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vendredi 31 octobre 2014

Going to the Barca v Celta Vigo match tomorrow evening. Should I buy a scarf and try to blend in or just keep my mouth shut so nobody knows I'm a tourist? Got the cheapest seat at 39 Euros but don't know what the view will be like?

Any advice?




Super Draw Number for Chelsea game

It's a long shot but does anyone know (or know how I can find out) what the Super Draw number was at the Chelsea on October 18th?



Ta




Ollie Pain signs professional contract

Turned 17 on Tuesday. U18 and U21 goalkeeper. He's an absolute giant for his age. Signed a two year deal.




Memories of mid to late fifties West Croydon

Hi,



For some reason another thread got me thinking about some of my earliest memories. Up until I was 5 we used to live in a 'maisonette' (as they were called then - a flat today I reckon) on Derby Road in West Croydon. The houses themselves have been knocked down and replaced by a more modern development. I guess they were Georgian or Regency houses with I think 4 levels which were then split into living space for 3 families. Originally designed with servant quarters I guess but that was long gone. :-)



My Great Gran lived below us and an older (than my parents) couple upstairs and just down the road my Nan and my uncle/aunts were in a 'sister' building. Lots of memories flooding back about the place and so on.



The reason for posting was that we used to walk up the hill to London road and then onto the shops and then often down into the market. Its all changed but unfortunately part of that is pedestrian areas and I can't get down them on Google street view. Bum.



Some questions. My grandad used to drink in the pub on the corner there which is now called Arkwright's Wheel. I don't remember that name (not surprisingly before my drinking days) and assume it's been changed - has it? We lived there from 1955-61 ish.



As you moved into the shopping area I seem to remember a cinema on the left and further up on that side was Woolworths? with Allders and Marks on the other side. Is that right or have the mists of time mixed it all up?



I also remember walking down Tamworth road and looking down onto a lot of railway lines. Some show on the aerial view but s**t load of houses in the way now and a lot less tracks than I remember? Seem to remember that road being bleak in bad weather.



Market was a regular spot for us with a real hustle bustle about it.



Soz for the nostalgia trip but appreciate any insight.




November Betting Masters - 132

BM - 132...All welcome, show the BBS who the best punter is; don't delay join today



Previous winners:



1: el mico

2: three-way 0-0-0 final draw !!!(Plugster, late mail and odds against)

3: Finbar

4: Grim Reaper

5: EagleSE24

6: LLCOOLSTEVE

7: Stigma

8: Stigma

9: Stigma

10: Tor

11: Finbar

12: Finbar

13: old git

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Overall best betting in 2004: Stigma

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14. Reps AJ

15. bradley eagle

16. Tor

17. LLCOOLSTEVE

18. stevejfh

19. Tor

20. Finbar

21. Drunk eagle

22. Ozeagle

23. LLCOOLSTEVE

24. Wildcat Army

25. LLCOOLSTEVE

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Overall best better in 2005: stevejfh

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26: si1965

27: Ozeagle

28: srs9jps

29. si1965

30: hakers

31: Tor (WC '06)

32: srs9jps

33: NO1FAN

34: Drunk eagle

35: Stigma

36: Stigma

37: DedBallSpeshlst

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Overall best better in 2006: Flat Noodle

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38: LLCOOLSTEVE

39: Finbar

40: richdeniro

41: Stigma

Champions league winner 06/07: Ian Hart

UEFA Cup winner 06/07: Gav The Hamster

42: Finbar

43: Funk Butter

44: PoolKing

45: Funk Butter

46: Drunk Eagle

47: StuNick

48: Stigma

49: StuNick

Champions league winner 07/08-1: Finbar

UEFA Cup winner 07/08-1: Gav The Hamster

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Overall best better in 2007: Finbar

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50: GodstoneEagle

51: Funk Butter

52: Finbar

53: Funk Butter

54: LLCOOLSTEVE

55: Al From Bromley

56: Stigma

2008 Olympics: pauldrulez

57: pauldrulez

58: NO1FAN

59: Al From Bromley

60: Drunk Eagle

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Overall best better in 2008: StuNick

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61: StuNick

62: ardeo

63: Stigma

64: LLCOOLSTEVE

65: Finbar

66: No1Fan

67: Al From Bromley

68: Al From Bromley

69: Funk Butter

70: DedBallSpeshlst

71: Kayjay

72: Gooders

73: gjohnk

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Overall best better in 2009: Funk Butter

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74: Finbar

75: StuNick

76: DedBallSpeshlst

77: Swanny32

78: Funk Butter

79: Funk Butter

80: gjohnk

81: Finbar

82: MynamenisnotMax

83: No1Fan

84: gjohnk

85: Little Fozzie

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World Cup 2010 winner: old git

Overall best better in 2010: ?????

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86: Flat Noodle

87: Finbar

88: GodstoneEagle

89: Flat Noodle

90: mynameisnotmax

91: Louis

92: Funk Butter

93: gjohnk

94: DedBallSpeshlst

95: Stigma

96: cantspell

97: No1Fan

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2011 Order of Merit Winner: Finbar

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March 100th edition knockout special: Little Fozzie

Champions league winner 1st half 2011: Finbar

Champions league winner 2nd half 2011: StuNick

Jan - May UEFA Cup winner 2011: StuNick

Aug - Dec UEFA Cup winner 2011: Housey100



98: 3 Beers at HT

99: StuNick

100: cantspell

101: Funk Butter

102: Finbar

103: Swanny32

104: Funk Butter

105: Louis

106: srs9jps

107: Funk Butter

108: LLCOOLSTEVE

109: Funk Butter

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2012 Order of Merit Winner: Funk Butter



August - Dec 2012 Champions League winner: Swanny32

August - Dec 2012 UEFA Cup winner: JamTheEagle



Jan - May 2012 Champions League winner: No1Fan

Jan - May 2012 UEFA Cup winner: Ian Hart

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110: Louis

111: Louis

112: Gooders

113: Finbar

114: Little Fozzie

115: StuNick

116: Flat Noodle

117: Louis

118: evvo111

119: srs9jps

120: StuNick

121: LLCOOLSTEVE

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2013 Order of Merit Winner: Louis



August - Dec 2013 Champions League winner: Little Fozzie

August - Dec 2013 UEFA Cup winner: Stig



Jan - May 2013 Champions League Winner: Gooders

Jan - May 2013 UEFA Cup winner: Scoopster

Aug - Dec 2013 Champions League Winner: Little Fozzie

Aug - Dec 2013 UEFA Cup Winner: Stigma

========================

122: No1Fan

123: PoolKing

124: LLCOOLSTEVE

125: 3 Beers at HT

126: Louis

127: Finbar

128: LLCOOLSTEVE

129: 3 Beers at HT

130: Finbar

131:



Winter Olympics 2014 Winner: srs9jps





Rules are as follows



1 Every player has 200 points to bet with in the first round.



2 Each separate bet made is 10 points meaning players have 20 bets during the first 20 days. Maximum bet on a single market is 10 points, same rule applies for identical multis (basically no duplicate bets though you can do a team A, team B double on one bet and then add team C for a treble in another bet)



3 In the second round the 4* finalists all start by carrying forward 25% of their score from the first round added to the 150 points that can bet used in the second round. The person who qualifies for the final with the most points also gets an additional 10pt bet. (*if the number of participants gets to 16 or more, then a 5th finalist place will be added and then one more for every 5 players on top of that).



4 Betting Masters, first group stages runs from 0000 on the first of the month (standard UK time) to 2359hrs on the 20th of the month. Then the top four* posters come together in a mini league from there on until the end of the month.

Final bet settlement must occur before 2359 on the last day of the month.



5 Naturally the winner is the person with the highest score at the end of the last day of the month.



6 Scoring consists of total winnings and is inclusive of 10 point stake i.e. someone bets on a 6/4 horse and it wins their score becomes 25 (15 points profits plus the 10 pt stake) There is no score for any bets not used. Losing bets are scored as zero, not -10.

