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Thank god its over, the last couple of months has been relentless p1$$ taking by the Aussies. Most of them I know thought the series was going to be a tough, close one. We have a predictions board in the office, I said we wouldn't make 250 in any innings, we'd be 40-3 in 5 innings and would suffer 3...

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16 on the first one with a couple of lucky guesses and 13 on the second. Thank you Tiger, always enjoy these.

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Merry Christmas from a very hot Perth,WA. 44 degrees today and just off to bed now and it’s still 34 degrees. Thank you CT and everyone else connected with the site. When you’re thousands of miles away, this site makes it feel like you’re just round the corner. Keep up the great work.

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Saw it a few years ago in the West End. We sat front row in the middle. It was an incredible experience, love Les Mis.

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When I lived in Coventry, I always used to like seeing the "Lancashire" sign on the M6 as I was driving north - felt like I was almost home.

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Good luck to your lad. I know how you feel. Different sport (hockey) but same position for my lad. He made it into the National under 21’s a couple of years ago and is hoping to get a shot at the National senior squad in the New Year. Look forward to hearing how your lad gets on.

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What chance we get a lead of 200+ and Jack Leach takes a load of wickets to win the game? The locals have gone a bit quiet this afternoon.

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All morning I've had people coming into the office, ringing me up, sending texts asking if I've seen the cricket score. Even the CEO, who doesn't know the first thing about cricket is now taking the p... It's not good living in Australia when they are doing well against us.

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It’s a shame Tim Paine has gone, don’t rate him and Carey is a better batter. Most of the Aussies I’ve spoken to don’t think we will win a test and I can’t disagree with them. Our batting is weaker than the Aussies, their bowling attack is stronger and they are hard to beat at home. 4-0 assuming one...

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Just been up north to Kununurra in the East Kimberley for a couple of meetings. This is a stunning place called Ivanhoe Crossing, first time I've driven across a river full of crocs.

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Airport by The Motors in 1978. Remember going down to Woolworths in Accy and buying it with saved up pocket money.

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We go into snap lockdowns in WA when 1 case appears but the Premier is hugely popular with the electorate because of his hard line stance. Its not going to change in WA any time soon.

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Doesn't look good to me, those sleeves are hideous. Just looked again and wondered if Umbro had partnered with Brentford Nylons for the sleeve material?

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17. Should have got the table sugar, schoolboy error, read the question properly, I kept thinking salt.

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18. Didn't know the eel or Hannibal.

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19. The eminem question was in one of the other quizzes. Had enough time to do several guesses at the Goldrush question but ran out of time guessing the 'esquire' question

Thanks for posting these Tiger

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15. That was a tough one

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18. No idea about the Pond or the maths one

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19. Got lucky with this one, read an article about the Guggenheim very recently, my kids used to play Super Mario and I was often the baddy. No idea with the D Sharp question.

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Woke up this morning, on my birthday to the amazing news that Cav won the stage, and England beat the Germans. Happy Day.

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18, didn’t get the emperor or the beauty queen

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18. Didn’t know the 5th president and Yokohama was best guess at the city

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19. Didn’t get the Nobel prize one.

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Turf Moor (same charity game as Cajun), Coventry City ((Highfield Rd), Fulham, MK Dons, Sunderland ( Stadium of Light), Aston Villa, and Leicester’s training ground with Burnley fans v Leicester fans.

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Hard to believe it’s 21 years ago, remember it better than yesterday. Cov claret junior had just been born but Mrs CovClaret was happy for me to travel up from Coventry to watch the game on the big screen at TM.

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I read this thread last night whilst walking the dogs around 10.30. Me and Mrs Cov decided to train last year to be telephone crisis supporters for a suicide prevention service. We do our 4hour shifts on Friday nights and part of my self care is walk the dogs when I get home. Mrs Cov had a tough shi...

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As a youngster, I was always given hot milk and whisky with a couple of teaspoons of sugar at the first sign of a cold. Carried that on all my life but with more and more whisky, swear it works.

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Been following the India innings all afternoon with a few lads in the office here in Perth, love seeing the Aussies beaten on their home patch, especially at the Gabba where they think they are invincible. Still think they will stuff us in the Ashes, but got to enjoy every defeat for the Australian ...

