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Knighthood for Tom

Just counted my programmes and removed the ones that I know other people got for me. On that basis I reckon about 300. Having been based near London most of my life and in darkest Somerset for the last 15 years a lot of those games were away. Only about 40 at Goodison.

My old dad was a Gooner - he couldn't help it, growing up in Poland in the 1930s they were the only English team he heard about. He had Alzheimer's in the last few years and the only time he became the dad I knew was when he watched Arsenal on MOTD. He kicked every ball and knew the names of...

In what way is it 'like' 4.30am?

Why should I take a cut in my income to fund a bunch of ne'er do wells? If people want to earn more they should go & get a better job or make themselves more valuable to their employers!

Yes, in a free market economy the minimum wage is wrong.

Personally I don't give a schist though it would be gneiss if they got it sorted!

I've had to do the same numerous times. It's the worst thing about running businesses but sometimes has to be done to secure the futures of the other staff. Better to lose a few staff than close the business.

University Challenge is brilliant

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Get yourself down to Wonga lad!

Full article from The Times Jack Rodwell’s future at Manchester City has been thrown into doubt after it emerged that Manuel Pellegrini was ready to allow the England midfielder to return to Everton on loan, only for the proposed deal to be scrapped after City failed in their attempt to sign...

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Hello Maciek, welcome to Toffeeweb. My late father was Polish. As a boy in World War II he saw his father shot by the Russians who then took him to a work camp in Siberia. He escaped & joined the British army in Persia (now Iran). When the war ended he chose to come to the UK rather than return...