Any bet from an exchange bookie will have a 4% commission (on the winnings), if nothing else is explicitly stated in the post.



7 Players must quote where they're getting their prices.



8 Singles and upwards accepted.



9 For boxed multis and bets such as Yankees, each separate bet within the bet counts as separate and will cost 10pts per bet. e.g. ten trebles from five selections will use up 100 points.



10. E/W bets are counted as two bets in the masters, which means 10 points x 2



11. For tracking purposes, players are requested to put the outcome of their bets on the post for all events other than European soccer/tennis.



12. Where possible players are requested to put down a running total of their bets in their posts, although I'll also try and produce rolling league tables where possible.



13. After a bet has been posted up, one is not allowed to edit it..



14. The bets must be possible to do in real life, meaning for example that if you got a multi, all the odds have to come from 1 bookmaker. You can’t shop around for the highest odds and put them together. "Special promotion" type bets are not allowed though BOG (Best Odds Guaranteed) are.



15. Bets must be placed at odds of 1/10 (or 1.1 in decimal) or higher



16. Any Draw No Bet bets where the result is a push will always have the bet settled as void, never 10pts. Any asian handicap bet where the result is a push (in full) will have the bet settled as void. Any asian handicap where half of the stake is returned will be marked down as 5pts with the remainder of the Asian handicap settled as a win or a loss (this is applicable for asian handicaps such as 2.25 or -2, -2.5 etc)



17. In the event that a player is not sure if their bet will finish in time, before midnight on the 20th or midnight for qualifying midnight on the final day of the month for the final, they can make a provisional bet or bets which then become actual bets only if their original selection(s) finishes at 12.01am or after

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Rumour: Benoit Assou-Ekotto

Sorry if there's already a thread on this, but according the Guardian, us and QPR are after Assou-Ekotto.



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You'll see it in the last sentence of the link




Suggested Team and Formation For: West Brom (Home)

1. Speroni (in American Football helmet)

2. Darren Patterson

3. Mark Dennis

4. Mile Jedinak

5. Neil Ruddock

6. Billy Gilbert

7. Henry Hughton

8. Geoff Thomas

9. David Swindlehurst

10. Chris Coleman (Alan Lee ruled out unfortunately)

11. Andy Gray




On me shed son

jeudi 30 octobre 2014

I think it's about time this comes back, used to enjoy this at half time!




Hitch hikers

I sometimes pick up hitch hikers. Yesterday I picked up a guy who was returning from Melbourne to Brisbane as he had a warrant out for his arrest and had decided (after two years) to hand himself in. He had skipped bail from "a pub fight that went wrong..."



My work colleagues think I am mad and should expect to be robbed, raped or murdered.



In my defence, I have picked up several interesting characters including, way back in the late '80's, two girls on the A27 near Chichester who took me to an extremely wild party in Brighton:p



So, the question is, do you fellow BBSers pick up hitch hikers or been a hitch hiker yourself? If so have you ever been robbed, raped or murdered?




West Brom statement

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Tan dynasty growing



Quote:








Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan and American basketball great Magic Johnson are among a group of investors that has been awarded new Major League Soccer franchise Los Angeles Football Club.



...



...



Earlier on Thursday Tan, who also owns FK Sarajevo in Bosnia, told BBC Sport he was going to be "minority partner" in the new franchise.





...



...





"I joked that I invested so much money in Cardiff and it is my tuition fees to learn the football business."





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What a legend




private investigator needed . can anybody reccomend one ?

Friend of mine asked me if knew a private detective to work for her in and around east grinstead .. Afraid i know nobody there so thought id ask you peeps for help .Does anybody know one they can personally vouch for .. Thanks .




Travel Information Liverpool [Major Disruption]

Just been looking myself and oh look, massive engineering works for that sunday. Greeeeat. Feast your eyes.



Guide:



1. To the ground.

2. Brighton - Lewes.

3. Via Balham (including express services)

4. Via Redhill/Horley

5. South West Trains



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NO SERVICES TO SELHURST OR THORNTON HEATH. BUSES REPLACE TRAINS. NORWOOD JUNCTION WILL BE OPEN WITH EXTRA SERVICES.



Buses replace trains and are painfully slow. This is due to the closure of the lines between East/West Croydon and Balham via Norbury. Services will be diverted to London Bridge or via Crystal Palace.



Now, for a summary of the rest of the area.



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No trains between Brighton and Lewes. All lines closed. Buses replace trains from outside the station, the exception being London Road where the stop is by the BP garage on Ditchling Road. Expect delays.




Quote:








Originally Posted by National Rail

Engineering work is taking place between Brighton and Lewes closing all lines.

Buses will replace trains between Brighton and Lewes.




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Limited services via Balham and to/from Victoria.



Some trains will be diverted to London Bridge.

  • Victoria - Sutton/Epsom via Norbury will not run. Replaced by London Bridge - Sutton (was London Bridge - West Croydon).

  • Victoria - Croydon via Streatham will not run.

  • No Gatwick Express

  • Victoria - Caterham/Sutton will terminate at Clapham Junction and go via Crystal Palace and Norwood Junction. (I do realise this is contradicting the first point, but that's what National Rail said, see below)

  • London Bridge - Crystal Palace extended to South Croydon to provide extra services from Norwood Junction.





Quote:








Originally Posted by National Rail

Engineering work is taking place between London Victoria and Clapham Junction and also between Balham and East Croydon with various line closures.

Trains travelling to and from London Victoria will be amended and operate at a reduced frequency and buses will supplement trains between London Victoria and Clapham Junction.

The London Victoria to Epsom and London Victoria to Sutton (via Norbury) services are cancelled.

Some services which run to and from London Victoria will be diverted to start / terminate at London Bridge.

Trains between London Victoria and Sutton / Caterham, will not run between London Victoria and Clapham Junction and be diverted via Crystal Palace.

Buses will replace trains between Balham and East Croydon via Norbury.

London Bridge to East Croydon via Streatham services are cancelled.

London Bridge to Crystal Palace services will be extended to South Croydon and London Bridge to West Croydon services will be extended to Sutton.

Gatwick Express services are cancelled throughout Sunday.

Some First Capital Connect services between Bedford and Brighton will call additionally at Balcombe and Preston Park because of the reduced Southern service between London Victoria and Brighton.




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Extremely Limited service between Redhill and Purley.



No trains will call at Earlswood or Salfords, limited services from between Redhill and Purley.

A service runs fast between Horley and Purley running direct to Norwood Junction running once an hour.

A service runs slow between Tonbridge and London Bridge via Redhill, calling regular stations, and is essentially an extension of the Redhill to Tonbridge shuttle.

No Southern service to Reigate. FGW once an hour terminating in Redhill.




Quote:








Originally Posted by National Rail

Engineering work is taking place between Redhill and Three Bridges, with various line closures.

On Saturday, the 23:34 Reading to Gatwick Airport service will terminate at Redhill.

On Sunday, the 23:42 Brighton to Bedford service will not call at Redhill

Services that usually run between Reading and Gatwick Airport will run between Reading and Redhill only. Passengers travelling to Gatwick Airport should use the replacement bus service that will run between Reigate and Gatwick Airport.

Trains will not call at Earlswood and there will be a a reduced service at Redhill, Merstham and Coulsdon South.

A replacement bus service will run between Purley and Horley, calling at all stations.

Services that usually run between Tonbridge and Redhill will be extended to run between Tonbridge and London Bridge.




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Apart from quite a few South West Trains amendments which look complicated as hell, that's pretty much it. Looks worse than when Bridge was closed.



If you have any questions, just ask. I'm thinking about opening a Twitter page dedicated to sh*t like this seeing as it's become every other match.



:hi:




Photoshopping an Image

Could someone please do me a huge favour and photoshop me an image. I need it to be exactly 30x21 cm uncropped in order to fit a frame. The only way I can do this is to photoshop the grass at the bottom of the picture to cover an extra cm or so. Unfortunately I'm useless at photoshop and I want it to look really professional as it's a present. I'm happy to pay. Thanks very much




Under 21 Mon 3rd November

Under 21 s away to Millwall at Dartford Princes Park Monday 3rd November 7 pm..................Great bit of planning !!




