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In a normal year, Extreme Rules would be the set-up PPV for another major show of the year, SummerSlam. But, as we know, this is no ordinary year. The COVID-19 pandemic has put a lot of booking plans on hold since there are no crowds to entertain live and feed off of at the arenas. Plus, you have major superstars like Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns who have missed most of the virus show. Add to that the fact that Charlotte Flair is taking time off for surgery and personal time and you’ve got a watered-down summer here in the wrestling world.

Still, having said that, the Horror Show at Extreme Rules is a bit intriguing to me. The championship matches are stacked and I’m not so sure what to make of the stipulation (cinematic?) matches between Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt along with Seth Rollins vs. Rey Mysterio. Are we really going to see a match wrestled in a swamp? Are we really going to get an eye ripped out of the socket? I hope they wow me, but I’m not banking on it.

We’ll get to the predictions at the end of the column, but for now, here’s how the card looks:

The Horror Show at Extreme Rules PPV – Updated Card

WWE Championship Match: Drew McIntyre vs. Dolph Ziggler (stipulation to be announced)

RAW Women’s Championship Match: Asuka vs. Sasha Banks

Universal Championship Wyatt Swamp Match: Braun Strowman vs. Bray Wyatt

SmackDown Women’s Championship: Bayley vs. Nikki Cross

Eye for an Eye Match: Rey Mysterio vs. Seth Rollins

United States Championship Match: Apollo Crews vs. MVP

Tables Match – SmackDown Tag Team Championship: The New Day vs. Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura

RAW

RESULTS

Tag Team Elimination Match: Angel Garza & Andrade defeated The Viking Raiders (Angel Garza last man)

Bianca Belair & Ruby Riott defeated The IIconics

Aleister Black defeated Buddy Murphy (DQ)

Kevin Owens defeated Seth Rollins

Randy Orton defeated R-Truth (24/7 Championship not on the line)

Bobby Lashley defeated Ricochet

Women’s Tag Team Title Match: Sasha Banks & Bayley defeated Asuka & Kairi Sane

.@HEELZiggler got DECKED by @DMcIntyreWWE on the #VIPLounge! THIS SUNDAY…the #WWEChampionship is on the line at The Horror Show at #ExtremeRules!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/LEbEw0sRJD

— WWE (@WWE) July 14, 2020

What’s the stip?

Drew vs. Dolph – What will the stipulation be? I guess we’ll find out Sunday night! All we know right now is that Ziggler is teasing something that’s NEVER been done before in the WWE. Watch out McIntyre!

Good vibes:

We kid, we kid.@AngelGarzaWwe just WON this thing for himself and @AndradeCienWWE … and @Zelina_VegaWWE LOVES IT! #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/bqqSQAGiOo

— WWE (@WWE) July 14, 2020

Zelina’s Zen – Yes, at least for the past two weeks, Zelina Vega has her men, Andrade and Angel Garza on the same page and ready for a shot at the Tag Team Championship. They are far better looking strong and a force on Monday nights than the whiney boys they have been previously. Here’s hoping a feud and future gold is coming to Miss Vega and her team.

Kevin Owens – Yes, I’m a big KO Fan. Always have ever since the days of seeing him wrestling in person as Kevin Steen in Ring of Honor. A forceful Owens is a good thing for RAW and for the WWE Universe. He’s got stroke in and out of the ring!

"Are YOU willing to sacrifice your friendships so @RandyOrton can be the #LegendKiller?" – @WWETheBigShow to @RicFlairNatrBoy #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/xoBEX4tMTx

— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) July 14, 2020

Legend Killer vibes – OMG! Can you just feel the tension of Randy Orton one day taking out Ric Flair! It’s coming folks and it will be magical in its power! And speaking of Flair, that was an amazing conversation between the Nature Boy and The Big Show. You could feel the realness to it!

Welcome back:

W: @RubyRiottWWE & @BiancaBelairWWE L: @BillieKayWWE & @PeytonRoyceWWE #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/tUFdRKdfAJ

— WWE (@WWE) July 14, 2020

Bianca Belair – It’s nice to see BB back on Monday nights. Sure, we all thought it would be Liv Morgan coming to the aid of Ruby Riott against the IIconics, but it was a nice surprise to see the EST of NXT on RAW once again.

She's back. Watch out.#WWERaw @QoSBaszler pic.twitter.com/sfyVKRMTdb

— WWE (@WWE) July 14, 2020

Shayna Baszler – Damn, I so wanted Baszler to pin R-Truth for the 24/7 Championship! But, barring that, the badass is back baby! Here’s hoping they let her loose his time and try not to tame her. Let her run free and be true to her dominant self.

