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Notice that will all their 'new' money, the local Liverpool Council (who are regularly moaning about the lack of Government money to pay for essential services) have bought Everton's Finch Farm training ground and are now investing £13m in an upgraded mini stadium to house their Under 21 games

I sorry to say I have to agree with your comment

I went there many years ago on a school trip. A seagull shat on my school cap on the Great Ormes Head (if I remember the name of the hill correctly)

You have got to say that regularly selling between 9-11,000 season tickets each year is a decent effort However I guess this is partly due to the continued level of support Pompey enjoy (fair play to them for this) but also the low cost of the season ticket. Bradford City enjoyed the same arrangements before they finally escaped from League 2

As you might expect the Liverpool Echo are creaming themselves over the reply!!!

I see what you are saying here However most/all of the cities mentioned have received shed loads of investment, mainly from the EU, to pump prime upgrades of their city centres. Liverpool, as an example, has received (and will continue to receive for the next year or so) Objective One EU finding which exceeds £1 billion A small proportion of this would have aided Southampton significantly

Liverpool Echo are speculating that Everton are interested in Pelle but baulking at the £20m price tag Saints have put on him

Going back to the 70's, Roger Fry and Terry Spinner left Saints to play for Walsall

Interesting to see that the Liverpool Echo is running a story about a plague of flies in Everton Co - incidental or what?

Virgin Media?

I think he was suffering from prostrate cancer Unlikely to be caused by playing football

I felt very sorry for the Pompey fan who ended up badly injured in Marseilles I still do and would have been happy to donate money to the fund raising that is underway Whilst enjoying a bit of banter with Pompey fans I would not wish any decent Pompey fan any harm. However there are suggestions that the chap in question has boasted on Twitter about his past association with the 657 crew. This is uncorroborated at the moment but perhaps would change my view of things if proved to me correct. Having said that being assaulted with an iron bar, which seems to be the case, is cowardly in the extreme.

It seems to me that because we basically developed mob behaviour at football games, English fans are seen as the 'benchmark' for hooligan behaviour even though banning orders and introduction of family groups have generally made our fans a more passive lot. However some of the jingoistic songs and disrespecting other teams anthems by some do little to endear our fans to others Basically we are now well down the 'Hooligan' League and any fan going abroad nowadays is likely to be a victim rather than a protagonist, especially when easily recognised as being English. Unfortunately, as English football fans, we are collectively falling foul of what went on 20 or more years ago.

Agree about the intrigue FWIW I reckon that the sticking point is disagreement over our requirement for Everton not poaching our players, as has been mentioned by well placed posters. There may be some issue about the Fitness Coach's position too eg does he really want to go

Odd one this On my car radio I listen fairly regularly to Radio 5 Live on 909 AM Recently whenever I am in the Lordswood/Lordshill area the station automatically changes to the Traffic Announcement mode and a repetitive piece of 'music' plays under the Global Radio banner. Understand Global Radio is the operating company for Heart, Smooth and Capital stations Interested if anyone has a (sensible!!) explanation Thanks

I wonder how many English fans (or indeed those from other western countries) would be keen to venture into Russia for the next World Cup after the problems in Marseilles Whilst appreciating that our own fans have not covered ourselves in glory over the years, it seems the Russian hooligans have taken violence up to another level and may well enjoy a degree of support in relation to their actions from the Russian Press and indeed those in public office. Added to the 'dirty deals' stories which abound about Russia 'buying' their World Cup award, I reckon the number of foreign fans going to the 2018 tournament (especially from European and non white countries) will be significantly reduced.

I wonder how this line up would do against lower league opposition and whether some of the players mentioned would actually be permitted within our U21 team, presuming all would be available (ie not out on loan) Gazza Mc Carthy Stephens Turnbull Targett Reed Hesketh Ward Prowse Isgrove/McQueen Gallagher Seager I guess our footballing ability would be better but interesting to know whether the lads would have the attributes to deal with the physical demands of lower leagues

Thank you for the advice

Not a fan of the honours list but another year without recognition of the services MLT has given to footie, TV and Charity. When you think the likes of Alan Knight and Steve Bull, amongst others, had some sort of recognition, it is disappointing that one of the most talented, and loyal, players of his era continues to be overlooked. Still congrats to Alan Shearer

How on earth did the 'Powers to Be' allow this to be put up for public display? Can still remember the look of disbelief on the faces of those present when the covers were taken off Respect to Leon Crouch for helping sort it out Bet the sculptor hasn't had many commissions since!!

Has Koeman gone yet? Last time I looked on the official site there was no news, so it can't be true otherwise the club would have explained all!!!!!!!

Huzzah!!! I am now officially a paid up member of the ITK club!!! See my post of 2nd May (no 107) on the Guess the New Sponsor thread.

How much for Sammy Lee?

According to the Liverpool echo report, Evertons new manager will be given £100m to spend, prospects of a new stadium and (for Ronald) a £500k increase in his salary

Predicted revenue from TV and League placing for next season ie 2016/17