The Police

Andy Sumners is 80 today
Cant quite believe that wow
saw the Police at the Lyceum in 79 £2.50 on the door show recorded
See myself in Roxanne video

Happy New Year

Great last day of 2022 for us.

All the very best for us BBSers for 2023.

Suggested Team and Formation For: Tottenham (h) 04/01/23

First game of the new year. Easy one this time round I think. Same team.

Guaita
Clyne - Andersen - Guehi - Ward
Doucoure - Schlupp
Olise - Eze - Zaha
Ayew

I thought Hughes was good in his very limited cameo. I would probably still pick him ahead of Schlupp, but we know that won’t happen! :D Schlupp had a decent game.

Player Ratings And Reviews: Bournemouth (a) 31/12/22, 0-2 win

Poll to come.

Transferring tickets via friends and family function

I am trying to transfer a ticket to someone who I am connected to as a friend but the CPFC system is not letting me do it. Is this because I have added the ticket to my wallet? Any tips?

Live Com and Updates: AFC Bournmouth v Crystal Palace KO 15:00

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bournemouth game more meaning than people realise

If we cant beat teams like fulham after the attrocious last 2, several things will happen;

1 we will not attract the type or quality of players we require to move up the table

2 we will be facing tougher opposition in the coming games and therefore less chance of gaining points.

WE simply have to use these foundations we try to build. How many years did we go without a striker ? we had wilf and bolasie or wilf and andros up front. Imagine what could have been if we had invested in better in the past seasons.

Anyway im predicting a palace turn around performance and some points.

COYP

Council Tax Help

Hoping someone can advise me if at all possible.

I sold my flat and vacated in December 12th. I broke the chain so my buyer could move in before I completed on my new house.

My question is, do I cancel my council tax payment? The issue I have is I am yet to move into my new property. (Thought we’d be in before Christmas, hence the chain break!)

I don’t want to cancel the council tax and come off the electoral roll before I have moved into my new property (should have the keys for the new place next week) just in case this affects our mortgage in anyway.

Anyone have any advice? It’s not trivial but it’d be £200 saved!

Cheers.

Bournemouth team news ?

Obviously we have the two suspensions in Tomkins and Mitchell, injury wise Ferguson and McArthur are probably still out. Guehi will return and maybe Mateta.


Apparently Bournemouth have a virus which has ripped through their squad so could be a good time to play them.

January is the peak season for divorces - anyone going for it?

Well, how is everybody feeling post Christmas?

New Year's Resolutions

If this is your thing...

Vivienne Westwood rip

Vivienne Westwood has died. RIP.

Influential and innovative.

For pimps prostitutes dykes etc. Clothes for heroes.

RIP Pele

All time great :(

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"Official" F1 Predictions and Gossip 2023

Positions after the first race of 23 for 2023 from Sakhir, Bahrain.


Leaderboard

Pos Name Pts Played Av Pts

Crystal Ball: Bournemouth (a)

Score-Scorers-Attendance please

1-0
Wilf
11,010

Your monthly household energy bill is ?

Let start with December

I am electric only and my total bill for December is £294.23

That does not include £67 from our so called government which would take it to

December total £361.23 :eek: 2 bed bungalow

What's yours ?

RIP John Bird

Comedian John Bird passed away aged 86. One of my favourite comedians, I used to watch the Bremmer, Bird and Fortune during my uni days.

RIP.

John Bird RIP

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Remember watching him on C4 with John Fortune & Rory Bremner

Superdraw

I recently joined the Palace Superdraw. At half-time on Monday, I received an email stating I had won a prize. I followed the instructions and logged into my account. However in the prizes section it states, no prize to collect.
Can anyone advise whether they have had a similar issue please.
Could it be as it was Bank Holiday? There is no telephone number to contact, only an email address.
Many thanks

Fulham game…Fight at halftime

Lower holmesdale, outside at the back.
Kicked off big time.
HF v other blokes 20/30 involved, got pretty nasty and wasn’t good to see.
Dads with their kids there , taking them to football and the kids were scared , mate told me me his boy wanted to go home.
I heard the words … we’ll sort this out later when there’s no cameras
Bloody ell boys we’re Palace not Millwall

Suggestion: Scott McTominay

We were linked with Donny Van de Beek but he would be a disaster for us. He is everything we don’t want - lightweight and ineffective. We need some proper steel and effort in centre mid. A trier, someone who will battle and fight. We have technical players already. I give you, ladies and gentleman, his teammate Scott McTominay. Way down the pecking order at Man Utd. 6’4”, works his arse off, calls out shit performances, and would leave everything out on the field.

That’s what we need if we are going to get out of this mess; a McArthur/Kouyate replacement rolled into one. Experienced at this level, can move, can put his body on the line. What’s not to like?

Clear out required in the summer AND new signings

The squad is rotten to the core. It’s not good enough to put low ball offers in and then keep faith with existing squad.

