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  1. Olympics new sports for Rio

    Golf & Rugby 7s. IMHO it's quite absurd that golf, along with tennis & football is now at the Olympics as I'd imagine it's low on the radar of Tiger Woods to win a gold medal when he can win a major.
  2. Matt the Shrimp

    Dara O'Briain on football...

    Very amusing excerpt from a piece on the Grauniad website by Dara O'Briain. I love his analogy about the Victorians codifying fire or the wheel... :D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Football Sorry, you didn't invent it Preston football club's ground, Deepdale, is home to the National Football...

  3. The English Cricket Coaster Continues

    Being English, I've come to expect and almost predict roller coaster Summers of sport. So often it takes the form of expectation and devastation that a Football World Cup brings. This Summer, it's been the turn of the England Cricket Team. The tumultuous Cricket Coaster started with the rise of...
  4. Uncle Leo

    Things you do every year

    After York races last week, I was chatting with an Irish bloke on the way back to the train station. He was saying that him and his mates always came to this particular festival - in fact they hadn't missed a Ladies' Day for 22 years. Pretty impressive I thought, especially as they come over...

  5. New Olympic additions

    Going to be golf and Rugby 7's for 2016.
  6. Slipperduke

    Referees Are Cowards

    Another year, another desperate attempt by the Football Association to regain some semblance of control over their sport. This week's announcement that managers will no longer be able to criticise referees before the game has even started is just the latest in a series of inadequate sticking...
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    • ban behave cas champions chief dissent ead easier fro hut millionaire multi offences poorly pulling ran retrospective rugby screaming shouts slack sticking surrounding tugging vulnerable
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: The Big Dady's General Football Forum
  7. OldBlueLady

    Happy Birthday to.......

    Vaaaaaaaange Shrimper - Happy Birthday Hils - here's a couple of your fav rugby boys!
  8. Aberdeen Shrimper

    Lucky Dip Rugby tops for only £9.99

    £40 Rugby Jerseys for only £9.99 And the fun bit about this offer is that you don’t know what top you are going to get, a guy I work with just received the Jerusalem Lions top (quality looking top) and an England top (being Scottish he is gutted). I have just purchased one and knowing my...
  9. Slipperduke

    Bafana Bafana Give Me The Horn

    South Africa 0-0 Iraq The nation of South Africa is ready for the World Cup but sadly it seems that their football team are still lagging behind. Ellis Park, a stadium better known for its connections to rugby, played host to a most disappointing game of football, but it didn't dampen the...
  10. Slipperduke

    Cricket Book

    Ok, I'm deep into the third of the four guidebooks now and it's time for cricket to get a SZ-ing. I'm actually alright on this (much better than I was with rugby for sure), but it's these two same features that always do better with lots of brains working together. 1, The best XI of all time...
  11. Slipperduke

    That Rugby Book

    Ok, the book is almost finished, I'm just heading into the final stages. If you like rugby, and you have a bit of free time, all help is very much appreciated. I'm looking for three things. 1, The all-time best XV. I figure that the more people I ask, the less chance of missing someone out...
  12. The Big Dady

    Cardiff City's New Stadium

    Cardiff City's New Stadium is ahead of schedule. Must say it looks very good, but Rugby and Football on the same pitch? Just hope they change the posts! Link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7986233.stm

  13. Leon Walker.

    Wakefield Trinity Rugby League player Leon Walker has died in a reserve match according to the BBC. Only 21. Jeezus, RIP.
  14. Ron Manager

    NRL season starts

    Just finished watching a thrilling season opener to the Australian Rugby League season with Brisbane Broncos snatching a 19-18 victory over North Queensland Cowboys with a late drop goal. I know one or two on here are League fans and I have to say I'm being won round. A cracking game to watch...
  15. Slipperduke

    SZ Novella - Chapter One

    Inspired by the truly awesome work of the Shrimperzone Writer's Bureau, I've been clattering away on a full version of this dystopian nightmare, attempting to give it the depth that it deserves. MK Shrimper planted a bug in my head and I really hope that I can do it justice, not least because...
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    • chapter ched concrete crack disgust dru fusion hidden metal pain pile rubber rubbish rugby scheduled shelter slack soaking stepped storms taxi torrents wallet wasn wild writer
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Homer's Bar
  16. Slipperduke

    Rugby - Help Required

    Ah, Uxbridge is going to love this. I've recently signed a four-book deal with the publishers of Football Fables to produce wry, but informative, guides to the four major sports. It's not quite as glamourous as it sounds. At 30,000 words, the books are rough-guides rather than ground-breaking...
  17. fredheim_holm

    Welsh response to NZ Haka

    Just read aboutt his on the BBC and looked it up on youtube. Now I'm not a massive rugby fan, I only watch it if it's the world cup and if it's England. But watching the Haka is an immense experience in my opinion, and seeing the Welsh response was just as good, if not better. I guess it's just...
  18. The Big Dady

    Bristol Rovers New Stadium

    Bristol Rovers have scrapped plans to play home games at Cheltenham while they build a new £35 million stadium (Subject To Funding). Memorial Stadium Link to Story --------------- It is interesting that their amended proposed new stadium regeneration development programme has not yet been...
  19. canveyshrimper

    Assisted Suicide

    This has been well covered in the press recently, mainly due to the case of the 23 year old who was paralysed playing rugby. His view was that he was worthless or not complete, he actually attempted to kill himself without success, until finally his parents took him to Switzerland where he was...
  20. Yorkshire Blue

    Blackout Rugby

    I've got my first impressive player. My 19yo 202cm tall lock now has impressive jumping.
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