Cricket has always had strong working class roots. Every pit round here used to have a cricket team, and local cricket leagues might not be thriving as they once were, but they're still there.
Agreed. As a football fan nothing, but nothing, has angered me more that when we've been beaten by cheating. Nobody talks about the fact that diving, and pretending you've been struck, still very prevalent in the championship and below, have been almost entirely eliminated from the top of the sport.
Football tactics chat is basically blokey astrology. "The thing about United is they had Mars in Aries, bound to struggle playing Mars in Aries. They should definitely play a Saturn conjunction tonight." Cue the game being decided by some fella randomly skying one from 6 yards.
Yeah, I get that, they give a vibe. She's incredibly smart though, the CEO running things day to day, and they've invested sensibly and sustainably, recruited well, shown patience when it's been needed, and improved all the infrastructure tremendously. Attendance av. from 2k to 8k under them.
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Thursday we need to pick McAtee, Bakwa, Ndoye, Yates, Lucca, Abbott, Netz, Morato, all in their best position, and tell them to get the job done. If they do then great, if they don't then we know we can't win it because we can't beat, say, Villa with a knackered first XI.
I think our only chance of winning the Europa involves us getting safe in these next batch of league fixtures, then from maybe 2nd leg 1/4s onwards being able to use the first XI with fresh legs.
The disproportionate coverage given to Rugby Union compared to Rugby League, when you consider their average attendances, is insane.
Delighted the Stags and Nigel gave a good account of themselves against Arsenal, and pleased for the owners - they're arguably the best custodians in the football league. Took over the club at its lowest ebb 15 years ago, have overseen the longest sustained period of progress in the club's history.
Arguably the best owners in the football league. Took over the club at its lowest ebb 15 years ago, have overseen the longest sustained period of progress in the club's history.
I agree about Farage.
If the only songs he'd ever done had been his b-sides and bonus tracks, Brett Anderson would still be my favourite artist of all time. @suedehq.bsky.social
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The locals put on a heck of a firework display.
In terms of who would do the UK the most damage, and how long it would take to undo the damage caused, I don't think there's any case that Polanski would be a better PM than Farage.
They finished 5th the year before last, so exactly as recently, and are the current holders of a European trophy. This would be the biggest relegation shock since Forest in '93.
No central library has ever had every single publication from around the world available to read for free, that suggestion is potty. But even with that, given that substacks tend to be cheaper than a train ticket, I'd consider the modern world of journalism a bargain.
And there never was a time when your local library would have a copy every single publication. Et or al.
And it still can, go avail yourself.
...then renewed thinking we'd be watching a Hughton relegation battle. I've missed one home game (league cup v Stoke, 2018) in over 20 years. This season has cost us literally *triple* what we paid a few years ago to go to every game. Time to show, not say, that that loyalty is appreciated.
I'm a ST holder, I've got my seat for Thursday, but the seats of very long-standing ST holders around us are unsold. We renewed in Lg1, and when the club was skint after poor Nigel Doughty passing. Renewed under the Fawaz shambles. Renewed knowing we'd miss the season through COVID...
An important read, free for all now:
Why ticket price rises being considered are unconscionable and how #NFFC can break the status quo of the big clubs while being a moral champion and carrying the legacy of the Rebel City.
Well I was trying to think of the perfect gag, and you'd already made it <stands and applauds>.
That's like saying I can only recommend films that are showing for free at the pictures.
Meanwhile written journalism was around long before the advent of the internet, and its paywall was called "the newsagents".
Over on twitter. This is mesmerising. What do you do with this?
My resting heart rate is pretty low, mid/low 50s usually (see attached). I checked it as #nffc entered stoppage time at City yesterday, and it was 145 bpm. One hundred. And forty. Five. When I say football will be the end of me...
You say that, but they should at very least be able to trot staying up, and they're struggling.
All UK citizens should pay UK tax no matter where in the world they live, minus local tax. Anyone who renounces their citizenship should be barred for life from ever setting foot on UK soil, and future inheritance/gifts from them to UK citizens should be taxed at 100%.
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All UK citizens should pay UK tax no matter where in the world they live, minus local tax. Anyone who renounces their citizenship should be barred for life from ever setting foot on UK soil, and future inheritance/gifts from them to UK citizens should be taxed at 100%.
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