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Personally i think this is massive. Heard about it on With Me Now and it sounds like the most parkrun thing you can think of. Absolutely love it when they get it spot on. A sponsor getting in close and bring their values to help our participants. Perfecf

https://sponsorship.org/specsavers-and-parkrun-launch-new-startline-initiative-to-help-people-with-accessibility-needs-take-their-first-step-into-parkrun/

Genuinely don't think there's a better away end song that SotB...especially after a win.

That endless one at Leicester a few years ago was definitive. The tv commentators just realised it was something special and stopped talking to let it rinf out.

Obviously this was always going to happen, can't think of any objection (as long as the pitch is okay).

There isn't really stress on the local community (a limiting factor on Anfield's usage) beyond the traffic congestion on Derby Road. That is nowhere near the same amount of impact concerts will have to the houses in an area like L4.

I definitely don't know anyone like this

What people tend to forget about reality tv stars on the show is that unlike the tv presenters or pop stars etc this is their day job and they are very professional about it.

A case in point was Joey Essex; a vapid jack-the-lad who goes in proclaiming they can't even boil an egg...

...fast forward 4 weeks and they are cooking beef wellington with truffle shavings and a port reduction.

I always wonder who is training/coaching them and whether it is stage managed by the show itself (or their agent)? There is just no way they are growing into self taught chefs this quickly.

Absolutely nothing wrong with taking it seriously but it makes it feel a little bit hollow when you realise they are almost certainly just repeating recipes that've been drilled into them by a cookery coach.

I think the same probably goes for a lot of the sports stars that excel in the show too.

And I am literally Mr Doom-and-Gloom generally but there are so many players there looking sharp and intentful.

Only negative was Beto who looked sluggish and Beto-ish. Dibling especially looked like he wants it. Hackney looked happy to sit and gather and move it. KDH looks ready to take the club by the scruff of the neck. Armstrong’s self belief is genuinely infectious. Röhl genuinely looks like a perfect Moyes player.

One more journeyman striker and a right-back…and let’s do it.

What are everyone’s favourite tier 1 - 5 ships. The ones you just like to take out for cruise and forget about the grind.

For me it’s Langley, St Louis and Isokaze. My stats are really good on them too.

Quite like a brawl using Kongo too

Genuinely saluting Felipe Contepomi for storming out of a press conference in protest at the thin internal walls and shoddy sound-proofing standards at their home stadium.

When you get dodgy builders in you have to take a stand.

Does anyone know how it works when we host these games? Do we get a fee for the hire of the stadium? Are the ticket sales going to the organisation putting the game on?

So far each event has been a huge success.

Hill Dickinson is a 30 minute walk from Liverpool town centre. Really simple to get to and a nice walk on a sunny day....or you can get the train from Moorfields to Sandhills.

There is a cluster of really good pubs at that end of town too whether you are walking or getting the train (Look up The Railway, The Lion, Thomas Rigbys or The Denbigh Castle)

If you are walking then along the way there is a decent number of newish bars until you get to the immediate area and there is a load of them opposite the entrances.

Once you are through the wall there is a really nice plaza where you can get food & drink and meet people. Inside the ground there is all the bars and food stands you'd expect at a modern stadium.

If you are just coming and going straight away then it might be worth parking at Maghull Station or Liverpool South Parkway and taking the train to Sandhills.

I presume we can talk about Your Party in the past tense now. An utter disaster from before it even started. Toxic egos revealing their true colours...I hope they get nowhere near a left wing platform again, let alone the reigns on power.

For years it was the centrists and the Blairites who took the blame for Corbyn's failure at Labour. Your Party's legacy will be that that excuse just doesn't hold water. We saw what Corbyn and his supporters were like to work with when they tried to work with each other for 5 minutes on something they all agreed on.

It's just a sad, sad thing.

Has anyone had their actual tickets emailed to them?

A few times he has popped up in popular culture referenced as a hugely fearsome character (Simpsons, Seinfeld etc). Is he looked at the way we'd look at Sir Alex Ferguson? (Awed respect) or someone like Roman Abramovich (seen as a totally ruthless basket-case)?

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Was he the sort of character who would have enjoyed being satirised like he was in these shows?