Vinjay

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Overcame polio as a kid and a severe car accident later in life. (On a separate note anyone ever hear the Undertaker's "I've crippled more people than polio" line? ?) Not someone to mess with either as this story (while working as a court appointed server) details... "A couple times my encounters did turn physical. Once, I went to a guy's workplace for the third time in an attempt to track him down. The eight month time period to serve him was about to expire. If I didn't serve him this time, the courts would have to refile the paperwork on the guy. I was determined to not let that happen. So, with the help of his employer, I found the guy and threw the court summons onto his lap while he was trying to drive away in his car. When someone physically touches the papers, they're legally served. As you could imagine, the guy was angry as hell. He stopped his car, got out and threw a punch at me. I've blocked a hell of a lot stronger and faster punches in my life, and I wasn't about to let this one connect. So I deflected it and then slapped the **** out of the bastard. As a process server, you do all you can to refrain from using force. But as far as I was concerned, this was self-defence. In any other situation, I would have done a lot more than just bitch-slap the guy." "Seeing the different reactions was the fun part of the job. They ranged from perplexed looks from people who said: "Harley Race? What are you doing here?" to fans wanting me to stay and chat. Some got their court papers and an autograph all at once. That's a full service process-server. " "All in all I served around 500 people between 1996 and 1999, and I'm proud to say I had a 100 percent success rate. There wasn't a single person I wasn't able to track down."

...and maybe Rovers fans aren't image conscious enough.

Bury's owner has been rather hostile to the Football League while the administrators at Bolton obviously haven't. It's a lot easier dealing with people who's job description is to manage distressed assets. Bury's 2 postponed games should be replayed at a later date since the points aren't meaningless at this stage. Teams shouldn't be rewarded points because of other clubs situations. That includes the Middlesbrough game in 1997. Though obviously nobody here who remembers would have voiced much complaint had Rovers been awarded the points.

I didn't like him when he played for Everton the first time round. Unpleasant thug then, unpleasant thug now.

Danny Graham

Assuming that area is the affluent Alderley Edge there's barely any difference.

Man United agreed not to steal any promotions from the women's team for 2 years in return for providing cannon fodder...I mean opposition at short notice. Premier League International Cup draw has placed Rovers in a group with Newcastle United, Benfica and Hertha Berlin.

Harry Arter (Parker's Brother In Law) has signed on loan. No official announcement yet though Fulham have tweeted a picture of him training with them.

What's worse? Not noticing the need to sign defenders or noticing it and not rectifying the issue anyway? ?

Why on earth would anyone hire that thug as a coach never mind manager? Not to mention he's thick as a brick.

Arkan planned UEFA chief murder

Can't imagine who that is ?

More justified than over the top hatred of Keith Andrews isn't it? ?

Speaking of catering any feedback on Sodexo's return to Ewood after 18 years?

More UEFA "fairness". https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/celtic-cluj-uefa-champions-league-16693166

Might be a bit longer than the 12/1 odds of yesterday around 2pm. Currently 16/1 on William Hill.

Recently heard someone suggest the home shirt be changed to black/white halves for one season as a "inter racial" marketing move. Thought my ideas were radical...

Bolton 12/1 to win tomorrow. Too short?

More wrestling events at football stadiums recently (and upcoming) with Norwich getting an outdoor crowd of over 4,000 a few months ago. Mainly because of Grant Holt's new career direction. Sheffield United hosted an evening with Mick Foley and now ROH have booked a show at the Bolton Whites hotel. I believe that has also hosted Darts events and maybe boxing. One of the UK independent companies (Defiant formerly WCPW) announced it's closure earlier today.

Marketing.

Some people have even referred to the "Republic of Liverpool". Not sure they are in the topic debate either!

Matthews made more appearances for Blackpool. Can remember asking on another forum some time back why Douglas didn't get as much attention as Matthews/Finney... "Regarding Matthews and Finney and why they gained more publicity. Matthews was possibly the best one position footballer England has produced and probably the first footballer to endorse various products. Yes he did have a final named after him when Stan Mortenson scored a hat trick. Now to Finney, if there was only one player in the world who I could sign it would be him. He played in every forward position for PNE and several for England. He could dribble, head, shoot tackle and it took years to work out which was his natural foot. He was simply the best and was rightly acclaimed."

Not to mention he had a decent effort near the end of extra time. Bizarre really for someone of his reputation but even Pele missed an open goal once. Look at what he does to this goalkeeper though so he still manages to look great and miss an open goal at the same time! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UzRsvCsC4c

Christian Eriksen's penalty for Tottenham just now...awful!