Champions' League

[Stolly]

Very much a matter of opinion, Stolly, i'd rather watch the insides of my eyelids Then again, i've been on nights

Yeah but I guess having Halifax Town on your door step may have influenced things a bit .

Proper football fans though are another breed of obsessive nutcases altogether. There's a chap in our office here (in Leeds) who is a fanatical Cambridge United supporter and who, in this last season, has travelled to every game (bar one) - something like 24,000 miles of driving , all to follow a team trying (and failing in the playoff final against Exeter) to get out of the Blue Square Premier and into League 2.

[jodg]

Very very wrong there stagger - football, especially the Premier League, is pretty much the best sport in the world bar none to watch.

Sorry Stolly, can't overlook the fact that these guys get £20,30K+ a week for kicking a ball around!!! Sticks in my craw and leaves a nasty taste.

[Fleeter]

Sorry Stolly, can't overlook the fact that these guys get £20,30K+ a week for kicking a ball around!!! Sticks in my craw and leaves a nasty taste.

i heard that Real Madrid were offering Ronaldo £200,000 a week

[jodg]

i heard that Real Madrid were offering Ronaldo £200,000 a week

Nuts. You've spoilt my morning!

[Stolly]

Sorry Stolly, can't overlook the fact that these guys get £20,30K+ a week for kicking a ball around!!! Sticks in my craw and leaves a nasty taste.

John Terry = £150K a week, Rooney = £120K, Ronaldo = £125K etc etc.

The wages though don't themselves make the game better or worse; they just get poeple's goat for other reasons. Remember though that top sports stars in the US earn similarly, Indian Cricket might soon go the same way and a fair few actors and actresses can command $20,000,000 dollars or more to star in a film. And what about the world's super rich? Bill Gates et al - I don't see many people refusing to use Windows because of Bill' earnings .

[Fleeter]

Nuts. You've spoilt my morning!

nah it's friday,keep smiling

[jodg]

The wages though don't themselves make the game better or worse; they just get poeple's goat for other reasons.

Fair point, Stolly, I agree. It just adds to the fact that I consider football to be way over-rated, but that's my personal opinion.

[Stolly]

My 'professional' earnings on the other hand from running amount to one bottle of Daleside beer at the Auld Land Syne at new year

[jodg]

My 'professional' earnings on the other hand from running amount to one bottle of Daleside beer at the Auld Land Syne at new year

And I just missed out on a basket of cheese and chutney once....!

[Fleeter]

And I just missed out on a basket of cheese and chutney once....!

ravenstones by any chance