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PM me with your team of 4

teams already chosen

 

Fatjim

 

Mohammed Karzai

Jalal Talabani

Margaret Thatcher deceased ya fucking dancer I should get double points for this fucking whore

The Queen

 

Ajja

 

George Beverly Shea

Ruby Muhammad

Dolores Hope

Luise Rainer

 

Nellie the don

 

Stephen Hawking

Rush Limbaugh

Denis Healy

Chuck Berry

 

 

The Lurker

 

Michael Winner deceased

Dolly Parton

Rupert Murdoch

Peter O Toole

 

TheChimp

 

Pete Doherty

Guy Roux

Jackie Stallone

Mickey Rooney

 

Drew Peacock

 

Dennis Norden

Robert Mugabe

Billy Graham

 

Robo

Jack Klugman deceased

Muhammed Al Fayed

Jimmy Hill

 

Superstar Tradesman

 

Kirk Douglas

Fidel Castro

Micheal Moore

Ronnie Biggs

 

Mizer

 

Nawaz Sharif

Barron Hilton

Ayad Alawi (Iraqi PM)

Magic Johnson

 

EPK

 

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

Yitzhak Shamir

Ian Brady

 

Brownybrown

 

Jake Lamotta

Bashar Al Assad

 

Tenementfunster

 

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

Henry Heimlich

Maureen O'Hara

 

Hebrew

 

Kate McCann

Kylie Minogue

Vladimir Romanov

Prince Philip

 

Cts

 

Sir Geoffrey Howe

Nicholas Parsons OBE

Jimmy Young

Christy O'Conner Snr

 

Monkey

 

Betty Ford

 

Harcus (2008 & 2009 Champion)

 

 

Nancy Reagan

Ariel Sharon

 

Bilbobaggins(2010, 2011 & 2012 sudden death Champion)

 

Anna Wing

 

Minijc

 

Eddie The Eagle

Maddie McCann

Bruce Forsythe (The cunt is dead to me so half a point)

 

Dandyjam

 

Michael Heseltine

Tony Benn

Gerry McNee

 

Penfold

 

Rowdy Roddy Piper

Keith Richards

Jerry Lewis

Al Molinaro

 

Slim

 

Terry Wogan

Trevor McDonald

Bill Tarney (Jack Duckworth)

 

El Padre

 

John Hartson

B B King

Chapman Pincher

 

Leith Red

 

David Rockefeller

Archie Macpherson

FW de Clerk (former SA President)

Frank Williams

 

Baldrick

 

Edwin Morgan

Russell Watson

 

Jagerdeen

 

Johnny Vegas

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Robbie Coltrane

 

Baggy89

 

Lester Piggott

Hulk Hogan

Britney Spears

 

Dave min

 

Brian Wilson

Charlie Allan

Ali Khamenei

 

 

Cowie

 

Pervez Musharraf

Ehud Olmert

Ramzan Kadyrov 

 

Kowalski

 

Eli Wallach

Danny Baker

 

Madbadteacher

 

Hugo Chavez

Percy Sledge

 

Vanderark14

 

Barbara Windsor

George Bush SNR

William Shatner

Ozzy Osbourne

 

boboisared

 

Hugh Heffner

Joanie Laurer

Matthew Pritchard

Pele

 

Snapper

 

Jimmy Carter

Stanley Baxter

Jerry Lewis

Tony Iommi

 

Peterheid Loon

 

Tommy Cannon

Bobby Ball

Terri Irwin (Steve's wife)

Lindsey Lohan

 

10menwent2mow

 

Peter O'Sullivan

 

Scotfree

 

Richard Attenborough

Bobby Charlton

Barry Humphreys

Roger Moore

 

Big Al

 

Alfredo Di Stefano

Pete Burns

Arnold Palmer

 

Aberdeen Ladette

 

Dick Cheney

Kenny Richey

Eileen Derbyshire

 

Stonefish

 

Cilla Black

Trisha Goddard

 

Oxford Don

 

Mikhail Gorbachev

Lawrie Reilly

John Hurt

Salman Rushdie

 

Bringbacklapirastache

 

Shane McGowan

Gary Kasparov

Boris Berezovsky

Tom Sizemore

 

Andrew

 

Shirley Bassey

 

One Bobby Clark

 

Dino de Laurentiis

Ray Bradbury

Robert Downey Jr

 

Sheep_Shagger

 

Graham Crowden

Michael Caine

Christopher Lee

 

Zander

 

 

Paul McCartney

John Greig

 

Octavion

 

James Martin

barry manilow

Clive Swift

 

Mentorred

 

Pope benedict

Sean Connery

Murdo Mcloed

 

 

Smooth

 

Courtney Love

John Goodman

zsa zsa gabor

Steve Tyler

 

ptayles

 

Brian Blessed

Patrick Stewart

Henry Winkler

Pete Townshend

 

RDU_64

 

Nelson Mandela

Chhouk Rin

 

 

Tyrant

 

John Virgo

David Attenborough

Donald Findlay QC

Neil Lennon

 

 

PM me with your team of 4.

