Porn video starring Boris Johnson, for people with a very specific fetish.
Porn video starring Boris Johnson, for people with a very specific fetish.Kim, where the hell did you get that imagination from?
Porn video starring Boris Johnson, for people with a very specific fetish.I've only just realised quite how evil you are, Kim. :demon:
Porn video starring Boris Johnson, for people with a very specific fetish.Kim, where the hell did you get that imagination from?
You need to work a bit harder on the evil front to stand out, there's tough competition on here!
You can't put your foot up in Europe...Think on when you're up against Ghent*, my lad...
Porn video starring Boris Johnson, for people with a very specific fetish.
The motion to form a club was carried and the matter of the club name was discussed from which two suggestions came to the fore, ‘Pickwick’ and ‘Argyle’. Thankfully, those present, almost unanimously, decided the new club to be the ‘Argyle Football Club’ as the name was of “local application” whereas the other, coming from a Charles Dickens novel, was not.
By “local application”, this must mean Argyle Terrace, which was local to the prospective members. Though none are known to have lived in Argyle Terrace, attending was Charles Phillips, who was elected to the committee and became Argyle secretary for 1887-88, and he lived across the road at 7, Stafford Terrace. Another prominent Argyle Football member C. C. Boolds, whose residence had been used for a pre-Argyle formation meeting, had a Devonport born Uncle who, in the 1881 Census, lived in Argyle Street, Tynemouth, Northumberland. A lesser-known Argyle F.C. member in 1886 was a J. Reed who, a much later letter printed in the Western Morning News in 1937 claimed, was the originator of the name. This could be correct because at the time a builder named John Reed was living close by in Kirkby Place (1887) and Restormel Terrace (1889). Perhaps he built Argyle Terrace? Within six years of formation, nobody could remember the origin of the Argyle name because it was just plucked out of the air and chosen because it was suitably up-market for the club members social standing, as was middle-class Argyle Terrace; there was no deep reason. What is unusual today is that Plymouth Argyle held onto their original local amateur club name whilst most of today’s big town clubs have not. The fascination in the name is because of the geographically diverse juxtaposition of the two words ‘Plymouth’ and ‘Argyle’ and it seems to demand a specific explanation such as the ‘Argyll Regiment’ connection. From 1886 to 1903 when the name was just ‘Argyle’, there was no juxtaposition demanding explanation.
Edit: the opponents are Plymouth Argyll, whom I believe were supported by the late Michael Foot.
Possibly England's most impressive sportsman: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23724904
El portugués lleva 154 goles en 145 partidos; el húngaro los marcó en 180. En este curso de los 32 goles del Real Madrid, 15 son de Cristiano (el 47%).So it's not only the Premier League that's dominated by foreign players!
bobb and I were up at the Commie today and Wednesday watching Edinburgh diving club's internal competition. Grace Reid is a member of that club - she came 6th at the last Commonwealth Games. I'll be surprised if she doesn't get a medal next year; she's outstanding. Some of the younger ones look very promising too.And James Heatley of EDC beat Tom Daley last weekend.
Come on Hull!
Come on Hull!
:o
Come on Hull!
:o
Oops!! :P
We all hate Leeds and Leeds...
So he’d send his doting mother up the stairs with the stepladders
To get the Subbuteo out of the loft
He had all the accessories required for that big match atmosphere
The crowd and the dugout and the floodlights too
You’d always get palmed off with a headless centre forward
And a goalkeeper with no arms and a face like his
And he’d managed to get hold of a Dukla Prague away kit
‘Cos his uncle owned a sports shop and he’d kept it to one side
And after only five minutes you’d be down to ten men
‘Cos he’d sent off your right back for taking the base from under his left winger
And come to half time you were losing four-nil
Each and every goal a hotly disputed penalty
So you’d smash up the floodlights and the match was abandoned
And the dog would bark and you’d be banned from his house
And your travelling army of synthetic supporters
Would be taken away from you and thrown in the bin
I don't know but I'm very grateful to them for sparing Liverpool the title of "biggest humiliation of the weekend"
A lovely story, getting some wider attention:
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29532529
The book about Arthur Wharton mentioned is a fascinating read, too.
A lovely story, getting some wider attention:
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29532529
The book about Arthur Wharton mentioned is a fascinating read, too.
Stone the bloody crows.
http://tinyurl.com/nkv3t5b
Stone the bloody crows.
http://tinyurl.com/nkv3t5b
What is it about the article that surprises you?
Stone the bloody crows.
http://tinyurl.com/nkv3t5b
What is it about the article that surprises you?
That someone with an apparently important position can have and express such neanderthal views.
Even though both teams scored twice!
In December 1976, Ferguson scored the only goal of the game to eliminate his former club from the 1976–77 FA Cup. The goal, a powerful drive from a distance of anything from 30 to 50 yards (25 to 45 m), was voted best goal ever seen at Darlington's Feethams ground in a 2003 poll on the occasion of the ground's closure.
Actually, no - I hadn't been born yet..
It's 20 years since Eric Cantona got his boot laces caught on that man's shirt. Radio 5 Live are, for some reason, acting like seagulls following his trawler.
The football :o(click to show/hide)
Bloody hell! A Manchester United player has just been sent off!
At Old Trafford :o
Indeed. It compares, not unfavourably, to the first class career of Geoffrey Charles Hurst.
Well Beckett's career lasted twice as long and I would think his occupation of the crease much longer than the other two combined.
Amusing end to a football tournamentGreat story !!!
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/02/gibraltar-u16s-macedonia-goal-celebrations (http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/02/gibraltar-u16s-macedonia-goal-celebrations)
Gibraltar U16 vs Macedonia U16
Last match of the tournament - Macedonia take the the lead from a corner in the 91st minute and thinking they've done enough to win the tournament rush over to celebrate with the rest of their substitutes. Sadly they're all celebrating in their own half of the field allowing Gibraltar to take a quick kick off and run up the field score and win the tournament themselves.
Action from about 1:31 onwards
[is it legal to kickoff with 2 players in the centre-circle?]
I've just learned that FIFA has an "Ethics Committee" 8)
I've just learned that FIFA has an "Ethics Committee" 8)
[is it legal to kickoff with [EDIT:]MORE THAN two players in the centre-circle?
They had 3 players in the circle - which is unusual, but probably not illegal. (stupid typo, sorry!)
]
I've just learned that FIFA has an "Ethics Committee" 8)Crossing the road with my son earlier today, he spotted an "Antifa"[scist] sticker on the pelican man. "Anti-FIFA???" he wondered, and maybe he wasn't wrong?
I thought the Stanley Cup was a Blackpool & Fylde Crown Green Bowls trophy (current champions Kirkham Hamsters).
Bugger.
Yes, Bournemouth.
Southend Untied have successfully avoided the second round draw after a visit to Scunthorpe.
For comedy value, Chelsea 0 - 1 Bournemouth takes a bit of beating. ;D
One of the papers today reported that the chosen one was desperate to narrow the gap between Chelsea and the top four.
On the basis of tonight's match they should be more worried about the distance between themselves and the bottom of the table.
It's Antipodean, as you said. I suppose because the strap that goes between your toes is a sort of thong. I don't know what word they use for what we call a thong but I do know that "a spunk" is a good looking man. What we'd call a hunk. Odd things, words.
One of the papers today reported that the chosen one was desperate to narrow the gap between Chelsea and the top four.
On the basis of tonight's match they should be more worried about the distance between themselves and the bottom of the table.
They also use Durex for wrapping their Christmas presents.No they don't, that's a myth to mess up tourists. They use sticky tape and wrapping paper.
I never believe anything I read about Shane Warne. I think it's all just spin.
Yes, that's mine, the white umpiring jacket.
I never believe anything I read about Shane Warne. I think it's all just spin.
Yes, that's mine, the white umpiring jacket.
I just found out he's finished with Elizabeth Hurley. Only a few years ago he said she was "a Keeper". Personally I thought her hands were too delicate for that.
Blimey!
Did ITV really treat the first and second halves to last night's foopball as separate episodes of a series or is Lt. Col. Larrington (retd.)'s PVR suffering from droid rot? Coz the wretched thing recorded the pre-match waffle, the first half and the half-time waffle before switching itself off chiz >:(
Blimey!
That's what I thought, although I wasn't even aware that they had been playing until just now. That will be revenge for 1970, then.
The biggest problem England had that day was Ramsey's decision to take Bobby Charlton off when England were 2 - 0 up. The Germans were terrified of him and in his absence they started to play football.Blimey!
That's what I thought, although I wasn't even aware that they had been playing until just now. That will be revenge for 1970, then.
I seem to remember we had keeper problems of a different nature in that game too :-)
That was well enjoyable last night. Makes a change.
If everybody's fit [i'm not going there] Hodgson has lots of options in the summer.
The biggest problem England had that day was Ramsey's decision to take Bobby Charlton off when England were 2 - 0 up.Blimey!
That's what I thought, although I wasn't even aware that they had been playing until just now. That will be revenge for 1970, then.
I seem to remember we had keeper problems of a different nature in that game too :-)
That was well enjoyable last night. Makes a change.
If everybody's fit [i'm not going there] Hodgson has lots of options in the summer.
