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83 Years On And Reading Reach Another FA Cup Quarter Final

Posted on February 25, 2010

What a great night for Reading FC last night, as they reached their first FA Cup quarter final since 1927, the same year the Harlem Globe Trotters played their first game, Charles Lindbergh completed the first transatlantic crossing, Stalin came to power, and Adolf was still a popular German family name. Gyliffi Siggurdson celebrates his extra time winner Not to be one to miss out on a bit of sentiment, I watched the game on "live ...

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Public Service Announcement

Posted on February 22, 2010

Thank you to all people with the following stickers on their cars saying the following:Baby On BoardLittle Princess On BoardCountryside AllianceBack Off You Are Too CloseI love My Red SetterBollocks To Brown210 FMDon't Follow Me Follow Portsmouth FCA Dog Is For Life Not For ChristmasBeware Mad Bitch DriverWe Are Millwall, No One Like Us We Dont CareA Manchester United Player Urinating On A Liverpool PlayerFat Fannys/Fat Willies Surf ShackI have ...

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Television Gold!

Posted on February 19, 2010

The cold miserable wintry weather has continued this week with a mixture of low temperatures rain sleet and snow across the South, so it has been a godsend that some brilliant TV has been on our screens to cheer me up.Firstly, the latest series of Shameless has in my opinion surpassed expectations, it is great TV including high drama, scandal, and laugh out loud comedy in a moral free sink estate in Manchester. With it's opening strap line "Make ...

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Is Football Homophobic?

Posted on February 15, 2010

I have just had a lovely weekend, taking in the theatre in Bagnor on Friday, an Indian meal on Saturday a lovely, if not freezing walk through the water meadows around Stockbridge yesterday followed by a lovely dinner. I also somehow found the time to take the boys to rousing cup tie at Reading (a 2-2 draw with West Brom) which restored my faith in the beautiful game, at least temporarily. It was firecracker of a game, and leads me smoothly in ...

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Dance and talent TV Shows

Posted on February 11, 2010

These talent shows are getting ridiculous, Strictly Come Dancing, X Factor, Pop Idol, Britain's Got Talent, Dancing on Ice, Soap Star Superstar, dance star etc etc.It has got to the stage where the ideas are running out, we now have Dancing on Wheels for the disabled, and Pop Star to Opera Star, where some tit who came third in Pop Idol a few years back attempts to be Pavarotti. Don't get me wrong, it is not the disabled dancing I have a problem ...

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