The following MUST go:
Ward - too old and slow
Clyne - de-Clyne is in reverse
Tomkins - better when he doesn’t play!
Milivojevic - too slow
Hughes - too slow
McArthur - old and injured

The jury is out on these:
Schlupp - not a footballer but an athlete
Eze - top player, supreme talent 1 in 10
Jairo - slow but can pass
Mateta - spider on rollerskates

We are going to need another window of summer 2021 proportions. The owners have been asleep at the wheel. We are going to need 2 right backs, a left back, 3 centre mids, 2 wingers and a striker. The last transfer window was negligent. Think we are in serious trouble. We need more Jordan Ayews, players who can move and will move. The side is static and lacks energy as well as pace. It’s worrying. We should stay up this season but the scale of the job required is vast. I hope that puts it into perspective for the owners because 1 new first teamer in every window won’t be enough. We can’t wait 4 years for the next decent window. We probably need to spend £100m+ if Zaha goes. Do they know the scale of what is required?

WTF didn't we go to a back 3 at 10 men?

Take off Tomkins at 10 men for Ward or Jaïro .... We were at home FFS !

We won't get any better...

...playing Schlupp in central midfield.

It's absolutely baffling how someone (Vieira) has had 5 weeks (FIVE!) to look at this team and review our performances before the break.

We were toothless in midfield and most importantly for me, we lack any footballing intelligence and nouse in the middle. We need someone with an IQ above 10 and the ability to think creatively and one step ahead most other players on the pitch. We don't have that. Our players in the middle seem to be soft and dumb. Look at the VAR review today by the ref. Fulham immediately had 3 players within 2 meters of the ref, our bunch of wet blankets shuffle over, make no attempt to disrupt the Fulham players' influence and just politely watch - when will be become savvy and actually try to get the extra edge most teams have over us?

This guy in central midfield is now symbolic of where we are at.

You cannot tell me we will get any better as a side with Schlupp in central midfield, it's only going to get worse and worse. I want this guy out of our team, he's another hangover of the Hodgson Dross Era (along with Ayew) - please please please Palace get a proper central midfielder in and stop this dreadful experiment.

We all have other jobs, other things going on in our lives, yet all we need is 10 minutes at a game to see how painfully obvious it is that such a passive, ineffective midfield is sliding us down the league - I'm fed up with us not being able to control the middle of the pitch. Sorry to be crass, but does anyone else just think we're a bunch of pu**ies in the middle?

Suggested Team and Formation For: Bournemouth (a) 31/12/22

Guaita
Clyne - Andersen - Guehi - Riedewald
Milivojevic
Doucoure - Hughes
Olise - Edouard - Zaha

Butland, Richards, Ward, Schlupp, Ozoh, Eze, Ebiowei, Ayew, Gordon

Let’s play 3 actual central midfielders in central midfield. Doucoure and Hughes playing higher up with the willingness to press and win the ball high up the pitch.

Schlupp's annual wage could employ 85 nurses in the NHS

What has the world become?

Shower waste leak - question

The plumber finally finished installing the new shower this week, just in time for the kids to come home and Grandma to visit - hooray. It has been an unbelievably long haul. Unfortunately, Christmas evening we get a small swoosh of water dropping through the kitchen ceiling. So I think we can take it there is something he didn't actually test before moving on.

Fortunately (!!!) the overall job included a completely new ceiling/floor which has not yet been skimmed. I've whipped off the plasterboard underneath and can see that the waste is not fully sealed with the silicone they've used. It's just a drip, but of course that builds up and is no good at all.

Now my question is whether there is any advice about a reasonable short-term fix until the plumber comes back after Christmas (he has to do some other work on the heating in any case). I'm assuming the best permanent fix is to take the waste out and refit it afresh.

a) slather silicone on the underside
b) put a ring of silicone around the upper edge of the waste (which would have to be cleaned off the shower tray when the waste gets refitted).
c) gaffer tape
d) leave the plasterboard off and put a bowl underneath in the kitchen.

Football shirt quiz

the Beeb have a football shirt quiz. Scroll down for Palace.

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Match Updates: Dec 26 - Jan 5

Aaaaand, we’re off again…


12:00
Watford v Millwall
Championship
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12:30
Sunderland v Blackburn Rovers
Championship
Sky Sports Main EventSky Sports FootballSky Sports Ultra HDRSky Showcase


12:30
Brentford v Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League
Amazon Prime Video


15:00
Bristol City v West Brom
Championship
Sky Sports Red Button


15:00
Preston North End v Huddersfield Town
Championship
Sky Sports Red Button


15:00
Sheffield United v Coventry City
Championship
Sky Sports Red Button


15:00
Barnet v Boreham Wood
National League
BT Sport 1BT Sport Ultimate


15:00
Crystal Palace v Fulham
Premier League
Amazon Prime Video


15:00
Everton v Wolves
Premier League
Amazon Prime Video


15:00
Leicester City v Newcastle United
Premier League
Amazon Prime Video


15:00
Southampton v Brighton & Hove Albion
Premier League
Amazon Prime Video


17:15
Cardiff City v QPR
Championship
Sky Sports Main EventSky Sports FootballSky Sports Ultra HDR


17:30
Aston Villa v Liverpool
Premier League
Amazon Prime Video


19:45
Luton Town v Norwich City
Championship
Sky Sports Main EventSky Sports FootballSky Sports Ultra HDR


20:00
Arsenal v West Ham United
Premier League
Amazon Prime Video

Need help getting to Boxing Day game from Kent

Hi everyone, hopefully this is the correct place for this thread - I am new to the forums.

