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Funny how a camera was able to capture the whole truly embarrassing episode. Stage managed and rehearsed probably.

Why not, Johnny Cash did it "One piece at a time"

Have a great trip but don't take your Black Mountains map instead of the Dartmoor one like I once did! Oh, forgot about all the modern gizzmos these days. When asked what I enjoy most about walking Dartmoor I always reply " the helicopter ride home". Have a great trip but don't take your Black Mountains map instead of the Dartmoor one like I once did! Oh, forgot about all the modern gizzmos these days. When asked what I enjoy most about walking Dartmoor I always reply " the helicopter ride home".

Went to Barton Camp, Winscombe in 1958 for a week through the school and at the expense of Broad Plain House Boys Club. The first holiday I ever had. Joined the boys club after and helped out at the camp in later years.

See you chose your words carefully in the last paragraph.

My mum's favourite, all us kids knew all the words. Sat around the wireless, no telly then, listening to dramas like Quatermas and Cabin in the clearing. My abiding memory of the football results was following a 1958 6-1 opening day win at home to Rotherham the Tuesday night game result was read out. Barnsley 4 Bristol City SEVEN Then we lost 4-0 away to Sheffield United on the Saturday. Result heard on the trannie whilst bathing in the Pool ( Tropicana ) at W-S-M. Bloody useful them new fangled transistors.

Even more exciting at the Knowle track. Shorter straights and tighter corners. Oh, and we made a relative fortune returning discarded lemonade bottles to the kiosk and pocketing the deposits. Profitable Friday nights.

I have commented on this before. I saw a television programme about 15 years ago where they took into account the average height of a keeper when football first started compared to the goal size. Since then the average size of a keeper has increased tremendously. They then increased the size of goals pro rata to the height of the current average size of keepers. The goal sizes were tremendous. They then played a game using semi pros and to start with the style of play was as is now until as half time approached the players cottoned onto how large the goals now we're and they started bombing in shots from all over the field realising the keepers now had higher and wider goals to defend. Can't remember the score but plenty of goals were scored and keepers left floundering.

Spouted about unrealistic targets, who would never have come here anyway, in order to get his retaliation in first.

Ask matron. I would do it myself if I could remember who she is.

Take a look at fake highlights on Youtube. The new stadium was completed ahead of time.?

Good cup draw away to Darrell

After all their practice they still lost on penalties.

Apologies and I bow to your superior knowledge on these matters. I meant teletext or BBC red button text as I think it is now renamed. The Gas have obviously improved as it's now only 3 clicks between the two of us if you scroll through the league's.

When they were in Division 5 you had to scroll down 6 pages of Ceefax league table pages to find them after checking our position.

Well I played against City teams at Farleigh "Hospital" which at different stages was an hospital of the two different types described above. My sister was a resident at the latter type and was very well looked after until it closed. Think it may have been used for training purposes as well. But let's keep it quiet and not let the other lot know.

I've been in a pay on the day 42.5k crowd........1959 FA Cup v Blackpool and Stanley Mathews. 1 - 1 draw. K.O. 3. pm gates opened at 12 noon, we started queuing at 11.00. a.m.

Agree with this sentiment as this season has gone to far to not complete properly. Why not next season forget cups and internationals to give space to complete a full league programme again regardless of when the start is.

I did not intend my post to be critical or anyway offending so apologise if you saw it as such, it was just how it affected me at such a young age. At least we both had life changing experiences which hopefully instilled in us both some sensitive feelings to the rest of the human race.

When I was a nipper in the mid fifties I can remember reading stories in the News of the World about these atrocities. Even at that age I could not understand how cruel human beings could be to other human beings and I have never wanted to see the evidence.

I never go in there, you have to watch what you say.

But, but, but..... we always round up and a bit more, well a lot more really.

Watched a TV programme about 12 years ago on this very subject. After doing the comparisons on a average goalkeepers heights they enlarged the goals pro rata. They were huge. They then played games on the newly sized goals and it wasn't until the second halves that the players adjusted to this and then the shots started raining in and the goals scored increased significantly.