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anyone else mildly excited about the thought of a smack and finger wagging from Moos or is it just me?

Rhinestone my mum's family was Mile End...and then we moved to Essex when I was a toddler... my nan was still sulking before she died in 1983 that her dad didn't let her go to the 1923 Cup Final with him and her brothers..... still she had revenge a few years later by marrying someone from Bermondsey. I first went in 1971 (2-1 to us vs Man U with Moore, Hurst, Charlton and Best all on the pitch, imagine that) I had a season ticket until 2 years ago...but kids etc However, my dad supported Arsenal but he was from 'elsewhere' so it didn't really matter.... even when he took me to the 1971 final I was an Iron!

Well then I suggest you don't read what the ancient text says about slavery then Chav

On a kind of related note I can't wait for the election, maybe sooner than we think as the government realises the economy is up the creek for years to come, when, for the first time since 1997, we are likely to see some Labour canvassers on our doorstep. I'm preparing my 3 questions already...one based on weapons of mass destruction, one on No more boom and bust and one wild card.......

I do just tell them to Fuck Off nowadays, I can't put up with their contstant interference and the damage that their (and others) babaric superstisions impose on the world ....I'm sure they've got some secret code on the pavement saying 'home of the devil' as they don't visit much..that suits me fine

DaveR - logically you're right but I just get an internal 'feel' for whether someone's a real fan or not very quickly based on several different variables...eg how much they know anbout their team, how much they go, how long they supported them? why? etc...is this adult and logical? No but it's how I feel? It doesn't mean that I believe you have to be born next to the ground but that is one of the 'variables'! I dunno, I just remember resentfully (beacuse I was missing the game) wondering through Brighton with a girlfriend on FA Cup day during the actual Sheffield Wednesday v Arsenal final and there was a bloke as bold as brass in an Arsenal shirt walking along on an afternoon stroll on the pier........plastic fan

Alliegance to West Ham is an affliction Sean believe me ;-)

It's never too early for a snifter....*hic

Though if it's been 300 yards further south it would have been the scum ::o

'Best street nearly in SE22'?

It's got all the Hallmarks of Fred the 'Shred', the villanous Vassal and 'Handy' Andy Hornby.......

So how many people here support the club they were born nearest too? I dunno how these things should be measured but I'm immediately suspicious of Man u, Liverpool and Arsenal fans ( plus Leeds fans in their late 40s and Chelsea fans under 30) I support a team that my great grandad did and is part of my blood and genuinely feel, in football terms, morally superior to most middle class football fans I meet - logical, rational, sensible? Nah. Pathetic? Old fashioned? sentimental? maybe but it's how those of us old school fans tend to feel.....

You'll be well in negative equity by the end of next year...sorry

...er....I think you'll find there's now instant transfer and that Nationwide and Co-op aren't hugely competitive on rates....other than that, great advice

If it's at the weekend then Camberwell - Funnky, Castle, Hermit's - or used to be

Majenta

I suspect oil reserves will last a bit longer now the global economy is grinding to a halt and going back to the 1800s

Egg Cash ISA is the best on MSM or Kent Reliance Building Society if you're under 25

I saw my old Estate Agent selling Christmas Trees on LL at the weekend

How about best place for tea on a wet, wednesday in spring....er, shouldn't we/you be keeping this simple and clear,,,,oooh...best roundabout in East Dulwich etc

If you're tax payer put it in the best Cash ISA rate you can find by using a couple of price comparison sites or you might get a better rate in a fixed bond. Or bung it on a horse.....await my tip for the King George V1 on Boxing Day:))

:-$:-S:)):X:'(:-S::o>:D< That'l' do...now where's Kylie?

....and if Kylie wouldn't mind popping round mine for a massage......

Personally I'd like to see the Tracey's take it over and relocate International Rescue there

Don't ask Keef when he's "Kicking off" it'll not help his reputation as a cyclist hating hooligan one iota :))