sparta

18 year old that might get a couple of matches in the premier league next year... quite close at least

probably had a chuck norris moment

Dean Ashton admits there is a 'bitterness' about being forced to retire after revealing he may never be able to run again. The 26-year-old called time on his career on Friday after failing to fully recover from an ankle injury initially suffered while training with the England squad back in August 2006. The West Ham striker missed the entire 2006/07 season and, though he played the following campaign, he had not made a first-team appearance since September last year. He has made his long-term health his priority in calling it a day and concedes he is currently struggling to even walk properly. Rubbish situation "It's a rubbish situation," Ashton told The Sun. "I just want to be able to walk properly and, at the moment, I cannot. "My health is obviously more important than football. I was told if I kept trying to play football, I might never walk again. "I am going to hospital on Tuesday for a fifth operation. "It's unlikely I will ever be able to jog again, but right now, I can't walk properly. "My left ankle is still very sore. It will be a while before I feel okay and get over this disappointment. "There is a bit of bitterness and I think 'Why me?'. It's a sad part of football." The former Crewe Alexandra youngster also revealed that he had known for months that he was going to have to retire following an aborted comeback attempt at the start of this season. Broke down He added: "In August of this year, I tried to join in with the first team. I went to do a jog around the pitch, but at the end of second lap, I was struggling. The noise coming from my joint was terrible. "Kieron Dyer thought it was my boots making the noise. I went to the side and was crying on the floor. This was the second time I'd broken down in tears. "I knew this was it. Definitely. My last chance had gone. I was finished. The lads were all shocked and saddened to see me like that. "Generally, I don't show a lot of emotion so it was probably strange to see a big lad like me crying. But I knew that was it. "The delay over these last few months was due to myself and West Ham sorting out all the technicalities of me retiring. "I'd like to thank West Ham for all the time they have spent on me and the fans have been terrific. I'm sad I could not get back and play in front of them."

havent you heard? Butt is fit like a 24 year old.

a winger... that scored a goal... what the hell

Hargreaves to give their medical staff some more practise? is there a thing as a fit hargreaves?

try to kill him with a spoon

if CH gets us promoted with the current squad, i think he deserve a go at it. i also think ashley has a couple of clauses in that contract as well, so i wouldnt be to worried if we get sold.

http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/javaImages/b0/15/0,,10278~7214512,00.jpg

i was thinking YMCA somehow...

i mean, great picture... but we should be able to do something funny with this http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9238/010278716000300.jpg

if mclovin comes in and scores a header... they just have to play this song... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykmewqEUZHU

always thought that womens football should be a branch of paraolympics...

ive got som info from someone inside the club that overhear ashley while drinking his daily tea with some cakes... that this guy is going to be signed as the "next mark viduka"... dont know if hes any good, youll have to check him out on youtube http://images.biip.no/user/profile/image/69983781711.jpg even found a link

:mackems:

Aliens DO indeed exist. They just know better than to visit a planet where Ameobi can score a hattrick on them

:mackems: The square root of Ameobi is football. Do not try to square Ameobi, the result is hattrick. In the Words of Julius Caesar, "Veni, Vidi, Ameobi". Translation: I came, I saw, and Ameobi scored a hattrick on me. Love does not hurt. Ameobi does.

So, if this is the criteria for how much you're allowed to like someone in football... should we have looked at Alan Shearer (as player) with a stern face, nodding our heads with bleak appreciation? After all, he was on £50,000 a week so he should have been performing like that - hardly a hero for goodness sake. Anything less and it's not really good enough and an injustice. .....? It doesn't work like that. We know what people earn in football; it's something us mere mortals have got to put to the back of our mind. I'm not considering that whatsoever. I like the guy because whilst: he knows he's out of his depth, we know he's out of his depth, the players know he's out of his depth, he's got stuck in - kept a cool head and simply got on with it. Not forgetting he's been here since Allardyce - he's seen it all, but regarless of that, he's done his (and other people's) jobs with no fuss whatsoever. It warmed the heart a bit seeing him celebrate the way he did when Duff scored. He loves this club and badly wants to do well for us, you can see that and i tip my hat to him for that. :clap: :clap:

4m? GET IN!!! (a replacement as well)

pleasure island.. oooh yeah

holy crap! epilepsi warning written all over it

good luck to him. probably prove himself to be a decent prem/championship player

got a couple of good ones we can rip off. we are a dramatic club (in som ways). to bad i cant post football movies but hey. this is just for fun anyway. ha ha :clap: :clap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKLpJtvzlEI http://rumorsandrants.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/shearer.jpg a great man retires... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyGz_17_0lk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00868/money-graphics-2008_868147a.jpg why us?? whats up with this curse?? the devil have entered the frame http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01395/michael-owen_1395569c.jpg owen fails again (and again, and again e.t.c.) the phantom of the opera a hero wont stand by and wait any longer http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/TV2/archive/00718/Shearer_718724i.jpg http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45778000/jpg/_45778120_15_5_newcastle.jpg

"N.U.F.C IS FOR LIFE, NOT JUST FOR THE PREMIER LEAGUE!!" :clap: :clap: clear winner for me