Toepoke

Hope he's had his TB jag!

That BBC Children in Need single. A classic song and a very good cause but it's absolutely boak inducing. If it comes on the radio or tv the channel is immediately changed. Can't remember the last time a song annoyed me as much...

Apparently an English team have only won once in the past 11 Champions League games against Spanish opposition (and it was Moyes' Man Utd team)...

I'd forgotten about that 93 game, I do remember both Irelands being in the same group before that (Euro 80?) and there being a lot of talk about security concerns then...

Give it a chance! (First song on his most famous album btw)...

Walked past a tattooist's once and two wummin were starting at the samples in the windae. "Whit will we get today?" If you're going to mark yourself for life I'd like to think you'd do a bit more preparation!

It was the Ibrox season ticket holder on the line that night who was the real culprit...

This isnae TA Specific but. Decent bit of banter between rival fans before the game, I'm all for it, doesnae happen enough on here...

Prezza was the first one I could remember...

Any excuse...

Allan Grogan's now joined the SSP, I uess there was no going back for him.... http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/scottish-politics/labour-for-indy-founder-quits-and-joins-ssp.1413978379

Yes it was interesting that the Herald didn't seem to feature the story at all. Like this graphic from Wings... "Johann Lamont, Scottish Labour conference, March 2014: " “Scottish Labour is the party of devolution.”

I don't really tbh. Interesting story though.

Just an incredible story, all the very best to him

Interesting stuff. Question for the older Irish fans, when Northern Ireland were at the World Cup in 82 & 86 did you cheer them on?...

Hard to say at the moment. Definitely at times in the past when both teams had some exceptional players. Having a larger pool to pick from couldn't be detrimental though. I mind reading George Best's autobiography and he said he would have loved to have been part of an all-Ireland team, but too many blazers would lose out if the FAs merged so it would be highly unlikely...

What a fecked up situation! I suppose it's not been so apparent because N. Ireland have been so poor, but they appear to have got their act together. If both halves were to qualify you've effectively got Ireland A & Ireland B playing in a tournament!

Cheers for that. I suppose it's quite significant you've a former Northern Ireland player as manager now. I do seem to recall Martin O'Neill saying he would always support Northern Ireland against the Republic if they played (clearly this was before he took his current job!)

I guess in their eyes the Republic would be the team for "all Ireland". Odd that the Irish FA is based in Belfast though. In fact when I used to go to the old Home Internationals back in the 70s the games would be advertised as Scotland v Ireland (like in the rugby I guess)...

I worked in Limerick for a bit and you did see the odd Celtic fan most folk were primarily into rugby or English football. Out of interest do you know if Northern Irish Celtic fans in the main support the Republic or do they not bother with international games?

Always thought it was more from the north that the bulk of Celtic fans were from, the Republic part of Ulster and Northern Ireland itself...

...in surfing:- http://m.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/scottish-surfers-declare-independence-from-uk-team-1-3579944

First meeting of this today and it's all over the media that oil revenues are away to shite.... http://m.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/nicola-sturgeon-s-devo-max-would-lose-scots-5bn-1-3579022 http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/525785/SNP-facing-5bn-black-hole-in-nation-s-finances?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-uk-news+(Daily+Express+%3A%3A+UK+Feed) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/11175527/The-Nats-were-banking-on-fools-gold.html http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/10/think-tank-warns-5billion-deficit/ Quelle surprise!

KEEP YOUR DISTANCE!

Console yourself with that thought as England make their seventh substitution of the second half...