this springs to mind

?As I get older, the tyranny that football exerts over my life, and therefore over the lives of people around me, is less reasonable and less attractive. Family and friends know, after long years of wearying experience, that the fixture list always has the last word in any arrangement; they understand, or at least accept, that christenings or weddings or any gatherings, which in other families would take unquestioned precedence, can only be plotted after consultation. So football is regarded as a given disability that has to be worked around. If I were wheelchair-bound, nobody close to me would organise anything in a top-floor flat, so why would they plan anything for a winter Saturday afternoon.?

You can now include Sunday afternoon in that

The quote is from Fever Pitch probably the finest Football book and the worst football film ...... but you knew that

Posted By: ghostof barry butler on October 1st 2013 at 18:56:23

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On subject of Chelsea game I have a quandary.. (NCFC) - Old Splat, Oct 1, 18:44:51
- There is nothing you can do whatsoever (NCFC) - norway, Oct 1, 20:04:44
- Tell her that her sisters will be around for years. The game only lasts 90 mins (n/m) (NCFC) - Upperjarroldmiddle, Oct 1, 19:59:34
- grow a pair and tell her straight (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Oct 1, 19:27:58
- Got a decent phone? (NCFC) - pants, Oct 1, 19:23:44
- Go to the "do" (NCFC) - Chris Peacock, Oct 1, 19:04:48
  - OOOOOhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (NCFC) - Old Splat, Oct 1, 19:07:48
- you have four days to acrue brownie points... (NCFC) - Pixelman, Oct 1, 18:59:49
- If you go the football your going to be in trouble (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Oct 1, 18:52:30
- "Yes, of course I'm going to the football" (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 1, 18:49:07
  - Yep, should have just said it there and then (NCFC) - Old Splat, Oct 1, 18:54:35
- Oh, and the lads will be meeting at 10.00 - 10.30am (NCFC) - Old Splat, Oct 1, 18:47:43
- Is her birthday on Sunday? (n/m) (NCFC) - Karnivore, Oct 1, 18:46:43
  - No, in two weeks time (NCFC) - Old Splat, Oct 1, 18:52:54
    - this springs to mind (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Oct 1, 18:56:23
      - Thanks - I'm in the process of learning that off by heart (NCFC) - Old Splat, Oct 1, 19:06:51
    - in that case, tell her you're only going so she can spend some time with her family (NCFC) - Karnivore, Oct 1, 18:55:30
      - Nice thought but (NCFC) - Old Splat, Oct 1, 19:04:17
        
        well (NCFC) - Karnivore, Oct 1, 19:07:25
        
        lol! (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 1, 19:07:20
        
        I'll show you the bruises (NCFC) - Old Splat, Oct 1, 19:09:05
        
        thems that dies are the lucky ones.... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 1, 19:15:33

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