Backing tracks for bassists

My son is trying to find a backing track of Dancing Shoes (Arctic Monkeys) to do a GCSE music performance to on his bass.



Most backing tracks are for vocals or guitar (ie they have bass and percussion).



Is anyone able to source this, or identify where I can get it (I've done the obvious searches).



Also, has anyone used ultimate-guitar's Tab Pro? It says, "Learn how to play

every instrument part of the song"| but I can't actually see what it offers, or pricing.




The Missing

Anyone else watching this?



Pretty good first episode I thought.




Sending Alcahol to Australia

I was wondering if any of the resident Aussie fans on here or people who know a bit about Aussie customs could help me out?



Im wanting to send a bottle of Jensens Gin (Lovely stuff distilled near to London Bridge) out to a friend who is spending a year in Oz. I know that by all means you are allowed to send booze over, but once it arrives customs and excise hold on to it and forward a tax bill on to the intended recipent only allowing the parcel to reach its destination once payment has been recieved.



What i need to know is roughly how much i can expect the tax to be on a 70cl bottle or do some parcels not even get checked, is it literally just the luck of the draw? :p




Programme Question

Hi.

Can anybody tell me if Cardiff City produced a new programme on 17th April 1984 or whether they used the original one from the postponed game on 2nd Jan 1984.

Ta.



(I may have more questions later!)




Looks legit to me!

Nothing dodgy going on here :D



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Betfred Virtuals today obviously not a big fan of the Palace Eagles

They had the Chelsea Pensioners odds on to win...



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Don't panic, I watched the virtual game, the Eagles managed to squeeze out a 0-0 draw.

Fortunately the pitch was not best suited to their wheelchairs and walking sticks.. :D :D




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Croydon on shutdown

Son says part of Croydon on shutdown, not allowed to leave offices etc. will update when I know something more.




Palace v Liverpool in Sydney

Any advice on the best place to watch Palace v Liverpool in Sydney for a visitor in town for a week? CBD/Circular Quay area preferred......




Carols at Selhurst Park

This looks good if you fancy singing carols in the Holmesdale with Neil Warnock and a Prussian prince! Free but you have to register



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Carols in the Stadium - Remembering the Christmas Truce of WW1.



This is a special one-off Christmas event uniting the community to gather together to remember the Christmas Truce of WW1 and to celebrate Christmas with the help of local performers, special guests and more.



**LINE UP**



Croydon Citadel Salvation Army

The Seventh Day Adventist Choir

CPFC Manager Neil Warnock

Crystal Palace Historians

Archbishop Tenison's School Choir

Prince Philip Kiril of Prussia - great-great grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II

And more...



The Christmas Truce signified a time of peace and unity during the first Christmas of WW1, when both Germans and the British soldiers laid their weapons aside and formed a mutual, momentary truce in amidst of the horrors of the war...



"The German soldiers were exposed by the light, their weapons nowhere to be seen, and from their trenches came the sound of a Christmas carol whose melody was profoundly familiar to British ears.



And so, as the Germans sang “Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!”,the British joined in; “Silent Night! Holy Night!” they sang. In time, soldiers from both sides emerges from their defences and walked - unarmed - into no-mans land. There they sang, exchanged greetings and gifts, some even playing football, and took part in what has to be the most powerful Christmas ever."



The evening will be paying a special tribute to all the lives lost during the Great World War 1 and to celebrate the peace that the soldiers fought to achieve for Britain.



Carols in the Stadium' is an approx 80 minute event in Crystal Palace stadium packed with carols, performances, special guests and much, much more. So why not book your tickets, put it in the diary and join us on the 9th of December for this special event.



Doors open at 6:30pm.

Please remember to wrap up warm!

PLEASE NOTE: There are a limited number of wheelchair accessible spaces available for this event. If you require wheelchair access, once you've registered for your tickets through Eventbrite, please ensure you email us as soon as possible to book a space: silentnightcpfc@gmail.com:




Rumour: OKEEFE TO CHARLTON

:veryangry Anyone else heard this, friends at cafc tell me clubs agreed deal




Jedinak best in Europe reports haha

Has anyone seen them???



I can't post links as I'm a newbie but they're on foxsports (.com.au), holmesdale, fiveyearplanfanzine, sbs, loads of places!!!!!




Sarah Payne's Father dies

The pain and hurt must have been unbearable.

I cannot imagine how hard life must have been for him.



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Happy Birthday West Country Boy

Congratulations on reaching the BIG 40, have a great day.

ps For me my 40s seemed like the quickest decade in my life :(




Metalvideo Website

mercredi 29 octobre 2014

A great site for rock fans is Metalvideo.com



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Movies that men don't like much, but women seem to like a lot, much to our annoyance

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe

My Best Friend's Wedding




Discussion combine palace and brighton to one team

just something that made me sick of thinking about it but am i the only one or could that be something that could work? it might be a crazy thread but something different to take our minds of the take over thread.




kareoke songs.

Easy 2 questions.......



What kareoke song do you wish you could sing......For me..Going Underground by the Jam.



What kareoke song do you usually sing.....For me..Jilted John by Jilted John.:D




Last seasons palace shirt age 7/8 - stop dirty leeds rot

I am hoping that someone here may be able to help me, my nephew until recently has had no intent in football but now is mad for it, his dad is a Leeds until fan but his son is desperate for a palace shirt so i went to order him this season but he said know he wants the red and blue quarter top of anyone has on in 7/8 year old that there little one has grown out of I would be very happy to purchase for a fair price and stop the dirty leeds rot before it starts




Match Updates: Spurs vs Brighton

Stream To view the link you have to Register or Login . Hopefully the 'weed will get another cup thrashing.




London Football Clubs, Homes

How many grounds have London clubs had...



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Streamking has taken money from my bank account

I cannot yet prove a link, but here is warning to all BBS members who may use this website as a means of watching matches live.



Our bank rang up today and asked if we had paid £40 to Streamking, as they had somehow managed to get this through to my account. Although I have used them from time to time along with others on the Wiziwig site, I have never authorised any payment to them.



Also another payment on the account, this time £500 was from a casino betting site. Again, no way have I authorised anything to them.



Co-incidence that these two payments were made on the same day? I don't think so. Possibly I have picked up some malware using Streamking, but how the hell did they know the full number of my debit card and security number. Have I been well and truly hacked?



The bank is blocking the payments and issuing new cards, but is my computer permanently going to give them the new numbers again?



McFee says everything looks OK and no threats, so how was this scam done?




Russian Fighter Jet escorted to Stanstead?

Anyone else here the sonic boom of the RAF Jets around 4.45pm this afternoon? Shook the windows of our office in Kent, apparently RAF jets have intercepted a Russian fighter and escorted it to Stanstead



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Sounds like it was a Latvian Cargo plane now



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Klas Ingesson RIP

Sad news from Sweden. The former Swedish midfield international, Klas Ingesson has died, age 46. There is a very good article on him in the Grauniad by Marcus Christenson. Link below. I will always remember him for his contribution to Sweden's fine World Cup run to the semi finals. However, he was much more than that as Christenson's article shows. RIP big man. Heroes never die.To view the link you have to Register or Login




Match Updates: Spuds v Brighton

My two hated teams so to quote Gordon Gekko "mixed emotions Buddy. Like watching Larry Wildman going over a cliff in my brand new masserti"



On reflection I think I would prefer to see Brighton lose 8-0 :D




crystal ball vs Sunderland

Need to do this while it is in my brain. The bad news is I am going for a 2-1 win, which makes this banana skin even more slippery.

Zaha and Chamakh to score, Wickham for them

24,451




XMBC - KODI

mardi 28 octobre 2014

Now hearing about this on another thread, it's totally new to me.



Before we go as far as finding out about streaming live TV, how does it stack up as a media player and management system? Compared to the likes of Windows media, VLC, itunes, etc or have I got the wrong end of the stick?



