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FFS, those prancers make line dancing look classy

Winston Churchill - one of my all time heros!

Not worried about playing Fool and their hypocritical, deluded supporters but they will be really up for it All they have to go for in the Prem is the hope of finishing above Everton, but if they win the FA cup we will hear no end of how they won 2 out of the 3 comps they entered. We need to crush them with no mercy

Well done Wigan, we robbed you but l'arse gave you the points back!

That's the spirit BTW if you change your user name to Noshedseatsinmyday it will fit better, meanwhile I will be changing mine to PercyDaltonsPeanutsTanneraBag

Rio's drug test shock SHAUN CUSTIS Last Updated: 03 Aug 2007 Add a comment RIO Ferdinand was today sensationally axed from England's crunch game against Turkey in an amazing FA drugs probe. The Man United star could now also be hit with a TWO-YEAR ban from football after failing to show up for a mandatory dope test. Ferdinand, 24, told testers he forgot — but the game’s officials are said to view the incident extremely seriously. Ferdinand failed to turn up for the test on September 23, two days after the controversial clash against Arsenal at Old Trafford. Sources close to the testing unit said he was told he had to attend after training but went home instead. He eventually took a test two days later and passed — but that did not satisfy the FA. Ferdinand faces a hearing on the matter next Monday. But the FA's new chief executive Mark Palios ordered that Ferdinand was dropped for England's crunch Euro 2004 qualifier in Istanbul on Saturday. And he could be hit with a two-year suspension from the game at officials' discretion. The FA's rule 3.5 states: "If a player fails or refuses to report to provide a sample he will be deemed to have committed a doping offence and may be subject to sanctions." It is one of the biggest scandals to hit England since the 1970 World Cup, when skipper Bobby Moore was falsely accused of stealing a bracelet in Colombia. The Football Association said in a statement this afternoon: "Given the seriousness with which the FA views breaches of its doping control regulations, the imminent England squad announcement and the importance of Saturday's match, the FA has concluded that it is inappropriate for Rio Ferdinand to be available for selection for England." The Soaraway Sun Ferdinand banned for eight months How the saga has unfolded Rio Ferdinand has been banned for eight months and fined £50,000 by the Football Association after being found guilty of missing a drugs test. An independent tribunal found the Manchester United defender guilty of misconduct after he failed to take a test on 23 September. The ban, which provisionally starts from 12 January, would see him miss the rest of the season and Euro 2004. Courtesy of the BBC

