BBC2 tonight - The rise and fall of NPSL (USA footie)

mike65

A 90 min doc Once in a Lifetime is on BBC2 at 10 pm tonight and should be required viewing all the major figures except Pele are interviewed about the first attempt at bring the professional game to the colonies.

Mike.

gosplan

think I may have seen this before(or something like it).

Pele's fake tears when he scores for the cosmos for the first time was one of the most stomach churning things I've ever seen.

"I'm just so happy to" sniff sniff "score for this team that I love so much" sob sob.

Greatest player ever???

Greatest sellout whore ever more like!!

KdjaCL

Same time as Copa Final are they taking the piss?



kdjac

Zebra3

KdjaCL wrote:

Same time as Copa Final are they taking the piss?

If only.

Not unusual for tv channels to try and sabotage another's "big event".

I assume the NPSL referred to is actually NASL.

DaveH

Its actually about the New York Cosmos, not the NASL. Have this set up to record on my Sky+ since it clashes with copa final.

Heres the preview from the BBC site;

The United States emerged from the1960s ragged and ready for a change. Fortunately, the US has always been skilled at reinventing itself and the seventies became a time of growth and experimentation. Clothes became different, hairstyles exotic, and music was heading in strange new directions. So it seemed like the right time to try something new in sport and some enterprising Hollywood executives thought that soccer might just be the next big thing. Players, coaches and journalists recall the The Cosmos, the high octane New York club whose all-star team were equally famed for their antics at Studio 54 as for their footballing skills. Some strong language.

Guy:Incognito

Whats the deal with this, theres some programs on about "the Zimmers"?

mike65

Bah whatever the fecking league was called! I taped it, the Zimmers finished two mins late Stekelly.

Mike.

Guy:Incognito

bit more than 2 mins. when I posted it was still on, at 12 mins past. either way i flicked over and watched the cop america.

darkskol

I missed it was it any good?

Zaph

Yeah, it was. Good seeing players like Denis Tueart and Steve Hunt who I'd forgotten played for the Cosmos. And Georgio Chinaglia didn't come out of it too well.

mike65

Ah Stekelly thats my fault, it started at 10.30 /shuffles towards the door.

Mike.

Guy:Incognito

Damn you to the firey pits of hell mike.










Any chance it'll be repeated?