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You need sad people in the world like me to make everyone else look and feel better about themselves. It's what the good Lord put me on the planet for and its a sacrifice I'm prepared to make for ultimate sanctuary in the bosom of mother Mary in heaven above.

So that people ask me why I do it on football forums. Don't tell the missus though. She thinks I do it because I like her.

Cheers CS. Seems to be taking them a long time. Can't think why... Surely it'll become public at some stage as the DTI will have to take public domain action if (when) Baker Tilly unearth malpractices, won't they? And will the FA/Premier League/Football League want to apply retrospective sanctions? (like they did for Luton) Any indication from your source(s) as to when Baker Tilly are aiming to conclude their forensics? Cheers

Cheers - yep, breaking it down into chunks knocks of a few quid. Will cost us £43 to get into London and then another c.£12 for tube fare there and back. So, that's only £17 shy of £160. So I'm still looking at c.£250 (even if I go for the Sainsburys flowers...)

It's either that or fending off demands for more copulation than an unfit 45 year old bloke can muster

They are on TheTrainLine.com.... what website you looking at? (that's for 2 tickets btw) When was the last time you bought flowers? 1978?

Train tickets = £160 Travelodge = £44 Match Tickets = £20 Eating/drinking out = c.£50 Flowers for wife = £40 Total = £314

Jack Wilshere ‏@JackWilshere To be clear, never said 'born in England' - I said English people should play for England.

Baker Tilly wasn't it? I wonder why they never got around to reporting the outcome...

At least I'm honest

Trousers Jnr wants to go to this as it's half term, but will set me back c.£300 in total. I may just offer him a tenner as a bribe to stop pestering us to go...

Possibly because I didn't read it

By using the self assessment system, the government chose the cheapest implementation method. How much extra tax payers' money would have been required to migrate from a universal system to a claim based system for child benefit?

This "child tax" is a disgrace! Ah, hang on, scratch that... it's not a 'tax', it's the removal of an unnecessary benefit. Easy mistake...

His writing skills seem to have picked up....

Nabil Hassan ‏@NabilHassan7946m Supporters Trust at #readingfc (@STARReading): "We want to know the club is not going to turn into another #pompey": Mick Williams ‏@mickwill5m @NabilHassan79 @STARReading #Pompey now owned by fans, of course, which has only happened due to failure of previous owners. #AlwaysHope

Dear Pompey fans.....this is what you do when curious about the validity of your owners..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24459175 Not this....

Cortese is on the agenda at the Leaders In Football conference taking place over the next couple of days. He's due on tomorrow (10th Oct) at 14:20... http://www.leadersinfootball.com/content/conference/ 14:20-15:00 WINNERS AND LOSERS: BALANCING BUSINESS WITH FOOTBALL Win games, build a business and balance the books. Life at the top of a football club is a balancing act. Add into the mixture fervent supporter scrutiny and intense competition and it becomes an almost impossible task. Leaders brings together the men running clubs and balancing business with football expectations. Session sponsored by: International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) Confirmed Speakers: PETER SIEMSEN, PRESIDENT, FLUMINENSE BRUCE BUCK, CHAIRMAN, CHELSEA FC NICOLA CORTESE, CHAIRMAN, SOUTHAMPTON FC Live feed here for anyone sad enough (like me) to want to watch: http://www.leadersinfootball.com/ (Greg Dyke's keynote speech on at the moment)

Adam Blackmore ‏@bigadamsport Just watched Patrick Agyemang's goal from last night - what a beauty. A good draw for #pompey in next round and who knows, back at Wembley? Trousers ‏@Lord_Trousers @bigadamsport About time they got to Wembley on merit rather than buying their way there with other people's money

I had to go around Auntie Irene's for Sunday roast. If it had been a traditional Saturday KO I'd have been there.

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?47070-Wanyama-s-goal&p=1794521#post1794521

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10364157/Jobs-joy-as-full-time-salaries-rise-at-the-fastest-pace-for-over-five-years.html

Or....