Indeed PEA, all started by the Scots in 9th century wasn't it ?
Jacksons our talisman he has to play simple as that a good captain in my opinion.
Frimpong is quality he had a quiter game than on Saturday but still looked good to me
The deal was highly beneficial to the powermongers, but not the serfs living in fear of rape and pillage from their northerly neighbours.
Bloody hell Ponders. Never thought I'd find referencesto the 'Paletine State' on a Charlton Board. With reference to the rape and pillage, I got the impression that it was a part of life from the moment the Romans pushed off up to probably the first world war. if you were a serf, life was not a happy thing. in those days, even monks got put to the sword.
I can't say an army of beadles sounds very intimidating. Would they been fat buffoons like Mr Bumble in "Oliver Twist" or more like the wheezy hunchback who struggled with my daughters luggage when she was at Oxford?The Prince Bishops were closely guarded by an army of elite beadles, thus affording them the same level of power and protection as the King hhave imself.

I can't say an army of beadles sounds very intimidating. Would they been fat buffoons like Mr Bumble in "Oliver Twist" or more like the wheezy hunchback who struggled with my daughters luggage when she was at Oxford?
Had I been a Prince Bishop (to which position I would have been highly suited, by the way) I would have hired ninjas, samurai or retired Navy Seals instead.
I award the notion of an army of beadles 3 out of 10, lower even than a team or Jacksons or Kerkars.
I don't care for your attitude, Ponders. I let my imagination roam free, unconfined by petty temporal constraints.As AllHell kindly points out, we are talking 13th century, so your comments are well wide of the mark.
Hmm, impressive. Pity we couldn't have added a beadle to our defence for Saturday with Morro out. The only one I can think of is Peter Beadle who played for both Bristol clubs, but I fear he may be past his best by now.The Prince Bishops' beadles were highly trained in hand-to-hand combat, warfare, weaponry and battle tactics. They were uniformed, ultra-loyal and super-pious. In short, the beadles of Durham were fearless and capable men who could be counted on to defend their masters to the death.
Really? How unimaginative. No wonder the Moslems kicked the Christians out of the Holy Land pretty smartly.I am not at all sure that the concept of 'Navy Seals' 'SAS' or even 'SBS' had been considered in the 13th century.
don't get me started on why the moslems kicked the Christians out of the Holy Land..... there were in fact 9 Crusades but people think mostly of the 3rd Crusade between Richard the Lionheart and Saladin but there were many more (in fact Richard was not kicked out of the Holy Land... it was a negotiated peace deal)I don't care for your attitude, Ponders. I let my imagination roam free, unconfined by petty temporal constraints.