Magic Mikey

Used to be a proper Latics graveyard did Valley Parade until we won 3-0 there under Sharp, Barlow hat-trick. Remember losing 5-1 in an FA Cup Replay there in my forst season following Latics - think it was 4 or 5 nil at HT! Then the year after we lost 5-3 there sounds closer than it was...

 

They always pushed us at home too, first Home Game after the Play Off Heartache of '87 they beat us 2-0 at BP, they had a cracking side back then and should have gone up really, with a you Stuart McCall and John Hendrie in there. Tremendously the also had (Greg) Abbott and (Peter) Costello playing in that team too!

 

Another one at BP was a 1-1 draw on April Fools' Day 1989, Brian Tinnion kicked Tommy Wright all over the field that day!

That 5-1 cup defeat was on my birthday! I think it was on a Monday evening for some reason. I remember going in the Farrars Arms (sic) on the way back and ordering a whisky chaser with my pint, the only time ever in my life. I don't like whisky and to this day I'm not sure the order you drink them in.

Prostate cancer charity. LJ has worn it a few times too. I think it's the league charity of the year.

Cheers

Does anyone know why the Bradford manager has a men's toilet symbol on his jacket lapel?

Saw on the fishul it started yesterday. Any info on what's on offer and prices? I can't get there until next Saturday at the earliest, so I expect it'll be down to XXXL sizes only by then.

You need to add an s even if the name ends in s, otherwise it's wrong.

I tried to check on the OED, but you have to subscribe, so I hope the BBC will suffice.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv20.shtml

When people's names end in 's', you can either add ' or 's(Charles' or Charles's) and choose pronunciation accordingly, either /iz/ or /isiz/.

To go with your humble pie.

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2. Edited by Magic Mikey, Yesterday, 07:47 AM.

 

That says you did.

Typo.

Depends how punk rock you want to be with the apostrophe. My name - 24hours - just happens to end with an s. You might think that makes things awkward; I don't. Suppose I'm really called Max. Max' attitude stinks. Geoff' heart isn't in it. Mikey' apostrophe is wrong.

I am afraid not. James' and James's are both correct. Obviously you need to add an s if the name doesn't end in s. Mikey's correct.

Drum.

 

Everybody knows where the drummer always sits. Sit in another stand if you don't like it.

 

Done.

The article refers to a new drummer, he hasn't been appointed yet so he doesn't always sit anywhere. For all we know LJ might want him in the Chaddy.

As did Ryan Bertrand, Hilario and others who weren't even on the bench either. As is normal, that isn't mentioned but Terry gets the flack. JT is the club captain, so why shouldn't he join in? Everyone else did. I don't get it, sorry.

 

But please let's not turn this into nothing more than a JT bashing thread.

Quite right. That cnut deserves a bashing thread of his own.

You can't argue with a wet rub fastness of 4-5

24hours's services. It's okay. We're among fiends.

 

 

24 hours' is perfectly correct, so is 24 hours's, it essentially depends on if you want to pronounce it as hours or hoursiz. I think mine is more elegant.

That ain't funk. 60s Southern soul to go with Lt. Pigeon

I know it's not funk, just saying it's not indie but I like it. Walking round the back of the Rocky with that blasting out means we've won.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...gazine-22403731 Before reading this, I thought Grammarians were what they used before the 78 vinyl.

I abhor bad grammar, in particular as I can find it almost daily in the newspapers. The new grammar test is not the answer. The test this week was ridiculously easy, give me an hour with a level 3 child and I could get them to level 5 on that test.

Incidentally, I found a grammatical error in the script for the spelling test. They missed out a comma separating a subordinate clause. Maybe Mr Gove could use 24 Hours' services.

(I know the law says that I will have made a mistake, can someone please proof read it for me?)

There was a thread about the new stand name a while ago IIRC. There were many suggestions along the lines of "The Who'd A Thowt It Stand", "Gerron, We'll Never Build It Stand", and "Bloody Hell, We've Managed It Stand". Your guess is as good as mine, but I imagine it will most likely take the name of the biggest sponsor, whoever that might be. That is, if there are any sponsors, of course.

The Town Hall steps stand.

Players refusing to play for the national team. Retiring Rio? Like you've got a choice now you :censored:.

If he's going to bring the damn thing he should go to the Lookers side of the Rocky, those who want to can join him, it would separate out the members of the creche who want to support the team from those more concerned with abusing the away support. I am sure the stewards would be far more amenable to standing in that area.

Some of these posts are becoming ofenceve.

Needs some no-nonsense funk

Funk off. Indie all the way. Although I like the Black Eyed Mushy Peas when we win.

Hooray!

Can I add Man City fans who bleat about the owners, who bought them success, making the decision to sack an underachieving manager.

You sold out, they make the decisions, deal with it.

Believe me, it's not the team that's the problem - or the results - it's the vast majority of fans and their lack of participation, their apathy.The league/health and safety rules don't help, but there are ways around it. Many have tried to spice it up over the years, Markoasis, few lads couple of seasons ago, Guy, but ultimately all failed because nobody can be arsed.

 

There has to be a need for the fans to support, if you want to have that atmosphere you have to want to do it. It's got :censored: all to do with the lads on the pitch, or the 'match day experience' the club itself offers.

What did Guy actually do? I saw his posts on here but it passed me by in the ground.

whats the difference between phoning a Football phone-in and posting on an internet messageboard? At the end of the day both involve interaction with other fans through a form of media, some fans talk crap, others talk a lot of sense

They are invariably some tosser ringing in to say their team is great, or a different tosser ringing in to say their team is :censored: and the manager (often Wenger) doesn't have a clue. Pointless and not entertaining IMHO. There is no interaction of the type we are currently having on here.

I used to like 606 when it first started with Danny Baker, but that was a completely different animal.

Guys ill be back with the drum at every home game and try my best to get to away games next season as i will have a season ticket and abit more money that i did last year, for anyone wondering why i wasn't at the last few games it wasn't because we was in a relegation battle it was simply because i couldn't afford it and had college on quite a few weekends!

Whoopy :censored:ing do.

In no particular order:

1. Continental referees who sprint to the place an incident took place and stand to attention.

2. Anyone who calls a football phone in.

3. Alan (I'm from Northern Ireland but feel I have the right to continually slate the England team like a fan) Green.

4. Players wearing Alice bands

5. Did anybody mention Wigan?

So long as they do not bring back MOULDY OLD DOUGH. That really made me cringe.Said it all

I am not wasting any time on the drummer discussion. However that is sacrilege. Mouldy Old Dough is my ringtone, and unless Wigan have decided to nick it , is uniquely Latics.