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!
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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!
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CBS pre-game has started.... they are already bugging me!!
The teams
Manchester City: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Stones, Zinchenko, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Mahrez, Sterling, Foden.
Subs: Steffen, Carson, Ake, Jesus, Aguero, Laporte, Rodrigo, Torres, Mendy, Fernandinho, Cancelo, Garcia.
Chelsea: Mendy, James, Thiago Silva, Rudiger, Azpilicueta, Kante, Jorginho, Chilwell, Mount, Havertz, Werner.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Alonso, Christensen, Pulisic, Caballero, Zouma, Kovacic, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi, Ziyech, Gilmour, Emerson Palmieri.
Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz (Valencia).
So... no one playing up front for City!
No defensive middie
Pulisic not in the starting 11
Bob's Pink Boot is
Bloody Pep...hopefully he's tinkering too much
Man City and Chelsea have met twice before in a final
The 2019 League Cup Final. City won on Pens with the famous row between Sarri and Kepa
The other... 1986 Full Members Cup Final
Chelsea won 5-4 after having a 5-1 lead
Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS6qkXMfRm0
Hello, Dave and here to join for the all blue all Prom , all boring team final
Citeh facing them the team that denied them the quadruple. Hopefully that changes to being denied the treble
Welcome back David
Fingers crossed
CBS.... this is not Comedy Hour!!!
Thanks Dave. Walked half a mile to watch with my nephew. Will be typing on my phone
CBS must mean Can Be Stupid
This Cantor pillock described Pulisic as the "6th Man" for Chelsea today. He's the 12th! Stop insulting your demographic's intelligence by making American sports equivalences. We don't need that.
Hello Chaps. Let's get behind Chelsea to win and honor Chelski Lad.
Afternoon, boys - great to join you for the biggest match of the season. Like Steve said on text, I'm totally in the Chelsea camp today, hoping that the Blues can win one for our Tony.
Old Big Ears on the pitch
Welcome, Steve!
Now we have a piano player in the studio
The bloke that wrote it is about to play it....he's English
CBS should be kicking themselves for not snaffling up Alex Scott when they had a chance. Their loss is the BBC's gain.
Bit of fun with the boys in the studio dancing along to the Champions League anthem.
What in God's name was that?
Now we have a Marshmallow playing a guitar....Tom says he's seen him live!
Apparently, there is an opening ceremony in the stadium
This isn't it, right?
Is that the Gen Y's Buckethead? No thank-you.
Ready for the match to begin and the performance to end
You're not going to get this kind of pre-match entertainment in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final, are you gents?
Oh dear - Carradona has clearly gotten into the sherry ahead of the match.
Welcome Bob and Steve. Agreed. Now Caradonna impersonating the marshmallow. Really ridiculous
All the media want to be so funny these days....we don't need it!
Teams in the tunnel
Carra wore a pink wig on Wednesday
Bring back the Police with their dogs chasing some poor bastard in bite-proof blanket suits. It's more entertaining to see someone get pounced than whatever this is. KDB is with me, did you see his eye-roll in the tunnel?
Here comes the refs followed by City and then Chelsea
Fortunately, Marshmello has buggered off and the players are in the tunnel. I'm just hoping for a match with some goals that ends in regular time. We've got some cooking to do tonight.
Come on Chelsea.... as Steve so brilliantly said....win it for Chelskilad
BUGER! This ref is the Spanish equivalent of Mike Dean
Agreed. Win it for Chelskilad.
City fans aren't fans of the Champions League....they are booing the anthem!
Remember, City shouldn't be playing in this tournament at all! They were kicked out of Europe for 2 years! Got back on appeal
You're right about the ref, MUR. So as long as he's there, just hope he jobs Citeh instead of Chelsea.
No comment from Scott Murray on the Guardian blog on that pre-match show, unfortunately. It was the time for some Baz Glendennning snark, for sure.