The best:

INCOMINGGGGGGGGGG#WWERaw #TagTeamTitles @itsBayleyWWE @SashaBanksWWE pic.twitter.com/G7mzggI9c4

— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) July 14, 2020

The main event – It just keeps getting better and better with Sasha Banks, Bayley and the Kabuki Warriors battling each week. The champs get the win heading into Extreme Rules and keep the dream alive of all the gold going around the waist of the BFF’s. Plus, on RAW Talk after the show, we get a hint that maybe Asuka will take on Kairi Sane down the road.

NXT

RESULTS

Damien Priest defeated Cameron Grimes

Indi Hartwell defeated Shotzi Blackheart

NXT Championship & North American Championship Match: Keith Lee defeated Dominik Dijakovic

Timothy Hatcher defeated Denzel Dejournette

NXT Women’s Championship Match: Io Shirai defeated Tegan Nox

Bask in the Glory

For he is LIMITLESS…@RealKeithLee is STILL your NXT Champion AND NXT North American Champion! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/T623wlAyXc

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) July 16, 2020

Lee’s 1st defense – Nothing but respect for Keith Lee in granting his very first defense of the NXT Championship & North American Championship to his friend and former rival Dominik Dijakovic. The two didn’t disappoint and continues their physical battles from a few months ago on center stage Wednesday night. Plus, it’s a nice appetizer to Lee’s upcoming feud with Karrion Kross.

Who’s next:

Has @RealKeithLee's time run out?

#WWENXT @Lady_Scarlett13 @WWEKarrionKross pic.twitter.com/SJmsCzqmgM

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) July 16, 2020

Kross vs. Lee – Which brings us to this – Scarlett Bourdeaux made sure Lee didn’t forget that Tick. Tock. Remembers everything including the hourglass Lee smashed before coming champion. This could be one of the biggest feuds of the year if they let it be. Let it breathe and develop NXT! First up, Kross takes on Dijakovic this Wednesday night.

Meh:

Timothy Thatcher – I like the gimmick, but just not sure anyone knows where it’s going. It needs a direction and a foe to focus on.

50/50:

AND STILL. @shirai_io #WWENXT #NXTWomensTitle pic.twitter.com/XtGD8m1dPx

— WWE (@WWE) July 16, 2020

Io vs. Tegan – Don’t get me wrong, Shirai vs. Nox was pretty good. Maybe it’s the lack of crowd or emotion. Maybe it’s coming after Lee’s title defense. But it just lacked a certain something watching it live. It just didn’t feel as big as it should’ve been. Let’s see how Dakota Kai plays into the picture now with her attack on Shirai to end the show.

WAIT A MINUTE!!!!?!?!

#WWENXT @DakotaKai_WWE @shirai_io pic.twitter.com/hHJSxcx4xE

— WWE (@WWE) July 16, 2020

I’m a fan:

Fantastic Fantasma – I am an unabashed fan of Santos Escobar, Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde. These three could dominate and would love to see a lucha libre spectacular with Andrade & Angel Garza someday. I need them to take the next step and really own the heel mentality to take out Drake Maverick, Breezango and the entire Cruiserweight division. They need to channel their inner Horsemen mentality for it. I think they have it in them!

Missing:

Come back Ciampa – How can creative not have anything for Tommaso Ciampa? The guy is gold and there should be room for him at any time in NXT. The fact that he’s not around makes the show that much less of a show to watch.

SMACKDOWN

RESULTS

Cesaro defeated Big E – Cesaro picks the stipulation for the Tag Team Title Match at Extreme Rules

Women’s Tag Team Championship Non-Title Match: Sasha Banks & Bayley defeated Asuka & Nikki Cross

Universal Championship Non-Title Match: Braun Strowman defeated John Morrison

Lacey Evans defeated Naomi

Intercontinental Championship Match: AJ Styles defeated Matt Riddle to retain title

Money:

.@NikkiCrossWWE is crushed.#SmackDown #WomensChampion @itsBayleyWWE pins her #ExtremeRules' opponent just days before their championship collision! @SashaBanksWWE pic.twitter.com/Ym1Ct9sJ3V

— WWE (@WWE) July 18, 2020

The ladies – It’s like printing money each and every show. Sasha Banks, Bayley, Asuka and whomever you want to put in the ring with them. Highlight material each and every time. Having Nikki Cross get pinned again by Bayley, leaving Nikki to doubt herself could lead to an unhinging Sunday night for Miss Cross.

