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Pilchards, Not quite true. It was Alan Hardaker of the Football League who was against English Clubs entering the European Cup and Chelsea were banned from entering the first competition.. Matt Busby got Sir Stanley Rous, President of the FA, to back him up and persuade Hardaker to change his mind. However Matt Busby was keen to return from their game in Belgrade asap to ensure they were able to play a League game on the Saturday. The plane tried to take off twice from their fuelling stop in Munich but failed on the third attempt.

Not Saints related and forgive me for that but I have just finished reading a biography of Duncan Edwards by James Leighton. I guess only the older Saints fans on here will remember his name and only a few will have seen him play prior to his death in the Munich Air Crash of 1958. I can remember being off school ill when the tragedy was reported on our old valve radio and being particularly affected by the deaths, particularly of Duncan Edwards who had dominated the football headlines at the time. Reading the book brought home to me the loss of Edwards, who was truly a giant in the game in every respect at the tender age of 21, as well as the likes of Tommy Taylor, Roger Byrne and a number of other young players who would likely to have been regulars in the England team going forward. By common consent Duncan Edwards was, at 21, the greatest all rounder English football ever produced and he was earning £15 a week plus bonuses. Puts a lot of things into perspective I think.

Interesting to see that one of the main financial backers of the 'Leave' campaign (with a £9m donation), the nice Arron Banks and his Russian born wife, Katya, met with Russian Govt linked people a number of times to supposedly discuss 'business interests. Mr Banks didnt like an article posted by the journalist Carole Cadwallader, and he sued for libel but lost. Presumably there was no link between Mr Banks, Russia and Brexit or was there? Why would Russia want to interfere in a vote in the UK unless it was to weaken the UK and de stabilise European unity? Surely they wouldnt want to do that, would they?

Seems that Boris was trying to get Carrie Symonds, his bit on the side at the time, a job as a 'Special Advisor' @ £100k pa when he was Foreign Secretary. True to form as it was also suggested he was trying to provide financial benefits for a well upholstered Jennifer Acuri when Boris was Mayor of London. I suppose a slob like him has to pay for favours.

I am sorry to say I am with you on this. The FTSE 100 has had a sharp reduction today and I am fearful this will continue as I have a decent % of my capital in shares . That said I have always worked on the assumption that my shares are there for the long haul so expect to take a fair bit of short term pain for (hopefully) long term gain. The problem is that the possibility of recession will accentuate the myriad of problems facing the Govt who are not collectively able to deal with the expected mayhem.

Whilst the Express, Mail in particular and the Telegraph to some degree are favourable to Johnson, I dont think this applies to Murdoch owned Times group. The Sunday Times regularly have articles negative to Johnson.

Who can afford Maris Piper?

If the Tories get caned in the upcoming By Elections will this be Bye Bye Boris?

Shane Long has always put heart and soul into his game whilst at SMS. However, in my opinion, he was overpriced at £12m in the first place (a couple of Hull City fans I know couldnt believe their club had received such a high price for a player they only thought of as average, at best) For a striker his scoring record here has been very disappointing. All that said I also wish him the very best for the future and hope the club can replace him with someone with more ability but with Shane's commitment

Give the job to Mad Nad and put Diane Abbot in as leader of the opposition and PMQ's will be riveting viewing!!!

1 Sheep tied to a lamp post = Leisure Centre in West Wales!!

A mate of mine, who deals in Northern Soul records, sold one of the two 45rpm vinyl copies of Frank Wilson's..'Do I Love You (Indeed I do')...for £18k about 20 years ago. It was resold 2 years ago to a guy called Lee Jeffries for a reported £100k!!

Just bought a 45rpm single by Clifford Chance 'She Shot a Hole in My Soul' with 'Wont you Shag with me' on the flip side.. Interesting B side!!! Anyone have an idea of the value?

Always look forward to your posts. To the point and generally full of (black)humour.!!!!!!!

Me too. A (very) long serving Saints fan. The run of results from Villa has been awful but I have endured several similar scenarios. Just as I was enjoying Saints games until Villa.

I am old enough to remember when inflation was over 20% and we were getting a pay adjustment every month. I also had to work three jobs at the same time to pay for the mortgage on my first house. My kids would never contemplate this reality nowadays. Likewise when I grew up in an unheated house with little money for food, eating out (once or twice a year) a weeks caravan holiday (if we were lucky) no car, no phone etc etc. This was the same for many people of our generation who had little but were relatively happy, especially if Saints won at the weekend. Problem is all our collective aspirations have increased significantly in recent years so it is difficult for many to deal with the challenges that were part of my generation's life when growing up.

I have been a Ralph supporter but the recent games after Villa have been truly embarrassing and if we take that form into next season we could well beat the lowest points total held by Derby,

Absolutely awful performance from every player

And it seems that the much vaunted Trade Deal that we could do with the USA as a consequence of Brexit is under pressure from the Democrats as they are not at all happy that the UK Govt is trying to renege on a deal they were happy to sign off. Yet another Brexit 'bonus' in peril!!!

Problem is if 'The Moggster' gets mugged off as an MP he will immediately receive an honour to enable him to have regular naps in The Lords whilst continuing to make a decent living elsewhere.

I have a couple of mates who worked for the Foreign Office. Boris was looked upon as a bumbling buffoon who rarely read his briefing notes.

I cant see us selling too many for next season. I was in a group of 5 and am the only one renewing which is a shame as we have all been at St Marys since the move from The Dell.

Dont think that our emerging talent such as Shaw, Bale and Ox managed to play in the Prem. I think Thierry Small will definitely make the grade for us but his lack of experience was very apparent v Coventry.

Am I right to recollect that we 'sold' a young central defender to Man City recently?

Wonder how many Liverpool fans will be in home ends and corporate areas?