AVFC_Hitz Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Did anyone ever play 'Arse'? Which was basically individual Wembley and the loser gets penalties taken at their....arse. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Just now, AVFC_Hitz said: Did anyone ever play 'Arse'? Which was basically individual Wembley and the loser gets penalties taken at their....arse. That was “Wembley whacks” here. If you lost you had to stand against the wall and each player would boot the ball at your arse as hard has they could from about 5 yards away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted May 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2023 16 minutes ago, AVFC_Hitz said: Did anyone ever play 'Arse'? Which was basically individual Wembley and the loser gets penalties taken at their....arse. I'm not sure we had a name for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 2 hours ago, HKP90 said: 40/40 is interesting. You can see how the variations given so far could have come about by Chinese whispers, but that is really different. Where did you grow up? Surrey , which as we all know is the King of all Counties , thus @bickster and the beat are wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 15, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 15, 2023 26 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: Surrey , which as we all know is the King of all Counties , thus @bickster and the beat are wrong You've been on the shandy again, picking a fight with the whole of Brum on a Villa Forum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2023 4 hours ago, Genie said: ‘Acky 1,2,3 here This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted May 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2023 2 minutes ago, bickster said: You've been on the shandy again, picking a fight with the whole of Brum on a Villa Forum It's OK, he grew up in Surrey, he'll get his butler to fight us. (Just joshing Tony) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 3 hours ago, AVFC_Hitz said: Did anyone ever play 'Arse'? Which was basically individual Wembley and the loser gets penalties taken at their....arse. red arse here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2023 All this stuff should be in the Memory Lane thread. We played that footy game with one goalie and everybody else playing as individuals, trying to score, but also preventing the others from scoring. Pretty sure it was called 'three and in', because you went in goal once you got your hattrick. There was also something similar (possibly even the same game under a different name) called 'world cups'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2023 (edited) Also, re: 'acky one two three'. ISTR that was a phrase you could shout out in some games, to confirm you had reached 'den', and were thus invunerable. Possibly also related to 'having barley' (or 'arley'), signifying a temporary truce/timeout. Edited May 15, 2023 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 11 minutes ago, mjmooney said: All this stuff should be in the Memory Lane thread. We played that footy game with one goalie and everybody else playing as individuals, trying to score, but also preventing the others from scoring. Pretty sure it was called 'three and in', because you went in goal once you got your hattrick. There was also something similar (possibly even the same game under a different name) called 'world cups'. 3 and in was definitely a thing and that's what we called it in 80's black country and mid wales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Surely 'Curby' is universal though? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Just now, Wainy316 said: Surely 'Curby' is universal though? Kerby surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted May 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2023 13 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Surely 'Curby' is universal though? You mean 'gutterball'? Cue another frenzy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 27 minutes ago, Genie said: Kerby surely? Not that I've ever really thought about the spelling but you're throwing the ball against a curb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted May 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2023 25 minutes ago, Genie said: Kerby surely? Yep, Kerby for me. The sheer joy when you had the ball bouncing off both kerbs from one throw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted May 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2023 1 minute ago, Wainy316 said: Not that I've ever really thought about the spelling but you're throwing the ball against a curb "In American and Canadian English, the noun meaning the edge of a sidewalk or roadway is spelled curb. In varieties of English from outside North America, the word is spelled kerb". Apparently. Grammarist 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Wait, have I been spelling it the American way my whole life? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted May 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2023 (edited) The rules of gutterball where I grew up: 2 players, one on each pavement. Aim to bounce the ball off the corner of the curb. If you catch it, there are no points scored immediately, but you get to move to the middle of the road. You then get a point for each bounce/catch. Until you miss, when you go back to the pavement. First to 10 points wins. Edit, no I got it wrong. You only need to get it to bounce back along the floor in the first instance to get to the middle. Aim for the gutter to get a rebound. Delving into some old memories here. Edited May 15, 2023 by HKP90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted May 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2023 5 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Wait, have I been spelling it the American way my whole life? Yes but don't apologize for it . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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