Matt

That's fantastic Stipey. That was the golden era of football for my money, the late Seventies. Real football, great players, and hard tackles. Oh, and you could stand without any fuss as well! Spotland was a bit of a dump, however senior family members took me to watch my first football match in 1979 at Rochdale - family members who are sadly no longer with me. Great memories. Good times...

Act. Sgt. Major D. Thomas No T/10704297 I miss you mate.

I thought that too. Maybe on the set of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

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Catch up with all the news at http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/radio/index.jsp Doesn't work too good with Firefox - use Internet Explorer and the Microsoft Silverlight plugin...

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I kinda like Vauxhall Motors I suppose - I don't know why I look out for their scores in the paper every week, strange. I look out for Caersws too, I have absolutely no idea why - although they are in the FAW - I'll shut up...

Cheers Derek. I wonder what all of us think about that...

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Yeah, I agree with that line-up n'all. I'm also an advocate of Lomax getting back into the side, so that tips it for me.

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This Sporting Life - 1963 - Lindsay Anderson/David Storey. With Richard Harris and Wakefield Trinity!

Clearly LL has been on one of those positive thinking seminars, with a free lunch.

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Because BBC Norfolk say so.

I've been to Knowsley Road when it's absolutely packed to the rafters on more than one occaision. However, I have never witnessed a single surge - plenty of jumping up and down and that - but no surges. It don't answer your question much, but the behaviour of the fans looks like a main factor.

While all these films are in many ways very good, do you think they are a decent portrayal of an era in British life? I'll give you Trainspotting and Withnail and I, amongst some others. However, I doubt Life of Brian qualifies. This is England isn't as good as Made in Britain, and due to MiB's closeness to the era it portrays - Made in Britain beats This is England hands down for accuracy.

Kes is a good film, it's not my cup of tea - but writer Hines and helmer Loach made a brilliant film. It made me think of other Great British films, Brit Flicks that stood out for their snapshot of an era - and brilliant social analysis. Not unlike Kes... Here's five truly incredible British Films that managed to tick the boxes... 1. Scum (1979) Dir: Alan Clarke Written By: Roy Minton Ray Winstone, Phil Daniels, Mick Ford >>>> YOUTUBE CLIP <<<< 2. The Firm (1988) Dir: Alan Clarke Written By: Al Ashton Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Philip Davis >>>> YOUTUBE CLIP <<<< 3. Made in Britain (1982) Dir: Alan Clarke Written By: David Leland Tim Roth >>>> YOUTUBE CLIP <<<< 4. Get Carter (1971) Dir: Mike Hodges Written By: Ted Lewis, Mike Hodges Michael Caine, Brit Ekland >>>> YOUTUBE CLIP <<<< 5. Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1986) Dir: Alan Clarke (! - Bit of a trend developing) Written By: Andrea Dunbar Michelle Holmes, Siobhan Finneran, George Costigan

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