sadoldgit

As has been said, he has been brilliant for this club. Top man.

It is one of those annual events that is part of the British "season" like the Chelsea Flower Show. You can bet if it was the LSE against Camberwell Art College they wouldn't give a stuff.

I don't disagree and fair play to the girls. Where does it stop though? A womens final before the FA Cup Final? A womens Grand Prix before the FI Grand Prix? I am all for equality and the girls were clearly delighted at the end of their race to have had their day too. I also think that the viewing figures would have been much lower of they had raced on another day and that it is an issue that many people wouldn't have bothered about unlike equal pay for equal jobs etc. I think there are more important battles to fight.

Well chuffed for Pelle and JWP. 3 points in the bag. Woohoo!

Doesn't he know that our keeper is rubbish, our centre forward is rubbish, our under 21 England midfielder is rubbish.......................

On a more serious note - I never really though about this as a sexist issue. The boat race has always been a male thing as has the FA Cup Final etc. I'd always assumed that women rowed but what does that have to do with the annual boat race (queue the old joke about how come Oxford and Cambridge get through to the final every year). It is something that happens that people make a fuss about that happens to be done by blokes. You could argue that if you open it up to women then you should open it up to other universities too as it is exclusive as it stands to males in just two universities. The whole point about this race is that it is a one off between Oxford and Cambridge and traditionally it has been competed for by males. There are plenty of other rowing competitions out there that include women aren't there if that is your bag?

If they had agreed to row naked I am sure there would have been plenty of money in it for them!

Just to clarify, striking comes under the heading of common assault. If the victim or the police had decided to press charges it would have been dealt with in the Magistrates Court. As has been said, it happens frequently and people do not get charged. That doesn't mean that they have not broken the law, it just means they have not been charged. As the injury caused a cut Clarkson could have been charged with ABH. More serious damage could have led to GBH. You don't have to draw blood to be charged with common assault. A slap across the face would do it. Bottom line, if you hit someone you are breaking the law and could end up in court.

I remember the shower rumour, also the one that Graeme Le Saux was gay because he read The Guardian. Oh to be back in those enlightened times!

It was a miracle that we survived on crowds of 15k at The Dell. Not so much bad management as getting by on what we had and making the most of it. There wasn't the sort of money around that there is now and I remember being told that Rupert Lowe didn't know where the next pound was coming from at one point. A number of people tried to turn things around and failed. Still, without those years in the footballing wilderness we would not be where we are today. Who would trade those wonderful years as we started our climb back for years of Premiership mediocrity? Not me for one. There was no way we could have remained at The Dell sadly but things move on and so has the club.

suckage

What lies on the bottom of the sea and mutilates prostitutes? Jack the Kipper.

threesome

That makes sense. I did think it odd him playing Groves out of position in a league match!

Meant to write this a while back so apols if it has been covered already. Groves is a regular on TalkSport and was talking about when he knew his days were numbered at Saints. He had been out injured for a long time but was fit again. Alan Ball told him he was playing at full back. He had NEVER played in that position in his life and knew his time was up at that point. He played a stinker and never played for the Saints again. To be fair he admitted that he was finished at that point after a bad run of injuries. My issue though is why play him at all if you have decided he is not good enough? Anyone remember him playing at full back?

I haven't watched cricket on TV for years but he was the man when I did. Excellent broadcaster. Not quite John Arlott but still top quality. RIP.

To be fair Whitey, there was an internal enquiry and Clarkson was adjudged to have done what we heard he had done.

Nirvana

Sadly Sarnia these incidents happen all too frequently which is why many of us have issues with arming police and the gun laws in the USA.

No wonder his knees gave out, carrying that massive ego around all day!

Agreed. A fit JRod would have made a big difference this season. Massive loss for us.

Even his knees were against him!

steak

So he wasn't totally honest about the reasons he left QPR. What a surprise!

He did. He hit someone which is common assault. Luckily for him the person he hit did not press charges and the police have decided not to take it any further.