The Chaplain

Please be in your seats by 11 if you can, we're expecting a good gate. Turnstiles doors open from 10am.

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I think the funeral will be 11.30am July 11th Oldham parish church. Keep checking in for confirmation.

Gingerist too. I gave McLaughlin a mouthful after Green wasted a great chance.

I thought in that case you would have given Green the mouthful?

... erm

QPR away in 93 was memorable

:censored:in was it

Well I think I was there, but I can remember very little. Why, pray tell, was it memorable?

Did he not say it was Mark Allott and Tony Carrs he bumped into while getting a half time drink?

Mark Allott was certainly there in the main stand - not far from Ritchie.

Brian Wilson was great today. He's been right back, left back, centre back and sent out to Notts County on trial and still never let us down this season...

Ritchie's MOM (gmr)

 

 

They were saying on GMR that is isn't just oxygen what they give them. They did say the name of it, and I can't remember it, but basically its got a painkiller mixed in with it.

Entonox ? (that's "gas and air")

Anyone seen him in Tesco?

 

There will be some staunch Ossett Albion fans who disagree with you, Diego.

 

Or the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs, who used to be weirdly high up on a OAFC Google search.

I have always had a soft spot for the Old Amplefordians Football Club, who play at Chiswick

I could not go

What an headline for SC to wake up to in New York (assuming he's still there).

 

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/05/football/football-ched-evans-oldham/

Yes I would be shocked too. "Fourth-tier Oldham Athletic" ? Shocking!

By the way I think the URL needs a www in order to work.

It is Josh - I am working on it

Well done Ackey. Sterling work as usual.

I was replying to oafc_lover with the PM offer; but sure thing, why not.

Hour by hour or more in-depth for you?

Perhaps just the headlines. We could have some post-match in-depth analysis (yawn of the night?) later on.

I didnt sleep well myself.

I'll PM you with how I get on tonight if of interest

Oh yes please. Full details too.

If you believe that we should look for guidance from a 2000 year old fairy story then words fail me!

 

How wonderfully tolerant of you!

However, it wasn't me who quoted the Bible. Several others have done and I just picked up on it. I wonder why they did?

The church probably has more rapists working for it than any other organisation. If your going to take a stance against giving Ched another go have a look at the organisation you work for.

I trust you can back up that astonishing claim.

Some of the hypocrisy on this thread is to be frank,appalling-

Remember this?

'Let him without sin cast the 1st stone'.

 

Everyone deserves a second chance- remember Lee Hughes????

It's interesting that this quote from Jesus, speaking in John's gospel, has come up several times on this thread. The story (in John chapter 8) is of the religious people who were trying to trap Jesus into permitting them to carry out capital punishment against Roman law. They were asking if they could stone a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. In other words this woman was just a pawn in their attempt to catch out Jesus.

In the case before us here there is a woman also who has not been very prominent in our discussions. According to law she is the victim here. She might also be portrayed as a pawn. But surely any rehabilitation of an offender has to give at least equal if not more consideration to the victim herself. What would we be saying to her and to other vulnerable women if we were to give this person "a second chance"?

I do not express a public opinion. But I simply point you to the Scripture.

Just read that the petition starts with

 

'we do not believe that ched evans has a right to work.'

 

Anyone who signs that needs a SERIOUS look at themaelves...your basically saying anybody who commits a crime should never work again...

I can't find that on the Change.org petition. Is that the one you are looking at? It begins by saying: "Ched Evans is a convicted rapist."

Later on it says the opposite of what you suggest: "We do believe he has the right to work. We believe that it does not have to be in a role where he influences views about sexual violence"

Can you provide any spiritual guidance for us?

Yes of course. Always. In private, of course.

I don't think as club chaplain that I can make my personal feelings known in this forum. And the press have had a "no comment" from me so far today. But feel free to guess about what I think!

If you're interested the petition against signing him on Change.org has just passed 10,000 votes. The one in favour of signing him is creeping up towards 10 votes. This is at 1740.

That's not Rochdale is it? Very good though.

Great quote during the shoot out. After the first couple of penalties, lady in the main stand: "Do they swap goalies?"

Mouth?

 

Lower .

What's wrong with the firedrill chant? Something fire related in there history?