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  1. Barchullona

    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    is Coventry. Ironic when the 136 year old football club could be forced to move out of the city again.
     
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    Barchullona, Mar 20, 2019
  2. originallambrettaman

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    It's not a very exclusive club, this year, there are eighteen European Cities Of Sport.
     
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  3. Barchullona

    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    Why Hull one? Rugby League, darts and wrestling. Now ice hockey. It is a sporting hotbed.
     
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    tigerscanada Well-Known Member

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    Is "Global Moaning" a national/international sport ?
    If it is, Hull should win the World Cup/World Series every time. :emoticon-0105-wink:
     
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  5. BrAdY

    BrAdY Well-Known Member

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    hull having a good ice hockey team is only a good thing
     
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    Amin Yapusi Well-Known Member

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    Not for the football club. It’s an extra competitor. Contrast to places like Norwich which have a football club and very little else, and the differences in crowds become understandable.
     
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  7. Barchullona

    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    Plenty of other things in Leicester but the football club gets decent crowds. Likewise Sheffield and a host of other places.
     
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  8. Barchullona

    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    The World Series only involves one country and one team from another. Not exactly global.
     
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  9. southerntiger

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    Are you moaning?
     
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  10. Barchullona

    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    If moaning is pointing out facts, then yes.
     
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    Anal Frank Fingers Well-Known Member

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    You are assuming he means World Series Baseball. He could mean World Series of Poker or something else. Facts are not based on assumptions. Just saying.
     
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  12. City Man

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    It's one of those consolation prize type awards.

    You got bombed by the Luftwaffe, your football club is ****ed, you need all the help you can get,

    Just like in Crackerjack where even the losers won a *CRACKERJACK!* pencil.
     
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  13. tigerscanada

    tigerscanada Well-Known Member

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    It's a fact- the most famous baseball player in history was a global phenomenon. #askBabesancestors
    "While Babe "I've been everywhere man" Ruth did not play for a team located in Toronto, he did play in the city while a member of the Providence Grays of the International League. He hit his first home run as a professional player against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Hanlan's Point on September 5, 1914."
    He probably hit a couple in the Dominican Republic too.
    He did not however play ice hockey in Toronto. Nor baseball in Japan.
     
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  14. Barchullona

    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    We are talking about sports. It was quite obvious what he was referring to.
     
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    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    Yes, you can't get more global than that. To an American anyway.
     
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    But it wasn't bombed as heavily as Hull, which still has bomb damaged sites over 7 decades later.
    Maybe a couple of games in the RL World Cup is Hull's consolation?
     
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    Not sure how you are measuring 'heavily bombed'?

    Been to Cov twice and been distinctly underwhelmed with its vibe.

    I sensed a place that has lost its mojo many many decades ago.

    Vince Hill, Hazel O Connor and King......is that all you've got?

    Marina : no

    Former member of Hanseatic League: no

    Chip spice; no way

    Give em a helping hand I say
     
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  18. LeftSaidFred

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    Didn't a bloke from Ferriby win the World Series of Poker a few years back. So indeed a hotbed.
     
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  19. dennisboothstash

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    Poker is a sport
     
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    FACTAFUCKINMUNDO!

    When we next in training?
     
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