I was supposed to be travelling up to the Fulham game tomorrow by car, but the driver is now sick and can't take us. If there is anyone driving up to the game from Kent (nearly anywhere will do, since I can at least get around within Kent fairly easily) and has some space in their car, I would really appreciate a lift to the game and back. Obviously, some remuneration would be forthcoming!

Thanks

Live Com and Updates: Crystal Palace v Fulham Ko 15:00

Happy Christmas, everyone.

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Which thread will run longer - Wilf or Brexit

I’m more of a reader, thinker and occasional contributor - see number of posts but I must say that the wide and varied threads, the tone, passion and at times even the virtual has for me made this forum a good source for views, entertainment and yes - at times inspiration.

Will the Brexit thread end? Will the Wilf thread outlive it it, no matter whether he leaves or stays? Posters picking up on grammar, some unbelievable views, intellectual insights and humour. A must read every day!

Well that’s my post for another few months.

Have a good one!

Thom Bell R.I.P

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Merry Christmas ?

It's all so damn serious in here, so I thought I'd create a thread that was less po-faced.


Christmas gags, I thought, so let's start off with a Tim Vine cracker... :moo2:



My Christmas decorations are inflatable. I’m forever blowing baubles. :lux:

Wot, no Christmas food thread?

What's everyone having?

We're hosting this year (despite the fact I'm working tomorrow) and will be serving up Turkey crown, legs boned and rolled with sausage and apricot stuffing, roasties, carrots, parsnips, Brussels with chestnuts, yorkies (kill me), bread sauce and gravy- the base of which I made a few weeks ago.

Most importantly, I have vintage champagne to kick start proceedings with a seafood platter, numerous bottles of white and red burgundy, and some classic clarets. Perks of the job.

Bring it on.

Rail strike 4th January - Spurs (H)

Is there any chance the Spurs game will be moved because of the rail strike?

Almost impossible for me to get to Selhurst if no trains.

November 23, 2016

Can anybody tell me what important event happened on that day? The front page of the BBS says that the "Most users ever online was 9,867, 23-11-2016 at 11:09 AM." I guess I haven't looked at it in a long time because I always thought that June 1, 2010 had the most ever users on the BBS.

What would you get any Palace Player for a Xmas Present

After watching what MO & EE would get each other for a Xmas present on Palace TV. I thought it would be interesting to see what us Palace fans would get any Squad member and Coaching staff for Xmas.

Press Conference Live: Pre-Fulham Friday 1pm

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George Cohen R.I.P

Another ‘66 hero departs.

Crystal Ball: Fulham (h)

Thank God proper football is back after weeks of inconsequential non-events filling up FIFA's pockets.

Score, scorers and attendance please.
2-0
Wilf, Olise
25220

Edit - No poll cause I forgot.

Any solicitors able to offer advice?

Hi

I have a friend who lives in s property she used to own with an ex-boyfriend over 10 years ago. By all accounts he was a bit of a nasty bit of work, saying he was divorced when he wasn't, making up stories about having cancer.

Anyhow they split up 10 years ago having been together about 3 years and my friend has lived on her own there since. He put 200K down, she 100k. They agreed that she would continue to live there for the foreseeable future, rather than force her to sell the property and to pay him back the 200k when her parents died (they are still alive but old). He probably agreed to that as he felt bad about the way he treated her. This was just a verbal contract, nothing in writing.

In the 10 years she has solely paid the mortgage (which I think is between 200-300k still) including some of the overall amount of loan, paid all the upkeep and maintenance, new bathrooms, new roof etc.

She has now had a letter from his solicitors asking for the 200k to be repaid now, otherwise they will ask for thr property to be forcefully sold and his monies taken out of the proceeds (the house is probably worth about 700k now). She has messaged him informing him of the original agreement but he hasn't responded.

Where does she stand?

RIP Director Mike Hodges

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I remember Get Carter being lauded on Videodrome IIRC, before it became the go to English gangster film.

I still remember rushing home to see Flash Gordon on the TV one Christmas Eve possibly 1982 or 1983, such a good tongue in cheek film.

Bowel Cancer

So for Christmas this year I start my first session of chemotherapy to treat bowel cancer this Friday 23rd Dec.

Not something I thought I’d ever be writing as a 39 year old, who is lean, fairly fit, a non smoker, not a big drinker and with a reasonable diet. I’m young, normal, married with a 4 year old and a 1 year old. It couldn’t happen to me right?!

There weren’t many warning signs for me at all. I started getting really noticeable abdominal / stomach pains this year Feb/March and slowly they got horrendous to the point I felt like I was being stabbed and couldn’t do anything or when the pain came on I had to stop what I was doing and felt like screaming until the pain passed. Initially I thought it was stress or something so tweaked my diet, gave myself outlets outside of work (reading / Xbox) to relax.

