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As a kid a favourite was: Who's your father Who's your father Who's your father referee You haven't got one You're a b#*tard You're a b#*tard referee It was vaguely musical but with emphasis on the insulting word (edited for the sensitive and young). Not saying I condone insults, just recalling my youth stood under the yellow lighting in the Chaddy End. I didn't like it when the oppo fans declared "You're going home in a feckin ambulance" though. Oddly enough it never happened.

Fair point GlossopLatic. Do you think it's a step towards regional divisions?

The loss for me is the beauty of a night match. That first time. The cool night air, the floodlights drawing the crowd like moths to a flame, the bovril somehow smelling stronger, the grass greener as you emerge from the bowel of the stand, the shirts somehow brighter, the voices carrying further, the words lingering, the net rippling slightly more, the feeling of that first time. Stays forever. Now, potentially lost and denied to many a youngster. Mind you, I won't miss the yellow gloom of Vale away and the drive home muttering about another bitter to take result......

I love lamp

Pah! North Stand construction wins hands down!

To the tune for his namesake: Anthony Gerrard Got an arse like a tub of lard But he's big and he's feckin hard Anthony Gerrard I can't make it today either so it's safe!

Pitch looks good and please god it's better than last years game. About time we won here. And a bonus if we scupper any play-off thoughts they may have.

Unless anyone can think of a manager we may well have to bastardise a name such as Bristolatic suggests ........ GK: Charles-Cook (Coventry) RB: Walker-Peters (Spurs) CB: Cansdell-Sheriff (Shrewsbury) CB: Knight-Percival (Shrewsbury) LB: Holmes-Dennis (Latics) LM: Archibald-Henville (Manchester United) CM: Ward- Prowse (Southampton) CM: Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) RM: Mendez-Laing (Rochdale) CF: Clarke-Harris (Rotherham) CF: Amadi-Holloway (Latics) Sub: Oxlaide-Chamberlain (Arsenal) Sub: Kazim-Richards (Celtic) Manager:

An unparalleled elegance......and the bewildered Italian defender when the Cruyff turn was revealed, is priceless....

Maybe the next squad could be players we love to hate.....would he get all 11 positions?!

Is Archibald-Henville a centre back? United lad is a left back I think and don't want to dislodge a Tic from the team!

Almost there! Guess we could always play some out of position if needs be...... But the analy retentive in me wants to get it right. Sad man walking...... GK: Charles-Cook (Coventry) RB: CB: CB: Knight-Percival (Shrewssbury) LB: Holmes-Dennis (Latics) LM: CM: Ward- Prowse (Southampton) CM: Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) RM: Mendez-Laing (Rochdale) CF: Clarke-Harris (Rotherham) CF: Amadi-Holloway (Latics) Sub: Oxlaide-Chamberlain (Arsenal) Sub: Kazim-Richards (Celtic) Manager:

So we have two players with double barrelled surnames and Rochdale had one, which set me thinking if there could be a team of like named current players inc 2 subs and a manager? seem to be lots of forwards but struggling with defenders. Try to keep to their positions in a 4-4-2. Here's a start: GK: RB: CB: CB: LB: Holmes-Dennis (Latics) LM: CM: Ward-Prowse (Soithampton) CM: Lofus-Cheek (Chelsea) RM: Mendez-Laing (Rochdale) CF: Clarke-Harris ((Rotherham) CF: Amadi-Holloway (Latics) Sub: Oxlaide-Chamberlain (Arsenal) Sub: Kazim-Richards (Celtic) Manager:

Let's get the North Stand rockin today, get behind the lads from the off and enjoy hopefully getting out of the bottom four. And another £50 off the season ticket wouldn't go amiss! Will the "ooh-ahh" chant I heard at Wigan raise its head? Don't why but I found it mildly entertaining. Enjoy and send the Dale home miserable.

One of these would do nicely http://youtu.be/OEhm64zrLcQ

Saw them lose 6-0 at Farsley on Sat and they looked woeful. Lewis Nightingale for the Celts looks decent BP1960 if you get a chance to see him.

Another Saturday ruined. Ah well, Farsley Celtic for me. Enjoy your Saturday fellow Tics

What's it like over there? Likely to be off?

Rearranged game probably a night match means smaller gate and less revenue. Thought we would try best to get it on.

So the bar is a staffed by two people with ridiculous queues and I suspect dwindling supplies as they only expected around 200 of us. Eh?!! I truly hope we click and give them a good hammering....

If Leicester and Middlesborough win their respective leagues then Ritchie de Laet gets two winners medals in same season!

Maybe Alan Stubbs will arrange contact with us again. Must have seen something about us as a club that would suit JB. Perhaps it could work again or perhaps we move on and hope we can do a deal with the likes of Palmer. Then again just watched some footage from Forest away in FA cup. Always makes me happy! Best 2nd half especially those 7-8 minutes.....sigh.

We seem more willing to shoot now. Scoring is another matter!

Fair play.....might have suggested this pre-Shez!

That's cos it's posher than Farsley.!