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Stanley Matthews - On 15 May 1957, Matthews became the oldest player ever to represent England, when at 42 years and 104 days old he turned out for the victory over the Danes in Copenhagen Leslie Comptom - He was selected for England for their match against Wales on 15 November 1950, making...

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Dortmund agree £31m deal to sign Sunderland's Bellingham https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cq5468w4g7xo

That's what i was referring to originally, and if the investors there happen to hold under 30% in Palace (combined in terms of percentage of shares owned) then don't they come in under the threshold for multi-club ownership in UEFA's rules meaning they could drop down ? I saw something saying...

If UEFA decide they can't play in the Europa League due to their ownership set up, then they can probably drop down to the Conference league instead (with Forest taking their Europa Spot and we still miss out on Europe) The Director with shares in the Danish Club only has somewhere around 10 to...

Graeme Smith (Scottish GK)

Pretty meaningless stat without any context Saving loads of shots that are hit from 40 to 50 yards away is easy and if that is all the opposition can muster due to the defence in front of them, it can make the keeper seem great, but if most of the shots they faced came from 10 to 15 yards away...

So this thread descends in to petty bickering unrelated to the actual thread topic within a couple of pages......

Easy to put the figures up like that and make it appear really bad, but it lacks a lot of vital context Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was the cold war and so numbers would be far higher as a result, as global tensions meant there was a greater need. Then you have the collapse...

They were several reversable bucket hats, a stadium tour, a training ground tour and a signed shirt given away the venue didn't seem that full, (maybe 200 attended) and the atmosphere a bit flat (they had a montage on the screens but the sound was from the League one play off semi final matches...

Monday's win saw Brighton complete a remarkable home record against the Premier League's 'big six' in the league this season. Now only are the Seagulls unbeaten against them at the Amex Stadium, but they have dropped just two points from their six league games at home to the 'big six': 24 Aug...

Wasn't it also going to include food ?

Albion - old name used for Britain - just like Alba, which is an old name for Scotland

A lot of the lack of atmosphere is down to apathy too Some look for reasons to blame a lack of atmosphere on: from having to sit during games (it's been proven time and again an atmosphere can be created when sitting at matches) though to people looking at us like we are mad for singing at a...