Or it could have been Paul Warhurst - they weren't unalike

They changed the McEwans Lager advert to the one in the white box (same as 1994/5 and 1995/6) in season 1993/4 so you could have seen him in that kit maybe, either in a pre-season friendly or even last game of the 1992/93 season?

Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson has died aged 61. RIP.

Indeed LV, but I wonder how you would feel having forked out for a full season ticket, especially if you were unable/too late to qualify for a free half season ticket for a mate?

Great post Silas, thanks for sharing this.

Absolutely not true. There's very little difference between England, Wales and Scotland on most measurements. A lazy stereotype I'm afraid.

You’re reading something that isn’t there Merce. I haven’t castigated anybody for gambling, it’s not my place to do that. I think it’s a mug’s game personally but I’m happy to learn about this Sports Trading thing. I do have a problem with those who claim to be beating the bookie but aren’t - mentioning no names here obviously. I would disagree with your stat of only 5% of gamblers having a problem with it (I think it is much, much higher than that) but I wouldn’t bet on it ?

Interesting move by Newcastle, free half season tickets https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50722548

Wow. As far as I can see nobody pulled you up on the post you made that comment about at all? Anyway if you were making that point it was completely lost on me.

PMSL mate Edit: I don’t actually hate gambling but I don’t like it when people - and this isn’t specifically aimed at Mercer - brag about how much they have won when the fact of the matter is they lose more than they win. I have a particular friend who does this on Facebook all the time. If you believed his FB profile every bet he ever puts on comes in ? Gambling addiction is a modern epidemic and if you look around towns and cities you will always see a pawnbrokers next door to the bookies. And that’s before we even talk about internet gambling! Ask any CAB money advisor about gambling..........

Calm down fella, touched a raw nerve have we? I’m not lambasting anybody, you are the one who keeps spouting ridiculous nonsense about betting on Rovers winning 4-0 etc, none of those bets have come in have they? I’m hardly going to check through all your previous posts to see whether you have ever mentioned this other system before am I? It’s an established fact that gamblers talk about their winnings but not their losses. If indeed you make a profit out of gambling/betting/trading, whatever you choose to call it - which you appear to claim to do - you will genuinely be the first person I have ever known to do so. Talk is cheap Merce, and you seem to have overlooked the fact that I did post earlier tonight that I would be genuinely interested to hear how it works and of people’s success rate at it - without the stupid willy waving that many gamblers seem to indulge in.

Not sure what your point is here mate?

So basically for every winner there has to be a loser(s), is that how it works? In other words, when Merce comes on here bragging about a victory some poor soul somewhere has potentially spunked his wages against the wall?

Open goal really for me: The Jam - Sounds From the Street (heh heh)

I think there’s enough empirical evidence for even Merce to concede that traditional betting is a mug’s game over the longer term. Only one winner really. The ‘stock market’ thing I don’t really know enough about but my gut instinct is that ultimately the bookies will win. I’d be interested to hear of people’s genuine experiences of it though (without willy waving). PS - fair play to the mod who created the separate thread for this - good decision!

Amended for you mate. If anyone can come on here and prove that they have made money over a reasonable period of time ON BETTING then I’ll be the first to put my hand up and admit I was wrong. Stock market type dealing, well I wouldn’t know about that, but I still suspect that it isn’t a licence to print money lol. Mercer has only just mentioned that today - all his other tips and predictions (including the horse he - to be fair - correctly tipped today) have been what I would describe as ‘traditional’ bets. I have counselled enough gambling addicts to know that betting is a mugs game.

So I stand by my assertion that betting is a mug’s game mate. I’ve met hundreds of folk who brag about their wins but never mention their losses. And bookies drive round in big cars don’t they? if it was as easy as you proclaim ‘the industry’ would put a stop to it. So of course you won’t be sharing in advance your bets/trading/whatever you want to call it ha ha

Everything But the Girl - This Love is not for Sale

The Who - Pictures of Lily

That’s all fair enough mate but if he makes a profit on betting (or whatever it was he called it earlier) I will show my arse on the town hall steps. Like all gamblers you only hear about it when they win. That horse that came in today (and let’s be honest - each way at 5/1 or 7/2 as it was after he posted the tip - isn’t going to make you much) will have him reaching for his red wine, but let’s see him post a tip every morning and we’ll see how he gets on overall.

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Listening to Bob today Gav? ? Ocean Colour Scene - Traveller’s Tune

America - Horse With No Name (Which also sounds like Neil Young)

The Style Council - A Stone's Throw Away

I call bullshit on anyone who claims to beat the bookie, although I accept that you have both restricted that claim to the short term. You might both be on a purple patch but very few people come on and tell folk when/how much they have lost. Gambling is a mug’s game, and especially where Rovers are concerned.