General Chat

The FA Cup (Tueasday)
19:45 Bristol Rovers vs Fulham

19:45 Bury vs Norwich

19:45 Millwall vs Walsall

19:45 West Brom vs Charlton

20:00 Liverpool vs Luton

20:00 Reading vs Tottenham

Coca-Cola Football League Two

19:45 Morecambe vs Darlington

19:45 Peterborough vs Accrington Stanley

Scottish Cup

19:45 Huntly vs Dundee

19:45 Livingston vs Cowdenbeath

19:45 St Johnstone vs Raith

Wednesday 16th January

The FA Cup
19:45 Havant and W vs Swansea

19:45 Hereford vs Tranmere

19:45 Newcastle vs Stoke

20:05 Man City vs West Ham

Coca-Cola Football League Two

19:30 Chesterfield vs Rochdale

Clydesdale Bank Premier League

19:45 Gretna vs Rangers


International Match

16:00 South Africa vs Botswana

Scottish Cup

19:45 Clyde vs Dundee Utd

Friday 18th January
Coca-Cola Football League One


19:45 Hartlepool vs Cheltenham

Evening footy fans-What the papers are saying:

Big guns chase Caceres - The Sun

Liverpool and Chelsea are on the trail of Uruguayan starlet Martin Caceres, who is currently on the books of Villarreal. Would he be one for the future or someone who could make an immediate impact?



Spurs dangle Robbo bait- Daily Mirror

Tottenham are ready to offer Paul Robinson to Middlesbrough in return for winger Stewart Downing. Does this seem like a fair trade?



Midfield duo set for Pompey - Daily Mirror

Portsmouth are poised to win the chase for Arsenal midfielder Lassana Diarra and are also close to signing Kevin-Prince Boateng on loan from Spurs. Would these signings propel Pompey to a European spot?



Blues agree Italian deal - Daily Mail

Birmingham have had an offer to loan Guglielmo Stendardo accepted by Lazio, but the defender doesn't want to move until the summer. Can Alex McLeish persuade Stendardo to move now?



Boro go to the Well - Daily Record

Motherwell playmaker Ross McCormack will be the subject of a bid from Middlesbrough this week. Should Boro go for up-and-coming players of this type or do they need established names?



Fulham fancy Scharner - Daily Mirror

Roy Hodgson is gearing up for a new signing at Fulham as he plans a £3million bid for Wigan's Paul Scharner. Is the Austrian the right player for Fulham, and should Wigan let him go?



Arsenal after Ayew - The Sun

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has spotted another young talent in Marseille's Andre Ayew. Could he be the next big thing for the Gunners?

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Right here are the answers to the footie celeb fan questions:

Prince William - Aston Villa
Tom Hanks - Aston Villa
Nick Owen - Luton
Eric Morecombe - Luton
Jasper Carrott - Birmingham City
Delia Smith - Norwich City
Fiona Phillips - Southampton
Adam Rickett - Manchester City
Prince Andrew - Norwich
Nigel Kennedy - Aston Villa
Zippy - Dundee (so I am led to believe)

that's fasinating carol
my word he was young when he died.
thanks for that
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“The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw”.

Robin Friday

Reading 1974-1976

135 Appearances

53 goals

Reading FC’s ‘Player of the Millennium’ was born in Hammersmith, London, on July 27th 1952. With a ball at his feet Robin Friday was blessed with the kind of precocious talent most of us can only dream about, but he was also cursed with a wild streak that made his exploits the stuff of legend. He smoked and drank to excess, would regularly start fights with both opponents and teammates, and was once sent off for kicking Mark Lawrenson in the face (when he should have been awarded an MBE).


