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Bog Standard

Toilet humor has long been the safe haven of your Daily, and publications remain attentive to significant toilet tales and key events, especially in relation to football. Readers were entertained to discover that Big Website columnist a famous broadcaster has a West Brom-themed urinal at his home. Spare a thought about the Tykes follower who interpreted the restroom somewhat too seriously, and needed rescuing from a deserted Oakwell following dozing off in the toilet midway through a 2015 losing match by Fleetwood. “His footwear was missing and misplaced his cellphone and his cap,” stated a Barnsley fire station spokesperson. And everyone remembers during his peak popularity with Manchester City, the Italian striker entered a community college for toilet purposes in 2012. “His luxury car was stationed outside, before entering and requesting directions to the restrooms, subsequently he entered the faculty room,” an undergraduate shared with the Manchester Evening News. “Subsequently he wandered through the school acting like the owner.”

The Lavatory Departure

Tuesday marks 25 years from when Kevin Keegan quit from the England national team following a short conversation within a restroom stall alongside FA executive David Davies in the underground areas of Wembley, after the notorious 1-0 loss by Germany in 2000 – England’s final match at the historic stadium. As Davies recalls in his journal, FA Confidential, he stepped into the wet struggling national team changing area right after the game, seeing David Beckham weeping and Tony Adams motivated, the two stars urging for the director to convince Keegan. Subsequent to Hamann's direct free-kick, Keegan moved wearily along the passageway with a thousand-yard stare, and Davies discovered him collapsed – reminiscent of his 1996 Liverpool behavior – in the dressing room corner, muttering: “I'm leaving. This isn't for me.” Stopping Keegan, Davies attempted urgently to salvage the situation.

“What place could we identify for confidential discussion?” recalled Davies. “The tunnel? Full of TV journalists. The locker room? Packed with upset players. The bathing section? I couldn't conduct an important discussion with the national coach while athletes jumped in the pool. Just a single choice remained. The toilet cubicles. A crucial incident in the Three Lions' storied past happened in the old toilets of an arena marked for removal. The coming demolition was almost tangible. Dragging Kevin into a cubicle, I secured the door behind us. We remained standing, looking at each other. ‘You can’t change my mind,’ Kevin said. ‘I’m out of here. I’m not up to it. I'll announce to journalists that I'm not competent. I cannot inspire the squad. I can't extract the additional effort from these athletes that's required.’”

The Results

And so, Keegan resigned, subsequently confessing he considered his stint as England manager “soulless”. The two-time European Footballer of the Year stated: “I found it hard to fill in the time. I ended up coaching the blind squad, the deaf squad, assisting the women's team. It’s a very difficult job.” English football has come a long way in the quarter of a century since. For better or worse, those Wembley restrooms and those twin towers are no longer present, although a German now works in the coaching zone Keegan formerly inhabited. The German's squad is viewed as one of the contenders for next year's international tournament: Three Lions supporters, appreciate this period. This particular anniversary from one of the Three Lions’ darkest days serves as a recall that situations weren't always this good.

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Quote of the Day

“There we stood in a long row, in just our underwear. We were Europe’s best referees, top sportspeople, examples, mature people, mothers and fathers, resilient characters with strong principles … however all remained silent. We hardly glanced at one another, our looks wavered slightly nervously while we were called forward two by two. There Collina examined us thoroughly with an ice-cold gaze. Quiet and watchful” – previous global referee Jonas Eriksson reveals the humiliating procedures referees were previously subjected to by ex-Uefa refereeing chief Pierluigi Collina.

Football Daily Letters

“How important is a name? A Dr Seuss verse exists called ‘Too Many Daves’. Did Blackpool encounter Steve Overload? Steve Bruce, plus assistants Steve Agnew and Steve Clemence have been removed from their positions. So is that the end of the club’s Steve obsession? Not completely! Steve Banks and Steve Dobbie continue to oversee the primary team. Total Steve progression!” – John Myles.

“Now that you've relaxed spending restrictions and distributed some merchandise, I have decided to put finger to keypad and make a pithy comment. Ange Postecoglou states that he picked fights in the schoolyard with youngsters he expected would overpower him. This masochistic tendency must account for his choice to sign with Nottingham Forest. Being a longtime Tottenham fan I'll continue appreciating the subsequent season award however the sole second-year prize I envision him securing along the Trent, should he survive that period, is the Championship and that would be some struggle {under the present owner” – Stewart McGuinness.|