Scottish Mag

Well anyone else who is up to the challenge is more then welcome to join us.. Alex thats over £50 being offered to the pot, you cannot let the boys down now..

Thank you Mr SLP for starting off the donations, it is appreciated.

?? where's the good news in there then? Actually being linked with people, and one of them plays at left back. Give me something to talk about untill the season starts. He signed for someone else last night..

TRANSFER RUMOURS Everton have accepted a £4m offer from Sheffield United for James Beattie. (The Independent) Bolton will start a bidding war for defender Abdoulaye Faye after deciding to cash in on the contract rebel. (The Sun) And Newcastle are leading the chase for the versatile giant. (Daily Mirror) Sunderland have rejoined the race to sign Manchester United striker Alan Smith. (The Sun) But Middlesbrough are close to winning the battle after offering Smith a massive £60,000-a-week contract. (Daily Mirror) Although Everton are said to be favourites to pip Newcastle to the signing of Smith. (Daily Mail) West Ham are lining up a £17m move for Barcelona's Eidur Gudjohnsen and Smith. (Daily Express) The Hammers are also being linked with a £10m double deal for Gudjohnsen and Kieron Dyer. (Daily Mirror) West Ham boss Alan Curbishley also inquired about Middlesbrough's Yakubu. (The Times) Spurs are set to tie up the signing of £4.5m Hertha Berlin midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng this week. (Daily Mirror) Tottenham are in talks about signing Dynamo Zagreb right back Vedran Corluka. (The Times) Winger Seol Ki-Hyeon is ready to leave Reading for Fulham in a £1m switch. (Various) Fulham boss Lawrie Sanchez is making a £3m bid for Newcastle's Charles N'Zogbia. (Daily Mirror) Newcastle have told striker Obafemi Martins he can leave if they find a suitable buyer. (The Independent) PSG defender Boukary Dreme is attracting interest from Magpies boss Sam Allardyce. (The Times) Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is considering making a £3m bid for FC Copenhagen defender Brede Hangeland. (The Independent) Liverpool's Anthony Le Tallec has been offered to Fulham, West Ham and Birmingham. (The Times) Robert Pires wants Bolton forward Nicolas Anelka to join him at Villarreal in Spain. (The Sun) Wigan have told Everton they must stump up £6m for left-back Leighton Baines. (The Sun) The Latics expect to agree a deal for West Brom defender Paul Robinson. (The Times) Juventus have joined the race for Manchester United defender Gabriel Heinze. (Daily Mail) Barcelona star Deco has told Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho he would like to work with him again. (The Sun) Serie A side Napoli have expressed an interest in Manchester United's Giuseppi Rossi. (The Independent) Southampton are poised to swoop for Norwich's Youssef Safri and could offload Jhon Viafara to West Brom. (Daily Mirror) US teenage star Freddy Adu has signed for Benfica for £1.5m. (Daily Mirror) Leeds boss Dennis Wise wants Newcastle's Tim Krul on loan. (Daily Mail) Hearts chairman Vladimir Romanov says he will not stand in the way if keeper Craig Gordon decides to leave. (Daily Record) Blackburn boss Mark Hughes has joined the race to sign Hibernian right-back Steve Whittaker. (The Independent) OTHER GOSSIP Sam Allardyce has held clear-the-air talks with Newcastle chairman Chris Mort over their lack of transfer funds. (The Sun) Former Liverpool star Steve McManaman has written off the club's title hopes this season. (Various) Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is ready to smash through the £50m barrier in his summer spending spree. (Daily Star) Premier League chief Richard Scudamore could be summoned to the High Court to give evidence over the Carlos Tevez saga. (Various) Chelsea's Brazilian star Alex was barred from entering Britain by immigration officials. (Various) Holland want Tottenham boss Martin Jol to take over as national boss after Euro 2008. (Daily Express) Sir Trevor Brooking has warned that failure to qualify for Euro 2008 would severely hinder England's footballing progress. (Various) LA Galaxy boss Frank Yallop believes Real Madrid's treatment of David Beckham's ankle injury has ruined the start to his American adventure. (Daily Express, Daily Star) Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp has played down reports of a major bust-up with striker Andy Cole. (Daily Express) Chelsea's gruelling pre-season programme has taken its toll, with another six players added to their growing injury list ahead of the Community Shield. (Daily Mail) Middlesbrough star James Morrison has turned his back on England coach Steve McClaren by choosing to play for Scotland. (Daily Record) AND FINALLY Former Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock claims he and his family were reduced to tears by a foul-mouthed tirade by actor Sean Bean. (The Sun)

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I thought this was going to be a thread about Jonny and I doing charity work for Testicular Cancer..

So do we have any other takers on the challenge of growing a moustachio?

Sorry to hear your news HF, that really is sad, sad news.

Same thing happened to me, only I got back in before the 2nd half. I just thought it was the V+ box. Seems like you can't record the games. I recorded it on Sky + and it worked fine.

So they're given priority to a glaswegian over me now are they? I don't know, are they? Maybe you should ask one? Blatantly obsessed tbh..

