Ketsbaia

Sorry, I must be missing something. Didn't rivals die, like, years ago?

I'm guessing, obviously, but given the article is a pre-cursor to ManUre's excellent defeat in the CL final, the journo is trying to paint a picture of nailed-on loyalty to the scum from one of their longest-serving players. Reading the article again, the mention of Latics is really oddly placed and it kinda looks like it's been shoe-horned in. My guess is that the journo wrote it without that reference and the editor made him put something in about Latics, presumably because he'd read the 442 article/internet, etc. and knew about his Latics-supporting past. People make up quotes all the time - it's pretty much standard practice in journalism as people rarely say anything quite as coherent in real life as they do in interviews. Sometimes, these quotes are cleared with the source, but not always. I can't see Scholes being too upset either way at the comemnt attributed to him, tbh. Let's face it - it's way more interesting to us than it is to him.

Yeah, but what you've failed to account for is the fact that Oldham's public is way more apathetic than any of these other Lancastrian towns' pathetic apathetics.

Well, someone's making something up, 'cos it wasn't exactly difficult to get hold of United tickets 20 years ago. Good non-sequitor, btw.

To be fair to the reporter, he could quite easily have invented that bit so the rest of the article made sense.

He's gone. Get over it. ;)

Get yourself on the early train and make a day of it. (See you in the Doric Arch, no doubt).

Merging with Rochdale?

Be terrific if we wrapped up this deal...

I'm still waiting for my Sponsor a Seat certificate. Now there's a piece of memorabilia...

Ooh, that's poor timing.

Yeah, this. I like the way they've loaded all the southern away games in the first part of the season. Looks like I'll be chalking up some mileage.

True, true.

And, of course, CJ's own: "'ere, Scholesy... in here, sunshine."

Surely that means there's more chance of him joining us, then?

What are the respective odds, then?

Corrected.

Glad to hear it, squire.

Me too, unfortunately. Might be interested in that Exeter awayday... fingers crossed it's on a weekend.

All very well, titch, but how many do you actually remember?

Currently singing with The Beautiful South at the moment.

Not bad as an opening Gambit.

Happy birthday, squire.

A story about two Carrs? That really takes the biscuit.