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I pass by Staplewood every day. The new pitches have been laid up as far as Twiggs Lane and they are erecting the lights and other stuff and doing the roadways. Doesn't look like it's on hold.

For a guy that was built like a brick sh*thouse he was very quick. I remember a game against the Arse at The Dell where he was giving Ian Wright a couple of yards start and then catching him with ease.

If you're asked for a couple of quid "for a cup of coffee", offer to go and get them one. If they accept, they're propably genuine, if they don't then they want the money for other purposes.

Indeed. There were a number of occasions in the last third of the game when either Fonte or Gardos had possession quite deep in our half and there was a 20 or 30 yard gap between them and the most forward West Ham player. They were very reluctant to come forward.

Do they show all the premier league games? I'm thinking of ditching Sky Sports and was looking at OffsideStreams, another XBMC app (but that's £10.00 per month).

I would try to persuade your missus to go up the Eiffel Tower. Amazing views from the top on a clear day. Get there early to avoid the queues. The Louvre is definitely worth a visit as is the Arc de Triomphe. The Metro is fast with frequent trains and saves a lot of walking. I've travelled quite a bit in France and have generally found the people to be friendly and helpful if you make a bit of an effort to speak French (even if you're not very good). Paris seems to be the exception. Even the French don't like Parisians.

After 61 years the BBC have lost the Open Golf to Sky from 2017. Live sport on terrestrial TV will soon be a thing of the past.

As you're in SO16, the Jehangir in Winchester Road is one of the best Indians around and not far to go.

Iraq or Syria are reasonably priced with very sunny weather.

Apparently, he wants to become a badger..... http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity/adrian-chiles-becoming-a-badger-2015012394743

Unfortunate. Both players certainly have talent but Osvaldo seems to be an utter nutjob and Gaston can't produce on a consistent basis. Maybe there's a manager out there somewhere who could get the best out of them but I think that we're going to take a financial hit on these two.

Not that young, he's 28 next month. Should be in his prime. Hopefully he'll see this as his last chance and and knuckle down and try and win back his place in the Dutch squad.

Grew up in Romsey. My dad and uncle were regulars at The Dell and I persuaded them to take me when I was about 8 (it was against Port Vale in '58 ). Had a slight hiatus when I discovered girls but soon got my priorities right. Started taking my lad to reserve games when they were at The Dell, graduated to the first team and he was hooked and so joined the Junior Saints and has been going regularly for the last 20 years (he's not still in the Junior Saints). Could never support anyone else. I've seen many good and bad times but this season must be among the best especially now that the gap between the so-called big clubs and the rest is greater than it's ever been.

It doesn't get any better.... http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/boy-five-shoots-dead-ninemonthold-baby-brother-9989512.html

Chris Nicholl wasn't.

The pundits on the Sunday Supplement were saying what a good player he is. I don't care if Fraser Forster scores all of our goals as long as we keep on winning.

Saturday 24th at 3.00pm £12 for adults £7 for concessions £5 for U-17s General sale starts on Monday. Good to see a sensible pricing policy. Palace should bring down a good few so it should be a decent atmosphere.

Many people questioned where the 5 miniutes of stoppage time came from. This analysis shows that, if you're playing one of the so-called "big" teams there is likely to be more stoppage time given if the big team is losing (around 5 minutes) than if they're winning (about 3.5 minutes). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/11334258/Are-Premier-League-referees-biased-towards-the-big-clubs.html

Good report from Henry Winter in the Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/11338636/Man-Utd-0-Southampton-1-match-report-Saints-remain-on-course-for-Champions-League-thanks-to-Dusan-Tadic.html

Mrs ecuk268 reckons this is the best one in town.

Isn't the easiest way to get one is donate a lot of cash to whichever party happens to be in power?

Years deaths by gunshot: USA: 10.3 per 100000 UK: 0.25 per 100000 Strangely enough, the largest category in both countries is suicide.

It would be good if players only fell over if they really couldn't stay on their feet. I heard Michael Owen commentating on BT Sport recently saying that, if there was contact, then then player "had the right to go down". No he hasn't. He should only go down if he can't do anything else. It seems increasingly common for players to fall over at the slightest touch and that makes it very difficult for referees to tell if the fall was genuine. Even TV replays can't be conclusive. I agree that blatant dives where there is obviously no contact should be more heavily punished although maybe Chelsea's constant whingeing yesterday had the opposite effect which caused the ref to not give them the penalty.

Got mine online last week. It just said "Updating Smartcard".

The saga drags on.... http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/dec/23/coventry-city-wasps-ricoh-arena We were lucky to escape that lot.