Posts by Peter Darlington
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Best. Escape. Since. Houdini.
Indeed. We rock!
Of course, we always beat Man U at Old Trafford when we play them on the last day of the season. It's written in the rules or something...
Also, 1st team to do the double over Man U and Arsenal in the same season in 30 f**king years!#$%!!!!!
I almost opened up a beer at 5.30 this morning. Luckily settled for coffee instead!
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And it appears that the Christchurch incident was preceded by a skirmish with skinheads. Not that that's any excuse for getting in a car and murdering random strangers.
Well I partied up for years in Christchurch and only experienced violence once, and that was with a bunch of rugby bohos. Surprisingly I was at the clubhouse of the Riccarton klan bar (cheap beer, friend of a friend etc..., don't ask ..) and these rugbyheads decided kicking over the Klan biker guys bikes would be a good idea. Next thing it was all on. I was inside trying unsuccessfully to find something to put on the stereo that wasn't heavy metal. I went out for a wander and it was like something from a movie with people happily kicking and punching each other with varying degrees of effectiveness (it was late afternoon as everyone was sparking up for the Motorhead concert later that night). I didn't realise what was going on at first as I was a little 'confused' and by the time I did and decided I should proceed back into the house, I was right in the middle of it. I'm not sure how many punches missed me but I finally copped one right in the ear and it really bloody hurt, even in my anaethetised state. At that point I decided to leg it, free beer only takes you so far at a social event.
The other time I got close was at a skinhead party. I was chatting to a mate, his partner and another woman, we were having a laugh. Next thing everyone went silent, just stopped, the woman got up and walked away behind me. I looked around and there was a skin standing over me tapping a lead pipe against his hand, menacingly. I thought 'Oh f*ck, I'm dead' and had a tiny moment just waiting for the hammer to come down, but he was just being staunch, and turned around and walked off.
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Heh - that would be 'Gerrards Final'. Your son has immaculate taste by the way.
I laughed like a drain when Stevie missed that penalty for England against Portugal. If they'd lined up the Hammers squad along the halfway, he'd have got it no problem!
Why so many Hammers fans here? - My view from 'oop north' is that Hammers fans are usually either football purists, incurable romantics, east London wide boys, or blessed with a stoic nature able to withstand enormous disappointment for the brief taste
All true. We like football to be crazy beautiful. And we like our players to be stylish heroes, or barking mad. Just not pedestrian.
Great result against Bolton - they could do it.
No thanks to your lot against Fulham today. We needed them to lose. What an abject performance.
Still, can't complain! Tevez is pretty much the form player in the Premiership right now.
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Wasn't it Ken's Cafe on Green Street?
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Is it more than coincidence to find so many other Hammers here? A matter of taste, or something else?
1964 - FA Cupo
1965 - European Cup Winners Cup
1966 - World Cup (Hurst, Moore, Peters)
1975 - FA Cup
1980 - FA Cup
2006 - FA Cup (stolen)David Essex
Ray Winstone
Adrian SherwoodPirate Reggae
Punk RockPublic Address
West Ham
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Yeah sorry Hamish/Heather - in my anfield glee I was way too eager to look for Everton fans...
FFS, carry on, don't mind me. As if it's not bad enough I have a 12 yr old son who's a Liverpool fan, now I have you walking in here showing me the hand. Was the 2006 FA Cup Final not enough for you, do you want my hubcaps too?
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My feelings about "barbecue reggae" (Salmonella, Freddies, Black Seeds et al) are distinctly mixed, but I think there's no denying it's an indigenous genre.
I liked Grant Smithies classification of it as 'hippy trumpet dub'.
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Oh dear, are there others whose spiritual home is Upton Park?
Yes, I think there's nothing else for it, West Ham are going to have to become the Official team of Public Address.
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OH! OH! Linky plz
Zamora Everton:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue99DLrF6rkWigan goals:
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Smack My Bishop
Heh, big-ups to Heather for that one. Now, if she can just organise the mash-up for it I'll be truly happy.
BTW Heather if you're out there. A great month for the Hammers (not MC) and a nervous weekend coming up, no?