England have moved up to fourth in the FIFA World rankings, with Belgium still in first

Belgium
France
Brazil
England
Croatia
Uruguay
Portugal
Switzerland
Spain
Denmark

Agree?

Eighth UPDATE … 1ST APRIL 2018 HERE ARE THE COMPLETE PROGRESS REPORTS AS WE STAND GOING INTO APRIL - IN ORDER, AND THE MONTHLY POINTS FOR EVERY CHOICE OF TEAM SHOWN. Remember, for your pre-season guesses it’s 3 points for first place in each league, 2 points for second and 1 point for third every mo...

Just out of interest on an update, almost 61,000 at a women's match in Spain this weekend....

Looking for good home for family dog.

It is a small terrier.

Only problem is it barks and whines all day until owner returns home.

If you are interested give me a call so I can hop over next doors fence and get it for you.

jimileysbaldhead wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 15, 2019 8:58 am

Missing: black and white cat, very very intelligent.

Tiddles, if you're reading this please come home.

do you guys reckon then that the VAR will in some point in the future extend to every part of the pitch and not just goal-mouth incidents?

so the VAR is not really helping to clear things up then?!

Last night's match in Paris was decided by a penalty for hand ball given by the ref using VAR. All three ex footballers on the TV panel (Ferdinand, Owen and Hargreaves) were adamant that it wasn't hand ball but the ref in attendance disagreed stating hat as the laws stood at present it was. Surely i...

Hardly believable this, but I have it on good authority!



Bournemouth v Man City - match stats.

Bournemouth

Attempts on goal 0

Attempts on target 0

Corners 0

Crosses from open play 1

Possession 18%



'Park the bus' spring to mind? (and at home too!)

SEVENTH UPDATE … 1ST MARCH 2018 HERE ARE THE COMPLETE PROGRESS REPORTS AS WE STAND GOING INTO MARCH - IN ORDER, AND THE MONTHLY POINTS (OVERALL THIS TIME; NOT WITH TEAM-BY-TEAM BREAKDOWN) Remember, for your pre-season guesses it’s 3 points for first place in each league, 2 points for second and 1 po...

Newcastle tourists collapse in Southwold from heatstroke Two Newcastle tourists collapsed in Southwold from heatstroke today, it has been revealed. The middle-aged Northerners, more used to Arctic temperatures, were unprepared for the warm February weather on the Suffolk coast. Full story: https://...

Osasuna now top ...


and going for a high quality ground in just two years, with 25,000 capacity and sections of 'rail-seats' ...



looks good:

Christmas should be a time for good-will and kindness but… Two 'real-life Grinches' have been convicted of stealing Christmas presents from under the tree at a Sunderland hair salon. The footage shows two local lads steal presents from a Sunderland beauty salon just days before Christmas.… they snat...

Bodacious Benny wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 22, 2019 8:49 am

So they just spent 39 years contemplating what to do

Sounds like my 'career' actually...although I've only been working for 13 years so far...

And what about 1860 Munich and all that? Do they count? The club formed in 1860.... But didn't play football until 1899 apparently

To settle disputes - OLDEST TEAMS

All league teams from youngest to oldest, in order


https://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/fo ... 86?page=23


23 pages of it - if you have the stamina!

And the relegation battle? HOWAY EXTREMADURA. https://statics.laliga.es/img/escudos/extremadura-ud_60.png?2018 <laugh> http://i65.tinypic.com/v8k4ro.jpg https://e00-marca.uecdn.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2017/03/04/14886356564991.jpg https://static.hoy.es/www/pre2017/multimedia/noticias/201506/0...

David Hasselhoff walked into a bar and ordered a drink.

"It’s a pleasure to serve you Mr Hasselhoff,” said the bartender.

“Just call me Hoff,” he replied.

“Sure,” said the bartender. “No hassle.”

Loads of Brits down Málaga way of course...

biggeordiedave wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 17, 2019 9:09 pm

Shaka Hislop

Shaka so big down Reading way too of course