stevegrant

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression you couldn't have a bank holiday on a Sunday?

No "could" about it, they "would" be safe if we win the third test, as the best the Aussies could then manage would be a drawn series, which would see us retain the Ashes anyway.

Looks quite likely to be genuine, but then again both his and Leon Legge's profile descriptions are identical... summary: no idea Oh, and he follows the Echo feed... that'll go down well

The Barmy Army's new song for the third test, to the tune of Oasis' Don't look back in anger:

I think I need a lay down. I agree with you.

Which is rather odd considering Newsquest made a profit of somewhere in the region of £80m last year. Tough times indeed.

Which articles were they?

Your obsession with the Echo is rather weird.

In League One, yes, but not in the Premier League or Championship. That's another reason why the rules on "safety" are so ridiculous - apparently it's unsafe for the handful of people who turn up at the DW Stadium to watch a Premier League game to stand, and yet 2000 people packed onto a terrace at Peterborough in League One is perfectly acceptable. Either it's safe or it isn't, and if it isn't, there should be a blanket ban at all levels.

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It's difficult to have much sympathy with the likes of Anson who put his name to the letter to the ExCo members after the Panorama broadcast when they cry foul after the event when the rest of us knew exactly what was going to happen and what has been going on for years. Proper investigative journalism, such as that used by Andrew Jennings in the Panorama programme, is a dying art around the world for fear of offending people. Without that fear, a chance to expose the likes of Jack Warner still exists, so fair play to Jennings for his determination and persistence. I am quite surprised he's the only journalist banned from FIFA HQ though

Not 100% sure, some of the stadia in Germany are really steep (Dortmund, for example) while others are the complete opposite (Stuttgart).

You forget that Spain/Portugal were heavily involved in Qatar getting the 2022 tournament. What they didn't reckon on was Russia being better, quicker and more covert at getting vote promises for 2018.

They were up in arms when he was first appointed, "this job's too big for a rookie", etc.

They've done better than expected in Europe (although take a look at the Bundesliga and Serie A tables to see that neither Inter or Bremen have been anywhere near their best this season), but haven't been anything special in the league so far, IMO. Pretty average away from home, the second half against Arsenal aside. If Redknapp got the England job, I'd emigrate. Fortunately, it won't ever come to that as they won't give him the job in a month of Sundays. An England manager who's popular with the press? It just wouldn't work, which would mean the press might turn against him and do a little bit of digging...

I don't think Cross Country accept Group Saver tickets... have you tried looking at going via London?

Safe standing embraces exactly the same policy, all tickets issued are for a specific standing spot. And of course, it's easy enough, and entirely legal, for someone to go to a club's ticket office and buy a ticket for a game without handing over their name and address, so the identification "issue" would be no different.

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Wasn't he sentenced to community service? It all makes sense now...

Fluked a refund on the train as one of the parts of the journey was cancelled due to the weather, so £59 wasn't wasted

I was under the impression that the burden of proof was on the prosecution to prove guilt, not the other way around.

Sorry, not been around much lately as I've had a big project delivery at work. Prediction League should now be updated.

Surprised they managed to get that much for him, to be honest. He's scored a few this season, but before this season he'd scored one league goal (which was actually an own goal incorrectly credited to him!) in 16 starts and 36 sub appearances

From less than half a season, and only playing two thirds of most games, getting substituted on 63 minutes, much to my annoyance

I think it centres around the well-publicised legal disputes between Gaydamak (Snr) and Chainrai/Kushnir in the past. They became interested because they were still owed money by Gaydamak and saw that the club was listed among his assets in an Israeli newspaper. It was obvious that he wouldn't sell the club to them, so they made up some non-existent Arab to effectively "flip" the club, but they had to string it out for a bit longer to make it seem credible ().