Misplaced:

Bow down to your King @BaronCorbinWWE, @SuperKingofBros! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/Xj6VJyBqbM

— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 18, 2020

Styles vs. Riddle – Granted, the IC Title Match, mostly dominated by Matt Riddle, was a very good one and I wouldn’t mind seeing them go at it again for the tiebreaker, the match itself was a bit misplaced. As the main event on the go-home show to Sunday night’s PPV, it had nothing, zero, nada to do with the making me want to see Extreme Rules. The number one thing the go-home show has to get done is to make me want to watch the PPV in two days. Sure, with King Corbin attacking Riddle after the match, it furthers that feud and the match may give us another Styles vs. Riddle battle down the road, nothing in the final 30 minutes of SmackDown gave me a reason to watch Sunday night. And that, my friends is an EPIC failure. Win the battle, but lose the war with that booking my friends. Maybe they’ll add a match before the PPV but that’s neither here nor there as it’s a missed opportunity on broadcast TV to hype the night.

Saw it coming a mile away

The SmackDown Tag Team Titles will be on the line at #ExtremeRules in a TABLES MATCH! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/a1T1ARUzb0

— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 18, 2020

Tables Match – The obligatory tables match at Extreme Rules honors this year go to The New Day and Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura. It was a foregone conclusion.

I like it:

The open to the show – Instead of a 10-minute in-ring promo that we normally get each week, we got a pre-produced preview to the night’s events with all of the superstars chiming in. A nice touch, with some groovy backbeat tunes and a solid way to start the night. Brings a sporty feel to it too. Hope they keep using it every once in a while.

Filling time:

"Once you enter, you can never truly leave. Part of you will live here forever." – @WWEBrayWyatt #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/QElQi5uDcy

— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) July 18, 2020

Braun vs. Morrison – Did it make you want to watch the Swamp Match any more this Sunday? And for that, it failed to deliver. Predictable match and outcome. At least Bray Wyatt’s pre-produced promo from the Swamp had some meat to it.

Parting shots:

Predictions for the Horror Show at Extreme Rules

WWE Championship Match: Drew McIntyre defeats Dolph ZIggler to retain title

Swamp Match: Universal Champion Bray Wyatt defeats Bray Wyatt to retain title

RAW Women’s Championship Match: Sasha Banks defeats Asuka to win the title

SmackDown Women’s Championship Match: Bayley defeats Nikki Cross to retain title

Tables Match: SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day defeat Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura to retain title

United States Championship Match: Apollo Crews defeats MVP

Eye for an Eye Match: Seth Rollins defeats Rey Mysterio

Upcoming this week:

RAW: Unsanctioned Match: Randy Orton vs. The Big Show

NXT: Karrion Kross vs. Dominik Dijakovic Dexter Lumis vs. Killian Dain

SMACKDOWN: Bar Fight: Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus

Thanks for letting us share our thoughts! Shoot me an email at [email protected]. We’d love to hear your comments and suggestions! You can also check out my blog, The Crowe’s Nest as we delve into more pro wrestling, sports entertainment and the World of Sports. My apologies ahead of time – I AM a Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins fan! If you’re not down with that, I’ve got TWO WORDS for you… NEW ENGLAND

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footballengland · 5 years ago

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Football Fans remember Rodney Marsh

Rodney Marsh – Your memories of the English Soccer Legend:

Did you watch Rodney play, or go to school with him, or meet him after his playing days?

Let us know your stories and personal memories by adding a comment at the bottom of the page.

Steve Dickinson wrote:

I started supporting QPR in the 1960s as an 11 year old just as they were winning the League Cup and gaining promotion from the 3rd division.

I have 3 outstanding memories of the man on the field:

Vs West Ham It was Rod’s first game in Div 1 (he had still been injured from the end of the previous promotion season), and West Ham played a very skillful game on a typical QPR mudbath (as the pitch was then), and Rodney touched the ball 3 times – a curling shot that hit the post; a disallowed goal, and a mazy run through the slime that left everyone floundering – I felt there should be more; but the papers screamed about his return and how QPR would soon now climb the table (we didn’t !!)

Vs Birmingham (around 1972) This game was on TV and Terry Venables was now at the club orchastrating midfield – Rodney scored the best Hat-trick I have ever seen, with 3 completely different goals that ripped Birmingham apart in a 5-2 win (although I read in one of his books that he thought his hat-trick against Blackpool was better)

Vs Fulham away I am stood in Craven Cottage listening to all the Fulham Fans chanting ‘Rodney is a Fairy’ (this was the normal away fan’s chant), and the singing is deafening. The whistle can just be heard to start the game, and Keith Sanderson gives the ball to Rodney from the kick-off – he traps the ball, reverses it, spins and shoots – a la Pele and Beckham – sure enough the keeper is on the penalty spot and didn’t start moving till way too late – the ball just missed the post!! The ground fell into absolute silence, until 500 isolated voices began ‘Rodneeeeeee, Rodneeeeee’

Great days

Bill Stapleton wrote:

I live in Bradenton Florida, just down the road from Tampa, where I understand Rodney lives. I would love to meet up with him!

