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Gemmel

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  1. scoobt old fella .....your behind the times, lowe himself admitmitted himself the radio station was a fook up at least you dont agree with everything he says
  2. Not sure what to make of this; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7553678.stm Man Utd player wins £4.5m payout A former Manchester United player whose career was ended when when he was injured in a tackle has been awarded more than £4.5m in compensation. Ben Collett, 23, broke his leg in a reserve game against Middlesbrough five years ago, at the age of 18. Boro player Gary Smith and his club admitted liability for the injury. The total compensation will be decided when sums for future loss of pension and interest on past loss of earnings are determined at a hearing in October. Sitting at London's High Court, Mrs Justice Swift awarded the player £4.3m and said the final sum payable to Collett was unlikely to be less than £4.5m. Cup winner Collett's solicitor Jan Levinson said the award "reflects Ben's talent and potential prior to the tackle as one of the brightest young footballers in the country". He added: "Having said that, Ben would have preferred to have earned this through a full career in the game." The match against Middlesbrough was Collett's debut for United's reserve team. Manchester United's manager Sir Alex Ferguson described him as an "outstanding" player. Collett joined United's youth academy aged nine and went in to become a member of the club's FA Youth Cup-winning team in 2003. But his right leg was broken in two places in the match in May 2003. The compensation will be paid by Middlesbrough's insurers. 'Fantastic focus' Mrs Justice Swift said had it not been for the injury Collett would have been offered a three-year professional contract with Manchester United. At an earlier hearing in Manchester Sir Alex said: "I thought the boy showed fantastic focus, a great attitude to work hard and they are qualities to give any player an outstanding chance in the game." The court had heard that Mr Collett could have earned more than £13,000 a week, making a total in excess of £16m if he had played until the age of 35. Mrs Justice Swift awarded Mr Collett £3,854,328 for future loss of earnings. The figure for general damages for pain and suffering, loss of amenity and loss of congenial employment was £35,000 . Past loss of earnings was put at £456,095
  3. As others have said this we have lost there for 3 years and today sounded like our best chance of bringing something home..... It didn't happen and thats the rub of the green. What it did sound like was that there was plenty of commitment and whilst it's not something the FA will like, i would rather see our players crowed round the ref, giving him a piece of their minds, gutted they had lost, than the players of the last few years, trying to pick out their girlfriends in the crowd and waving with big smiles on their faces after a defeat. We are Saints, we can handle losing, just as long as the players put some effort in
  4. does anybody remember pompey chimes
  5. South of France Tuesday for two weeks
  6. Gemmel

    Asturius Sports

    You cant read who registered them. The last fake web site made that mistake.... this one hasn't
  7. Already mentioned ....but The Champ
  8. I use a couple of eastern Europeans
  9. Gemmel

    Asturius Sports

    Web sites are eay to create as we know from namg . They owners of this site have had their details blocked as to who registered it etc...... May be something they learnt from previous mistakes
  10. Unless you really need £200 Al De man, then no way, play hard ball with them. You have all the cards......play them
  11. Lowe not turning up at the forum makes its difficult......wouldnt you say proffessor?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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