Match Updates: Dec 1 - 7

19:45
York City v Wigan Athletic
FA Cup Second Round
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20:00
Preston North End v QPR
Championship
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Shane McGowan RIP

Just hearing that the Pogues legend has passed away. 😢

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And yes, I am aware my phone changed MacGowan to McGowan.

Jimmy Corkhill RIP

Probably the most famous scouser of all time has passed away :(

Henry Kissinger Dies Aged 100

A somewhat divisive figure at times but certainly an important figure in diplomacy and American foreign policy.


RIP.

Watching Leeds v Swansea

Watching the game now Yanick has just come on and the Swansea fans haven’t stopped singing the heart beat tune to his name, I wouldn’t have thought they knew it, but it’s bringing back some good memories.

Rob Holding - back to Arsenal on a free ?

I have just been told by a reliable source that Rob Holding is going back to Arsenal on a free in January if true seems a good use of £2m

Suggestion: Kyle Walker-Peters

He has continued his good form of the last few years in the Championship this season. He was linked with some big clubs a few years ago but oddly didn't appear to be linked to anyone in the summer after Soton's relegation.

He can play both full back positions and would be a significant upgrade on Ward, Mitchell and Clyne imo. Not sure how much he'd cost but I think he'd be a really good signing.

December Betting Masters 241

BM – 241....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: GodstoneEagle
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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

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
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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: Funk Butter
132: Stig
133: Louis

2014 Order of Merit winner: Finbar
Jan - May 2014 Champions League Winner: Stigma
Jan - May 2014 UEFA Cup winner: Bellyman
Aug - Dec 2014 Champions League Winner: Ardeo
Aug - Dec 2014 UEFA Cup Winner: PoolKing
Winter Olympics 2014 Winner: srs9jps

134: Gooders
135: Finbar
136: 3 Beers at HT
137: Funk Butter
138: €pfc
139: Gooders
140: Funk Butter
141: Louis
142: evvo111
143: pauldrulez
144: Louis
145: evvo111

2015 Order of Merit winner: Finbar
Jan - May 2015 Champions League Winner: Funk Butter
Jan - May 2015 UEFA Cup winner: Flat Noodle
Aug - Dec 2015 Champions League Winner: PoolKing
Aug - Dec 2015 UEFA Cup Winner: Little Fozzie
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146: Louis
147: PoolKing
148: Louis
149: evvo111
150: LLCOOLSTEVE
151: StuNick
152: 3 Beers at HT
153: evvo111
154: Finbar
155: 3 Beers at HT
156: Finbar
157: StuNick
2016 Order of Merit winner: StuNick
Jan - May 2016 Champions League Winner: Finbar
Jan - May 2016 UEFA Cup winner: Little Fozzie
Euros 2016 special winner: 3 Beers at HT
2016 Olympics Winner: Funk Butter
Aug - Dec 2016 Champions League Winner: gjohnk
Aug - Dec 2016 UEFA Cup Winner: €pfc

158: 3 Beers at HT
159: Stigma
160: Finbar
161: 3 Beers at HT
162: StuNick
163: Louis
164: Louis
165: PoolKing
166: Louis
167: Finbar
168: Kayjay
169: StuNick
2017 Order of Merit winner: StuNick
Jan - May 2017 Champions League Winner: gjohnk
Jan - May 2017 UEFA Cup winner: Funk Butter
Aug - Dec 2017 Champions League Winner: StuNick
Aug - Dec 2017 UEFA Cup Winner: Louis

170: Louis
171: Finbar
172: Louis
173: Stigma
174: Finbar
175: Louis
176: Stigma
177: StuNick
178: Funk Butter
179: Stigma
180: Finbar
181: Funk Butter
2018 Order of Merit winner: Stigma
Jan - May 2018 Champions League Winner: gjohnk
Jan - May 2018 UEFA Cup winner: eagles073
World Cup BM 2018: 3 Beers at HT
Aug - Dec 2018 Champions League Winner: Stigma
Aug - Dec 2018 UEFA Cup Winner: StuNick

