| The most pointless things in sport 21:22 - May 24 with 1469 views | Keno |
Got into a discussion about this earlier and came up
Buying tickets to the last scheduled day of a test match
Norwich City FC
Baseball
The losers ribbons
What else you lot got |  |
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| The most pointless things in sport on 21:27 - May 24 with 1199 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
Kevin O'Callaghan was a Pointless answer to a question asking for actors in "Escape to Victory", in the "Final Round for the money" on Pointless.
Does he count? |  | | |
| The most pointless things in sport on 21:28 - May 24 with 1187 views | MattinLondon |
3rd/4th playoff matches for the World Cup. |  | | |
| The most pointless things in sport on 21:37 - May 24 with 1142 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
"Fair Play" places in the UEFA Cup? Apart from one year, for one club, obviously!
Equestrian Jumping in the Modern Pentathlon: they have a rule that whilst riders would practice on their horse all year, they then would have to draw lots in the Olympics and ride on some random old nag in the biggest sporting occasion of their lives!
As explained at the bottom of this article:
https://www.yourhorse.co.uk/features/equestrian-sports-olympics/
I hate Dressage, too. Strictly Come Dancing on Horses. Skippy, Hoppy, Clippy-Cloppy nonsense! [Post edited 24 May 22:22]
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| The most pointless things in sport on 21:40 - May 24 with 1133 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
Disagree re last day of Test Match. Rain in England means Day 5 can still be pivotal in the Bazball era. | | | |
| The most pointless things in sport on 21:41 - May 24 with 1126 views | ronnyd |
| The most pointless things in sport on 21:28 - May 24 by MattinLondon |
3rd/4th playoff matches for the World Cup. |
Something to do with the awarding of gold, silver and bronze medals i would reckon. | | | |
| The most pointless things in sport on 21:49 - May 24 with 1093 views | ParisBlue |
Paul Lambert |  |
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| The most pointless things in sport on 21:50 - May 24 with 1085 views | Keno |
| The most pointless things in sport on 21:40 - May 24 by ArnoldMoorhen |
Disagree re last day of Test Match. Rain in England means Day 5 can still be pivotal in the Bazball era. |
Fair point, maybe I should make in a weather unaffected test match | |
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| The most pointless things in sport on 21:51 - May 24 with 1082 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| The most pointless things in sport on 21:41 - May 24 by ronnyd |
Something to do with the awarding of gold, silver and bronze medals i would reckon. |
Yes, but in the World Cup? And the Euros?
Why don't we have a 3rd/4th place play off in the FA Cup? Because it's pointless! | | | |
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| The most pointless things in sport on 23:12 - May 24 with 973 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
A friendship trophy.
Apparently there is such a thing contested between 2 random teams. I forget who they are but must be two in the same league as each other. I think it's the Championship. Certainly not the Premier League. |  |
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| The most pointless things in sport on 23:21 - May 24 with 951 views | Perublue |
| The most pointless things in sport on 23:12 - May 24 by Nthsuffolkblue |
A friendship trophy.
Apparently there is such a thing contested between 2 random teams. I forget who they are but must be two in the same league as each other. I think it's the Championship. Certainly not the Premier League. |
I heard of it recently and forgot .. I just checked and feel dirty .. Sunderland and No*wich …
Pointless but no longer exists .. rest days during test matches…anyone remember those ? |  |
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| The most pointless things in sport on 23:26 - May 24 with 938 views | TheBlueGnu |
Koala-Bear racing | |
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| The most pointless things in sport on 23:30 - May 24 with 929 views | _clive_baker_ |
Singing the national anthem before a domestic game. I understand it for an international match, but Charlton and Leyton Orient standing there doing it tomorrow for example, I don’t get it.
Sky sports sending reporters to grounds on deadline day. They never interview anyone, they’re just awkwardly stood outside Goodison to report on a new signing. Why it couldn’t be done from a studio I don’t know. Same in the news, sending some reporter to stand knee deep in a flood to report on said flood. Pointless.
Half & half scarves.
Norwich City. |  | | |
| The most pointless things in sport on 05:11 - May 25 with 779 views | tcblue |
Corner flags
The ashes (most televised cricket is yawnsome but playing for a week and then drawing?!)
