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My over 65 ticket in Longside Upper Wings is up from £285 to £357, a 25% increase I believe. As previously mentioned senior tickets elsewhere increased by even more. This after a shocking season and likely to be watching an inferior league next season. Most of the elderly fans will have been followi...

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The first FA Cup game I attended, late 60s, at home to Derby. Still one of the dirtiest games I've ever seen, they set out to kick Ralph Coates off the pitch from the first minute. I think John O'Hare got sent off, possibly someone else too. From memory we won 3-1. I recall Hinton and Hector wearing...

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Foul or not Dias is blatantly offside and clearly interfering with play.

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Just watched Fulham player pulling shirt of breaking Arsenal player, then when this wasn't working he grabbed him and pulled him down. Just a free kick, no card. Yesterday Sander Berge had less of a pull on Villa player and ref couldn't wait to give him a yellow card despite the greater implications...

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I think the principle of the ticket exchange is good, but there needs to more checks on the new purchaser. At the West Ham game we had a Hammers fan next to us in the JHU and at least 3 sat behind us. They had used the system to get tickets. They were friendly enough and not demonstrative when they ...

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Didn't he once do the half time draw in a game against Preston, or was that a lookalike?
RIP

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Ten Haag could be available soon. Return of the prodigal son.

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I don't think Kompany gives off an air of aloofness at all, quite the opposite in fact. Probably bad terminology on my part. I respect his honesty in pre match conferences and post match interviews and I hope he's our Manager for a few years yet. I just feel that, speaking for myself as a fairly ba...

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There is a disconnect with the players due to to a 2nd season of high recruitment. Tell, Zarouri, and Benson etc won the fans over quickly last season due to performances but also their enthusiasm to celebrate success with the fans. It's difficult for the recent recruits to share similar enthusiasm ...

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A simple question with no criticism aimed at fans, club, or team. Why do 1500 to 2500 fans generally create such a better atmosphere away from home than 20,000 fans at home? This seems to apply regardless of style of football, or league we are in. How do you harness the collective unity felt by our ...

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I noticed today that when we came out for the 2nd half we didn't do the mini warm-up with the cones. Not sure if this has been the case all this season, but I always thought it was a good idea last season and seemed to focus the players for the task in hand.

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Brilliant Swansea goal by Josh Ginnelly.

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Out of town centres with easy parking, Amazon in particular, tolerance of organised begging (not the homeless who occupy doorways in an evening and deserve help) and unimaginative councils all contribute to the perceived decline of the High Street. However it is not irreversible. Towns like Skipton,...

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Club website advises traffic from west comes off M65 at junction 9 and follow diversion signs. Does this mean there are issues coming off at junction 10 and using Trafalgar Street and Centenary way to access open-air car park opposite Tesco?

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Got varifocals about 8 years ago, struggled for a few weeks, fell off kerbs etc. Persevered and soon got used to them. A couple of years ago I felt like a nodding dog moving my head about to focus between lengths so when I had my eye test I decided to get 2 pairs instead. After 3 months got fed up s...

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A 24 hour watch? Never seen one of them. I wonder how long it takes to be able to read the time at a glance? I'd rather stick with a conventional layout and use my own skill and judgement to decide whether it's morning or afternoon! It's a conventional watch, the normal hands work over 12 hour cycl...

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Near the Holgate Bridge mentioned above is Bishops B & B, award winning. Owned and actively run by one Marco Gabbiadini, who will be remembered by the older fans on here. He and his wife both from York originally so can give good advice on where to go etc.

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Also for those genuinely interested in watches there is a good podcast/youtube series called ‘About Effing Time’. 3 guys reviewing and discussing watches, not just elite models. Main guy is George Bamford, close relative of a certain Patrick Bamford who may be familiar to some on here.

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You mentioned you liked the look of Tudor watches Newcastle. A good choice these days. Gives you best of both worlds, you like the look, and it will have a retention value should you need that. Stylish and robust. As a sister brand of Rolex it has the quality, and as your purchase is for a special r...

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Anyone returning to Fylde Coast coming off at the 'Tickled Trout' junction to avoid M55 closure, bear in mind that the Preston home game kicks off 15 minutes after ours. Traffic still likely to be busy in Deepdale area.

