Lakenheath Old Boys

We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!

Saturday, November 12, 2011

England vs. Spain



It's a bloomin' friendly, innit? Let's be havin' ya around noon alright?

162 Comments:

Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Thanks for the post, mate. Unfortunately, I'll be downtown at the Occupy Fredonia Rally today. I'm going to catch up with the match later.

Come on, Engerland!

10:45 AM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Understood. Wear a poppy, eh?

12:01 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Little brothers!!

One of the few times you are able to join us and he buggers off!!!

12:11 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Great t-shirt image shown

12:11 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Surprising no-one, 'arry Redknapp is going to ring in the new year in the dock answering tax evasion charges.

"We gonna rock down to,
the Inland Revenue,
and have a laugh at 'arry!"

Bailiff, take him down... into the Championship!

12:13 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

The Team
Hart
Johnson
Jags
Lescott
Cashley
Jones
Parker
Lamps
Wallcott
Bent
Milner

12:14 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Afternoon Davey,

Encouraged by the 4-3-3 formation? I am.

12:14 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Spain
Casillas
Pique
Iniesta
Xavi
Villa
Alonso
Ramos
Busquets
Arboloa
Silva

12:15 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

We're off
Hiya Stevie

Is it a 4-3-3??

12:16 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

What a result for Ireland yesterday!

12:16 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Think so, Bent in the middle, Walcott and Milner forward on the wings, no?

12:17 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Wales beat Norway today 4-1.... good on em

12:17 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

AFC Totton beat Bradford PA 8-1 in the Cup

12:18 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Incredible. I haven't listened yet, but a friend sent me the Irish feed to the highlights with the commentator going absolutely mental.

12:18 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Jones and and who on the outside?
Lamps and Parker are both central players

12:19 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I'd love to hear that

12:19 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

I'll forward it.

12:20 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Jones and Johnson operating as attacking full-backs.

12:21 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

How times have changed
Lamps first appearance for England was against Spain

A ho-hum three nil victory

England worse... Spain... slightly better!!

12:21 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Uh, but it's not working. The Spanish are just a whisker away from springing Iniesta there

12:22 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Johnson and Cashley are the full backs

12:22 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Why can't England pass like Spain

12:23 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Hmmm, they started out 4-3-3, but the shape now is 4-5-1. Possibly already frightened of what their middies can do.

12:24 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Get the ball over Johnson!!!

12:25 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Spain is the best national 11 at the moment, but I think it's less about their passing than their work-rate. I don't know of any team that is so confident going forward and so tenacious in getting the ball back.

12:26 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Is Torres even in the squad?

12:26 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I hope Bob is freezing his Ghoolies off right now!

12:26 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I agree with you about work rate but their passing is like the Arsenal of old... except these guys actually score too!

12:27 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Wonder when the appeal for Rooney is going to be decided
Martin just said it could be decreased OR increased!

12:28 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

I expect Fernando is in the squad. Del Bosque is pretty patient with him, but he really doesn't fit.

In fact, I'm not sure that Silve fits with Xavi. I think they'd be better off playing the 4 Barca middies with Cesc fitting in the Messi role, Villa up front. I know that sectarianism is part of the Spanish equation though. For me though, it would be only Casillas and Ramos from Real that would get in the starting 11. The rest, Barca.

12:31 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Here are today's subs
Carson, Walker, Baines, Cahill, Terry, Barry, Rodwell, Johnson, Downing, Zamora, Welbeck, Sturidge, Stockdale

Valdes, Albiol, Puyol, Torres, Fab, Monreal, Mata, Liorente, Santi Cazorla, Jesus Navas, Reina

12:31 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I'd like to see Sturidge and Welbeck get a game

12:31 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Nice of you to say, but I've never seen a team hunt in packs so tenaciously and then tik-tak-tik into an attack.

12:32 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I remember in the late seventies where England played an almost entire all conquering Liverpool... they were hopeless!
I am going to Google it

12:32 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Mata, Torres and Fab can't even get a front row seat on the bench!!!

12:33 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Completely agree. Sturridge and Wellbeck are the future and we know what Bent's about. I'd like to see Rodwell and that young winger at Villa. And Ashley Young, too, though presumably if it's not a friendly, he's third on the team sheet at the moment.

