Craig

I'd totally forgotten about the pencils in Eldon Square...

Is that Sam's brother like?

It certainly did - I bought the 1984 Souvenir LP in there.. Bet that'd be worth a fortune if I still had it now.

Aye the NUSC shop was around the corner. So it was Yep - bought my first 'caser' in that shop.... Spent far too much time in there mid 80s, they knew me by name! They were two old wifeys weren't they? Used to get me Armstrong Galley away bus tickets there. Aye... and if you gave them any lip they weren't adverse to giving you a clip round the ear! Was like an Aladdin's cave that place - stocked full of toon memorabilia.

Trust you....

When I was working in Chester-le-Street, Bryan Robson's brother ran the shop just over the way from ours. When Ravanelli went AWOL from Boro, Justin came in the shop one day and asked me and the other lad working there if we wanted to buy Ravanelli's boots. When I asked if Bryan knew he'd got them he asked "where do you think I got them from?"

Saved a penalty from Gazza.

I think I must be alone when I say that Magma is not real. Can't be. No it was at one of those fooball events at the Metro-Arena where retired players went and played in a tornument. Can't think what's it called though. Soccer Six?

Watched the first half of "War of the Worlds" (the Tom Cruise version). Started falling asleep so turned it off - can anyone advise if it's worth watching the rest or should I save part of my life?

They're blatently getting prepared for a bit of...... The bag on the right would fucking kill you though!

Aye the NUSC shop was around the corner. So it was Yep - bought my first 'caser' in that shop.... Spent far too much time in there mid 80s, they knew me by name!

The one with the Farmers Rest in it (and Noda taxis) has brought loads of memories flooding back.

The rumours are that he wanted him but Parry signed Keane instead. Villa resisted a move in the summer as well by all accounts - a bit of a Matt Le Tissier apparently.

Jagielka wasn't even a recognised central defender IIRC. Wasn't he a midfielder when he was at Sheffield United? Everton have got a fantastic coaching team behind them. Ironically a number of them jumped ship from us. Alan Irvine (now manager at Preston) came from Newcastle as did Steve Round (the only decent man in big Sam's backroom team IMO). The quality coming through the ranks speaks volumes too. Dan Gosling, Jack Rodwell, Tony Hibbert amongst them - along with of course Wayne Rooney. Moyes is pretty astute in the transfer market too - he may be a twat but Tim Cahill being signed from Millwall was a bit of a masterstroke.

Mike Ashley is probably lining him up as we speak... EDIT: same lawyer as Given has, isn't it?

Mike Ashley is probably lining him up as we speak...

I'm indifferent. It's sad she's dying so young but we all owe a death at some point. Plenty of women have died of cervical cancer in their 20s but there's never been such a carnival about it before. Doesn't really need the media attention it's grabbing tbh.

Happy birthday Bramley

Slow news day at the Sunday Express? Jesus wept

Oustanding first post!

Shouldn't have been on the pitch to take it.. fact. Blackburn should have had a penalty too

The all time classic... There was a young lady from Ealing Who had the most perculiar feeling She laid on her back And opened her crack And pissed all over the ceiling

Propaganda from start to finish. I firmly believe the police were behind this story and as Lord Justice Taylor put in his report, not one witness he spoke to backed up the story and those who reported it and those who published it were ill advised to do so. Absolute bullshit it is.

Maybe they were... but on this occassion it wasn't the case. The investigations proved that the were at most only 14 more people in the Leppings Lane end than there should have been and in reality, there was a lot less. The problem was not the number in there but the distribution of the fans once they were through the turnstiles. What has never been widely reported in the press before is how the pens at the Leppings Lane end were managed. For league games they always used to fill a pen up one at a time and only open up additional ones once those were full. The only time they ever deviated from this plan was on 3 occassions - the FA Cup semi finals of 1987, 1988 and 1989. Then, they opened up all pens immediately and allowed fans to 'find their own level'. In 1987 the kick off was delayed to let fans in, in 1988 the tunnel was closed off at 2.50 and in 1989, the authorities did nothing and disaster occurred. There were too many people in the Leppings Lane terrace but not on the ground of forged tickets or free entry. It was because the safety certificate was well out of date and should have been ammended. The figure of 10,100 in the format it was in was ridiculous and totally contravened the 'Green guide' for stadium terracing. It wasn't the Liverpool fans fault that there was overcrowding that day. 99.9% of them had a ticket.

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