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Xenophon PCDGS

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Looking at the advent of BT into the football televiewing market, I have just seen a notification that they wish to take over the rights currently held by ESPN (if not that entire organisation) to aid them in their competition with Sky. It was further stated that the matter is subject to the approval of the regulators.

Has anyone else seen this notice ?
 
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The same Google search suggests that David Beckham is the only player to be sent off twice whilst playing for England (1998 vs Argentina and 2005 vs Austria
Rooney has also been sent off for England twice, first against Portugal at the World Cup in 2006 and then in a Euro 2012 qualifying match against Montenegro in 2011.
 

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Looking at the advent of BT into the football televiewing market, I have just seen a notification that they wish to take over the rights currently held by ESPN (if not that entire organisation) to aid them in their competition with Sky. It was further stated that the matter is subject to the approval of the regulators.

Has anyone else seen this notice ?

I read the story yesterday that they were buying the whole of the uk and possibly europe branch of ESPN from Disney(?) and will rebrand all but one of the channels to BT Sport.

Their deal runs out the end of the season any way with BT having the rights from next season IIRC so I'm unsurer why it would go to be reviewed by anyone.

They will also continue to show US sports too which is a bonus. BT Vision customers have been able to watch ESPN for free for a few years now anyway and BT are making big moves into the sports matrket now.

 

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Important match for Dorch in the BSS today, possible 6th place i we win.
Standing on a terrace for 120 minutes in 3c temperature :o
UTM!
 

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How the hell Oldham did not have a penalty a few minutes ago is beyond me. Darren Gibson clearly controls the ball with his hand after it has travelled about 10 yards before clearing it. The referee was stood a few yards away and gave nothing ....

The League 1 relegation battle intensifies tonight.

Not only did Scunthorpe United win :D against Stevenage (who are now in danger of themselves of being dragged into the battle), but also Hartlepool, Bury and Colchester also took advantage of Oldham's cup tie by winning their respective matches ....

The only saving grace for Oldham Pathetic Athletic (sorry guys ;)) is that they have a game in hand over the bottom 4, and 2 games in hand of Scunthorpe ....
 
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Rafa Benitez certainly "pulled no punches" in his most outspoken comments in the post-match interview after Chelsea had defeated Middlesbrough 2-0 in the FA Cup last night.

Ramifications forthcoming today..?
The blokes totally overrated anyway, Roman A 'uses' Chelski as a 'play thing'. This care free attitude is killing modern football:(
With regards to losing to Motherwell last night, we were poor, too many changes, and they thoroughly deserved their victory, while we remain 19 points clear, it will 'damage limitation' next week in Turin on the basis of last night. Wonder what the 'odds' are on a 0-4 Celtic win??? :D
 

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Quick question, who pays the fine?

The old Rangers has been liquidated, while the newco has been found to not be liable. I'm confuzzled :?
 

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Have you all seen who's 16/1 to be next manager of Chelsea? I'm absolutely creasing with laughter at the thought of John Terry becoming player-manager!
 

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Quick question, who pays the fine?

The old Rangers has been liquidated, while the newco has been found to not be liable. I'm confuzzled :?

The company that ran the club during the period in question, according to the article...

Again - it's a new company; it's a 140-year-old football club.
 

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Mmm... Pie...

BBC Article

Hearts fans are being given the chance to jump the pie queue - by placing orders through their smartphones.

The club has developed a mobile app that allows supporters to place orders and have food and drink delivered to their seat.

It said its Tynecastle stadium would be the first in the UK to provide such as service.

Some 3,000 fans can use the app during Saturday's match with Motherwell.

A statement on the Scottish Premier League club's website said: "Supporters seated in the upper sections of the Wheatfield Stand will have the unique opportunity to use their Android or iOS smartphones to skip the queues and have their food delivered direct to their seats, ensuring that they don't miss a minute of the action on the pitch.

"Following this initial deployment, it will then be rolled out to other areas of the stadium throughout the remainder of the season."

The new app has been developed along with catering partner Saltire Hospitality and mobile technology company QikServe.

Hearts managing director David Southern said: "We are delighted to be the first football club in Britain to use mobile technology in this way to give our supporters more flexibility in the way they access concessions during a match."

Supporters who have downloaded the app will be able to scan barcodes on their seats to find the available menu.

Based on how the first few minutes have gone, they might not sell many in the latter stages because Tynecastle will be half-empty (it's 0-2 after 12 minutes)...
 

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Shinji Kagawa has become the first player from Asia to score a Premier League hat-trick.
Man Utd won 4-0 the 4th goal scored by Shrek.
De Gea had now gone 447 minutes in the league now without conceding.
 
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Mmm... Pie...

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Based on how the first few minutes have gone, they might not sell many in the latter stages because Tynecastle will be half-empty (it's 0-2 after 12 minutes)...