12:35 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

True, but we were deluding ourselves that Liverpool were unbeatable. Barca are in a class by themselves. If they play their game, unbeatable. You have to match them for defensive tenaciousness, and score with better than 30% of your chances. It's an extraordinary coincidence that so many of them are collectively at their peak. They think they can continue by bringing Cesc in for Xavi's eventual decline, but that doesn't account for Puyol going gray at the same moment. They too will fade.

12:39 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Six players from Liverpool started for England in a scoreless friendly against Switzerland in 1977
Clemence, Neal, McDermott, Hughes, Kennedy and Callaghan


Seven United players were on the field for few minutes together in a 3-1 WC Q game against Albania
G Neville, Becks, Butt, Scholes, Cole, Brown and Teddy


The record is held by ARSENAL
in a friendly against World Champs Italy in 1934
SEVEN started
It wasn't much a of a friendly, the game became known as "The Battle of Highbury"
England won 3-2

END OF TRIVIA!

12:42 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

England defending well against Spain, but when they intercept there's absolutely no pace in their counter attack.

12:44 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Parker just illustrated why we can't match up with Spain. Great open field tackle, but instead of being confident of either holding the ball, or putting a short pass through to an open player, he tried immediately to spring Bent. The ball to Bent was errant, but the run he made brought both of their center-halves together to mind him. It's the work-rate, and the knowledge that patient build-up works, mate.

12:46 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

The colorman agreed with me


Again, another chance to break...England slow it down!

12:46 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Hart should arrested wearing that shirt!

It is almost as bad as Timmy's camouflage shirt!

12:47 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I know that patient build up works but still do things with pace.... passing included!

12:48 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

England's passing is panicked. I think that the pass completion stats at the half are going to tell most of the story here. With them, there's always an outlet close and open. With us it's a 15 yard pass, poorly hit, poorly controlled and they've got it again.

12:53 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

See? After good work from Walcott, is there any midfielder who's screaming at him close-by? No, so he attempts a 30 yard floater right into the chest of the center half that's not Pique. That's England.

12:54 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Again, has even Busquets hit a ball that slack yet? No, and they wont.

12:55 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

And there, Lammpard hustles to intercept, but his control goes back to the goalkeeper. If that's Alonso, Xavi or even the odious Biscuits, he's got that ball under control and an outlet within 10 yards.

12:57 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Milner in the book for a foul against Ramos.. who went down like a sack of potatoes!

12:57 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Good morning lads. I am chatting from Starbucks because the Internet is down at mu house for The Bloomin' Friendly. How is everyone?

12:57 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Just great David. Getting your Pumpkin Spice Latte on?

12:59 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Nice try by Theo there

1:00 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Sorry, it was Johnson

1:00 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I am sans food and beverages. Just here for the Wi Fi.

1:00 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

rolandgodfrey17 on Twitter: "Can we please start referring to England's opponents as Sparcelona? I feel it more appropriate.

1:00 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Ramos cannot defend. Why aren't we exploiting that more?

1:00 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

7MDA7 on Twitter: "Did Theo Walcott play rugby as a boy? He keeps trying to find touch."

1:01 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Half time with no goals

Cue the subs!

1:01 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Wow, that went super-quick. Back in a tick.

1:01 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Halftime and 0-0 as the teams go into the dressing room.

1:02 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I am off to store. I'll be back too


BTW, I had a nice little conversation with Joel this morning.
He said that he had seen all the Dosedel recently

1:04 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I have no volume as I am using the school lap top and it is super slow. One shot on goal a piece sounds like a snooze fest.

1:07 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

How are Joel and the Doesedels?

1:08 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Engelrund plays Sweden on Tuesday and The U.S. is in Slovenia the same day as the teams come out of the tunnel.

1:16 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Liversox's Reina is on for Casillas.Cesc is on for Xavi and Juan Mata is on for David Silva.

1:17 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Excellent, only 45 injury free minutes for Theo. Downing on for him.

God's chess-piece on for Xavi.

1:17 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

The second half kicks off from Wemberley.

1:18 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Is Cesc playing only the second half because he no longer plays for ArSENAL?

1:19 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

We changed the beverage status. Ice coffee for yours truly and hot chocolate for Jacquelyn.