That didn’t work, so I went to the Dr and after trying a low fodmap diet plan for a month (IBS), doing various medical tests, more calls/emails to the dr, lots of tablets and medicine and a visit to the hospital it was getting worse, not better.

I was losing weight, losing energy, finding it hard to eat and not able to function normally and was being sick a lot and not really able to go to the toilet anymore.

I limped into A & E on the 17th Oct. I’ve never been so weak and ill in my life. An X-ray and Ct scan showed my large intestine was completely blocked by a growth and I needed an emergency operation immediately.

After the first major op, something failed inside and I was leaking poo internally and had to have a 2nd major life changing op 5 days later otherwise I would have got sepsis and would have been dead in 2 weeks.

I ended up having 2/3rds of my large intestine removed and some surrounding tissue (lymph nodes) romoved and am now 1 in 335 people who have a stoma.

Sadly the growth was a large horrible tumour that turned about to be bowel cancer. It was cut out along with 50+ lymph nodes as it had started to spread. The Drs have cut out everything they can see, so now I’m about to start chemotherapy for a while to see if we can clear up anything that may be left floating around in my body that the surgery(s) didn’t cut out and get it before it does anymore damage. Hopefully things go in my favour now and in the future.

My stomach muscles and all that area were majorly affected by the surgeries and I also got an abdominal infection followed by a chest infection. I lost 3 stone and couldn’t do anything at all and was pretty much an awake vegetable for a while. I ended up in hospital for 39 days and have been building up weight, strength and my immune system at home recently and have recently been able to walk independently as of 7 days ago.

I’m making very good progress overall, all things considered and look for the wins each day and I’m going to throw the kitchen sink at it. I’m a person, a man, a husband, a father and now a fighter and I have a lot to fight for.

It’s been the most difficult, painful and horrendous experience I’ve ever had. So with that in mind, I would like it if no one else ever has to go through it.

If anyone ever has something going on with their health and youre not sure, PLEASE get it checked out, don’t take a gamble, or if like me and you’re not sure it’s the right answer, keep pushing and knocking on the door until you get the right answer. It might be small and nothing to worry about, it might be something that can improve your quality of life, or it might end up being something that could buy you a few more years or save your life!

This is not a stupid picture, or a funny one liner, so a lot of people won’t bother to read all of it. This is also not a sympathy post. I don’t want sympathy, or people to feel sorry for me or give me a metaphorical pat on the head, I’m not a dog. I’m one of many, 1 in 2 who will be affected by cancer in their lifetime.

If you’ve read this far, thanks and just remember the bit above, *go and get yourself checked out if something doesn’t seem right.*

Have a good Christmas and New Year. Make it a good one!🎅🌲🎁🔴🔵🔴🔵

Charity Donation OF Old Tablets / Phones etc

Turning to the great hive mind :hi:

I've got a fairly large bag of old electronic equipment, tablets, phones, laptops, hard drives, headphones etc and I'd like to donate them to charity but finding one is proving very difficult, does anyone here have any idea of a charity that would be able to find a use for it?

Martin Duffy RIP

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55 !


And why so many just before or after Christmas

RIP Terry Hall

Bugger :(

Peter Taylor

How the mighty fall...

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Live Com and Updates: Crystal Palace U21 vs Newcastle (PL Cup) 19/12/22 13:00

Will be interesting to see if any first teamers are given a runout.

Not the best conditions for it.

Match Updates: Dec 19 - 22

13:00
Crystal Palace U21 v Newcastle United U21
Premier League 2
Palace TV


20:00
Wigan Athletic v Sheffield United
Championship
Sky Sports Main EventSky Sports FootballSky Sports Ultra HDR

Suggested Team and Formation For: Fulham (H) 26/12/22

I think the Valladolid line up gave us a pretty good indication of what our line up will be on Boxing Day. A couple of positions up for debate however:

Clyne or Ward
Hughes or Schlupp
Ayew or Olise
Not sure if Mateta is fit.

I’d go:

Guaita
Clyne - Andersen - Tomkins - Mitchell
Doucoure
Schlupp - Eze
Olise - Edouard - Zaha

Butland, Ward, Richards, Riedewald, Milivojevic, Hughes, Ayew, Ebiowei, Mateta

Brown Crab

I`m back in the UK later on this week for Chrimbo and the Fulham game.

One of my pet peeves about OZ is the lack of taste in their shellfish, hence looking forward to sampling the delights of the Northern Hemispheres waters.

Where would one go these days for a fine large Brown Crab lunch in London

Appreciate it

PP

Let’s use AI to design Palace kits

Has this been done before? If not it’s about time.
Not just yet another kit design thread - AI generated images are insanely good now – and the palace kit is simply the best in the world. How far can AI push it and still be recognizably Palace?