Dress codes on golf courses / club houses
Second place league trophies
Firms (also embarrassing, particularly old thugs reminiscing) | | | |
| The most pointless things in sport on 06:46 - May 25 with 699 views | brogansnose |
Reading FC. |  | | |
| The most pointless things in sport on 06:54 - May 25 with 677 views | Churchman |
Baseball is a great game! On to pointless things:
Fireworks before a game
ITFCs cringy pre match shouty bloke
Norwich City
The Premier League tune
Football Pundits
Norwich City
Shaking hands before a game when you intend to try and get your opponent sent off
VAR
Basketball
Norwich City |  | | |
| The most pointless things in sport on 08:29 - May 25 with 568 views | bsw72 |
| The most pointless things in sport on 21:50 - May 24 by Keno |
Fair point, maybe I should make in a weather unaffected test match |
Most grounds now only release day 5 tickets at close of play on day 4. |  | | |
| The most pointless things in sport on 08:30 - May 25 with 557 views | Kieran_Knows |
When Sky (or any other broadcaster for that matter) try and get on the pitch interviews just a few minutes after the final whistle of players from the team who have won the final. Just let them celebrate with their team mates and fans ffs. |  |
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| The most pointless things in sport on 08:31 - May 25 with 556 views | bsw72 |
Chris Sutton | | | |
| The most pointless things in sport on 09:24 - May 25 with 479 views | iamatractorboy |
The six second rule for goalkeepers. Only ever seen it enforced once and that was in a Sunday league game I was taking part in! | | | |
| The most pointless things in sport on 10:30 - May 25 with 420 views | Pinewoodblue |
| The most pointless things in sport on 21:51 - May 24 by ArnoldMoorhen |
Yes, but in the World Cup? And the Euros?
Why don't we have a 3rd/4th place play off in the FA Cup? Because it's pointless! |
The Dutch did have a play off game between beaten cup semi finalists back in 1998. The winner played in Cup winners Cup.. It was necessary because both finalists had already qualified for Europe. |  |
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| The most pointless things in sport on 10:46 - May 25 with 399 views | Radlett_blue |
Third place play off games, in events like the football & rugby world cups.
The "European Super Cup" - we already have a tournament to decide the European champion club. |  |
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| The most pointless things in sport on 10:51 - May 25 with 387 views | Ryorry |
| The most pointless things in sport on 05:11 - May 25 by tcblue |
Corner flags
The ashes (most televised cricket is yawnsome but playing for a week and then drawing?!)
Dress codes on golf courses / club houses
Second place league trophies
Firms (also embarrassing, particularly old thugs reminiscing) |
"The ashes"
Really have to down you for that, sorry! |  |
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| The most pointless things in sport on 11:04 - May 25 with 351 views | tcblue |
| The most pointless things in sport on 10:51 - May 25 by Ryorry |
"The ashes"
Really have to down you for that, sorry! |
But the same teams always make the final | | | |
| The most pointless things in sport on 11:04 - May 25 with 348 views | Radlett_blue |
| The most pointless things in sport on 21:51 - May 24 by ArnoldMoorhen |
Yes, but in the World Cup? And the Euros?
Why don't we have a 3rd/4th place play off in the FA Cup? Because it's pointless! |
We did have a 3rd place play off in the FA Cup. It started in 1970 & replaced the traditional friday curtain-raiser for the FA Cup Final, which had been England v Yong England (or U23) , usually played at Highbury. The thinking was that provincial fans up in London for the big game would be at a loose end on Friday evening so they might fancy a bit of footy.
In 1971, the FA came up with the bright idea of hosting Stoke v Everton at Selhurst Park and all of 5,000 people turned up. The FA scratched their heads & next year it became a pre-season game & Birmingham beat Stoke on penalties, attracting over 25,000 to St Andrews. However, in a couple of years, the game was shunted back to Cup Final week, but 5 days after the final & only 4,000 turned up to Filbert Street to see Burnley beat Leicester & that was the end. | |
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| The most pointless things in sport on 11:11 - May 25 with 330 views | Jrm_72 |
The most pointless thing I've seen was this season, Newport vs Port Vale.
Port Vale are 5-1 up, Newport are down to 9 men, 90mins comes around, 16mins added. Whole ground groans/empties.
In my american football days, if we were up by loads and not long left we could inform the ref our intention to 'knee out the game' and they'd end the game early rather than make us pantomime the final minutes. Wish that was allowed on that rainy September day in Wales... | | | |
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