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Sandy Denny with Fairport Convention - Who knows where the time goes
https://youtu.be/OkOB57UcYk8

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Maybe I'm just getting old and maudlin' but so much lately has seemed like the end of an era at the club. The departure of one of our best ever managers, the moving on of so many players who have been stalwarts of recent years, and overseas ownership after always being 'locally' owned. The passing o...

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Thanks. Good suggestion.

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Advice please. I have to pick up someone from a Qantas flight, probably T1, in a couple of weeks time. I am driving from about an hour away so coordinating my arrival with flight arrival is not an exact science. I have no issue with the £6 charge for up to 30 minutes but any delays can quickly rack ...

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Twice recently I have had cause to email the club, something I rarely do. One was to clarify the situation regarding the Covid regulations if I let a different family member use one of our season tickets, the other was to try and get a Clarets number for my teenage grandson to simplify buying a tick...

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I believe the brilliant climax to the F1 season takes place at the same time as our game against West Ham. Do you think they'll put it on the big screens if we ask nicely.

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Tempest Arm at Elslack. Great food and welcome dogs with treats rather than just tolerate them.

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RIP The Saint. Saw him and Roger Hunt in a charity match in St Helens after they had finished playing (late 1970s). He was still getting involved in scraps with the opposition, tremendously competitive, but with a twinkle in his eye.

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He was one of those players for us who got you on the edge of your seat with the potential to do something special. Best wishes to him for a good resolution to his health issues. Tremendous respect for his brother and his best friend who are both potential kidney donors, what an amazing thing to do ...

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I was as angry and disappointed as many people on here after the Bournemouth debacle, but if focusing on the Premier League means we avoid having to watch dross like this every week I'll take it. At leat we get to admire the quality of the opposition, and more often than not our spirit and fight aga...

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Steve Davis

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Putting 4 past Leeds at Elland Road with THAT Paul Fletcher goal.

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I'll have a vowel please Rachel.

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Probably. Sorry, missed it.

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"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".
Famous quote often credited to Albert Einstein, one of the greatest football pundits.

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Initially put on 10mm amlodipine 4 years ago. Ankles ballooned. Changed to 5mm amlodipine and 2.5mm ramipril. Occasional slight ankle swelling but generally ok. Blood pressure not been a problem at checkups. Ramipril caused a silly tickly cough for a while, apparently common, but that is now rarely ...

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Why has the word 'check' disappeared, everyone now 'doublechecks'.

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Anything by Katie Melua, especially that Bicycles in Bejing thing.

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Juan Coyle is available and on his way. He was a legend at Real Tosser De Mar.

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Dunn Stout

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Best value tasty food at the lively main Railway Station. Otherwise stick to the Old Town side of the river.
Beware the Hotel Dignitas.

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According to BBC Sport website they had recently gone 12 games without a win so what could he expect...oh

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Maybe they're right when they say you should never look back. Even nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

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I remember at the beginning they explained how the title was taken from the test of a really successful record being if old grey men were whistling the tune in the streets. Worrying to be qualified now to be judged for the test.

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I was never their biggest fan but I'll never forget seeing Roxy Music on TOGWT in the early seventies for the first time. So original and fresh.

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Interestingly, considering the OP's user name, my favourite goal of this type was Inchy Heath and Rooster some years ago against Preston. So quickly taken that no defenders got back between them and the goal.

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MK Dons. A plastic club playing on a plastic pitch tonight. Apparently the Hyde keeper was on trial with us at some point.

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There is a brilliant article currently on the BBC Football website by Chris Kirkland, sorry I'm not clever enough to link it. I've never read anything that so eloquenty explains how anxiety and depression can affect the sufferer and all those around them. He also uses a nice turn of phrase for those...

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Jean de Florette always upset me. Mans inhumanity to man and all that but the ending of part 2, Manon des Sources, makes it all worthwhile. Stunning twist. The final scene with Yves Montand is probably one of the greatest pieces of acting, how he generates so much emotion and despair without saying...

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We did the stadium tour at the start of this season, first time after 50 years of coming to the Turf. Match day against Swansea, based in the Bob Lord due to being a corporate invitation. Taken round by an entertaining Colin Waldron. Jim Thompson was also taking a group round. Went in the changing r...

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