TheBigCheese

Who was the Swedish player we had on trial who went on to play quite a bit for Sweden? Think he ended up a first team regular at Feyenoord?

Peter Fhyr? Jorgen Walemark?

Was there not a rumour about us signing Abdeljalil Hadda after the '98 World Cup?

Oh...

Thought I'd beat you to it because I set up my fantasy premier leagur team this morning and couldn't be arsed having two.

I just set one up at http://fantasy.premierleague.com/

The code is: 304754-68810

Yeah i'll concede it is becomming far to commercial, but still a great weekend!!

What do you mean by 'commercial'? If you mean the advertising and that - I don't see it, it's always been sponsored by a brewery how can you get more commercial than that? If you mean the music, the first year I went ('95) featured Kylie Minogue, The Beautiful South and M People, hardly cutting edge.

Not a bad draw. Not too exciting but not too far to go either. I'm happy enough with that.

I'm sure I remember thinking something similar in about '95 and look how that ended up!

Stenhousemuir away, 5th or 6th of August. Clicky!

On the subject of Gretna, I saw a Wm. Armstrong lorry on the M6 the other day with "Gretna FC - Living the Dream" in massive letters on the trailer. I nearly crashed my car I was laughing so hard.

I saw the I-Max trailer for this the day before Ledger died, it's basically an entire scene of a bank robbery carried out by the Joker and his crew. Based on that alone it looks like this is going to be brilliant. An added bonus is the replpacement of the incredibly dull, one-dimensional Katy Holmes with the far hotter, better actress Maggie Gyllenhall.

Tony Warner! They're sure to stay up with signings of that quality.

I think Cameron's a pretty good signing, I saw him score a pearler for MK Dons against Macclesfield last year. He's not the player he was - but then again he doesn't have to be in this division - and he's no Kevin McDonald but he'll still do a job for them.

Overall Dundee do look a bit weaker than they did last year (at the moment) while we are probably about breaking even (once we get a left back) as most of our impressive signings were already here towards the end of last season. I think it's going to be tight.

Derby made a whole load of signings last summer and it didn't really help them.

Derby didn't really make the quality of signings they wanted to though, Davies almost walked away last summer because he didn't think the club were investing enough money to stay up. He was right but they sacked him anyway.

Having seen Stoke last season, I have to agree with Jimbo, how they even made it to the Premier League is beyond me - relegation beckons. I'd like to see Hull do well just because of Dean Windass but I can't really see anything other than relegation for them. West Brom are the only one of the three promoted teams who'll stay up but they'll have to scrap for it.

Radford posted a better pic on P&B. The top's pale blue, as opposed to the the turquoise look of the top above. It's actually not too bad, although the sponsor's logo looks ridiculous.

If you look in The Courier though, it looks more like the above strip. Maybe it's a global hypercolour top...

Any idea what the away one is like?

There was one on e-bay t'other day. I'm not overly impressed by it to be honest.

Time for some outlandish predictions for Saints fortunes for the coming season:

1. Top Scorer?

2. Player of the year?

3. Dyron Daal/Carthorse of the year?

4. How many times will we beat Dundee?

5. Where will we finish?

and for the league in general:

1. Top Scorer?

2. Player of the year?

3. Predict the league table:

and Scotland in general

1. Who will win the SPL

2. Will any team go bust, if so who?

3. Will George Burley still be in a job on the last day of the season?

Man City!

Totally agree, this would be an excellent signing.

I rated him highly at Hearts and at Dundee United last season.

Would be surprised if they weren't keeping him.

A target man who can score a few goals is exactly what we need.

The thing is, he's not scored consistantly since he left Hearts, less than 10 in three years at Leicester, only two with united last year. I do think he'd bring something different to the team but I'm not convinced that it would be goals.

I think the problem is that once you are a member of the SFL there is no way they can dump you. There is no relegation or pyramid system that given them an escape route.

But they weren't SFL members until yesterday, if the SPL are under no obligation to take our champions then the SFL are surely under no obligation to take their disasters.