182: Stigma
183: PoolKing
184: StuNick
185: Louis
186: Funk Butter
187: Funk Butter
188: Louis
189: aj4england
190: StuNick
191: Finbar
192: PoolKing
193: Funk Butter
2019 Order of Merit winner: PoolKing
Jan - May 2019 Champions League Winner: StuNick
Jan - May 2019 UEFA Cup winner: Little Fozzie
Aug - Dec 2019 Champions League Winner: Little Fozzie
Aug - Dec 2019 UEFA Cup Winner: PoolKing

194: Kayjay
195: Finbar
196: Finbar
197: 3 Beers at HT
198: Finbar
199: StuNick
200: kayjay
201: Finbar
202: Louis
203: Funk Butter
204: 3 Beers at HT
205: Funk Butter
Order of Merit winner: Funk Butter
Jan - Jul 2020 Champions League Winner: StuNick
Jan - Jul 2020 UEFA Cup winner: eagles073
Sep - Dec 2020 Champions League Winner: Funk Butter
Sep - Dec 2020 UEFA Cup Winner: eagles073
206: Stigma
207: 3 Beers at HT
208: PoolKing
209: PoolKing
210: Stigma
211: Stigma
212: 3 Beers at HT
213: Stigma
214: Funk Butter
215: Stigma
216: Stigma
217: Funk Butter
2021 Order of Merit winner: Stigma
Jan - Jul 2021 Champions League Winner: Funk Butter
Jan - Jul 2021 UEFA Cup winner: Louis
Euros Special 2020 Winner: 3 Beers at HT
2020 Summer Olympics Winner: 3 Beers at HT
Aug - Dec 2021 Champions League Winner: Stigma
Aug - Dec 2021 UEFA Cup Winner: eagles073
218: Stigma
219: Stigma
220: Funk Butter
221: PoolKing
222: PoolKing
223: Stigma
224: Funk Butter
225: 3 Beers at HT
226: Stigma
227: PoolKing
228: PoolKing
229: Gooders
2022 Order of Merit winner: Stigma
Jan – May 2022 Champions League winner: gjohnk
Jan – May 2022 UEFA Cup winner: Little Fozzie
BM Winter Olympics 2022: Stigma
Aug – Nov 2022 Champions League winner: Gooders
Aug – Nov 2022 UEFA Cup winner: Stigma
BM World Cup 2022 winner: Stigma
230: PoolKing
231: NO1FAN
232: Gooders
233: 3 Beers at HT
234: Gooders
235: NO1FAN
236: Gooders
237: Stigma
238: Gooders
239: Stigma
240:
241:
Jan – May 2023 Champions League winner: Gooders
Jan – May 2023 UEFA Cup winner: eagles073
Aug – Dec 2023 Champions League winner:
Aug – Dec 2023 UEFA Cup winner:

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 3* 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 7 or more, then a 4th 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.

Var poll

With the news that they are looking at increasing Var’s reach
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Along with all the controversy recently if you had a simple keep or bin choice what would you vote for and why

Sin Bins

So, the powers that be, in their infinite wisdom have come up with more tinkering with the game.

Many 'innovations' brought into the game recently have been total failures, VAR, endless handball rule changes, adding on ten+ minutes of injury time for a few weeks of the season before going back to normal, etc.

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What do we think of sin bins? Stupid idea? My take is that if the existing rules are properly enforced, we don't need another complication like this.

Name this player

Can anyone identify this player we are all stuck in a mate WhatsApp group. Thanks

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Has Sunak lost his marbles?

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The UK doesn't need new legislation to loan back the marbles to Greece, and we get a lot of new reciprocal ancient stuff on loan from them too, to view in the British Museum.

What a petty little man Sunak is, thinking this is a safe bit of pandering to his right and nationalism, without the fear of criticism.

RIP Geordie Walker - Killing Joke

Killing Joke's guitarist died over the weekend. RIP.

