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AndyR - thanks yet again for the opener. JohnR - Best wishes for the year ahead. Fingers crossed - not just mine but people all over the world: Yo...

There may be reasoned discussions about Boro's best signings but the discussions about Boro's WORST signings are passionate and outspoken affairs duri...

Thanks for that. A good read.

Ken - I also watched the Final of Strictly and enjoyed it (though I thought Helen Skelton was perhaps the best on the night). The winner performed wel...

@deleriad - That is a good response.

Another "slight issue" is that a team that moves the ball quickly forward might move from defence to attack in four or five passes (not necessarily ho...

@deleriad (and Plato & OFB, and kp & Jarkko, too) - There is, of course, a middle course which can be followed in this discussion: (1) It rema...

@ken - I see the point of rewarding goals scored and, yes, that might lead to more attacking and entertaining football. Of course if the leagues had ...

Whether they can show the Red Button in the Stabbed Stoat I will find out in about 40 minutes. I will ask the landlord when I walk there tonight.

@jarkko - Well that seems to be clear, Jarkko. The Red Button it is....

Someone on Twitter* was suggesting the Burnley v Boro match on Satyurday at 3pm was being shown live on Sky as the main game and not only on the Red B...

Ken - It's very early days into his Test Cricket career but I have very high hopes for Harry Brook. Even before he first played for England I predict...

Nice starter, Bob (Old Father Boro), and the stats Selwynoz. I'd also like a drop of whatever AndyR has been drinking. On the face of it Burnley are...

Jarkko - Despite the inevitable clamour for his head, I am not arguing for Southgate to go. England's performance was "par for the course" rather tha...

Well, campers, let's hope everyone has a good week ahead. It's been a few days, so... Ken - You're not the only one to have gone off to sleep and t...

Ken - Alfredo di Stefano has a good claim to be the greatest of all footballers (Puskas, Pele, Eusebio, Matthews, Mannion, Beckenbauer, Moore, RCharlt...

Thanks again for the starter, Andy, and for the various responses sent to it, especially Powmill's extremely punny effort. I am hopeful for the seco...

@k-p-in-spain - Christine McVie - what a singer and a great songwriter. Rumours must be one of the greatest albums ever issued. I am now at the stag...

@ken - Good story, Ken.

@ken - It's all a question of personal opinion, of course, and I agree Barmby was underrated. Souness however came much earlier than the Robson revo...

@deleriad - Agreed. There is a risk in the "Jobs for the Boys" route but, at the present, we appear to be on the right side of the road. Hopefully t...

Mind you, with England after tea on Day 2 having amassed 657 all out and Pakistan being 127-0 in their reply, it is even more clear that this is a wic...

@ken - That was an UNBELIEVABLE first day of a Test Match at Rawalpindi. When I woke up at about 6.00am it was already about 150-0 and the scoring rat...

@ken - I hadn't realised there was a boycott of the World Cup Finals 1966 by African countries. The thing I miss most about football is the lack of t...

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...