The following are done on midjourney with very simple prompts. Although the AI does seem to pick up on the eagle motif and create some slightly fascist looking badges

Match Updates: Sun Dec 18. WORLD CUP FINAL - ARGENTINA v FRANCE

15:00
Argentina v France
FIFA World Cup 2022 Final
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Suggestion: Ollie Cooper

Watched a few Swansea games this season and this lad is an excellent prospect . He is very well thought of and today when he came on against Coventry the game changed . He has energy, enthusiasm and attacking quality . A midfielder who i feel would be a great addition for us .

Best World Cup ever.

Well according to Infantino. :jerkit: Thoughts?

Match Updates: Sat Dec 17. Third Place Play-Off Croatia v Morocco

15:00
Croatia v Morocco
FIFA World Cup 2022 Third Place Play-Off
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A league in peril

Incredibly sad state of affairs here at present. One would have thought that the people that run the football here would have been satisfied with the Australian teams run in the World Cup creating hopefully burgeoning interest in the local game.

What happened is unfathomable. I think the A league is the only Football league in the world where the league leader at the end of the season is not crowned champions. They then move on to an Australianism "The finals series' which is a knockout competition for the top 6 teams who are then crowned Premiers as opposed to the Minor Champion in winning the league. This is in lieu of not having enough local interest in the cup competitions here or the 2nd division for relegation and promotion. The finals series is a well-established end-of-season finale for all football of all codes in Australia.

The A leagues grand final always takes place in the top finishing team's home city... Resulting in well-attended finals in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth over the past 18 years. What happened is the Football Authorities (APL) have decided that the Grand final should now take place in just one City Sydney for the next 3 years. This decision has been met with uproar and that's putting it mildly. The vast majority of all club's supporters are 100 pct against it, even the Sydney-based fans. Home ground advantage and the resulting game is seen as the ultimate reward for the fans at the culmination of a season.


We are now in a state of turmoil, and it looks like the local fans' protests will kill the A league, with mass membership cancellations, Walkouts at the 20-minute mark, and other major protests. Today I'm going to the Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City sell-out derby at the 30K capacity AAMI stadium. Both sets of supporters will walk out a 20th-minute mark, including myself.... so that will almost certainly mean 20K people plus will abandon the game This kind of protest is set to continue for the rest of the season. There is a fairly high chance of real anger at todays game here in Melbourne, so I'm not sure what to expect. You may get to read about it tomorrow for all I know.

Looks like it's over here folks as the APL has said it won't reverse its decision, and the Fans won't back down.

championship- Birnmingham v Reading

I know its a cold night but 3 quarters of Birminghams ground looks empty almost like during the pandemic. Is there building works? FWIW Birninghan are now 2 up

Live Com and Updates: CPFC V Valladolid

Well, it kicks off in two hours.....

New Right Back introduced at the CPFCC Children's Pary

In a surprise announcement at the Children's party on the 15th December a photo of the 1st team members who were present included an unamed player who will allegedly be playing against Fulham.

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FIFA to expand Club World Cup to 32 teams from 2025

Infantino announces plans to increase the 'Club World Cup' to 32 teams from 2025. It sounds like the Premier League are not a fan, I hope it falls flat on it's face.

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Why does such a beautifully simple sport always have such utter idiots administrating it at the top level?

Massive in Colorado

The good people of Colorado are red and blue...and apparently Iowans love Wrexham.

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Define Supporter/Follower/Fan/Customer.

Just wondered if people feel there is a difference in the above ways to describe people that follow football in general.

To me to be a 'Supporter' one needs to go and attend each week and probably even travel to away games. A Follower possibly follows more than one club.

A fan, which is where I sit now in relation to Palace as I can't go to live Palace games, hence I'm now a Follower / Fan as I will attend live showings with other fans of Palace games here in Aus, and watch regularly on TV at home.

These days I am a Supporter of Melbourne Victory as I pay a yearly membership to attend nearly all of their home games and some of their away games here.

Customer applies to just about all of the people that wear the merchandise of the big 6 and the usual Euro teams.. Save for the few that actually do attend week in week out and travel away.

Expecting a lot of different opinions on this, but it would be interesting to see if some kind of consensus forms with the above terms.

Others may not give a crap of course.

Over to you.

'weeds at home date

Call me a gloryboy I don't care, but for my belated 50th from my daughters they've acquired me a rare trip to Selhurst, and to take on the weeds! :lux:

Anyway, daughter being a nurse she has set shifts, I have advised her that it's currently Sat 11th Feb 3pm KO and that it is highly likely to get moved for TV. My question to you guys is when you think this one will actually be played???

For me it's always seemed to be an MNF game the following Monday, in this case the 13th and 8pm KO, but if folk have a better idea please post.

Thanks

Moroccan fan killed/dies in France

What a waste of life at a young age. Apparently he was part of a group/mob of fans/thugs who tried ripping a french flag off a car after surrounding it and climbing in it, in panic the owner drove off the 14 year old girl caught in wheels.

I remember when England "fans" went on a rampage years ago after Germany knocked us out, attacking German cars etc even killing a scot who had a german top on.

Whats wrong with people?


