Football and Military Propaganda Thread

[beak]

seand in the 'settings for official team photos thread' wrote: Wow. Bookmarking this one for the future 'football and military propaganda' thread.

Come on, it's too good an idea for someone not to do it. Already a few good examples in that thread, so will suffice with Yeovil's marvellously effort as posted by Haribo West:

[The-Reverend]

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Unfortunately no pictorial evidence, but when I was based at Chicksands in Bedfordshire Brian Laws brought his Scunthorpe team down for a few days for some training from our PTI's and a game.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

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Sir Alex Ferguson inspecting the troops

[seand]

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Some great pics of Millwall's horrendous desert camouflage kit, via the Mascots Observing Minutes Silence thread. Quite what Millwall's Irish trio thought of dressing up in British military paraphernalia is not recorded.

http://www.london24.com/sport/football/clubs/millwall/9_great_pictures_of_millwall_playing_in_special_ca mouflage_kit_against_brentford_1_3839648

[Nocturnal Submission]

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[Nefertiti2]

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been connected for a long time

[longeared]

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Bolton introduced a green third kit this season for some military charity. It was unveiled before Neil Lennon took over, incidentally.

[Borracho]

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Michel Platini doing his national service in the early 1970s.

[seand]

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longeared wrote: Bolton introduced a green third kit this season for some military charity. It was unveiled before Neil Lennon took over, incidentally.

Whaddya mean before Lennon? There he is in the middle, big ginger head on him.

[Toby Gymshorts]

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Green Calx wrote: Michel Platini doing his national service in the early 1970s.

That's given me a 'French Mistake' earworm, for some reason.

[seand]

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Who said giant banners are a new thing?

[Toby Gymshorts]

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Dunno, but the suspense is killing me.

[Geoffrey de Ste. Croix]

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Klaas Nuninga and Jan Mulder put a brave face on their dienstplicht:

[Geoffrey de Ste. Croix]

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Green Calx wrote: Michel Platini doing his national service in the early 1970s.

I like the way the epaulettes of the front row grunts make them look like crusty Soviet generals.

[ursus arctos]

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I presume that Platini did his service is the relatively famous Bataillon de Joinville which existed solely for promising footballers to expunge their service obligations while avoiding harm and perhaps winning France a few military football competitions.

Which would mean that everyone else in the photo is also a footballer (note that they are posing w/footballs rather than weapons), and wondering to themselves just how much of a prima donna Michel was.

[Borracho]

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One thing which strikes me about that photo is just how closely Platini resembled Paul McCartney back then.

[ursus arctos]

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Here's a photo of the Bataillon de Joinville team from 1973, including a number of future French internationals (as well as teammates whose names have been lost to the vagaries of football history)

En haut, de gauche à droite: Guy Briet-X-René Girard-Dominique Rocheteau-X-X-Daniel Zorzetto-X-Jacques Laposte-X.
En bas, de gauche à droite: X, Albert Rust, X, X, X, Pierrick Hiard, Didier Six, X, André Wiss.

[Southport Zeb]

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South Korean side Sangmu are similar to the Joinville side, in that they are made up of players on national service. They currently play in the second tier, although they have spent most of the last decade or so in the top flight (mostly towards the bottom)

[Borracho]

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I've just noticed Max Bossis in that Platini photo too.

[tee rex]

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Ambitious Arsenal leave Highbury for pastures new ...

[linus]

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Geoffrey de Ste. Croix wrote:

Michel Platini doing his national service in the early 1970s.

I like the way the epaulettes of the front row grunts make them look like crusty Soviet generals.

Bossis and also, Bathenay, Lopez, Larqué, Sahnoun, Giresse,... I think the guy who looks like Pires that's looking at Platini is Larios?

[ursus arctos]

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Could well be.

Think that Janvion is in the back row as well.

[The-Reverend]

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[seand]

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Some quality application of military helicopter to football pitch at Leicester City....

http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/11/14/raf-shawbury-helicopter-crews-back-remembrance-day/

[MsD]

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Nefertiti2 wrote: been connected for a long time

Love this, borrowed it for FB.