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Inspiral, that just reminded me of one of my favourite times/feelings at BP. During that era, the "we're gonna score one more than you" era. As a 16-ish year old boy I can remember standing in the Chaddy End singing "score in a minute, we're gonna score in a minute" and genuinely KNOWING it was true! And playing toward the Chaddy End in the second half we'd sing "Score in the Chaddy, we always score in the Chaddy" . Brilliant, brilliant days!

So both home shorts and away shorts are blue but one has a white flash and one has a tangerine flash? How are we gonna get away with that then?

Those shorts don't look very tangerine to me Mark?!

Every time I hear his name spoken out loud, I can't help but hear it to the tune of Boney M's 'Brown Girl in the Ring'. Jean Paul Kalala Ka la la la la! Jean Paul Kalala Kaaaa la la la la la Jean Paul Kalala Ka la la la la...... and so on.

Don't think Pogs ever played in the No.1 shirt did he? Sure he was 13 or summat last year?

What about Mark Hughes resigning for united Rocky?

Sorry Ross, but as I said in reply to your post on JK, to insinuate that JPK will be the new target of the 'boo boys' because he is black - like Betsy, Rocky and Forbes, is utter, utter . In my opinion, like. All your point proved was that the 3 of them had been abused and all happened to be black, Along with Butcher, Branston, Scott, Warne (in his first season) Bonner, Bonner, Boshell, Porter last year (remember the 'Gail' jibes?) who don't. Oh, and just to remind you, I think it was YOU who resorted to calling people 'plebs'.

They clearly were closer than that as Berger was actually at the club yesterday having talks.

Agree completely Ackey, and to make matters even worse it was Tevez, the illegally signed player who scored the only goal in their last day win at the Scum. Football STINKS!

You've just completely spoiled it for me now BFL!

Where? Can't find anything.

Don't agree SW. Only Wigan conceded less than us thast season, and they were AWESOME that year. And our away record was immense, only losing 2 away from BP. I think we drew too many games. Only 3 players got into double figures that year and Eyresy top scored with 13 league goals.

Andy, with Porter in that 2003 side we'd have drunk that league.

If we ARE looking for a new left back, what about Dean Lewington from MK Dons? Quality against us last season and looked ok in the play game on tv tother night. Suppose it depends on if we go up or if MK Dons come up?

lol You have no idea, mate! They say football brings out the most irrational of behaviours in people! I have no problem with him on a personal level Ackey, and in fact I know from personal experience that he is extremely supportive of the Boundary Blues and will go out of his way to help wherever he can.

Ohhh the irony, mailing a video put together by Alan Hardy's number 1 fan (NOT) to the man himself, to ask him to show said clippage to the players to inspire them! He'll be 'kin furious when he finds out!

Undoubedly one of my favourite 3 Latics players along with Palmer and Stitch, and agree totally that he is one of the nicest, most genuine blokes I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. My wife bought me his signed shirt from the play off game at QPR as a wedding present (which I thought was a damned impressive pressie!). I spotted him a few years back shopping with his missus in St Ann Square which is where I work. I said hello to him as I walked toward him and he stopped to speak to me, and I (being nearly 30 at the time) clammed up like a star struck schoolboy, and then blurted some incomprehensible guff about the game at the weekend or summat. Felt like a right d**k afterwards! I was lucky enough though to be sat back to back with him at his benefit dinner at the Avant, and after the meal we both turned our chairs round to face the speakers - so ended up sat side by side, and had a good laugh with him for a good portion of the evening, taking the mickey out of the speakers, most notably Stitch (who of course signed him), and out of one or two guests who were considerably worse for wear, most notably Shaun Garnett who was absolutely puddled! Lovely, lovely bloke!

Has anyone got any piccies of the flag from Saturday?

Bob, the shirts are MAHOOOOOOSIVE! Trust me, you don not need an XXXL! We're talking Gordon Lawton XXXL (not being at all rude to Big Gord there)!

Agree with Stipey on this, just 'Groves' on the front for me, but like the white rather than the tangerine (but I never saw him play so what do I know?). Also like the number on the back, maybe with Groves written above it like the modern squad shirts?

In 1998 (I think) when he was managing us, he did a guest appearance at the Sun Inn on Henshaw Street in Oldham which at the time was my mate's parents pub. I think it was for the Rainbow Trust or something and he was doing the 'big cheque' thing, but he stuck around for ages, had a few drinks and just chatted with people. Anyway, it was just around the time (maybe just after) of the World Cup when Laurent Blanc kept kissing Fabian Bartez' head before each of France's games. Me and my kid brother decided we wanted a picture with him, and after consuming a rather large amount of fizzy pop, we decided we wanted a piccy of the pair of us giving him a 'Laurent Blanc - one either side - on his big baldy bonce! I sidled up to him and asked if we could get a picture and he duly got one of us either side of him, and then we just stuck the lips on him! He looked at us like we were a right pair of idiots (which is pretty close to the truth) and then just drunk himself laughing! Top TOP man! Sadly it was in the days before digital cameras and I never managed to lay my hands on the photo taken by my mates dad!

Quite right Stipey. Was born at BPH and grew up in Chadderton. Couldn't bring myself to support another league club. :sad:

British Transport Police Singing Choir? British Transport Police Sterling Chaps? British Transport Police Serving Community?

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