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The Penny black on Boat Quay

Think they have now had more advertising for their company than they could have dreamed of and all for free.

Sorry Eccles my mistake. Perhaps Mayo can explain clearly what happened and if City fans willingly got into a police van with gmp spotters and why.

Think the uniforms and camcorders might have given it away or did you think you were joining a fancy dress stag do.

Trying to decipher what you are on about but, Why did you voluntarily get into a police van with police match day spotters what did they want to know and what did you tell them?

Not a chance of it being moved. Though depending on how things progress the chance of kidnapping could go up so be careful what taxis you get in.

The Railway hollinwood now those coaches were for Beermonsters, if you didn’t turn up with a box or slab of cans chances are you wouldn’t be allowed on. Pub was always open an hour or two before setting off no matter what time coach was leaving and the mad bar maid if you asked for a soft drink...

We’re no longer a football club.

He’s a lot to answer for that Pep, watching a group of kids on the park yesterday afternoon having a game, 8 on each side, aged about 10-13 and couple of occasions heard one of the goalies getting a bollocking for just hoofing the ball as far upfield as he could, getting told to pass it to...

He could do both jobs, majority of England starters play for us, assemble the rest of ones that’s left, job done Peps finally adored by sky and the rest of the shite media and press. In reality sky are only trying to deflect the demise of the rags at the moment.

One thing I was screaming at the ref about was their player using the towel to dry the ball before a throw in, I was certain it had been stopped and was in the new rules brought out this season. It has been stopped, but only in the EFL not the premiership, again different rules for the same...

I remember the home derby, forget the exact year, when they started building the new estate on upper Lloyd St, Tommy Johnson walk, Fred Tilson close, and all the bricks were along the edge of the site on upper Lloyd St, unbelievable brick fight before and after the game everyone was getting hit...

Also interesting how the European teams ultra’s sections have a “Capo” seems we had one in the 1940’s

It’s part of the new rules around added time the clock now has to carry on, so if six minutes added it runs to 96, but if a lengthy stoppage in that six minutes say 2 minutes, it won’t carry on running until the actual final whistle which should be 98.