If you explain as if your speaking to an idiot, it helps me a great deal.




Quote:








Originally Posted by hdeagle (Post 12046619)

XBMC is now known as KODI and can be downloaded here



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Plenty of videos regarding XBMC and Smart TV Boxes are on Youtube.



I have over 700 add-ons on my XBMC so plenty of sources for media content worldwide.



Download XBMC and then add file repositories contained within XUNITY and FUSION downloads.



Open the file repositories and extract the files which contain the add-on files.



It is far easier to just buy an Android Smart Box off of Ebay for about £80 which is pre-loaded with the working add-ons.



I have an MX2 Android Smart Box which updates automatically and plugs into any HDMI enabled screen or TV.



The box will work with a hard-wired or WI-FI connection.



You can now buy an XBMC app called TVMC from the Google Play Store for £0.55 which gives you XBMC on your Smart Phone or Tablet and it works well.








Can anyone remember the zaha youtube video post wembley??

Looking for a particular video I'm sure it was called something along the lines of 'wilfried zaha welcome to the theatre of dreams' it featured the playoff games with a brief bit in the middle with his england appearance.



It had a funky dance tune in the background and was released after wembley. Can't find it now although there are similar ones. Anyone know of it??




Songs that men don't like much but women seem to like a lot, to our annoyance








Forced Substitutions ...

Just like to point out, and it is a key factor, we haven't had all 3 substitutions the way NW would have liked since the Leicester game.



The 3rd substitution, when chasing the game, is almost always the most crucial ...



Against Hull, we were forced to change Dann for Mariappa.



Against Chelsea, Damo got sent off, which meant we had to change our formation and, ultimately, the injured McArthur for Guedioura.



And, now against West Brom, forced to change the keepers, due to injury to Jules.



Let's hope we have better luck with the Sunderland game, cos we damn well deserve it! :eek:




What to do when you see a Palace fan?

I hardly live in palace territory but in the last few days I have seen fellow palace fans. Unable to decide to choose a loud eagles or a red blue army, i have ended up going for a slightly awkward smile.




The Teaching Thread

Couldn't see a similar thread and guessed that there may be a few other Teachers out there. A good place to moan about lesson plans, assessments, ofsted and share ideas.




TV Streaming Devices

Almost bought Apple TV last week but decided against it when the guy said that the device it connects to has to have iTunes. Not happening.



There is loads of choice out there from Roku to WD Live, so many that I'm lost. All I want to be able to do is hook it up to my network and stream films from my PC or other mass storage device. Would be really good if it had apps like Netflix and maybe a few games as well so I can bore myself to sleep with a bit of Sodoku. Also like the sound of having the headphones that plug into the remote so you can have private listening but this isn't essential.



What should I get?




Live Com and Updates: Palace U21s vs Brentford U21s

Palace in cruise control. 2-0 up and KaiKai just scored a belting free kick. De Silva with the first.




Shrewsbury Chelsea

Proper cup game tonight, am looking forward to it.



Posts like this are what it is all about:



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You don't choose your football team. We are lucky to have what we have and Shrews fans are equally so.



Being linked to American billionaires is great and all, and I am not complaining for a moment, but proper football as we love it is about matches like tonight.



Come on you Shrews.




Swansea

£35 adults and £17.50 for kids. Sure it was a lot less last year, although I think the two clubs did some kind of reciprocal deal from memory.




What a beautiful day !

Been out for a stroll in what has to be one of the most beautiful late October days ever. Absolutely wonderful and a real treat to be out in.



:)




Mugs and Millionaires: Inside the Murky World of Professional Football Gambling

lundi 27 octobre 2014

Interesting article on professional football gamblers, including Tony Bloom of Brighton -



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Takeover running update

Delete/merge post if necessary. Or at least delete this first message if it takes off.



Been away and only just got wind of all this. Given that this is potentially the biggest news in years in terms of moving Palace to another level (good or bad). Would there be any way to get a pinned messaged with actual factual news updates so people with less time can get an instant update without subjective opinions?



If the answer is no, can someone you knows the current facts summarise what has been going on and maybe either post back or pm me?




Dapper laughs

Anybody watch it tonight? He was at Selhurst, getting three lads to try and chat up the Crystal cheerleaders. Not sure if any of them got lucky! :D




Discussion: First signing if take over does happen ?

With a potential take over in the pipeline and presumably a substantial war chest for january, Who would people want to be our first signing ?




iPhone Compatible Car Stereo

I'm looking to get a new car stereo fitted to my Citroen C4 Coupe. Currently got the bog standard unit but would like one ideally with decent iPhone integration.



I listen to podcasts on my way into work and use my phone for SatNav. Does anyone have any recommendation of either models to check out or places to go to buy and get the stereo fitted?



Ideally I'd not like to spend a fortune as I'm not intending to upgrade the speakers and I'm not exactly talking about a car that is my pride and joy.



Cheers, Trist




Match Updates: QPR vs Villa

0-0 4 minutes gone




Proof that modern football hasn't won

Will add this to the ongoing Dulwich Hamlet thread but it also deserves a thread of its own:



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The Invisible Man

I know I get excited like a schoolboy discovering his first pair of tits. But this is a real piece of artistry.



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Top 10 Fastest Players in the Premier League

...according to EA tracking stats







Not sure what to think of this!




5 a side football leagues.

Hi guys



I will be starting a new job this week where I will be operations manager for a new football centre being built. We will be looking at introducing a series of 5 a side leagues which will run across the week. The site will be brand new, new goals, new 3G pitches and new changing facilities.



I am looking for some feedback regarding previous experiences with similar leagues such as Goals, Powerleague etc so I can prevent such issues arising and make the leagues that we are running the best that they can be.



Also if anyone has any ideas of ways of promoting this then that would also be great. A sneaky way of getting some market research done..



I obviously have done my own work towards it but after a number of weeks of working on it I am running out of ideas and would like a fresh set of eyes on the project.



Any help would be greatly appreciated.




Suggestion: Tomi Juric

Here I go again.....!

An up and coming Australian striker/forward with Eastern European experience. Confident and strong.

Scored the winner at the first leg of the Asian Champions League Final under Poppa's Western Shitney.

Damn good player about to come into his own.

Could be snaffled up for a bargain now at a cash poor club like Western Sydney (Assuming they do not win the Asian Champions League!)

He's a real pain in the arse.

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Value ~£650,000




South African Captain Shot Dead

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Apologies didn't see other thread




If we were taken over, what would you want to see?

The rumour thread seems to have a lot of negativity towards the idea while we know very little facts.



IF we got taken over, what would people want that would help change their mind?



We all agree that it's important to keep the soul of the club.



Personally I think it's a really exciting opportunity but I would love us to have a pricing strategy that is fair with no more price increases for season ticket holders.




South African keeper shot dead

dimanche 26 octobre 2014

As then title says... Terrible news.




Perspectives

Just interesting tonight, got talking in my local to a West Brom fan who I have never spoken to before. We had lots in common, seemed to do our apprenticeship in football during the 70s when sometimes you never knew how you were going to get out of a ground alive. Obviously we spoke about yesterday's game. I referred to an assault on Speroni. He saw it as Dawson going in for a header, not looking at the keeper with his arms up as anyone else would do and completely innocent. He did agree however that the foul on Wilf was a pen. Its just amazing how fans see things in such different ways, its difficult to see beyond our own bias. Perhaps if we all had a little more empathy football would be a better place.




Proof that Modern Football has finally won





Dodgy football streams

Not that any of us watch these but I'm finding real trouble finding any that don't freeze and stutter and I've given up trying to use Acestream.



Is it the streams themselves, my ISP or Internet settings and what can I do to find out the problem?



My speed is reasonable, I've just bumped up from 4mbs to 10 and found little if no difference.



Just wondering if there are any tweaks or tips people can offer.




Ledley or McCarthur

Chamkh must start behind the striker and Jedi is a must but who do we start in the middle out of Ledley or McCarthur.




