Quote Originally Posted by Magpies1959 View Post
I remember opening day of the season fixtures being red hot pre global warming ��. 27° for 35 mins should be a piece of cake for super fit footballers these days.
They’ll each play for 70 minutes - the plan is for two 70-minute games with two different XIs, with a gap in between.

I’d love to know when we started “building players” up in pre-season - when was the cliche of “getting minutes in the legs” first used? - and how the players then feel when they suddenly have to play for 90 minutes on opening day.