Hamilton Saint

Sounds rather presumptuous - surely it's SFC who are ruling out the move, not someone at Newcastle!

Will probably be best remembered for his work with Al Green, eh?

Amazing coincidence, my kitchen is being renovated too - although I have a builder doing it for me! A couple more weeks before everything is complete.

Enjoy the snow while you can!

Everyone's been to school - and, therefore, (apparently) everyone's an expert on schools, teachers, teaching, education and the administration of education. Criticism of public servants and public institutions is de rigueur. And everything annoying, or just slightly irritating (or, heaven forbid, misinterpreted), is "PC gone mad". Go ahead, reach out and blame someone.

Good grief! Ball-breaking? There's generalisation, and then there's hyperbole ...

That's what I was thinking, too! Some journalists are condescending in their attitude - but it's an easy thing for them to do when comparing teams in different divisions. [Go and check some of the comments about Luton Town made on here, for example.] It doesn't indicate, though, that those lazy journalists "have always had it in for us". That was my point.

I wasn't being facetious - I was responding to the gross generalisation in the thread title claiming that "the press have always had it in for us".

The link doesn't work now! Curiouser and curiouser ...

The article linked to is about the semi-final match between Man U and Derby. :confused:

On skis?

Yes, I did. I looked at both of them. What did I miss?

But Wikipedia isn't!

My friend in Wimbledon says that one newscaster referred to the picture as showing The Isle of Wight! Journalists - they're always looking for a good pun. Sometimes they find one! (Get it?! The Isle of White)

Wikipedia is NOT "the press".

Wonderful satellite image from last Thursday showing UK blanketed in snow. http://twitpic.com/x65jg/full

Chez, you need to fix the spelling on the original post for this thread - it's Fonte, not Font.

It's the F.A. Cup - you always play to win!

"Each team" and "per team" mean the same thing!

Come on, Saints! Let's start the new year with a win.

I have the two-volume set The Annotated Sherlock Holmes (in hardcover) edited by William Baring-Gould. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-William-Baring-Gould/dp/0517502917/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261936877&sr=1-5

Some funny stuff in this web page from BBC Sport. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chrischarles/2009/12/quotes_of_the_decade_part_i.html My favourite: "I'd have given my right arm to be a pianist." [Newcastle boss Bobby Robson when asked what would have been his dream job outside of football.]

I cry every time we score, too - tears of relief.

Nice one!

Yeah, it hiccups about once a minute. Annoying.