This is rather good, albeit from a fairly low level of rugby.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/37048459
It is a pity that two or three mishaps defined Sprake and overshadowed what was a long and distinguished career.
It is beyond doubt that Revie would have dropped him immediately if he thought his overall performance was suspect. Sprake kept David Harvey on the bench even though Harvey was eventually capped by Scotland.
It is a pity that two or three mishaps defined Sprake and overshadowed what was a long and distinguished career.
It is beyond doubt that Revie would have dropped him immediately if he thought his overall performance was suspect. Sprake kept David Harvey on the bench even though Harvey was eventually capped by Scotland.
RIP Gary Sprake. 500 + appearances for the mighty Whites under Don Revie and 30+ caps for Wales.Confused here. What does MOT mean in this context?
Not forgotten. MOT.
I find it quite astonishing how the US continues to dominate world baseball.
Wowbagger's account has been hacked! The chess talk is convincing but the real Wowbagger would never have heard of Grand Theft Auto. :o ::-) :D :o
Bah! I'll make all of you American football fans feel great with only a few keystrokes: I'm a Browns fan, born and bred. :facepalm:
Bah! I'll make all of you American football fans feel great with only a few keystrokes: I'm a Browns fan, born and bred. :facepalm:
The Cubs win the World Series for the first time in 108 years!. One of the best games of baseball I've ever seen.
Watching Baseball and Football on UK TV shields you from the incessant commercial breaks which put the live game on hold, until the umpire gets a "Go" from the TV director. It's unbearable.
Watching Baseball and Football on UK TV shields you from the incessant commercial breaks which put the live game on hold, until the umpire gets a "Go" from the TV director. It's unbearable.
Agreed, and far too much time for those bloody "Mexican" waves.
I have tried watching baseball but do struggle. Which is odd because I enjoy the pace of a cricket match.What are your feelings about chess?
I have tried watching baseball but do struggle. Which is odd because I enjoy the pace of a cricket match.
Having been to Wembley for the NFL for the past three years I find the TV interuptions go pretty much unnoticed. There's a smoothness to it that is not seen on TV in the UK because it goes to the studio and you get three minutes of talking heads. Three minutes is fairly extreme, I think in NFL they have got a fine art of chucking in a single advert during each game break (and they are less often than most non-fans realise). For the longer breaks - between quarters and two minute warnings etc they send a band or a troop of cheerleaders on to entertain. It's a good day out.
Bah! I'll make all of you American football fans feel great with only a few keystrokes: I'm a Browns fan, born and bred. :facepalm:
Bah! I'll make all of you American football fans feel great with only a few keystrokes: I'm a Browns fan, born and bred. :facepalm:
I don't follow the sport any more but I just checked the standings... Crumbs!
I have tried watching baseball but do struggle. Which is odd because I enjoy the pace of a cricket match.
Having been to Wembley for the NFL for the past three years I find the TV interuptions go pretty much unnoticed. There's a smoothness to it that is not seen on TV in the UK because it goes to the studio and you get three minutes of talking heads. Three minutes is fairly extreme, I think in NFL they have got a fine art of chucking in a single advert during each game break (and they are less often than most non-fans realise). For the longer breaks - between quarters and two minute warnings etc they send a band or a troop of cheerleaders on to entertain. It's a good day out.
An average professional (American) football game lasts 3 hours and 12 minutes, but if you tally up the time when the ball is actually in play, the action amounts to a mere 11 minutes.
The average NFL game includes 20 commercial breaks containing more than 100 ads. The Journal’s analysis found that commercials took up about an hour, or one-third, of the game.
- Wall Street Journal.
I'd say that reflects my experience of watching it in the US. Lots of standing around by players, lots of time spent changing teams (Offensive to defensive and vice-versa, plus Kicking teams). Penalty flags and referrals to TV umpires on almost every single play.
I watched a couple of live games and one on TV. The best way to watch it is via a Highlights show on TV, that cuts out everything but the 11 minutes of interest.
It's a game where the role of 75% of the massive players is to lunge forward 6 feet and fall on an equally massive person lunging the other way. I mean that's all they do. They make Rugby's Brian Moore look like a Ballet Dancer by comparison.
Netflix has, very quickly, changed American attitudes to the necessity of commercials during programs and NFL viewing is in serious decline..possibly because of this.
I'd still call 0-16 a 'perfect' season as it's unblemished by a win. ;D
I guess it's just balancing out the Cavaliers and Indians.
50 years ago this month I was on the terraces with my dad watching this game.
https://youtu.be/Y4VQCysLRTo
I'd still call 0-16 a 'perfect' season as it's unblemished by a win. ;D
I guess it's just balancing out the Cavaliers and Indians.
The perfect season will be celebrated. (https://www.facebook.com/events/922557464541565/) ;D
The IOC have voted to recognize cheerleading as a sport. :facepalm:2016 continues to deliver
50 years ago this month I was on the terraces with my dad watching this game.
https://youtu.be/Y4VQCysLRTo
I missed that match but was there 6 weeks later when the Owls marmalised Chelsea 6 - 1.
I'd still call 0-16 a 'perfect' season as it's unblemished by a win. ;D
I guess it's just balancing out the Cavaliers and Indians.
The perfect season will be celebrated. (https://www.facebook.com/events/922557464541565/) ;D
And the organiser has now met with city officials, permits have been filed, etc. (http://fox8.com/2016/12/07/plans-for-cleveland-browns-perfect-season-parade-move-forward/) Thousands are now counting on the team to make this happen. :thumbsup:
I'd still call 0-16 a 'perfect' season as it's unblemished by a win. ;D
I guess it's just balancing out the Cavaliers and Indians.
The perfect season will be celebrated. (https://www.facebook.com/events/922557464541565/) ;D
And the organiser has now met with city officials, permits have been filed, etc. (http://fox8.com/2016/12/07/plans-for-cleveland-browns-perfect-season-parade-move-forward/) Thousands are now counting on the team to make this happen. :thumbsup:
The barstewards have ruined a perfect season by winning a game. >:(
York City fooball club have outdone themselves by losing to North Ferriby (a village team from near the humber)That really is quite splendid. I didn't know which league they were in. A couple of seasons ago they were vying with Saarfend in some league division or another.
This is the same football club that would like the council to stump up xx million for a new stadium.
having given up all hope the Packers will make the Play-offs
Watching the American Football this morning, I gave up trying to stay awake at end of the third quarter with the score a fairly dominant 28 - 3 to Atlanta...
Watching the American Football this morning, I gave up trying to stay awake at end of the third quarter with the score a fairly dominant 28 - 3 to Atlanta...
I thought it was amusing the way Laura Muir dodged the official to do her lap of honour in Belgrade the other day. And bizarre that it was reported as a thing on Polish news but I haven't seen it here. ???Was this an Olympic race?
It was covered on BBC news and then later on more coverage of the championshpsAny comment on this Cudzo?
Why do commentators always refer to some sports person's leg or wrist or whatever as being "heavily strapped"? It never looks more than just strapping to me. Seems impossible for anyone to say strapping or strapped without the word heavy or heavily.
Owen Farrell today.
The Masters starts today :thumbsup:
I put me a couple of quid on Rory, I reckon he can complete the slam...
112 years in the Football League and it's farewell to Leyton Orient, thanks entirely to their dicknozzle owner. My grate frend Mr Sheen, an Os fan since forever, is about to commit murder.
112 years in the Football League and it's farewell to Leyton Orient, thanks entirely to their dicknozzle owner. My grate frend Mr Sheen, an Os fan since forever, is about to commit murder.
The house across the road from me appears to be on fire! It also has a Fire Engine outside.
The house across the road from me appears to be on fire! It also has a Fire Engine outside.
Is fire raising classed as a sport in Cumbria? :P
For younger viewers, in the olden days, the bottom club in the 4th was relegated (one only, in those days), but there was no automatic promotion into the league. Instead, a vote was held by the football league chairmen on who should be promoted. Very often, this would be the same club that had supposedly been 'relegated'.1
Old boys networks and brown envelopes stuffed with promises, no doubt.
1 I believe this is how it worked in general. I haven't actually checked it.
This is the issue currently facing Saarfend, and has done so for 20 years or more. Rapacious owner with very dodgy background wants to build a supermarket on the existing ground's site and build a 26000 seat stadium out of town. The ground's current site is within easy walking distance of lots of housing whereas the proposed site is quite a distance from any housing. Besides, it must be quite a few years since Southend attracted a crowd in excess of 10000. I feel sure that any new stadium, unless built on the existing site, would be the death of the club.
This is the issue currently facing Saarfend, and has done so for 20 years or more. Rapacious owner with very dodgy background wants to build a supermarket on the existing ground's site and build a 26000 seat stadium out of town. The ground's current site is within easy walking distance of lots of housing whereas the proposed site is quite a distance from any housing. Besides, it must be quite a few years since Southend attracted a crowd in excess of 10000. I feel sure that any new stadium, unless built on the existing site, would be the death of the club.
Brighton & Hove FC did OK after moving out of the city to the outskirts.
Brighton & Hove FC did OK after moving out of the city to the outskirts.
Come ON Town!
I don't watch football very often these days but I went to the pub with my son this afternoon to watch Liverpool vs Arsenal, and what I want to know is this...
