tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post264710350517631039..comments2023-10-30T08:56:36.302+00:00Comments on Pseuds' corner and home of the frustrated hack: Football playboys: a "species" in danger of extinction - PipitaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-52189656767134976432013-02-20T00:51:23.387+00:002013-02-20T00:51:23.387+00:00I got this web page from my pal who informed me on...I got this web page from my pal who informed me on the topic of <br />this web page and at the moment this time I am browsing this site and reading <br />very informative articles or reviews here.<br /><br />My page - <a href="http://articleshubsite.com/360735/late-night-payday-loans/" rel="nofollow">payday loans by phone</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-41604193687831662112007-05-29T21:23:00.000+01:002007-05-29T21:23:00.000+01:00GGFor one moment I thought you were saying you wen...GG<BR/>For one moment I thought you were saying you went one better than Pipo Inzaghi, ha ha...Amazing, so you were actually standing on the Stretford End during the glorious 60's. I actually once bumped into Bobby Charlton in Buenos Aires, can you believe it!!!!, and couldnt resist telling him how much I admired him and Bestie. Think he wasnt very amused with that...<BR/>Offside<BR/>Your a pipitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881886605470096554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-27860568423693587742007-05-29T20:17:00.000+01:002007-05-29T20:17:00.000+01:00greengrass, fancy that! You're the same age as Geo...greengrass, <BR/><BR/>fancy that! You're the same age as George Best (although, in better shape I must say, and long may it continue) and I'm the same age as Eric Cantona. Absolute legends. Both of us.<BR/><BR/>OK, OK, I'm going away now. Bye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-17233773944692405702007-05-29T17:19:00.000+01:002007-05-29T17:19:00.000+01:00pipita-I'm happy to say I did!We were the same age...pipita-<BR/>I'm happy to say I did!<BR/><BR/>We were the same age, we both had Beatles haircuts, and his days at Old Trafford coincided with my days at the Stretford End. Best, Law, Charlton, Crerand, Stiles - and lesser lights like Herd and Quixall.<BR/><BR/>Glory days!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-88941256757542284192007-05-29T13:09:00.000+01:002007-05-29T13:09:00.000+01:00DoctorshootThanks for the kind words. As for Pippo...Doctorshoot<BR/>Thanks for the kind words. As for Pippo's model, well...All I can say is that Im pretty sure Bestie would have gone one betterpipitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881886605470096554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-40592548068055838092007-05-29T11:24:00.000+01:002007-05-29T11:24:00.000+01:00May I respectfully request more links to naked mod...May I respectfully request more links to naked models and less links to milanese up-frontmen? Unless the two really are indissociable, in which case, we'll just have to live with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-59498015967667869682007-05-29T01:17:00.000+01:002007-05-29T01:17:00.000+01:00Great fun piece Pipita, and enjoyed your list of q...Great fun piece Pipita, and enjoyed your list of qualifications Mouth... and you might add celebrity chat show curcuit performances to your list<BR/>and being very much a fan of the charismatic welshman will follow the book to it's end..<BR/><BR/>So, (with apologies in advance to everyone who objects to a link involving a naked model)one of the media targets for modern playboy status, bearing DoctorShoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431741727712230963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-16086217519928769012007-05-28T13:30:00.000+01:002007-05-28T13:30:00.000+01:00ClackYeah the Estudaintes match, which was actuall...Clack<BR/>Yeah the Estudaintes match, which was actually played at Boca for the first leg, so Bestie got to play only once in Argentina at Diego's favorite scenario. But also his performance against Benfica made him a renowned inteernational football star in Argentina. I was actually living in England in those years, but from what I heard afterwards he was as well known here as Cruyff during the pipitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07657154985480673481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-31855233554341464792007-05-28T12:24:00.000+01:002007-05-28T12:24:00.000+01:00Once upon a time, footy players couldn't afford to...Once upon a time, footy players couldn't afford to be playboys. Of course they boozed, smoked and womanized - but it was a low-budget trip.<BR/><BR/>Suddenly, the Sixties were swinging and - finally! - top footballers were well-paid.<BR/>George Best would be a unique talent in any day and age, but in the Sixties he got caught up in the hype; he was feted - and ruined.<BR/><BR/>I watched him manyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-74904473735044957472007-05-28T05:46:00.000+01:002007-05-28T05:46:00.000+01:00Pipita,As you said Best's exploits seem to have tr...Pipita,<BR/><BR/>As you said Best's exploits seem to have transcended the football world. I was surprised that when hedied, both Clarin and Ole gave him a full-page obituary. I didn't realise he was so well known in Argentina.<BR/><BR/>But do you think this is because he played in, and indeed was sent off for punching, in the infamous Estudiantes v Man U INtercontinental Cup final brawl when at clackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05176731402491264570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-78254872087201739572007-05-28T00:24:00.000+01:002007-05-28T00:24:00.000+01:00Ah so, you are all here. I chanced upon a 1940s Fr...Ah so, you are all here. I chanced upon a 1940s French primer aujourd'hui, but I do not think that the words:<BR/>physique du rol<BR/>are contained within. I will half-inch said vol tomorrow and see what gems it does hold.<BR/>Know nothing of football, as you all know, but thoroughly enjoyed reading this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-31691076432747386982007-05-27T22:27:00.000+01:002007-05-27T22:27:00.000+01:00Pipita,I hope you don't mind if I am off topic but...Pipita,<BR/>I hope you don't mind if I am off topic but Ilike you to know how disapointed i was by the elimination of River Plate-Above all by the circumstances surrounding the loss against estudiantes(?)