South Africa 16, Trinidad and Tobago not even nil. (Women's Hockey).
Starting with the mighty Bon Accord, what national or international games should have been stopped long before the final whistle on basic grounds of humanity??
I put the ball past my little brother about twenty five times in five minutes when we played football in our back garden once. Mind you, he was only about six at the time and I told him to go in goal because it was my ball.
I had to do it. I was England and he was Scotland. There was national pride at stake.
A couple of years later, England beat Scotland 9 - 3 at Wembley. The Scottish goalkeeper that day was a bloke called Frank Haffey. The poor sod took all the blame for the welting dished out by England and disappeared without trace.
After that match, a joke went around at school, which everybody delighted in saying every time the only Scottish kid in our school was within earshot. It went:
"I say, I say, I say, what's the time at Wembley..?"
A couple of years later, England beat Scotland 9 - 3 at Wembley. The Scottish goalkeeper that day was a bloke called Frank Haffey. The poor sod took all the blame for the welting dished out by England and disappeared without trace.
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When I lived in Glasgow in the 80s, someone once pointed a woman out to me in the street. "You see her? She's Frank Haffey's AUNTIE!" The curse extended to the whole family.
The last Test was a bit of a thrashing! The sort of score you would associate with Australia v Bangladesh!
That's because India were utterly pathetic and looked like they couldn't wait to catch the plane home. I thought they were bad when they were here in 2011, but they managed to surpass themselves yesterday. Woeful.
Some pretty big scores coming in from the Youth Olympic hockey competition in Nanjing this week. It's 5-a-side hockey, so the game only lasts 36 minutes. The Fiji womens 'team in particular are showing that they are slow starters in big competitions.
If it is 21-6 is not a thrashing, whereas 21-6 would be a thrashing in snooker or darts or the winner of the golf ends -21 while 2nd place person ends -6.
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But that was just funny
Bet that never happens again - in football anyway.
NOTE; Gibraltar have yet to go to Germany. But I can't see Germany letting in 32
7-0 over John Part in 2001
7-0 over Peter Manley in 2002
and 7-0 over Manley again in 2006
We can pick out
Australia 142 Namibia 0
New Zealand 145 Japan 17
St Lucia 24 Jamaica 88
Scotland 14 New Zealand 71
Barbados 27 Australia 77
French Open 1987 this happened in the 2nd round;
Karol Novacek beat Eduardo Bengoechea 6-0 6-0 6-0
Wimbledon 1987 and this rare feat happened in the first round;
Stefan Edberg beat fellow Swede Stefan Eriksson 6-0 6-0 6-0.
Then at the next Grand Slam, the US Open, it happened in the first round again;
Ivan Lendl beat Barry Moir 6-0 6-0 6-0
Outside of 1987 it only happened on two other occasions at a grand slam tennis match in the Open era since 1968.
Qualifying for the 1988 Monaco Grand Prix when Ayrton Senna took pole position over then teammate Alain Prost by 1.5 seconds.
1995 Australian Grand Prix when Damon Hill lapped the field twice.
1993 European Grand Prix Ayrton Senna nearly lapping the field.
1996 Spanish Grand Prix Michael Schumacher doing the same thing.
2008 British Grand Prix when Lewis Hamilton also doing the same thing.
I had to do it. I was England and he was Scotland. There was national pride at stake.
A couple of years later, England beat Scotland 9 - 3 at Wembley. The Scottish goalkeeper that day was a bloke called Frank Haffey. The poor sod took all the blame for the welting dished out by England and disappeared without trace.
After that match, a joke went around at school, which everybody delighted in saying every time the only Scottish kid in our school was within earshot. It went:
"I say, I say, I say, what's the time at Wembley..?"
"I don't know, what is the time at Wembley?"
"It's nearly ten past Haffey."
Oh, how we laughed.
4th November 1992.
When I lived in Glasgow in the 80s, someone once pointed a woman out to me in the street. "You see her? She's Frank Haffey's AUNTIE!" The curse extended to the whole family.
That's because India were utterly pathetic and looked like they couldn't wait to catch the plane home. I thought they were bad when they were here in 2011, but they managed to surpass themselves yesterday. Woeful.
Argentina 22 Fiji 0
Netherlands 17 Fiji 0
Rugby?
If it is 21-6 is not a thrashing, whereas 21-6 would be a thrashing in snooker or darts or the winner of the golf ends -21 while 2nd place person ends -6.
Only got 2 points
Nottinghamshire 368-2 (45.0 overs)
Middlesex 80 (13.3 overs)
Quite misleading due to the rain.;-)