Phoenix

Very gracious, sir. Good luck in the play-offs. I see 'B****y Barnsley' are there again.

2 hours ago, Rich3478 said:

Was literally thousands of people as well, all ages, kids too! 
No harm done at all

Ref blew early but think could’ve played the last two minutes.

Hope the EFL doesn't take a leaf out of Basketball Ireland's book.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/03/sport/irish-basketball-quarterfinal-match-replay-spt-intl/index.html#:~:text=On March 27%2C the NAC had ruled the,will be replayed at some point this week.

2 hours ago, Gritstone Ram said:

What trophy do you get for finishing 2nd?

Some bitter rival on some message board, I can't remember where, called it the 'Tax evaders cup'

I hope he chokes on his own vomit while his house is burning down.

Never in doubt.

It's coming home.....

Bolton 2 up

17 hours ago, RoyMac5 said:

 

Good luck with that. I appreciate it's conveniently situated but it floods regularly. It's known in Buxton as the Donkey Swamp.

1 hour ago, Elwood P Dowd said:

Personal tax allowance is frozen until 2028 😩

I was alway very careful to provide for my old age, it was the tax efficient thing to do, I never factored in that they would freeze the personal tax allowance.

Me too. I actually worked in the Company's Pension Department so I always considered myself savvy with regard to my own pension.

Of course, while we bemoan the grasping hands of the current government, let us not forget that bundle of laughter, Gordon Brown. At a single stroke, in his first budget after becoming chancellor of the exchequer, he eventually obliterated company pension schemes by withdrawing the tax credits on dividends to a tune of £5 billion a year. That's £5,000,000,000. It's estimated that this has now taken about £250 billion out of company pensions, over 20 years.

Of course, what few company pension schemes are left hold hardly any British shares, so that particular cash cow has gone to the knacker's yard.

What I find infuriating is that the basic tax relief for us ancient crincklies hasn't changed in years, and isn't likely to for a while. The state pension is not taxed at source and is set against the basic tax allowance. It has now risen to the point that it now exceeds the tax allowance.

The effect of this is that I am now on a K tax code, i.e., negative tax relief on my company pension.

Happy days. Enjoy your retirement.

8 minutes ago, DerbyPride said:

Is he a Bolton fan?

If so, we must 'warn' the EFL, a la Forest. There's something threatening about that statement.

44 minutes ago, Archied said:

a great day that stays in the memory

It'll certainly stay in the memory, whatever the result.

1 hour ago, Anag Ram said:

If fans can’t get up for this game without a beer it’s a sad state of affairs.

Save the drinking for after the game.

I’ll have Smithers chilling the Chateau Lafite! 😊

Chilling the Chateau Lafite?!?!? Good God,man. Sack him immediately.

I disagree with play-offs. You've done enough to prove yourself over 46 matches, to finish 3rd in my opinion. Seems unfair you could fail to gain promotion to a team in 6th, finishing say,  20 points behind you and winning the play-offs

The fact that Forest employ a 'refereeing consultant' is rather weird. Does any other club on the planet have one?

56 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said:

berk

I was surprised to learn that's rhyming slang.

Why the cloak and dagger stuff? They could just have made the announcement rather than announcing a future announcement. Wazzocks!

Make that 2

"the Premier League has no "fixed formula" for points deductions based on the size of a breach"

I wonder what size the brown envelope was.

The goal was hardly a 'Hand of God' moment (or may be it was!)

As for whether it was a goal, I would parody the umpire's comment when the great W G Grace told him 'That was never out!'

'Read tomorrow's paper'

1 hour ago, Eddie said:

Payback's a bitch for the absolute daylight robbery we suffered at the hands of your bunch of cheating scumbags and one-eyed match officials earlier in the season.

Come on Eddie, don't sit on the fence. Say what you really think

Portsmouth 1-0 up v P'bro

In other news. Peterborough are NOT winning. Still 0-0 as I type

3 minutes ago, Bob The Badger said:

Lincoln are starting to get on my tits. 3-0 up already.

That's 19 goals in their last 6 matches, so far...

I think we should sign Baccus, I like the name. Has he got a beard?

Barnsley winning too

11 hours ago, Wolfie20 said:

I seem to think it was Tranmere Rovers who were the t club to regularly play their home games on a Friday night.

I believe Crewe and Stockport did, too.