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Although the percentage share that the Championship gets v the PL actually increases ( 7% up to 9% ) the actual monetary gap widens even more ( 57.6m up to 83.7m ) Thats a 45% increase in monetary difference! Abyss suggests immeasurable depth/bottomless. Maybe ' chasm ' would have been better. (...

i am having horrible flash backs There is some very good cream I can recommend for that.

Pour moi...93.

Not read most of the previous posts but I assume I am not alone in saying that this sort of action from Barnes is well in keeping with his character. His career at Brighton was spent niggling, retaliating and just being downright nasty. He tried desperately hard to curb his temperament but...

I was thinking the same thing. I have to say, this is the worst cricket performance I can remember, by a country mile. Nothing in rugby ever gets close and in football, although there have been lows ( USA 1950 / Poland 1974 / South Africa 2010....the overall performances were nowhere near as...

Beautifully put. I too knew English Cricket. I first made its acquaintance about 50 years ago, through its grandparents, Dexter and Cowdrey and its fiery Great Uncle Trueman. We always got excited when our distant friends from the Caribbean came to visit. They were so vibrant, with their calypso...

Nothing to do with football but I worked with a Derek Bristow once.

Nothing to do with the playing side. It was because he realised he had made a mistake. He was out of his depth and knew that the job was beyond him. He struggled on but it was painful to watch, like a wounded beast that needed to be put down. Most of us knew it was futile but four points from...

Its farcical and totally unfair on goalkeepers. Maybe the law should be re-worded to state that the attacking player must be in full control of the ball when fouled. This will avoid the ridiculous ' toe-poking ' past the keeper before the inevitable tumble. Even last night Rooney's touch past...

England's last two double internationals, Mike ( MJK ) Smith ( Cricket and Rugby ) and Arthur Milton ( Cricket and Football ) opened the batting for England v New Zealand at Headingley in 1958. Milton scored a century on his debut and became the first England player to remain on the field for...

Of course he dived. You know it, I know it, the whole world knows it. Its just the typical response from people within the game who close ranks and defend the indefensible. Over recent years, the attitude of professional footballers has changed. They no longer feel it necessary to demonstrate...

My hope is that a manager of BHA is totally committed to our club, whilst he is here. However long or short that stay is. Anything other than that is unacceptable.

The facts are....he was in talks with Reading. They were so convinced they were going to land him, they held a meeting and staff and players were told that he was going to be the next manager. Gus returned to BHA and made the board aware of the offer on the table. Reading got wind of his antics...

All I want from a manager is to be totally committed to my club. That doesn't mean holding clandestine meetings with a rival club, in the same division, whilst the season is approaching its critical phase. That doesn't mean giving said club every indication that you would be prepared to leave...

I don't know what age you are but did you actually watch football in the seventies or are your comments based on YouTube viewing? You appear to fall into the category of ill-informed posters on here who regard all football before the PL as Neanderthal.

Now that is something to get your lips round!

If you work out his creative moments and time spent on the pitch, then I think you will find that the ratio is quite high. Compared to some of the dross being served up at the moment, Vincente was sublime. Your surly attitude clearly suggests a lack of appreciation for the finer points of the...

I shall treasure some of those Vicente moments to my dying day. He was different class. Amazingly, I still pine for him now. Its like a very slow lingering bereavement. He set my senses on fire. I loved him.

Many years ago there was a young superstar called Alick Jeffrey. Injury finished him early but at 16 all the big clubs were looking at him.

Yes...thats where he made his name...I've got a mate who watched him regularly and says he was unbelievable. He scored with a volley over his shoulder from 35 yards and the legendary Clive Thomas who was refereeing, forgot to blow his whistle as he was applauding. He went round a keeper once...