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I believe congratulations are in order

  • 26-01-2010 11:08pm
    #1
    Pepe LeFrits
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭


    Gareth Bale won his first league game (starting) tonight, according to the BBC.

    It only took him 975 days since joining Tottenham.


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  • #2
    leninbenjamin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭leninbenjamin


    Christ, that's some record!


  • #3
    CHD
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,956 ✭✭✭CHD


    Move to the big four is on for the lad now.


  • #4
    tony1kenobi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭tony1kenobi


    To infinity and beyond.


  • #5
    SuprSi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SuprSi


    It was a crazy record alright. Glad it's finally over though!


  • #6
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Any chance he has Irish grandparents ??? Sign him up Trap !


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  • #7
    staker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,677 ✭✭✭staker


    That's a record nobody'll be wanting to chase, prolly best not to put it on the cv


  • #8
    everdead.ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,153 ✭✭✭everdead.ie


    Minute I saw the thread title I knew what this was funny thing he was man of the match a few time during all those matches


  • #9
    PHB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,617 ✭✭✭✭PHB


    I could never get over that fact, it was just hilarious.


  • #10
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,525 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Where does he go from here?


  • #11
    DazMarz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


    Dave! wrote: »
    Any chance he has Irish grandparents ??? Sign him up Trap !

    Haha, not a chance. By some miracle, he's a full Welsh international.


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  • #12
    Johner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,625 ✭✭✭✭Johner


    How many games is it actually though? He has only played 28 league games for Spurs and its only in games that he started so less than that again. Good performance by him tonight anyway.


  • #13
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,427 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    THANK CHRIST he did not join my team


  • #14
    therokerroar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,129 ✭✭✭therokerroar


    DazMarz wrote: »
    By some miracle, he's a full Welsh international.

    If Martin Jol had been at Spurs for longer than he was after signing Bale, Bale would now be one of the best young full backs in the Premier League at least.


  • #15
    everdead.ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,153 ✭✭✭everdead.ie


    therokerroar wrote: »
    If Martin Jol had been at Spurs for longer than he was after signing Bale, Bale would now be one of the best young full backs in the Premier League at least.
    Bale is actually Glen Johnson except he plays left back ever wonder why he isn't playing for liverpool at the moment? This is what Harry is being investigated for.;) He's excellent going foward with pace to burn but not as good defensively as he could be still he's only 20 and made his 100 senior league apperance tonight.


  • #16
    rossie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,365 ✭✭✭✭rossie1977


    Johner wrote: »
    How many games is it actually though? He has only played 28 league games for Spurs and its only in games that he started so less than that again. Good performance by him tonight anyway.

    he has started 22 league games for spurs according to espn, not sure if that includes tonight (probably not)


  • #17
    yahoo_moe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,397 ✭✭✭yahoo_moe


    SuprSi wrote: »
    It was a crazy record alright. Glad it's finally over though!
    I'm genuinely gutted - it was incredibly fun to keep track of this, particularly because injuries have meant he's started a lot less games in that time than you'd expect. And he was so young - if he'd kept up his injury record, this could have gone on for years (more).

    Or maybe it was only fun because I'm an Arsenal fan :)


  • #18
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    It's actually his first league win in the starting line up. He won as a sub in September.


  • #19
    noodler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,519 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    I swore he won a game away to someone back when Spurs missed out on 4th to Arsenal. A game he scored a sweet goal on a counter in - must have gone on to lose it or it was a consolation.


  • #20
    Pepe LeFrits
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    m@cc@ wrote: »
    It's actually his first league win in the starting line up. He won as a sub in September.
    Aye, he played 6 minutes in a 5-0 thrashing. Harry wanted to make sure the result was beyond all doubt before he brought his lucky charm on.


  • #21
    Rekop dog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,584 ✭✭✭Rekop dog


    He should probably retire now at his peak and on a high!

    We don't want him to turn into a Ronaldinho, a player whose a shadow of his former self.


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  • #22
    GSPfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,843 ✭✭✭GSPfan


    I cannot accept this fact. Its like someone telling ya they saw a ghost and swearing on their ma's life. I just can't accept that this could be true.


  • #23
    CHD
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,956 ✭✭✭CHD


    GSPfan wrote: »
    I cannot accept this fact. Its like someone telling ya they saw a ghost and swearing on their ma's life. I just can't accept that this could be true.
    So what Bale has done is confirm ghosts are real. Cool.


  • #24
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    CHD wrote: »
    So what Bale has done is confirm ghosts are real. Cool.

    More importantly, yore ma gets to live.


  • #25
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    It was a good perforamnce from him to, I was expecting at least a draw when they went 2-0. :)


  • #26
    therecklessone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,213 ✭✭✭✭therecklessone


    I cannot believe nobody has asked when the DVD is coming out...

    It is sooo last decade anyway.


  • #27
    Spiritoftheseventies
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,082 ✭✭✭✭Spiritoftheseventies


    Reminds me of that stat with Rushy. He only scored once against Manchester United in his entire career before he eventually broke his duck in 1992. Radio commentators used to bring it up a lot although just for anecdotal purposes.
    in the League, injuries restricted him to just 18 League games and three goals that season. However, his third goal came in a crucial 2–0 home win over Manchester United on 26 April 1992 which denied their arch-rivals the championship, the title going instead to Leeds United. Incredibly, this was his only ever goal past Manchester United in his whole career. Liverpool managed only a sixth place finish in the league that season, the first time since 1981 that they had not finished champions or runners-up.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Rush


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