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Based on a true story at the very least

I believe that was just one of the preliminary test competitions while they were ironing the rules out for the big EPL launch. Pre-football, so only counts like friendlies count

Got a feeling this is going to run and run over the summer

Southampton players also talking about suing their own club over lost earnings.

Oh, so England's win in 19-whatever it was doesn't count any more? That's good.

Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson - Say Say Say

Looks like high prices might be putting folk off. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c9q34pxv79eo

Kinda makes sense, with the 94 world cup being the first one since football was invented by England in 1992.

Whatever he has done he has really upset someone at Elgin City as since this broke they haven’t used his name once.

Hull City now saying they will appeal the result of final if they lose as they think they should have just been promoted automatically when Southampton were expelled.

That was a documentary

Southampton are now claiming that one of the appeal committee was biased, towards Boro, due to playing, on loan, for them over 30 years ago. The ex player, was one of the legal experts on the panel of the appeal. The legal eagle in question, is ex Don, David Winnie. He played one game on loan at Boro.

Was contemplating that one tonight but settled on a dreadful Seth Rogan movie where he falls into a vat of pickled cucumbers and wakes up 100 years later. No I’m not joking.

Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All

Elgin City have dismissed their manager Allan Hale for "gross misconduct".

No. Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me

Speaking of Guy Pearce, I have been watching the Netflix documentary of fellow neighbours alum(ni / na) Kylie. No laughing at the back, it's really quite interesting. Worth it for Nick Cave and his total admiration for all she does.

The Guy Pearce 2002 movie is worth a watch and, to my recollection, far superior to the Richard Chamberlain adaption. Its been a while though so could be wrong.

I've downloaded Wax Fruits and am looking forward to it as it has been previously recommended. For some reason I generally don't read much in the 6 months I'm in Scotland but go into overdrive in the other 6 when I'm in Spain and have more time on my hands. I tend to favour crime thrillers and am currently rotating between Robert Crais- Elvis Cole series, Denzil Meyrick- DCI Daley series, Mark Billingham- DCI Tom Thorne series and some Pg Wodehouse- Jeeves and Wooster or Alexander McCall Smith- Scotland Street books to lighten the mood. I also recommend reading Craig Russell's Lennox books about a private detective in 1950's Glasgow and his Jan Fabel series set in Germany I've previously enjoyed reading Elmore Leonard, Michael Connelly and John Le Carre books, particularly the Smiley series.

Perhaps but he also seems like a very Robinson target too.

Re Agnes Owens mentioned awa up there somewye ^^^^^ she gets a bit of PR in Birlinn Books’ weekly newsletter which hit my inbox today: “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AGNES! Sunday will mark the centenary of the birth of Agnes Owens, a brilliant but much overlooked Scottish author. Throughout this year we are republishing her entire collected works and sharing her wonderfully frank and deadpan writing with a new generation of readers. The first four titles, with introductions by Kirstin Innes, Heather Parry, Kirsty Logan, and Dani Garavelli, are published now, with three further titles coming this September. These new editions have already been receiving some glowing praise in the media: 'This unsung writer can make you laugh and shock you on the same page' - The Times 'A working class genius... darkly comic' - The Observer 'What under­pins this black com­edy is Owens’ authen­tic por­trayal of 1950s work­ing­-class hard­ship' - Daily Mail 'One of the most arresting and distinctive voices of twentieth century literature' - BBC Radio 4 Front Row”

I hope you blushed posting that one up Swaddon Boz Scaggs- What Can I Say

Stupid decision, he'll be fired before Christmas

I forgot, I’m also on page 112/277 of Arnold Bennet’s 1923 Riceyman Steps in a battered classic orange Penguin paperback (priced at twa bob, ie 10p for you yirlin radges) dated 1953. Hard copy Proper Mannies’ book 4.

Ach min, you could have had my copy. I left it in a Weegie Air BNB after an enforced emergency seven-week stay, as the book selection, apart from a Kate Atkinson, was airport novels and populist poop. The two following parts of Wax Fruit are very good too. I’d be interested to hear how you got on.