Google "Long throw-in specialists" and all most all of the results are for Rory Delap. Surely their are others who can chuck a ball with such pace and precision.
Back around 2011/12/13, everyone would talk about the FIFA apology rules so much, and you’d see loads of stuff on social media about them.
I don’t think I’ve even seen them mentioned for about 5 years, so I was wondering if they’re still a thing that kids do with their mates?
Got fond memories of seeing apology statuses popping up on Facebook, and someone having to wipe everything with a towel at school because they conceded a hattrick to Rory Delap.
It has always interest me how different conditions that you can’t really value impact results. In Scottish Football the prime example is the Livingston plastic pitch, how much value does it hold to Livingston. I am from Ireland but over the last 2 years I have become more interested in Scottish football and one thing always stood out for me, the cold wet windy night in the Marconi. It felt like Stoke City on steroids and as an Irish man growing up watching Rory Delap launching one in, Jon Walters elbowing centre halfs, I felt I had finally found my long lost love for Giovanni Trapatonni/Tony Pulis "tough place to go" football. Teams would always find it tough there and on Wednesday night, Livi vs Dundee Unitesin lashing rain, it ended 1 all. Were Livi ever going to lose?
Not for and I went on a one-man mission to investigate all Livi results with the plastic pitch and the conditions in which the games they played.
Here below are the past seasons from 18-19 when the pitch was brought in.
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There are some significant findings. Livi last lost a game in December and January on Saturday 26 January 2019. They are sensational in these months
With that mind I broke it down further to see their record in conditions less than 6 degress.
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They have only lost 3 of 17 games and two of those times to Rangers with a Win Rate of over 60%. Celtic were 2nd last year with a win rate of 58%
The facts are thus, if SPFL was played only when it was less than 6 degrees Celsius Livingston would be competitive for the league title
The actual weather conditions doesn’t seem to matter for the Lions they have won in January Livi have won in heavy rain, snow, and dry conditions.
On the other spectrum Livi are yet to win a game in May on the plastic pitch. In saying that they went 5 unbeaten in 2018 when the plastic pitch was first brought
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MATCH EVENTS
00:01 Cincy kick off!
00:50 Cruz looked to roll over the ball when tackled by Nacho. he is quite slow to get up
03:40 Herbers takes a quick FK, which is cleared out the side, throw in the danger area
04:20 Luka called for a foul to end the danger, tough call FC go straight to the other end and SHOT! Brenner took it, Bobby saved it
05:45 Bobby has to make another save on a free header from Cameron.
06:20 The resulting CK leads to another SHOT! This one from distance, which again Shuttleworth saves.
07:50 Sekulic and Herbers blow a throw between them, little concern and little effort
09:30 Espinoza earns a CK, good play from him in the last few minutes, It's cleared by Cameron, but Espinoza hustles to get it back, plays it in towards Calvo who fouls Gyau to end the threat
12:10 FK for Cincy close to the box, the header is poor and we restart, GK, the Fire give it away, but eventually Barreal fouls Navarro to relieve the pressure
13:50 The Fire give it away right on the edge of the box, the danger is fleeting and eventually we get a GK
15:50 Beric is fouled, he is deep in our half when it happens, the FK goes straight to Vermeer.
18:07 Bobby makes two more saves in quick succession, he must be at six by now.
18:50 VAR check... a handball check? replay shows the ball hitting Calvo's arm when it is down at his side...no call
19:30 the Cincy CK gives Acosta a shot, and Bobby makes the save and then another save moments later
20:30 The Fire go down the other end and fizzle out with a poor pass from Beric, back to Bobby, then back again towards Vermeer's goal, now Barreal fouls Navarro
22:20 Luka plays a ball to the far post and it is headed clear, throw from Navarro, deep, but cleared
23:09 herbers is fouled, FK at the midline or so Espinoza loses it and Cincy gets the ball
24:10 The Fire put together a few passes, they look competent, the ball is partially cleared Navarro gets to it, and he goes down, FK just outside the arc, ideal place for a shot on goal from a right footer, Luka over it, hits it high over the bar
25:50 A long ball over the top, Beric tries for it, GK, it's called offside, but it was c
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