Manchester United...Mick Hucknell...case closed

“..a sporting culture like England’s where insults and even violence are routine aspects of the soccer-going experience..”

Since 04/05, the natioanlities of Winners of the champions league break down as follows:

You’re coming at this from the wrong angle - Spurs fucked this up with the structure of the offer - current reports are that they offerred 5 million upfront and the balance in staged payments, incentives etc, so really no where near the claimed 22 million

One more thing to add to the list of “why dogs are better than cats”

Anyone who eats in a Weatherspoons, particularly on “cheap steak night” could definitely be that stupid, trust me.

The supremely good BBC Radio movie review programme (look up the podcast) produced a cinema code of conduct that addresses many of these issues -

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My one & only Expos-related story. August 2000, I was in Montreal on business (I lived in the UK at the time) with a colleague - we had one dead night and my friend, Jim had never seen baseball, so, courtesy of the Sheraton Hotel , we got a couple of seat at the Stade Olympique to see the Expos and the Giants.

25 years ago, Merv Hughes the Australian fast bowler, had the original..

Ah...that brings the memories back..

Great post by Joao Andre on the Guardian's Minute-by-Minute coverage

Here's a thought. Take responsibility for balls away from each team and put someone....let's say a referee/ linesman/ umpire (for Christ's sake there are plenty of them) in charge.

The Guardian website has a graphic of El Capitan in comparison to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai - These guys have just climbed a wall higher than the world's tallest building - kind of puts it into perspective

Remember that they're Australian, so the terms "semi-literate" and "emotionally insecure" are a given.

On the basis that "good manager" versus "bad manager" is highly subjective, I won't get into the argument with you or rehash the stats that have been posted in this discussion that show Pardew's record as manager.

And there - however badly you articulated it - is the difference. You at least have a club that competes and is at least partially committed to try and win things.

It's bad enough living in Jacksonville, then this weekend, it turned into Knoxville-on-Sea. You should have seen the beach this weekend - last time I saw blubber on this scale was when a dead Humpback washed up.

If I can add a dissenting voice to your assertion that Pardew has been a "damn good and at times great manager for Newcastle". His record is Won 71, Drawn 41, Lost 73 - in no-one's terms can this be defined as damn good. Add to that the facts that he got a ban for manhandling a linesman, calling Pellegrini a "fucking…

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