ooohTerryHurlock Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 Do they still exist and if so why not used in a few games to day....watching the FLS on BBC1 it looked like they could have come in handy in a few games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speculator Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 Do they still exist and if so why not used in a few games to day....watching the FLS on BBC1 it looked like they could have come in handy in a few games! A throwback from the 70's if ever there was. As kids we always had an orange ball with Wembley written on them and one kick against a brick wall and that was that, end of ball. Orange balls? More like to be Yellow and Purple or some other garish colour combination and probably designed by the the likes of our clever marketing friends in America and Germany under the pretence it helps players read the flight or some such sports 'science' rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 A throwback from the 70's if ever there was. As kids we always had an orange ball with Wembley written on them and one kick against a brick wall and that was that, end of ball. Orange balls? More like to be Yellow and Purple or some other garish colour combination and probably designed by the the likes of our clever marketing friends in America and Germany under the pretence it helps players read the flight or some such sports 'science' rubbish. Ahhh, the famous ol' 'Wembley Trophy' orange plastic football, was like heading a ball made of sandpaper...still with scars to prove it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEVMAN Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 Jumpers for goalposts and all that lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 I feel a trip down memory lane coming on! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eharty9 Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 we used a yellow ball at leeds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibizasaint Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 Bayern Munich used an orange ball yesterday i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 Bayern Munich used an orange ball yesterday i think. Probably one they stole from Wembley, bloody Germans, they should give it back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 Channel flicking the other evening, and I saw some obscure game going on from Norway, or somewhere, I don't know. The peculiar thing was the ball, which had a garish red and blue, and slighty sparkly finish to it [i think]. It also looked twice the size of a normal fooball. Anyway, it looked really odd against the snow. No, it wasn't beach volleyball, or extreme football, but a regular game for some Euro competition, that I don't have the slightest interest in, between two sides that I have the same indifference to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffton Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 Wasn't there a rule a couple of years ago about FL matches during the winter months using a yellow ball? Maybe it went out the wndow when teams started using balls in club colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macthesaint Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 Was it an orange ball when Matty scored the hat trick v Liverpool at the Dell? I remember being at Bristol City in the snow when we won an orange ball match,courtesy of Mick Channon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 Jumpers for goalposts and all that lol. ...that's me about to stick it in the bottom corner...marvelous....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint J 77 Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 Was it an orange ball when Matty scored the hat trick v Liverpool at the Dell? I remember being at Bristol City in the snow when we won an orange ball match,courtesy of Mick Channon. Yeah thats right, but I think it was changed to the orange ball half way through the game when we where 4-0 up. After it was changed to the orange ball Liverpool got two back to make it 4-2. It was a good game though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEVMAN Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 ...that's me about to stick it in the bottom corner...marvelous....... I remeber you tucking it away that day that was me coming back from the shops, i`m the one on the path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simples Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 Bloody cold (-9) where I am, got blue balls. Hope nobody kicks mine :mad: Simples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 Fairly obvious answer Orange balls are still used in matches where snow is on the pitch or is falling, so it shows up on the TV. I remember when Chelsea played Tromso in Norway in the UEFA cup in the late 90s and there was a blizzard at half time. They had to play the second half on snow. How it wasn't abandoned I will never know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 This is last season's "snow" ball (not in club colours) : And this is this season's : All of this season's Mitre FL balls have that net/sparkle/mesh type pattern on them, last season's didn't have that. There's only one snow/hi vis ball, they're not in club colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 ...that's me about to stick it in the bottom corner...marvelous....... You know, isn't it? Notice the lad farthest left, on the pavement, sporting a giant 'beehive afro' - as was the fashion at the time. Also, nice bit of buttressing at No.42 in the distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 Wasn't there a rule a couple of years ago about FL matches during the winter months using a yellow ball? Maybe it went out the wndow when teams started using balls in club colours. Yes there was, and yes it did. It was this one : Which as you can see is the old pattern, replaced by the "Revolve" at the start of last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooohTerryHurlock Posted 20 December, 2009 Author Share Posted 20 December, 2009 so why were n't more used yesterday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 20 December, 2009 Share Posted 20 December, 2009 so why were n't more used yesterday? I suspect that commercial reasons are the culprits. Isn't there an approved ball that must be used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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