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I read it at the time when he died
But memories ****e and I’m busy doing my kitchen

 

To save typing it all copy and paste job. Some player he was.

Paolo Rossi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːolo ˈrossi];[1][2] 23 September 1956 – 9 December 2020) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a forward. He led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot as top goalscorer, and the Golden Ball for the player of the tournament. Rossi is one of only three players, and the only European, to have won all three awards at a World Cup, along with Garrincha in 1962 and Mario Kempes in 1978. Rossi was also awarded the 1982 Ballon d'Or as the European Footballer of the Year for his performances (remaining the only player in history to win these four awards in a single year). Along with Roberto Baggio and Christian Vieri, he is Italy's top scorer in World Cup history, with nine goals overall.[3]

 

Wouldn’t want to get into it with those three
RIP big Gordon

 

Kinnel, barely a chest hair between them.

Didn't know waxing was so prevalent among those who marched on together.

Pity the poor club personal hygienist who had to go in for a back, crack and sack on the likes of Bremner et al however.


Wonder if Revie gave such backroom staff a bonus after their big European wins?


Oh, wait...

 

Think Castro will be along to enlighten you ernie
I’d take their history over ours any day

 

Saw some good European games when I worked in Leeds. Though Leeds fans did not seem to be too bothered as the crowds were pity poor. There again every March they seemed to be in contention for 4 trophies and games came thick and fast with replays in our Cup games. Only 25,000 turned up for their Fairs Cup Final against Ferencvaros.,Though jacking the prices up caused a full. It cost about 6 pints to stand on Gelder End for that. Now that would be considered a giveaway.

 

Their mouths have always been bigger than their actual support

 

Had an argument with daft supporter of TWS in pub a few years ago. He was going on about them being the biggest club in Yorkshire. I pointed out Wednesday’s biggest crowd was about 15,000 more than Leeds. Sheffield United’s was about 10,000 more.And Leeds, with a larger population was a one club city. Even Huddersfield’s record attendance in a town a quarter the size of Leeds was 10,000 more. I then threw in my favourite stat about only 13 clubs had averaged 40,000 for a season (West Ham have since been added to that list) and offered him free beer for the night if he could name them and supposedly massive Leeds were not one of them. The daft twat’s response was I was a thick **** because Elland Road only had a capacity of 39,000 so how could they get those gates.Things got a bit heated when I asked if he was as stupid as that reply made him appear.

 

Dear Deidre.
My grandson has just got a place in TWS academy.
What should I do?
Congratulate or disown him?

 

Write him out of your will at a minimum. No more Christmas presents from Grandad either.

 

I appreciate she rather divides opinion on here, but I thought this was really interesting


https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/17/alex-scott-interview-womens-world-cup-hatred-because-i-wore-an-armband

 

87' and 89'

 

Dear Chazz,

You may have seen that the Guardian made a bold announcement last week. We made the decision to ban gambling ads across our print and online platforms globally. We believe it is important to prioritise our values and do what is right for our readers and the community. By taking a stand against gambling advertising, we hope to offer a safe place for sports fans to enjoy our coverage.

I asked our reporter Rob Davies about the state of the gambling industry in the UK and further afield. Davies writes extensively about the subject in our pages, and his book Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain is an exposé of the insidious business practices that have generated huge profits for the companies operating within the UK’s gambling industry.

How long have you been writing about gambling?

I first wrote about the gambling industry in 2016, and the industry’s behaviour towards addicts and the vulnerable quickly became the focus of my reporting.

Gambling has always been a problem for some. What impact have smartphones had?

It’s hard to overstate the importance of smartphones. When the current gambling laws were being drawn up, the smartphone didn’t exist. At the time, the great fear was about supercasinos. Now, everyone has a 24-hour supercasino in their pocket.

Is this seen around the world? Are there any countries or communities for whom online gambling has been especially destructive?

It’s really hard to compare with other countries because gambling regulation differs wildly, as do cultural attitudes towards gambling and international standards for measuring gambling-related harm. For example, gambling is effectively banned in China but there is a huge gambling culture. The US has only just legalised sports betting, so all of the activity has been illicit until very recently. Typically, blanket prohibition has been ineffective. Australia has quite a similar market as the UK and has experienced some of the same issues with exploitation of addicts.

A recent white paper paved the way for reform to the gambling industry in the UK. What were its main takeaways? Does it go far enough?

Key proposals include tougher affordability checks, limits on online casino stakes and a mandatory levy on gambling firms to fund addiction research, education and treatment. However, most of the measures have gone out for a year-long consultation, offering significant opportunity for dilution in the meantime. I would argue that the proposals tweak, rather than reform the regulation of gambling.

Will anything be done about advertising? Why is advertising by betting companies an issue?

Almost nothing. The problem with advertising is a paucity of definitive research about its effects, which means the industry – and the government – can always point to a lack of evidence showing that advertising leads to harm. It’s fanciful to suggest that there’s no link, but the evidence is very limited – which works to the industry’s benefit. One thing to consider is that gambling advertising is relatively new, only permitted since the Blairite liberalisation of gambling laws in 2005. People turning 18 this year (when they become of legal age to gamble) are really the first cohort who have grown up in a society saturated by gambling ads. So we will only start to learn what the effect of that has been as those people move into adult life.

Why is this step that the Guardian is taking – to ban ads from betting firms – noteworthy?

It’s noteworthy because it’s unusual. Very few organisations have voluntarily forfeited the money on offer from the £11bn-a-year gambling industry and its sizeable marketing budget. The Guardian hasn’t advocated for a ban on gambling advertising. Nevertheless, refusing to take any puts the paper in a stronger position when we criticise some of the industry’s practices, including those related to advertising.

 

Well done the Guardian!! However I fear that it will only give financial advantage to their rivals.

I listened to my next door neighbour burn through a grand in about 30 mins on his smart phone whilst pissed, he was bragging to his mates as he did it. Complete waste of a human being.

 

Liverpool topped that in the last couple of weeks.