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Boro win 0-2 at Easter Road with goals from Akpom (62mins) and Finch 6 minutes later to sink Hibs. MANY substitutions so effectively 2 separate teams ...

@original-fat-bob - HH = Agent Hackney, infiltrating the Scottish teams. He will have many finer moments in football in the years to come and hopefull...

@mw-in-darwin - First clip was Hereford Utd v Newcastle Utd of FA Cup fame. Second WAS of Gateshead v Southend Utd, so thanks for that.

Thanks for those links, Werder and Martin. And now the whole parade begins.... The most expensive "party" in history?

@lenmasterman - Thanks for those memories, Len.

Sadly true, Werder. I think in the radio play, the protagonist set out dewy-eyed and optimistic about the pay, conditions and working overseas part b...

@ken - The great John Charles played in that 1958 Welsh team but I think was injured for their last game, and the young Pele scored the goal that beat...

@original-fat-bob - Thanks for that link (about Hayden Hackney), Bob. It reflects what I think all of us on this blog think about HH.

@original-fat-bob and @Jarkko - Lev Yashin (always dressed in black) was a GREAT goalkeeper and, some would say, (especially if not English* or Dani...

Good Afternoon (in the UK), chaps. It might sound like I am becoming obsessed with this World Cup in Qatar thing (I don't think I am, but I accept t...

Agreed, Werder. For me one of, perhaps the very worst, aspect of Chris Wilder's reign was the feeling he was anti-youth, anti-academy. I don't know...

@original-fat-bob - Thanks for that link, BOB. I hadn't known that Crooks' surgery had already taken place - I'd assumed it would be done now (ie in ...

Thnaks, Andy, for the starter and thanks to those who have contributed so far in response. We all seem to be fairly satisfied in what we have seen f...

Cracking post, Werder, and including information about Qatar that most of us wouldn't have known. I think we can all agree that the major internati...

AND TO TOP IT ALL (sorry for shouting but this is HUGE!!!) - @Andr6wMale on Twitter (he writes for the Guardian and Sunday Times), and I think respond...

I have re-read my post from 7.21pm yesterday, and didn't want it to sound as if I was shouting at or being critical of @allan-in-bahrain. He's clearl...

@allan-in-bahrain - I see you posted this on 11th November. I'm not sure if it was prompted by my post dated 8th November at 4.14pm on the "Blackpool...

@pedro - If he's on loan until the end of the season, surely it's sensible to see where we are as the season nears its end...? If we are looking upwa...

Well, how about that? A win at Norwich is more than it was reasonable to hope for. A couple of months ago, you'd be considered mad to suggest it. B...

I have sympathy with your view, Ken. I must say that I feel less interest in THIS World Cup than in previous ones. I may watch some of the games - mo...

@werdermouth - Sorry! I hadn't thought about that. At least at this stage, the outcome in the game I mentioned was still in the balance.

Equaliser by Phil Foden for ManC in First Half injury time....

This has been a great thread to read, and to contribute. Mostly football, as one might expect, but also a few "by-the-way" references - wine, JR's hea...

@john-richardson - A Master of Wine! Not many of those knocking about. The PERFECT daughter-in-law! Let's hope your taste buds and swallowing are ba...

@john-richardson - Best wishes for you as the therapy continues. I hope the team gives you something to smile about on Saturday. And while we are at...

Thanks, Bob, for the opener. And the welcome "stories from Norwich" at the end. I suspect it's his poor early-season form which cost Steffen his Wor...

@martin-bellamy - I am old enough to say that I CAN remember quartered pages of the Daily Mirror and the Sunday People, attached with a ring of string...

@ken : I was listening to TMS this morning. That was a stunning victory - a total annihilation of India and the most one-sided match I can remember ...

@jarkko - We used to have what were called the "Crown Jewels" on free-to-air TV: Wimbledon, the Derby and Grand National, the FA Cup Final and Test M...

@martin-bellamy - I devour the news - most days reading the Times or the Telegraph (sometimes both - like at the weekends) and occasionally the "i". I...