Shirts Off Rules

Shirts Off Rules

Last night we weren't winning with 10 mins to go.
110 was the right time for shirts off.

You took yours off early didn't you?

Haha, I must admit I was also in the premature shirt ejaculation grouping  ahmad2010-03-08 23:10:08

Agreed,110mins.

In extra time, why couldn't it be at the 20th (110 minutes total) minute?  We were ahead with 10mins remaining in regulation extra time.

Having read that literally, as written, yes I was wrong.

But isn't the spirit of the tradition that essentially "from that point onwards" (ie. the 80th minute) "if the Phoenix are to go in front" that shirts will be removed?

Anyway regardless there was not enough shirt removal yesterday. And tradition needs clarification for clarity in future finals.

P.S. Does this happen for away games also??

Because there was an excuse for getting them off earlier

it was so bloody hot that my mate had his shirt off all game. i took mine off after the 2nd goal.

Bah! The way I see it, it was past the 80 minute mark and we took the lead. That's shirts off, and that's when I got my shirt off. May have been 5 minutes early (when Ifill scored) but I could sense victory and that's the idea of all this anyway.

+1

Fully with you Oska. If we take the lead at any point after 80 minutes, shirts go off.

I refrained until after 3rd goal...There were some guys a few rows ahead who had them off before extra time started..I (unsuccessfully) started cahnting that them to "put your f***ing shirt on"

What the f**k is up with the Tards taking their tops off?

Monkey see monkey do?

i was very disappointed to see the shirts go off after Ifill's goal. 10 mins to go is the tradition and the protocol. please respect

This is a very important issue that requires clarification.

The Fever Zone tradition is that shirts are removed with ten minutes to go, if the Phoenix are leading.  They will also be removed if the Phoenix go in front during the last ten minutes Tegal2010-03-09 13:19:00

Guys, before you go spouting on about the 110th minute, pay attention to when Ifill scored the 2nd goal.

It was after 5 minutes into the first half of overtime. "Last 10 minutes" in the first half of overtime.

What's wrong with that?

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

"That 10 minutes was the wrong 10 minutes" WTF?!

I agree with the OP, it should be "leading or go into the lead after 80 minutes". Then people can stop pissing and moaning about which 10 minutes is the "correct" one.Ard Righ2010-03-09 13:44:58

I think the only way to settle this is through a poll.  I've heard it phrased "shirts off after 80 minutes" and "shirts off with ten to go" so I was unsure also.  I do think that in extra time to take shirts off at 110 minutes is stupid as penalties can go on for however many minutes.  So I took my shirt off when Ifill scored as it was past the 80 minute mark.

Big whoop, wanna fight about it?

I think its a moot point anyway, you say "oh but if you take your shirts off early (at 105 minutes) you jinx it" and yet there was no jinxing - we went on to score again.  I'm not saying we'll take our shirts off earlier during regulation time or anything, but extra time is so rare that it should have special rules.  I stand by my decision to shirt off at 105.

I propose that the official rules for removing shirts be handed out with the song sheets.

Shirts off?

At what point can we take our pants off?

My point is, following that wording it is impossible to know when the last 10 minutes will start, without knowing the exact amount of stoppage time to be played.

I maintain that that can't be done until we have 7 goals.  I repeat, 7 goals, not only if we have 7 more than them, just 7.

We were going to do pants off in the Gold Coast game but the players were too lazy to bag another.

Wow. Mitchell's been putting himself out there.

When toffee pops approach you to star in an ad you have that good a body

last time I checked there were two halves of over time, though I am prepared to be proved wrong on that....

I'm happy either way ("after 80 mins" or "last 10 mins") so I think we should have a vote.

for what it's worth there is a major draw back to both that should be considered. If we do "after 80 mins" and we score in the first couple mins of over time the opposition has around 30 mins to score.....


if we do last 10 mins people will allways prematurely take off their shirts due to the unbridled excitement that acompanies going ahead in extra time. For co-ordinating purposes I think maybe "after 80" is easiest, though I have been refering it to the "10 mins to go" rule for 3 years now so am a little reluctant to change:)

depends if it's hot or not

Right. Just waiting for toffee pops then.

just remember not to actually eat toffee pops while you wait - choc & caramel does not equal six pack

I have taken my shirt off every time we've been winning at the 80 minute mark at home ...or when we hit the lead at any point after that time.

My shirt came off as soon as Ifill's shot hit the back of the net....and stayed off as we banged in another....we hit the lead after the 80 minute mark is the way I see it, and will do so regardless of what anyone says.

I've also had the pleasure of taking it off once in the Sydney Football Stadium in the 2-1 win over there last season and I'm fairly certain I'll be removing my shirt in the SFS around 11:35pm (nzt) on Saturday night....




 

Im with you on this coxey,dont care if its extra time or not its after the 80min mark which is the point at which they come off.