Match Updates: Burnley v Everton, Spurs v Newcasle, Man Utd v Chelsea

Burnley just gone 0-1 down early




New Owners, New manager?

Often when new owners come in, they decide to appoint there own manager.

Looking at out of work managers, one name stands above all. Pulis.

Very hypothetical, but if the new owners came in and appointed Pulis, would you be happy?




Brighton and Palace in the last 4.5 years

Noticed all the Tarquins are bleating about Palace 'plastics' :D. Worth remembering that 4.5 years ago this happened and Brighton's previous home attendance was 6,683 :D






:)




Yannick Bolasie

While every one is whinging about something or other palace related I thought I'd post something I thought I'd just big up Yannick who is obviously what Crystal Palace are all about.



There was a bit of confusion that led to my dad leaving his ticket for yesterday's game as we were on our way to Marylebone to get the train. After speaking to both the Palace and West Brom offices they said they'd arrange a ticket for collection.



Needless to say this never happened and West Brom box office refused to help. After a plea for help on Twitter, with the help of another BBSer, yannick dropped me a message to say he'd leave a ticket at the main reception for me and to enjoy the game.



The lovely bloke even messaged me after the game to say I hope that we had a great day out.



What a superstar :love:




Hangeland

Away from rumours of takeovers, slamming of referees and mindless criticism of warnock, i think its worth to say well done to Mr Hangeland. Has been scapegoated whenever he's played, but personally i think he's been superb against chelsea and wba.

Deserves some recognition for a clear improvement (he was never that bad in the first place) at the least.




Kit Symons to get fulham job

Kit Symons is expected to be confirmed as Fulham manager this week.



The caretaker boss has overseen five wins in eight games to lift Fulham out of the relegation zone and chairman Shahid Khan is due to fly in from America next week to make the appointment official



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The Dawson Elbow

Am I correct in saying that because the officials missed it that the Premier League video panel can look at it because it was not dealt with on the day?



He clearly does it deliberately. Starting from around the penalty spot going flying in with his elbow in front of him. That challenge could have resulted in a broken neck or a fracture skull.





Or is that only valid for the top sides! :rolleyes:




Travelling India and the world

I am currently travelling around India and then on to other destinations around the world.



I am currently in Jaipur, India and am going to Pushkar and then Jodhpur and Udaipur by bus. However afterwards I want to go from Udaipur to Goa and am not sure how to do it, India rail website is very confusing and hard to work so I was wondering if anyone has had any experience booking trains in India before who could help?



Thanks!




Stand up if you love Palace

samedi 25 octobre 2014

Well I don't know about you, but since the summer, I think most of us have been reeling. I'm not sure any of us have had time to take stock. When we went up on that magical day in May 2013, we were prepared for it (as fans). We knew it might happen and we knew how incredible it might be, considering our previous few years of struggle.



Like me, do you feel that this season so far has seemed a little like treading water? A little like we're actually unsure about where we are now? Regardless of the previous manager leaving in such a shocking way, it's just not quite taken off - like any season in the top flight should do for Palace. Come on, forget your stance on 'modern football and the perks of playing Barnsley on a foggy Tuesday night (I'm not really sure of these by the way) - playing in the top flight is something to be cherished - and as a Palace fan of 15 years, I will never take it for granted. We worked so so hard to get here. Who went crazy when KG smashed in that goal at Peterborough? Remember that KP hat trick against Hull at home? We deserve this.



Think back to Sean Scannell pulling the ball back to Ambrose, the feeling of the goal going in, the unity of the red and blue, living to fight another day

A week on Monday we have one of those sacred night games against a side in and amongst it. Being taken over by a yank or not, we MUST retain our identity as aspirational, passionate and proud supporters of the players wearing OUR red and blue shirts. I'm picking up a little sense of confusion in the ranks, we're not sure about our owners, who I think have delivered an unprecedented and incredible 4 years of progress - it's an exceptional turn around lets be honest.



We cannot let this era go south now. Us fans are still as entitled to support our club as passionately as ever. I for one will not turn my back if the owners change, I will also not let this season pass us by. This season is huge for Palace, I don't want foggy nights at Barnsley - I want to show the world why South London is red and blue. We should all be mighty proud that we've come from that day in Sheffield in 2010, to where we are now - it's some achievement - but why slow down? Why give in now and cite 'modern football' as the excuse for not caring?



I hope against Sunderland, we can pull together and deliver one of those magical nights that can kick start the momentum we need to make this season mean something on the pitch.




THE FOOTBALL REVOLUTION

Fans are rejecting the £2,000 season tickets, officious stewarding, and airline-stadium sponsorship of the Premier League



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Zaha Penalty ?

Very odd indeed , such a clear penalty , not any appeal by Zaha , Chamakh or any Palace player ? , any idea why , was Moses controversy in their minds ?




Coaches - wtf

What is it with these drivers choosing to basically go through all of London before actually going onto the motorway? Coach 1 took 5hrs (inc a 35min stop) to get to the Hawthornes (in the nick of time more or less). How the hell can we be on the road for 4.5hrs to go to the bloody midlands? Every time they go through South London and it increases the journey time by at minimum an hour, and then do the same thing coming back.



Am I missing something? :hmph:




FA Cup 1st round draw - BBC2 7pm Monday

Who has a team in the draw?



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The Draw Numbers

1 Accrington Stanley

2 AFC Wimbledon

3 Barnsley

4 Bradford City

5 Bristol City

6 Burton Albion

7 Bury

8 Cambridge United

9 Carlisle United

10 Cheltenham Town

11 Chesterfield

12 Colchester United

13 Coventry City

14 Crawley Town

15 Crewe Alexandra

16 Dagenham & Redbridge

17 Doncaster Rovers

18 Exeter City

19 Fleetwood Town

20 Gillingham

21 Hartlepool United

22 Leyton Orient

23 Luton Town

24 Mansfield Town

25 Milton Keynes Dons

26 Morecambe

27 Newport County

28 Northampton Town

29 Notts County

30 Oldham Athletic

31 Oxford United

32 Peterborough United

33 Plymouth Argyle

34 Port Vale

35 Portsmouth

36 Preston North End

37 Rochdale

38 Scunthorpe United

39 Sheffield United

40 Shrewsbury Town

41 Southend United

42 Stevenage

43 Swindon Town

44 Tranmere Rovers

45 Walsall

46 Wycombe Wanderers

47 Yeovil Town

48 York City

49 Spennymoor Town Or AFC Telford United

50 AFC Fylde

51 Grimsby Town

52 Norton United Or Shildon

53 Warrington Town

54 Alfreton Town Or Lincoln City

55 Macclesfield Town Or Wrexham

56 Chorley Or FC Halifax Town

57 Altrincham

58 Blyth Spartans

59 Chester

60 Gateshead

61 Tamworth Or Southport

62 Bristol Rovers

63 East Thurrock United

64 Forest Green Rovers

65 Dartford

66 Maidstone United

67 Gosport Borough

68 Weston Super Mare

69 Eastbourne Borough Or Dover Athletic

70 Weymouth Or Braintree Town

71 Worcester City Or Greenwich Borough

72 Canvey Island Or Havant & Waterlooville

73 Concord Rangers

74 Basingstoke Town Or Harrow Borough

75 Aldershot Town

76 Eastleigh

77 Bromley

78 Chelmsford City Or Barnet

79 Nuneaton Town Or Hemel Hempstead Town

80 Woking




Suggested Team and Formation For: Sunderland (home)

----------------------Speroni-----------------------------------

Kelly---------Dann------------Delaney-------------Ward

------------Jedinak-------------Ledley-------------------------

---------------------Chamakh---------------------------------

Zaha----------------Campbell----------------------Bolasie



Subs:



Hennessey

Mariappa

Hangeland

Mcarthur

Gayle

Puncheon

Doyle



Yes, I know the game is 9 days away, but we will have a fully fit squad available, and I'd be interested to know what the BBS think. Personally I think Chamakh and Zaha have to play. I'd be tempted to bring in Puncheon and play him wide right with Wilf up front, but that is controversial, not least because Campbell is beginning to find some form. I've gone for Ledley ahead of Mcarthur because I think he is more disciplined and accustomed to our style than Mcarthur. Delaney just edges Hangeland.




