Champ

This was my shout. A bit of a soundtrack to this summer for me

Who are ya??????????

Time I paid my dues so that I can rep you back. I like your style and thought your post last night seemed 'a little out of character.' I am prepared to give you another chance. This once!

Time I paid my dues so I can rep you back. I like your style and your post did seem 'a little out of character.' I am prepared to let you off, this once!

Get yourself to a game, girl. Having said that, think about it carefully, it may change your life. There are echoes of my experience in your description. I first started supporting the club in the campaign that led to our first European Cup win. My family had just moved to Scotland. At times I felt pretty isolated and as a young teenager this was something I could call my own. No-one in my family was particularly into football and I dont think it ever occurred ot me that I might go to a game but I followed the club avidly in the only ways available to me at the time, through the TV, papers and magazines. After leaving home to go to university other things did take over and my support for the club took a back seat for a long time until my son began to show his own interest in football and for Liverpool in particular. Perhaps its genetic. His interest rekindled all the passion that there had been for me when I had first started supporting 'my team' and this time round I was a grown up. My husband had started going to the odd game (different team) and I thought 'I want to go and see my own team' and so it all began. Family commitments, finance and logistics mean that I can only manage 2-3 games a season but it is a completely different experience to that of sitting at home watching the game. This sounds a bit 'girly' but I love it all... the thrill of even getting tickets, the anticipation of going to a game, the rituals that have built up, beginning from when we leave home, to arriving in the city, the build up to the game and obviously, the game itself. You absolutely see so much more being at the game, the movement of the players, being able to focus on certain aspects of the game, or players, rather than having to take what is chosen for you by TV editors. The only bit I miss in going to the game is not being able to see things 'on replay' but there's always MOTD for that. And that's without going into the 'shared' experience of the atmosphere (although there's always one within earshot that makes you wonder what they're doing there) And it is like a drug. The more I get the more I want and so the number of games I go to has crept up and the amount of time that is now taken up thinking about and watching games is bordering on the obsessive, I guess, but I love it and I know for me I wouldnt feel about it in the same way if I hadnt started going to games. I feel like I have only given a flavour of 'my journey' and once I have posted this I will probably think of other things I wanted to include but I think it gives some sense of 'where I'm coming from.' And if you dont have access to ticketss by other means, get yourself signed up for membership in time for the next release of tickets at the end of the year, Stella. And be prepared to fall in love again.

Am I missing something?

He looked really good last night...his energy, his movement, his commitment, his link up work with Suarez, particularly in the first half. And the other stuff...you know what you're going to get with Bellamy. When he's playing for someone else he's a moaning git but having just come back its sort of endearing, until.....

Resulting in my first negging......over a bean???????????

It doesnt come into my equation

I've been thinking about this...The reason that beans are wrong is that they are too sweet to go with the sausage and bacon. As are their thick texture. And thats where the grilled, not tinned tomatoes because they're just horrible, score because their acidity provides contrasts to the meat, mutually enhancing their distinct flavours and textures. I rest my case.

There are a number of women like this in my office, including one quite young one, and they just eat all the time. High calorie junk. I know what you mean and I know its none of my business but it really gets to me watching this young girl eat the way she does. There has to be something seriously wrong to abuse yourself like that

Beans are glorious..just not on a fry up and never for breakfast. Same goes for tinned tomatoes. Institution food.

Dunno but my Mum calls them that. She's from the North East

Thanks for that. Red pudding has no place on a cooked breakfast

Red pudding? What's that?

I wondered if that might get a comment....

Flying Pig? Really?

He'd have kept his rep to himself if he'd seen them....more grapes than melons sad to say, perfectly formed though...

Was at work when I first read this, so couldnt post a reply right away, but that made me laugh

Aah Remmie, hadnt realised I'd been noticed by anyone apart from Melons... Kinda outed myself really. I thought the time had arrived to come clean.

That was some week....dont worry, its been a bit quieter since then....suffice to say, Simon's thread was closed, I think the consensus is that Jon Snow and IBG are not the same person although the timing of them both joining on the same day still seems a bit of an almighty coincidence to me and surprise surprise that 'hello' girl has never been heard from since her one introductory post...mmmmmmm Anything else?????

Glad to hear it. Someone else as shallow as me... I was feeling very nervous reading all the nice reassuring early posts when you said your girl was 25st.

There have been a couple of threads on this subject posted in the last few days. I signed the petition then. I agree it is a really good cause

Would you really, though?

What kind of gloves?