ESPN posted some fact at the end of the Brentford win today
Something about a streak of first time finalist have lost quite a few CL Finals in a row
Anyone notice it
I just ask Foden, Mount and all the rest of England men... be safe
WE ARE OFF
That shot at the VIP section looks positively Roman decadence before the Huns arrived.
Citeh get us underway - both sides wearing their traditional blue kits, thankfully.
Chelsea already phaffing about with it at the back
If you're pressed....GO LONG!
COME ON CHELSEA
I was right, John Murray on 5Live said plenty of jeers from the City fans during the anthem....they shouldn't win it then!!
Have Chelsea win 10-0 and Bloody Pep gets the axe!!
There's the answer to the question, "Will Pep Guardiola wear a suit and tie for the occasion." That's a big no.
What has happened to Werner? He'd be hard pressed to beat an egg these days.
Bloody Pep!
DiD TT?
He didn't wear one for the Cup Final... walking the pitch or on the side line
Werner has the Blue Devil Curse on him - I picked him for Golden Boot.
Chelsea continue to lose the ball in their own half... stop giving them a chance
Oh - Sterling was in there but a poor touch lost the chance.
Sterling played thru by Ederson... good tackle by James
Mendy didn't want to use his hands
I don't get it... people pooh-pooh the long ball but then they go gaga over Ederson doing it
Wow, Sterling roasted Reece there. Reece's Gareth's flavor of the month too. Don't like that.
Sterling sucks...he should't start for England!
That's fair - Tommy Tuchel's got the puffy jacket on. Standards are slipping.
Werner.... whiff!!
The sound is off!!
COME ON CBS
Nice long ball from Ederson to Sterling. Mendy did well to block for a corner
Why could we get all the technology right in the 1978 WC and not 2021
Miss kick from Werner then Citeh counter and a last ditch Chelsea clearance
That's my Timo - great cross in and he lets it hit his standing foot. Why hasn't someone done a Timo blooper reel with some carnival music in the background.
I'd be happy to hear the commentary over a phone with the air-horns blaring in the background like God and David Coleman intended.
Pep looks fine. That's some expensive and sleek knit-wear you're poo-pooing.
Chelsea in again... Werner misses another!!
FIX THE SOUND!!!
Nice bright opening to this one. If Sterling or Werner were in any kind of form, we'd have seen a couple goals already.
Mount lays on a great pass to Werner there and he passes it to Ederson.
This is NETWORK COVERAGE.... fix it
Club tie and suit!!!
Teams are going end to end with pace
Keep it up
Nice Chelsea move down the left and a whiffed shot from Weren't saved then on the next possession Weiner shoots into the side netting
I see the lack of decorum on my own campus. My colleagues all look like graduate students. The grad students look like they've come from a Phish concert and the undergrads look like they've just rolled out of bed five minutes before class - which they probably have!
Come on, people! Smarten it up!
He'd show up in one of those "Messi goes to the World Cup Draw" tight metalic suits. Office casual is fine.
Bob, war's over granddad.
Chelsea have the beating of City
Kanter heads wide from a Chilly cross. Went down the left again
I wore a tie to work every day.... for my dad
LOL! I know, I know....
Daily Mail are saying people are saying City looked like Bouncers with a black t-shirt tucked in to black pants
IS your sound off?
My dad told me once that, if you were doing something you cared about, you put a jacket and tie on.
Agreed with Bob about the lack of decorum. I noticed it where I taught the last five years of my teaching career
I think it's alright, maybe a bit ahead of the action?
Dad was a right little Sister Mary Elephant in his dress sense.
KDB wins a corner off a run and pass from Sterling. Called offside
Useless cross by Chillwell
So much time...find someone
Oh that was begging to be shot on goal and Chilly lays it off for no-one.
I didn't ever where a jacket. I just wore a tie....well and a shirt and pants
Had a Christmas tie for every day of December
Jorginho with a tasty one there on Kyle Walker. Too early in the match for card.
