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In miserable but entirely unsurprising news, rumours abound that Mason Greenwood could indeed be returning to Manchester United's playing squad. As decisions goes it's pretty awful. But as mentioned already not at all surprising. Jonathan Liew wrote an excellent piece in the Guardian about it...

At the ripe old age of somewhere approaching 40 it's probably about time I learn to drive. Trouble is I don't particularly like being in cars after a bad accident when I was younger. So I'd be looking for an instructor who's able to handle an anxious driver. Plus I don't really give a hoot...

Potentially big stuff happening this afternoon over the pond. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/26/ufo-congressional-hearing-what-to-know A House of Representatives committee is set to hold an eagerly-awaited hearing on UFOs on Wednesday, which is expected to see remarkable claims...

My other half and I, somewhat impulsively, have just bought tickets for a Postal Service and Death Cab For Cutie co-headline show in New York in September making it comfortably the furthest I'll have travelled for a show. Anyone else done hefty mileage for one show?

Got a hardwired smoke alarm that's decided to beep incessantly, I'm guessing to let us know it's at the end of its life. Because it's hardwired I think I need to turn off the fuse but I don't think it's on a separate circuit and I don't really want to turn off the power to the entire house. I...

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/liverpool-set-for-monstrous-takeover-bid-from-qatar-in-february Oh good.

According to the BBC...you have to scroll down past three United stories to get to anything about our game. Which is of course a video of Klopp saying how bad they were...

Couldn't see an Albums 2023 thread so here it jolly well is. I'm going to throw any semblance of logic into the sea right here in post #1 by recommending an album that came out on December 1st, 2022. That's right, we're going lawless around here. Anyway, The Water is the Shovel of the Shore by...

Government says it has made its biggest ever intervention to keep rise below inflation, but Labour condemns ‘sick joke’ https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/dec/22/rail-fares-in-england-to-increase-by-up-to-59-in-march Brilliant.

The partner of the man whose noise complaint against Manchester’s famous Night & Day music venue could see it close has told a court he has become a “recluse” and lost 30kg due to stress. Speaking at Manchester magistrates court on Wednesday, he said the couple had moved out in May as living...

Modern video games boast longer and longer playtimes – but does the idea of spending hundreds of hours on a game make you feel excited, or exhausted? https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/jan/12/would-you-play-a-video-game-for-500-hours I buy Football Manager every year and sink at least 700...

Brighton and West Brom have secured the rights to the name which was used as far back as the sixth century – and historians are not taking the news well https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jan/10/albion-has-the-name-for-ancient-britain-really-been-trademarked-by-football-clubs Or for a...

Russell T Davies to return to Doctor Who as showrunner The Queer As Folk and It’s a Sin creator first revived the science-fiction series for the BBC in 2005 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/sep/24/russell-t-davies-to-return-to-doctor-who-as-showrunner One wonders if the BBC are...

The Great Resignation is here and no one is prepared Around the world, workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers – and bosses are still scrambling to figure out how to keep them https://www.wired.co.uk/article/great-resignation-quit-job It seems a global pandemic is a thing which...

Referee Lee Mason will retire from officiating at the end of the 2020-21 Premier League season. The Premier League have confirmed that Mason will become the league's first dedicated Video Assistant Referee (VAR) from the 2021-22 season...

We seem to be, here on NSC at least, something of a fractured fan-base at the moment. There's the IN crowd, the OUT crowd and the rest of us who like it up here on the FENCE. There's questions around the players, the recruitment, the ambition, the money and the executive team. It's a bit...

Derby’s first-team coach Liam Rosenior is part of a six-person panel who will oversee the process to recruit Greg Clarke’s successor as Football Association chairman. The governing body has outlined how it will work to identify the best candidate, with Rosenior – appointed to the FA’s inclusion...

Says bank. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/11/staff-who-work-from-home-after-pandemic-should-pay-more-tax