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I found it funny:)

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As a one-liner, it's not so bad in my opinion. But when you consider this is a matter which seems to be affecting a man's mental health, perhaps it wasn't the wisest thing to say.

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Can I just ask - why is it that, if a footballer is gay, it should have any bearing whatsoever on his work? So what? What exactly is the difference between someone being gay, or someone being black, or left-footed, or whatever?

Again, I think that, if the NotW has a 'dossier' that they claim will out Sol Campbell as homosexual, what bloody difference does it make? Does it affect his ability as a footballer? Of course it doesn't! Quite frankly, I don't even see it as being a newsworthy story - so a footballer allegedly doesn't come out as being gay? I'd suggest that this would have more to do with the prevalent attitude within the game, and within sections of the fans. What business of anyone's is it, other than that footballer?

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It shouldn't matter at all but the only other footballer I can think of who is openly gay was Justin Fashanu and the way that ended could put others off coming out.

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We do not know what the NoTW has in its dossier for Sol. I am not quite sure whether he kept his life private. He had a high profile affair with the mature decorator and then another one with Dido. I have to see what NoTW has to say on the matter...

But the speculation is that Sol is seriously ill: he is either depressed and/or HIV positive. And one can be 100% straight and HIV positive...

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Sol's and Arsenal's solicitors have asked BBC to remove all messages that speculate about the player's sexuality. BBC did so. So, here is one of the first messages that came after the request and it do not break the rules:

"Is Sol Campbell a Lib-Dem?"

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as someone said does it really matter.. at the moment the only gay footballer is Justin Fashanu and the odds alone on that being true show there must be more than just him.. it's what you do on the pitch that count not off it

as for the NOTW all they want to do is make money they don't care how

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The Guardian says: Partner Kelly Hoppen has recently said she is in love with someone else and Campbell is said to be tortured.

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If NOTW are really doing this I hope they eventually get sued for libel or just excessive invasion of privacy, I mean come on a footballer is gay is that real news. So what, I dont care in the slightest but what I do care about is NOTW news printing policy.

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The paper said Sol Campbell went missing after the game against the Hammers funny I thought he went missing during it. I did not know about all these alleged skeletons in his closet, being a professional though you would have thought he would have gone to his manager and said he did not feel right instead of increaseing the preasure upon himself by turning in such an awful performance and then running off for three days.

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Wait a minute - Arsenal have won away??

Wenger is said to be fuming. Still, perhaps we'll have more Highbury supporters in the thread now.

Not a bad start for United - 2 up within 14 minutes.

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Craig in more then half a season won 1 away game never won 2 games in row.

Kelly in first 2 league games wins both one of them is away.

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They were lucky to win it in the end.

I don't think that Heinze is worrying too much about getting his place back. Hopefully it is just a nervous start from Evra...

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Wouldn't it be nice to see the same team for maybe two or even three matches in a row....

Heinze is one of Fergies better buys, he should walk straight back into the team when fit...........Evra has done very well, but is still settling in imo

Saha is on fire at the moment (scoring wise) and taking his chance while he has the opportunity, but I have no doubt that if a crucial match came along, i.e. the LDV Vans Trophy :D , Fergie would revert back to the old guard with the likes of Scholes, Charlton, Law, Crerand etc.

btw, where was Rio today ?

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megson out. Last min equaliser and ANOTHER red card.

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Mu*son has 1 away win too but we have back to back wins once- both at home.

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Suspended

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We are still here, yes 2 away goals, one of which brought Henrys 200th.

Unlike United at home with 2 legimate goals the other two were well what can we say, one lucky deflection, and we better ask Chris Coleman about the other one when Ruud was offside by a mile.

Even the linesman apologised for that after the game.

:D

I am still awaiting the Rugby comments to rub our welsh noses in it.

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No no, you are still here ;)

I didn't see the game, however that sort of thing never happens to Arsenal does it?

(I'm talking about deflections/offsides - not Arsenal actually scoring which, let's face it, hasn't been anything to write home about recently)

I was hoping that would be quietly forgotten about - no chance of that in tomorrow's papers though...but anyway, this is a FOOTBALL thread 'boyo' ;) )

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Talking about lucky goals, did you see Arsenal's first?

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Yes I did a superb header by Emmanuel Adebayor.

:D

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A wonderful assist by Maik Taylor. ;)

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Glad we agree as all of Arsenals goals are of course legimate :D

Plus taking into account the last 7 League Games -

United - Played 7, won 3 scored 15.
Arsenal - Played 7, won 3 scored 15.

Yes boyo, but you know as well as I do it won't be forgotten.