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It ain’t all doom and gloom is it?

Don’t get me wrong I was fuming Saturday after the final whistle. Did I see it coming yeah probably didn’t to be fair! When we don’t score early we tend to lose momentum in games. Should we have gone on to still lose after that worldie from Olise. No I don’t think so. Can just about call their winner against the fun of play at the time.

I get people are angry and it’s fairly embarrassing (no disrespect to Luton) but to be the first it will go down in the history books.

What we can’t compensate for is losing both Eze and Cheik to injuries so early in the second half. I don’t know if we would have still gone on to lose had they both still been on the pitch, will never know what might have happened. Think a point at the very least would have been expected by most of us.

We’ve not had that bad a start to the season and considering I think it’s now lost 3 of the last 4 were not down at the bottom and should be comfortable come the end of the season.

Yes we should have got a couple more players during the summer and at times some of the players are frustrating to watch but it really isn’t as bad as some make out on here!

It’s easy to get pissed off and upset (ruins my weekends when we lose and can’t even watch the highlights) but it’s our club and let’s face it win lose or draw there isn’t another place any of us would rather be on a match day then watching our boys even when they have games where they aren’t on top form!

Happy Monday 🙌🏽

Bedwetters thread

If you have something to get off your chest about

transfer windows,

owners who aren’t perfect

players you want to blame for doing something wrong

You can’t keep your toys in your pram after a defeat

Please post below.

Terry Venables

Died, aged 80

Terry Venables

Breaking news on TV, Terry Venables has passed away aged 80.
RIP

Well done Luton

Congrats to the hatters on their first win in premier

In terms of dealing with adversity what a remarkable story! and good day for the underdogs and proving that you don’t need to jiz billions to compete.

Typical reactionary response to the defeat on twitter. Entitlement is pretty ugly eh?

Win at Man Utd/ lose at Luton. Prefer it the other way round, Where everything is so predictable ? But Man U expect to win too. Look at Chelsea and their billion spent. Is that ambition?

We need a new right back, a midfielder, a striker, a new manager

Keep it going, Santa will be here with his sack soon…..

That Olise Goal

A bit of positivity, because after that boy does this place need it.

What a goal that was! This is why this boy can go to the absolute top and is the difference between him and Wilf as to why a mega club didn't come in. Scoring goals like that on top of his general ability is the kind of thing that gets you to the summit.

Must end up goal of the month and should be in the running for goal of the season.

Opening Titles

It used to be (and still is on terrestrial) that we had to watch them. And then Netflix, followed by others, learned that many people disliked this and they introduced the Skip Intro function, for which many times I am very grateful.


But some opening title sequences remain wonderful. I for instance am totally gripped by those of Succession, which (for me at least) amplify the characters and the story in a hugely entertaining way. So I always watch them.


Are there any other must-watch title seque4nces out there?

Recommend a podcast

In a similar vein to the massively popular music and film threads. Moving into the modern age…..what podcasts are you enjoying and can recommend to the greater BBS community…….

Live Com and Updates: Luton Town v Crystal Palace KO 15:00

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Zac Marsh new contract

Signed. Important?

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Death star firing from a wormhole at Earth, we're all going to die!

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Ranging shots obviously! :eek:

Press Conference Live: Pre-Luton Friday 1:30pm

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Match Updates: Nov 24 - 30

20:00
Rotherham United v Leeds United
Championship
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Crystal Ball: Luton Town Away

You all know what to do.

Scoreline, scorers and attendance prediction for Saturday's tie away at the Mad Hatters.

Chelsea away 27th dec

When these go on sale??
Gotta be soon
Gawd they like cutting it fine

Horsham Reinstated To FA Cup

Barnsley have been kicked out for fielding an illegible player in the 3-0 Replay win. They have been kicked out, and Horsham will now play Sutton in Round 2

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Fixture Information: Manchester City (A) Saturday 16th December

I know this is absolutely ages away (about 23 days) but any ideas when this might be going on sale?

