Hammo

Bradford City & Bulls & 49ers fan. Theatre going, movie loving, comic book & music geek. Generally sarcastic pragmatist with occasional angry outbursts

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Power cut BD6, any news?
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@JournalistJill I'm not really sure how I'm supposed to take this prick seriously

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@neilreynoldsnfl Hi Neil. Have you asked any questions why prices seem to have significantly jumped at Spurs this year? If you haven't, could you? Loyalty fans getting priced out for what look on paper poor match ups? Cheers

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@MichaelBrannan Not watching cos it's shite, but heard the song and it makes shite look good

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@BBCSport #mnc So, Aussie football, Harry Kane, Womens football, playofds in Champs but no mention of Bradford City and one of greatest endings to a match EVER!!!!!

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@BBCRadio2 Sickness benefits debate - need to address the issue of GPs issuing fit notes incorrectly. Hard for an 'assessment' to argue with a trained medical professional!! And SOME GPs now issue fit notes without even seeing individual

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@StanCollymore And Vance is already trying to be that guy

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@JournalistJill Personally feel that I'm glad it's moving forward, lots of reservations about resources/processes/safeguards, but I really hope it can be done. All about choice for me

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@officialbantams Hi. Can you please arrange to clean Block L, Upper Kop! Pigeon nest in rafters, multiple seats, floor covered in pigeon crap. Disgusting, fans had to clean their own seats at game on Sat. H&s issue, please take action. Thank you

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@GaryLineker @RestIsFootball Best players that came from lower leagues/non-leagues?

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@Tim_Burgess @Johnny_Marr Piece Hall deja vu!! Awesome

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@VirginMoney Still not working for me. Might be worth being honest rather than blaming peoples WiFi.....

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@officialbantams @bantamsacademy @bobby_pointon Didn't play him for 3 months, not got contract sorted out. Anyone at club listening on why fans get disgruntled at times?? Clueless

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@leem1lls It's interesting he doesn't ACTUALLY say what he thinks the common denominator is!! Apart from the players not performing. But in terms of off the field stuff, he's not wrong. The club hasn't moved on in 10 years. Cost per season for the rent on stadium one reason, huge outlay

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The Football Association Challenge Cup. A long read.

The World's Oldest Association Football Competition. Let that sink in.Something to be proud of as a part of English football and cultural life.

Changes to it? Yes, with one caveat. That every club who takes part in it has an equal vote as to what those changes are. Too simple eh?

But no, several high profile managers ( who'll be fucking long gone and won't give a fuck when our beloved competition has finally been finished off) and several owners will be gleeful today, another victory for maybe 6 of 100+ pro clubs, another concession to the greed, while relegating a national instution to an annoyance.

I've played for Stafford Rangers in a Cup 1st round against Burnley, hoping desperately to get a replay at Turf Moor.

I've played in an FA Cup Final between England's 2 biggest clubs.

At Hillsborough, I ran out wearing the yellow of Southend United, with 6000 travelling Shrimpers and what seemed like a million yellow balloons. The game where I felt I belonged in that esteemed company.

Playing in the back garden, bewildered as Alan Sunderland scored the winner when Arsenal beat United in a game that epitomised the beguiling spectacle of this famous old trophy.

Yeovil, Altrincham, Hereford, Sutton, Blyth Spartans, Chasetown. Names that maybe only ever pop up once in a football lifetime for the nation but to the fans of those clubs, ask them about their Cup memories and see their faces.

We're being diddled, had over, fucked about, taken the piss out of. By who? Managers who " desperately need fewer games", by owners bemoaning having to gamble their precious boys against Rochdale instead of resting up for Real Madrid, something understandable if it weren't for the luxury of 30 pros costing a billion pounds plus an academy of cherry picked youth from around the world. How many fucking players do these clubs need to play one replay every 5 years?

If the Football Association had any arsehole it would have put any decision that fundementally changes a 153 year old tournament to a vote of all participating clubs. It won't though , because it's scared to say a word to the all conquering Premier League. If you didn't believe before today that the FA wasn't fit for purpose, now you know because the organisation that administers the most professional clubs in the land, the EFL have effectively called them liars. That alone should ensure investigation by an independent regulator, along with any number of other decisions, changes and ideas the all conquering Premier League want implemented.

Fuck you to every manager who's come to these shores wanting U-21 teams and B teams playing in the EFL. This isn't Spain where they can't populate more than 2 divisions with quality teams from across the nation, this is England where we have over 100 pro clubs over 5 divisions, where a town of 40,000 like Burnley can proudly compete in the top 2 divisions regularly for over 100 years.

Fuck you to the big name managers crying about too many games. Use your fucking 30 man squads better and play the 15 you hardly use but cost more money on wages in a year than clubs competing in the Champions League from other nations operate a whole club on! And that's without the star boys who you steal from clubs for a pittance from clubs in the pyramid and overseas that you love the idea of playing but won't because " they're not ready quite yet". Bullshit!

Unless you, reading this, do something, anything by way of protesting this obscene and constant tidal wave of changes to the English game that is ruining the fabric of a delicate pyramid ecosystem, the your children simply will never get to afford to watch what we have.

A sport for everyone, not for an elite few.

It's time to fight back. Enough changes, enough greed, English football worked well for 150 years, trust it, trust those in it and those who support it.

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@GBSticks11 You have far too much time on your hands

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@The_Cows_Arse Pillock, Wassock or Doylem are better.

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@officialbantams Hi. Can I ask why I have received an Email thanking me for buying a Season Ticket for next season, when I haven't bought one yet, please?

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@officialbantams So if an existing ST can't renew yet, for whatever reason, if they do renew they may not get the seat where they have sat, possibly with family/friends for years?? Abjectly stupid idea and pissing off loyal fans. Clueless

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@leem1lls I think a lot of the fans are struggling to see how he fits in with the structure if everybody is staying Lee? If he is potentially replacing someone down the line, then that might clarify it a bit