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  • Alison
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 6455

    Great idea Pet! I admire both these evidently fallible individuals!

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    • johncorrigan
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 10349

      The Buddies are still looking for a new Manager....

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      • teamsaint
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 25195

        this is supposed to be good.

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        • Petrushka
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 12239

          Originally posted by Alison View Post
          Great idea Pet! I admire both these evidently fallible individuals!
          Let's face it, a football manager's job nearly always ends in failure.

          I work a rotten tomato's throw away from the Derby County ground at Pride Park and they don't half get through some managers, most of them failures from elsewhere! Already imagining the office conversation tomorrow morning.
          "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26523

            Originally posted by Petrushka View Post
            Let's face it, a football manager's job nearly always ends in failure.
            At least Big Sam has an unsurpassable 100% win record as England Manager...
            "...the isle is full of noises,
            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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            • Richard Tarleton

              My friend George is just back from a week in Barcelona. A Scouser and Everton supporter, he also uses an electric wheelchair, and travelled with two friends - his carer, and carer's wife. While said wife went shopping, carer wanted to see the Nou Camp stadium (George had been before). They got passes online, and turned up - to find long queues, as it was the day new player Paco Alácer was being presented to the crowd. George (who speaks excellent Spanish, he and I did OU Spanish together years ago) asked an official if they could avoid the queue. The official whisked them to a side door, down some corridors and into a tunnel....glimmer of light at the end, yes, they were on the pitch! And not only that, right where a TV presenter was warming up the crowd. Presenter sticks microphone in George's face, asks him who he is - George says in his best Spanish that he's from Liverpool, Everton supporter, on holiday, etc. - presenter repeats all this to the crowd, crowd goes wild, George is interviewed live on TV.....then new player Paco is presented to the crowd (and given an Audi car as a welcome gift). Paco shakes hands with the line-up on the pitch including George, gives George a football (they later get a carrier bag for it from the stadium shop)....George is the toast of their hotel when they get back. A heavily edited clip of the proceedings here - you get the briefest glimpse of George at 4.38

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              • johncorrigan
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 10349

                Great game at Celtic Park tonight.

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                • EdgeleyRob
                  Guest
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 12180

                  Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
                  My friend George is just back from a week in Barcelona. A Scouser and Everton supporter, he also uses an electric wheelchair, and travelled with two friends - his carer, and carer's wife. While said wife went shopping, carer wanted to see the Nou Camp stadium (George had been before). They got passes online, and turned up - to find long queues, as it was the day new player Paco Alácer was being presented to the crowd. George (who speaks excellent Spanish, he and I did OU Spanish together years ago) asked an official if they could avoid the queue. The official whisked them to a side door, down some corridors and into a tunnel....glimmer of light at the end, yes, they were on the pitch! And not only that, right where a TV presenter was warming up the crowd. Presenter sticks microphone in George's face, asks him who he is - George says in his best Spanish that he's from Liverpool, Everton supporter, on holiday, etc. - presenter repeats all this to the crowd, crowd goes wild, George is interviewed live on TV.....then new player Paco is presented to the crowd (and given an Audi car as a welcome gift). Paco shakes hands with the line-up on the pitch including George, gives George a football (they later get a carrier bag for it from the stadium shop)....George is the toast of their hotel when they get back. A heavily edited clip of the proceedings here - you get the briefest glimpse of George at 4.38
                  Wonderful

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                  • EdgeleyRob
                    Guest
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 12180

                    Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
                    Great game at Celtic Park tonight.
                    Pity Celtic let them lot back in 3 times.

                    Big thank you to TS for the round ups during the last fortnight.

                    Champions League

                    Leicester City 1 Porto 0 Scored on 25 mins,top of the group
                    Arsenal 2 Basel 0 Straightforward win,2 early goals

                    League

                    Newcastle United 4 Norwich City 3 From 1-3 down,2 stoppage time goals
                    Blackburn Rovers 0 Sheffield Wednesday 1 Improving after a slow start,1st half goal
                    Ipswich Town 0 Brighton 0 Good point,4th
                    Wigan Athletic 2 Wolves 1 Conceded the 2nd on 88 mins
                    Coventry City 2 Wimbledon 2 Forum derby,Sky Blues took an early lead,Dons went 2-1 up on 83 mins before conceding the equaliser on 93 mins
                    Sheffield United 1 Bristol Rovers 0 Conceded on 65 mins,red card on 66 mins
                    Hartlepool United 1 Luton Town 1 Let a half time lead slip after a 2nd half red card
                    Macclesfield Town 3 Wrexham 0 All the goal in a 12 min spell each side of the break
                    Stockport County 1 Fylde 2 Equalised on 93 mins,conceded on 97 mins ffs

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                    • Nick Armstrong
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26523



                      "...the isle is full of noises,
                      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                      • johncorrigan
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 10349

                        Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
                        The Buddies never win when they're on BBC Alba -
                        One down at half time to Falkirk on Alba ...wee bit unfortunate but still quite pants!

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                        • antongould
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 8780

                          You see I always knew that pigs could fly .....

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                          • EdgeleyRob
                            Guest
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 12180

                            Originally posted by Beef Oven!
                            All the proper fixtures are on tomorrow. Why do we have to have this continental idea about football on a Sunday? I voted Brexit to be rid of this nonsense. Article 50 must happen soon, lest we’ll have the FA Cup on a Wednesday at 7.30. I want my country back!
                            So much better when Fergie used to decide the fixture dates

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                            • Beef Oven!
                              Ex-member
                              • Sep 2013
                              • 18147

                              Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View Post
                              So much better when Fergie used to decide the fixture dates
                              Ok, get it all off your chest - penalties, Fergie-time, Howard Webb .......

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                              • EdgeleyRob
                                Guest
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 12180

                                Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                                Ok, get it all off your chest - penalties, Fergie-time, Howard Webb .......

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