She has a point

The away kit looks a bit like girly pyjamas.

Boro's away kit that is.

I like it

I haven't read all this thread...but do we have any Liverpool supporters in the house?

I supported them years ago in their heyday of Keegan, Toshack, Dalgleish et al.

Only keep a vague eye on their performances nowadays. Now my daughter is getting older, she may want to come to a match with me....one lives in hope. Or maybe a weekend with granny could be on the cards..

I'll see what bribes I can come up with.

I'm starting to like it more now that I've got over the initial surprise at the girly colour. It's a shame they haven't put the white band on like our home kit has, but the away colours would certainly look better on me than the red.

3-0

Flossie is very happy.

3-0

CE is not very happy...

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Nor is kingsley13. My sister is rubbing it in.

WOW! Tranmere Rovers have scored 8 goals this week !




I keep an eye on Liverpool as well Justin, but as I live on the Wirral, Tranmere are nearer to me.
Despite being a Yorkshireman the first team I ever watched were Burnley, (not too far over the hill from my home town of Keighley) , when they won the 1st Div (now Premiership) in 1959-60.
But they will struggle in the Premiership this season, they'll do well not to go back down. As my company is Yorkshire based, most of my colleagues support Leeds, who I think will run away with Div 1 this season.

Claudia is also very happy. I asked her

Barry is equally happy

Apparently Ladbrokes are offering odds of 5-1 on Sir Bobby Robson coming back up before Charlton do

Sorry CE, hadn't realised you were a Swansea supporter - wouldn't have shouted about the result if I had.



For some reason I thought you were Reading. Not sure where I got that from.

It is the first league match Boro has won for an awfully long time...

He IS a Reading supporter Who also lost 3-0

Tell liverpool to put 5 past Everton today becuase I am a huge fan of theirs!

It would be rather odd if they did, seeing as Arsenal put six past them yesterday.

Liverpool play Tottenham today.

Sorry my bad. I look like an idiot now!

Not an idiot at all, Violin Hero.

I am a Reading supporter - I have no connections with Swansea whatsoever

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Rats. Liverpool lost. Maybe becuase they made decent signings in the summer, just replaced outgoing players. As usual. Rafa buy at least 1 top quality player this season.

I've just seen the league highlights. That Crystal Palace goal was so a goal. I'm amazed that none of the refs saw it!

We woz robbed.

I can't believe I didn't have more faith in the lads and pulled all my Spurs players out of my fantasy league team

Come on you Spurs!

I'm a Charlton fan, Palace therefore aren't really my scene...

But it was a goal. Palace were robbed...

But who cares

I care about the possibility of the same thing happening to us.

Can't stand football

A game(?) consisting of a bloke with an earpiece and whistle (who gets sworn at in every language spoken) by 22 overated, overpaid bunch of woosy blokes kicking an inflated leather bladder around some grass (or Astroturf) who start crying the moment they trip over ....and then there's the several thousand referees/team managers watching at the match and on TV, shouting their opinion as to what should or shouldn't have happened.

Not only badly behaved on the pitch but also badly behaved off it - usually in drunken fights at pubs and nightclubs... and that's both the players and the spectators!


Real 'men' play rugby.

What's that saying?

"Football is a gentleman's game played by thugs.
Rugby is a thug's game played by gentlemen."



Not a fan of Rugby really though. Given the choice, I'd rather watch Ice Hockey over and above everything else. I miss the London Knights

Ahaaa a fellow hockey fan! I used to play for the Bracknell Queen Bees and was a Bracknell Bees supporter for over a decade.

While the womens team improved, the mens team went downhill. Unfortunately, support both financial and from the fan base, just isn't strong enough in this country - which surprises me given the fact that the sport is famed for on-ice punch ups of the sort footy fans would adore

Bracknell nearly went down the pan entirely for this coming season and even now it's still a bit 'on the edge' shall we say

If you've ever been fortunate enough to watch NHL hockey live in the flesh, then you'll know that the UK game is rather errr, pedestrian, by comparison.....

I'm looking forward to the 2010 Winter Olympics, the hockey is the one thing I will always watch.

Oi! Get your own thread!

Leave this one to people who like football.

Can Boro make it two wins in a row? Please...

2-0

*wonders when Middlesbrough last one two away games in a row*

I'm wondering that about Charlton too! 2-1 winners away at Orient

Lost to MK Dons 0-1 !

And Reading still can't win a league game...

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Burnley 1 Man Utd 0 !!!

Burney were the first team I ever went to watch in 1959 (! was 12)

I'm quite happy with Spurs at the moment Wish I'd put Defoe in my fantasy league team though - d'oh!

yay. Liverpool thrash Stoke, Hull show how they are no good enough for the premiership and Man U lose. A perfect set of results really.

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get in there!!!!!!!!!

2-0. Our first home league win for goodness knows how long and we're top of the table for the moment - at least until WestBrom/Ispwich and Cardiff/BristolCity play.

Reading lost at home to Sheff Utd - predictably...

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Was a 2-0 victory yesterday : Charlton now top of League 1!

We're not top anymore. Cardiff beat Bristol City 3-0 to go back to the top.

Newcastle are still getting all the attention though for some reason - but that maybe suits us as we don't want teams pinching our best players.

With that revolting yellow kit, they can't help but get attention...

I've seen a few people wearing the yellow barcodes strip now, though, and it's starting to not look quite so bad...

Sol Campbell moving to Notts County. Discuss...

I'll be very interested to see how it works out...

Well here we go next Saturday Barry. We only have three points so far having lost to Leeds and MKDons, though beaten Colchester 4-2.
We seen to have had all the good teams first, but I really am not confident about beating Charlton !

Indeed fsharpminor

Tranmere do seem to have had a rough deal with their first few fixtures. The Colchester result was a good one for you though.

The handbell day ends at 4pm, so I will be checking the Tranmere-Charlton final score when it happens!

Carling cup night.

*wonders who Boro will play against Nottm Forest and whether they will make a serious attempt to progress to the next round or focus entirely on the league*

Boro seem to have forgotten where the goal is.

On a positive note, though, Huth and Weater are both playing which means that they are now cup tied. Hopefully that might put other teams off trying to buy them.