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I saw Lawler was trending on Twitter. I thought he was either dead or arrested. I didn't think for one second he'd be back on commentary.

With the returns of him, Heyman booking and Bichoff back, Vince must be gutted Ross signed with AEW to stop the full Attitude Era reunion.

Week 9 fixtures   
Premier League

Aston Villa  2 v  0 Burnley
Bournemouth  1 v  1 West Ham United
Crystal Palace  1 v  1 Norwich City
Wolverhampton Wanderers  2 v  0 Watford
Everton  0 v  4 Manchester City (5:30pm)
Leicester City  2 v  0 Newcastle United (Sunday 4:30pm)

Scottish Premiership

Hamilton Academical  1 v  1 Livingston
Rangers  2 v  0 Aberdeen

La Liga

Getafe  1 v  2 Barcelona
Atlético Madrid w/@Briefcase  2 v  0 Real Madrid (8pm) 

Civilization VI is going to be released on PS4 and Xbox. Given how many hours I've pumped into the series on PC over the years, stand by for me to start posting in the Relationship thread talking about my impending divorce.

My money is on Bray kicking the living bejesus out of Seth at HIAC, and for Balor to return as the Demon to either cost Bray the win or a no-contest ending. Given how easily Bray destroyed Balor at Summerslam, surely Demon vs Fiend is the next step.

So, the ending of Top Boy (with thanks to @Hannibal Scorch and @PunkStep for tolerating my computing ineptitude):

I'd add the character development is spot-on too - by the end of Series 3, you end up really caring about guys who are nasty as hell, but you kind of want them to be okay. I found myself massively rooting for Atz and his mum in particular, and Sully, of all people.

if I had any idea how to post hidden contents on here, I'd go into more detail about the ending too.

Week 8 fixtures  

Premier League

Burnley 1 v 1 Norwich City

Everton 2 v 0 Sheffield United

Newcastle United 0 v 1 Brighton & Hove Albion (5:30pm)

Crystal Palace 2  v 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Sunday 2pm)

West Ham United 1 v 2 Manchester United w/@ultimo the great (Sunday 2pm)

Arsenal 3 v 0 Aston Villa (Sunday 4:30pm)

Chelsea 2 v 1 Liverpool (Sunday 4:30pm)

German Bundesliga

Werder Bremen 0 v 2 RB Leipzig (5:30pm)

Eintracht Frankfurt 0 v 2 Borussia Dortmund (Sunday 5pm)

Eredivisie

PSV 1 v 3 Ajax (Sunday 3:45pm)

4 hours ago, PunkStep said:

It's bloody superb. I have 3 episodes left, I don't want it to end. I was worried it wouldn't live up to the first two series but I'd say it's even better. I might change my mind when I eventually go back and watch the old ones, but the new series really is good.

Is it eligible for Emmy nominations? Because I'd throw Kano right into the mix. He's on another level in this. Little Simz has put in a good performance for someone with little acting experience. I adore Ats and Stefan.

I really don't watch much TV, but I watched series 1 and 2 and got hooked and was always gutted there was never a series 3, until now. I've managed to go through the whole lot in three days - without ruining anything, the ending sets up Series 4 brilliantly.

The guy playing Jamie is excellent, as is Jaq.

The new series of Top Boy is really good, highly recommended.

1 hour ago, quote the raven said:

 

Double post idiocy. 

1 hour ago, quote the raven said:

Really late to the party but I’m loving Spider-Man on the ps. When it’s done is the dlc worth buying or no?

It was okay, nothing special. Probably not worth the full price, if its on sale or part of the complete version, worth getting. 

Randy Orton should have beaten Hogan in 2006. 

Week 7 fixtures 

Premier League

Brighton & Hove Albion  2 v  0 Burnley
Manchester United  1 v  1 Leicester City
Sheffield United  1 v  1 Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur  2 v 0 Crystal Palace
Wolverhampton Wanderers  2 v  0 Chelsea w/@TildeGuy~!
Norwich City  0 v  4 Manchester City (5:30pm)
Bournemouth  1 v  2 Everton (Sunday 2pm)
Watford  0 v  2 Arsenal (Sunday 4:30pm)

Ligue Un

Saint-Étienne  1 v  1 Toulouse (Sunday 4pm)

Monaco  2 v  0 Olympique de Marseille (Sunday 8pm)

1 hour ago, WyattSheepMask said:

“...It was a very good year”

35 was pretty good too.

Diana - I was 17 and had no idea what happened until about 2 the following afternoon. I'd happily stay in bed for hours and hours, my parents generally left me alone to do so. Didn't even turn the radio on, I only found out when I went downstairs for some toast and my dad just said 'Diana's dead'. I didn't even know who he meant until he told me the princess and called me a dozy twat.