1:20 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

I reckon he's still behind Xavi in their estimation.

Spain are blessed, eh? Iniesta, Xavi, Cesc, Mata, Silva, all at their peak. Wow.

1:20 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

GOAL !!! 1-0 ENGELUND AS BENT HEADS A MILNER FREE KICK ON TO THE POST AND LAMPS PUTS AWAY AN EASY REBOUND AFTER MILNER WON THE FREE KICK.

1:22 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

OK, hit me with the Nostra-bleedin-damus remarks.

Bent beats defender-in-name-only Ramos and Lampard snaffled the rebound.

Piss off Don Fabio and let the Gooner sit.

1:23 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

This game desperately needed a goal. I hope that opens things up.

1:23 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Milner deserves the credit for that great run down the left where he won the free kick and for putting in such a great free kick.

1:25 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Testify! Best ball played by England of the night from Milner.

1:26 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

How was that a foul by Parker. He got al ball with the tackle?

1:27 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I am back... WOW... ENGLAND 1-0... I'll have to rewind

1:27 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

phew... David Villa rounds Hart but goes to wind and he can't finish it

1:28 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Welcome MUR


uh oh... bloody Barry is on

1:29 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Rodwell-yes! Barry, eh?

1:29 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

The bloody link is acting up!

1:29 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Hello UWS. How was your day off yesterday? How are Joel and the Doesedels?

1:30 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

The link is up and working. I missed that Spain chance when the link was acting up.

1:31 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

OK seriously? No props for pointing out that making Ramos defend was key?

No calls for the Gooner to take the helm? 'arry's going to be at Her Majesties pleasure for the foreseeable, and I can wind up Andy Carroll and pretend not to speak English. C'mon!

1:31 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Sergio Ramos goes in the book.

1:32 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Now Cesc AKA His Majesty goes in the book.

1:33 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

My day off was full of coaching

Joel is doing well. He said the Dosedels are doing well

1:33 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Who came on for Bent?

1:34 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Nearly right. Cesc's not mortal. But his heavenly elbow felled Jags pretty dangerously there. He is a vengeful God!

1:34 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Free kick chance for Sparcelona

1:35 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Into the wall

1:35 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I have been out of touch for too many years. I have nobody to blame , but myself.

1:35 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

i am not wearing a poppy. I am wearing a gray tank top and gray shorts as I went straight from yoga to Starbucks.

1:36 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Sturridge! Wellbeck! The future is here.

Torres, this could turn farcical.

1:36 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Welbeck is on for Bent

Should it have been his goal

Torres gets booed coming on... why? We should be happy with him coming on... he sucks

1:36 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

El Nino is on for Busquets. I guess SPain don't want to win this match. The useless on for the mentally insane.

1:37 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

I'm wearing my Terry Butcher head wound shirt and flying the 3 Lions off the front porch.

1:37 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I agree, UWS. All credit to Milner and as Gooner stated thanks to Ramos for so called defending.

1:38 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Rodwell with a break... never a foul

1:38 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Who's their #18? That was pretty crazy!

1:39 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

My Man Yoo shirt is in the car. I was hot when I left yoga and it has become warmer and more humid after a nice day yesterday.

1:39 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I knew this was going to happen... I know this was said tongue in cheek but it will be said!


EbrahimDaji on Twitter: "This settles it. We are good enough to win the World Cup."
1837: If England beat Spain then do they automatically become world champions?!

1:39 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

My England shirt is three to four sozes too samll for me if that tells you how old the shirt is.

1:42 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I do have a few England shirts but I can never wear a United or England shirt while they are playing. I will be the cause of their loss!
In fact, I can't wear anything during game time

1:43 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

That's the one with Styles on the back?

1:43 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I am not sure about that. The same was sadi in 1975 when England beat West Germany, then they didn't qualify for the next World Cup. They have to do the businees this summer and roll up their sleeves.

1:44 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

In that case UWS, I'm not answering your Skype.

1:44 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Understood, UWS. I do almost the same , depending upon the season.

1:44 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

My point is that it is always said... 'they're world beaters"


ooh, David Villa hits the post

1:45 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Huh... skype?

1:45 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I don't mind answering the skype. It gives me the right to do the same on skype! 0:)

1:45 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

That was a great strike from DV

As for Enlgand's goal, did Bent's header hit a post and then Lamps hit it in or was it going in and Lamps snatched it?

