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.