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But Taylor didn't bury the rebound, I'd have remembered that.

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My wife's cousin was married to the Hednesford Town captain when they went on an FA Cup run in 96/97. Despite it not being Burnley, it was still very exciting following them away to Blackpool and winning, then beating York and a brilliant day out at Middlesbrough (never been before, what a sh!t hole...

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Levrai- I also played for Peugeot in Coventry, probably around 1992 I think, for just one season. Started off as a 16 year old playing for Oswaldtwistle St Mary’s in the Accy Combination, then went off to collage and played for Leicester Poly 1st’s, North Kilworth in the Leicester Senior League, the...

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Played 40 ish games a season for 20 years, hardly ever made a tackle so only got booked twice for stupid reasons. Played in a cup final at Craven Cottage (scored a beauty) but got a bad tackle on my ankle. Went off for treatment and whilst stood on the touch line screaming at the ref for ages to let...

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We’ve been fairly lucky in Western Australia to not be as affected by Covid as many places, but it’s obviously had a big impact on people’s mental health , so I’ve spent the last 6 months training to do telephone crisis support for Lifeline, the equivalent to Samaritans. First shift was this morning...

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G'Day Wile E. I met the author of the book that Secret City is based on last year, he seemed like a decent bloke, I could let you have a signed copy, but the book isn't much more gripping than the tv series. Canberra in all fairness is probably the dullest place in Australia (possibly on Earth), the...

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I spelled it 'Lochhead' to start with then noticed on the programme the different spelling and assumed I was wrong.

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I was tidying through some old paperwork the other day and came across the match programme from Football Aid at Turf Moor on 30th April 2002. I know there's a couple of lads on the teamsheets who played that day, Dushanbe and Barnesy, but don't know of anyone else on the messageboard. It brought bac...

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My grandad used to say "Get up't park on a nail' as a term to express surprise or disbelief. Never knew what it meant. I've always used the term 'joining' when referring to sharing, no one ever understands

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Mother’s Day here in Australia too. Mrs Cov has had a lovely day, including a bottle of Prosecco and is now fast asleep, snoring on the settee.

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Andy Comyn, the Plymouth No 4 is a friend of mine. I have never tired of talking through John Francis' second goal with him

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I remember going to Craven Cottage around 1998 with a couple of Fulham supporting mates from work, watching from the home stand behind one of the goals. We lost 4-0 but it could have been a lot more, we were unbelievably bad. They never let me forget it.

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I remember going to watch a primary schools cup final (40 something years ago, which is a bit scary), with mates from St Nicholas', Church against whatever school in Huncoat Ash played for. He was the smallest and youngest kid on the pitch but really stood out. It was also a privilege to be at Swans...

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Hockey. Spent most of the last 10 years stood on a sideline watching the kids train or play. Enjoyed watching the recent FIH Pro-League on TV.

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Following on from what I posted yesterday...… Getting an email to confirm CovClaret junior has been selected into the Australia Under 21's. They are off to Spain in June to play against Spain, Holland, Germany, India, Belgium, Austria and England. Does any one know if the light blue shorts we wore l...

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Watching my boys playing sport. Spent many hours on the sidelines at training or games and I love it. Today is a huge day, and I'm not sure if I'm going to feel happy or terrified. My two boys play in the top hockey league in Western Australia. Youngest son made his debut last week, and today they p...

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Herts- where did the ball finish up?

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Had a similar experience to others on this thread with my eldest lad. He played in goal for an under 9's team in Coventry. I played football all my life and always thought my boys would grow up with football as I did. But every week managers were either mouthing off or fighting, parents abusing play...

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dsr wrote:It might be a moose when it's in America, but when it's in the UK it's an elk. And the hart of Hertfordshire refers to any male deer, so .

Just wondered why its not called Hartfordshire then. Moosefordshire sounds much better.

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Watched Liverpool under 23’s v WBA the other night. This lad stood out for being totally disinterested and lazy. The commentators (Neil Mellor & David Thompson) didn’t have a good word to say about him.

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