I grew up in West Kensington and used to walk to Craven Cottage to see Fulham when Rod was playing. I remember him getting kicked for that injury and I have a theory about that and his play. It was reported that he had ballroom dancing lessons to help him regain his balance. I have always wondered if that contributed to his amazing balance for the rest of his career.

I love magic players, who have that something that makes your eyes pop out as you say “How did he do that?” Rodney had that magic. Just one goal that I will never forget typifies what he was all about. Fulham v Nottingham Forest. Forest take a corner. The ball is cleared to Johnny Haynes of the edge of the box. He swings a long ball out to the left where Rodney is on the halfway line. He sets off down the left wing. (He’s not the quickest). Team mates sprint up the field to support him in the centre and on the right. Rodney beats one, two maybe three, like in slow motion – (How does he do that?!) and is now just inside the Forest box on the left.

The whole crowd is screaming, “Pass!” Rodney beats yet another, then curls an exquisite ball up and over Peter Grummitt, one of the best goalies in England at the time, into the far top corner.

Rodney simply lived in a different time continuum from the rest of us ordinary mortals. Not only did he bamboozle countless defenders, but he left countless spectators with their mouths hanging open, wondering how he did what he did.

John Lines wrote:

I must be one of only a handful of people that remember Rodney playing in goal. It was in a first division match at Craven Cottage in the early 1960’s.

The match was against Northampton Town and early on, Fulham keeper Tony Macedo was knocked out and suffered a broken jaw. Rodders took the jersey as there were no subs in those days. I was standing right behind the goal and remember the look on his face when picking the ball out of the net…. 4 times I think!

Pat Larkin wrote:

I played with the 2nd Team for the ROWDIES (after being recruited from the St. Pete Kickers) with Rodney Marsh back in ’78 & ’79? I can remember watching him from the sidelines & right in front of the bench, he nutmegged a defender twice while dribbling & “teasing” the guy with his dribbling skills for at least 2 minutes (it may have been a game against the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers or NY Cosmos?)….and this poor defender did not get any defensive support from his mates.

Cat & mouse game went on with Rodney just “schooling this kid”. The kid was determined to steal the ball from this old guy and Rodney turned his back to the defender, left the ball and sprinted about 10 yards to his left….with the defender following Rodney and both leaving the ball behind. Rondey then casually jogs back to the ball with the Red Faced Defender behind him just shaking his head…classic exhibition as to why he truly was the “Clown Prince of Soccer”…and as a very young American playing a game we really could only dream of playing like our friends from overseas….I will always cherish the memory!

Loftuslad wrote:

Rodney Marsh was QPR’s first superstar. With him, an unheard of team in the third division beat a first division side in the League Cup Final (when that cup really meant something!) and was the prime mover in taking them from third to First division.

He was also one of the first ‘Mavericks’ who did it their way. He claimed “QPR will ALWAYS be my team, not Man City or Fulham.” After him came ‘mavericks’ like Stan Bowles, Tony Currie, Peter Osgood, Alan Hudson, Charlie George and Frank Worthinhton. But he was a free spirit and could not play in the negative systems of England (The others couldn’t either.)

He was one of the leading lights in the Americas NASL and played on equal terms with George Best at Fulham. But he will always be related to QPR and there was uproar when he left.

It’s a shame there was less media around then, so clips are sparse with all these guys.

Maybe some people are put off him by his pundit work and comments recently but as a footballer, he will always be a genius and always be QPR!!

geniusmarsh wrote:

Rodney Marsh and Stan Bowles are by far the greatest players we have ever had at QPR. I saw Stan play hundreds of times for Rangers and Brentford, he was like a God.

Stan was more of a team player than Rod. But Rod started QPR as an entertaining team to watch, the first superstar. I have seen some polls that vote Stan with 90% and Rod with 10% that’s a joke, there was not much between them.

The difference is Stan is OURS!

He’s only thought of as a Rangers man while Rod is Man City and Fulham, who all claim him, but Stan walks down South Africa Road with everyone else and goes to the local after.

Rodney would never be seen doing that, he is not accessible to fans, and the stuff with Gerry Francis didn’t help.

I would like to have seen Rod, Stan and Tony Currie at their peaks all playing for QPR at the same time.

Rodney was like Gazza (who I have also seen) he would do sod all for 80mins, you would forget he was playing, but a flash of genius would turn the game round.

But Rodney and Stan gave us entertainment, moneys worth, a laugh, on field jokes and jaw dropping flashes of tricks, skill and pure genius, so did Currie and so did Best.

We will never see their like again.

Chris Barnes wrote:

I remember Rodney playing for QPR vs Leyton Orient one Good Friday in the early 70’s. Being an O’s fan I was in awe of Rodney who single handedly destroyed a great Orient defence without scoring.

