Bluerevolution

Naan bread factory- standing on a production line for 12hrs a day manually stretching dough Naan shaped !

What an abysmal performance by City, Everton were fantastic and thoroughly deserved to win although some of Marriners decisions were poor. We need to really step up on Tuesday when we meet our wonderful neighbours ! (Sandperson, I'm not laughing now ! Coming down on Tuesday?) Ruffers- PM me please- We are meeting at The City Pride Farringdon on Tuesday if you fancy watching with fellow Citizens!

Stoke have signed David James on loan until end of season

Atila Reincarnate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sandperson Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Us Rags will be out of business by next week I > > expect. > > Unless of course Manchester City council helps out > in the way the council bailed Real Madrid out, > allegedly. OH, but there in lies the problem, the > Rags aren't actually in Manchester are they. I > guess they could try Salford council Atila, lmfao !

Where's Sandperson gone ! lol

jimmy two times Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > M1 goes to Leeds. M60 goes to Manchester. M6 ! M60 is the Manchester equivalent to the M25

er FC United?http://www.fcunitedofmanchester.co.uk/ LMFAO !

Sandperson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's a United nickname appropriated by the second > best team in Manchester. :)) > > Speaking of large crowds I heard recently that > Celtic v Leeds in the 1970 semi final got nearly > 134,000 people through the gate. It must have been > cosy. We also used to get pretty high gates when > we played at Maine Road after the war. Second best in Manchester hey? Erm why has Giggs been given the freedom of the city of SALFORD then? One team, One Manchester, One City !

Atila Reincarnate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Everton were unlucky yesterday, but somtimes you > need a bit of good furtune and we got it > yesterday, as did the Rags (not sure what the > origin is of this, enlighten me Bluerevolution) There are various stories on why ManUre are called "rags" here's two viable ones It appears the name was given to them by their own fans. During the 1930-31 season, United were in a wretched state. The club teetered on the brink of bankruptcy and were attracting crowds of less than 4,000 for some games - despite still being in Division 1. Harry Hughes, a City fan working in Trafford, tells this story: ?I worked in Trafford then, and all the locals were United fans. I was working nights and when Saturday morning arrived a couple of them asked ?are you going to see the Rags today?? I didn?t know what that meant, and then they explained that United fans had started to call the team the ?Rags? because they were so poor and that their kit looked liked rags. So after that I knew who they meant, but when I mentioned the Rags, they?d go, ?who the Hell are you talking about?? They didn?t like the opposition saying it.? The poor level of support continued throughout the 1930s. When war broke out in 1939 an immediate ban was placed on the assembly of large crowds. The joke doing the rounds in Manchester was that United would have nothing to worry about. There?s another great Rags story told by Howard Burr, secretary of the Reddish Blues. Full story here. In 1968, Howard?s father was manager of the Umbro factory in Stockport. When United reached the European Cup final they put in a rushed order for the kit. The material his dad used had been lying about in the factory since the place was built and was full of dust and cobwebs. In fact, some of the machinists were upset it was being used because they used to cut lengths off the roll to take home for dusters. ~ For the record, I should point out that Old Trafford did get the odd huge gate in the 1930s. In March 1939 the ?Theatre of Empty Seats? drew a crowd of 76,962 - when Wolves played Grimsby in the FA Cup semi-final. There is also some ruder ones !

Sandperson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not even a dirty Rag would have told that joke. You'll be amazed what "jokes" and comments have been made MU and Arsenal "fans"- you want to meet up in Farringdon on 19th/27th?

I never said it was funny- just letting folks know I've already heard them. Togo are on there way home, official sources

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Toga to remain in the African Nations Cup > competition (rumour) Nothing confirmed as yet- City sources say Adebayor ran the full length of the bus to celebrate in front of the gunners. (Thought I'd get that in before someone else did)

sorry couldn't make it- matthew123 I still owe you !

Nice one Atila ! Adebayor is ok but shaken

Wythenshawe, M22 !

Wife back from Sth Kensington so no delays through LB to Peckham Rye

Official- Only ONE team DOES play in Manchester http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/6945435/Manchester-Uniteds-Ryan-Giggs-to-receive-freedom-of-Salford.html

Just starting to snow again- 343 and P13 are rediredting via East Dulwich Lane- 63 and 12 seem to be fine

LB seems to be ok, wife has just landed at Peckham stn- Victoria and Charing X due to close at 2015hrs

Wife is on train at LB, so looking good

Trains from Victoria have stopped apparently

343, 363, 78 etc all running normal(ish) traffic is slow around the Rye but is moving

No-match postponed !

Rearranged for City home leg 19th and at The Swamp on the 27th !

Lol ! PMSL ! ROFL !