When did Arsenal become so awful?
When did Arsenal become so awful?
Controversy in Pembrokeshire Division One Cricket League.
It just so happened that the teams in first and second place in the league table played each other on the last day of the season.
It's important to know that in this division there are 20 points for the win, a bowling point for every two wickets taken and a batting point for every 40 runs (to a max of 5)
Carew began the day 21 points ahead of local rivals Cresselly.
Carew went into bat first but then declared on 18 for 1 after 15 balls, thus throwing the match but denying Cresselly any chance of bonus points.
Carew win the league by one point. Cresselly not happy. Much discussion in my local.
What do you think? A sensible and logical tactic? Or JUST NOT CRICKET?
Some of the rules of cricket are ridiculous
You could argue that Carew had earned the right to game the system by virtue of being 21 points ahead going into the match. Presumably both sides knew the rules at the start of the season and their relative positions were a reflection of their performance throughout the season.
You could argue that Carew had earned the right to game the system by virtue of being 21 points ahead going into the match. Presumably both sides knew the rules at the start of the season and their relative positions were a reflection of their performance throughout the season.
Controversy in Pembrokeshire Division One Cricket League.
It just so happened that the teams in first and second place in the league table played each other on the last day of the season.
It's important to know that in this division there are 20 points for the win, a bowling point for every two wickets taken and a batting point for every 40 runs (to a max of 5)
Carew began the day 21 points ahead of local rivals Cresselly.
Carew went into bat first but then declared on 18 for 1 after 15 balls, thus throwing the match but denying Cresselly any chance of bonus points.
Carew win the league by one point. Cresselly not happy. Much discussion in my local.
What do you think? A sensible and logical tactic? Or JUST NOT CRICKET?
Controversy in Pembrokeshire Division One Cricket League.
It just so happened that the teams in first and second place in the league table played each other on the last day of the season.
It's important to know that in this division there are 20 points for the win, a bowling point for every two wickets taken and a batting point for every 40 runs (to a max of 5)
Carew began the day 21 points ahead of local rivals Cresselly.
Carew went into bat first but then declared on 18 for 1 after 15 balls, thus throwing the match but denying Cresselly any chance of bonus points.
Carew win the league by one point. Cresselly not happy. Much discussion in my local.
What do you think? A sensible and logical tactic? Or JUST NOT CRICKET?
PCCC have decided that it was just not cricket.
Carew Cricket Club relegated after 'unfair' win over title rivals (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-41404646)
Officials said Carew did not technically break any rules, but the complaints led to the creation of a four-man disciplinary committee which looked into the team's actions.
It decided to relegate Carew to Division Two but allowed them to remain as champions.
The team's captain has also been told he is banned from starting the 2018 season, and the club was also fined £300.
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Bah! I'll make all of you American football fans feel great with only a few keystrokes: I'm a Browns fan, born and bred. :facepalm:
I don't follow the sport any more but I just checked the standings... Crumbs!
If you're bored, take a look at how many quarterbacks we've burned through in the last few years.
LFC fan, which obviously means I have an opinion. ;)
I just remember the glory days of the 80s when Merseyside basically had the two best teams in Europe.
I just remember the glory days of the 80s when Merseyside basically had the two best teams in Europe.
Blimey! I never knew Tranmere were that good.
My chemistry teacher, a purebred scouser, often told us that the three best football teams in the world were Liverpool, Everton and Tranmere, but not necessarily in that order.
A question for our Lancastrian brethren: am I right in thinking that to refer to a team as "The Latics" is a big pile of nonsense, especially when it's Wigan?
Full name: Wigan Athletic Football Clubhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C.
Nickname(s): The Latics, The Tics
A question for our Lancastrian brethren: am I right in thinking that to refer to a team as "The Latics" is a big pile of nonsense, especially when it's Wigan?
Wikipedia would disagree: -QuoteFull name: Wigan Athletic Football Clubhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C.
Nickname(s): The Latics, The Tics
Yesterday, in League 2, 9 of the 11 fixtures included a club whose name began with the letter C - in one case, the second word of the club name. No "C" club played another.
How many times a season does that happen? ;)
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/15918869.Police_probe_launched_into_Town_boss_after_alleged_blackmail_offences/We're Billericay Town
Crikey! That's the town of my birth, that is. What would Ian Dury have made of it?
Is it very wrong of me to point and laugh at a very soggy Jose Mourinho after his lot went down to West Brom at Old Trafford, thus handing the title to the bunch from across town?
The rugby club will, in future, be both “bear in spirit” and “bear in mind” according to this glossy brochure.https://www.bristol247.com/sport/rugby/bristol-rugby-change-name/
Russia, apparently, is on an entirely different level when it comes to soccer. In a third division match between Mashuk-KMV vs. FC Aungusht, a freaking real bear was used to hand the ball to the referee. This isn't a joke. A real bear, a massive, scary yet cute creature, handed the ref to the ball and also started clapping. Take a look:or "shocking" and "troubling"
Shocking footage has emerged from Russia showing a bear being made to hand over the match ball before a game in the third division. This is just the latest in a long line of troubling incidents to occur in Russia ahead of the 2018 World Cup, with less than two months to go until the home nation’s opening clash against Saudi Arabia.https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/a-bear-helped-start-match-in-russia-and-we-can-only-hope-we-see-this-at-the-2018-world-cup/
Man, this World Cup is going to be bonkers
The new name for Bristol Rugby when they take to the field at Ashton Gate next season in the Premiership will be ‘Bristol Bears’, but there is already a well-established group of men known as the Bristol Bears.
Their spiritual and social home is in Old Market, the area that has been self-described as Bristol’s Gay Village, and of the many bars and clubs in the thriving village, the Bristol Bear Bar is their base.
And when any rugby fan might type ‘Bristol Bears’ into their internet browser, they will get a cascade of images of cheery, happy and smiling bears partying in and around Old Market.
A spoof Bristol Bears rugby account has been set up on Twitter, hilariously suggesting that the rugby team will now be made up of regulars at the BBB, and discounts will be offered on tickets for fans turning up in leather harnesses.https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/bristol-rugbys-new-name-bristol-1466361
...
The Bristol Bear Bar itself declined to comment, but one regular on the Bristol Bear scene, who didn't want to be named, said: “It’s hilarious. I’ve been checking out the rugby website now, and I’m sure those players will be welcomed in Old Market – especially Luke Morahan,” he said.
Twitter has been full of people posting "Accrington Stanley? Who are they?" and other people replying "Exactly."
I like it. I wonder what Ian Rush is doing now.
Twitter has been full of people posting "Accrington Stanley? Who are they?"
Twitter has been full of people posting "Accrington Stanley? Who are they?" and other people replying "Exactly."
I was shocked at the price of beer in my local Sky Sports pub last night,
Not going that often does anyone know if they hike their prices on match days?
also did I imagine it but I thought a pint glass appeared in the corner of the screen about 5 mins before half time (as in "get another round in before the rush!")
See also: "What do you expect, it is the 1990s you know? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGxw8EzhlAM)"[1], which I only really started using in earnest after the year 2000.See also: "Where IS everybody? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBmplrgV93E)"
See also: "What do you expect, it is the 1990s you know? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGxw8EzhlAM)"[1], which I only really started using in earnest after the year 2000.See also: "Where IS everybody? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBmplrgV93E)"
I guess this means I'm old already, cos I've heard of Accrington Stanley but didn't have any idea – till I just googled it – that they'd done anything noteworthy, nor about the advert. And I'm still not sure what Ian Rush has to do with it (guessing he was in the 1980s advert)!
See also: "What do you expect, it is the 1990s you know? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGxw8EzhlAM)"[1], which I only really started using in earnest after the year 2000.
It does mean that the longest serving Premiership manager next season will be Eddie Howe.
The French hosted and won their first World Cup 20 years ago, beating Brazil 3-0 in the final in Paris.
Former France captain Platini was on the tournament's organising committee.
"When we organised the schedule, we did a little trickery," he told radio station France Bleu Sport.
"France-Brazil in the final, it was the dream of everyone.
"If we finished first in the group and Brazil finished first, we could not meet before the final."
He laughed as he went on: "We did not spend six years organising the World Cup to not do some little shenanigans. Do you think other World Cup hosts did not?"
Former Uefa president Michel Platini has claimed that he fixed the draw for the 1998 World Cup in order to ensure France and Brazil did not meet until the final.QuoteThe French hosted and won their first World Cup 20 years ago, beating Brazil 3-0 in the final in Paris.
Former France captain Platini was on the tournament's organising committee.
"When we organised the schedule, we did a little trickery," he told radio station France Bleu Sport.
"France-Brazil in the final, it was the dream of everyone.
"If we finished first in the group and Brazil finished first, we could not meet before the final."
He laughed as he went on: "We did not spend six years organising the World Cup to not do some little shenanigans. Do you think other World Cup hosts did not?"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44170578
Two days before the draw took take place, world governing body Fifa announced that holders Brazil would be allocated to Group A while France were in Group C.The idea might have originated from FIFA rather than Platini and he's just claiming the glory now.
It meant that if the two teams finished top they would be on opposite sides of the draw for the knockout stage.
