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Three years ago I bought a Giant Roam for about £650 including some very neat disc brakes. It's quite slow as the tyres are quite wide but it's ideal for a lot of the off road cycleways on the old Waggonways of which there are many in the north east. I haven't had a puncture yet, I used to get loads...

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The drought is more prevalent in areas that rely heavily on reservoirs as opposed to acqifers hence the situation in Yorkshire.

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Opening game of the season for the Gills will be at the Crown Ground vs Accy Stan Saturday 2nd August

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Never, ever get tired of watching that goal. A thing of beauty. Made better with it being a big clash of promotion hopefuls. 8-) Good call. He took out the entire QPR defence with laser like precision and execution. Nice finish from Danny but it was on a plate for him. He wasn't just a head on a st...

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I was wandering down Grey St in Newcastle today. It's one of the most beautiful streets in the country. But so many frontages, and the floors above, remain empty. Absolutely ridiculous. Prime location being wasted. I just can't understand it However there isn't a proper Sports Shop in Newcastle tha...

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Manchester City play Moroccan team W Casablanca today at the Lincoln Financial field, a bit of a bogey team for the Citizens I would guess.

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Just as an aside, Pochettino played over 200 games for Espanyol and managed them for nearly three seasons before moving to Southampton.

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Article in the Grauniad about Burnley's attempted buyout, at the end of which, they claim nearly 400 teams are now involved in multi-club ownership.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... n-espanyol

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Zeki Amdouni played for Switzerland yesterday, he scored after coming on as a sub.

The Cuckoo Clock men won 4 - 2 & were playing Mexico in Salt Lake City Utah. What's that about?

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Watching the latest Stick to Football broadcast with Mark Crossley prompted me to think that he must have been in the nets the night that Forest beat the Clarets 4 - 1 in the League Cup 1st leg at the City Ground. Also a young Roy Keane was in the Forest side and he scored and set one up. Nigel Clou...

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I followed the link and read the article however below it is a Comments section. The first one says " is there a young player that Strasbourg isn't interested in? " !!

Can't read the rest without registering with L'Equipe.

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Great interview post promotion with Frank.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/vi ... 4z0yyj82o

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Bury lad Simon Yates wins it!

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Sounds like Besiktas are like a lot of Turkish clubs and actually haven't got any money. Also we don't want any fee in Turkish Lira given their inflation rate currently 38%.

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Did I hear Lineker say that there could be 10 English teams competing in Europe next season? Could be to our advantage, though there will be a hell of a lit of games on Sundays.

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It seems all is not sweetness and light at Strasbourg FC as their fans are not happy with being a Chelsea feeder club. Although, thanks largely to the emergence of the Pensioners loanee Brazilian Santos, their club have progressed this season. An interesting insight as to how a feeder club works. ht...

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Thought the referee was outstanding last night. The crowd were so wound up they were screaming for handball every time the ball hit a Coventry players chest. The Sunderland players were diving trying to con the referee and ramp up the crowd. It was a real cauldron in there last night. There were a c...

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The roof nearly blew off when that went in!

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Cov looking a bit shagged out here

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Cov have gone up through the gears and pinned the Mackems back. They've pinpointed the full backs and overloaded down the flanks.

Cov look well coached and much better on the ball than Sunderland. Looks like Frank has done a good job there and we fix well to beat them at their place.

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In attendance tonight at SoL. Sunderland look there for the taking but Coventry don't look capable. Missed an absolute sitter just before half time.

Sunderland fans are a very anxious lot. Very quick to get on to their players when they screw up which has been a lot tonight. Very edgy atmosphere.

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In addition to Morgan Whittaker Boro also signed Kelechi Iheanacho on loan from Sevilla after he signed on a fee for them last summer from Leicester City.

He scored one goal and looked totally out of condition almost busting out of his shorts. No wonder questions are being asked about Carrick.

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To underline his achiement Chris Wood just moved ahead two goals ahead of Denis Bergkamp in the EPL all time goal scorers chart and is level with Rashford. A couple more needed to pass Giroud and level with OGS.

