george

We broke the de Freitas record the following summer when we got promoted. Chris Fairclough for ??500k in July 95 and then Ged Taggart for ??1.5million in August 95.According to the Sky Sports Football guide I dont believe the statements about Diouf being more than ??3.5 million.I think Liverpool refused to release the fee because they were embarassed at how much they had lost on him.

The last time Chesterfield knocked Bolton out of a cup,Bolton finished the season as Champions, 18 points clear of 2nd place. Let us hope that Wolves dont do the same

Best one Being woke up by my dad to tell me that Aston Villa had beaten Everton in the League Cup Final 2nd replay. Worst one Riding my Commando into the back of a parked car at the bottom of the hill between Ainsworth and the Red Bridge pub.

theres some facking shite in that programme. All the history we've got with Spurs to reflect on and they devote a page to El Hadji Diouf's favourite Senegalese foods.

JJ v West Ham all things considered

I went up there earlier today for the programme and ended up buying a ticket as well. Perhaps if it carries on raining it will slow their quick ones down like it did the Russians in the Uefa Cup.

He's only a poor little Yiddo He stands at the back of the Shelf. He goes to the bar To buy a lager and only gets one for himself

Could easily be under 20,000. Our board are charging Tottenham fans ??36 a seat so they have sold under 2,000.....they took 5,000 to Wigan last season when it was over a tenner less and wasnt on tele. 21,000 would mean about 4,000 Bolton fans paying on the day which is optimistic.

i think i'd rate Crewe just above Swindon as the worst. I didnt believe we could get relegated till we did and thought that a club of our size would run away with Division 4. I turned up at Burnden that day naively expecting a 3-0 or 4-0. 1-1 was a bigger shock to the system than the 0-4 at Scarboro was a fortnight later.

??15 for Arsenal in the Cup is too much when its on BBC Thats six on the bounce at Fulham Why did the Wigan fans arrive at 3.25 Review of the Altrincham Christmas Fair

I really hope the board dont offer Tristan enough money.Past his best and Spanish strikers have a crap track record in the Premier League. Ashton and Harewood would both have been good signings for us from the lower leagues and i think Nugent would be similar to those.

I dont think Anelka would have been right for Bolton.He's quick and can finish but he has an attitude problem like Ricketts did and Diouf does. Within a few weeks Anelka would be thinking "why is someone with my talent playing at Bolton in my mid 20s?" and he'd be telling his agent to get him another move. Anelka won a double with Arsenal but wasnt happy so why would he be happy in mid table with us?....he'd only have been here because hed got bored of Turkey and we were offering better money than anyone else at the time. Get on the phone to Preston with a bid for Nugent.

Meite is the only one of our signings who i can see being a decent one,but i would have kept Ngotty and Jaidi and not signed him because our problems werent in central defence last season. Fortune would be good if he wasnt injury prone but he is injury prone and i cant see a free transfer from the Israeli league being good enough for central midfield in the Premier League. If Wigan or Blackburn paraded those 3 as their summer signings i would see it as the beginning of the end of their time in the top flight.

Dolly Partons Jolene is working

The official Liverpool supporters club blamed it on Chelsea fans and super strength Belgian lager.

i heard that the marketing dept are leaking rumours about Anelka to shift a few season tickets in the last week before the season starts.

Tomatoes at the Koffee Pot if its before a punt at Selecta 2000 on Great Ancoats St. Otherwise beans.

You get egg,bacon,2 sausages,2 toasts and either beans or tomatoes for around ??1.75 The lunches are about a pound more.I'm a discerning punter and wouldnt eat at that cafe on Great Ancoats St near the sex shops but the Koffee Pot is my favourite greasy spoon in Manchester since the Arndale bus station cafe shut down in 96.

i thought that Oli over(goose)stepped the mark.

its being refurbished at the moment,i just hope it doesnt turn into a fancy bistro.

scrambled at the Koffee Pot cafe at Stevenson Sq in Manchester where a full english is under ??2

I thought we'd lose by more than 3-0 to Seville with the strange team we turned out. Sam is too negative to pick 3 strikers at home to a non league team in the cup so i think the sun must have got to him to pick 3 away from home to the Uefa Cup holders.

Its impossible for any of the teams i hate to get relegated from the Premier League.Their boards spend too much money for that to happen. I'd like a big club to go down from the Championship.Ipswich,Leicester,Sunderland or Wolves would be nice. And i want Accrington to go back down.

Weetos. They are 2 for 1 at Morrisons at the moment.

Nolan is the one class act we have got left in our midfield.We will be looking at a relegation battle if he gets injured/moves on. We've had the likes of Djorkaeff,Hierro,Faye and Okocha in our midfield recently buts its looking weak for next season.Speed is over the hill,Idan tal is a journeyman who couldnt make the grade at Everton and Campo is a fine player but injury prone.