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Looks like Ben Haim is going to join Steve Sidwell on the bench at Chelsea. Says it's not for money, but for footballing reasons due to the draw of the champions league. Sorry like, but I doubt he's gonna be starting many champions league games unless there's serious injury problems involving Terry, Carvalho and (potentially) Alex.

Our January (and the last game of december) is utterly rotten. Chelsea, Man U and Arsenal, all away, all within on month, plus Bolton and Everton at home.

Careful pasting fixture lists, a newcastle board I post on got royally screwed and shut down for a while because of members posting them because they're copyright and the Premier League were on the warpath.

How can something be 'more unique' or "most unique'? Surely it's either unique or it isn't :P

Some people reckon Liverpool won't be allowed to splash the cash anyway "Rafa told to work with usual budget" http://www.anfieldroad.com/news/latest/2007106/a20291716b.html

I heard ages ago the rumour was started by a scouse bookie with the intention of getting other bookies to stop taking bets so he could clean up by being the only person still taking money on it.

Chelsea have broken the FA Cup, cannit take care of nowt http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddballs/article.html?in_article_id=52301&in_page_id=46

I love the Fox take on the story, essentially blaming Nintendo: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,279055,00.html

While I agree Sheff's whining is annoying, West Ham definitely should have been docked points, that fine was a joke considering the TV money you get for staying in the prem, which is what their cheating got them.

Sodom and Gomorrah examined by the Druid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRhsGDcJdIg I like this guy

Fat Fred's sold his shares to Fat Mike

I wouldn't put any stead on bookies odd or suspended betting, they suspended betting on Hoddle becoming next Newcastle manager on the basis of a wind up thread on a Wolves forum.

Parker's completed his move to Wham, can't say I'm too sorry to see him go. He had one good season but he's been pretty crap since and he's not worth £7m. However I'll always remember him for this brilliant tackle on Joe Cole

Yeah, couldn't see ribinaberry going to arsenal to be honest

I'll put you in a comma!

Wait, are they coming over here to steal our jobs or not to work and claim benefits? Seems to change from one day to the next!

Just came into this thread to post that, class! The actual logo looks like Lisa Simpson sucking someone off.

Just seen a war veteran on the news saying "I fought for this country and if the Britons of today are too lazy to pick strawberries, let all the foreigners in"

Maybe not: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/04/nmaddy04.xml Known in the US as "Missing white woman syndrome" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_white_woman_syndrome

If people are upset that there's an association between an anti-immigration standpoint and racist views, then they want to point the finger of blame at groups like the NF and the BNP who've hijacked that stance as the spearhead of their campaign.

But does, say, someone like Ian Wright count as a 'national minority' even though his nationality is british simply because his ethnic origin is different to the majority of other people from his nation? This idea that a minority is going to be a majority in Birmingham, does this mean people from one country, one race, or all races apart from white British lumped together? I know it's not your argument, but considering you're using it you don't seem to know much about it, that's all.

So it's the first place in the world, Native Americans are still the majority in all towns in the USA? What do you count as not being 'native' or part of the national majority by the way? The children of immigrants as well? Non-white people? Would a white person with polish/south african/american grandparents who spoke with a cockney accent and played darts in the pub count? What about an asian guy whos grandparents came to England? I think the whole thing's blown out of proportion to be honest, people forget that Britain is still massively, massively white, around 92% if I remember correctly. If you listen to the chicken little types on forums and blogs you'd think it was a 50-50 split.

I agree there should be more integration - the way such a divide occurs, however, is a two way thing. It requires both ethnic minorities to move into an area, and the indigenous population to also move OUT of that area also with the aim of being with more of their 'own kind'. That's the only was it can happen.