The madness that is Leeds United

Just sacked their manager. Milanic lasted 32 days.




Caption Competition #345345345





Player Ratings And Reviews: Vs West Brom (away)

Speroni 6 One good save, benefit of doubt given on crosses because he was fouled.



Ward 7 Felt he was pretty comfortable

Hangeland 7 Solid + good goal

Mariappa 6 Lacked nous, but not woeful

Kelly 6 Defended ok, but despite his pace he lacks mobility



Jedinak 7 Good pen, and rock solid. (Loses a point for penalty)

Ledley 7 Got through lots of work.



Bolasie 7.5 MOM felt he ran the game in the first half, and our most threatening player in the 2nd

Chamakh 6.5 Great to see him back. Won headers, and tackles

Zaha 7 should have had a penalty. beat their left back for fun. Tracked back brilliantly. Not given enough ball.



Campbell 6.5 Lively



Subs:



Hennessey 5 Didn't have a save to make did he?

Puncheon 5.5 looked bright (but loses a point for their 2nd goal)

Guedioura 4 Shocking. Nowhere near the standard required.



A lot will be made of the referee. I felt he got a lot right, apart from 2 pens for us (1 given on Bolasie that shouldn't have been, 1 not given on Zaha that should have been), their first goal, and a booking for their left back that wasn't forthcoming. I felt that Warnock got his starting XI spot on. Shame Chamakh and Zaha are not matchfit to play 90, and shame Warnock used this game to bring the subs on early. I love Chamakh playing in the hole. I think we look solid, and will look even more solid when Delaney, Dann and Speroni play 90 vs Sunderland. The one weakness for this team IMHO is the striker. I think Campbell had a decent game. I think Gayle is a top class finisher, and Murray should have been retained. But none of them have the sheer presence of Jerome. That's what we are missing to complete the side: a striker who can go in behind and score goals whilst having strength/pace to chase lost causes. We must look for that player in january. Other than that I honestly feel we will be fine. Bring on Sunderland.




Jack Bruce dies

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Sad news.




Match Updates: El Clasico - Real Madrid v Barca

Time to cool down.



Suarez starts. Stream To view the link you have to Register or Login . pw: ForzaJules!




Lets all Blame Warnock.

Lets not. **** off you dunces blaming Warnock for everything if the first goal was correctly disallowed we would of won and probably not struggled second half. If our Pen on Zaha was given we could of had 3. If the clear foul on Puncheon before there pen had been given there would of been no penalty. If Jedinak was not such a tit in the box then we would have 3 points. All out of the managers control.




Clattenburg

How the **** is he a premier league ref? I don't know.




Brum v Bournemouth

Birmingham currently losing 8-0 at home to Bournemouth




Celiac disease

:(



Well after about a year of shit going on I've been diagnosed with Celiacs.





So no more gluten ever, beer, bread, cakes, pies, pizza, beer, etc, did I mention beer?



And on top of it I am showing signs of food allergies to loads of stuff so I'm on a no, red meat, no wine, no milk, no soy for at least four months before I can try reintroducing them back.



Anyone else have any experience of Celiacs, I could do with a bit of advice?















Best I go ahead and change my avatar...




Worldwide Channels showing WBA V CPFC

Here is a list of all the channels showing WBA V Palace



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Match Updates: west ham v man city

One nil wham




Rumour: CPFC Takeover?

vendredi 24 octobre 2014

Josh Harris is rumored to be in advanced negotiations to take over CPFC.



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Live Com and Updates: West Bromwich Albion V Crystal Palace










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Poll Go home Yank! please no thanks!

Let them know our view!




The official countdown to relegation Bright02n thread.

21st in the championship. :D:hi::hi:




Takeover rumour

Bloomberg story says Palace takeover deal close



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Box Office!!!

I'm very quick to moan about the box office when things don't go my way so it's only fair to give praise when they go above and beyond!



Today I popped in to swap my Man U tickets for £46 and not the £55 ones. I explained that I can't go anymore as moving in the house and I've more chance of selling the cheaper ones then the £55 ones.



She then said that if I wanted to she could refund them both which meant I didn't have to tout them about to shift!



I also had to cancel my away season ticket so looks like tomorrow is my last away game for a while!



Thanks again kind girl in the box office, you was very very helpful and it was very much appreciated!




Harold Wilson

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Scotland to lower the drink drive limit

Want it t be 50mg. And they want it to come in by 5th December this yer.



As someone who has shamefully been done twice for DD and used to drive often under the influence, I think this is a great idea.



I haven't driven for 15 odd years as I don't trust myself.




BT Delta Point on fire

The BT building Delta Point is on fire.




TV Studio @ Selhurst

I don't know if this has been mentioned elsewhere or if anyone even noticed, but the studio that was installed at the beginning of last season between the Holmesdale & AW seemed to be full of human life for the first time vs Chelsea. Does anyone know what the deal is with this now? Is it being used as an extra box for matchdays? It would be nice to think it's being utilised considering how it forced a number of disabled fans to relocate for no apparent reason.




Crystal Ball: West Brom away

Couldn't see a thread yet so thought I'd get it started ahead of tomorrow!



You all know the drill by now, score, scorers and attendance please.




Poll test

Test




Tony Green

Hello all, long time fan (back to Johnny Byrne!) & sometime forum lurker without joining.



Have a question. (Wiki won't help you here as that's where the question has arisen). Which Palace player, in 1972, made the tackle which ultimately ended Green's career. Bobby Kellard's wiki says it was him but Green's says it was Mel Blyth. Anyone able to help (& provide a verifiable source) please? Thanks.




Who needs a smack in the mouth more?

Well?



poll to follow.




Calling a UK Mobile phone from the US

jeudi 23 octobre 2014

If a person is in the US with their UK mobile, and a person with a US phone/cell phone wants to call them, a) does the call go to The UK and back to the UK phone in the US, and b) if the UK mobile phone number is 07790xxxxxx, does the US person call 011447790xxxxxx?



Cheers! :)




Lamela's Goal

Just ridiculous! :eek:




Meeting With The Club

Crystal Palace Supporters Trust will be having a meeting with the club on Monday to discuss fans issues Box Office/ Ticketing, Away Travel,Club Shop,Allocation of the £200,000 .If anybody has any questions they would like answered please post on here or PM me.




Sasa Curcic ridiculous thread

Here's Sasa with some hints on how to attract a girlfriend.










Wireless speakers

Can anyone recommend some decent wireless speakers with bluetooth or NFC connectivity (to play music from napster currently stored on smartphone) which also has DAB digital radio and are relatively portable?



Quite flexible on price, although if it can be kept lower, then the good!



Thanks in advance




WATCHCrystal Palace Defender Michael Chambers ready to test himself

Crystal Palace Defender Michael Chambers ready to test himself in the Conference with Welling United loan: -



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Just a quick note, the site is my Non-League site, it takes 20 Seconds to sign up and its free.







Warnock charged by FA

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Alvin Startdust dies

72 Years old.



Can't think of a pun at the moment.



His name was not Startdust either. Can a mod amend please. Ta.




Get your Northern Soul name...

.... using your Gran's name + town you were born + (& the) + your first car plural.



Mine is Mary London and the Avengers.







*Stolen thread idea from Wozza on NSC.




Staines Town Goalkeeper Jack Turner scores from his own box

I had to share this...



Staines Town are currently sat on the bottom of the table in the Vanarama Conference South. Jack Turner scored this goal on Saturday puttin Staines Town 1-0 up against Whitehawk (Captained by ex Palace Left Back Lee Hills), Staines Town still went on to lose 1-2.



Marcus Gayle is their Manager and has just registered as a player too.



Tough times.



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Warnock Press conference pre WBA

At the moment it says "experiencing technical difficulties" but hopefully kick in any minute










Schools should check kids brush teeth, says NICE

Schools and nurseries need to step in to tackle the worrying trend of tooth decay in children, the advisory body NICE has said.