He was signed for the Royals by Charlie Hurley after turning out against them for non-league Hayes in an FA Cup tie, and scored twice on his home debut in a 4-1 win over Exeter City on February 10th 1974. Despite his volatile nature the fans immediately took him to their hearts, he was crowned ‘Player of the Year’ in his first full season at the club (1974/75) and went on to make 135 first team appearances, scoring 53 goals and creating many more with his unorthodox, unpredictable playing style. His goals and creativity helped Reading win promotion to the old Division Three but then, despite being only 24 and one of the key players in the team, he was transferred to Cardiff City for a knockdown price of £30,000.


When then-Cardiff manager Jimmy Andrews asked why the price was so low he was told, “You’ll see”. And see he did, as Friday was arrested at Cardiff Central station within minutes of arriving in the Welsh capital for fare dodging. The night before his debut for the Bluebirds against Fulham he went on a pub crawl before taking a dozen bottles of lager back to his hotel. He still scored twice against a defence featuring Bobby Moore, and went on to play a further 20 games for the Welsh side, scoring 6 goals and delighting crowds with his awesome array of tricks, before leaving he started going AWOL for days on end with a ‘mystery illness’. It was the beginning of the end for the wayward genius. His overall behaviour worsened and became, in the words of Wales legend and Cardiff skipper Phil Dwyer, “Very volatile”. It had been common knowledge within the game that Friday was developing a drink problem, and was also fond of indulging in LSD and other mind-altering substances. Afterwards Jimmy Andrews said, “At the time I didn’t know what his major problem was so I bought him... For a period I handled it but I’m afraid Robin was a hopeless case. He was lost and by the end he was uncontrollable”.


The situation proved intolerable, his contract at Cardiff was cancelled and Friday moved back home to London where his life descended into a private hell of alcoholism, drug abuse and mental problems. He died of a heart attack on the 22nd December 1990 at just 38. Unpredictable as ever, he died on a Saturday. As a fitting tribute the cover of the 1996 Super Furry Animals single ‘The Man Don’t Give a F***’ (also named after him, naturally) featured a classic archive photograph of Friday scoring a goal for Cardiff, while showing two fingers to the despairing opposition goalkeeper.

There is also a book about Friday’s life available written by ex-Oasis bass player Paul McGuigan and Paolo Hewitt, “The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw”.

This book belonged to my son and I enjoyed reading it, my son played pro football for Bristol Rovers.

HI Colin

Ithought she was a blues suppoter as she likes frank Lampard and always took mickey out of |Emmon for being a red,

Her boys are blues as when the special one left they had tears.

Never find.

Spurs fan livinf with sunderland fans

Kate

morning sports fans
lol mac that's a corker-
why do all the geordie fans take their tops off at matches-I can never understand that one.


waves to Kaz and colin
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Yes Kaz 100% correct and the only one Kate got wrong was Fiona Phillips....I will post the answers to the lot on here tonight

Lol Mac


Well I think the villa ones are right - the future King a Villa fan lol could have a claret n blue union jack!!!

Jasper Carrot supports birmingham City
Eric I think supported Luton Town

Kaz :o)))

Up the Villa

LOL!!!

BREAKING NEWS

I know this ain't footy-but well done to Mark Wesbster the Welshman who has just been crowned World Darts Champion at only 24-

nice one Mark -you deserved it

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oooer could it be a last min shocker

Bolton 1-Blackburn 2


I'm routing for Bolton personally-
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Evening folks
nice to see a bit of trivia on the go

Derby
Blackburn v Bolton 1-1 (up to now)

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Kate almost right just one wrong

Fiiona philips ..............Chelsesa

Prince william
tom hanks
nigel kennedy all ......Aston Villa

Ms smith Norwich

Nick hancock Stoke city


Kate

Oh Hayley...remedial footie for you 1 out of 3

Prince William...................Cheslea

Nick Owen ................Man Utd...

Nick Hancock...............Stoke City...

Naughty Hayley...lol

Right so far

Col

I was looking for Man U results Catherine you seem to have mislaid then..:))))))))))))))))))

Jasper Carrot Birmingham City...


Delia Smith .......Norwich City