Christiano Ronaldo signs for Juventus! (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/07/10/cristiano-ronaldo-leaves-real-madrid-joins-juventus/)
I find it incredible that Eric Morecambe has been dead for 34 years. I'd have said about 10, 15 at the most.
I find it incredible that Eric Morecambe has been dead for 34 years. I'd have said about 10, 15 at the most.
I would have guessed at Eric Morecambe's death being much more recent than Tommy Cooper's but they actually popped off within a few weeks of each other.
I find it incredible that Eric Morecambe has been dead for 34 years. I'd have said about 10, 15 at the most.
Blimey Andrij the Browns are 1-1-1 having bcome back from 14-0 against the Jets.
Blimey Andrij the Browns are 1-1-1 having bcome back from 14-0 against the Jets.
I'm on that side of the pond, and was able to watch the game. :) The first half was forgettable, the second - incredible!
For skateboarding, start with roller skating not skiing! If there are rules and an element of competition, both of which should be pretty easy to organise for skateboarding, then it's a sport. If you want to get classical, then it satisfies the first of citius, altitus, fortius. The list of sports that have been introduced to the Olympics then dropped is quite long, I'm not going to speculate if or when skateboarding will join it.Tiddliwinks?
Since the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, as many as twelve sports have disappeared completely from the schedule. These are croquet, cricket, Jeu de Paume, pelota, polo, roque, rackets, tug-of-war, lacrosse, baseball, softball, and motor boating. The Winter Olympics also has a few sports and events that have been discontinued.https://www.topendsports.com/events/discontinued/
I thought the classic one was chess? ;D Okay, rules, competition and some sort of physical exertion.
So tiddlywinks, darts, etc are back in!I thought the classic one was chess? ;D Okay, rules, competition and some sort of physical exertion.
Rules, competition, and an element of skill (i.e. you can't compete just by someone more experienced telling you what to do, like chess).
you forgot poetryI think there's a new form of cycling in this. It's a track event during which the riders declaim poetry which gives allegorical/metaphorical instructions to their team mates in the centre moving the chess pieces.
Town Planning?
Town Planning?
Is a sport required to have a winner? If so, I don't think Town Planning qualifies, especially at professional level.
"Along with town planning, the lineup of events also included painting, sculpture, literature and music. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Games, believed art and architecture were a vital component for his vision of the Olympics. The first four decades of the modern Olympic Games saw runners and swimmers competing alongside authors and urban planners."The Baron sounds like a Renaissance man. Perhaps to bring the Games up to date we could have medals for something like hedge fund management?
I can see the evolution skiing to snowboarding, but to skateboaring?
I wonder when the last time was that a team scored 16 goals without reply in two matches in 4 days?
Hmm I might go a support them, they clearly have the same level of interest in sportsball as me. Go to the park, have a natter and a laugh with mates, if there is a ball just kick it about in a meandering way and when you get tired of that, head to the pub for a few.
If you are looking for teams which have conceded a lot of goals this year, then look no further than Florence FC from the Staffordshire County Premier
http://www.staffordshirecsl.co.uk/TeamFixtures?age=22&division=21196&team=209799
That's 110 goals conceded in their last six matches with none scored.
IMHO Florence should have been relegated last season after they finished bottom but the league failed to do. However, I would vote them team of the year as they have turned up and tried their best at all the matches they have placed this season.
Some of you may recall my status as a supporter of the Cleveland Browns (US football) - a team with a rather poor record these last few decades.
Today I learned I'm in august company - Friedrich Nietzsche is a Fan of the Cleveland Browns (http://existentialcomics.com/comic/273).
Another change to the laws of the game means that if the player's arms extend beyond a "natural silhouette", handball will be given, even if it is perceived as accidental.
The handball law is due to changeI glanced at the first few words and thought of a different sport. :facepalm:
The handball law is due to change (for everyone) next season and UEFA/FIFA like to try things out in the upcoming season in the prestigious tournaments (albeit unofficially).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47429316 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47429316)
Yes. I've been watching some Italian Serie A and Dutch Eridvisie games lately and the new law does appear to be being trialled. Lots of penalties being awarded for very little. I guess the result will be that a player unable to get a shot at the goal will just blast the ball at the nearest opponent in the hope of getting a penalty.
The H is for handball, which has to be intentional and very rarely is. If only people would study the rules more.
Here is the rub, I would argue that his arm is in a natural position, hence there is no way I could give a penalty for this. I am not sure where he could have placed. The change is simply a joke which will cause yet more problems for Referees. I can see even more leaving lower leagues/kids games as its just not worth the hassle of upset players/shouty parents!
I'm now wondering what happens if you commit a football in handball? :D
Straight out of "The Hotspur", isn't it? Wonderful!
*It is ALWAYS about trans women. Trans men don't appear to exist.
The campaign of hatred against trans women ... wins another casualty in Casters Semenya.
Exactly. Rachel McKinnon is a trans woman.
*It is ALWAYS about trans women. Trans men don't appear to exist.
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/rachel-mckinnon-becomes-first-transgender-woman-win-track-world-title-397473
The campaign of hatred against trans women ... wins another casualty in Casters Semenya.
Caster Semenya is not a "trans woman"
(BTW, why the quotation marks?)
Trans women are women
The campaign of hatred against trans women ... wins another casualty in Casters Semenya.
Caster Semenya is not a "trans woman"
I could look at a swimming or running champion like Sharron Davies or Paula Radcliffe, and shout "CHEAT!" back. They are both taller by far than the average woman, so have inborn genetic advantages. How does that differ from Semenya? Should we start excluding e.g. Kenyan distance runners because their genetics makes them "CHEATS!" due to their cardiovascular system?
Second, Casters, as I explained to Citoyen, is not trans. She is collateral damage resulting from a hate campaign against trans women driven by TERFs. You have hit the nail squarely there, because an awful lot of TERFs are out-and-out racists. "Posie Parker", for example, is a Tommy Yaxley-Pseudonym supporter. Other bigotry involves misandry (look up 'political lesbian') and biphobia. The general claim is that the single most oppressed group of people on the planet are affluent, white, well-educated women living in nice areas. The hate group meetings have a demography that almost entirely maps that of the KKK.
That last goal!
That last goal!... and again! This time just how late it was.
In a parallel universe, someone has just mentioned their own private parallel universe in which Forest Green Rovers are Premier League champions. And this person was not Jaded!
My prediction: Rovers for the win! But which Rovers?In a parallel universe, someone has just mentioned their own private parallel universe in which Forest Green Rovers are Premier League champions. And this person was not Jaded!
A couple more years yet, I think!
Play-off semi final tomorrow, with Tranmere up for revenge for the play-off final two years ago.
Play-off semi final tomorrow, with Tranmere up for revenge for the play-off final two years ago.
I rarely purchase a jersey from my#localteam. I should stick with this policy, as they have lost 4 matches in a row since I bought it.Since it has been in the wash and hiding in the closet my#localteam have won all their games. I would be tempted to burn it if it would continue our unbeaten run.
Alun Wyn Jones is three times the size of Bale.
Alun Wyn Jones watches over us while we sleep.
Maybe this will et a thread of its own at some stage, but it appears that Wales have beaten Hungary 2 - 0 in fupbol and have qualified for the European Championships.We'll still be part of UEFA. The boundaries are somewhat fuzzy, Israel are also a member! :)
Pity that they won't be able to play because of Brexit. ;)
Maybe this will et a thread of its own at some stage, but it appears that Wales have beaten Hungary 2 - 0 in fupbol and have qualified for the European Championships.We'll still be part of UEFA. The boundaries are somewhat fuzzy, Israel are also a member! :)
Pity that they won't be able to play because of Brexit. ;)
They wouldn't want to lose their opportunity to go abroad, get drunk and throw chairs around surely?Maybe this will et a thread of its own at some stage, but it appears that Wales have beaten Hungary 2 - 0 in fupbol and have qualified for the European Championships.We'll still be part of UEFA. The boundaries are somewhat fuzzy, Israel are also a member! :)
Pity that they won't be able to play because of Brexit. ;)
I know. Tongue in cheek. But I wonder how "Football Lads for Democracy" (aka Twattish Thugs) see this?
They wouldn't want to lose their opportunity to go abroad, get drunk and throw chairs around surely?Maybe this will et a thread of its own at some stage, but it appears that Wales have beaten Hungary 2 - 0 in fupbol and have qualified for the European Championships.We'll still be part of UEFA. The boundaries are somewhat fuzzy, Israel are also a member! :)
Pity that they won't be able to play because of Brexit. ;)
I know. Tongue in cheek. But I wonder how "Football Lads for Democracy" (aka Twattish Thugs) see this?
They wouldn't want to lose their opportunity to go abroad, get drunk and throw chairs around surely?Maybe this will et a thread of its own at some stage, but it appears that Wales have beaten Hungary 2 - 0 in fupbol and have qualified for the European Championships.We'll still be part of UEFA. The boundaries are somewhat fuzzy, Israel are also a member! :)
Pity that they won't be able to play because of Brexit. ;)
I know. Tongue in cheek. But I wonder how "Football Lads for Democracy" (aka Twattish Thugs) see this?
Just wait till they need a visa to travel to watch a rugby match in France or Italy ...
