{"id":8275,"date":"2021-07-08T10:16:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T09:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/?p=8275"},"modified":"2021-07-08T10:27:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T09:27:40","slug":"only-fools-and-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/only-fools-and-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Only Fools and Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: right; margin:5px 0 5px 5px;\">\n<amp-auto-ads type=\"adsense\"\r\n              data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\">\r\n<\/amp-auto-ads>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Del Boy Wishes The England Team All The Best For the Final in Euro 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Only Fools and Football (Euro 2020 Message From Del Boy)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ke0jYD4oHCs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Only Fools and Football (Euro 2020 Message From Del Boy) A NEW video from Del Boy For the Fans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ke0jYD4oHCs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/football-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"Only Fools and Football\" class=\"wp-image-8276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/football-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/football-530x298.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/football-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/football-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/football.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trotters Love Football<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/fOuPc3AYo5c\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s obvious that the Trotters loved football as a sport. 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Two GCE&#8217;s was pushing it!<\/p><div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ofah2-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5593259115\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/worldcup-450x550.jpg\" alt=\"Trotters are the Champions\" class=\"wp-image-1289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/worldcup-450x550.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/worldcup.jpg 491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Trotters are the Champions<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Del wasn&#8217;t a Millwall fan as he was quite derogatory &#8220;Stone me Rodney, a&nbsp;<em>Millwall<\/em>&nbsp;fan could have worked that out! 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