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Premier League updates from the 12.30pm GMT kick-offLive scoreboard | Premier League top scorers | Mail ScottThe Crosby-Dibble affair: a reappraisal. “Thing is with that Gary Crosby goal,” begins Bill Hargreaves, “if Andy Dibble had been less concerned with appealing to the ref, I think there’s a good chance he could have got across to dive on that ball. Ah, the morals to the stories.” Ian Copestake adds: “Mr Dibble missed a trick not immediately going down holding his face.”All of which would have robbed us of a genuinely iconic happening, with each frame of the film timed to comic perfection. It can’t be bettered, and there’s added poignancy in Dibble’s reaction, which faithfully follows the rules of the five stages of grief. Denial: the shocked, disbelieving look on his coupon as Crosby tips the ball off the platform of his palm. Anger and bargaining: haring after the referee in the affronted style, with the express intention of debating the Laws of the Game. Depression and acceptance: the immediate deceleration of his run as the reality of the situation overwhelms him, and he realises he’s not got a leg to stand on, looking around impotently for a cavalry that will never arrive. Poor Dibble. But don’t let it define his career: he’ll always have his sensational performance in Luton’s 1988 League Cup final win over Arsenal. He’ll always have Wembley. Poor Nigel Winterburn. Continue reading...
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The Crosby-Dibble affair: a reappraisal. “Thing is with that Gary Crosby goal,” begins Bill Hargreaves, “if Andy Dibble had been less concerned with appealing to the ref, I think there’s a good chance he could have got across to dive on that ball. Ah, the morals to the stories.” Ian Copestake adds: “Mr Dibble missed a trick not immediately going down holding his face.”
All of which would have robbed us of a genuinely iconic happening, with each frame of the film timed to comic perfection. It can’t be bettered, and there’s added poignancy in Dibble’s reaction, which faithfully follows the rules of the five stages of grief. Denial: the shocked, disbelieving look on his coupon as Crosby tips the ball off the platform of his palm. Anger and bargaining: haring after the referee in the affronted style, with the express intention of debating the Laws of the Game. Depression and acceptance: the immediate deceleration of his run as the reality of the situation overwhelms him, and he realises he’s not got a leg to stand on, looking around impotently for a cavalry that will never arrive. Poor Dibble. But don’t let it define his career: he’ll always have his sensational performance in Luton’s 1988 League Cup final win over Arsenal. He’ll always have Wembley. Poor Nigel Winterburn. Continue reading...
