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I'm sure Gnevin et al will love this but anyway!

Just something I've noticed which really bugs the crap out of me about soccer fans here. It's probably more so in the North but maybe some of the Southerners on here can let me know.

When they're in the pub or in a group generally watching a match and they're shouting for their team (have to say it seems to be United fans in particular) they put on an English f**king accent singing the songs or chants!

Heard ones last night shouting 'you scouse bastid!' at some fella in the strongest Manchester accent, made my skin crawl.

Anyone else notice this?

Reports are suggesting that Peter Andre and Jordan (aka Katie Price) have broken up.

I think I speak for everyone when I say, we are gutted and I hope they can iron out whatever problems they have and get back together. Because if they can't make it work what hope is there for anyone else?

Sure why not...

I was considering opening up a Tradefair account recently to compliment my Betfair account. Apparently you can get £100 sign up bonus for depositing £100.

I would follow the markets and business news quite closely, wouldn't say I'm any sort of an expert but was wondering if anyone dabbled in Financial betting at all? What sites are the best? Whats the dos and don'ts?

And I'm not talking about anyone here who actually trades in the markets properly.

After watching Match of the Day I must say I would really like to see Middlesborough escape. I think Gareth Southgate is a very honest manager, you never hear any bullshit or mind games coming from him. I also like the way they try to win every game (albeit usually unsuccessfully).

West Brom are doomed obviously, I think I wouldn't mind Sunderland staying up as well.

I don't buy into this whole 'Newcastle are too good to go down' crap. They deserve to be where they are and frankly I don't think it would be any great loss if they went down, hopefully bringing any future career in management for Shearer down with them.

Other than that either Blackburn or Hull for me!

What do you think?

[Peter once auditioned for the part of Romeo in a local production of Romeo and Julliet but was told he was far too small and bald for the role. He does however describe this moment of rejection in his life as the point he decided that he would one day become the best small and bald Gaelic footballer in Ireland.]

I was bored browsing around the factual holy grail of wikipedia when I came across the following:

Canavan is from Glencull, near Ballygawley, County Tyrone[13] and was the tenth of eleven children.[2] His older brother, Pascal, played with him on the Tyrone panel for most of the 1990s. He is married to Finola (sister of former Tyrone team-mate Ronan McGarrity[13]), and has four children, Áine, Claire, Darragh and Ruairi,[16] and has been a Physical Education teacher in Holy Trinity College, Cookstown, throughout most of his career.[13][17] While there, he taught Eoin Mulligan his point-taking technique, and the pair have been known in the media as 'master and student' ever since, particularly by television commentators.[18] He also writes a column for the Gaelic games magazine, Hogan Stand[19] and the Northern Ireland edition of The Daily Mirror.[20] In 2008, Canavan joined TV3 as a football pundit for their first year of broadcasting live GAA matches.[21]

In 2003, just over a week before Tyrone's Ulster final appearance against Down, Canavan's father, Seán, died. It came as a shock to Canavan, who had thought his father (who was already in hospital) was getting better. He decided to play in the match, stating that he knew, subconsciously "[he] was going to be playing in the Ulster final all along and Daddy certainly wouldn't have wanted [him] to do anything but play."[22]

Canavan has suffered from asthma since he was a child, and has battled throughout his career to control the ailment. He told the Asthma Society of Ireland, "I thought to myself, this is something that I am just going to have to put up with." In later years, however, improved medication has afforded Canavan what he described as, "a better quality of life".[23] Canavan is in training for the 2008 Dublin Marathon, raising money for The Spirit of Paul McGirr group.[13]

Peter once auditioned for the part of Romeo in a local production of Romeo and Julliet but was told he was far too small and bald for the role. He does however describe this moment of rejection in his life as the point he decided that he would one day become the best small and bald Gaelic footballer in Ireland.

Explains a lot!   


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Canavan