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1 - you'd be surprised 2- Totally different, as there is no local equivalent to support IF you like that sport. You can't apply traditional football fan values (sadly) to a vast marketplace. Big difference between the NFL and the Prem League in that there are only 32 teams in the whole of the continental USA and the game is built around TV because of the vast market that exists for the very few teams. The prem league are basically following the NFL model to promote the 20 teams (or however many it ends up) through TV and playing abroad to a vast audience. The need for local fans is becomming secondary and sadly I think that is irreversable. The local market is saturated. If you think about it how hard would it really be to top the income generated by 50,000 fans who actually attend games,with a global TV audience, 1 million viewiers anywhere on the planet paying a quid a game for TV would do it, and they'll get a heck of a lot more viewers than that. Thin end of the wedge this proposal IMO, Cue NFL style playoffs and a Superbowl equivalent for the Championship played abroad in the "highest bidder" city, it'd make gazillions.

Toast is the modern soldier the traditional soldier is bread A bit like traditional craftsmen used to have broad regional accents, now they all speak Polish

Modern revisionist bollocks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love the Eagle books very good historically. Me too until the 6th one, got very silly and characters became shallow. Sadly nowhere near the consistency of Cornwell. Try Conn Igguldens Emperor series absolutely fantastic (first one shows he's a new writer - the writting style - but he hits his stride towards the end of it and the rest are excellent)

Is the right answer Toasted soldiers only came about with the advent of wrapped machine sliced bread and electric toasters. Saying soldiers are made from toast is like saying football was invented by SKY

Not - They'd have let him walk with nowt

Bookies doon sooth taking in ££££'s on Jol Hope not, he'd likely buy back the goldfish puff

Under the terms of his severance from Chelski isn't Jose "off the market" until the summer ????

On another forum far far away, someone who works in the rpess is saying that the Independant's footy blokes reckon its.............. McClaren Gotta be a wind up

Auchwitz1 If your going to joke about it, at least spell it right I visited it last weekend, and it's no joking matter tbh

That big black lad who's usually with him is his hired muscle, isn't he? No, he is the marketing director.

Not recommended for use by Transvestites then eBay definite bargain central for good aftershaves/EDT's

Restless Natives, fondly rememberred from my youth Utter dated nothingness, music was still canny

Who nicked it from Skunkers, who nicked it from some bloke on the guardian blog

louise.taylor@guardian.co.uk

I know I shouldn't but

Crimson Fault's sister

why? what makes it any different to the paedo songs? singing about drunken centre halfs? Posh Spice taking it up the arse? Beardsley being ugly? or every other chant that has taken place against specific players? Still take bananas to matches to throw at the black players? Ignorace personified

Why? Because he's a Muslim? Seriously, leaving out the fact that it's offensive it's neither witty nor funny in the least. Nowt to do with his faith, but has a lot to do with his facial resemblance to Richard Wright (the shoe bomber) You mean Richard Reid? He does look a bit similar I'll grant you. Seems we're not the first set of fans to point this out. Aye Reid (oops), and as you say we're not by any stretch the first to point it out

Why? Because he's a Muslim? Seriously, leaving out the fact that it's offensive it's neither witty nor funny in the least. Nowt to do with his faith, but has a lot to do with his facial resemblance to Richard Wright (the shoe bomber)

My bro's got one, he fucking hates it, had tons of bother with it as has one of his colleagues with the same model. BMW for me, I've put 140,000 miles on my 523 and only on the third set of tires and first set of replacement break pads and shoes. Edit - it's crap in snow/ice tho blimey, i've had nothing but good reports of of people that have one. i've got a mate with one and he's had no bother. Can only speak from what my brother says, him and his mate got them at the same time (company cars) and both have had a mare. Possibly just unlucky with a dodgy production run, but they reckon the after sales/fixing service was shite as well.

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My bro's got one, he fucking hates it, had tons of bother with it as has one of his colleagues with the same model. BMW for me, I've put 140,000 miles on my 523 and only on the third set of tires and first set of replacement break pads and shoes. Edit - it's crap in snow/ice tho