A Christmas poem
Oh Christmas comes but once a year
and any more often, I fear,
would lead to endless snow-like swathes
of festive footballing clichés!
LTLF Topic: Match of the Day
Forest on Film #2: ‘Pure animal physics’
“What do you mean, Who’s Johnny Metgod?” says Danny Baker in this great clip of the Dutch legend’s celebrated pile-driver freekick in 1986. “This is Johnny Metgod!”
The celebration after the goal is pretty famous too, having featured on the Match of the Day titles for some time afterwards.