A 2–2 draw was played on 19 May 1977 between the English association football clubs Coventry City and Bristol City. The teams were playing their final match of the 1976–77 season in the Football League First Division, at Highfield Road (pictured), Coventry. Both teams faced potential relegation, along with Sunderland, who played their final game at the same time, against Everton at Goodison Park; the lowest-placed of the three teams would be relegated. As many Bristol City supporters were delayed in traffic, the kick-off at Highfield Road was delayed by five minutes. The score was 2–2 with five minutes remaining, when the supporters and players learned via the stadium scoreboard that Sunderland had lost to Everton and that a draw would let both Coventry and Bristol City escape relegation at Sunderland's expense. As a result, the last five minutes were played out with neither team's players attempting to score and the match finished as a 2–2 draw. A complaint by Sunderland was unavailing.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1800:
Philip Gidley King, Governor of New South Wales, ordered the formation of the Governor's Body Guard of Light Horse, described as the first full-time military unit raised in Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor%27s_Body_Guard_of_Light_Horse
1943:
World War II: In the Battle of Cape Gloucester, American and Australian forces bombarded Japanese positions on New Britain in the Territory of New Guinea while U.S. Marines invaded from two sides of the island. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Gloucester
1996:
The Federation of Korean Trade Unions called on its 1.2 million members to refuse to work, beginning the largest organized strike in South Korean history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%931997_strikes_in_South_Korea
2006:
Two earthquakes off the southwest coast of Taiwan damaged submarine communications cables, disrupting Internet services in Asia and affecting financial transactions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Hengchun_earthquakes
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troll: 1. Senses relating to a rolling motion. 2. (transitive) 3. (transitive) To move (something, especially a round object) by, or as if by, rolling; to bowl, to roll, to trundle. 4. (intransitive) 5. To roll; also, to turn round and round; to rotate, to spin, to whirl. 6. To move or walk at a leisurely pace; to ramble, to saunter, to stroll. 7. (specifically, slang) Chiefly of a man: synonym of cruise (“to stroll about to find a (male) sexual partner”). 8. (obsolete) Followed by in: to flow or roll in like a stream. 9. Senses relating to the motion of passing around. 10. (transitive) 11. (music, archaic) To sing the parts of (a catch, round, or similar song) in succession; also (generally), to sing (a song) freely or in a carefree way, or loudly. 12. (obsolete) To pass (something, specifically a bowl or other communal drinking vessel) from one person to another; to circulate, to send about. 13. (obsolete) Often followed by in: to cause (something) to flow or roll in like a stream. 14. (intransitive) 15. (archaic) Of bells: to ring a sequence of tones in a resounding manner. 16. (music, archaic) Of a person: to sing the parts of a catch, round, or similar song in succession; also (generally), to sing freely or in a carefree way, or loudly. 17. (music, archaic) Of a song: to be sung freely or in a carefree way, or loudly; also, of a tune: to be constantly in someone's mind. 18. (obsolete) Of a bowl or other communal drinking vessel, or the drink inside it: to be passed around from one person to another. 19. Senses relating to a light, quick motion. 20. (transitive) 21. To say (something) lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice. 22. (obsolete) To move (the tongue) lightly and quickly when speaking. 23. (intransitive) 24. To speak lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice. 25. (obsolete) To move lightly and quickly; especially of the tongue when speaking; to wag. 26. Senses relating to fishing. 27. (transitive) 28. (fishing) To fish in (a place) using a running fishing line (that is, a line with a hook on the end which is drawn along the water surface, possibly a line which would originally have been spooled on to a troll (etymology 2, noun sense 6.1)). 29. (figurative) To attract or draw out (someone or something); to allure, to elicit, to entice, to lure. 30. (figurative, originally Internet slang) To make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment or to manipulate their perception, especially in an online community or discussion; also, to post such statements on (an online location, such as a social media website). 31. (intransitive) 32. (fishing) To fish using a running fishing line. 33. (fishing, Scotland, US) To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling. 34. (figurative, originally Internet slang) To make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure people into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment or to manipulate their perception, especially in an online community or discussion. [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/troll
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