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Oldham 1000 Yards of Ale Festival 19-21 March.
Festival with over 50 beers on, real cider and perry, fruit wines and foreign beers at the Ashton Arms, Bank Top Tavern, Jackson's Pit, Royal Oak, Three Crowns, Squire Knot, Up the Steps and...
You say there is no place for it in football, but 99.999% of footballers cheat as a matter of course.
So how are you going to get rid of it.
And my point is that a deliberate handball by Thierry Henry is no more despicable than Murray's deliberate handball.
I don't understand this thread at all.
Defending is about cheating (shirt pulling, obstruction, fouling)
Attacking is about cheating (shirt pulling, backing in, fouling, diving)
Hand ball is just another way of cheating, no better, no worse than any other foul.
All foul play is cheating.