The garbage has already started as England being the overpowering triumphant blah blah.

Roll on March 12th when France put an end to it.

:D

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Unless of course, you play sheffield United in the FA cup and blatently cheat.(yes I know this is going back a little).

i.e sheffield united kick the ball out of play, as a good will gesture. And instead of throwing the ball back to them (as most teams do) you throw it to a team mate, and the resulting move ends in a goal. You're manager then (with a tail between his legs) agree's to a replay, trying not to make his club out to be the cheaters they are.

But yes..........you are right...........ALL of arsenals goals are legitimate :D

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I think a bit more then an apology is needed for mistake leading to goal, I would hope the linesman recieves some sort of reprimand. End of the day the goal has happened and it may have altered the outcome of the game.

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I agree didn't Bolton get relegated due to a refereeing blunder a few years back (a goal was given when the ball had not crossed the line or vice versa). I wonder how much that particular referee's apology helped soften the blow of relegation expecially when you consider the implications of relegation in the modern game.

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Dodgy decisions happen all the time - it's just that Arsenal supporters only ever seem to spot it when it favours United.

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Most of the time the dodgy decisions have no real effect, except on that one game, the reason why the Bolton one is famous is because it happened at the end of the season and had a direct bearing on where two clubs played their football the season after, having said that though I certainly would not have wanted to be the referee in that game, I think I would have been to scared to make a decision for fear of getting it wrong.

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anyone remember the Everton one a few season back on the last day of the season.. either Cottee or Limpar dived in the box to win a pen and they stayed up because of it

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Heinze could have had a battle to get back in, if Evra had impressed, but to me he hasn't :shrug: Just hope that it is debut nerves...

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No real effect. :confused:
What about a perfectly good Paul Scholes goal, ruled out for offside. Jose would still be at Porto but for that woeful decision.:(

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Good win for spurs :tu:

Keep it up and we'll see you in the champions league next season :D

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more cheating and diving during the chelsea game

Kewell got a hand slightly touching his face and went down


Reina did a good tackle on Gudjohnson but caught him with his thigh afterwards and gudjohnson went down holding his ankle.. although somehow he managed to play the rest of the game ok

Robben went down when Reina but a hand on his face

anyone see the rugby yesterday .. there was some punching in the match and both players stood up.. a Italian was trood and stamped on because he was on the wrong side of the ball and he just got up and made nothing of it

even during the Arsenal game yesterday when Heskey was sent off.. once he kicked someone in the chest and the second time he connected with an arm across the chest but both times the players held their face.. why ?

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I notice in every game when I see on replays and no matter who is playing I feel bad for it as it is happening far too often. No consistency in the game either what is a red card one day can be a nothing offense the next.

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ok i said i was going to do this and i've got so fed up i did

i've created an on-line petition so if we can get enough signatures on it we can force UEFA and FIFA into seeing the fans see diving and cheating as a problem and will do something about it

the petition is here

http://www.gopetition.com/region/237/8032.html

can i ask as many of you to sign it as can and pass it onto anyone you thing might be interested. Later on today i'll send the URL round to all of the member associations of UEFA and see what they say about it.

Would be great if some of you could help me spead the word about this, particularly outside the UK, and get as many people as we can to sign it

if we just sit here watching diving and cheating nothing will ever be done about it

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...pr/4685138.stm

Ian Holloway for Leicester?

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Umm yeah it looks like we getting holloway and its a absymal appointment if it happens. Rob kelly is winning games so if the first choice arent available (newell/allen/davies) then why not just wait instead of getting any manager for the sake of it.

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What makes me laugh about diving and cheating as that we are up in arms when it happens against our teams in the league but every time micheal owen goes down when someone brushes past him or taps him on the shoulder at international level, a very big blind eye is turned.....and it was definately a penalty!

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Well he does have experience of managing a team in League 1 ;) (2nd division in old money)

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actually i don't like it when players for Man U do it and i've seen Ruud and Ronaldo and most of our team do it at some point.. i don't like Owen doing it for England and the pen he "won" in our last qualifies can't remember if it was Austria or Poland wasn't a pen either.. he was claiming for it with his hands in the air before he had even hit the ground :Yikes: :Yikes:

Now it seems that Rafa will get punished for what he said about Robben but even though he cheated nothing will happen

That's why i set up the petition above.. if we can get as many people as we can to sign it then we can show UEFA and FIFA how much of a problem the fans think this is

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Things will only truely change when managers condemn THEIR OWN players for cheating rather than saying "I did not see it", or "It definately was a penalty, the lad was touched in the box, he went down , penalty"

Once the Fergies, Wengers and Benetiz's (amongst others) start fining and critcising their own team publicaly for blatant cheating, then they have every write to criticise their opponents.

