tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29004177.post5512085977976248123..comments2023-10-26T15:02:50.331+01:00Comments on Life Is All Cobblers: FootballJ.Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429727115197726031noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29004177.post-20766310318106169512009-09-17T14:21:49.881+01:002009-09-17T14:21:49.881+01:00YP - that is oe of the things that has depressed m...YP - that is oe of the things that has depressed me so much. When we went to Wembley in a play off final back in 1998 we took 40,000 supporters with us. We do have so much potential. And I get even more depressed when I see how MK Dons are doing just down the road.<br /><br />Gill - my pleasure to return to the subject of China.<br /><br />And thank you Martin! Well - the Chinese invented everything else so I guess we should have known they would have invented football too!J.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429727115197726031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29004177.post-37683867526112513262009-09-17T13:20:53.571+01:002009-09-17T13:20:53.571+01:00The very earliest form of the game for which there...The very earliest form of the game for which there is scientific evidence was an exercise from a military manual dating back to the second and third centuries BC in China.<br /><br />This Han Dynasty forebear of football was called Tsu' Chu and it consisted of kicking a leather ball filled with feathers and hair through an opening, measuring only 30-40cm in width, into a small net fixed onto long bamboo canes. According to one variation of this exercise, the player was not permitted to aim at his target unimpeded, but had to use his feet, chest, back and shoulders while trying to withstand the attacks of his opponents. Use of the hands was not permitted. <br /><br />There you go Gill.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00964763297572008716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29004177.post-29762941390751812802009-09-17T12:49:57.642+01:002009-09-17T12:49:57.642+01:00Please tell us more about China, I know it's p...Please tell us more about China, I know it's proabably heresy but I don't get that excited about men kicking a pig's blader.Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13379877200876051274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29004177.post-34716070524768901072009-09-17T00:30:36.910+01:002009-09-17T00:30:36.910+01:00Fairweather fan! To relish the good times you have...Fairweather fan! To relish the good times you have to have kept faith with your team down in the mire. NTFC will rise again! Wonder who the new "permanent" manager will be? Northampton is a significant enough place to accommodate a Championship team. Look at Scunthorpe and Doncaster for example.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com