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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Gone For A Walk, Sep 16, 2021.

  1. rovertiger

    rovertiger Well-Known Member

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    He's still playing at 43.

     
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  2. Cityzen

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    Seems West Ham don’t set the prices and are threatening court action as the prices go against an agreement made when they first moved inl
     
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  3. Asterix

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    Indeed. After all West Ham are paying the footballing equivalent of nothing for use of the stadium. How dare the fans be charged for catering?

    I would have thought the last thing they would want is any part of that agreement being challenged in court.
     
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  4. Cityzen

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    The agreement was that the company doing the drinks for the London Stadium owners would charge a mean price of the other London clubs Spurs, Arsenal, Chelsea. Last season it was. This year they shoved £2.11 a pint on taking it well above.
    Was amazed to read the cheapest pint was at Old Trafford.
     
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  5. DMD

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    A mean price for an average pint.
     
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  6. Cityzen

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    No doubt, like at most grounds, it will be below average.
     
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  7. The B&S Fanclub

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    That's almost going to be the price of a pint of milk, shortly. I'm buggered if I'm going to Old Trafford. Aldi will have to do
     
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  8. originallambrettaman

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    Club Statement - Barnsley Football Club value our fans and our core beliefs above everything else.

    Following recent events and a subsequent investigation, the Club has assessed its relationship with its front of shirt sponsor and has taken steps to end that relationship with immediate effect. The HEX.com logo will not appear on the team’s kits going forward.

    Further comment will be issued in due course.
     
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  9. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    Fantastic piece of useless trivia


    Do any football clubs have a record signing from more than 30 years ago?
    Plus: drastic variance in pre-season friendly opposition; ties of two halves; and chants for players from 80-plus years ago
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    “Bristol Rovers’ record signing (Andy Tilson, £370,000) was made in 1992,” notesOscar Felix Ramirez. “Do any other league clubs still have a record signing from 30-plus years ago?

    We had no idea the early-1990s was such a boom time for record signings, but it seems Bristol Rovers aren’t alone. “Steve Claridge is still Cambridge’s record signing (£252,000),” writes Russell Connor. “They actually have signed him twice, once in 1990 and then again only two years later after interim club Luton didn’t like what they saw. He seems to have been bought in the same summer of 1992 as Tilson, so not sure who came first.”


    A couple of you mentioned Tony Agana, who joined Notts County from Sheffield United for £685,000 in 1991. But it’s generally accepted that Kasper Schmeichel, who arrived from Manchester City for an undisclosed fee in 2009, cost more than Agana.

    And so to Scotland, where stereotypes about parsimony live on via the medium of 56-year-old transfer records. “You don’t even have to go down the divisions to find an older transfer record than Bristol Rovers’,” explains Joe Murphy. “That’s not surprising, given that the national record is still Tore André Flo in 2000. St Mirren’s record signing, Thomas Stickroth from Bayer Uerdingen for £400,000, was made in 1990. League One side Clyde have them all beaten, though. They signed Harry Hood from Sunderland for £14,000 in 1966 and he remains their record signing.”

    And to think some people say 1966 was a terrible year for Scottish football.
     
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    Not from 30 years ago but Preston in particular spend **** all in transfer fees. Their fans get excited if they sign a player for more than a million.
     
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  11. Cityzen

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    At 39 Jermaine Defoe has hung up his boots and has been appointed by Spurs as an academy coach. A geat goal scorer. Everyone who recalls how he was with young Bradley will wish him well..
     
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  12. Duke Silver

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    When he played for Spurs and they destroyed us something like 4 or 5-1? He gave one of the best all-round performances by a striker I think I've ever seen. Totally unplayable.
     
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  13. The B&S Fanclub

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    That night Spurs played like Brazil. The next game like a Brazil Street XI
     
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  14. Duke Silver

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    I found myself applauding them. They were ruthless
     
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    Just looked at the Watford-Burnley game. Two good sides, yet only 3 shots on target after 72 minutes. It seems to be a common theme recently. Have defences improved? Or is the modern game just full of teams ‘controlling’ the game, rather than trying to score? I’d love us to be different and just go for it tomorrow. If we let some goals in, so be it!
     
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  16. DMD

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    Why do they stop the game if a player gets cramp?

    They have the water breaks, so cramp is simply a lack of conditioning.

    They don't stop a game if a player's out of puff, so why are teams allowed to break up an attack by dropping with cramp?
     
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  17. Ron Burguvdy

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    Manures looking like Norwich and losing like them too ;)
     
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  18. Ron Burguvdy

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    Brentford fans taking the piss now, "you're going down with the Fulham..."
     
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  19. Sir Cheshire Ben

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    I don’t think they’re meant to. So the answer is probably “incompetence”
     
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  20. rovertiger

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    4-0 to Brentford first half <laugh>
    I can see KLP getting on for all the second half.
     
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