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March 20

This century's greatest football matches?

Yo yo yo, I said yo. I have this friend, European, who thinks that association football (soccer) is an interminably boring sport. What I would like to do is to show her the finest exhibitions of football in this century. Can you provide me with this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.70.229.182 (talk) 01:02, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Will you show her just the brilliant goals, like the TV news, or the whole 90+ minutes of every match? There's a very good reason the TV news people do what they do. But if that's what you intend to do, it's cheating. HiLo48 (talk) 01:09, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's necessarily a subjective answer you're asking for because all footy fans will have their own team's matches at the forefront of their selection. And that means you're asking for opinion which we don't really give on the Reference Desk. However, at the risk of getting sat on for offering an opinion, I will give you my all-time most entertaining match: Liverpool 5, Alavez 4. UEFA Cup Final 2001. --TammyMoet (talk) 09:51, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Forcing her to watch more than 5 minutes of something she loathes is a sure way to lose her. 92.28.241.202 (talk) 14:50, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe have her watch the shootout from the next-most-recent World Cup finale, in which a guy dealt his own team's chances a severe blow by head-butting an opponent. That was definitely a memorable soccer highlight. I certainly got a kick out of it. :) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:38, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Last year's World Cup match between Uruguay and Ghana was exciting, especially with the handball and the missed penalty and all that. Also, although not from "this century", the Hand of God game is also pretty exciting, since Maradona still single-handedly won the game with that other goal. Adam Bishop (talk) 19:50, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The 2005 UEFA Champions League Final. Liverpool turning round a 3-0 deficit early in the second half, Rafa Benitez's first season in charge, and an end to the speculation that Steven Gerrard would move to Chelsea. Astronaut (talk) 12:40, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

i'm sure no-one will agree, but Man United beating Roma 7:1 takes some beating for me. Highlights here, some great goals. Postrock1 (talk) 20:38, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Surprised no-one has yet mentioned the Brazil side from the FIFA World Cup 1970, one of the acknowledged classic sides of the World Cup. Their game against England was one of many great performances, and also boasted one of the greatest goalkeeping saves ever by Gordon Banks. --Viennese Waltz 15:14, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That was last century. Nanonic (talk) 20:07, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't quite make 'this century', but the 1999 replayed FA Cup semi-final between Manchester United and Arsenal has got everything: dramatic last stages of an historic competition, two bitter rivals slugging it out, a sending off, a disallowed goal that would have won the match dramatically, a saved penalty that also would have won the match right at the death, extra time, and a heroic comeback by the 10 men culminating in a goal routinely described as the best ever scored in an FA Cup semi-final. Brings me out in goosebumps just to recall it. Maid Marion (talk) 14:44, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'd agree with Viennese Waltz. Show her a compilation of a few goals that team scored. Even if it was last century. The Carlos Alberto screamer in the 1970 World Cup final was just joyous. Here's the whole final in 2 and a half minutes and here's Carlos A's goal in about 90 seconds of lascivious pleasure for your eyes. --Dweller (talk) 15:46, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The most exciting match I ever saw was the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Italy; especially when the latter won. The defeated expression on French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez's face was priceless.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 15:52, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

original singer of the song Who are you

Added section header; I presume the question has nothing to do with football. Mitch Ames (talk) 03:06, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know the original singer of the song Who are you? This was also sung by Ms. Lea Salonga in her album named "Inspired". Lyrics would be:

Who are you? Are you a season a lifetime an hour? Would you be here when the sky turns to winter? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.82.132.226 (talk) 02:57, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

General Warning: googling on the lyric above and selecting one of the top hits took me to a site that immediately tried to download malware under the guise of a fake "security scan." Others more IT-proficient may wish to investigate and decide whether or not the entire query constitutes spam. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.197.66.165 (talk) 05:05, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll AGF and answer the question. The music and lyrics are by Bill Cantos, and he performed the song on his 1995 album of the same name according to Allmusic. Both links appear to be safe. --Antiquary (talk) 11:39, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Winchester 73

The movie, Winchester 73, played in a movie theater in Peoria, Illinois, in 1950. What was the name of the theater? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.214.101.21 (talk) 15:44, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The way to find the anwswer is to look at newspaper theater ads from the time. Are there any Peoria papers archived online? —Kevin Myers 17:35, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I really can't improve much on Kevin's answer, but I'm sure that the downtown branch of the Peoria Public Library will have microfilm copies of the Peoria Journal Star going back farther than 1950. IMDB gives the release date as 12 July, 1950. I hope that you weren't planning on visiting the theatre in which it played as all of the drive-ins and most of the movie theatres from 1950 have been demolished to make room for commercial development.Chief41074 (talk) 16:41, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My information:

To whome it may concern,

My name is Elena Goode, I am an actress and my personal information is on wiki, but my birthdate is incorrect. Can it please be corrected to 08/22/83. It is posted a year or so off, If you need any further verification please feel free to email me at [address removed for privacy].

Thank you for your time and attention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.231.60 (talk) 20:28, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I corrected the date in the article. I also removed your e-mail address from your post for privacy reasons. --Thomprod (talk) 21:20, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

short Music clip identification

Can someone identify what song/artist is this http://ifile.it/u05b38s/audio2.wav? --Belchman (talk) 23:22, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is 21st Century Schizoid Man, heard here. Bus stop (talk) 23:36, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]