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    Beefy's Corner - The Off-Topic Chat Thread

    Over the course of the season they've swapped Carroll for Sturridge + £3m. Not bad business, really.
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    Relegated Players

    If the allegations coming out today are true I don't think we do want Remy
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    Spitfires in the Play-Offs

    Weirdly, the Southern Prem is actually further north than the Isthmian. Leamington are up, and they would definitely be Conference North as it stands. And there are at least two teams in play-off contention who would also be Conference North (Stourbridge and Barwell). If either of them go up...
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    Spitfires in the Play-Offs

    Yep. In fact, they might well be next season, since 3 of the 4 relegated teams are northern ones. Or it might be Bishop's Stortford who move. Or both, depending on who gets promoted from the Southern League. Must be fun for the organisers...
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    Spitfires in the Play-Offs

    They can move Midlands teams sideways to even it up - in 2008 [source: Wikipedia] Worcester City moved from the Conference North to the Conference South due to the relegated teams being Farsley Celtic (Leeds), Stafford Rangers (Stafford) and Droylsden (Manchester). (Only 3 relegated teams due to...
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    Brain Teaser for the statoos ...

    Royal Engineers do appear to still exist, as do Old Etonians and Old Carthusians, but as far as I can tell none of them are part of the football pyramid any more. The only one you could argue play at a lower level than Porstmouth is Wanderers FC: it was dissolved in 1887 but reformed in 2009...
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    The Old Swinger

    Cricket batting is a bit weird, though - there are quite a few people that bat left handed and bowl right handed, or vice versa (Anderson, Broad, Patel among current England players). I think pretty much everyone bowls with their natural stronger hand, but batting "right-handed" isn't...
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    Hooper's England frustration

    Played for Preston I thought. Scored against Andorra. Can't remember his name either. Wikipedia to the rescue: David Nugent?
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    Blokes that look hard !!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t_5sZ4-LRA Nigel de Jong eat your heart out...