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yes part of that is true but then no one forces the players to cheat and dive and try to get others sent off.. it happens all the way through the game now even in lower leagues

Simon Jordan was on MOTD 2 and he said he didn't like it but i've seen players at Palace do it with no action being taken

it's because the managers KNOW the FA and UEFA wont take any action that they allow it

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Richard Wright!! :rofl:

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awwww don't be horrible, I bet that bloody well hurt :erm:

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Don't you just love a hands on chairman... :erm:

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Just have a look at SS1, Beckham and Co getting a 'Real' drubbing and there is still more than ten minutes to go.:D

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What a goal the 6th was.

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The sixth was a belter, being manager of real is probably harder than just about any other club, including mine (Newcastle)

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What are you guys talking about? After I read this the other day I checked skysports website and real madrid won their last game 4-0.

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Come on Boro' , do us all a favour....

Latest: Middlesbrough 1 Chelsea 0 :tu:

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cup game so not so bad but still embarassing for them.

leics 2-0 up away, craig levein leaving appears nothing short of a miracle so far.

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Chelski losing 3-0 :D :cleader:

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yeah whats happening with Chelsea, My beloved Boro are destroying them.


Heh heh Boro fans are singing are you Sunderland in disguise at the chelsea fans.

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Nice one Boro! Nice one Bolton!

A United win later will round off a great weekend!

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Pfft 1-1 for Bolton, flamin added time :(

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SO close... :(

Still, the Swans won so that'll keep me happy :)

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that's 2 of us

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Another Swans fan :eek: :D

Any news on Magic Daps' injury today?

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Theres 2 of you :Yikes:

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Now if only Arsenal had kept up their new year's resolution of playing like the mid-tablers they now prove to be then today could have been the best day in British football for years :(

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Broken toe nail, like the rest of your faking cheating antics no doubt.

Anyway MEGSON OUT would make me :)

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Such bitterness, usually only found in Arsenal supporters :D

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Anyways. Swansea v ManScum - who would you support?

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Whoever was playing at home :)

Saying that it would be nice to get a premiership team down to the Liberty Stadium - so here's to next season's FA Cup draw!

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You all know my thoughts on "second teams" so I'll shut up... :D

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Nothing wrong with it - I lived in Manc til I was about 5 then my family returned to South Wales, I have divided loyalty between the 2 teams :)

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You really do have a chip on your shoulder about Man U don't ya :rolleyes:

Yet another football supporter who hates Man U, but has no idea why.

Another one for the ABU bandwagon choo choo ! :zzz:

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nffc what happened to the trees today? 1-0 up at home and finish 1-2 against a team with abysmal form. You had a solid home record now lost 2 home on trot.

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I have my reasons but it would be too long to explain why, this isn't the time or the place :cool:

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It's Megson, he's utterly clueless, needless to say we played reasonably well yesterday and still lost.

TBH, I think the players are too intimidated by the manager to play naturally so make mistakes too often, and are scared to play in case Megson has a problem with it.

Our away record has been ****e and it's only a matter of time before our home record dips, it is doing now.

We are 6 points from the bottom four and only 10 from 6th, 17 from 2nd which seeing the investment Mugson has made, we should be.

Megson Out.

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Thank you for proving my point :cool:

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Gotta fly... ooh. Paranoid?

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huh ? :nutter: In English please :D

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Hey pedantic, lets face it some people just hate winners lol like NFFC. :p:

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anyone see the City and Charlton game at the weekend ?

After scoring Barton had the cheek to grab the badge on his shirt as if he cares anything about City.. the only time i believe it when a player does that is Gerrard or Neville the rest of the time it's just all false and put on

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id only put neville in that category, remember gerrard nearly flew off to chelski !

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Yeah, Gerrard only stayed at liverpool cause he was, allegedly, scared of his family getting beaten up by thugs seeking retribution for his move (if it had happened).

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I'd heard something like too, apparently he was visited by the 'Liverpool Mafia'.

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can anyone post Man Us home fixture dates up for me here for march and april as i cant access sites while in work (blocked) blah damn websense.

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never knew that but you can't deny that he and Carragher put their heart and soul into Liverpool when they play.. if they have a bad game then the whole team does..

