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For me the worst thing about that was the way the match ended straight afterwards. The penalty was correct and the retake was in line with the new laws and a precedent had been set in the France - Nigeria game. All the VAR reviewing began prior to 90 minutes if I remember correctly and the retaken penalty was scored 94' I think - how was no stoppage time applied on top of that? A draw suited neither team

Yep, but that was the only round of games where you could pick the Wembley and Hampden one due to the clash. 1 in 3 chance it'll be that one IF we're at Wembley for that tie. Of course there's the chance I'd have to try getting a Wembley ticket and stuck with a Hampden one for a game featuring the Playoff D winner that no bugger would want to buy.

Group D

I ended up going for the 3 Glasgow group games and 1st London group game just in case that ends up being us v England (the other two London dates clash with Glasgow). All we need to do is qualify now if I get the tickets...

Not birds I know, but got a mother hedgehog with three hoglets in our garden at the moment. One of the hoglets had got an elastic band wrapped round it, probably dropped by the postie as they're always leaving them lying around, so I carefully cut the band and removed it.

"The 96th victim, Tony Bland, died more than a year and a day after the disaster, and cannot be included in the prosecution."

They've arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter now.

Absolute bullshit blowing the final whistle then.

Also, group games at Hampden will not feature any of the following nations: Azerbaijan Denmark Germany Hungary Italy Netherlands Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Spain

Ah, didn't realise that was the ruling in that case. Just guessed it would be a blanket "keeper off the line, retake" rule

There's the chance that even if we qualify, one of the group ones won't feature us if the England - Scotland game was at Wembley. As far as I know there's no way of knowing that, or any of the potential fixture details at the moment though.

Bet they wouldn't have called for a re-take if the first pen went in though!

Cheap seat at Wembley is €50 for a group stage game but €295 for the final

I think it's a draw for Winner A or Winner B at home in the final, thought the draw was November though.

Me and some mates do a camping/bothy trip with mountains every year, did Buachaille Etive Mor two years back camping at the Kings Arms and that was great, late August so midgies everywhere! Not confirmed the location this year but I think it's between camping at Ballachulish and climbing Beinn a' Bheithir or some of the Mamores from Kinlochleven. Did Ben Vane on a stag do earlier in the year and ran the first 53 miles of the WHW in the Highland Fling race in April, hoping the qualifying points can get me a place on the CCC race around Mont Blanc next year

Binge watched Kidding, starring Jim Carrey, recently. Not the physical comedy he's normally known for and quite dark in places while his character deals with personal issues - would recommend giving it a go.

We might want to play someone in goal against Belgium

I do a bit of racing - anything from 5k to ultra distances, in the process of coming back from a year long injury which is still not quite right. I do a lot of my training solo, but in doing this I find it hard to slow down to more of a 'training' pace, which is definitely where running in pairs/groups would help in training. I always find the race day atmosphere is easy to get caught up in, sometimes this can cause you to go out too fast and regret it later on, sometimes you'll have done the work in training and the feeling good on the day of the race will work with this and you'll maybe go faster than planned but it will work out for you, sometimes you'll set off a bit slower, sensible perhaps, and build it up depending on how the race goes and how you're feeling once your legs have been moving a bit. If the race has a pacer and it's the same as your target time (or thereabouts), it is good to stick with them - they're often happy to chat a little bit and offer encouragement, if you're comfortable with a few km to go, or even 1km to go, pull away and claim whatever extra seconds you can. An alternative to using a pacer is if you know someone around the pace you're aiming for to try to keep just ahead or behind depending on which side of target time they would be, you tend to learn this by doing a few local races or parkruns (local to whichever one you've entered in August). At the end of the race, you'll often get a boost when the finish line is in sight and audible, enjoy this - again, it's not much but a few seconds off your time. Just one more little tip for race day training, practice your pre-race food as well as any gels and drinks you may take on the run, trying these for the first time on race day can end badly for your stomach! Hope that's helpful

I see Sven's the latest name to be linked to the job.

Jan '86 UK: A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV US: Lionel Richie - Say You Say Me

Got a nest with at least 3 blackbird chicks in my garden at the mo

I think something like what Partick did with the thistle on this kit would work with an away rampant lion design if the colours were chosen right.

A Nac Mac Feegle?

Only really see blue tits, sparrows, wood pigeons, starlings and blackbirds in mine. Hear a tawny owl around and about at night sometimes too

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