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Reply | Man City - GUILTY
at 15:10 2 Oct 2026
Yeah, they should bring back Bert's beautiful ball bag. When they started pulling the balls out of the see-through plastic bowl, that's when the cup's standing began to fall.
Incidentally, if anyone knows how to ask my son's football team to return the footballs to the bag they are stored and transported in, without referring to either a "ballbag" or "ballsack", I would be very grateful. Thank you. |
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Reply | Man City - GUILTY
at 14:55 2 Oct 2026
Lots of talk in football circles that the owners are calling in a favour from Trump and getting him to ring Bert Millichip to pressure him to rescind the 114 guilty charges. Let’s hope Bert tells them to fu ck-off.
Meanwhile, in a tit-for-tat move, I have decided not to build 10 hotels, a deep sea port, and a power station in UAE until they accept the guilty charges. I am also imposing sanctions on UAE, and I have introduced a travel ban, which prohibits any member of the UAE's ruling family from coming round my house. Two can play at this game. |
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Reply | Man City - GUILTY
at 11:39 2 Oct 2026
Using diplomatic back channels, I have warned the British government that if anyone blocks Fulham's attempt to win the cup this season, I will be forced to reconsider my long standing £4,000 per annum investment in British supermarket meal deals. [Post edited 2 Oct 11:40]
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Reply | Man City - GUILTY
at 09:17 1 Oct 2026
I’m gonna guess it’s not Moss Side or Levenshulme... is it Stockport? |
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Reply | Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays
at 16:17 29 Sep 2026
'Persevere' is Leith's official motto. When Hibs won the cup in 2016, after a 114 year wait, the players all wore t-shirts with the club's badge and the word 'Persevered' across the chest. |
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Reply | Portsmouth to Blackburn (via Hibs) – Awaydays
at 15:15 29 Sep 2026
During my adult life, Hibs have been to 5 League cup finals – I’ve seen Hibs beat Dunfermline, just after they fought off Wallace Mercer’s ‘merger’ with Hearts, beat Killie with an amazing 'Sunshine on Leith', and lose to Livi (40,000+ Hibs at the final – probably the biggest anti-climax in my footballing life. Still gutted about that one). They’ve also lost League cup finals to Ross County, and Rangers.
Hibs have also been to 5 Scottish cup finals in that time, ending the 114 year hoodoo with the amazing, last-minute win over Rangers, but then also managed to lose 5-1 to the Jambos, and a loss against St Johnstone after that. It’s quite Hibs to get to a final and then lose against Livi, County, and St Johnstone, but I guess the positive is that it shows that the Scottish cups are sufficiently open that 3 clubs with sub-5,000 home supports can beat Hibs in cup finals. I’ve never taken a Scottish Cup final ticket because with the hoodoo, it just seemed wrong getting a ticket at the expense of someone whose family had spent generations without seeing their club win the bast ard.
It is dull having a league dominated by two clubs, but if it was Fulham, that would certainly be enough cup finals to sustain me, and the Scottish Cup win was like winning the thing ten times over, given how long people had waited. There have been relegations and promotions too, so it’s not been like supporting Everton. The league is never going to happen and having witnessed the devastation experienced by Hearts in 1986 (which many still haven’t recovered from) and 2026, if you’re not going to win the thing, it’s probably best not to take the league to the last day and then finish second.
Anyhow, glad you enjoyed yourself. ER is a tidy ground in a great location, some good places nearby for a pint (The Persevere is my favourite football pub in the area), a good support that can produce a brilliant atmosphere, one of the best anthems in club football, one of the best cup final songs ever recorded (Turnbull’s Tornadoes) a really good derby, and every now and then, they win something and Leith goes mental. There are worst clubs to support. I love Scottish football. [Post edited 29 Sep 15:46]
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Reply | Man City - GUILTY
at 15:07 25 Sep 2026
If the recent Chelsea case was anything to go by, Man City will be fined £500, banned from signing players outside the transfer window, and made to start every season on zero points. That’ll teach the bas tards. Meanwhile, Tinpot Town FC will be docked 40 points for co cking up the registration of an unused substitute in a game in the Isle of Wight Regional Combination League. |
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Reply | Other kits you like
at 13:04 24 Sep 2026
Lots that have appeared above, and I possibly just like them because they’re distinctive, but I often like the kits below:
Bradford City
WBA (home and away)
Blackburn (when they go with light blue)
Jambos (don’t tell my dad)
Gas (don’t tell my son)
Feyenoord
Ajax (don’t tell my Dutch mates)
Willem II
Gremio
Flamengo
Real Betis
Rayo Vallecano
Anderlecht |
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Reply | Cantona
at 11:34 24 Sep 2026
If he's that concerned about the country and it's economic future, I wonder if he shares the view that the country might be in better economic and social shape, if 73 year old self-declared British patriots worth £15bn+ didn't go into tax exile in Monaco? |
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Reply | Cantona
at 10:33 24 Sep 2026
Someone very close to me worked closely with Ratcliffe for a number of years on various projects, and found him to be a deeply, deeply unpleasant person, who was absolutely vile in the way he treated people. |
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Reply | Having a break from here
at 12:47 8 Sep 2026
Take it easy mate. Hopefully you'll soon be feeling in a much better place and things will seem less of a struggle. This is a brilliant message board, but ultimately it's not real life, so try to ignore anything that upsets you on here.