QPR got a penalty, the man himself missed it & the O’s inexplicably went on to win 2-0. With ironic cries of Rodney, Rodney, Rodney one of the great miscarriages of justice had happened before my eyes.

Although we had won I had witnessed one of the most impressive displays I had ever seen from an English player. Rodney was too good to play for England as was Stan Bowles, Tony Currie, Glen Hoddle & Duncan MacKenzie.

What price those guys now when 80% of the Premier League players can’t speak English & don’t care if their clubs live or die! Rodney, thanks for the memory!

Darrell Storie wrote:

Grew up in London (Clapham) during the seventies, and my Da, a mad Scot would die for Fulham – he started to take me to Craven Cottage from the age of 9 onwards – which was around the time Marsh, along with George Best and Bobby Moore played for us.

My ma, a quiet and thoughtful nurse who came over from the West Indies in the mid fifties thought seeing Fulham would ‘corrupt’ me, and turn me into a hooligan. In fact it did the exact opposite – realised the trio were in the ‘autumn’ of their career, and the circus acts at Craven Cottage (especially a game against Hereford – or was it Hull when they won 4-1) were usually embarrassing.

Could see most of the fans loving it, with Best taking the ball off Marsh, and vice versa a couple of seconds later…but there were also many who realised this wasn’t going to last for long.

It was around 1977 (or thereabouts) when I followed cricket – England, that is as an antidote to the depression!

Jane Banks wrote:

I MET RODNEY MARSH, TERRY VENABLES, & TONY HAZELL WHEN THEY PLAYED FOR QPR. THEY WERE PLAYING AT CHARLTON ATHLETIC AND I HAD GONE TO THE SUPPORTERS LOUNGE AFTER THE GAME. I WAS SAT AT A TABLE ON MY OWN AND THE THREE PLAYERS ASKED IF I MINDED IF THEY JOINED ME. I WAS THRILLED TO BITS!

AT THE TIME I WAS 23YRS OLD & VERY OVERWEIGHT. HOWEVER, RODNEY BEING RODNEY THOUGHT OTHERWISE, AND ASKED ME WHEN THE ‘HAPPY EVENT’ WAS DUE! I JUST LAUGHED AND SAID “ITS ALL ME, I’M AFRAID RODNEY!” HE APOLOGISED AND WE ALL HAD A GOOD LAUGH ABOUT IT, I WAS NOT OFFENDED AT ALL.

THEY ASKED ME IF I WOULD GO AND SEE THEM PLAY AT LOFTUS ROAD, AS AT THE TIME I WAS WORKING IN A HOSPITAL IN FULHAM ROAD & HAD SAID I WATCHED CHELSEA WHEN CHARLTON WERE AWAY. SADLY I DIDN’T GO, I WAS TOO NERVOUS, AND DIDN’T THINK FOR ONE MINUTE THEY WOULD REMEMBER ME.

I CERTAINLY HAVEN’T FORGOTTEN THEM, THEY WERE GREAT COMPANY & I WAS DELIGHTED TO HAVE MET THEM. I DIDN’T HAVE CHILDREN OF MY OWN, SO I HAVE NO ONE TO PASS THE STORY DOWN TOO. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO MEET RODNEY AGAIN. BUT I DOUBT HE WILL BE AT WEMBLEY NEXT WEEK WHEN GRIMSBY TOWN PLAY M K DONS AT WEMBLEY.

Dino wrote:

Back in the late 70’s, Rodney Marsh WAS Tampa Bay sports. He helped put Tampa on the sports map. Our football team (Buccaneers) was horrible and the Rowdies did one thing….WIN!!!

During World Cup ’94 I would chat with Rodney every Friday evening before his flight departed Tampa for Atlanta to do his gig with CNN for the cup.

My greatest memory of Sir Rodney has to be the first Rowdie game I attended, the 1978 Conference Championship with 38,000 watching(in a driving rainstorm). Rodney scored the winning goal in a shootout as the Rowdies beat the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers and advanced to Soccer Bowl ’78. Thanks for the memories Rodney!!

naiomi crofts wrote:

i just wanna say since rodney william marsh was on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! i loved him he is my hero and i voted for him every day. then he went out i even dressed up as him an cried when he left but rodney u r da best no matter what, from your loyal friend naiomi crofts.

ps. say hi to him and his daughter joanne.

peter langston wrote:

I was his paper boy when he lived in Cornwall Road in Ruislip in the early ’70’s

alex wrote:

Rodney is such a legend, listening to him and PBT on tlkSPORT got me through my GCSE’s! if reports are to be believed i can’t wait to see him on I’m a celebrity. i have no doubt he will bring the show to life!

