You need to wear one when doing each quiz mate. Nowhere else. Only joking. Wear them wherever you like to be honest. I wear shorts and football socks when dossing and dont give a toss what people think. Mind you, in Derbyshire, that is the height of fashion
Good shout....my quiz tops. Looked on Kitbag and hour ago and it was £60.30 for the 2, just gone back on and they're now £67, £35 for the home and £32 for the away. The price does seem to go up and down a lot, think I'll wait till tomorrow.
This fella couldn't be making a bigger mess of his start at Man Utd. He thinks being 'dynamic' and 'brutal' work in football as they do in any other business ... ... sorry Jim lad, you've already lost the room https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cqx0dlz9g93o
Why is there a giant Sunderland AFC sign on East Coast Mainline? The inside story on Wembley sign https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/giant-sunderland-afc-sign-east-31193122 Travellers on the East Coast mainline may have seen a huge Sunderland AFC sign as they approach Peterborough and wondered what it was. The huge sign points to the Stadium of Light one way and Wembley Stadium another.... The eye-catching sign is all down to rail haulage company GB Railfreight and their CEO John Smith, who is a lifelong Sunderland fan. It was put up in 2023 after the Black cats beat Wycombe Wanderers to end their Wembley hoodoo. "I'm a massive SAFC fan and some of my team, including one guy who is a big Newcastle fan, decided to arrange for this sign to be constructed and it has been positioned next to the mainline just outside our maintenance yard," Smith told the Sunderland Echo. “It was a fantastic surprise and was very kind of the team to do this form me - I’m really grateful. “Gary Bennett travelled down to unveil the sign and it’s great that so many people will see the name of the club as they travel up and down the country.” It stands next to a maintenance depot – the first depot GB Railfreight owned after it was launched in 1999. Now one of the largest freight companies in the UK, it operates 173 trains and employs more than 1,400 people and is responsible for moving moving 22% of Britain’s rail freight. Decorated in red and white and with the Black Cats’ badge positioned centrally alongside the company’s own logo, the sign points north with 188 miles to the Stadium of Light and South, with 85 miles to go until reaching Wembley. It was erected after the Wearsiders finally enjoyed some success at the famous stadium after seven defeats in a row. Also engraved in the centre of the sign are the names of all the home grounds the Black Cats have played at throughout their history. It also has the 'ha’way the lads’ chant heard on the terraces of Roker Park and the Stadium of Light. Smith added: “The design is based on the famous East Coast Mainline sign which sits halfway between Edinburgh and Kings Cross stations. “I didn’t get to Wembley in 73 but I went to the following seven appearances in which we got beat. I think they decided to put Wembley on the sign after we eventually put this to bed by beating Wycombe Wanderers in the play-off final.”
Not my words -I've just copied and pasted. Hope anyone can comprehend it all ! Carabao Cup final result could create never-before-seen scenario in the Premier League and every club is impacted It has never before come close to happening in Premier League history. The result of the Carabao Cup final could create an unlikely but never-before-seen scenario in the Premier League - and it could impact on all 20 clubs. The winner of the final will now earn qualification for next season's Conference League, effectively Europe's third-tier competition, but if newcastle qualify for either the Europa League or Champions League through their finishing position in the Premier League, the qualification spot would get handed down to the team that finishes seventh or eighth in the table. As things stand, four teams will qualify for next season's Champions League. England could also earn a fifth qualification spot through UEFA's new co-efficient system. Put simply, the Premier League clubs competing in European football this season must finish in the top two positions when it comes to combined European performances compared to other nations. With Arsenal, Aston Villa, Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea all through to the quarter-finals of their respective competitions, it would take a dramatic set of results for England not to earn a fifth spot. That's where things start to get more complicated and extremely specific - and the Premier League have worked out the permutations. Here goes.. Regardless of the winner of the final, the top four clubs would need to be Liverpool, Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Manchester City for the never-before-seen scenario to happen. Newcastle would then need to finish in fifth place, thus earning Champions League football as the fifth team and giving up their Conference League spot. In sixth place would then need to be Brighton, with Bournemouth finishing seventh. Andoni Iraola's side would be required to win the FA Cup, with the Cherries one of eight teams remaining in this season's competition. They face Manchester City in the quarter-finals at Dean Court later this month. Then, an eighth-placed finish for Chelsea, along with winning the Conference League this season, would also qualify them for the Europa League. Aston Villa can also qualify for the Champions League by winning the competition. At this point, there would be six English teams in the Champions League, three in the Europa League and one in the Conference League. Manchester United or Tottenham Hotspur, who are both out of European contention in terms of finishing position, can then qualify for the Champions League by winning this season's Europa League. That would mean that an unprecedented seven different teams would be competing in the Champions League next season. That's not all. As all of the top 10 teams would have qualified for a higher European competition, and with the FA requiring that the Carabao Cup qualification spot is handed out, the team who finish in 11th place would be given the Conference League spot. While teams in the bottom half of the Premier League, and even the Championship, have qualified for Europe before by winning cup competitions, this would be the first time that it has happened via league position alone. Any club in the bottom half can still mathematically finish in 11th place, though fans of Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton can probably discard such a possibility. It's an extremely unlikely scenario, but if you are a fan of the likes of Everton, Fulham, Brentford or Crystal Palace, you might just be keeping one eye on it.
"Police have released CCTV images of a man that they want to trace in connection with a racially-aggravated public order incident at a Leeds United match. It took place at Elland Road stadium when Leeds played Sunderland on 17th February, according to West Yorkshire Police. The man who officers wanted to speak to was understood to be a Sunderland supporter, a force spokesperson said. Anyone who recognised the man pictured, or who had information about the incident, was asked to get in touch with police." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lj24q8z84o please log in to view this image
Such simple but effective football, I was only a bairn at the time but my dad will argue to the death that was the best we’ve had it