Visiting a mate in Manchester that weekend and have trains and hotel sorted. Imagine this will go to a reasonably general release so I can pick up an extra ticket?

60 years ago today JFK assassinated

Where were you when you heard the news ? One of those moments in history which remains ingrained in peoples minds who were alive at the time.

It was a Friday evening, just switched the TV on to watch Harry Worth. The old BBC globe just went around & around. Then one of the announcers voice broke in to announce the President Kennedy had been assassinated. My mum burst into tears.

I guess the world changed that day for so many reasons. Who knows how the 60's and years since would have panned out had Kennedy lived and probably served a second term as president. Would Bobby Kennedy then become president in 1968 to further the dynasty?

Spurs facing serious breach of transfer rules

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Tottenham 'face serious allegations of breaching transfer rules' over Jermain Defoe's move to Portsmouth in 2008... with FA prepared to review evidence after initially taking no action

Manchester City (a) 16th December 2023, 15:00

Nearly 3 weeks til the fixture.

Last seasons points release:

Quote:

Who Can Buy Tickets are initially limited to 1 ticket per Client Reference, and are on sale in the following order: Tuesday 28th September 10am - Season Ticket holders & paid Members with 7000+ Loyalty Points Thursday 30th September 10am - Season Ticket holders & paid Members with 4000+ Loyalty Points Friday 1st October 10am - Season Ticket holders (no points requirement) Monday 4th October 10am - Paid Members (no points requirement) Tuesday 5th October 10am - Season ticket holders and Paid Members can book up to 2 tickets each (or 1 additional for supporters who have already purchased 1)

Thread notification emails not working

I've stopped receiving my usual thread notification emails. I haven't changed my settings, and they haven't been diverted to my junk mail. Is there a BBS blip?

Thanks.

Pubs and Parking Tips for: Luton

Pubs for this weekend?

Sunderland Milk Cup 1984 footage anyone?

This is a long shot, but would anyone still have a recording of our Milk Cup highlights at home against Sunderland on Oct 10th 1984?

It was featured on ITV’s Midweek Sports Special. I had a recording of it but seemed to have lost it over time.

The away leg goals are on YouTube, but it’s the home leg I’d love a copy of. It was a boring 0-0, but it was the last time Palace were featured at Selhurst on either BBC or ITV for nearly 4 years.

Would love a copy for one of my many Palace YouTube projects. If someone still has it, or knows someone that might, please let me know - would really appreciate it.

Good News for WCB

Seemingly...

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Hands up. I was one of us that had you all wrong mate.

A caveat though. One of the studies was made in Wessex, so I wonder who was in charge of the study.

I'm a celebrity 2023

Not long to go now.

Who's watching?

Women’s Match - Parking Sainsbury

Taking the family to the game today.

What are the parking restrictions at Sainsbury likely to be? Or better still, does someone actually know!!

Thanks!

Chris Richards at right back?

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What's the problem .. give him a go!

Dissertation support - run a cafe north of the river?

People. This wonderful community helped when quite a few of you completed a survey to help with my son's geography A levels a few years back.

Now, that same son is doing a dissertation for his geography degree - at Liverpool Uni - on the impacts of home working on cafes and coffee shops near train stations. Ideally, he wants people that run cafes or coffee shops in
and around Hertfordshire - which I know isn't natural Palace territory, but it is where we live!

Does anyone know someone who runs such an establishment that could spare 20 minutes with him so he can ask some questions via zoom? If so, please DM me here or on Twitter @Hans_honkyhosen (yes, that's me!). Many thanks to anyone who can help!

FYP Podcast 500th Episode - with Special Guest Roy Hodgson

To celebrate our 500th episode of the weekly FYP Podcast, we were incredibly fortunate to have Roy Hodgson join us to talk career, Palace and football as a whole.

