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Imo, if Glasgow Rangers win the Europa League it's a greater achievement than winning the SPL.

Smoked bacon and fried egg with HP in a cinnamon hot cross bun. Weird combo... but tasty...

I'm halfway through Dune, but won't be finishing it. What a pile of poo.

Barrett's appointment was much heralded... maybe too much so. Thompson had a strong game today. He's going well.

Agreed. Solid defensively and he made some decent metres. Too few runs though, but we don't know what Barrett's asking of him.

Because he's a Pom. Because he's one of the 'dogs leading players. Check out his stats, they're reasonable given he's in a struggling team. He is ranked fifth for Canterbury in NRL Fantasy indicating he is one of their stronger performers.

He did put in a shift, but I do think he's a 'marked' man and he attracts defenders. This works for his team

Spot on! Almost no-one reads Booker nominated books.

Just had my first foray into Persian cuisine. I made Tachin - a baked saffron rice, and Fesenjan - a pomegranate syrup, walnut and chicken stew. I stuck to an authentic recipe and it was delicious, if I say so myself! That said, I can't compare it to anything as I've never had Persian before.

I'm a big hockey fan and still go to watch Streatham every now and then. Back in the 80s the semis and final were held over a weekend in Wembley Arena. Unfortunately, most years it clashed with the CC Final, so I'd usually miss the first semi.

As a thirty year veteran of southern/ London Rugby League, I'll say, just be grateful these folk are doing what they are doing. Which is amazing, but don't expect too much more. The south is a land of missed opportunities. With now no cash to rebuild

We have an International team? That's news to me!

Who owns the now empty land between the stadium and road? It seems to me that if the new stand (if it happens) can be moved 10 yards to the east, and the pitch similarly, then there's plenty of scope to develop the west terrace in the next phase (if...).

Forty years on the Minter / Hagler result still hurts.

Just as ITV4 has been showing reruns of the Avengers.

SA playing in black and not the nation's more recognisable dark green. Was this the norm for them in those early years?

That's an awesome cover. I'm loving the looks of joy on the faces of all the fans... except... the two old dears just right of centre at the top!! I bet Christmas was a real hoot in their household!

Was there an actual elephant in the room but it was missed off the list of attendees.

I'm guessing it's the Master of Almondbury School whose bête noire was professionalism. The Reverend was a regular visitor to Cumberland and on a number of occasions he refereed the County Cup Final. He refereed the 1898 final, at a time that the Cumberland clubs were starting to cross to the NU, and the words of his post match dinner speech were thought so ill-judged and insulting towards working men wanting fair recompense for loss of earnings, that far from discouraging defections, his words had the opposite effect. The Cumberland President, Robert Westray, was cut from the same cloth as Marshall.

Without Sam, George and Sutton he's seems to have taken on the role of pack leader. He's thriving!

He seems t have all the attributes. The only negative is his haircut.

Farnworth again named in the centres. He is going really well.

Yes, searching the players on findmypast they were in trades associated with the docks.

FFS... I'm 58 and just sat through with interest an episode of Paddington Bear. Has life really come to this?

Rugby League's lost county. The Westmorland fifteen for the county's first and only (I think!) match. They played Lancashire on 2 March 1898 at Wheater's Field, Broughton, losing 0-15. Despite the loss, the team's competitiveness was viewed positively and compared favorably to the county's past performances in rugby union. Sadly, enthusiasm for Northern Union in Westmorland was short-lived and a decade or so later the game died out in the lake county.