Particularly if the drunken loutish behaviour at a football match results in record which prevents approval. :demon:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/25/wada-recommend-four-year-ban-russia-athletics?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlVS19XZWVrZGF5cy0xOTExMjY%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&CMP=GTUK_email
New stadium for Forest Green Rovers approved. https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/forest-green-stadium-stroud-council-3657749
Maybe.New stadium for Forest Green Rovers approved. https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/forest-green-stadium-stroud-council-3657749
Ah yes.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2020/jan/02/liverpool-v-sheffield-united-premier-league-live
Another of those handy colour charts showing match statistics in which both teams are shown in red...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2020/jan/02/liverpool-v-sheffield-united-premier-league-live
Another of those handy colour charts showing match statistics in which both teams are shown in red...
At least they're different shades of red.
Also makes me wonder why they are planning on letting kids execute a skill without getting any training or practise on it.
Also makes me wonder why they are planning on letting kids execute a skill without getting any training or practise on it.
They should just play futsal and be done.
He was often penalised for dangerous play due to his unusual reluctance to head the ball, preferring to use his feet however high the ball came to himIn other words, if anyone's getting brain damage as a result of this high ball, it's not going to be me.
Poster girl that played some tennis not as good without the drugs, it turned out."played some tennis"?!? That's a bit harsh!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/51647687
... winning 36 singles titles and earning more than $38m (£29m) in prize money.That's PRIZE money, not endorsement deals, modelling etc.
I assumed you meant Kournikova, or the OTHER tennis poster girl - you know which one I mean!
I assumed you meant Kournikova, or the OTHER tennis poster girl - you know which one I mean!
With the Manchesters City and Untied through to the finals of the Champions and Europa League, I'm wondering if it's ever happened before that two clubs from one city have progressed to these finals in the same year? For instance, Real and Atletico, Milan and Inter, or, let's say, Nottingham Forest and Notts County? Okay, maybe not that last one...
The only London-based CL winner has been Chelsea in 2012, and the UEFA cup that year was won by Atletico Madrid. So unfortunately not.But that's irrelevant! The point here is not winning but reaching the final, and Arsenal have certainly done that, I think twice. And I have a feeling Spurs(!) won one of the first editions of the UEFA cup.
Leicester have, this afternoon, wrecked a perfectly good hardy perennial quiz question, viz.: "Which team has appeared in more FA cup finals than any other, without actually winning the trophy?"
Pedantically, Leicester still hold that record, I think?
With the Manchesters City and Untied through to the finals of the Champions and Europa League, I'm wondering if it's ever happened before that two clubs from one city have progressed to these finals in the same year? For instance, Real and Atletico, Milan and Inter, or, let's say, Nottingham Forest and Notts County? Okay, maybe not that last one...
Thank you.With the Manchesters City and Untied through to the finals of the Champions and Europa League, I'm wondering if it's ever happened before that two clubs from one city have progressed to these finals in the same year? For instance, Real and Atletico, Milan and Inter, or, let's say, Nottingham Forest and Notts County? Okay, maybe not that last one...
When Celtic became the first British team to win the European Cup in 1967 Glasgow Rangers competed in the European Cup Winners Cup final a week or so later losing to Bayern Munich. Back in the day there were 3 European competitions of course, but the ECWC has now gone by the wayside.
Thank you.With the Manchesters City and Untied through to the finals of the Champions and Europa League, I'm wondering if it's ever happened before that two clubs from one city have progressed to these finals in the same year? For instance, Real and Atletico, Milan and Inter, or, let's say, Nottingham Forest and Notts County? Okay, maybe not that last one...
When Celtic became the first British team to win the European Cup in 1967 Glasgow Rangers competed in the European Cup Winners Cup final a week or so later losing to Bayern Munich. Back in the day there were 3 European competitions of course, but the ECWC has now gone by the wayside.
Three European competitions again from next year, but none of the Cup Winners Cup.
No probs. I suspect that with Real Madrid having been very successful in the big competition, surely there will have been a year when Atleti did something similar in one of the others.
I have my doubts about "extreme" events anyway because they can attract entrants who want the medal to take to work but have no real idea just how hard (and stupid) they are. But the addition of appalling weather exacerbates the difficulty, obviously,Have you heard about long-distance cycling? It's an even broader church, apparently.
Incredible penalty shoot-out at the end of the UEFA cup final last night. 11-10 ! I have to feel for the United goalie who missed his penalty !They were only in this competition because they failed so dismally in the champions league. :demon: I hope they keep Ole.
(not a great game though. And although the United bashers come out again, I still think this has been their best season in some time. I'm no United fan)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57224112
They were only in this competition because they failed so dismally in the champions league. :demon: I hope they keep Ole.
Mauricio Pochettino: Tottenham contact former manager over returnRUDE
Pochettino led Tottenham to the Champions League final in 2019, when they lost to Liverpool.
They also lost the 2015 League Cup final to Chelsea and were runners-up to Chelsea in the Premier League in 2016-17.
Academy coach Ryan Mason was put in temporary charge until the end of the season. Under him, Spurs lost the Carabao Cup final to Manchester City and finished seventh in the Premier League season.If you teleported back to the pre-Pochettino era and predicted Spurs would do these things, no one would have believed you.
At the time of me writing this, West Ham are top of the premiership.
Has this ever happened before? Either premiership or the real Div 1?
At the time of me writing this, West Ham are top of the premiership.
Has this ever happened before? Either premiership or the real Div 1?
Apparantly the last time was after the opening weekend of the 2006-07 season.
It would be rather jolly if they were still there at the end of the season...
And what has happened to the Arsenal? Have they replaced their first team with Southend rejects?The thing that amazes me about Arsenal is that in spite of winning very little silverware over the last twenty or so years Arsen Wenger remains in charge.
And what has happened to the Arsenal? Have they replaced their first team with Southend rejects?The thing that amazes me about Arsenal is that in spite of winning very little silverware over the last twenty or so years Arsen Wenger remains in charge.
A comment that probably exposes my extensive and in depth knowledge of sportball
Fair Game campaign for financial fairness in football: https://thebristolcable.org/2021/08/why-bristol-rovers-joined-campaign-for-football-reform-league-two-fair-game/Excluding Covid times, most PL clubs can meet the 70% ish, and some of the League 1 and League 2 clubs, but Championship clubs are absurdly over (I think I saw a stat saying they averaged 107% of turnover on wages!!!). The Fair Game people make a number of good points, and the key to making football more sustainable is to avoid the cliff edges between leagues. That article talks about how significant a drop from League 1 to League 2 is in terms of revenue, and the gaps are even more stark further up the pyramid. It's worth noting that there was an attempt to introduce a salary cap in Leagues 1 and 2 last year, but it got voted down because it was a hard cap and the bigger clubs that generate more revenue (Ipswich, Portsmouth, Sunderland etc) objected. They sort of have a point, in that it makes no sense to give Accrington Stanley (average attendance 2,700*) the same wage cap as Sunderland (average attendance 32,000*). A 70% cap would mean that Sunderland can spend twice as much as most other clubs in their league on wages (then again, they do now and they are still failing to get promoted!), while stopping an ambitious owner putting money into their club to try to grow it. You hear the same arguments about FFP at the top of the game, essentially pulling up the stepladder behind Chelsea, PSG and City to stop anyone else being able to do what they did.
The local angle is clearly self-interested but it's an interesting idea. I wonder how practical it is though? I wonder how many clubs currently would pass the max 70% of revenue on wages, for instance?
Frances just ran 102 miles in a continuous 24 hours and came in as First Lady at the Cotswolds Way 100.
Having previously won the Bath Marathon as first woman about 5 weeks ago.
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Afterwards the All Blacks manager, Charlie Saxton, spoke to us, and said they were very, very fortunate not to have lost. It was a harsh lesson for a young player like me to learn, but the All Blacks absolutely never gave up until the game was over. Tony Steel went on a great run down the wing, and that was 3-3. It was just about the only chance they had. Even then, Barry John had a drop-goal chance at the death that just took the paint off the upright. Had we won it, against one of the greatest teams I ever played against, people would still be talking about it with great reverence. It was a wonderful performance by a side that had been put together literally in a week.
Wales have never beaten New Zealand in my lifetime.
Horse riding is set to be dropped from the modern pentathlon programme following the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, a source with knowledge of the situation has told insidethegames.https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1114916/riding-modern-pentathlon-uipm-olympics
The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Executive Board held a meeting this week in which a vote to remove riding from the programme was passed, insidethegames has been told.
When contacted with this information, the UIPM did not deny the reports and said it would issue a statement on Thursday (November 4).
It offered an exclusive interview for insidethegames to not run the story.
It is believed that the UIPM could replace horse riding with cycling.
Oh. It was 'empathitic', the defeat.
Bollox to my (cannot spell it)
Horse riding replaced by cycling in modern pentathlon in a bid to make it more, erm, modern:I think that is an excellent change, which will move the emphasis back on to the athletic ability of the competitors.QuoteHorse riding is set to be dropped from the modern pentathlon programme following the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, a source with knowledge of the situation has told insidethegames.https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1114916/riding-modern-pentathlon-uipm-olympics
The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Executive Board held a meeting this week in which a vote to remove riding from the programme was passed, insidethegames has been told.