9/11 - I was 21, just finished uni and working in a shop. We had local radio on who interrupted the live music with continual news bulletins and sad music. Didn't see the footage until I got home at around half six, then watched the news for the rest of the night.

7-7 - I was having a job interview to join the civil service. When it was over and I got home, it was all over the news. My wife was distraught, she's from north London and knew one of the victims.

The first big news story I remember really affecting me was Hillsborough. Mainly because a load of my mates were Liverpool fans (you know, being the local team for all Devonians) and seeing the live footage, the pictures in the papers the following days of all these people being crushed was horrific.

I always assumed it was Pat Patterson, he's been with Vince for years.

Week 6 fixtures 

UEFA Euro 2020 qualification (various groups)
Wales  2 v  0 Azerbaijan (Friday 7:45pm)
England  4 v  0 Bulgaria (Saturday 5pm)
Switzerland  5 v  0 Gibraltar (5pm)
Finland  0 v  2 Italy (7:45pm)
Sweden  2 v  0 Norway (Sunday 7:45pm)
Northern Ireland  1 v  3 Germany (Monday 7:45pm)
Scotland  0 v  3 Belgium (Monday 7:45pm)

CONCACAF Nations League 2019-20 League A, Group A

Canada  3 v  0 Cuba (1am)

FIFA World Cup 2022 — African qualifying first round, first leg
Gambia  1 v 1 Angola (Friday 6pm)
Botswana  1 v  0 Malawi (Saturday 3pm)

And another one, walking behind two students on campus. All I heard was one shouting at the other one:

'I WOULDN'T MIND, BUT IT WAS MY FUCKING CUCUMBER!'

In a restaurant in Oxford, I was having lunch after a job interview on my own. On the next table over, four teenage girls, I'd guess 17 years old. This one has stuck with me because I had to text my wife to find out if it was appropriate for a guy in his late 30's to give teenage girls advice on their lovelife, or if it'd end up with me in a cell.

One was talking about her boyfriend, saying how she'd really wanted them to go on their first holiday together. She'd got her parents to agree, found a place in Italy for them to go. Then when she broached it with the chap, he'd refused, saying he was skint and couldn't get time off work. Three days later, she found out he'd taken out a loan, booked a fortnight in Ibiza with the lads and bought himself a new TV.

It was quite the challenge, not explaining to her that she'd be dumped soon and if they were still together after his holiday, she might want to get checked for any infections.

Father Ted Dibiase. 

Accompanied by his dim-witted sidekick, Father Dougal (Virgil), the Million Dollar Man renounces his material goods and joins the clergy in rural Ireland. Expect all manner of shenanigans, cameos from Sheamus, Finn Balor and Jordan Devlin and a hilarious explanation of why this cow is small... 

Week 5 fixtures 

Premier League

Crystal Palace 1  v  1  Aston Villa
Newcastle United  0  v  0  Watford
Burnley  0 v  3 Liverpool (5:30pm)
Everton 1  v  2 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Sunday 2pm)
Arsenal  2 v  0 Tottenham Hotspur (Sunday 4:30pm)

Scottish Premiership
Motherwell  2 v  0 Hibernian
Rangers 1 v  3 Celtic (Sunday noon)

Serie A
Juventus  2 v  0 Napoli (7:45pm)
Lazio  2 v 0 Roma (Sunday 5pm)

Austrian Bundesliga
Austria Vienna  1 v  1 Rapid Vienna (Sunday 4pm)

4 hours ago, SaitoRyo said:

First one is Undertaker vs British Bulldog from 30.11.91 in Canada. Second is Triple H vs Randy Orton from Birmingham in '08 (Zzzzzzzzzzzz). Third is Balor vs Joe vs Zayn from one of those NXT house shows they ran a few years back.

Which house show? I went to the one in Cardiff where this was the main event.

55 minutes ago, Guy Bifkin said:

Has anyone on the board been involved in some way in a fan run club? Irrespective of the level I'm looking for useful information on setting one up, top tips and pratfalls etc.

Failing that, if anyone can point me in the direction of any decent online pieces or even names of people who have set them up so I can hound them instead, that would be cool. 

Exeter City, the finest club in Devon (no, the world), are supporter-owned and run, the Supporters Trust are usually quite happy to chat to people: https://www.weownexetercityfc.co.uk/

Supporters Direct may also be able to help: https://supporters-direct.org/

One from my father-in-law. Whenever he's watching any kind of military film (which is quite often), and anyone uses the phrase 'Fire at will!', without fail, he'll always say 'Poor Will. I wonder what he did.'

It got very tiresome, very quickly.

Endless Dad jokes that irritate the hell out of my kids.

Child: I'm hungry

Me: Hello, Hungry. I'm Daddy, it's nice to meet you