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Suggested Team and Formation For: Luton (a) 25/11/23

Johnstone
Ward - Andersen - Guehi - Mitchell
Doucoure - Lerma
Olise - Eze - Ayew
Edouard

Matthews, Clyne, Richards, Holding, Hughes, Ahamada, Schlupp, Franca, Mateta

It's a celebrity knockout 1976 Selhurst Park

I had to look up the year but I have a brief memory of attending.

Anyone else go?

Can anyone remember the celebrities?

Pubs and Parking Tips for: West Ham

Got my tickets today. Where are we drinking?

Rumour: Thijs Dallinga

Premier League trio Bournemouth, Crystal Palace and Brentford are tracking Toulouse striker Thijs Dallinga.

Tickets over the xmas period (Brighton?)

I live in Switzerland but will be over to the UK for Xmas. I have a young family member and his father have expressed an interest in attending a game.

If I signed up for international membership, would I be able to purchase tickets for the Brighton match still? Would need 4 tickets in total. Difficult to tell on the website if it is already sold out before purchasing the membership.

Records of the year 2023

Is the music forum here new?
Dont remember seeing it before lol

We normally do this here right?

And start pretty early

I liked the Laurent Garnier album alot

And the x-press 2 new release is very good

Albums of the year 2023

We normally do that here right?
And start pretty early

I liked the Laurent Garnier album alot
And the x-press 2 new release is very good

Live Com and Updates: U21s vs Stevenage (EFL Trophy) 14/11/23 19:00

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Matheus Franca looks set to be involved tonight for Crystal Palace’s U21 squad in their final EFL Trophy game vs League One side Stevenage #CPFC

Match Updates: Nov 14 - 21

19:30
Horsham v Barnsley
FA Cup First Round Replay
ITV4ITVX

West ham

Surprised these aren't on sale yet?
Or guess not...

VAR

Couldn’t find a previous thread on this but surely must exist?

What was the deal with Edouard goal yesterday, he was clearly onside and it took about 5 minutes to give the goal, what a joke.

Eze second penalty should have been given, clearly taken out and hard to find an argument that he isn’t fouled.

I really do think the time taken to make decisions is ruining the game for fans in the stadium. Nearly killed me waiting for Eddy’s goal to be given yesterday despite it being clearly inside.

Offsides need to be automated as they were in the WC with a sensor in the ball.

Had enough of it!

MOTD not show the 1861 crest - or should we change palace ink to make 1861 visible

So in the MOTD day.......23mins 28seconds in
BBC iPlayer


Palace Eagle crest

and

Everton Shield (with 1878) on it


where is the new Palace Eagle logo with 1861 - it is not visible.


Well Played Everton. One of those teams that turn up and fight to the end.

Is our crest too grey to see the 1861 year?

HF and council anyone know?

Just wondered what the HF message was about today with the council. I noticed they disappeared for the first half before returning as usual in the second half.
Someone must know the reason.

Player Ratings And Reviews: Everton (h) 11/11/23 2-3 L

Poll incoming.

Negative tactics costing us!

So apparently I seem to be in the minority that thought we were overall dreadful today.

My brother and apparently a handful of others seem to think we played well?

If ever there was a case for performances being subjective!

Anyhow, one fact that I cannot stand is just sitting deep and playing defensive football inviting pressure from the off.

All 3 goals were preventable, our passing was sloppy, but throughout the team there was no energy, no width, no running or providing an option and I've seem more urgency at a flipping funeral!

I just don't understand how we can play so negative. Every single throw-in, it's Mitchell passing it backwards and it's back with Johnstone within seconds. Likewise, every free kick we get, we seem to be allergic to passing it forwards. We must waste 20 mins per game doing sideways passing. Any other team would send players into the box and cross it to see what happens. Whereas winning a FK never has any territorial advantage to us whatsoever and we normally end up panicking and in trouble within seconds!

Our only urgency came after conceding 3 times. It's unacceptable that we're just so negative. We have the players. Why didn't Olise come on at HT or at least earlier than he did? Why didn't Franca come on instead of Ahamada at the end, when we're already losing 3-2?! And Doucoure has the most interceptions in Europe last season. Why on earth we didn't bring him on when we clearly needed more muscle in the middle, is beyond me.