Mine arrived this morning.

You would be correct!

We were all shocked to see Lion-O out for a few drinks on Friday night...

Problem?! I'm in charge all on my ownsome today. Craig, Jimbo and Ritchie are all on their jollies around the toon, pud has disappeared and I dunno where Matt is So behave yourselves I'm still lurking...

I'm off out to play bingo with the people from work! I shit you not. Jesus fucking wept, didn't you get a better offer??? This is the second time I've had to go with the people from work. I even had to join the bloody bingo hall last time to get in, but I've no idea where the card is. So far from being able to sneak in relatively unnoticed, I have to stand in a queue of grannys and announce proudly "Yes, I AM a member, but I seem to have misplaced my card. Would you be so kind as to check your records and furnish me with a replacement?" The internet hardman has a bingo card Is that why you called off the footie on Saturday? Is the prize money at Gala Bingo to good to turn down at the weekends.

Quality!

...well not really but I finish up at 4 today for the piss up.

Aye thats where I must be going wrong. I want kids but have not yet as I went back to education and now I am saving for a house etc. I should have just had them and not bothered going back to Uni and getting a half decent job. I should have just had some and let every other fucker pay for them...

SAM ALLARDYCE has revealed his admiration for Steve Harper after applauding the Toon goalkeeper’s professionalism. The Newcastle United manager is working around the clock to sign up to three new defenders before the Premiership kick-off in 18 days’ time. However, he admits he can rest a little easier knowing he is covered in the shot-stopper’s department with Shay Given, Steve Harper, Tim Krul and youngster Fraser Forster making up the goalkeeper’s union at St James’ Park. Like most managers before him at Gallowgate, Big Sam knows Harper would be first choice at plenty of other clubs in the Premiership but, with Given suffering from a minor heel injury, the United is happy to have such top-quality cover. He told the Chronicle: “Steve is top quality in my opinion but I know I can wake up feeling good and rest easily knowing that is an area in which we are covered well. “I know Steve is as good as Shay when he is called upon.” Harper made 25 appearances last term with Given missing large chunks of the season with a bowel injury and two groin strains. The Republic of Ireland international will be hoping for a much better year on the injury front, while Harper would be ecstatic to repeat the same amount of appearances this time around. Although the rivalry would create hostility in any other position, Allardyce says the harmony in the dressing room between the pair is impressive. Allardyce says: “Shay and Harps are like brothers, they have been here that long. “Harps will be happier than he as been before because he has played a lot more last season than in previous years. “Shay is disappointed because he has never had so many injuries than now. “However, I would maintain the goalkeepers are fighting healthily for that one place. “If Stevie comes in and plays well when Shay is out that is only healthy competition and that for me would be the type of big challenge for the gloves I like to see. “Certainly, with Shay playing so many games, you have to admire Steve for his loyalty and his patience at the club. “Shay is top quality and to replace him is a massive task.”

ALLARDYCE is ready to plunge Mark Viduka straight in for his Newcastle debut at Bolton Wanderers in United’s Premiership opener in 18 days’ time. And this even though United’s signing from Middlesbrough only arrived back in England in the early hours of today after his exertions in the Asian Cup for Australia. Certainly, Allardyce shed no tears when the Aussies were knocked out of the Asia Cup after a penalty shoot-out with Japan in Hanoi on Saturday morning. And it means he has had a rethink about the burly striker after saying last month that he expected Viduka to miss the start of the season because he feared that the heat and humidity of the Far East would take such a toll on the 31-year-old striker. Allardyce told me today: “If he doesn’t start the Bolton Wanderers game, then he’ll be on the bench. “He is OK. All he’s doing is a pre-season away from us – he’s playing more games than anybody else. “When he comes back, he’ll be ready to go. “He’ll have had five or six games, and I’ll just say to him ‘look, just get involved in these games straight away’. “You know, where he’s playing now it’ll be only about 50% of the pace of the Premiership. “He’ll have to step up again as to the Premiership’s demands. He knows that as well as anybody, because he’s been here so long.” United are going to be a game down on the rest of the teams in the Premiership after their proposed first midweek match with Arsenal was put back – there is no new date – because the Gunners like Liverpool are involved in a Champions League qualifier. But Viduka will have looked at the fixtures and seen that, after the opening-day trip to Big Sam’s former stamping ground at the Reebok Stadium, United only have games at home to Aston Villa, at his former club Middlesbrough and against Wigan Athletic at St James’ Park before the first of the international breaks,. This led Allardyce to add: “Hopefully he’ll get us a couple of good results, and then he can have a rest in the international break, which starts on September 2. Because we haven’t got Arsenal in midweek, we’ve only got four games up until then. “If he can get involved in our opening four games, he can have a jolly good rest afterwards.” There is no rest for Allardyce as he continues to try and bring a couple of defenders into the club before he takes United to Bolton on August 11. But even for one of the biggest wheeler and dealers in the game in recent seasons, this is not proving to be easy. However, players are still ready to link themselves with United, no more so that Chinese international midfielder Zheng Zhi, who insists that Newcastle and Birmingham City want him.