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Gateshead now have a 10 year lease on the ground even though management of the stadium has now transferred from the Council to a private company.

Pity they didn't have it last season when they had a much stronger team and management.

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Absolutely true, a positive sign though is that York City, Halifax, Oldham, Rochdale are set to occupy 4/6 of the National League play-off places, You forgot to mention Gateshead who go into a shoot out at the International Stadium this afternoon with Southern Jessie's Southend United. The Heed nee...

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Also reported in the Scottish Sun.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/ ... sley-hull/

Tragic especially he is only 57. He gave all of us so many great memories and possibly soon he won't have any.

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I saw two tackles in the EPL last week where the man clearly played the ball first but caught his opponent in the follow through which were given as fouls. I think this type of tackle is open to interpretation by the referee on the day as to whether it constitutes "dangerous play" or not. Thankfully...

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Excellent article, thanks for posting.

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I wonder if either team might claim they were robbed by a referee's decision tonight, if so they might have a case as his name is Clement Turpin.

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Bristol City scraped a draw at Sheffield United and kept us to 1 = 0.

Come on you Robins.

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OK I got it, here as in Howe was at Burnley when Vardy was transferred to Leicester.

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What effect would it have on the odds of staying up either way if KevLasagne, NewcastleClaret et al stated we are certs for relegation?

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I don't think Eddie Howe signed anyone for Leicester but apparently Micky Mellon did sign him for Fleetwood.

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I live on North Tyneside and my neighbour bumped into him when they were taking their respective lads to junior football over a month ago so he has been up for a while now.

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Stop worrying, they will be looking for someone with much more top level experience than Parker.

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Sunderland - would provide a much needed cash boost for a Northern City, plus an away day
I can get to on free public transport. Much more accessible for away fans than Bristol
plus the teams are about the same level.

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Bump.

Looks like it's going to be 2 - 0 on Monday.

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At the end of last year the Clarets played Derby, Norwich, Watford and Sheffield United. The results of the first two games were 0 - 0 & 2 - 1. We are in the middle of a sequence where those 4 fixtures are now reversed and so far the scores have been 0 - 0 & 2 - 1. What are the chances of Friday's s...

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Scored a brace today in York’s 7 - 2 win vs Aldershot. He now has four goals in seven starts + 2 sub appearances. York haven’t lost any of the games he has appeared in. I met a York fan on the train on the way home from the Bristol game who said they really like him at York, he’s playing really well...

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Just to fully clarify that the goal was offside here is the relevant wording from the FA rule book Its offside if the player is: "gaining an advantage by playing the ball or interfering with an opponent when it has: rebounded or been deflected off the goalpost, crossbar, match official or an opponen...

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Should be an added incentive for the lads to make sure we don’t get them in the play offs by going up automatically.

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TWENTY SEVEN unbeaten, only Derby, Norwich and Watford stand between Parker equalling the greatest ever undefeated run in our entire history.

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Costelloe scores for Northampton vs Millers.

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Watford and Norwich both two down which is good news as likely they will have nothing to play for when we meet them.

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Sat Apr 05, 2025 2:13 pm
That Leeds one when their GK nearly broke Ben Mees back and we didnt get Barnes goal

Furthermore this one was backed up by VAR

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Fabulous result.

Ee yi Ee Yi Ee yi Oh Up the Football League we go!!

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Maybe Foster will track back and shore up the back line more than Edwards?

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Darlow is Welsh National keeper so he will be used to a bit of pressure.

However months in the sidelines can dull the reflexes of even the best keepers. I seem to remember Cudicini looking very shaky in the League Cup Tie at Stamford Bridge a few years back.

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Did he not score a cracker of a goal at that Southend game mentioned by HP to open the scoring?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWZ5_uKL428

Molly Tuttle covering Neil Young's "Helpless."

She is a real talent, great voice, amazing geetar picker, songwriter and bandleader in the blue grass mode.

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