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Peter Norman, an Aussie. Actually it wasn't his gloves, one of them (Smith or Carlos) had forgotten to bring his so Norman suggested they used one each from the single pair. He was apparently roundly castigated in Australia for this, and was ostracised. However Smith and Carlos never forgot...

O/T The quality of the meat makes all the difference doesn't it? I used to occasionally play golf in Spain. We'd stay at my mate's villa, which was in a complex of other British-owned villas - so naturally there was a cafe serving full English breakfasts. We used to start there before heading...

I think maybe because there were fewer of them that could be described as 'successful'? Nowadays we win so many medals in so many sports that our successful Olympians are ten-a-penny. Back in the 60s, 70s and 80s we had so few athletes who were capable of even challenging for a medal (I don't...

A shout-out for the Roedean Cafe by the pitch 'n' putt course. Large selection of breakfasts, available all day. And yes, beans on the plate @Hovegull as God intended. EDIT: Where is Billie's cafe?

Thank you for the information, and apologies for all the sanctimonious bollocks you had to put up with.

Exactly, hence why I don't believe the story. If the OP said he'd seen a man crouching by a grave then the story might have been believable, albeit a tad disrespectful.

A lot of your fellow STHs have responded, but speaking from the 'other side of the fence', i.e. someone who buys tickets on an ad-hoc basis I am almost always wanting two together, so I can understand why you've had difficulty shifting your single seat. In the past in the times when I went on my...

I haven't got a PayPal account, I'm pretty sure I paid direct from my Barclaycard. But yes, I want to renew for another year, so if it doesn't happen automatically let me know. (I'll check my end as well). EDIT: Just checked my records, it was my Barclaycard, paid to your PayPal account. It...

I hope we've got insurance, but it WAS the the worst signing in the history of the NFL. Anyway, on the bright side it was good to see Nick Chubb back.

Having read that I'm slightly disappointed that we didn't win more comfortably.

Yeah, I think that's a valid point. A 5-0 win is of course always fun, but usually it's 'fun' in the same way that a nice afternoon at the beach is 'fun'. A 1-0 win against the odds is always emotionally more satisfying, but then a 1-0 win when you've battered your opponent all game but couldn't...

Exactly . It can be done, and when it is, when thousands of people stand united in respectful silence it is quite profound and moving. The minute's applause is a second-rate tribute in comparison, the only advantage of it is it can be used on 'lesser' occasions where people don't feel the same...

Yeah, there was definitely free travel to Withdean and it was by stubs attached to the tickets as @Thunder Bolt said. I remember because myself and @Tom Hark Preston Park used to walk to Withdean (not together as I've never met him), but we maintained (on here) that as we didn't use the stubs...

Yeah, we watched it all on iPlayer and really enjoyed it. Ok, yes, it's far-fetched and implausible - but so what? As others have said it's well-made, well-written and well-acted and a nice bit of escapism. Looking forward to the 2nd season. Those of you harrumphing about the fact it's...

Fair enough, but that wasn't just one person pissing you off though was it? It was the whole shebang. FWIW I agree with you; the sense of entitlement, the "we invented the game and we won the war" and "we've got the best players it's just that the manager's shit" attitudes piss me off as well...

Hmmm. I would suggest you were just looking for an excuse.

Yeah! :lolol: We support England because we have to, not because we want to! They may be serial under-achievers, they may be at times a load of unlikeable prima-donnas, some of our fellow fans may be arseholes, but like the Albion is our local team so England is our national side. As has been...

I must admit it pisses me off as well, especially when the 'bounce' is only tangentially connected with the original topic. Poor Alex Salmond didn't even get his own RIP thread, it just got added to his court case one, which made for some interesting reading.

Well I don't see how you can't NOT count it. We are better than we were - which isn't saying much. When we can win tournaments and consistently, not every time, but 50% of the time, beat the real top nations when it actually matters, then I'll accept we've 'arrived'. IMO, although other...

Yeah, I'd seen it said before, and as you'd said a lot of Celtic fans seem to think they started it. God knows why. Liverpool only started singing it because Gerry and the Pacemakers were a Liverpudlian band. No Celtic fan can logically explain why Celtic, with their rich repertoire of Irish...