More than one in 10 three-year-olds in England have rotten teeth.



In some parts of the country, as many as half of five-year-olds have decayed, missing or filled teeth.



NICE's new guidelines for England say nurseries and schools should consider introducing supervised tooth-brushing and fluoride varnishing programmes.



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As the brother of an overworked and undervalued teacher, I have to say that this is absolutely preposterous.



In what world is it the responsibility of the education system, and not the parent or guardian to teach children to brush their teeth?



I know some parents and guardians are useless, but surely it is the responsibility of the teacher to first raise it with the guardian, and when they inevitably get nowhere, to contact social services.



How can we possibly have a situation, where a teacher has to control 30 children with toothbrushes, and the parents are excused from watching out for one?



This is absolutely ridiculous and I hope everyone recognises that schooling is for literacy and numeracy and not toothbrushing.



We want teachers to be teachers, and can't ask them to be social worker AND parent, too.




West Brom Parking

First visit to the Hawthorns, what's the parking situation like up there? Any advice appreciated.




Most unusual larger/beer/cider

I turn to the bbs for help being very uneducated in such matters. Truth be told I tend to be very boring with my drinking choices and stick to the most recognisable stuff.



Anyhow I have my soon to be brother in laws stag do next weekend and have been challenged to bring:



"the most unusual lager/beer/cider that you can find from anywhere in the world"



So thoughts/opinions? Needless to say a decent taste would be preferable to go with it :)



Oh and something I can acquire before next Friday!




FIFA 15 - Lag/Freeze

mercredi 22 octobre 2014

Hi FIFA15'ers



I am playing the managerial career part of FIFA15, when I go to play a match I get a lag/freeze during the match. Everything on the screen stops/freezes for a couple of seconds and then carries on as you can imagine very annoying.



I am playing the game on PS3, all the updates for the PS3 and FIFA15 are up to date.



All other games play as normal.



Any ideas?!



Ta FC :p




Cop killer Harry Roberts to be freed.

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Not sure how I feel about this. Part of me says he has done more than enough bird, going 18 years over his tariff, and part of me says he should rot inside.




'Fake' Chelsea footballer jailed for posing as Gael Kakuta

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"The player had stints with Derby, Oldham Athletic, Southend United, Fulham and Crystal Palace"



?? when was this?




Unexpected £700 gas bill - what to do?

Hello all, I would appreciate any advice on this ...



A relative of mine has just received an unexpectedly large gas bill - for over £700. This was a shock because recently his monthly bill has been around £20 - £30. His utilities are all supplied by Utility Warehouse, and I think he's been happy with them until now.



When I phoned Utility Warehouse, the customer service man explained that they hadn't read the meter for over a year until recently, so the last 12 months' bills were based on estimates. The £700 bill was a 'catch up' bill for the amount he had under-paid. When we read the meter, it corresponded with the reading on the bill. I think Utility Warehouse are probably right, and he has been under-paying. The problem is he doesn't want to pay the £700 and has been to see a solicitor to ask for help.



Is there anything we can do? Was it fair and reasonable (and legal) for Utility Warehouse to send 12 months severely under-estimated bills and then one huge catch-up bill? Is it worth my relative seeing a solicitor? Can he transfer his utilities to another company without first paying off the outstanding bill? What should he do?



All advice very welcome :) ...




MOBO Awards

Is it me or is this shockingly badly done ?




Match Updates: Liverpool v Real Madrid

Only 3-0 at the moment.



Is Ronaldo human?




iTunes 12 - Warning!

Do NOT upgrade, if like most sensible, level headed, people you value the sidebar.



Apple doesn't like the sidebar and in the last release (before today) it was hidden, but most of us discovered that you could reinstate it by clicking on 'View' then 'Show Sidebar'. However, I made the mistake of 'upgrading' to iTunes 12 this morning, without seeing any of the warnings posted in the forums (and there are many) and the side bar has been removed permanently.



Apple do a lot right, but their pig-headed, arrogant, attitude that they know best and the User has to accept whatever Apple decides is quite wrong.



Fortunately, I had saved a version of iTunes 11, so I uninstalled this latest monstrosity and reverted. Anyone else doing that will need to take care, because you do get an error to the effect that the file Itunes Library.itl 'cannot be read as it was created by a later version of iTunes', but this is easily fixed by replacing the file (located in Windows 7 machines in [Libraries] Music/iTunes) with one of the backup versions in the folder 'Previous iTunes Libraries'.



My advice - do NOT 'upgrade'.




Canadian shootings

Nasty stuff going down in Canada at the moment. Who the hell have they upset ?




Pulis interview - football focus 25/10

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"Former Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis says he risked his reputation when he agreed to take over at Selhurst Park as the club were bottom of the league and had never survived for more than a season in the Premier League.



Pulis retained his record of having never been relegated as a manager, and won the manager of the year award after finishing 11th, but left Palace 48 hours before the start of the season.



Watch the full interview on Saturday's Football Focus from 12:10 BST - on BBC One, BBC One HD and the BBC Sport website."




An article about stats

Enjoy



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lAPTOP HELP

apologies for any grammar or typos>



Basically my keyboard is ****ed and i need help>



to start with my full stop key or other character keys dont work> when i press full stop this comes up >



also none of my numbers work and the characters just come up instead> ie if i count to ten

!"£$%^&*()



It is typing everything IN CAPITALS unless caps lock is on>



there is probably other issues I don@t know about yet>



please help




Staying In The Premier League Calculator (2014/15): Keep Track Of Our Progress Here

A number of people have asked that I repeat this exercise, so here we go.



How many points will we need?

As always, everyone will have different views on this. Last season I set a target of 37. In the event, 34 would have been sufficient to stay up, although for those who base it on the club that finished 17th, they actually got 36. There is a good argument for taking the number of points gained by the team that are currently 17th, and projecting that forward as the target. Currently, the 17th club have 8 points - exactly one point per match. If this were to be continued throughout the season, the 17th club would finish on 38.



So, we have arguments for anything from 34 to 38 points. A figure of 34 seems rather low to me; last year was a bit of a freak in that number being sufficient. Similarly, 38 seems a little on the high side - you would have only required this number to stay up once in the last seven years (when in fact even 38 was insufficient, as you needed 40). So after a lot of mulling it over, I am going to stick with the 37 points I set last year. You, of course, may have different views, so it will be interesting to read them.



How can we win those points?

The positive news is that it's seemingly rather easier than last year. When I started the thread last season, we were only on 3 points; this time around, we have already reached 8. So we "only" need to find a further 29 points throughout the season. For the purposes of the calculator, I have assumed a target of 19 more points at home and 10 more points away.



To achieve the target of 19 points at home, I have projected 5 wins and 4 draws

To achieve the target of 10 points away, I have projected 2 wins and 4 draws.



Can I remind everyone that these are not predictions.They are projections of the sort of results we would require to earn 29 points, to enable people to keep track.



Looking at these projections, it's clear that there's a period in the middle of the season that is key to our success. I've projected a win in our next home game against Sunderland, but then no further wins until we travel to QPR - 9 matches later! But that QPR game begins what I hope will be a fruitful period; over those next 7 matches I have projected 4 wins and 2 draws. That is definitely the period when I'll be looking for us to pick up points, because in the final 13 matches I have only projected 2 more wins.



Although 29 more points might seem like a reasonably comfortable target, a study of the fixtures shows it is not that easy. Please feel free to post your own predictions for results for the remainder of the season. Don't forget, it’s your thread just as much as mine.



Opponent............................... Predict.... Result..... Target +/-...... Overall

WBA (A)................................. .....D.......

Sunderland (H)....................... .....W......

Man U (A).............................. ......L.......

Liverpool (H).......................... ......L.......

Swansea (A)........................... ......L.......

Aston Villa (H)......................... .....D.......

Spurs (A)............................... ......L.......

Stoke (H)................................ .....D.......

Man City (A)............................ ......L.......

Southampton (H).................... ......L.......

