Off Topic And Now for Something Completely Different

Napoli fans at the train station today to wave the team off as they head to Florence

 

That's mental and genius all rolled into one.

 

Especially if the crane was behind the away end!!!!

 

Now that's a good effort

 

And a belt on the table for any of us who didn't behave.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-43947699

Mystery over unused Euro 96 tickets found in suitcase

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Image captionThe 31 tickets are in good condition and will appeal to football memorabilia collectors
A set of unused tickets for every match of the Euro 96 football championship has been found in an old suitcase.

The tournament, held in England in June 1996, had the slogan "football comes home" and saw the hosts lose to Germany on penalties in the semi-finals.

The 31 tickets include the final and have a face value of £1,680. It remains a mystery why they were not used.

The tickets, found among old cigarette cards in Stoke-on-Trent, are set to go on auction in Derbyshire next month.

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The owner, who wants to remain anonymous, said he took his grandfather's cards for valuation when he came across the tickets, which had been inside a suitcase his mother had given him 10 years ago.

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Image captionThe tickets all have the name Ben Edwards printed on them
"It's a complete mystery," he said. "My mum, who died last year at the age of 90, certainly wasn't interested in football.

"I have no idea how they ended up in the suitcase. I don't think my mum was a ticket tout!"
He believes she might have picked up the tickets at a car boot sale without realising what she had.

An estimate of £100-£150 has placed on the set, which is to be sold on 23 May in Etwall.

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Image captionPaul Gascoigne celebrates scoring for England against Scotland in a group stage match
Alistair Lofley, football valuer at Hansons Auctioneers, said the buyer would not have been able to make every game, as some were played at the same time, and speculated the tickets might have been competition prizes.

"For any diehard football fan, to think of these tickets going begging is hard to swallow," he said.

When football came home...

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Image captionRedemption: Stuart Pearce, whose penalty was saved in the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup, celebrates scoring in a shoot-out against Spain

• Euro 96 was the first major football tournament to be held in England since the 1966 World Cup
• Sixteen teams played in eight English cities, including Liverpool, Manchester and Nottingham
• England, after a draw against Switzerland, beat Scotland 2-0 and thrashed the Netherlands 4-1
• A penalty shoot-out followed in the quarter-final vs. Spain
• England were then beaten on penalties by Germany, at Wembley, in front of 75,862 people
• Germany went on to win the tournament, beating the Czech Republic courtesy of a "golden goal" in extra time

 

Burnley name change

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43952092

 

I'm sure it's her chastity belt.

 

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lol must admit took me a few seconds

 

I was

I was concerned at first about the girl not being on the crossing, crossing behind the lolipop person.

 

Me too funnily enough, don't think we’d be worthy of being on The Chase with our resident celebrity..

 

Goalkeeping kit done properly courtesy of Fero de general pico (Argentinian 4th division).

 

It doesn’t add up.