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Aye, and we kept being reminded of it three years later. A really sad end for Ranieri.

Utter wankers. They deserve to go out for not demolishing Leicester in their state.

For fuck's sake.

2-0! 8 minutes played.

Brilliant goal from Zaza, Valencia lead against Real Madrid.

There's a really good piece by Martin Samuel in the Mail about the Wayne Shaw affair. Not a writer (or a paper) I generally give my clicks to but worth a read. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4247018/Bookies-corrupted-season-s-romantic-game.html

Can't believe I genuinely asked this question yet missed the opportunity.

I think it's to avoid fixture clashes between Lyon/St Etienne and Fener/Besiktas. Not sure about the Schalke game though as there's no other German sides playing tomorrow.

Does eating a pie really count as a "football-related matter"? Also there is no evidence that he made a bet either. No but he did admit he knew some friends had bet on him doing it (if you believe what's been reported). That would then make it illegal I think (well some sort of offence to do with betting anyhoo). But if he knows of the market's existence, then him eating or not eating the pie is deciding the result of the bet one way or the other. It's a bit of a dangerous precedent for these novelty bets (which the gambling companies have been warned about offering because of how easily compromised they are) to be regulated in the same way as a bet on the match is.

Not really. Just turned into an interesting discussion, regardless of the origins.

I've gone for Sevilla to score 3 at 11/8. Kicking myself because the price was much better last week, closer to 2/1. I think they're in danger of a real arse-kicking.

When my mother-in-law was seeing a fella a few years ago, they'd regularly go for a night or two in various cities, and in every single one, they'd check in on Facebook to Pizza Express. York Pizza Express (about ten times since they used to meet up there), Edinburgh Pizza Express, London Pizza Express, a different London Pizza Express, Leeds... Used to do my fucking head in. Always flat out refused when she was trying to drag us to the Newcastle one.

Was there a maximum stake on that 8/1?

I'm generally very anti-chain, I'll try and go independents or small regional chains wherever I can as far as restaurants are concerned. I'd simply rather they had my money. Trickier with pubs since most are affiliated to chains now. The entire point of a chain for me is reduced costs, which they can pass on to the consumer, even if the quality is bog standard. So I get Wetherspoons, it's £2 a pint ffs, I get McDonald's. What I don't get is people frequenting chains where they pay a premium for stuff that a local independent will almost always be doing better for less. Anyone who goes in that Byron at the Monument when Fat Hippo is round the corner is a fucking idiot. Ditto La Tasca.

Guessing it's because the tip over the bar was a deflected cross.

Cracking penalty that. He's much improved from the spot from a couple of years ago.

Haven't seen it mentioned but Thauvin's goal for Marseille yesterday was absolutely fantastic.

1 but even then they have to make it through 3 qualification ties after that.

Millwall were a lush price today.

Wow.

Gameiro off the bench for Atleti, scores a five minute hat trick.

It's ridiculous, I don't think I've ever won one. I remember putting a tenner at half time on Henrik Larsson to score in the 2006 World Cup vs Germany. Five minutes into the second half, Sweden got a penalty and he belted it over the bar. Hated him ever since. That's probably the closest I've been to a winning next/first goalscorer bet.