Hope the stuff in the real world is soon feeling much more manageable. |
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Reply | Celtic....
at 12:29 28 Aug 2026
Glad you had a good time. It's a great atmosphere at ER when it's a big game and things are going okay on the itch. Which stand were you in? It's all pretty austere behind the scenes, but Hibs have done a good job with the redevelopment of ER. Biggest football ground in Edinburgh too!
I think you would have got a SoL if Hibs had gone through. Shame to miss that as that is a proper hairs-on-end experience. |
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Reply | Celtic....
at 12:24 28 Aug 2026
Glad you had a good time. It's a great atmosphere at ER when it's a big game and things are going okay on the itch. Which stand were you in? It's all pretty austere behind the scenes, but Hibs have done a good job with the redevelopment of ER. Biggest football ground in Edinburgh too!
I think you would have got a SoL if Hibs had gone through. Shame to miss that as that is a proper hairs-on-end experience. |
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Reply | Celtic....
at 07:18 28 Aug 2026
Oh, Hibs! I had just got a pass to go out to one of the group games when agent equalised. Bugger.
How did you get on, Clive? |
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Reply | Palace fanatics
at 23:41 27 Aug 2026
Is this not just a load of suburban blokes approaching their forties realising that being part of a group with a dress code is the sort of thing you do when you're eight? Like the cubs but with pyros rather than bonfires. Did being a middle-aged bloke telling people that you spent your weekend wearing matching t-shirts and silk scarves with your other "ultra" mates start feeling a bit daft? I wish them all the best and hope they enjoy travelling round the country going to watch their team with their mates, but without the uniform and the manifestos, in the same way that most other supporters have for decades. |
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Reply | First Football Memories
at 16:59 27 Aug 2026
My earliest memories are my dad taking us to Barnet to watch Jimmy Greaves, who had been one of his idols, but was in all sorts of bother with his drinking by then. Went to a fair few games there around 5 years old, and then got taken to the Lane aged about 6, standing on the Shelf unable to see anything – I think it was against Cov - and then smashing my teeth into the barrier when Tottenham scored, with a lot of blood everywhere. A few memories around the same time of fighting on the Seven Sisters Rd, seemingly before and after every game, and thinking that the police horses were fu cking massive, and that I would rather be at home with my mum. I really didn’t like going to football back when I was 6-9 – everyone seemed so fu cking angry and it would kick-off everywhere. I stopped going for a couple of years. Sitting on the ground in the home end at Watford v Grimsby aged about 7, staring at the floor for most of the game, bored out of my nut (no idea why my dad decided to take us to that random game). Watching my dad play for his team over in Edmonton and then being driven back across North London by his teammate, who was clearly pi ssed. Eating meat paste sarnies at Norwich (we were on holiday in Yarmouth). If my dad drove to any game anywhere, he would basically park up as soon as you spotted the floodlights and it would always involve legging it 2 miles back to the car in time for the results to be read out. No idea how he used to remember where he'd left the car - I need to ask him. Good times! |
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Reply | Celtic....
at 10:17 27 Aug 2026
Nice one. Should be a good atmosphere although I don't think there's many Gent coming across. Have you been to ER before? If you don't have pre-match plans, then The Persevere on ER would be my suggestion - get there early to get a seat. It's about 1/2 mile from the ground. Enjoy yourself and hopefully Hibs will get a win. |
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Reply | Celtic....
at 09:34 27 Aug 2026
Yeah, that would have been an amazing away trip for Hearts. Vienna's a great city, losing 1-0, man sent-off, go 2-1 up with ten men, concede an equaliser with 1 minute left in ET, and then win on pens! A proper emotional rollercoaster - I was gutted, but I know a couple of really decent Jambos who were out there, so, I'm a (tiny) bit happy for them. |
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Reply | More to life
at 20:16 26 Aug 2026
Really sorry to hear that Ned. Life can be a bastar d at times. I'm glad you've applied for the financial help to which you're entitled. Benefits are there to help people when they need support, so no one should ever feel awkward about it.
There are tens of thousands of talented people around the world, making great progress in all areas of medical research, so here's hoping you have better news down the road. Good luck with it and never be afraid to ask for help, whether it's from friends, family, or the state. Take care. |
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