When contacted with this information, the UIPM did not deny the reports and said it would issue a statement on Thursday (November 4).
It offered an exclusive interview for insidethegames to not run the story.
It is believed that the UIPM could replace horse riding with cycling.
Horse riding replaced by cycling in modern pentathlon in a bid to make it more, erm, modern:I think that is an excellent change, which will move the emphasis back on to the athletic ability of the competitors.QuoteHorse riding is set to be dropped from the modern pentathlon programme following the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, a source with knowledge of the situation has told insidethegames.https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1114916/riding-modern-pentathlon-uipm-olympics
The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Executive Board held a meeting this week in which a vote to remove riding from the programme was passed, insidethegames has been told.
When contacted with this information, the UIPM did not deny the reports and said it would issue a statement on Thursday (November 4).
It offered an exclusive interview for insidethegames to not run the story.
It is believed that the UIPM could replace horse riding with cycling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coOLycTzgxI&ab_channel=GGMONTAGES
Well done Scotland! I watched only those highlights, the editing of which was rather worse than amateurish, but apparently it was a mistake-riddled game. Hopefully Scotland will do well in the 6 nations next year. It's been a while since they were a force to be reckoned with.
W.G. Grace'soff stumpgatepost found.
https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/features/it-was-like-indiana-jones-finding-the-lost-stone/
The odd thing is that Stoney Lane is on the opposite side of Ashley Down Road from where the villa seems to have been.
I look forward to your explanation of the Bongcloud opening.
That's never stopped you in the past! :oI look forward to your explanation of the Bongcloud opening.
That's not a chess opening. It's a sexual deviation.
That's never stopped you in the past! :oI look forward to your explanation of the Bongcloud opening.
That's not a chess opening. It's a sexual deviation.
Has Kim been trying to watch the rugball?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60229589
Seems the joint bid by England-Scotland-Wales-N.ireland-Ireland to hose Euro 2028 is going to win because... it's the only one. Has the glamour of hosting big sporting events gone?
Ed: It seems UEFA is to blame. They "enthusiastically supported" this bid, obviously putting others off.
This Unit hopes they hold the final in That Scotland, that they have now, just to annoy the Tories :demon:
Oh I thought you were red-green. But good point about the mud.
I've just discovered that there is a football club called Sporting Khalsa. (http://www.sportingkhalsa.com) I'm not sure how many of their current squad are Sikh, certainly not all and probably not most.I became aware of them earlier this season in September, when they dumped the team I support out of the FA Cup. The summary of one of my fellow supporters on his trip there (ignoring his disgust at our team's performance):
Friendly club, run by local Indians. Very reasonably priced admission, scantily clad barmaid in the clubhouse and equally tasty samosas at the snack bar.
With no Argentina defenders chasing him, he first slowed to a trot and then stood in the Argentina in-goal area holding the ball and looked to the England bench for advice on what to do.Poor show. You see this sort of thing in the 11 man game from time to time, but I would have thought the more gentlemanly game would treat this more seriously.
He was advised to run down the clock and proceeded to stand there for more than two minutes, with no Argentina defender approaching him, despite encouragement - but not insistence - from the referee for either Homer to put the ball down or a defender to force him to do so.
Canada is the spiritual home of ice hockey so beating them always means something. Like beating England at cricket or football, I suppose, except probably more so!
Wales have won the Eurovision fupbol contest.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jun/05/wales-ukraine-world-cup-2022-playoff-final-match-report
Wales have won the Eurovision fupbol contest.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jun/05/wales-ukraine-world-cup-2022-playoff-final-match-report
Basil, is that near Newcastle Emlyn? I had a brother who lived in or near Llandysul. Then he moved to Wiltshire - then he died. Has a sort of poetry to it, don't you think? Like me he was a cricket fan (we both originated in Durham, then a minor county. His schoolteacher opened the batting for them). He'd be amused at Wales being considered as a minor county! Scotland, which can also claim us as descendants is, of course a minor country...not nearly as poetic.
Tour de France
Wimbledon
Eng v India Cricket
Just sayin' :thumbsup:
Bollocks!
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/24/chess-robot-grabs-and-breaks-finger-of-seven-year-old-opponent-moscow
That's not very sporting...
i understand that Liverpool fans booed the "national anthem" today before their footie match v Man City started.
before following that up with the chant “F*** the Tories
i understand that Liverpool fans booed the "national anthem" today before their footie match v Man City started.
J. I didn't get the context because I didn't watch the match!
FGR already fighting hard to stay up - excellent! I guess that's a local derby, now?
I didn't know the national anthem was played before football matches. Why? It's not actually a standard thing is it?i understand that Liverpool fans booed the "national anthem" today before their footie match v Man City started.
Quite a common occurrence with some LP fans. Apparently they take exception to the lyrics - i.e. Brenda "ruling over them" ;D
Cracking game none the less. Bodes well for an exciting season :thumbsup:
Wossgoinon?
Here’s hoping.
I expect that when commenters say “Manu is a team that needs to win trophies” what they mean is “Manu is a team that expects to win trophies but haven’t quite realised that this involves hard work”.Manu (M&U?) is a team whose fans expect them to win trophies but haven't quite got used to the idea that every successful team has periods of being unsuccessful. Whether the team themselves expect to win trophies, maybe.
Here’s hoping.
Indeed. But they've got to play Liverpool next, which could be... interesting.
...
I expect that when commenters say “Manu is a team that needs to win trophies” what they mean is “Manu is a team that expects to win trophies but haven’t quite realised that this involves hard work”.Manu (M&U?) is a team whose fans expect them to win trophies but haven't quite got used to the idea that every successful team has periods of being unsuccessful. Whether the team themselves expect to win trophies, maybe.
I just read in a sportsball report that Newcastle United will be in 3rd place in the Premiership at Christmas. This statement intrigued me since Christmas is still about 7 weeks away. But then I checked and, indeed, apart from two tomorrow, there will be no further fixtures until Boxing Day.A little junket in the Arabian Peninsular.
I'm not a fervent follower of football but I don't think they usually do this. Wossgoingon?
I just read in a sportsball report that Newcastle United will be in 3rd place in the Premiership at Christmas. This statement intrigued me since Christmas is still about 7 weeks away. But then I checked and, indeed, apart from two tomorrow, there will be no further fixtures until Boxing Day.A little junket in the Arabian Peninsular.
I'm not a fervent follower of football but I don't think they usually do this. Wossgoingon?
I didn't even know third man was a cricket position. Can you really play cricket in the sewers of Vienna?
My favourite film!
And the answer is, "Yes!", there's plenty of room, though the pitch is always damp.
Every game of the Six Nations will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer and the broadcaster's regional channels, with some matches also broadcast live on BBC Two. The Women's Six Nations broke new ground in 2021 when the finale was broadcast as a standalone event on BBC Two, increasing exposure of the competition.
Premier League clubs have agreed to ban gambling sponsors on the front of their shirts from the start of the 2026-27 season. The league said the clubs had taken the measure “voluntarily in order to reduce gambling advertising”.Good. But...
It will still be possible to advertise gambling brands in other areas, including on shirt sleeves and pitchside hoardings.Read all about it (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/apr/13/premier-league-clubs-ban-gambling-sponsors-on-front-of-shirts-from-2026-27)
Further thought on cricket being in counties: is it still the case that cricketers don't tend to move between counties much? Whereas footballers, rugbyists, etc, tend to move from club to club, cricketers tend to sign up with one and stay there for their whole career?
Also contains a story about 16 year old Jonathan Agnew standing up with Lonsdale against racist abuse from a very senior figure in English cricket. Nobody else in the dressing room did. Lonsdale never forgot it. 👏👏 to young Aggers for that
Further thought on cricket being in counties: is it still the case that cricketers don't tend to move between counties much? Whereas footballers, rugbyists, etc, tend to move from club to club, cricketers tend to sign up with one and stay there for their whole career?
Further thought on cricket being in counties: is it still the case that cricketers don't tend to move between counties much? Whereas footballers, rugbyists, etc, tend to move from club to club, cricketers tend to sign up with one and stay there for their whole career?
Sam Northeast went from Kent to Hampshire and then to Glamorgan where he scored his defining quadruple century,But he never went to Yorkshire or Durham? Missed opportunity!
“Lance Armstrong” started trending on Twitter for a while on Thursday morning, in the aftermath of Manchester City’s stunning Champions League triumph against Real Madrid. Which, while funny, doesn’t really work as a comparison for a number of reasons. Not the least of which is that City are yet to be found guilty of the 115 Premier League rule breaches of which they are accused, a process that should finally reach its conclusion some time towards the end of the Anthropocene, once City have finally run out of objections over the composition of the hearing panel, the temperature and furniture arrangement of the adjudication room, the colour of the flowers, and so on.