 

CD Primera Liga Division 2013

 

Robo 1pt

The Lurker 1pt

Fatjim 1pt

Minijc 0.5pts

Everyone else 0pts

 

 

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CD Primera Liga Division 2010/11/12 (sudden death)

 

Bilbobaggins 3pts CHAMPION

Nellie the Don 2pts

RDU_64 2pts

snapper 2pts

Kowalski 2pts

Harcus 2pts

madbadteacher 2pts

Brownybrown 2pts

Minijc 1.5pts

Stonefish 1pt

Andrew 1pt

10menwent2mow 1pt

El Padre 1pt

Zander 1pt

Drew Peacock 1pt

One Bobby Clark 1pt

Monkey 1pt

Dandyjam 1pt

Mentorred 1pt

Aberdeen Ladette 1pt

Robo 1pt

Baggy89 1pt

Tenementfunster 1pt

everyone else 0pts

 

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CD Primera Liga Division 2009 finishing table

 

Harcus 3pts

Nellie The Don 2pt

Baldrick_sheep 2pt

Monkey 2pt

Swaddon 1pt

Slim 1 pt

Andrew 1pt

10menwent2mow 1pt

Smooth 1pt

Cowie 1pt

Mentorred 1pt

Penfold 1pt

Kowalski 1pt

MarkyMark 1pt

Stonefish 1pt

Ajja 1pt

Bilbobaggins 1pt

EPK 1pt

Octavion 1pt

 

Everybody else 0pts

 

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CD Primera Liga Division 2008 finishing table

Harcus 3pts

Ajja 2pts

Monkey 2pts

Sneckie 1pt

Penfold 1pt

Aberdeen Ladette 1pt

Sheep Shagger 1 pt

One Bobby Clark 1 pt

Leith Red 1pt

Nellie The Don 1pt

Caroline B 1pt

Dave_min 1pt

Everybody else 0pts

Johan Cruyff 

 

Lucky enough to have seen him play.

Really sad news. 

Lucky enough to have seen him play.

 

I wasn't lucky enough to see him play as he never played against AFC and that was before my brief period of watching Scotland. What game(s) did you see him in out of interest?

 

On the phone, I described him as the best European footballer ever to my daughter just now. He came up on the news and I just instinctively said that. On reflection, I think I might have been right. Can't think of too many contenders?

I wasn't lucky enough to see him play as he never played against AFC and that was before my brief period of watching Scotland. What game(s) did you see him in out of interest?

 

On the phone, I described him as the best European footballer ever to my daughter just now. He came up on the news and I just instinctively said that. On reflection, I think I might have been right. Can't think of too many contenders?

 

Feel dirty saying this but it was at Parkhead against The Victims in a European game (1982) I think it was.

Only went with a couple of mates as it was likely to be the only chance I would have to see him play.

In the twilight of his career, but still possessed a great footballing brain.

Wonder how long it'll be beforewe hear another JC's take on the situation?

 

Reporter: So Jimmy, when did you last speak to Cruyff?

 

JC: Oh well, Johan was a wonnerful player. He really was

 

Reporter: and the last time you spoke to him?

 

JC: Big Johan, in training, just wonnerful. A lovely guy.

 

Reporter: so you spoke to him recently?

 

JC: he never spoke to me in the entire time I played in Holland, or since. I've never spoken to him. But I've heard him speaking. On the TV.

Heavy smoker, died of cancer. That's a correlation that's been done before.

 

But having given up for 3 years after a 33 year habit, I'm still addicted to nicotine.

 

I use that spray and I swear it's the reason I'm facing thousands in dental work.

 

Just give up people. Loser habit and don't use QuickMist spray when you do quit.

Garry Shandling -  66

Beautiful tribute....

 

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/14383239.Jimmy_Calderwood__I_loved_trying_to_man_mark_Johan_Cruyff_but_I_had_no_chance/

Beautiful tribute....

 

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/14383239.Jimmy_Calderwood__I_loved_trying_to_man_mark_Johan_Cruyff_but_I_had_no_chance/

 

Was saying to my mate I think that's the first time I've heard him mention Wee Marco in an interview.

Was saying to my mate I think that's the first time I've heard him mention Wee Marco in an interview.

 

Aye, that was a surprise! You'd think that at the rate he shits names into conversation, he'd have mentioned it before. It leads me to think he made it up for the interview.

I wasn't lucky enough to see him play as he never played against AFC and that was before my brief period of watching Scotland. What game(s) did you see him in out of interest?

 

On the phone, I described him as the best European footballer ever to my daughter just now. He came up on the news and I just instinctively said that. On reflection, I think I might have been right. Can't think of too many contenders?

 

Zidane is the greatest European player of all time for my money. In fact, if i could pay to get into a match to see anyone play at their best, past or present, it would be to watch Zidane.

 

Cruyff is probably the coolest & most iconic player of all time; the number 14, the two stripes on his adidas Holland top as he was sponsored by Puma, passing the penalty to Jesper Olsen (?), having a turn named after him - and not a turn he invented, it just so happened he was the absolute best at it. 