I get emotions run high but it is just a game.

Suggestion: Josip Juranovic

Yes, I know, I know the standard "lets recommend a decent player from the world cup" thread!

However, Croatian RB, 27 years old. Currently at Celtic. Had a very strong tournament in my opinion. He is being linked with a move away in January and I think would be a good alternative to Ward/Clyne as Ferguson will never be fit it seems! He is a bit younger too. I wouldn't foresee a huge fee either.

Banquet Records send camping Louis Tomlinson fans to back of Queue

In b4....what's a Louis Tomlinson.

Absolutely applaud this from Banquet. They told people not to camp/arrive early. People camped/arrived early. Those people were then sent to the back of the queue. Everyone still got in.

:lux:

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2023 World Darts Championships

Thursday December 15 (1900 GMT)

Mickey Mansell v Ben Robb (R1)
Keane Barry v Grant Sampson (R1)
Jermaine Wattimena v Nathan Rafferty (R1)
Peter Wright v Mansell/Robb (R2)

Friday December 16 Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Alan Soutar v Mal Cuming (R1)
Boris Krcmar v Toru Suzuki (R1)
Adrian Lewis v Daniel Larsson (R1)
Kim Huybrechts v Barry/Sampson (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Rowby-John Rodriguez v Lourence Ilagan (R1)
William O‘Connor v Beau Greaves (R1)
Keegan Brown v Florian Hempel (R1)
Michael Smith v Wattimena/Rafferty (R2)

Saturday December 17 Afternoon Session (1100 GMT)

Martin Lukeman v Nobuhiro Yamamoto (R1)
Simon Whitlock v Christian Perez (R1)
Adam Gawlas v Richie Burnett (R1)
Daryl Gurney v Soutar/Cuming (R2)

Evening Session (2000 GMT)

Ryan Meikle v Lisa Ashton (R1)
Cameron Menzies v Diogo Portela (R1)
Josh Rock v Jose Justicia (R1)
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Rodriguez/Ilagan (R2)

Sunday December 18 Afternoon Session (1100 GMT)

Madars Razma v Prakash Jiwa (R1)
Karel Sedlacek v Raymond Smith (R1)
Luke Woodhouse v Vladyslav Omelchenko (R1)
Damon Heta v Lewis/Larsson (R2)

Evening Session (2000 GMT)

Mike De Decker v Jeff Smith (R1)
Scott Williams v Ryan Joyce (R1)
Matt Campbell v Danny Baggish (R1)
Nathan Aspinall v Krcmar/Suzuki (R2)

Monday December 19 Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Andrew Gilding v Robert Owen (R1)
Danny Jansen v Paolo Nebrida (R1)
Niels Zonneveld v Lewy Williams (R1)
Jose de Sousa v Whitlock/Perez (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Geert Nentjes v Leonard Gates (R1)
Ritchie Edhouse v David Cameron (R1)
Steve Beaton v Danny van Trijp (R1)
Gerwyn Price v Woodhouse/Omelchenko (R2)

Tuesday December 20 (1900 GMT)

Jim Williams v Sebastian Bialecki (R1)
Jamie Hughes v Jimmy Hendriks (R1)
Ricky Evans v Fallon Sherrock (R1)
Raymond van Barneveld v Meikle/Ashton (R2)

Wednesday December 21 Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

John O’Shea v Darius Labanauskas (R1)
Martijn Kleermaker v Xicheng Han (R1)
Callan Rydz v Rock/Justicia (R2)
Dave Chisnall v Gilding/Owen (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Mervyn King v Campbell/Baggish
Gabriel Clemens v O‘Connor/Greaves
Michael van Gerwen v Zonneveld/L Williams
Stephen Bunting v Nentjes/Gates

Thursday December 22 Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Krzysztof Ratajski v Jansen/Nebrida
Ryan Searle v Gawlas/Burnett
Mensur Suljovic v De Decker/J Smith
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Sedlacek/R Smith

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Gary Anderson v Razma/Jiwa
James Wade v J Williams/Bialecki
Luke Humphries v Brown/Hempel
Vincent van der Voort v Menzies/Portela

Friday December 23 Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Brendan Dolan v Hughes/Hendriks
Chris Dobey v Kleermaker/Han
Ross Smith v O’Shea/Labanauskas
Rob Cross v S Williams/Joyce

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Martin Schindler v Lukeman/Yamamoto
Danny Noppert v Edhouse/Cameron
Jonny Clayton v Beaton/Van Trijp
Joe Cullen v Evans/Sherrock

Tuesday December 27 Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Van den Bergh/Rodriguez/Ilagan v Ratajski/Jansen/Nebrida
Aspinall/Krcmar/T Suzuki v Rydz/Rock/Justicia
Clayton/Beaton/Van Trijp v Dolan/Hughes/Hendriks

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Wade/J Williams/Bialecki v Clemens/O'Connor/Greaves
Price/Woodhouse/Omelchenko v Van Barneveld/Meikle/Ashton
Wright/Mansell/Robb v Huybrechts/Barry/Sampson