1:46 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

"I can't wear anything during game time"

Keep up UWS!

1:46 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

OH !!! off the offside of the post by David Villa. Nearly 1-1.

1:47 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Bent beat Ramos, the ball hit the post and Lamps got the rebound.

1:47 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Santi Carzola is on for Iniesta.

1:47 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

ahh... sorry... anything United... Safe enough skyping... no nakedness from Nocito!



Milner replaced by Johnson

1:48 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Strewth! Villa very unlucky.

Milner's had his good day cut short. On comes Adam Johnson.

1:48 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Adam Johnson is on for Milner.

1:48 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Engelund concede a corner from a Mata cross.

1:50 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

A typical Sparcelona short corner for the next corner.

1:50 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

OOOOHH, a better return ball from Welbeck and Johnson was away there.

1:51 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

The official attendance is 87189.

1:51 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

I don't like to see Welbeck all alone by miles

1:52 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

That's not a hand-ball from Puyol?

1:52 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

from the beeb


1850: I forgot to tell you earlier, Chelsea hitman Fernando Torres is on. Surely, we're in for some late comedy... erm... drama.

1:52 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

England are becoming desperate

1:52 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Why didn't Fab shoot there!!!!

1:53 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I agree with the drama and the twitter statement.

1:53 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

England very lucky again. GCP in two minds there.

1:54 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

If England hold on it will be a miracle. The Armada is coming in waves now.

1:55 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

under 10 to go

1:55 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Who's the mug commentating with Martin Tyler?

1:56 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Choppy seas ahead !

1:56 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

The beat the Armada before!!

1:56 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I don't have any volume , so I miss the banter an wit from the talking heads!

1:57 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Kyle Walker on for Parker... not exactly positive!

1:57 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Uh, the Irish and their sea did.

Walker on for Parker.

1:57 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

useless pass by A. Johnson

1:57 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Kyle Walker is on for fellow Spur Scott Parker as part of Fab's contractual obligation.

1:57 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Whoever it is said that Fabregas has a rep for going over easily.

Idiot.

1:58 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Did you notice the Ipswich connection with the Irish? Current Tractor Boy ,Keith Andrews scored, and former Tractor Boy Jon Wlaters scored.

1:59 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Why do they lose at home to Doncaster then!!!!

1:59 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

That's right... England will WORLD and EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS!!

1:59 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

Useless cross by Downing

2:00 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Two Leeds players were in the bench. BD will be pleased.Irish squad. Darren O'Dea and Andy Keogh were on the Irish bench. BD will be pleased.

2:00 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I am not sure. I guess the rest of the Tractor Boys suck.

2:01 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Good save by Hart. Torres did pretty well to cross crisply to Cesc.

2:01 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Ooof, Cesc just wide.

You reckon 4 minutes more of this?

2:01 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I wonder if Doncaster are better than Estonia!

2:02 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Into stoppage time. Three minutyes of stoppage time.

2:03 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

3 minutes. That's helpful.

C'mon, hold on ENGLAND!!!!

2:03 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

If we could get the ball off them, they're sending Pique forward all the time. FEED WELBECK DEEP!!!

2:04 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

In the final minute.

2:05 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

ENGLAND WIN!


NEW WORLD CHAMPIONS!

2:06 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

That's it . Engerlund beat the world champs 1-0.

Well Done!

2:06 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

SNATCH! GRAB! ENGLAND WINS!!!

Is there a trophy handy to throw under a bus?

2:06 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Right lads, need to get back to the chore routine. Been a pleasure. Someone go defrost BDB!

2:07 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

A great win, albeit with a scrappy goal. They all count.

2:07 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

It was great chatting.

CHEERS EVERYONE!

2:08 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

TTFN

2:17 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Way hay! I'm delighted with that result and I really enjoyed your comments today, lads, as I watched on tape delay.

I suppose that will mean that the Fleet Street hacks with be all about England having turned back the Armada and odds on favorites now to win 2012 (sigh).

4:10 PM  
Blogger United We Stand said...

DID YOU KNOW?
Continue reading the main story
The last time England beat the world champions was in 1980 against Argentina at Wembley



We were there!!

4:26 PM  

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