3 points wasted. Everton deserved it cos there was only one team trying today. We were 2nd best throughout and very disappointing.

I sure as hell don't know what we do in training, but this was absolutely dire.

It would just be nice if we had a manager that set out a team to at least TRY to show ambition and win!

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The Beatles Final Single - "Now and Then"

A fitting finale by the greatest band ever likely to grace this planet.

Number 1 on the American billboard Chart 10 hours after it was released, and it will be the Beatles 18th Number 1 here.

I heard the John Lennon demo of the song sometime ago and never thought it would see the light of day as a single. Lennon's voice and his piano were too indistinct and there was a hiss on the audio. it was only a demo after all.

Paul, George and Ringo tried to make something of it in the mid 1990's but gave up.

However, due to the wonders of modern technology, Peter Jackson and his team extracted voice and piano from the original demo and Paul and Ringo added a few bits of Beatle magic. Giles Martin, Son of George Martin the Beatles producer and Jeff Lynne (ELO) were also involved . The illusion created of all 4 Beatles reunited for the final time on screen is a tearjerker.

Lo and behold we now have another great Beatles song to add to their catalogue.

At first, I thought it is very catchy and of course will do well, but the more you listen to it, it grows on you.

When I saw the accompanying video it just blew me away and I get overwhelmed whenever I watch it and listen to the song. Maybe it is because I was there in the 1960's when the Beatles meant so much more to Society than their music, they literally changed popular culture in many ways. However, many younger people also seem to "get it" " as far as the importance of the song and the importance of the "Fab Four" to the World is concerned.

Just Listen to this!

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Rumour: Nathan Mendes

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Palace eye Brazilian defender Crystal Palace are monitoring Botafogo’s Brazilian full-back Nathan Mendes. And there could be an interesting tie-up involving American businessman John Textor who is one of the co-owners at Palace and also owns Brazilian club Botafogo. *Sao Paolo wanted to sign Mendes but Botafogo do not want to sell to a direct rival and want to flog him to an English club. Textor already has the inside track on the 21-year-old and can share the information.

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Crystal Ball: Everton (h)

Final game before the international break.

Score, scorers and attendance please.

Temporary ban of PL loans between multi-run clubs?

I can’t pretend to know THAT much on the subject, but it looks like Premier League clubs are voting on 21st November on whether or not to ban incoming loans from clubs that are owned by the same owners as themselves.

On the face of it, it seems to be in response to reports that Newcastle will be bringing in Neves back from the Saudi League on loan, to cover for the loss of Sandro Tonali. I imagine the implications will be that Newcastle in theory pay any financial package for the loan to potentially avoid FFP restrictions.

The reason I post it in the Palace forum is that this vote has a direct impact on Palace considering our links to RWDM, Botofago, Lyon and to a lesser extent all the clubs that Harris and Blitzer also own (which is quite a lot!). It’ll be interesting to see how the club vote, even if it’s unlikely we’ll decide to take on any loans from those clubs.

The PL need 14 out of 20 clubs to vote in favour of the temporary ban (until they come up with a permanent resolution, apparently). Arsenal, Brentford, Brighton, ourselves, Man City, Newcastle, Forest, and West Ham all have owners with stakes in at least one other club in world football.

Interested to hear other peoples views.

Jose Fonte

Fonte is playing in the Champion's League tonight.. for Braga!! Aged 39 and still going strong.!!!one of Palace's best ever central defenders - way back when !!

Jack Wells-Morrison

Has signed a contract extension according to the SLP this morning:

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The South London Press understands that the 19-year-old – who was due to be out of contract at the end of this season – has penned a new deal that has been extended until the end of the 2024-25 campaign.

Crystal Palace Supporters Trust closes

Crystal Palace Supporters Trust have posted their farewell message, although it’s dated December last year it was actually posted today and has current info in it.