Steve Maddox wrote:

I find it surprising that the memories posted on this website of Rod are all from Tampa fans, with the exception of one QPR fan. Rod was a real genius and I saw him play many times for Man City in the early-mid 70’s…and also a few years later when he was with Fulham.

Despite what some people say, Rod was a massive hero at City and was adored and idolised by the fans……..

My memories of Rodney are just too many and too wonderful to recount, but suffice it to say he was just so entertaining and gifted and brilliant to watch.

He scored some amazing goals at City…..but his all round passing, dribbling and attacking ability was breath taking. I truly believe that Rod was the most gifted player I have ever seen, and although he was not the quickest, he more than made up for it with his vision, brilliant ball control and the way he read the game…he had a fantastic footballing brain.

What a joke that he only won 9 England caps….

Thanks Rod…we loved you (and still do) at City.

Sean Forrester wrote:

I worked with Rodney during his time in the media. During my career, I have worked with a number of former footballer, who have played in and won medals in World and European Cups, Champions League, Division 1, Premiership etc etc.

The vast majority of the ex-pros are happy to indulge in stories of their past glories and are rightly proud of them too.

However, in all my life, I’ve never met a player who had such a sub-standard career and banged on about it so much.

Marsh is an arrogant, psuedo intellectual tit and a more self gratified and plain wierd individual. I for one am relived to have him off our screens

Charles Rivers wrote:

I live in Tampa Florida (U.S.A.) I grew up in the 70’s and the Tampa Bay Rowdies were of course my favourite soccer team. My grandmother is from Kent, England and she taught me all about “football” as you call it.

Anyway, I was walking through Tampa Stadium one day prior to a night game for the Rowdies

when out from the locker area comes Rodney.

It wasn’t uncommon for him to come walk around and talk to people. I was 6 years old and he lifted me up and asked me my name. I told him Charles and he told me it was a Kings name.

He was very kind. A while later Rodney decided to retire and they had his “memorial game” at Tampa Stadium….when my mom purchased the program for the game we opened it up and inside was a picture of the day Rodney had picked me up. I have it still. I was wearing a green striped Interbay United shirt and my team name was Manchester City at the time.

Somehow my parents got in touch with him and we all met at his home. The next thing I know my dad bought his daughters’ all white bedroom set for my sister.

So my sister had Rodney Marsh’s daughters room set and I had a picture in his retirement program of us for life.

Thats my story I hope you liked it.

Edward Toye wrote:

Rodney was my hero when I was young and for me embodies all that is good about the game. Supremely talented, with a streak of arrogance he was a genius and for me the best English player there has ever been!

JOHN STUNT wrote:

RODNEY MARSH THE LEGEND.

I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE SEEN AND MEET THE MAN HIMSELF. I CAN REMEMBER HIM TURNING A GAME AROUND WITH PURE GENIUS. HE WAS NOT ALWAYS INVOLVED IN THE GAME FROM START TO FINISH, BUT JUST A FLASH OF CLASS WAS ENOUGH TO SEND US ALL HOME AS HAPPY AS LARRY, AND WE KNEW WE WERE THE GREATEST TEAM IN LONDON.

MY AUNTIE AND UNCLE HAD A FRAMED PICTURE OF RODNEY ON THEIR WALL, AND IF SOMEONE DARED SWEAR IN THAT ROOM THEY HAD TO APPOLIGISE TO RODNEY, (HOW DARE THEY SWEAR IN THE PRESENT OF A SPORTING GOD).

YEARS LATER I DROVE FROM LONDON TO STOCKPORT TO A CHARITY GOLF EVENT TO SEE THE GREAT MAN HIMSELF.

AS I DROVE INTO THE COURSE I SPOTTED RODNEY, I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND AS SOON AS HE SAW THE QPR TOP IN MY HANDS HE STOPPPED PLAYING AND SIGNED MY TOP, WHICH IS NOW MY MOST PRIZED POSSESSION.

RODNEY WAS AND IS STILL A LEGEND I MY EYES.

Anthony Fernandez wrote:

I had the pleasure of watching Rodney Marsh play for the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League for four great years. He came to the team for the 1976 season after the team had won the NASL Cup the year before. The team made it to the final two more times with him as the captain, but failed to win another championship. He was a very popular player during his time in Tampa and is remembered well here in the community to this day.

I still remember a match at Tampa Stadium when he dropped his shorts, that had ripped, as a trainer held two towels in front and rear only to have the rear towel fall to expose a full Rodney moon. The article in the local newspaper the next day had the photo with the headline “Footloose and Fannie Free”.

Mike Davis wrote:

During the late 70s, Rodney Marsh almost single-handedly made football, or soccer as we call it, a tremendously popular sport in Tampa.

