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Awful things. Normally when watching football I like to hear the passion of the crowd, the chants, the atmosphere. Now that's all drowned out and the only thing I can hear is "RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"

did you read the title ? I think the dots were supposed to be a space.

Can't see exactly what the petition says at work (Blocked under the category "advocacy groups" by our automatic web filtering system) but it can't hurt if we can get a few signatures on there and show a bit of support. I can only imagine how awful it must feel to have your club threatened with closure so imminently. Signing the petition may not do much good but at least it shows that we feel for where their fans are at the moment and shows a bit of solidarity. Could so easily be us with the debt we've got.

Heard loads & still here the odd black c*** remark when Shola f***s up. Not saying it's acceptable, because of course it isn't, but in those instances "black" is used to describe him, with cunt being the actual insult, and the insult is being issued purely for footballing reasons and nothing to do with race. It's like calling Le Tissier a big nosed twat or Dennis Wise a midget prick.

I haven't bought a newspaper for about 5 or 6 years. I can't understand why anyone ever does.

Exactly what fucking press conferences would these be? Thought we weren't talking to anyone anymore, so not as if the Daily Heil will be missing out on much.

Argentina won't get past the quarters with that madman in charge. I'll be rooting for them though, hope they do well. Hard to see past Spain IMO, they're rightly the favourites.

Well, if he likes it here we have a good chance of signing him permanently after that. That's the case quite often with those young players imo. It's only the case when the team loaning the player out doesn't want him themselves. I'm very much with Otter on this one. Loaning players like this from other clubs is extremely depressing.

Maybe, but he was a s*** manager. Certainly at this stage of his life anyway, but maybe he can learn from the experience and do better elsewhere but if he stayed at West Ham they'd have had another relegation fight on their hands next year.

Fat Sam would get hounded out of any European club he tried his hoof-it tactics, whereas no chairman in the world outside of Real Madrid could afford Redknapp's mammoth bankrupcy-inducing spendathons that he needs in order to obtain modest success.

I'd take 40 points here and now if it was offered. Anything extra is a bonus.

I'm really looking forward to the World Cup. It doesn't matter that the bars will be full of people who don't normally watch matches, there's nothing wrong there. It helps create a unique and fantastic atmosphere. Last World Cup myself and a mate booked holidays from work for all of England's matches and the day after as well to recover, and went to the bars for opening time to ensure a good seat. Spent the whole day getting smashed and watching the other games (Assuming England weren't on) whilst the bar got more full and the atmosphere built up and generally had a fantastic time watching a feast of football from all around the world. Although I can't quite do the same this year as I'll not get the time off work, it's going to be fantastic and I can't wait.

Could be worth a punt, just obviously depends on the price.. Babel is one of the least intelligent footballers I've seen in a while. Lacks vision and can't pass the ball. I don't know if this is down to the way Liverpool play (and play him) or if he really is that bad. On the good side though, he knows how to hit the ball and is one of the fastest players in PL today. Sounds like Obafemi Martins.

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when david craig retired we still had the old iron main stand, he retired before we were relegated and the old stand was still there well into the 80's. also when has the sun ever shone like that into the milburn. that is the gallowgate goal looking towards the east stand. Yeah, I was going off the roof of the stand, which looks like the old Milburn roof in that photo. Looking again, the size of the stand is too small for the Milburn, and you're right about the sun shining into it. Plus the compelling evidence from others regarding dates etc which was a bit before my time.

Surely we can afford to offer decent money to an 18 year old. It's not as if he'll be asking for £100k/year which is out of our league, he'll be wanting something a little more affordable than that and if we value him highly enough, then there's no reason a deal can't be reached that's suitable to both parties. Never seen anything of him though, could be utter dog shite for all I know...

note the standing crowd at the front of the east stand. It's the Milburn stand in the background.

Well, for starters there's not much point staying faithful to your ex-wife, is there?

...that's Panthers. Both wrong. A black Panther is a black version of either a Leopard, Cougar or Jaguar. They're not a species themselves, just caused by the black spots all merging to cover the whole cat. You can also get white Panthers, which are white versions of the above but somewhat rarer but not to be confused with albino variants of the same animals, which are different again.

That's 3 in my life time then, counting '93 as well. Oh actually 4. According to Wiki, we won something called the "Kirin cup" in 1983, not that I'd ever heard of that until about 1 minute ago and am still very little the wiser even after reading up about it!

So who got medals in the end and who didn't? There was a story that there was a shortage of them. The pic above shows Loven without one but surely he deserves one as much as anyone?

I think it's more that Spurs overpaid so in anticipation that the second deal would go through in order to help Portsmouth out. When that second deal didn't go through, Tottenham were due £1m back from the overpayment. That's my take on it anyway, seems Spurs have done nothing but try to be helpful here and are now trying to get back what's theirs when Portsmouth failed to uphold their end of the deal.

He should definitely be on the pitch on Saturday, even if not fit to play then at least to lift the trophy and join in the celebrations. Has played his part as much as anyone this season.

Just knew that fan expectations would be in there somewhere. Are these guys for fucking real? No Newcastle fan has any expectations next year. Numbers 1 and 3 are valid, everything else is rubbish (Ie Nicky Butt good in the Championship, Jonas our best player by a mile, Alan Smith is very good, sorry but that's all crap).