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When I see pics of the old stand, I always think its incredible how they were able to squeeze the dolman into such a tight spot.

Absolutely this. The longer it goes on, the more insane the game will be when we finally play each other. Can you imagine the scenes at AG if a few Gashead's celebrated a goal in the Lansdown? It would go off big time. If you are daft enough to buy tickets in the home end, keep your head down FFS.

I still hate Charlton. Cheating p****s.

They'll both go long in the Champions League and be utterly knackered by the time the Euros come round!!

This is up there with the "unlucky the shit" video! "Coarse ee ****** iz"

A beautiful documentary. Sad to see Jack in his later years, dementia is a cruel disease.

Exactly what I'm thinking Yet another club goes past us. When we beat Liverpool in 94, my uncle (who was about the same age as I am now) turned me and said: "We're on our way back. It's been a long road, but we're on our way back" We'd only been out the top flight 14 years at that point! That's shorter than the gap between now and the play-off final... FFS.

This isn't the case in the a-league - it's why the league/clubs itself is only about 15 years old. They were set up to replace the old national soccer league. This was where the historic clubs lived (and still do, they've all just been booted down into state based leagues). These were the ones set up by various sets of migrants and have their historic ties - greek, Italian, Croatian, Dutch etc etc and often had trouble at the games. This current wave of trouble has been set off by the brewing frustration at the way the league is run - no relegation, daft insistence on playoffs rather than a league champion, security clamping down on atmosphere, increasing costs to go. It exploded this week when the bosses decided the rather than the league winners hosting the grand final - it would be in Sydney irrespective of who's qualifies. All of the other clubs had peaceful walkouts during their games but Melbourne Victory (probably the team with the highest proportion of ********* wannabe ultras types) decided to chuck flares at the players. The City keeper chucked one back and it all kicked off. All the media goodwill from the world cup run has gone out the window and they've reverted to the usual AFL/NRL spun "soccer isn't our game" crap. Great.

I love Milligan and Sellars individual stuff. Even yer man Secombe was good on Highway But I agree - it just sounds like teenagers doing silly voices into their tape player!

Dodgers Stadium is now the 3rd oldest park in the league!

Cardinals fan here. I had a tear in my eye when the big fella hit 700 the other night. When the next one above you in the home run list is some bloke called Babe Ruth - you know this is a big deal. He came home to St Louis for a last year. Everyone thought it was just for vibes and to coach the young kids. No-one really thought he'd be this good. He's 43 ffs.

Aside from it being on our patch....can you imagine the nightmare it would have been to actually get to? Transport misery.

Hi all, Sorry for the daft question. Where do people do to buy pervious years kit/merch? I haven't bought a shirt in a few years and also want to get one for my little uns. I really like the Hummel stuff, especially the training gear, but this years selections don't really appeal. The club used to be half decent at flogging off old gear in sales but they seem to have dumped this. (Also the shipping costs to ?? are yuk) Is it just a case of scouring eBay or am I missing something? Thanks everyone.

This is the worst Australia squad in 30 years. Absolutely no chance of getting through the playoffs. Arnold is no Ange, but he can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear.

All my mates have gone to the saca members lunch. All you can drink for 3 hours so they'll be useless later. Gonna sit with barmies for a bit! (There's quite a lot of northerners mind)