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Vuvuzelas, Yanks and minor BBC celebrities

Vuvuzelas, Yanks and minor BBC celebrities

Neill Rimmers Perm June 11, 2010 6

For those of you dreading the sound of the Vuvuzelas throughout the World Cup games, bear a thought for your poor correspondent in Johannesburg. Kept up all night, every fucking night by them blaring

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Owzatt!

Owzatt!

Neill Rimmers Perm January 16, 2010 0

I ‘ve never been an advocate of technology in football, or any sport really, I ‘m not a Luddite but I am a great believer in the view that its simplicity is a large

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EXCLUSIVE: Steve Bruce set for sensational Marlon King swoop in Jan

EXCLUSIVE: Steve Bruce set for sensational Marlon King swoop in Jan

Neill Rimmers Perm November 25, 2009 0

Sunderland manager Steve Bruce has today come out and said he will try to sign beleagured free agent and former Wigan charge Marlon King for his new club Sunderland

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Pig Sick

Pig Sick

Neill Rimmers Perm October 27, 2009 0

22 men, running around, getting dirty and sweaty, coming into close physical contact, if they’re lucky hugging and kissing before disappearing for a bath/shower together.  No it’s not Aunty Gok’s ideal night out, it’s

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Springfield Park, Wigan – The four unknown cyclists

Springfield Park, Wigan – The four unknown cyclists

Neill Rimmers Perm July 25, 2009 8

The purpose of this article is threefold.   Firstly, to try and identify the cyclist in the photographs who are all believed to have competed at Springfield Park in the early 1900’s.  So if

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