My attempt

From Red&Blue http://www.yorkcityfc.com/

York Minstermen committee member Phil Howden compiled this quiz for our AGM - and taunted me mercilessly throughout with drunken text messages from the Ukraine. There are 48 points up for grabs - can you do better without searching for the answers on the internet? In fairness most people here might struggle a bit with the York City section, but see how you do. The winners of the quiz scored 38 points. Someone else, who shall remain nameless, scored a very creditable 27 (despite mis-hearing question 2 and saying it was East Fife ), when you consider that he was Billy No-team-mates for the evening.

SECTION 1 - General

1.Who scored the winning goal in this season's FA Cup Final at Wembley? Kanu

2.Which side won this season's Scottish Second Division? Ross County

3.Name the four teams who will represent England in next season's UEFA Cup? A point for each

Spurs, Portsmouth, Everton (Are there not only three?)

4.Who won this season's FA Trophy?

Ebsfleet

5. In this 2007-8 season, which was the oldest club in the English Premier League?

Fulham?

SECTION 2 - The Premiership

6.By how many points did Manchester United win the Premier League?

2

7.Manchester City striker Benjani is an international for which country?

Zimbabwe

8.Who was the Derby County manager when the season kicked off last August?

Billy Davies

9.Which former York City player joined Fulham last summer then left on loan in the January transfer window without kicking a ball at the Cottage?

?

10.Who was the first Premier League manager to lose his job in 2007-8?

Jose Mourinho

SECTION 3 - European Football

11.Name the 4 semi-finalist in this season's UEFA Cup. A point for each

Rangers, Zenit, Fiorentina and Bayern Munich

12.Who won this season's Greek Cup?

Panathinaikos?

13.Where will next season's UEFA Champions League Final be held?

?

14.Lyon won the French league once again, but which team finished in 2nd place?

?

15.In which city will the final of Euro 2008 take place this summer?

Vienna

SECTION 4 - York City

16.Name the first and the last player to score for York City in the season just finished. A point for each.

Manny Panther for both

17.How many league goals did defender Mark Robinson score for York City last season?

3

18.Which opposition attracted the biggest league crowd to Kit Kat Crescent in the 2007-2008 season?

Halifax

19.How many different players played for York City's first team in all competitions in the 2007-8 season?

20

20.Name the 6 teams who York City will play next season in the Blue Square Premier that they didn't play in 2007-8. A point for each.

Barrow, Mansfield,...

SECTION 5 - The Football League

21.Which club, with an average attendance of 13,735, was the best supported in League 2 in the 2007-8 season?

MK Dons

22.Which manager led West Bromwich Albion to the Championship title?

Tony Mowbery

23. Michael McIndoe, scorer for Bristol City in the Coca-Cola Championship semi-final victory over Crystal Palace, started his Football League career at which club? Is it A) Doncaster Rovers, Yeovil Town or C) Luton Town?

A

24.Who did Hull City beat to reach the Championship play-off final against Bristol City at Wembley Stadium?

Watford

25.How many teams featured in the final Coca Cola League 1 league table had had points deducted?

2

SECTION 6 - General

26.German striker Miroslav Klose spent the 2007-8 season playing for which club side?

27.Who is the manager of the England C team, which is the non-league representative side?

Paul Fairclough (ex Stevenage manager!)

28.Seven Premier League clubs have played in every year of the competition since it began in 1992, can you name them? A point for each.

Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool, Everton, Chelsea, Villa, Spurs

29.Where did Farsley Celtic play their home games in the 2007-8 season?

Leeds?

30.Which match at Wembley Stadium played this May had an attendance of 42,511?

FA Trophy Final

I'll post the answers later.

I love the quote from David Longmuir where he called them "a thriving club"; if having no players, no staff, 12 fans, a shithole ground and a place in the third division is thriving then I'd hate to see what a struggling club looks like. I think it's pretty clear that they are properly rubber ducked now - Spartans to take their place?

I've e-mailed Coventry City a couple of times about this during the past week, to ask if they have any details, but haven't received any reply.

Have you tried Saints?

315......34,68,89,91,99....???? 07, 08 (Saints in Scottish Cup semis)

Who bowls balls that spin leg to off against a right handed batsman? Or specifically a ball that is bowled by a left arm spinner that turns leg to off?

Or off to leg even!!

294. A left arm wrist spin bowler....

There's more to the answer than that I,m afraid so..... no points

Who bowls balls that spin leg to off against a right handed batsman? Or specifically a ball that is bowled by a left arm spinner that turns leg to off?