Socrates

Originally Posted by reem

No such thing in life. I deserve to be high sheriff of Middleton, not gonna happen.

Oh hang on: 'High Sheriffs receive no remuneration and no part of the expense of a High Sheriff’s year falls on the public purse'.

Stick it.

football teaches you this - the good guys don't win. beautiful, artful, and righteous just don't cut the mustard against cynical, spiteful, and dishonest.

see - brazil v italy, netherlands v west germany, netherlands v argentina, france v west germany

A nice piece on the great man:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...36581492.html?

I used to love watching that 1982 side like many others and Socrates was £#%&!in immense along with Falcao, Junior, Eder, Zico et al.

I £#%&!in hated Rossi for the hat-trick that knocked them out.

Socrates' goal with the dust coming up off the goal line as Zoff lay on his arse

One cool mutha£#%&!a - RIP Dr Socrates

He was in London last year doing poetry readings! I declined a friends invitation to go and see him

Originally Posted by The Watcher

He was in London last year doing poetry readings! I declined a friends invitation to go and see him

How do you sleep at night.......................?

Originally Posted by irk

and wanted to be tardelli when he scored that goal in the final.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XOL8o-3TZ8&feature=related

Originally Posted by The Watcher

He was in London last year doing poetry readings! I declined a friends invitation to go and see him

of course you did - he was footballer.

Originally Posted by irk

of course you did - he was footballer.

That's what I thought at the time

Will be wearing my Socrates top to five a side tomorrow as a mark of respect

Originally Posted by The Watcher

He was in London last year doing poetry readings! I declined a friends invitation to go and see him

He obviously never got over it

Originally Posted by irk

of course you did - he was footballer.

Just like any other footballer, apart from the MD and writing columns on politics and economics for a dozen magazines.

Originally Posted by Grimson

Just like any other footballer, apart from the MD and writing columns on politics and economics for a dozen magazines.

..a kind of olden days Joey Barton.

I'm too young to have seen him play, but he still became a bit of a hero of mine over the years after I read more and more about him and obviously saw clips of him in his prime, particularly from that '82 World Cup.

One of those people who was actually more than just a great footballer. RIP.

Nice to see some honest tributes.

"He was an intelligent person who was interested in politics, although he smoked and drank a bit too much."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16017071.stm

Originally Posted by Grimson

Just like any other footballer, apart from the MD and writing columns on politics and economics for a dozen magazines.

who the £#%&! is going to be interested in the literary witterings of a lanky ex-pro footballer with extravagant hair?

Originally Posted by Fountz

..a kind of olden days Joey Barton.

RIP Doc Soc

Originally Posted by irk

who the £#%&! is going to be interested in the literary witterings of a lanky ex-pro footballer with extravagant hair?

How DARE you.

Originally Posted by carlosartorial

How DARE you.

woah woah woah, I didn't actually say the hair was bad. I would never say that. never. I'm interested in the hair. we're all still interested in the hair.

Beard, curly hair and a headband. Top fella RIP

Originally Posted by Jethro

Beard, curly hair and a headband. Top fella RIP

He carried that look off far better than Steve Foster tbf

http://www.thefa.com/~/media/Images/...1&db=web&thn=0