Naughty by Jorginho on Kyle Walker
Let's hope you had pants on, Dave - can't get away with that these days.
geez.... Chelsea take the rebound from a free kick and go all the way back to Mendy
Work? What is that of what you speak?
Work? What is that of what you speak?
Foden almost in...great block by Rudiger....that was going in
Lamps put Rudiger out to pasture
Nice move there from Citeh. KDB found Foden there but Rudiger took it off his toe.
Nice run and pass from KDB And passes to Foden whose shot is well blocked by Rudiger
For all the open, fun play, neither keeper has had a serious save to make yet.
Mahrez almost on the end of that one...where was the marking
Walker is the most dangerous player on the pitch.
Agreed...it has been attacking but the finishing...yikes
Lamps looking really bad. We're ninth when sacked. Finished 4th and in the CL final
Why can't there have been any goals yet!!
If England run into Germany this year, I hope Hansi starts both Werner and Havertz. So disappointing.
First card of the day goes to Gundy
Gundogan picks up a yellow there for a late one on Mount.
drink break?
That would be handy, but I'm not happy with Sterling's form. We really depend on his chemistry with HK.
Why is there a need for drinking? Hard to believe it's that hot
Sorry drinkies.
Different player in an England shirt with Jack Grealish and Harry Kane.
Chelsea blow another break... wrong pass!!
Oh - Kante burst forward but his only options were Werner or Havertz. He picked Havertz and the German disappointed.
I don't understand why the clock keeps going during drinkies.
Thiago Silva down again... and will be subbed off
Nice Run and pass from Kante, but Havertz well tackled
Let's all hope so. I'm looking forward to a balls-out attacking performance by our boys against Croatia in a couple of weeks time.
Thiago must still be feeling his groin. What are you laughing about? You at the back, stop sniggering.
Old man Thiago Silva down and his match is over.Like for like as he's replaced by Christiansen
Chelsea have made the better chances but not taken any of them
They have been more dangerous than City
Absolutely. I was that Luca Modric wanker in tears after 90 minutes
Pulisic should come on...he can finish
But do you sub off Werner or Havertz? They've both been tragic.
GOAL! Havertz is played through the middle. He gets a bit of luck with Ederson. And nets!
1-0 Chelsea!
FFS, of course it would be Haverz. 1-nil
CHELSEA TAKE THE LEAD!!
Havertz gives the Blues the lead
Set up by Mount
His touch was too hard...the touch by Ederson helped him out
That totally changes things as we head into half-time. Great time to score. All for Citeh to do now.
GOAL!!! KAI HAVERTZ GIVES CHELSEA THE LEAD.NICE THROUGH BALL FROM MOUNT AND HAVERTZ ROUNDED EDERSON TO SCORE IN AN EMPTY NET
Big gap in the defense between Stones and Zinny
Mount has been Chelsea's best player today; very dangerous with a range of passing. Gareth will no doubt be taking note. He just edges out Grealish for me.
A trio of stoppage time minutes
Mount or Graelish? Good dilemma to have.
One big summer signing...has paid off
Now they need one by Werner
Another crappy effort from Bob's mate
He so better finish like this during the Euros!
Each of the last six Champions League finals were won by the team that scored the opening goal.
That was Kai Havertz's first ever Champions League goal. He's the first player to score his first goal in the competition in the final since Ilkay Gundogan in 2013.
It's a shame that Aguero isn't kitted up for a 89th minute appearance. He's been the only thing about Citeh that I've liked for years. Well, until KDB showed up.
The commentators are acting as if Citeh aren't prone to conceding that kind of goal. Paging Stu Dallas....!
Half time
Blues 1 Blues 0
Blue is the color..... Chelsea's that is
Chelsea one up at the half
Half-time already - that was just buzzed by. Time to rustle up a drink and a snack.
