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Slot deal confirmed .

Sounds like a  bit of a gamble. Or  he could fit right in.

I'll get me coat.

[Does sitting on a train, travelling through a country but not setting foot on it, count?]

Does sitting on a train, travelling through a country but not setting foot on it, count?
Or transitting through an airport?

I'll leave out flying over its airspace!!

Aye, technically you had both feet  in the country.  As well as the rest of ye 

Airspace, nah.

How about if the plane lands, but you do not get out?

Well, the tyres of the plane  would have earthed  you to the ground , so we'll count  it

I did that once  on the Isle of Man.  Never actually  stood on the island , but I'm claiming I've  been there

[Does sitting on a train, travelling through a country but not setting foot on it, count?]

Does sitting on a train, travelling through a country but not setting foot on it, count?
Or transitting through an airport?

I'll leave out flying over its airspace!!

Aye, technically you had both feet  in the country.  As well as the rest of ye 

Airspace, nah.

Some people are really showing off! 

Some people can't understand simple instructions.

Yes i understood the original instruction. Sincere apologies for cutting to the chase. It would be far quicker just saying how many countries people have visited rather than having a 100 page thread to get to the answer

Yes I think you're  probably right.

I had thought doing  it by continent but  it's all over place (although I'm  thinking  along the lines of international football qualifying ). I mean , did you  know Cyprus is technically in Asia?  No, me neither 

[Barbados (island hop only)]

Andorra
Barbados (island hop only)
Brazil

The further East I've been is Malta and happy enough with that tbh.

But I'll be in Clones on Sunday. Yes Sur!

Aye, as long as  you set foot in the country, that will do!

[Albania]

Update - Countries in bold  have been travelled to

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan

Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi


PS - If you want to add  other countries , as well as A and B, you can do so, and I'll fill it all in later

Save you having to  go back later.

Not so much of a recommendation, but anyway..

I don't have Sky , but caught  a bit of League of their Own , US Road Trip on Sky Mix (available on free TV)

Anyway,  it  was ok viewing but    Freddie Flintoff  was even more of a bell-end on this , than he was on Top Gear (before I stopped watching).

Just for a bit of craic , I thought I'd start this.

So, I'm  interested to  find out  how many countries in  the world  GAABoard members have  been to.

Maybe between us all , we've travelled to  every country?

There are  over 200 according to Wikipedia , so I'll start  with the A's and  the B's.

Just add which of  these you've travelled to:


Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan

Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi

Bohemian Rhapsody - just a weird, bonkers but brilliant tune. Has to be at 1

I Want To Break Free

A winters Tale - I really enjoyed their  Made in heaven album , released  after Freddie died.  Im far from Queen's biggest fan , but that song   was  like a poem  by Freddie from beyond the grave.  Really haunting  song with  great vocals 

It's over to you  now Arsenal,  to defeat the state sponsored Death Star

Some of the videos  I seen after court was a  bit  ridiculous (The  getaway car not being  available didn't help  either)

He's still   innocent until  proven otherwise though  , is he not?

"Staycation"

Feck,  but  that term  does my head in

Looks like Clapton has  had his day...

Another?

How about Queen?

I remember at the time it sent chills through the whole  nationalist community. Just listening to Talkback and Trevor Birney talking about and how attacking someone like Sean Brown was a deliberate ploy as he was decent and could not be associated with any paramilitary organisation. It was purely to put fear and Terror through a whole community by striking at its centre.

We had just won the AI and had beaten Bellaghy in the Ulster final before Christmas 1996. There was a crew of us living in Belfast and we had close relationships on and off the field with a lot of the Bellaghy lads. It struck hard. I remember travelling home at the time and we regularly changed out pick up spots etc. Going to matches in Lurgan and that was always a concern as well. How the f**k was that normal? 

Unfortunately we normalised it at the time and adopted

My dad handed me the book The Shankill butchers when it came out

Made me read it before I headed out that weekend, needless to say that put the willies up me for that period of heading out! 

Absolutely horrible book. Really tough. I read the book called committee. Really opened my eyes as a teenager growing up.

Only policeman you trust is a dead one.

Is that the  one by Sean mcPhilemy?

[and has got big performances from Rashford in the past]

Get Southgate locked in for next season 

Is he really that bad an appointment compared to ETH? The number of shots that United concede is absolutely shocking and this mainly due to the gaps between defence, midfield and up front so easy to play through. Southgate would  have them a more stable outfit and has got big performances from Rashford in the past.  Could be possibly get a tune out of Sancho?

so has Ten Hag, so what!

The relationship with ETH and Rashford is clearly fractured and I doubt he will regain any type of form with him at the helm.  Southgate is certainly a better option than ETH at this stage. 

Played through by a championship team at the weekend but sure just stick with him hes doing a great job. 

I enjoyed the commentator's question on Sunday in Utd Cov game re Rashford and the Euros, wondering 'Will the real Marcus Rashford please stand up'... That is the real Rashford, as windy and watery a modern footballer as you're ever likely to see

Rashford is Pogba-lite.