Over the years the Trust has worked hard for Palace fans and it is sad that it has finally come to an end. I would personally like to thank everyone who has been involved over the years for their work to keep Palace fans voices heard in some of the most difficult times in our history

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Probate, inheritance questions! Help needed please

Following a bereavement, we have been left property and some savings. Which is of course fantastic but we didn't realise the process to inherit was so complicated.

We've tentatively decided on using specialist form to sort the probate and inheritance but their terms say they will take control of all the estate assets in an account set up for that purpose. Is this right and standard practice.

They will calculate the inheritance tax and do the paperwork. Etc.

From what I can make out if the house is sold the proceeds would similarly go to their account that's been set up before being transferred to us. Again is that right?

Or they can introduce us to a convetancer to transfer house to our name. Is that how it normally works?

Anyone had good experiences and can recommend any solicitors etc.

Live Com and Updates: U21s vs Wimbledon (EFL Trophy) 07/11/23 19:00

So who is going tonight?

DO we think we could see Olise in the squad as part of his road to reocvery?

Football shirt collections

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British gas smart meter upgrade? Good or bad

Has a letter saying we need to have our smart meter upgraded. Is this a good idea?

Will bills be likely to be lower or higher if we get it done? Is it obligatory?

Suggested Team and Formation For: Everton (h) 11/11/23

Johnstone
Ward - Andersen - Guehi - Mitchell
Doucoure - Lerma
Ayew - Eze - Schlupp
Edouard

Matthews, Clyne, Richards, Holding, Hughes, Ahamada, Olise, Franca, Mateta

Would almost be tempted to play Ahamada ahead of Edouard, play Ayew up top and Ahamada out wide.

U18s vs. Spurs - 11am KO

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Eastwood, Grante, King, Jemide, Cardines, Austin, Adams-Collman, Mustapha, Whyte, Marsh & S. Williams

Subs: Khosmamba, Elliott, Dashi, Redhead & Cowin

On this day - 4th November 1972

Always love bringing this one up .....and another year has passed.

51 years ago today … thats 51!! … Don Roger's debut on November 4th at home against Everton.

I can still remember it as though it was yesterday .. yet cant remember what my wife asked me to do yesterday.

On 23 minutes, Rogers broke away from inside his own half, racing onto a through ball from John Craven, as England fullback Henry Newton chased in vain, Don coolly chipped Everton goalkeeper David Lawson into the Whitehorse Lane goal.

Sir Don ... the reason for my ridiculous 51 year rollercoaster ride ..

Text, Texts or Texted?

A question for the BBS grammar police...

"I sent you a text"... sounds good to me.

"I sent you multiple texts"... Sounds good to me.

"I've texted you multiple time"... Just sounds wrong.

I think "text" should be treated like the word "sheep". Good for singular and plural.

Watched a few interviews lately where the person said "Texted". It sounds so wrong.

"I text you multiple time" sounds so much better.

Thoughts?

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Live Com and Updates: U21's vs. Leeds United - Fri. 3rd

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Was Rishi Sunak the wrong appointment in October 2022?

He's not very convincing in the Roll...

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Power Cut

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Are we all doomed

Crystal Ball: Burnley Away - Sat. 4th November

Please list attendances, scoreline and scorers for the away game against Kompany's Klarets this Saturday.

Accents

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The King's English and Cockney are no longer common dialects among young people in the South East of England, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Essex studied the dialects of a group of 18 to 33-year-olds in the region. They identified three voices, estuary English, southern British English and multicultural London English.

So it's official, "cockney" is disappearing (in this case the BBC are referring to the entire South East as "cockney")

Personally, I can't stand that inner city trendy accent, saying "Like" as "Laaaak", I don't get how that has even appeared aside an effort to not speak with a traditional London accent, and it sounds just ridiculous and non regional.

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AI to take over from humanity ?

Given that my b@stard PC won't even recognise the printer sitting under it for scanning purposes - and yet will still print to it - should I be worried that computers are going to take over from humanity as Mr. Musk suggests I should ?

Green Brigade Banned

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