Quite honestly the whole club is in disaray at the moment with McGlynn being sacked on Thursday and the team in freefall.

God knows what will happen in The League Cup Final against St Mirren in a couple of weeks :roll:

The 5-1 demolition of Hibs in The Scottish Cup Final seems a lot longer than 9 months ago !!!
 

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Liverpool doing us a massive favour at the moment

If we score a few more, which looks possible, we could swing the goal difference for you.

Liverpool have scored 30 goals in their last 11 Premier League games after taking 22 matches to score the previous 30!!!!
 

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So Rangers edge ever closer to the SD3 title: we only need 11 more points to confirm the title, even less if Queen's Park don't take 6 points from their two games in hand. Even should they succeed there, we can be champions before the month is out. I just hope we finish it off in some style and don't make it harder than it needs to be or take it easy.

Anyway, this caught my eye today:

Richard Conway said:
Qatar World Cup in 2022 could be moved to winter, says Fifa

Fifa has admitted for the first time that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar could be moved to winter if medical reports show summer temperatures would be dangerously high.
The world governing body had previously suggested that Qatar would have to make the request to move the tournament.
But speaking at the International Football Association Board meeting in Edinburgh - the body that governs the laws of football - general secretary Jerome Valcke became the first senior Fifa official to say that the event could be moved if Fifa received strong medical advice that it needed to do so.
"Maybe the Fifa Exco [executive committee] will say based on medical reports or whatever: 'We really have to look at playing the World Cup not in summer but in winter.'"
Organisers in Qatar, where temperatures can reach 50C in summer, have previously stated that any decision on moving to a winter date would have to be made by 2014 in order to give national leagues and competitions sufficient time to reorganise their calendars.
However, Valcke believes that the timeframe for any decision could be extended to 2015.
"I am not saying that the case is closed but what I'm saying is as long as we have not fixed the international calendar all alternatives are open," he continued.
"I can tell you there is no working group within Fifa thinking and working on what it means to move the World Cup from summer to winter for the time being."
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Never saw that coming... :roll: Did not one of them ever contemplate before now that June in East Africa / SW Asia can sometimes get rather warm, especially when you're running around a football field for 90 minutes three times in the space of a week...?
 

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Quite honestly the whole club is in disaray at the moment with McGlynn being sacked on Thursday and the team in freefall.

God knows what will happen in The League Cup Final against St Mirren in a couple of weeks :roll:

The 5-1 demolition of Hibs in The Scottish Cup Final seems a lot longer than 9 months ago !!!

At least you won't be getting relegated ;)
 

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Indeed, as far as I'm aware Hearts' liquidation before too long is also a possibility, unless that's changed of late? (I don't keep many tabs on the SPL nowadays.)
 

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Indeed, as far as I'm aware Hearts' liquidation before too long is also a possibility, unless that's changed of late? (I don't keep many tabs on the SPL nowadays.)
I Do, Celtic 'almost there' ;)
Hearts situation, with 'Vlad the Mad' totally screwing up the whole club, got to feel for the genuine supporters there, if they manage to beat St Mirren in the League Cup Final, it will 'save' their disastrous (on and off the field) season.
In the Scottish Cup today, Kilmarnock 2-4 Hibs, not even the returning Kris Boydchenko could save Killi in an open thriller at Rugby Park, and Dundee Utd 'shade' the Tayside derby, beating Dundee 2-1
Semi Final draw Monday at 130pm
Celtic Falkirk Hibernian and Dundee United
 

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I've had a go at the BBC Predictor thingamabob again, as with last year, and there are some rather interesting results that come out. Said thingamabob can be found here; note it does yet include Fulham v Chelsea, West Ham v Man U or Man C v Wigan so I have added these into the table manually.

My table:

Code:
 1  Man Utd       +54  99
 2  Man City      +38  76
 3  Tottenham     +25  73
 4  Chelsea       +28  68
 5  Everton       +17  67
 6  Arsenal       +27  65
 7  Swansea        +7  59
 8  Liverpool     +22  58
 9  West Brom      -1  51
10  Norwich       -16  49
11  Stoke         -10  43
12  Fulham        -10  41
13  Sunderland    -14  41
14  Newcastle     -14  40
15  West Ham      -16  40
16  Aston Villa   -28  37
17  Southampton   -17  36
18  Reading       -27  34
19  Wigan         -34  28
20  QPR           -31  27

The most obvious thing to note is that the final relegation and Champions' League spots are not decided until the last day. (And that West Ham hold United to a draw which blows their 100-point attempt, but otherwise they win every match.)

Villa win at Wigan and Southampton win at home to Stoke, while Reading - who start the day in 18th - can only draw at West Ham. On the other hand, 4th is up for graps at Stamford Bridge with Everton travelling there knowing a draw will do...

...only to lose 2-1 :cry:
 

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