

 

[Taybha]

Goalkeepers getting free kicks awarded against them for releasing the ball outside their areas, it goes on so much I just think the refs can't be arsed to police it as they're starting position from goal kicks is usually on the half way line.
The last time I saw a ref give a free kick for this was at the Goldstone!

 

[Bakero]

A contested drop-ball

There used to be a 3 a match in playground games at primary school.

 

[East Staffs Gull]

The Watney Cup.
Half-time oranges.
Magic sponges.
Blanket collections.
Rosette wearing.
Wooden rattles.
Singing my, my, what a referee.
The four-steps rule.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Wagon wheels

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Brighton and Hove Albion playing in League 2.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Cheerleaders (apart from at Crystal Palace).

 

[METALMICKY]

The Watney Cup.
Half-time oranges.
Magic sponges.
Blanket collections.
Rosette wearing.
Wooden rattles.
Singing my, my, what a referee.
The four-steps rule.

How about players ONLY guzzling from bottles of water on the touchline after 90 mins of play in the fa cup final on a blistering hot Wembley?

Now it seems you can be only 5 mins into the game and if there's a break they all charge over to guzzle from those blue bottles poured at a sideways angle.

 

[Cotton Socks]

Drinking tomato soup from a thermos flask cup.

 

[Comrade Sam]

Orange ball!
Iron fences.

 

[B-right-on]

Brighton having a player win the World Cup.

 

[StonehamPark]

Bovril?

 

[hart's shirt]

Neutral grounds for FA Cup Semi-Finals.