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Well done Georgie Boy! Fantastic pole!
Hilarious from Red Bull, Checo out in Q2 and Max having a mechanical issue (oh, i do hope that fails in the race and cheers up all his title rivals).
Sainz ahead of Leclerc giving Ferrari the option to find a new way to screw up what should be a golden opportunity for Charles to trim the chanpionship lead.
Bring on tomorrow (with some rain drops please).
Kinda gutted Goatifi didn't bring it in the session that mattered, but never mind.

Todays attendance 31053

Hopefully we'll be looking back next may thinking how this thread was the start of out L1 invincibles season.
OK, it might not be, but, hopefully you're starting a fair few threads throughout August.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/62289380
Good article with the other gorgeous George.  It seems to suggest that Leclerc may have had a feable excuse for his trouble in France

You better watch out
You better not cry
Cos Derby County will never die
David Clowes is coming to town

I like santa Clowes is coming to town 

I can’t believe he couldn’t get a better move than Birmingham.

Women's football is what the men's game used to be and what it should be now. The Women's game is not making any multi millionaires. These ladies are in the sport for the love of the game - which is why they give 100%.
I have a daughter who plays football. The girls game at U9s, U10s, U11s, U12s etc is just as good as the boys and sometimes better. My daughter plays in the Nottingham girls and Ladies league for a team that beat Forest girls 9-3!
My Son plays in the YEL. Notts County girls play in that league and regularly hammer the boys.
Women's football is predominantly watched by girls and the families of those girls. I have been to several WSL matches and I have always enjoyed them. My daughter much prefers to watch the Women's game.
We have tickets at Wembley on Sunday for the Euro final and it will be a cracking day out for the family.

Collins with the cheeky nutmeg backheel?
I'm all for it.
 
 
Whites 1-0 Yellows, Hourihane.

Can you define strict please? Because you could say that MM plan wasn't very strict...
and not very good either in the end!
 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/africa/62049926
There is a hint of skulduggery in the 2nd division of the Sierra Leone league...... 
A match in which the half time score was 2-0, finished 95 - 0...... and there was a second example!
Thankfully the ever vigilant Sierra Leone FA are on the case to ensure fair play. 
Rumours that the investigating panel comprises Pol Pot, Peter Ridsdale, Sepp Blatter and Evangelos Marinakis are as yet unconfirmed. 
Where do you stand on the rheostat of dodginess Rams fans? 
?

Not really a surprise but a shame his presence will be lost after this season.

That's the spirit the OP was looking for.

Hello friends,
I hope this thread finds you all well on this warm Sunday afternoon.
As a club, we were strong supporters of the "Save Derby County" campaign as we strongly believe no fan base or community should have to face losing their football team and we were overjoyed when our friends at Clowes UK came to the rescue. Clowes UK sponsor Matlock Town including our away strip so it's fantastic to all be part of the same football family.
To celebrate the continued links, The Proctor Cars Stadium will be hosting Derby County on Friday 29th July with a 7:45pm kick off. It promises to be a fantastic evening of celebrations as the Gladiators will wear our Clowes UK away strip for the first time ever, the Clowes UK Cup will be up for grabs and they will be in attendance and we get to celebrate together the saving and hopefully thriving existence of the club you all love.
Tickets are available now via the following link - https://matlocktownfc.ktckts.com/event/mtl2223hpre3/matlock-town-v-derby-county-u-21s
We are hoping for 2300 sell out which we believe can be made possible by two fantastic fan bases. We were encouraged by Rams fans on Twitter to add a donation ticket option for those who want to help us out but are unable to attend for one reason or another.
As a community based non league team which doesn’t have a wealthy owner we rely solely on our community to fund the club whether through gate receipts, sponsorship or donations. Any donations would be greatly appreciated. 
Thank you to all who took the time to read this post and we hope to see you this coming Friday.

Sainz has got to be in with a shout. He got pole for Leclerc in France. If he hadn't started from the back or had to deal with Ferraris bonkers strategy he would have been right up there. I was impressed  throughout the whole w/e. I also hope Mercedes really get in the mix, 3 top reams gunning for a win would be fantastic

Lol, Ferrari an absolute shambles of a team. So many different points of failure. Hammy coming alive it seems. Great fighting drive from Georgie Boy too. End of season could be quite tasty now, with Floorgate playing out in the background.

Ocon saw him with a grenade and spun him out. 

Something needs to be done, so a yes from me.
Pyrotechnics have no place in crowds of folk with little opportunity for a short, sharp escape route.
Individual pitch invaders are tedious at best, embarrassing by their very nature, and a threat to those trying to carry out their job on the pitch.  I would add to that though, that they need to put a stop to ALL pitch invasions.  Last day celebrations? Play off wins?  Relegation avoidance? Yep, those too!
The authorities cannot... and should not... afford to pick and choose who to report, who to punish, and when to turn a blind eye.
I'm all for a cracking atmosphere.  I'm all for passion.  Crikey, I've even been known to be a tad boisterous myself, on the occasional weekend!
But we have to draw lines, and we have to stay on the right side of them.
But if they're gonna talk the talk, they need to be seen to be walking the walk!
I repeat... It's a yes from me.

View from our seats at Sainte Beaume curve. Lovely and warm...track temperature yesterday 59c.

It's like they've not been a title winning team for 15 years or something and forgot how to deal with it.
I feel for Leclerc, it's his mistake and he'll have to deal with that but hopefully in the best way. He's got the talent and a car and at least there's still plenty of races to go.
 

Oh Charles, oh Ferrari, oh dear dear dear what a mess

Oh Charles...oh...sad day for the title fight as i really don't think they'll blow it from this position.
Oh Ferrari...why, why do you do these things...came up with a title fighting car, a driver gifted enough to fight for it, a second driver good enough to be scoring regular podiums (ok a duff start to the year but carlos is a good driver) and then find every possible way to blow it. Even managed to get Sainz down 1 if not 2 places through bungling a pit stop then bungling how and when to serve the pen....
Good day for Mercedes.
Bad day for Perez, thet should've been an easy 1-2 for red bull but both Lewis and George dunked him.
Good job from ol Fred.
For the much talked about demise of danny ric, he's gradually being only mediocer next to Lando instead of truely horrifying, i guess.
Daddie's cash buys a single point.
 

I don't know if they played it on the TV but at the track the radio from Leclerc was something inaudible followed by throttle. Followed by Nòooooooooooooooooo
Did anybody catch this