QPR (A).................................. .....W......

Aston Villa (A)......................... .....D.......

Spurs (H)............................... ......L.......

Burnley (A)............................ .....W......

Everton (H)............................ .....W......

Leicester (A)........................... .....D.......

Newcastle (H)........................ .....W......

Arsenal (H)............................ ......L.......

West Ham (A)........................ ......L.......

Southampton (A)................... ......L.......

QPR (H)................................. .....W......

Stoke (A)............................... ......L.......

Man City (H).......................... ......L.......

Sunderland (A)....................... .....D.......

WBA (H)................................. .....W......

Hull (H).................................. .....D.......

Chelsea (A)............................. ......L.......

Man U (H)............................... ......L.......

Liverpool (A)........................... ......L.......

Swansea (H)............................ .....D.......




Does travel broaden the mind?

I've spent the majority of this year travelling through the South Pacific, United States (24 states), Canada and once I get back from Waikiki in Hawaii I'm going around Australia (I live at the Gold Coast, Queensland) before coming back home to South London in January for the first time in 11 years



I feel like every place I've visited this year has changed me in some way, even places like South dakota.



My question is has travelling changed how you view the world and to those who haven't travelled anywhere do you regret it?




Jerome racism claims

Interesting development in the Leeds/Norwich game yesterday as it was interupted by Jerome making claims that Giuseppe Bellusci had racially abused him.



Mark Clattenburg has taken statement for his referees report so it'll be interesting how it pans out.



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Jerome had a few things to say about it on twitter afterwards but sensibly didn't go off on one and prejudice anything that might happen.




Palace Player

Hello everyone.

I really like the Palace Player service and it's great that we have access to post match press conferences, highlights, player interviews etc



But...



there are a few things I find quite irritating about it.



1. It's usually quite hard to hear anything Dougie or the questioner says.



2. The quality of sound on the training ground interviews is often poor. The recent Kwesi interview was a case in point (the interviewer had a microphone, the player didn't!!)



3. The usual interviewer says 'obviously' too much. If it's obvious, don't ask it.



4. Long questions tend to lead to short answers, and vice versa. So don't ask long, leading questions.



5. Sometimes it's really slow to 'load'.



Rant over. I suppose should send these comments to the club really.




crystal palace photographer

hi.

Does anyone have an email for Neil Everitt, the Palace photographer?

Can't seem to find anything online . Thanks a lot!




Gfycat/mediacrush support?

mardi 21 octobre 2014

On the internet these days, people are using To view the link you have to Register or Login as an alternative to gifs more and more, mainly due to the better quality and short loading times. Any chance of the BBS supporting them like image links? Example To view the link you have to Register or Login



cheers




Discussion: Fisayo Adarabioyo

Sky reporting we have signed him on a short - term development contract following trial.




Portsmouth mystery clown 'disturbing' people in streets

"A mystery clown is scaring children in Portsmouth by lurking silently in streets and shops and stroking people.

Residents have posted on social media about how the clown, wearing a scary mask and a suit, stands in streets in the town with a balloon and does not speak."



:clown:



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Palace in Paphos

As the title says, anybody got any suggestions of where any bars that may show Palace in Paphos rather than the standard mish mash big bollox sides. Any suggestions greatly appreciated and hoping for a few options when i check in and eventually reconnect with wifi. Online isn't an option unfortunately but i cant see the family objecting to a bit of Palace euro style if anybody has any bright ideas.




NHS staff banned from drinking tea or coffee

NHS staff banned from drinking tea or coffee on the job because it looks like they're not working hard enough



Medics and other staff have been banned from drinking tea or coffee in public areas at three Leicester hospitals.



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OK, so this is clearly sensationalist from the Indy, as the rule actually applies to 'It applies to outpatient clinic reception areas at Leicester Royal Infirmary, Glenfield Gneral Hospital and Leicester General Hospital.'



However, I have to say, what an utterly ridiculous rule to impose.



Of all the areas of a hospital that are patient facing, surely the reception is the most agreeable place to see staff having a cup of tea. I can understand that it looks bad for nurses to be seen having a brew in front of patients on wards and clinics, but OPD, admin and clerical staff? Do me a favour.



What an utterly useless waste of time and oxygen to create this nonsense. I mean, is it OK for then to have a Pepsi but not a 'hot' drink.



Complete nonsense.




Match Ticket Information Tottenham Away

Apologies if this has already been posted (I couldn't see anything), but do we know when the Tottenham away tickets are likely to go on sale?




i knew it was bad but!

OPR



"The results revealed Rangers lost £65m in a season, had a £68m wage bill that exceeded their entire turnover, and were £177m in debt."



what is the game plan there,




2 Croydon or not 2 Croydon that is the question?

lundi 20 octobre 2014

My James, who some of you know, has got himself a job in the centre of London and is currently looking for places to live (rent or buy).



Main criteria is max 30 mins commute, late or all night trains, one bed max rent £1100.



He has been drawn towards that new complex that is still being built and towering over Croydon, Saffron tower. Plus side it meets his criteria, it's near Palace, he's got a number of friends near by.



BUT everyone he's asked say don't go anywhere near Croydon.



What's the BBS think?




Best wishes to Nelson Alfie

Hi everyone, just wanted to let you know that our good friend ( and my favourite) is currently recovering from serious abdominal surgery in East Surrey hospital. I saw him today and he's doing pretty well but I know he'd appreciate a bit of BBS love!




I have just had a drink

Only one may i add but



Was starting to feel bit apprehensive where our next win was coming from , are we realy missing TP , who will replace Dann and Delaney , etc etc , then i thought



This is our 2nd season in Premier League , main aim is to stay up , we have 8 points from 8 games , we have decent players that hopefully will keep us up , Palace on match choice every week on Sky .







Woops just looked at our end of season matches , think i need another drink !




Relegation contenders

Now we are 8 games into the season the table is beginning to take shape, but there are still a few anomalies at the top and bottom.



I still hope we can be comfortable but the worst case scenario in me is still looking for 3 sides for us to finish above.



Who do we think these 3 are?



Burnley and QPR will surely feature on most lists but who else?




The Hunt For Red October (Sweden)

Anyone else following this story? Surprised there hasn't been a thread already.



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Match Updates: WBA vs Man utd

Its horrible when you want the wankers to win :sob:



West Brom: Myhill, Wisdom, Lescott, Dawson, Pocognoli, Gardner, Brunt, Morrison, Dorrans, Sessegnon, Berahino.

Subs: Daniels, Gamboa, McAuley, Mulumbu, Blanco, Ideye, Anichebe.



Man Utd: De Gea, Rafael, Jones, Rojo, Shaw, Blind, Herrera, Januzaj, Mata, Di Maria, van Persie.



Subs: Lindegaard, Smalling, Carrick, Fellaini, Fletcher, Young, Falcao.




Ouch!

Indian player, scores a goal for his team, run off, sommersault, injures his spinal cord and dies!



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QPR Away

Noticed yesterday at QPR, Liverpool only had the top tier, then i was sent this,

tickets will be a nightmare for some clubs fans now.







I take it its ok to post in here without getting abuse :rolleyes:




Happy Birthday AMMILLER

Happy birthday AMMILLER.



28 today.




The world according to Alan Mullery

Reluctant to put this in World of Football at it relates to Alan Mullery and Brighton but I was amused by this quote -



'Brighton and Hove Albion manager Sami Hyypia deserves more time to turn around the team's fortunes, according to ex-Seagulls boss Alan Mullery.



Saturday's defeat by Middlesbrough was Albion's eighth straight Championship game without a win, leaving them just one point above the relegation zone.



Mullery told BBC Sussex: "It's very early in the season and we've had a lot of changes in personnel.



"We're not far away from improving and starting to win games." '



I love the 'we' - does the 'we' also include Spurs and Fulham for which clubs he also appears to have prostituted himself to be an ambassador!



Brighton's downward spiral does seem to coincide with Mr Mullery's appointment

:lux:



Possibly agent Mullery but more likely just a bad influence