 

He also had that classic self belief/arrogance required - Jan Molby said that when he joined Ajax, Cruyff was there in the twilight of his career but Molby hadn't seen him at training all week, then Cruyff strolls into the changing room before the match on the Saturday. Molby nervously introduced himself and Cruyff says; 'I'll give you one bit of advice. When you get the ball, give it to me because I'll be the best player on the park'.

 

The Guardian has a tribute to Cruyff today. Typically, they've used a picture of Robbie Rensenbrink to go with it... 

Great point. I asked this in the pub tonight. Platini was the best answer I got but we all forgot about Zizou.

 

Now that makes it a contest.

 

Cruyff did magic nobody ever saw previously. Nothing to do with romance and everything to do with inspiring others, I'll still go with Johan. Zidane wasn't necessarily as consistent in delivering excellence, bar a 12/18 month period of sublime sublimeness.

 

EDIT: This is an age thing. I wouldn't and couldn't argue against Puskas and Eusebio because I wasn't around to watch them play on the telly and read about them week in week out.

 

I was around for Cruyff though.

I think with Zidane, for me anyway, we saw someone playing the game with a very distinct style which we maybe hadn't seen before (or certainly not seen a lot of), maybe Michael Laudrup to an extent.

 

I've not read the Guardian piece yet but just noticed it's by David Winner who wrote Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football, the best football book i've ever read, I would highly recommend it.  http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/25/johan-cruyff-father-modern-game-dutch

 

Agree about the age thing. The lack of footage etc is also a hindrance when trying to compare players and teams from different eras. The other thing is that everyone has their own idea of what a footballer should be.  Sticking with the Dutch theme, pretty much most commentators would say that out of the famous AC Milan Dutch trio van Basten and Gullit were the star turns - and they were exceptional players in their own right, but according to Arrigo Saachi and Franco Baresi, Frank Rijkaard was the best out the three of them.  But goals and forward players always dominate these things; I'm not sure that's right but that's a different argument altogether.

Cruyff did magic nobody ever saw previously. Nothing to do with romance and everything to do with inspiring others, I'll still go with Johan. Zidane wasn't necessarily as consistent in delivering excellence, bar a 12/18 month period of sublime sublimeness.

 

EDIT: This is an age thing. I wouldn't and couldn't argue against Puskas and Eusebio because I wasn't around to watch them play on the telly and read about them week in week out.

 

I was around for Cruyff though.

 

Almost this, but I was always a Beckenbauer fan as well

Fuck Cruyff, Miller or Jess for me.

Ronnie Corbett - 85

Ronnie Corbett - 85

 

it's goodbye from him...

Ronnie Corbett - 85

 

Fuck sake.... didn't know about this until now.

Two Ronnies were brilliant in their day.

Met Ronnie Corbett about fifteen years ago.

Was at the driving range one morning about 9am.

I was using third or fourth bay down and no one else there.

A particularly vertically challenged male suddenly appeared in bay number one, furiously hitting balls

After about ten minutes, said male walks over and asks me if I wanted the remaining half of his bucket of balls as he needed to leave for his tee time on Royal Troon. Despite this, he then proceeded to converse with me for a full ten minutes until his driver appeared in telling him they had to go.

 

What you saw was what you got, an absolute gentleman.

RIP Mr Corbett

Fuck sake.... didn't know about this until now.

Two Ronnies were brilliant in their day.

Met Ronnie Corbett about fifteen years ago.

Was at the driving range one morning about 9am.

I was using third or fourth bay down and no one else there.

A particularly vertically challenged male suddenly appeared in bay number one, furiously hitting balls

After about ten minutes, said male walks over and asks me if I wanted the remaining half of his bucket of balls as he needed to leave for his tee time on Royal Troon. Despite this, he then proceeded to converse with me for a full ten minutes until his driver appeared in telling him they had to go.

 

What you saw was what you got, an absolute gentleman.

RIP Mr Corbett

 

That's brilliant Al.

 

I thought the wee man was great, and it's been good reliving some of the classic clips today. By all accounts a thoroughly decent bloke.

 

His appearance in Extras was brilliant.

 

Speaking of Extras - that's Bowie and Corbett now, is this the Gervais curse?!

David Guest, 62, in the Four Seasons, Canary Wharf.

 

A tragic man. Bereft of love. My bet is suicide.

 

No loss. Impossible to love a man who doesn't love himself.

Victoria Wood - 62

Victoria Wood - 62

 

Fuck sake 62 is no age nowadays

Fuck sake 62 is no age nowadays

 

I'm afraid that 62 is 62 whatever the era.

 

Yes it's very young these days. She had a short battle with the big C apparently.

 

Great artist. Lovely nature.

I'm afraid that 62 is 62 whatever the era.

 

Yes it's very young these days. She had a short battle with the big C apparently.

 

Great artist. Lovely nature.

 

You ken fit I mean though Rocket

It's nae exactly vintage, and I reckon we're both approaching 

You ken fit I mean though Rocket

It's nae exactly vintage, and I reckon we're both approaching 

 

Feeling generous about your age Al?