Ol Crabtree

OTD in 1996 Irvine Welsh’s cinematic masterpiece, Trainspottjng, is released.

Someone who is a maverick, who does 🖕to the system….. “here’s what I think to your one automatic promotion place policy…..Yes, we beat you at the LNER but leave me alone, I’m helping to hold Rochdale to a 1-1 draw at Spotland.”

Sadly a lot of competition for that mantle in the news on an almost daily basis.

“I was not singing the Hiram Boateng Chant….” #ycfc

On this day in 2000, the Guy Ritchie film ‘Snatch’ gets its US Premiere, ahead of general release.

I thought it was alleged that he wanted to ship it, brick by brick, to Germany?

OTD in 2000, England Manager Kevin Keegan infamously resigns in the toilets at Half-Time as England lose their last game at the Old Wembley stadium.

The alt right are big fans of the Romans too. Thank fully, chocolate & tea rooms have yet to be radicalised by the right.

Interesting that Robinson, Fox and Hopkins call for free speech when they have been found to have made incorrect and defamatory remarks in the past. Grifting must also be hard work and must take a physical toll.

OTD in 1993, Roy Keane scored 2 goals on his Old Trafford debut for Manchester United.

It’s just occurred to me that the distance between Slough & Swindon is 60 miles, why did Wernham Hogg have 2 branches so close to each other?

OTD in 1997, The Verve’s Bitter Sweet Symphony, written by Richard Ashcroft is number 6 in the UK charts.

I mean that might give you a temporary high & some endorphins but is it going to help your eyesi…. oh!

OTD in 2001, Guns & Roses cancel the London leg of their Chinese Democracy tour.

To paraphrase Graham Taylor, today has been a test.

I think the Man City one about George Best was written by a child enjoying his final days of primary school.

“As I said before Gareth, it’s Christmas Day at Buckingham Palace… They’re all playing a game…..”

Not sure the Ugglas would just give him a ticket given the number of regular fans who couldn’t attend.

The biggest irony is that the English Defence Front sponsors the French football teams. You couldn’t make it up….

Lev Yalcin signed up to the #ycfc Legends team. What a time to be alive!

10/10 for the shoes 👍🏻

“I’m mad enough without the gear, Friedrich. I’ll take a rain check”

The struggle of PW’s belt in black and white, a metaphor for the NLN days…..

The Ugglas will probably buy the stadium & the SMC will come under YCFC but the reality is that the other games played there will continue to some degree. City can buy Akinyemi, Stones etc because we aren’t paying to upkeep a stadium.

I see yer Da is asking why the club didn’t foresee this twice in 4 year situation with the ground it didn’t build or doesn’t own…..

Surely Harrogate would bottle it….

League One with Bradford, Huddersfield, Barnsley, Rotherham, Donny would be a utopia for City fans. I’ll settle for the Tea Room Derby in the interim……

I imagine Steve Bruce had a similar problem in the noughties.

OTD in 1988, the last episode of Crossroads is aired on UK Television.

Bloody woke toasties with their foreign cheeses & sourdough……