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Sport England announces that Manchester, Nottingham and Portsmouth have been shortlisted to become England’s first ‘City of Football’ errr what????

Any of the old Indian or Pakistani airports - in fact I am off to Islamabad next week - it is the pits!

or did he go already?

Matt Crocker off maybe? That would be a very bad thing!

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11700/9317293/transfer-news-dejan-lovren-insists-he-is-happy-at-southampton

Not sure of pubs down that way as I usually end up in the northern part of the Forest but went to Calshot a few times as a kid. Many a school kid has lost a chunk of skin to that velodrome!

Veho make some very good stuff - ambitious, innovative and well thought of in the industry. Can't see a problem - seems like a good fit for us

Chasing Jamie O'Hara again. Nice line here: "However, Pompey have identified the 27-year-old as a player to get them out of relegation trouble and are prepared to create the finances to capture him." http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/pompey-chasing-o-hara-swoop-1-5963883

Yep - adds a Chromecast type icon to Google Music for you to cast straight to Sonos. There is a way you can set it up in the Sonos app itself but that relies on you having a pc always on and is more complex.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.youtec.android.macronos&hl=en_GB and https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101829173793149469759

I have the Play:One brilliant little device. Using Spotify, my home media server, my ipad library, and Google Music (unofficial - using a bit of a hack to make it work!) Had no issues except some of the lower bit rate streams end up a bit tinny. I am going to add another Play:one and a Connect (plugged into my AV Receiver) in the coming months

Same here - although I have up to SS4! I can't watch a stream as the hotel wifi is limited to 250MB a day.

First new music from Embrace in 7 years! http://vevo.ly/YcklSM

We were in Turkey this summer - Hisaronu. The day boat trip was a highlight - there were 7 of us so we organised a boat to ourselves. Some of them really pack people on so it was nice to have space.

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/burnley-date-and-ticketing-details-1231266.aspx

3pm Kick off on 4th Jan. Season Ticket Holders will be able to claim their usual seats for #SaintsFC’s #FACup game against Burnley from 9am on Tuesday 17th December. Tickets for our #FACup game against Burnley will then go on general sale at 9am on Monday 23rd December. #saintsfc

Depends how much you are looking to pay - The Zetter in Clerkenwell is nice, as is The Roseberry which is a serviced apartment setup. The Zetter can get pricey but they do have great rates sometimes. The Roseberry will give you a studio - with full kitchen for around £130. I use The Roseberry for business trips and it is excellent and usually cheaper than any hotel in the same area. They state minimum 7 nights on their site but a quick email will get you a shorter duration. Club Quarters are also good - several around the city. http://www.supercityuk.com/the-rosebery.html http://www.thezetter.com/ http://www.clubquarters.com/

I laughed when I saw Stuart Gray has taken over. Just needed a Hoddle in there somewhere and we were back in the early 2000s

First goal = 40 points I would be happy with a top half finish

privateinternetaccess.com for me

2 fence panels and some detritus from the oak trees - was blooming windy at 5am, but nothing much to show for it. They clocked 75mph at Hurn just round the corner - not as bad as expected.

Scores a free kick - doing well

Shame it sounds like the daleks are commentating

We get a free season ticket for Wimborne Town as my son plays for one of the youth teams - normally £10 a game which is ridiculous as the quality is pretty dire - I think I could still give a few of them a run for their money!