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7th July 2006
Meeting of Wandering Souls
The rumour was true - the first 11 Arsenal fans through the gates were to be given the chance to play for Arsenal. The unfamiliar lineup foxed even keenest Gooner-fan - fat frank from number 26, auntie gwen from out Chelsea way, the Tucker twins, Dwayne the visiting American, Nigel...
Fairy Tales
It is one of the folkloric truths that Man Utd start a season badly, taking a few months to get going before accelerating past Christmas and through to claiming the title in the run-in. Bolton fixtures are usually arranged to coincide with their getting their arses into gear. The publication...
Anatomy of a Transfer Story
Without any proper football to report on - and with only a limited amount to say about those pathetic substitute summer sports that people pretend to know stuff about, but are only really watching to make the time go quicker until the Premier League kicks off again, the sports pages must...
Gillingham to Win
So, Sunderland have no strikers, have been on a shockingly bad run of form, are away from home, have a manager who looks like he has repeatedly slammed his head in a grand piano, have a one legged keeper, two midget 13 year old centre-backs, a midfield made of cheese...
To win or not to win?
The Hammers are back in town and, reading their forums, much of lovely-jubbly have-a-go-cockney, jellied-eel optimism about their team of polished prima-donnas wiping the floor with the Northern hoof-it Monkeys has worn off. These days they\'d be breaking open the cans of warm London Pride and gathering round the old...
The Magnolia Match
On that glorious day when the fixture list comes out, all shiny and new, and a new season beckons full of promise and expectation, there are games that you scan for, games that you instantly flag and place in your diary, games around which your life will be built in...
Costa Del Reebok
Short of summat to do on a cold Tuesday afternoon at the beginning of a new year, I had a browse through the 28-page Tourism Strategy for Wigan Borough entitled \"Destination: WIGAN\". Fortunately, as it is quite a long word, the first page deals with the definition of the word...
The Eight Days of Christmas
There are about ten minutes of shopping time left between now and Christmas if the ever-increasingly frenetic adverts are to be believed - which is plenty of time to savour a cup of coffee, listen to the last few overs of the cricket, mentally prepare the toddlers\\\' christingle service that I have...
The Greatest Thing That We Possess
You could say that over the years we have been royally spoiled. Among football fans, Bolton fans have been truly blessed. We could be forgiven for thinking the the good times would roll on forever and that we would never want for the thing that makes us happiest and brings...
Thou Shalt Not...
Not all of these things have been carried over into the Christian 'Sunday' but there are many things you may NOT do on the Jewish Sabbath (if you happen to be Jewish and also interested in that sort of thing, that is!)... 1. Making a fire or causing anything to...
