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Bog Standard

Restroom comedy has long been the comfort zone of your Daily, and publications remain attentive regarding memorable lavatory incidents and historic moments, notably connected to soccer. What a delight it was to find out that Big Website columnist a well-known presenter has a West Brom-themed urinal at his home. Reflect for a moment about the Tykes follower who interpreted the restroom somewhat too seriously, and was rescued from the vacant Barnsley ground post-napping in the lavatory at half-time during a 2015 defeat against Fleetwood Town. “He had no shoes on and had lost his mobile phone and his hat,” elaborated a Barnsley fire station spokesperson. And everyone remembers at the pinnacle of his career playing for City, the Italian striker popped into a local college to access the restrooms back in 2012. “His luxury car was stationed outside, then entered and inquired directions to the restrooms, afterward he visited the teachers' lounge,” an undergraduate shared with local Manchester media. “After that he was just walking round the campus like he owned the place.”

The Restroom Quitting

Tuesday marks 25 years to the day that Kevin Keegan resigned from the England national team after a brief chat inside a lavatory booth with FA director David Davies deep within Wembley Stadium, subsequent to the memorable 1-0 setback versus Germany during 2000 – the Three Lions' last game at the historic stadium. As Davies remembers in his diary, his confidential FA records, he had entered the sodden troubled England locker room right after the game, discovering David Beckham crying and Tony Adams energized, both of them pleading for the official to reason with Keegan. Following Dietmar Hamann’s free-kick, Keegan walked slowly through the tunnel with a thousand-yard stare, and Davies discovered him collapsed – reminiscent of his 1996 Liverpool behavior – in the dressing room corner, whispering: “I'm leaving. This isn't for me.” Collaring Keegan, Davies attempted urgently to rescue the scenario.

“What place could we identify for a private conversation?” recalled Davies. “The tunnel? Full of TV journalists. The dressing room? Heaving with emotional players. The shower area? I was unable to have a crucial talk with an England manager as players dived into the water. Just a single choice remained. The restroom stalls. A dramatic moment in England’s long football history took place in the vintage restrooms of an arena marked for removal. The impending destruction could almost be smelled in the air. Dragging Kevin into a cubicle, I closed the door after us. We stayed there, eye to eye. ‘You cannot persuade me,’ Kevin stated. ‘I’m out of here. I’m not up to it. I’m going out to the press to tell them I’m not up to it. I can’t motivate the players. I can’t get the extra bit out of these players that I need.’”

The Consequences

And so, Keegan resigned, subsequently confessing he considered his tenure as national coach “empty”. The two-time European Footballer of the Year stated: “I struggled to occupy my time. I found myself going and training the blind team, the deaf team, working with the ladies team. It's an extremely challenging position.” The English game has progressed significantly over the past twenty-five years. Regardless of improvement or decline, those Wembley toilets and those two towers are long gone, while a German now sits in the coaching zone Keegan formerly inhabited. Thomas Tuchel’s side are among the favourites for the upcoming Geopolitics World Cup: Three Lions supporters, appreciate this period. This exact remembrance from a low point in English football acts as a memory that circumstances weren't consistently this positive.

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Quote of the Day

“We stood there in a lengthy line, in just our underwear. We were Europe’s best referees, premier athletes, inspirations, grown-ups, parents, determined individuals with strong principles … however all remained silent. We scarcely made eye contact, our gazes flickered a bit nervously when we were requested to advance in couples. There Collina observed us from top to bottom with an ice-cold gaze. Quiet and watchful” – former international referee Jonas Eriksson discloses the embarrassing processes officials were once put through by previous European football refereeing head Pierluigi Collina.

Soccer Mailbag

“What does a name matter? There exists a Dr Seuss poem called ‘Too Many Daves’. Have Blackpool suffered from Too Many Steves? Steve Bruce, along with aides Steve Agnew and Steve Clemence have been removed from their positions. So is that the end of the club’s Steve obsession? Not exactly! Steve Banks and Steve Dobbie stay to oversee the primary team. Complete Steve forward!” – John Myles.

“Now that you've relaxed spending restrictions and distributed some merchandise, I have decided to put finger to keypad and share a brief observation. Ange Postecoglou states that he picked fights in the school playground with kids he anticipated would defeat him. This masochistic tendency must account for his choice to sign with Nottingham Forest. As an enduring Tottenham follower I'll remain thankful for the second-year silverware yet the only follow-up season honor I predict him achieving by the Trent, if he lasts that long, is the second tier and that would be a significant battle {under the present owner” – Stewart McGuinness.|