truth behind the Rangers fans and the Manchester riots
Thursday 15 May - Manchester, near England
107,239 hungover Rangers' supporters (and an exiled Scotsman who drove up from Coventry) firmly blamed Great Manchester Police for last night's scenes of fighting, violent disorder and urinating in the street.
One fan, Jimmy 'Och Aye Jimmy' McTavish from Glasgow, claimed:
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At 19:35, everyone went to the toilet, big Gordon put the kettle on, Doug popped out for popcorn and we all sat down to enjoy Rangers' biggest game in 36 years on the big screen.
Then, without any warning, the police switched channels to 'Coronation Street'. That's when it all kicked off.'
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There is a new, improved Monthly Archives plugin available for Habari which is now installed on this blog. I realise that I'm probably the only person to ever scan the historical archives but I really like it so, once again, many thanks to Chris Meller and the Habari community.so farewell then, Sven Goran Eriksson
I have to say I am a little surprised at this breaking news. Still, I guess Eriksson will draw another excessive compensation package while he seeks alternative employment.
In my view, buying all those expensive foreigners, beating United twice and finishing mid-table was a creditable first season.
Mind you, I always had niggling reservations about Mr. Shinawatra.
So, who's next for the job at Manchester City - Jose Mourinho ?
a brief history of inane drivel
Mark Krynsky posted a interesting post on Twitter (sorry, I simply can't bring myself to call them 'Tweets') inviting readers to share their first ever Twitter post.
Trawling through my own Twitter archives, I noted my first ever post was: 'just signed up. never thought I would' on 9 November 2007 although I had eariler aired my disdain on this blog way back on 12 March 2007.
Perusing the archives of my own continuous stream of inance drivel did unearth the odd gem - well OK then - the occaisional notable one-liner in a continuous stream of inance drivel.
- 'giving ...