But even then the Armstrong parallel feels wilfully obtuse. Pumping your body full of EPO and human growth hormone in a sport where the correlation between power output and success is almost a straight line is not really the same thing as false accounting in a complex ball sport. By the same token, everyone agrees that doping should be banned. Not everyone agrees that football club owners should be restricted in the amount they are allowed to spend. The more compelling analogy, for me, is with swimming’s super-suit era: a period of high drama but also high farce, and crucially defined not by a single high-profile case but a whole culture of lawless free‑for‑all, much of it residing in the endless grey area between what is legal and what is not.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2023/may/23/perhaps-one-day-this-whole-age-of-football-will-require-an-asterisk-manchester-city-premier-league-title
Football murkier than Lance Armstrong.Quote“Lance Armstrong” started trending on Twitter for a while on Thursday morning, in the aftermath of Manchester City’s stunning Champions League triumph against Real Madrid. Which, while funny, doesn’t really work as a comparison for a number of reasons. Not the least of which is that City are yet to be found guilty of the 115 Premier League rule breaches of which they are accused, a process that should finally reach its conclusion some time towards the end of the Anthropocene, once City have finally run out of objections over the composition of the hearing panel, the temperature and furniture arrangement of the adjudication room, the colour of the flowers, and so on.
But even then the Armstrong parallel feels wilfully obtuse. Pumping your body full of EPO and human growth hormone in a sport where the correlation between power output and success is almost a straight line is not really the same thing as false accounting in a complex ball sport. By the same token, everyone agrees that doping should be banned. Not everyone agrees that football club owners should be restricted in the amount they are allowed to spend. The more compelling analogy, for me, is with swimming’s super-suit era: a period of high drama but also high farce, and crucially defined not by a single high-profile case but a whole culture of lawless free‑for‑all, much of it residing in the endless grey area between what is legal and what is not.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1662511375787204611.html Contains criket and Bad Swears.
The final straw was when one of the Fiorentina players was hit in the back of the head by something thrown by a West Ham supporter. It was a gaping wound that bled profusely. He was patched up and carried on, but that was enough for me.Plastic cups, apparently. At that point I did think to myself that some of the WH fans must have been Millwall supporters... which I'm sure is doing a discredit to Millwall too.
Sorry to disappoint you, Wow, but in many "edited highlights" programmes all you get is "all that shit".
Euro '24 qualifiers, yeronner.
Right now there is a guy trying to break the round-mainland britain kayaking record.
The record is 67 days.
He's weeks ahead of schedule.
Absolute monstering it. He's been averaging about 100km a day.
Self-supported, carrying full camping kit.
https://dougalsepicadventure.com/around-britain-2023/ (https://dougalsepicadventure.com/around-britain-2023/)
In discussion with a student we googled how much English league 2 (that's the third division) players make. On average £2.5k(click to show/hide)
Isn't English League 2 the 4th division in old money?Yes.
Are you not out there turning your arm, Basil?:(
Once described as the man who bowled "at 100mph from mid-off off the wrong foot", Mike Procter's international career was limited to just seven Tests due to South Africa's exclusion from world cricket during the apartheid years. Instead he plied his trade for Gloucestershire and in the Currie Cup, before forging a high-profile career as a match referee, selector and broadcaster.
INTERVIEWER: Is it hard for you to reconcile yourself to the fact that you lost what may well have been a fantastic career as an international cricketer?
MIKE PROCTER: No, it's not. Yes, I lost a Test career. But what is a Test career compared to the suffering of 40 million people? Lots of people lost a great deal more in those years, and if by missing out on a Test career we played a part in changing an unjust system, then that is fine by me.
INTERVIEWER: At the time South Africa was barred from international competition, did you know that you would never play Test cricket again?
MIKE PROCTER: Yes, I always thought that I wouldn't play again. It was no surprise. Actually in April, 1971 [after the South African government had intervened to stop the South African selectors picking non-white players for a tour of Australia] a group of us ➖ Graeme and Peter Pollock, Barry Richards, Denis Lindsay and I ➖ walked off the field at Cape Town after one ball of the game between Transvaal and the Rest of South Africa and issued a statement supporting selection by merit regardless of skin colour. At the time we did that, I thought we wouldn't play again. And we didn't do that to save the tour to Australia, as some have claimed. We did it to try and change the whole rotten system of the country. We were opposed to the government.
Women footballers for The Villa fear match turning into a wet T-shirt competition:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66932993
The manufacturers have really messed up there, and their logo is on the shirts.
Nick den Uijl is the man with the skinny on NAC Breda of Holland, although, as he points out, this is a prefix and not a suffix. “NAC Breda comes from Noad Advendo Combinatie. Noad stands for ‘Nooit Ophouden Altijd Doorzetten’ (Never Quit Always Persevere) and Advendo stands for ‘Aangenaam Door Vermaak En Nuttig Door Ontspanning’ (Pleasant by Enjoyment and Useful by means of Relaxation). Noad and Advendo were two football clubs in Breda (the Netherlands) who merged in 1912.” Never Quit Always Persevere Pleasant by Enjoyment and Useful by means of Relaxation Breda it is then. Catchy.
That's ok, it made me smile!
Here's a list of lovely names, as promised:-
Hamilton Academical
Kelty Hearts (Fife)
Queen of The South (Dumfries)
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
The Spartans
Bonny Rigg Rose
Caledonian Braves
But, for me, the cup goes to Civil Service Strollers !
That's ok, it made me smile!
Here's a list of lovely names, as promised:-
Hamilton Academical
Kelty Hearts (Fife)
Queen of The South (Dumfries)
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
The Spartans
Bonny Rigg Rose
Caledonian Braves
But, for me, the cup goes to Civil Service Strollers !
Gainsborough Trinity, founded 150 years ago by the Rev George Langton Hodgkinson, vicar of Holy Trinity church, to provide a healthy pastime for the young men of that part of town as an alternative to alcohol and fighting.
A popular K-Pop band appears to have made a mix-up by donning retro Rangers tops at a show in Texas.
STAYC were performing in Dallas as part of their US tour.
But instead of wearing local baseball team Texas Rangers tops, the girl group appeared in 1990s kits worn by Glasgow Rangers.
That's ok, it made me smile!
Here's a list of lovely names, as promised:-
Hamilton Academical
Kelty Hearts (Fife)
Queen of The South (Dumfries)
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
The Spartans
Bonny Rigg Rose
Caledonian Braves
But, for me, the cup goes to Civil Service Strollers !
I had to look this up to check, but Inverness Caledonian Thistle was the merger of two teams Inverness Thistle and Caledonian in order to claim a place in a slightly expanded Scottish Football League. I seem to recall this was quite contentious as both clubs thought they had individual merits, but had to merge for Inverness to have representation.
But, for me, the cup goes to Civil Service Strollers !A gentlemen's club for gentlemen who wish to play gentlemen's sports in a gentlemanly way.
But, for me, the cup goes to Civil Service Strollers !A gentlemen's club for gentlemen who wish to play gentlemen's sports in a gentlemanly way.
I discovered by accident today that Plymouth has two football clubs.
Plymouth Argyle (which may be good enough on its own for this thread - especially as no one can agree on how they came by the name Argyle or why it is spelt that way)
I've got a lot of admiration for Roy Hodgson, still battling it out as a premiership manager at the age of 76. I'm surprised he's still got the competitive edge. I think a lot of people lose it after a certain age. Watching him today, sitting it out watching his side get ground down by Liverpool on a miserable December day, makes me think I wouldn't bloody do that if I didn't have to.
I've got a lot of admiration for Roy Hodgson, still battling it out as a premiership manager at the age of 76. I'm surprised he's still got the competitive edge. I think a lot of people lose it after a certain age. Watching him today, sitting it out watching his side get ground down by Liverpool on a miserable December day, makes me think I wouldn't bloody do that if I didn't have to.
He did retire last year but I guess it didn't suit him.
Not sure about the "competitive edge" though - since he's come back, he mostly seems to be going through the motions, relying on tactics that went out with the dinosaurs. And always bloody moaning, even when his team win.
Most disliked at Watford, took the money and didn’t do much.
It was one of David Squires' better strips when he went to Watford - https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2022/feb/01/david-squires-on-sexy-beast-roy-hodgson-reboot-watford-job (https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2022/feb/01/david-squires-on-sexy-beast-roy-hodgson-reboot-watford-job)
Hmmm. Why wouldn't he take the money? He didn't appoint himself. He praised Manchester United sat a time when Manchester United were good. This is called telling the truth in every walk of life - except football!
Off on a tangent, people go on and on about how disastrous Manchester United are. They are 6th, repeat 6th in Division One, as I write.
Off on a tangent, people go on and on about how disastrous Manchester United are. They are 6th, repeat 6th in Division One, as I write.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2023/dec/12/david-squires-on-roy-hodgson-mood-crystal-palaceMikel Arteta, Arsenal manager. Wolverine, Marvel superhero character. Not sure about Raymond...
Another cartoon taking the piss out of Roy Hodgson. Again, I don't have the background knowledge: my interest in football is very superficial, and I know nothing of the characters involved and clearly lampooned in cartoons like this. I recognised Hodgson, and Klopp. Who is Raymond? Mikel? What is this Wolverine reference?
https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2023/dec/12/david-squires-on-roy-hodgson-mood-crystal-palace
Another cartoon taking the piss out of Roy Hodgson. Again, I don't have the background knowledge: my interest in football is very superficial, and I know nothing of the characters involved and clearly lampooned in cartoons like this. I recognised Hodgson, and Klopp. Who is Raymond? Mikel? What is this Wolverine reference?
https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2023/dec/12/david-squires-on-roy-hodgson-mood-crystal-palace
Another cartoon taking the piss out of Roy Hodgson. Again, I don't have the background knowledge: my interest in football is very superficial, and I know nothing of the characters involved and clearly lampooned in cartoons like this. I recognised Hodgson, and Klopp. Who is Raymond? Mikel? What is this Wolverine reference?