We're royally happy for the Blues
We're ordering pizza and beer 🍺
Nice David
Chelsea deserves the lead
I heard them saying about a handball for the goal...they were talking about Ederson for handballing it outside the box
Send him off!
Bloody Pep's tinkering....is backfiring...long may it continue
Out for the second half
And we are off
Back for the second half now - come on, you Blues!
No changes by either side
Bloody Pep is a stubborn 'genius'
I'd give him credit if he coached Leeds, Newcastle etc
It's been an excellent day for West London so far. Long may it continue.
Good point Bob
Two fouls in quick succession. This one's close enough that even Citeh will knock it into the box.
Back for the second half
KDB to deliver a free kick...no...left for Foden...doesn't beat first man!!
Bob, I agree with you about Pep.Not a genius in my book
Chelsea cannot just sit back!
Play the same way you did in the first!!
Kante seems to have more latitude tonight to push forward than usual.
Teams just invite pressure
In the NFL, it's called Prevent Defense....it prevents a victory!
Really need the next goal to be Chelsea's
Don't be scared to attack
They still look likely to hit on the break.
Ref has done a good job so far...he's been invisible
That's a case in point. Great ball out toward Werner that Dias was just able nick away from him.
Wow - no first time finalist has won since Dortmund in '97!
Gundy could have gotten a second yellow
Doesn't Gundy already have card?
Nasty clash for KDB and Rudiger.
Did they just say that?
That's what I was asking before about the thing I saw on ESPN
KDB and Rudiger down. Rudiger booked for the body check
Can we name some
Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs come to mind
KDB is out of it...seems like he is toast
He's really out of it and crying
Jesus on for him and not Aguero
KDB looks really groggy as he comes off. Gabby Jesus comes on for him.
City want a pen.... VAR will check it
Citeh players claiming a handball there - ref not having it.
Good decision
KDB back up with a shiner. Jesus for KDB
Foden with a nice run there but the shot was errant.
VAR checking for hand ball. Citeh want a penalty. Nothing doing
Valencia is another
Group B at the Euros just got a bit more competitive. KDB looks groggy.
Leverkusen and PSG are the others
Monaco in 2004 as well
Only one shot on target so far from Citeh. They can scarcely blame anyone but themselves for being behind. Chelsea might have had two or three more in the first half if Werner and Havertz had been on top of their games.
Just saw the replay of the hand ball on Reese James. I've seen those given
Try and score again Chelsea!!
Being too conservative....one second and you're tied
SCORE ANOTHER
Valencia must have been when Raffa was in charge
What's the Group of Death in this year's Euros?
Fernandinho on for Bernie Silva. Pulisic about to come on as well.
That's a cynical move. Off comes Bernardo Silva, on comes the completely odious Fernandiho. I hope he gets sent off, but that's my hope every time he plays.
Chelsea are being too cautious here. When they get into promising positions, they just try to keep the ball.
Ferrnandino with a nasty challenge....he only just came on
He gets away with murder every game!
Not as bad as it first looked
Werner off and Captain America comes on...now score
This scenario might well suit Pulisic - he is dynamite on the break.
I'd call Germany, Portugal, and France in Group F the GOD this time. Hungary make up the numbers in that group.
Chelsea are just making it more difficult for themselves
Everyone gives Bloody Pep credit but teams play the wrong way
Dominate in first half...continue to play that way!!
Pulisic becomes the first American in a CL Final as he's on for Werner
No shot on target for an hour!
Great clearance by Azpa
Oh - dangerous move there from Citeh but cleared out by Azpi.
Foden better be the second name on Gareth's team
sheet behind Kane
Azpa down with a clash of knees
Foden's the first name. Kane's second.
I thought Chelsea tied it up but a last ditch clearance from Azpi prevented that
Geez....Chelsea sitting so deep...NO ONE is staying up!
What's the point...just inviting them on
No shot on target for an hour is proof that Pep ball is far from perfect
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