Football misconceptions

[PedroTheFisherman66]

That if you were big or tall you were automatically a good player (certainly at school, the tall ones were either centre forward or back no questions asked)!

[MagicBoots]

You mean like the Purge

Yep.

[MagicBoots]

Some great replies on here - keep them coming.

[tarquinbeech]

My kids could never understand why Notts fans liked to "sit on the red side of the Trent", at least that's what I told them that the Z blocker's were singing!

[SwalePie]

My kids could never understand why Notts fans liked to "sit on the red side of the Trent", at least that's what I told them that the Z blocker's were singing!

I always wondered why although we were black and we were white we were also chucking dynamite. Never did find out.

[i961pie]

I always used to think you needed Irish ancestry to play for the Republic. Turns out a 2 day visit or more does the trick.

If you have drank a pint of Guinness you qualify

[meoldlaner]

Used to think it was Walk on, Walk on with soap up your ar$e! .........nuff said

[Bohinen]

That if you were big or tall you were automatically a good player (certainly at school, the tall ones were either centre forward or back no questions asked)!

Unfortunately, they still have that mentality today. I guess no-one told Messi, Maradona and Pele.