My Guess.... Raymond is his assistant Ray Lewington, Mikel is Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Wolverine refers to the presence of Actor Hugh Jackman at the game (who I believe played Wolverine in the X-men films)
Mixed Martial Arts replaces Turkish Football.
Wow, you won't know, or need to know, any of the names.
I'll just add that Koca, the main culprit is an ex-member of Fuhrer Erdogan's dictatorship.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67691038 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67691038)
“The people that commit these terrible crimes have no idea of the damage they cause to people’s lives."
It would appear that darts history is about to be made by a 16 year old who looks like a hard-drinking 40 year old player.
I might even pay to watch it.
(Before the sneering comments start about darts not being a proper sport, that would also exclude golf, archery, most motor sports and many others - and you can't cheat at darts).
For those who haven't seen it look at the score in the SA vs India test. Shortly after Tea on Day 1 and SA are 2 wickets downQuack!
In their Second Innings!
55 all out and 41-2 plays 153 all out as India went from 153-4 to 153 all out with 6 ducks. :o
Why "Early doors"?
Why "Early doors"?
Something to do with bagging the best seat in the theatre, I think. But don't quote me on that.
I came across this article on the BBC sports website. ( i guess you could put it in the climate change topics)
https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-sports/67926417 (https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-sports/67926417)
As a resident of this watery (occasionally icy) place it filled me with dismay, while I cannot skate and never watch the
professional speed skating I do remember the 1997 event, without doubt the greatest 'sporting'* event I have ever witnessed.
Gripping television from dawn to midnight as the often distraught en disheveled skaters try to beat the clock.
I guess is has parallels with the worst aspects of a wintry audax brevet... probably why I liked it so much.
* The word sporting is perhaps not accurate, the vast majority are just trying to finish in time.
(The profs are already in with their feet up in the early afternoon)
Without wising to give too much away, I think Man U supporters are a lot less cheerful than they were about 20 minutes ago...For about 30 minutes in the second half, it was a game of equals. County did themselves proud - that was petty close to a full strength Utd team with 3 players who each cost in the region of 80 million pounds starting (and one who came on)! Plus the 2 Real Madrid rejects. ;)
I'm a County fan from afar, having grown up not too far away but not gone to many games (I was a teenager when they were playing in Moreton in the Marsh).Citoyen's post about Maidstone's idiot owner selling the ground without having planning permission for the new site reminded me of Bristol Rovers' ground troubles, ongoing since about 1985 (the latest iterations of this trouble included Sainsbury's and now work starting on a new stand without permission having been secured or even perimeter fencing completed), but at least they only went as far afield as Bath. Newport to Moreton in the Marsh is... quite a trek!
Without wising to give too much away, I think Man U supporters are a lot less cheerful than they were about 20 minutes ago...For about 30 minutes in the second half, it was a game of equals. County did themselves proud - that was petty close to a full strength Utd team with 3 players who each cost in the region of 80 million pounds starting (and one who came on)! Plus the 2 Real Madrid rejects. ;)
I'm a County fan from afar, having grown up not too far away but not gone to many games (I was a teenager when they were playing in Moreton in the Marsh). I once played against Newport County (when they were in the National League) in a preseason game for Caerleon - we got stuffed 5-0 and it was an education!
Moreton in the Marsh was when the original Newport County went bust and the fans set up a phoenix club. The FAW basically said "you want to play in the English pyramid, go play in England". Eventually, a group of clubs (ending up with just Newport, Colwyn Bay and Caernarfon Town) took the FAW all the way to the high court and won. The FAW case was really stupid, because they required all Welsh clubs to play in the League of Wales, unless they were in the Football League (I think it was just Cardiff, Swansea, Wrexham). So if Wrexham, then in the bottom division, got relegated, in theory they would have to have quit the National League (then the Conference) and go play in the league of Wales!I'm a County fan from afar, having grown up not too far away but not gone to many games (I was a teenager when they were playing in Moreton in the Marsh).Citoyen's post about Maidstone's idiot owner selling the ground without having planning permission for the new site reminded me of Bristol Rovers' ground troubles, ongoing since about 1985 (the latest iterations of this trouble included Sainsbury's and now work starting on a new stand without permission having been secured or even perimeter fencing completed), but at least they only went as far afield as Bath. Newport to Moreton in the Marsh is... quite a trek!
There are a lot of parallels between what happened to Maidstone and Newport in the late 80s. Good to see both clubs back on their feet again but it's a stark reminder of how precarious life is for most lower league clubs.
And then there are English clubs in English leagues playing in, and even winning, the Welsh Cup.Moreton in the Marsh was when the original Newport County went bust and the fans set up a phoenix club. The FAW basically said "you want to play in the English pyramid, go play in England". Eventually, a group of clubs (ending up with just Newport, Colwyn Bay and Caernarfon Town) took the FAW all the way to the high court and won. The FAW case was really stupid, because they required all Welsh clubs to play in the League of Wales, unless they were in the Football League (I think it was just Cardiff, Swansea, Wrexham). So if Wrexham, then in the bottom division, got relegated, in theory they would have to have quit the National League (then the Conference) and go play in the league of Wales!I'm a County fan from afar, having grown up not too far away but not gone to many games (I was a teenager when they were playing in Moreton in the Marsh).Citoyen's post about Maidstone's idiot owner selling the ground without having planning permission for the new site reminded me of Bristol Rovers' ground troubles, ongoing since about 1985 (the latest iterations of this trouble included Sainsbury's and now work starting on a new stand without permission having been secured or even perimeter fencing completed), but at least they only went as far afield as Bath. Newport to Moreton in the Marsh is... quite a trek!
Full details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymru_Premier#Formation
There were various issues with finding somewhere to play in Newport after they won (the original ground had been turned into a housing estate), so they played in a stadium on Spytty Lane (near where the velodrome is now) for a while before moving to Rodney Parade and sharing with the Dragons and Newport RFC. The pitch yesterday was astonishingly good, given it has rugbi and football played on it most weeks - it was an utter mud pit until new drainage was put in a year or 2 ago.
Not since '95. Since 2012, only clubs playing in the Welsh league system can play in the Welsh Cup. You might argue TNS are based in England, but they play in the Welsh League.And then there are English clubs in English leagues playing in, and even winning, the Welsh Cup.Moreton in the Marsh was when the original Newport County went bust and the fans set up a phoenix club. The FAW basically said "you want to play in the English pyramid, go play in England". Eventually, a group of clubs (ending up with just Newport, Colwyn Bay and Caernarfon Town) took the FAW all the way to the high court and won. The FAW case was really stupid, because they required all Welsh clubs to play in the League of Wales, unless they were in the Football League (I think it was just Cardiff, Swansea, Wrexham). So if Wrexham, then in the bottom division, got relegated, in theory they would have to have quit the National League (then the Conference) and go play in the league of Wales!I'm a County fan from afar, having grown up not too far away but not gone to many games (I was a teenager when they were playing in Moreton in the Marsh).Citoyen's post about Maidstone's idiot owner selling the ground without having planning permission for the new site reminded me of Bristol Rovers' ground troubles, ongoing since about 1985 (the latest iterations of this trouble included Sainsbury's and now work starting on a new stand without permission having been secured or even perimeter fencing completed), but at least they only went as far afield as Bath. Newport to Moreton in the Marsh is... quite a trek!
Full details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymru_Premier#Formation
There were various issues with finding somewhere to play in Newport after they won (the original ground had been turned into a housing estate), so they played in a stadium on Spytty Lane (near where the velodrome is now) for a while before moving to Rodney Parade and sharing with the Dragons and Newport RFC. The pitch yesterday was astonishingly good, given it has rugbi and football played on it most weeks - it was an utter mud pit until new drainage was put in a year or 2 ago.
By Tuesday morning City were listed at 9-1 with the bookies not just to win the league, not just to win the double, or indeed the treble, but to win a first ever double-treble.So what is the double-treble? I can only think of five competitions for City to win, not six; do they just mean the treble (or a treble) two years in a row?
Charity ShieldCharity Shield. I did remember the Club World Cup but dismissed it cos no one really pays any attention to it.
Global Club championship - or whatever it is called, for winners of the champions league and equivalents in south america etc.
Premiership
FA Cup
League Cup
Champions league
makes 6 which did you forget? :P
I suppose it's just the treble two consecutive years (I'm assuming they trebled last year).
Clear. And definitely a double-treble rather than a sextuple (or whatever).I suppose it's just the treble two consecutive years (I'm assuming they trebled last year).
Yes, exactly that. They won the League, FA Cup and European Cup last year and those are the same three they could potentially still win this year.
You might argue that they lost last years charity shield as you qualify by winning the premiership or FA cup in the previous season, the same case could be made for the club world cup.
Bollocks. Liverpool and Arsenal losing at home have almost certainly given the title to Man City. Well done to Crystal Palace and Aston Villa.It was predictable, but I didn't think it would happen for another couple of weeks at least.