He became the most popular sports figure in the city….even bigger than american football players. He was dashing, handsome and most of all great to watch play the game…. wonderfully entertaining.

He produced on the field, scoring many beautiful goals and assists, and was the centerpiece of the very successful Tampa Bay Rowdies. Even though it has been many years now since those days, he is still very fondly remembered in Tampa.

Joby Canoby wrote:

Though it was american NASL soccer, it was all we had in Tampa Bay. Watching Rodney Marsh at the age of 18-20 was amazing. For instance:

1)Seeing him go to his knees with the ball in homage to Pele against the Cosmos. 2)Watching him always take the final and usually game winning penalty kicks 3)Following him with binoculars, and seeing what opposing teams enforcers did to him to try and stop him from dominating games. (it never stopped him by the way and most of it wasn’t very sportsmanlike) 4)Joining with the other 45,000 fans screaming his name in unison after he won yet another game for us.

Frosty wrote:

Tampa Bay Rowdies – While playing with the Rowdies, Rodney provided much excitement and talent. He made others around him better and as a result allowed Fabbiani lead the NASL in scoring.

On national tv against the N.Y. Cosmos Rodney put on/displayed perhaps one of his best performances against the likes of none other than Pele, Beckenbauer, Chinaglia, Alberto. We won the highly anticipated match.

Rodney matched with Derek Smethurst was a deadly combination for any defense to go against……

John Rolfe: wrote:

Rodney Marsh – Memories

Vivid memories of Rodney sitting on the ball in the penalty area of teams like Watford and Swindon when two or three goals up: once the game was won he preferred to entertain than to go for goal all the time.

One dummy, when he was stationary, caused his opponent to jump up and land on his back in an attempt to block the ball which Rodney had not kicked.

Seeing him set up chances for Mick Leach and watch how he got on.

Watching him trip on his own feet and win penalties.

Watching him (at 4-0 with 2 goals himself already) prepare to take a penalty and walk back, and keep walking on with the crowd cheering until he reached the centre circle, running back with the crowd baying, feinting, stopping in his tracks just short of the penalty spot, watching the goalie tumble involuntarily to his right while Rodney, with a smile on his face, rolled the ball slowly to his left.

Watching from behind the Bristol Rovers goal as he struck a late League Cup equaliser by bending the ball hugely around the wall; this was in the days when they played with proper footballs of the type that only Marsh, Bowles and Rivelino could bend.

Great memories. QPR players smiled and laughed a lot during the games…

from Football England https://www.football-england.com/football-fans-remember-rodney-marsh.html

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Longzhu Gaming end the LCK

Longzhu Gaming took down Samsung Galaxy earlier these days to comfortable the LCK’s first seed entering into subsequent week’s playoffs.

It turned into fitting that Samsung Galaxy and Longzhu Gaming might near out the Summer Split everyday season with a chain that had so much on the road. Following KT Rolster’s loss to SK Telecom T1 in advance this week, it was decided that the winner of the present day fit between Samsung and Longzhu might earn the primary seed, guaranteeing them a niche in the LCK finals.

For Longzhu, this became a brand new enjoy. This marks the primary time that Longzhu has made the playoffs since the company rebranding from Incredible Miracle in 2016—and now they’re fighting for a spot in the finals. In game one, Longzhu’s early interest in their veteran duo inside the bot lane wasn’t sudden. Longzhu hooked up a clean lead early in the sport via getting rid of 3 Samsung players—with two of the kills getting into want of Longzhu’s ADC, Kim “PraY” Jong-in.

Using their lead to take the tier one bot lane turret, Longzhu used their momentum to push their vision to manipulate into Samsung’s jungle. Samsung, unaware of those wards, walked

directly into Longzhu’s trap, losing 3 players throughout the map.

Longzhu used their guy advantage to effortlessly take a Baron, and driven instantly into Samsung’s base. Samsung managed to defend their turrets for some time, but in the end fell to a brilliant have interaction from Longzhu’s guide, Kang “GorillA” Beom-Hyeon. Game two saw Longzhu attempt to replicate their preceding bot lane lead, but this time, they were unsuccessful. Samsung’s mid laner, Lee “Crown” Min-ho, became short to roam and foiled Longzhu’s try at an early bot lane gank, earning a go back kill for himself. Although they looked precise for the early a part of the game, it was Samsung’s hubris that led to their eventual downfall. In a try to start a very early Baron after seeing Longzhu’s duo kill Lee “Cuvee” Seong-jin, Samsung had been nearly aced. Samsung then lost the next team fight and have been pressured to surrender the Baron and any momentum that they had. Longzhu used this Baron to take turrets and gain entire vision control. Even after Longzhu’s Baron had worn off, Samsung has been forced to cede later targets due to their loss of vision. These later targets snowballed Longzhu into a smooth victory.

