After years of waiting for a promising young player to develop, Wales have perhaps discovered that young players, just like buses, often come all at once. Their 3-0 victory over Scotland was ample demonstration of the burgeoning potential of players coming through for the Welsh, and while there is a long way to go, as with any journey, the hope must be that Saturday can be a starting point for something special.

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It is midnight. My bag for the day is packed. Replica kit and scarf are carefully folded. Mobile is charged. Sandwiches for the twelve hour return coach trip are prepared. I am ready.
In just under seven hours I will be boarding Supporters Coach Number 2 outside a pub on the Radstock roundabout. Click to continue reading...

The eight-year-old Gary Roe has just watched his first Forest match and now he's hooked. His granddad is taking him to the City Ground once again with the promise of seeing the greatest player of the era in action... The journey home seemed a long one, we had to catch two buses; how did Granddad [.. Click to continue reading...

Sorry for the lack of posting recently - the slow burn of the third tier doesn't do much to spark a desire to hold forth on this and that. And, to be honest, the Thrilling Big Match Action has spoken for itself.Firstly, there was the drudgery of the Oldham game. What did we do to deserve that? The Latics proudly parked a fleet of buses in front of our goal, and we struggled. Click to continue reading...

It has been a while since I last posted due to being heavily burdened by workload. Since that last post, we lost to Fiorentina in the CL and Chelsea, and just now to Sunderland, in the Premier League. Although I did find time to follow the news and the whatabouts on my mobile.

It is a very trying period for supporters of LFC.

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Good old Peter Crouch. His scoring record for England now reads: played 35, started 17, scored 18; comfortably inside the hallowed ‘goal every other game' ratio international strikers look to operate in. More prolific than Michael Owen's 40 in 89 haul and offering a greater return, even, than Shrek Rooney (25 in 55); Capello's favourite man-child.

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Ben Williams gave GC 24 free kicks to Brisbane's 12. Yet it was GC's defenders that seemed to be flying in.
To have 2 50-50 penalties turned down is disappointing. To have 4 is suspect or disappointing. This keeps happening to the Roar and you can see why fans stop coming.
In last years grand final an elbow to the head was a red, here Thwaite only got yellow. Click to continue reading...

Anyone not sick of Barca's pathetic attempts to lure back their former player stick your hands up now.

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Rumours of Cesc Fabregas' departure from Arsenal refuse to go away following a report in Spain today.

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Fashion writers like to think that they have their fingers on the ever-changing pulse of the British nation, that they are armed with an intricate understanding and perception of what is hot, not, and what could well turn out to be in the future. And listening to most seasoned observers of said industry, it is fair to say that one trend tends to be permanently listed under the "In" banner.

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Back in my smoking days, I could easily put away a pack during a Mexico World Cup fixture (I only needed one match). I wasn't even watching this one, and I could tell it was at least a two-packer.
Okay, so most of you know that I had to travel today, so I didn't get to watch the game, or about 95% of it. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool new signings become like buses, wait around for ages for one, then three turn up at once, perhaps!

Udinese midfielder Gokhan Inler is the latest player to interest Liverpool as a replacement for Xabi Alonso.

The 25-year-old Turkish-born Switzerland international, Inler, is now understood to be high on Benitez's radar.

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