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Poppy Fascism Draws to a Close

One thing that came to my attention last weekend was the need for Wigan Athletic winger, James McLean, almost being forced to write a letter to his chairman, Dave Whelan, to explain his reasons for not wearing a football shirt with a poppy embroidered on it. You can read his letter HERE  McLean is from Derry, scene of the Bloody Sunday massacre. To display a ...

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The FA Cup Comes to Basingstoke

Basingstoke became engulfed in FA Cup fever yesterday as a bumper crowd, braving quite hideous conditions, witnessed a hard fought and honest contest where the Dragons were perhaps unlucky not to get the job done at the first time of asking. As we arrived at the ground, the heavens opened so the club bar was an ideal place of refuge and it was in there where I saw ...

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Ronaldinho Regrets Basingstoke Snub!

Former Brazil, Barcelona and Milan superstar, Ronaldinho, has admitted for the first time that he deeply regrets snubbing a move to Basingstoke Town earlier this year. Speaking from his palatial Buckskin residence, a gaunt and remorseful looking Ronaldinho described himself as feeling like Pete Best, the so called fifth Beatle who left the Liverpool popsters ...

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An Afternoon at Basingstoke Town!

There was a time when a professional football match at Reading was a place for oddballs. Everywhere you looked there would be harmless social inadequates, 40 year old men who still lived with their mum's and nicotine stained old boys who hadn't missed a game since they were six. Over the years as a new stadium was built, commercial avenues opened and with players ...

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Daily Express Winter Forecast 2014

Fantasy Scientists with no legitimate qualifications have issued their winter forecast to Daily Express scaremonger, Nathan Rao, confirming that we are all going to die. Andrew Knobcheese of unrecognised long range weather forecasting group ExactlyWrong, is warning that the winter of 2014-15 is set to be the coldest since records dating back to the Roman Empire, ...

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