Extracts from the first 72 minutes of the Southampton v. Charlton football match as reported on BBCi Live i.e. on their website:

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71:28 Header by Michael Svensson (Southampton) from left side of penalty area (18 yards)...

69:02 Shot by Brett Ormerod (Southampton) left-footed from right channel (20 yards), blocked by...

64:13 Goal - Scott Parker: Southampton 2-2 Charlton.
Goal by Scott Parker (Charlton) right-footed (top-right of goal) from right channel (30 yards). Southampton 2-2 Charlton.

63:10 Shot by Brett Ormerod (Southampton) right-footed from left side of penalty area (18 yards)...

62:53 Cross by Claus Jensen (Charlton), shot by Paolo Di Canio (Charlton) right-footed from right side of penalty area (18 yards)...

60:37 ...header by Jonathan Fortune (Charlton) from centre of penalty area (20 yards), over the bar.

59:45 Shot by Claus Jensen (Charlton) right-footed from right side of penalty area (18 yards)...shot by Jason Euell (Charlton) right-footed from right channel (18 yards), blocked by Jason Dodd (Southampton). Shot by Graham Stuart (Charlton) right-footed from right side of penalty area (18 yards)...

56:01 Cross by Paolo Di Canio (Charlton), shot by Radostin Kishishev (Charlton) right-footed from right side of penalty area (18 yards)...

51:09 Cross by Matthew Holland (Charlton), shot by Graham Stuart (Charlton) right-footed from left side of penalty area (18 yards), hit woodwork...

48:14 Header by Claus Lundekvam (Southampton) from centre of penalty area (18 yards)...header by Rory Delap (Southampton) from centre of penalty area (18 yards)...

45:28 Goal - Scott Parker: Southampton 2-1 Charlton.
Goal by Scott Parker (Charlton) right-footed (bottom-right of goal) from left channel (25 yards). Southampton 2-1 Charlton.

44:59 Goal - Brett Ormerod: Southampton 2-0 Charlton.
Cross by James Beattie (Southampton), goal by Brett Ormerod (Southampton) right-footed (top-left of goal) from right side of six-yard box (6 yards). Southampton 2-0 Charlton.

42:14 Shot by Scott Parker (Charlton) right-footed from right channel (35 yards)...

37:57 Shot by Scott Parker (Charlton) left-footed from left side of penalty area (18 yards)...

37:10 Shot by James Beattie (Southampton) right-footed from left side of penalty area (18 yards)...

36:12 Cross by Jason Euell (Charlton), shot by Hermann Hreidarsson (Charlton) left-footed from left side of penalty area (18 yards)...

33:30 Shot by Marian Pahars (Southampton) right-footed from right side of penalty area (18 yards)...

25:51 Shot by Paolo Di Canio (Charlton) left-footed from left side of penalty area (18 yards), over the bar...

22:27 Shot by Paolo Di Canio (Charlton) right-footed from left side of penalty area (6 yards)...

21:48 Shot by David Prutton (Southampton) right-footed from right channel (25 yards), save (caught) by Dean Kiely (Charlton). Shot by Danny Higginbotham (Southampton) left-footed from left channel (30 yards), blocked...

20:14 Shot by Radostin Kishishev (Charlton) right-footed from right channel (30 yards)...

19:32 Shot by James Beattie (Southampton) right-footed from left side of penalty area (18 yards)...

14:57 Cross by Paul Telfer (Southampton), shot by James Beattie (Southampton) right-footed from left side of penalty area (6 yards)...

12:50 Shot by Rory Delap (Southampton) right-footed from right channel (25 yards)...

4:28 Goal - Michael Svensson: Southampton 1-0 Charlton. Shot by David Prutton (Southampton) right-footed from right channel (20 yards), blocked by Scott Parker (Charlton). Outswinging corner from left by-line taken right-footed by Jason Dodd (Southampton) to centre, clearance by Chris Perry (Charlton). Goal by Michael Svensson (Southampton) right-footed (low centre of goal) from left side of six-yard box (6 yards). Southampton 1-0 Charlton

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All that to demonstrate that we use yards in football?!?

Cheers for that Tony!!!

I have a yard at the back of my house.


Not very funny I know - but what do you expect with jet-lag and sunburn?