Gerrard is still liverpool through and through and it's thanks to him they won the European Cup without him they would have gone out way earlier.. it's had to blame him for wanting to leave and he is so much better than the rest of the squad and a player of his standard should be playing in a world class squad

***
to save clogging up the thread have sent Akane a PM with the fixture list

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Mon Mar 06 2006 Wigan Athletic (A) 20:00
Sun Mar 12 2006 Newcastle United (H) 13:30
Sat Mar 18 2006 West Bromwich Albion (A) 15:00
Sun Mar 26 2006 Birmingham City (H) 16:00
Wed Mar 29 2006 West Ham United (H) 20:00
Sat Apr 01 2006 Bolton Wanderers (A) 15:00
Sun Apr 09 2006 Arsenal (H) 16:00
Sat Apr 15 2006 Sunderland (H) 15:00
Mon Apr 17 2006 Tottenham Hotspur (A) 15:00
Sat Apr 22 2006 Middlesbrough (H) 15:00
Sat Apr 29 2006 Chelsea (A) 15:00

there you go :)

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thanks guys, now just need a way to get tickets. lol

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probably lol.

Tickets at OT are very hard to come by, but good luck to you :tu:

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Just read this, how on earth could you not tell someone?
How come his family weren't able to get in touch?

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Just catching up on some weekend match video, one question, how can Liverpools keeper get sent off for a gentle placing of his hand on his opponents face, Everton's keeper get sent off for a moments lapse, a simple mental abberation, with no direct threat on goal, yet Arsenal's keeper , fouls someone, dives and feigns injury then instantly jumps back to his feet, then using both hands, shoves his opponent to the ground and no action whatsoever is taken. :confused: ;)

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Perhaps someone from Arsenall's board has a place on the FA committee....?

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I am not sure what you are insinuating Russ :)

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something that was pointed out about the Reina incident the after he touched Robben, Gallas ran up to him and pushed him in the chest with more force than was used by Reina but he never fell over and nothng was done about that

ATM the FA look at the video evidence for the dubious goals panel, they have stamped out on the dangerous practice of having slogans on t-shirts and pulling your shirt over your head but diving and cheating still does on during every match

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Deary Me ! It's getting worse at highbury these days, it's looking more doubtful Arsenal will be participating in the champions league next season.

Still never mind, it's looking good for Spurs :D

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No, things aren't too bad at Highbury - it's away from home that they suck :D

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Arsenal: Lehmann, Eboue, Toure, Senderos, Flamini, Ljungberg, Fabregas, Silva, Pires (Hleb 79), Adebayor, Henry.
Line up against Liverpool

Are Arsenal the only all foreign team in the premiership?

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predictions for liverpool vs utd saturday?

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i hate this too but the thing is the other prem teams do the same thing and so do the teams in div 1.. it's all a fall out from the bosman ruling which got rid of the 3+2 rules which meant that each national league was purely that.. these polititians can't see that sport needs these rules to protect itself

that's why there are so many africans etc playing in Europe as they are cheap and if they don't work out it is no loss to the clubs.. this leads to the big clubs having link ups with other clubs in Belgium, Norway etc so these Africans can play there for a few years and get an EU passport..

it leads to disgracefull treatment of these people purely in the name of money, greed and football just like the Mikel case

anyone catch the Real game.. they needed 5 goals and got 3 in 10 mins.. then only won 4-0 one short of what they needed to get to the Kings Cup Final.. Beckham goes another year with no trophy.. unless they win the European Cup

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the bosman ruling was defenitly detrimental, with more free transfers going on we now have higher wages been paid meaning clubs arent saving any money and its harder for smaller clubs to sell players for profit.

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I know how much it annoys nffc, when I quite rightly state that I support three different clubs, one of them had a good result tonight so,:p: to nffc.

Apparantly, almost the complete Latics team from the 1990 Littlewoods Cup Final at Wembley ( I was there ) against Forest plus Joe Royle appeared on the pitch at half time, rumour is, that if they had put their boots on they would have murdered Forest.:D

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I'll sit on the fence with this one, a 1 - 1 draw :erm:

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Boooooooooo, the Bolton match had a blind ref, and i aint joking, he was a joke :(

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Not in the mood tonight but 3-0 to us at our place, 3-0 to you at yours - evens out.

4 pts above 21st with the biggest squad and highest budget and wage bill in the division.

MEGSON OUT.

Did you go?

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Would really have loved to go to this one as I knew the 1990 squad was on parade, unfortunately worked until 7.30, game of squash at 8.00, cooked the evening meal whilst watching the scores come through on SS news.:D
We are still above Doncaster Rovers as well so :p: to Proppin, wherever you are.;)

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Lucky you - I was stuck at work until 10 and was relying on http://score.planetfootball.com (shh) and text messages.

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2-0 Man Utd

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nffc is going to have reason to be very happy,;)

Glad it was my boys that pushed Megson over the edge.:D