Wednesday December 28 Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Searle/Gawlas/Burnett v De Sousa/Whitlock/Perez
Noppert/Edhouse/Cameron v Gurney/Soutar/Cuming
Anderson/Razma/Jiwa v Dobey/Kleermaker/Han

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Cullen/Evans/Sherrock v Heta/Lewis/Larsson
Van Gerwen/Zonneveld/L Williams v Suljovic/De Decker/J Smith
M Smith/Wattimena/Rafferty v Schindler/Lukeman/Yamamoto

Thursday December 29 Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)

Van Duijvenbode/Sedlacek/Ray Smith v Ross Smith/O'Shea/Labanauskas
Cross/S Williams/Joyce v King/Campbell/Baggish
Chisnall/Gilding/Owen v Bunting/Nentjes/Gates

Evening Session (1900 GMT)

Humphries/K Brown/Hempel v Van der Voort/Menzies/Portela
4th Round Matches from this point on TBC

Discussion: Adama

Out of contract in the summer.

Couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo.

Worries the hell out of defenders with strength, pace and baby oil.

Worth a cheeky shout?*


*P.S. I have no idea what to make of this guy, sometimes looks like superman, sometimes looks like a complete liability.

School pupils aim to crack GCHQ Christmas card code

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Can people answer these?

1) I've found the shortest route. It's SW, E, N, W, E, E, S (seven moves). But no idea what the seven letter word is?

2) Pies (Polish for dog, my colleague got that one).

3) Carpentry.

4) Director (only word with an even number of letters).

But run out of will power for 5, 6 and 7. And possibly can't do some or all of them anyway. Number 5 would seem very tedious to work out.

What's the answers?

"International rules based order"

Anyone else noticed how quick the government is to emphasise the importance of the 'international rules based order' when criticising other countries such as Russia (including well before the invasion of Ukraine) and China - but also seems to have few qualms about breaking international law itself or (considering) withdrawing from international agreements/conventions?

Match Updates: Wed Dec 14. France v Morocco

19:00
France v Morocco
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How to ensure online ticket trade is legitimate?

Got someone who looks questionable on Facebook replied to a post saying they have tickets for sale.

How can I best ensure I'm not getting scammed?

Man City Stadium

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'City added the main objective would be to create growth and employment opportunities for the local community.'

Yeah. That's the principal reason, for sure, for sure.

How very nice of them.

Match Updates: Tue Dec 13. Argentina v Croatia

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Restaurant no show question

Great BBS...is this legal?

So my works Christmas do is tonight. I couldn't make it because all the trains are cancelled in Kent. A work mate messaged me saying the restaurant are insisting I have to pay. He's going to pay it and I'll transfer it so he's not out of pocket. But is this normal? Could I phone the restaurant and tell them to **** off? Be nice to have some advice before I do.

Live Com and Updates: Napoli v CPFC

Well, seems no one else was going to start a thread…..

Explosion in Jersey

Scrolling on the news here three dead and many injured. Any one got mire info on this ?

Ruth Maddox no more

Died. Only 79. RiP.
Nice lady

Match Updates: Sat Dec 10 Morocco v Portugal.....England v France

15:00
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19:00
England v France
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US Journalist dies in Qatar

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Natural death or something more sinister? He had been receiving death threats after wearing a pride t shirt to a us v wales game earlier in the tournament

Discussion: Weghorst

What's the score with him? Is he on loan somewhere from Burnley?

Think he would be very effective in the right track, and would suit us also

Match Updates: Fri Dec 9. Croatia v Brazil…Netherlands v Argentina

15:00
Croatia v Brazil
FIFA World Cup 2022 Quarter-Final
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19:00
Netherlands v Argentina
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The Tax Payers Stadium

This is absolutely unbelievable.

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Chelsea (A ) 15-01-23

Tickets on sale now to Away Season Ticket Holders

Plot to overthrow German government

Twenty-five people have been arrested in raids across Germany on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government.

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How bloody nuts is this?

Live Com and Updates: Trabzonspor v Palace 4PM today!

Can't believe no matchday thread 1.5 hrs before KO! Any team news? Will the ghosts of Richards and Ferguson make appearances? Anyone over there?

Uni questionnaire help

Hello

Over the years I have seen a few of these requested from here.. Now my son in his last year in Liverpool (Geography) has requested some help - a short web based questionnaire gathering some data on North/South divide - perceived or actual.

All anonymised data ive been assured

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Any assistance would be gratefully received

Everton & Palace Fined

Everton FC and Crystal Palace FC have been fined £20,000 and £40,000 respectively for failing to ensure that their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion during the 69th minute of their Premier League game on Saturday 22 October 2022.*

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I for the life of me can't recall anything unsavory happening at that game other than Palace getting spanked.

Discussion: Perfect Transfer Window?

Let's assume we have c.£45m to spend, who's your perfect group of new players.

I'm going for a couple of first team regulars and some young talent for back-up and the future.