As the LCK’s new first-area group, Longzhu is directly seeded into the Summer Split finals. Although Longzhu won’t play till Aug. 26, the LCK playoffs will start on Aug. 11, with Afreeca Freecs taking on SK Telecom T1.

Here’s how SKT can qualify for Worlds Is it all over for the current world champions? Adam Newell News Writer MonkeyKingHero

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The 2017 LCK Summer Split hasn’t been the excellent season for the reigning League of Legends global champions. SK Telecom T1 these days completed the Summer Split in the fourth vicinity and face a difficult run to the summer season finals if they have any hopes of protecting their Worlds name this year in China on Sept. 28.

There are more than one approaches that SKT can qualify for the World Championships while not having to stand the LCK Regional Playoffs in September. The crew currently have 90 circuit factors after finishing first in the Spring Split, which is probably essential for the team shifting forward.

Screengrab through LCK If SKT fails to beat Afreeca Freecs on Aug. 12, they’ll need a few assist. Afreeca could want to beat Samsung Galaxy, with KT Rolster prevailing the playoffs, in order for SKT to visit Worlds because of the LCK’s second seed.

If the defending world champions beat Afreeca and lose in opposition to both Samsung Galaxy or KT Rolster inside the subsequent two rounds of summer season playoffs, then SKT will need to pray that KT beat Longzhu Gaming within the finals on Aug. 28 to visit Worlds as the LCK’s 2nd seed.

If SKT makes it to the finals, irrespective of the end result, they’re assured to go to Worlds either as the first or 2nd seed for the LCK region.

Basically, SKT’s fate is in their own fingers—they need to overcome KT to assure a spot at Worlds. Otherwise, all eyes can be on Longzhu to take the primary seed and pressure SKT to undergo the LCK Regional Playoffs to play towards several groups, such as Samsung Galaxy and Afreeca Freecs.

If SKT struggle in the LCK Summer Playoffs and fail to win the LCK Regional Finals, then they gained be going to the World Championships at all this year—no pressure.

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Afreeca Freecs at ease a niche within the LCK Playoffs Jin Air fall just short. Adam Newell News Writer MonkeyKingHero

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Afreeca Freecs defeated Jin Air GreenWings in advance today to comfortable their region within the LCK Summer Playoffs.

After defeating SK Telecom T1 on July 18, Jin Air positioned themselves in a terrific role to make an unlikely playoff run. Since then, although, the crew has lost too often and hasn’t been able to benefit any floor on the squads in front of them. The first recreation of the series became an intently-contested fit, with neither facet really gaining a bonus over the opposite.

It took the half-hour for Jin Air to at ease the first kill of the whole sport. Jin Air then appeared to take the lead via a chain of great plays, however, were unluckily squashed inside the past due game while Afreeca determined a perfect team fight to win the suit.

Jin Air wasn’t willing to go down with out a fight and compelled Africa to earn their 2nd win in the collection. The recreation lasted simply over forty mins, with both teams tied until the past due game.

Africa became the sport in their desire by securing a Baron and an Elder Drake to give them the strength they wished to break into Jin Air’s base and take the series.

This winning approach that regardless of how the alternative series play out, Afreeca has cemented their spot inside the LCK Summer Playoffs, giving themselves a shot to qualify for Worlds.

All Africa need to do to get there’s beat SK Telecom T1, Longzhu Gaming, Samsung Galaxy, and KT Rolster—sounds simple enough.

TODAY – 4:fifty nine AMLEAGUE OF LEGENDS / TSM / CLG / 2017 SUMMER SPLIT / NA LCS TSM sweep CLG in a rollicking collection to take first place inside the NA LCS TSM all over again give up the ordinary season on top of the vicinity. Xing Li League of Legends Analyst xing thali

Photo through Riot Games TSM vs. CLG is often a massacre.

That’s due to the fact the two teams are in detail acquainted with every other. Not only have the two long gone head-to-head since before the first season of aggressive League of Legends, however, they may be of the most successful teams in latest seasons. In addition to normal season series, the two have confronted off in high-pressure playoff matches. Due to that achievement, the 2 have additionally maintained the maximum stable rosters during the last years. These groups have performed each other with the identical players so often that they every understand what the opposite desires to do—and how to beat it. That’s why, earlier than the collection, CLG top laner Darshan Updahyaya advised us to anticipate a bunch of team fights. The cutting-edge collection among the 2 actually lived as much as the hype. It just took a while to get there. The first recreation changed into a bit of a letdown—not as it wasn’t true, but because TSM’s superstar mid laner, Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg, took manipulate of the healthy and in no way let pass. He obtained an early 4-person dive to get first blood and took off like a rocket.

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