Mayofox

Mike Summerbee

Frank Large

Kevin Ratcliffe (running out of Everton defenders now!)

Pat van den Hauwe and Ian Wilson

Robbie Keane

Brian Flynn

Subbuteo, saw me through my early teens. We had leagues at my school!

Manchester's United and City? Alex Stepney in goal?

Brian Little

Ian St John

Jim Montgomery?

John Farrington

Don Revie?

Drink drivers. My son was driving to work at 6.15 am, only had his first car 4 months, and a drunk in a stolen van hit the near front side, thankfully at town speed limit. The van front bumper fell off, the driver gave my lad the finger, then drove off! The police were immediately phoned, and driving to the scene, obviously spotted the only van around without a bumper. The driver was arrested, that's how we know he was drunk, and the van stolen. Interestingly my son wasn't breathalysed. The police took him home, but shortly after his back began to hurt, as he'd been thrown against his door by the impact, and an ambulance took him to A+E, where he spent 5 hours on a spinal board, and eventually allowed to go home. As he was only covered 3rd party F+T his insurance company won't pay out (car valued at €12k), and as the car is going to be a write off, he's going to have to wait 4 months or so until the Motor Insurers Board pay out, on what should be a straightforward case. He needs a car to get to work, and I'm going to have to buy him a replacement to do this. He couldn't afford to do this, and without a car he's lose his job. And not drive family about. And here in Ireland, he's going to get a €100 bill for the ambulance ride. Now obviously it could have turned out a whole lot worse, but I'm still not too keen on drunk drivers. Selfish gits.

....and there's another article in the Guardian (basically see above).

Newcastle 1 up at Everton

6th place is calling us!

Since the 2014/15 season, JV has won the most penalties in the Premier League (14).

Contender for GOTM from Madders.

Watford FC reporting that as a thank you for the banner, Top has said all their food and drinks are free!

7th as we stand, and improving the goal difference.

Sky are going to show the penalties live shortly.

Theresa May is really grasping at straws if she thinks a short visit to Northern Ireland will help her cause. The country voted 55.8% to remain, and IMO this figure will be higher now.

I fully agree with you. The market value of the resulting house is immaterial to me. It'll be home, not an investment. Knowing that I have my precise specifications, such as ceiling tracking between my son's dedicated wet room and his bedroom, is more important. Our young architect already had experience of building the type of house we need, and his first drawings, based on the needs we have, look very interesting. Yes, it will be a one-off, to fit the site, and to follow the sun. Hopefully our nearest neighbours will be a flock of sheep!

Getting that "perfect" site can be very difficult. Then one we are pursuing is through an estate agent. However, if this falls through we are aware of a another site (there could be 2 acres or more available), which is not on the open market. So, through contacts you may hear of a farmer who is happy to sell a parcel of land. A further consideration, here certainly, is that to build on the edge of town, pushing into the countryside, you must have a connection with that area. This means the pool of potential purchasers is quite small, limited say to the children of farmers. However this particular requirement has been waived for us, due to my son and his disability. Planners are very much against "linear town sprawl".