-<BR/>Ariel Ortega was sent off, did el burrito misbehave-<BR/>I really wanted him to perform this year and all these news were bad news-<BR/>Into the topic let's play boys.guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-4069645536313384062007-05-27T20:20:00.000+01:002007-05-27T20:20:00.000+01:00Another anecdote Bestie used to recite which I qui...Another anecdote Bestie used to recite which I quite like is about him once sneaking out of the team hotel on a Friday night. When he returned with a blonde on his arm in the early morning he asked the receptionist to give him an alarm call at 8.30 so he could make the players breakfast at 9 that Docherty had insisted on.<BR/>'Mr Best,' she said 'It's a quarter to ten.'byebyebadmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038367328030974280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-46245685720819212422007-05-27T20:11:00.000+01:002007-05-27T20:11:00.000+01:00Pipita - The Oliver Reed book comes recommended by...Pipita - The Oliver Reed book comes recommended by no less a personage than our very own Hannibal Brooks!<BR/><BR/>The World Cup stories on the Dutch of 74 and 78 is superb - it must have been pretty good being Jonny Rep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-44491115204438699262007-05-27T19:45:00.000+01:002007-05-27T19:45:00.000+01:00MouthyTa for the Oliver Reed tip, I'll try to get ...Mouthy<BR/>Ta for the Oliver Reed tip, I'll try to get hold of that. See what you mean about that "Bubbly..."book. Think it contains that hilarious anecdote, which Marcela often quotes, about this Irish hotel porter who seeing his room full of champaigne bottles and dollar notes all over the room -that Best had won whilst gambling in the casino-, plus this blonde miss world lying half-naked in pipitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881886605470096554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-7307159453846959242007-05-27T19:30:00.000+01:002007-05-27T19:30:00.000+01:00pretty lame, eh?pretty lame, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-86772415224494163472007-05-27T18:51:00.000+01:002007-05-27T18:51:00.000+01:00Pipitamy excuse for buying that Chelsea record was...Pipita<BR/>my excuse for buying that Chelsea record was that in those days (early 70s) there was hardly any footie merchandizing available so fans grabbed what they could lay their hands on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-4667052237275815062007-05-27T16:49:00.000+01:002007-05-27T16:49:00.000+01:00Pipita (excellent piece btw) - I know what you mea...Pipita (excellent piece btw) - I know what you mean about the Dutch being hippies, I remember some comment that by 1974 Holland was the only place on the planet where the sixties were still in full swing, if that makes sense.<BR/><BR/>The always had the air of a touring rock band to me - and of course there is the infamous rumour of the pool party and other tales of excess prior to the final withbyebyebadmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038367328030974280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-70057046944324680632007-05-27T16:11:00.000+01:002007-05-27T16:11:00.000+01:00As an aside, the Oliver Reed biography, Evil Spiri...As an aside, the Oliver Reed biography, Evil Spirits, is very good on this question too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-50158199171271184802007-05-27T16:08:00.000+01:002007-05-27T16:08:00.000+01:00Pipita - I was delighted to be given a credit towa...Pipita - I was delighted to be given a credit towards a fine piece of writing which I and others enjoyed.<BR/><BR/>I don't think I would write a more incisive piece, but there's probably a "The heirs of George Best" which focuses exclusively on those who have trodden in those footsteps (or in those hotel rooms). <BR/><BR/>There's probably a few players (and Merse and Lee Sharpe are good calls, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-85732147902838888992007-05-27T15:55:00.000+01:002007-05-27T15:55:00.000+01:00Buen día all. Wow, quite a few comments here and n...Buen día all. Wow, quite a few comments here and none of them off topic. Many thanks, also to Offy who I didnt acknowledge before<BR/>File<BR/>Pardew??Are you sure??Didn't know and doesen't really look the partying type<BR/>Mouthy<BR/>Was anxiously waiting for your comments, it was you who inspired me to write this after all. Depth of your comments makes me think you could write a much more pipitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881886605470096554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-26292408585357946682007-05-27T14:03:00.000+01:002007-05-27T14:03:00.000+01:00To use the criteria put forth by mouth Lee Sharpe ...To use the criteria put forth by mouth Lee Sharpe and Paul Merson are the only recent examples I can think of that fit the bill.<BR/><BR/>The 1974 World Cup and the Dutch team therein - all long hair, languid style and lovebeads - had quite an impact on English footballers and their image in the seventies, along with Bestie of course.byebyebadmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038367328030974280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-19019045406295569162007-05-27T12:18:00.000+01:002007-05-27T12:18:00.000+01:00pipitaloved this. I'm not old enough to have lived...pipita<BR/><BR/>loved this. I'm not old enough to have lived in the playboy era, but it sounds good to me... I wonder what prompted the extinction. I think now it's a clause in their contracts. <BR/><BR/>and something about houseman should be interesting too... rene estaba chapita chapita no? or garrincha and the story about the goat...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-20896022370347342052007-05-27T09:35:00.000+01:002007-05-27T09:35:00.000+01:00Pipita - Thanks for the piece.The template for the...Pipita - Thanks for the piece.<BR/><BR/>The template for the Playboy Footballer was set for me in the early 80s George Best "autobiography" The Good, The Bad and the Bubbly, which is often available second-hand and is now almost an anthropology text. See http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005540767,00.html for a flavour.<BR/><BR/>The Playboy seems to need the following characteristics:<BR/><BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-37973911759851971782007-05-27T08:07:00.000+01:002007-05-27T08:07:00.000+01:00My mate in the conference league pulls the birds b...My mate in the conference league pulls the birds by the dozen.<BR/><BR/>To his target audience, a footballer is a footballer.<BR/><BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com