RB - I really like the look of both the players we've been linked with. Cody Drameh £7m, or Sacha Boey £12m
CM - Sander Berge £16m and Alex Scott £12m
LW - Ayoub Assal £3m
CDM - Dion Lopy £6m

Gives us more cover everywhere, all likely to go up in value and not high wages. Would allow us to trim £15m+ off the wage bill in the summer.

Berge can play CDM or CM, Scott can play CM or CAM or RWB, Assal can play CAM, LW, RW, and Lopy can play CDM to cover Doucoure or can allow Doucoure to play as an 8.

Sorry, I'm dreaming, I should know better.

Southampton (h) FA Cup Saturday 7th January 12:30pm

Confirmed as 12.30.

Suggestion: Ayoub Assal (prospect)

I've seen this guy a couple of times down at AFC Wimbledon as I live about 10 minutes away.

Every time I've seen him he's been the best player on the pitch by a country mile. he plays as a winger or a 10, is very tidy, knows where the goal is and draws fouls like Grealish.

I reckon he'd be worth a punt for a couple of million in January, only 20. Loan him back to AFCW for the rest of the season.

Jolly Sailor reopening January ‘23

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Rats

Well they`re back.In the Spring we were being overrun with them.I have a bird feeding station but it`s high up and they were never spotted taking bird food.The bird food in the shed is stored in sealed metal tins.Turns out two of my neighbours were composting waste food :confused:even though we had kitchen and outside food caddys for the Council to collect.They stopped this practise and with me killing at least 19 it all stopped.I don`t like killing them and actually caught some in live traps which I let go in a local forest.I`ve had small furry pets all my life including two dumbo white rats that gave us hours of laughter with their antics.Now they`ve come back.They get in the shed even though I`ve nailed wood over every conceivable hole.I`ve tried live traps on the slightest of settings which they set off eating the bait without getting caught.Now I`m back to snap traps again :(.They really are very clever little sods.

Live Com and Updates: Crystal Palace U21 vs Bristol City (PL Cup) 05/12/22 14:00

The team are playing at Dulwich Hamlet today. Not sure if Botofago are still training at the academy ground or not.

Palace are top of the group, on 7 points. Another 3 round of games are to be played.

I imagine the line up will be released shortly.

Coventry City

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Homeless again.

Match Updates: Mon Dec 5

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Japan v Croatia
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19:00
Brazil v South Korea
FIFA World Cup 2022 Last-16
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Suggestion: Isaiah

He is the young kid who scored a cracking penalty at Half Time in the Botafogo game if any one watched it. He also managed 21 Keepie ups. He has got to be better than any of our current pen takers.:D

Match Updates: Sun Dec 4th. Senegal v England

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France v Poland
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England v Senegal
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Children’s kits

Help required!

My little one is turning two in January and I’m looking to get him a new kit. However, the club shop only has 1-2 or 3-4 sizing which feels a bit ridiculous!

Does anyone know how the kids kits size up - big / small? Loathed to get a kit that first for 2 months but also trying to avoid buying a tent!!

Match Updates: Sat Dec 3

15:00
Netherlands v USA
FIFA World Cup 2022 Last-16
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19:00
Argentina v Australia
FIFA World Cup 2022 Last-16
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No more Airplane Mode - Ready for Take Off

This sounds like a passport to hell. “I’m on the plane”.
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Rumour: Cody Drameh

This guy is a really good player. Could be an excellent signing.

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Live Com and Updates: Botofago (H) 03/12/22 mid-season friendly

Palace have released the teams for tomorrow.

First half:



Second half:



Missing Johnstone, Richards, Mitchell, McArthur, Ferguson and then obviously Andersen and Ayew from the WC.

Gordon, Balmer, Grehan, Adaramola and Wells-Morrison come up from the U21.

Sasha Curcic on Sky Sports News

A tour de force!

If you get a chance, try and see it.

Match Updates: Fri Dec 2

15:00
Ghana v Uruguay
FIFA World Cup 2022 Group H
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15:00
South Korea v Portugal
FIFA World Cup 2022 Group H
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19:00
Cameroon v Brazil
FIFA World Cup 2022 Group G
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19:00
Serbia v Switzerland
FIFA World Cup 2022 Group G
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Sex Pistols (original) this day 1976

Were on tv 'interviewed' by Bill Grundy, the group included original bassist and main music writer Glen Matlock before and also Bromley Boy Simon Barker, doubt the swastika adornment would be shown or worn now! Siouxsie, Simone and Steve Spunker soon to be Severin.

Would the Pistols have had the impact and success if Grundy hadn't goaded them?

As foe influence? Any band had as much?

Or is just (ex) punks that think they did?

Water companies - the scandal of privatisation

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“Customers pay on average 20% of their bill towards servicing debt and rewarding shareholders, says CMA”

“When the Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher sold off the water industry in 1989, the government wrote off all debts amounting to £5bn and granted the water companies a further £1.5bn of public money, known as a “green dowry”. As of this year net debt of the main water and sewerage companies was £53.9bn.”

The HF Christmas Food Bank Thing

What a great idea. Is there a way those of us that live a long way away can join in?

Boring I know but can I just send money to someone?