He's a world class Granny Shagger

http://www.mirror.co...-mouthed-785263 + watch this - puts it in context

Thats normally the case for the away side

Fan ban for disagreeing with Bates 30th March 2012 The hierarchy at Leeds United has refused to lift its membership ban on Leeds United Supporters’ Trust's (LUST) chair and board members despite the Football Supporters’ Federation’s attempts to mediate. The club placed a “stop†on LUST board members’ individual ticketing accounts around four weeks ago – this is, in effect, an away match ban. Why? The club don’t like what LUST says. The FSF believes it is unequivocally wrong to ban supporters for expressing their point of view. LUST’s board has not done anything untoward or illegal and its members have not misbehaved inside the ground. The FSF has spoken at length to LUST chair Gary Cooper on this issue and his tone is one of sorrow over the whole situation, rather than anger. Fans deserve better. On Tuesday 27th March FSF director of policy Steve Powell spoke to Leeds United chief executive Shaun Harvey. LUST is an FSF affiliate and we had hoped to act as a liaison point between Leeds United and LUST. Unfortunately, despite an amicable discussion, it was clear the club would not back down - they will ban fans they simply disagree with. In an email to Gary Cooper the Leeds United chief executive said: “In simple terms we are exercising our right only to sell tickets to those who we wish to do so.†Many Leeds United fans feel that the club has not shown sufficient ambition in the transfer market and are frustrated at seeing their best players sold off. As an entirely legitimate and democratic organisation LUST communicated these views via the local media and their own website with January 2012’s Future Vision document. They have merely reflected the views of the fans they represent. It seems club chairman Ken Bates took particular umbrage at the trust’s Future Vision. Now cuddly Ken isn’t really one for criticism – dissenting voices on anything from ticket prices to the tea being a bit cold seems to be taken as disloyalty on a treacherous scale. Bates has even banned respected Guardian journo (and former FSF Writer of the Year) David Conn from Elland Road. There’s clearly a gulf in how the FSF, LUST, and football fans view the world as opposed to the hierarchy at Elland Road. Shaun Harvey told the FSF, “players play, managers manage, and supporters supportâ€. Under Leeds United’s own peculiar set of rules fans are to be seen and not heard – and they certainly should not publish a Future Vision statement, even if its core sentiments are shared by thousands of fellow fans. “I had no communication from the club at all before they cancelled my membership – no phone calls, no emails, no letters. We only found out because one board member tried to buy a ticket for Hull and Middlesbrough away but couldn’t. I then tried to purchase tickets and realised mine was blocked too,†says Gary. “I contacted the ticket office via email and got an automated reply saying they’d reply in five days and I thought this isn’t good enough. So I contacted the chief exec Shaun Harvey to ask if my membership had been blocked. I was told that due to criticism of the chairman and, to a lesser extent, himself, we [the LUST board] have all had our membership suspended.†Gary argues that all good trusts canvass their members' views and communicate those opinions – it’s their raison d’être. He also points out that the trust brought together a wide range of groups, including those from Leeds United’s officially recognised regional members' clubs, and the club evidently didn’t like that. “Mr Bates has his own members’ clubs which are officially recognised by Leeds United,†says Gary. “Every members’ club has its accounts audited once per year and contribute a share of any profits to Leeds United. They get member benefits like ex-players coming to speak at their events, Peter Lorimer reminiscing about the glory days of the 70s and so on.†But if supporters’ groups stray from the subject of on-pitch nostalgia they’d better watch out or their membership might be “stoppedâ€. Nevertheless Gary remains hopeful that the situation will be reviewed at the end of the season although it looks likely LUST will complain to the Football League and, should that fail to overturn the ban, the Independent Football Ombudsman (IFO). Gary adds: “I think they realise they have made a monumental PR cock up though. LUST went from having 4,000 members to over 5,000 members almost overnight. Those fans have joined because they’re very much against the action the club has taken against myself and my fellow board members. I’m keen to take the complaint to the Football League and IFO because if Bates and Harvey think it’s OK to do it to us they can do it to anyone.†While the LUST board might be banned from buying tickets through official channels one thing is for sure – fans stick together. “We have members on our board who’ve been home and away for years. I’m not naming names but you could say the LUST membership has rallied and made sure that people haven’t missed any games that they didn’t want to miss. That’s Leeds United fans for you,†says Gary. Courtesy of FSF - http://www.fsf.org.uk/news/Leeds-United-fans-group-LUST-banned-for-disagreeing-with-Bates.php?id=

With any luck they will sack Dogpish and bring back the Fat Waiter

Yep - that's (ahem) exactly what I meant!

True...... you're a right nob

But can you teach your Grandmother to suck eggs (if she does not own a mop)?

you did - ta

Forget that - all sorted - thanks

Sorry to be dumb - do you know the tab is - cannot see it!

Thanks Sorry to be dumb on this but how do I re-download? Ta

So this is what happens: The 'Updating Minecraft' screen says 'Done Loading' but the green progress bar is not quite at the end of the lozenge - when I try to open the game a panel saying 'The applications digital signature cannot be verified - do you want to run the application? When I click 'Run' the screen just goes white.

See here http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=B637AL6tuJg I think Keane had a point - they were acting like a bunch of schoolkids when the teacher was out of the classroom ie 'look who's really in charge'

Maybe the fact that Craig Whyte was banned from being a Director for 7 years in 2000 (partly for his treatment of creditors) was a bad omen for his deal with Rangers

May Wenger stay there forever

I think its only you and me on here that remembers - apologies to all the other old gits on this forum

No worries we should do em 10:7 at the Bridge

Totally agree - I would have gone for Levezzi