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Bitter taste in me mouth...

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posted on 15/12/14

No it clears it,you should try it sometime,they sell them in all good chemists.

posted on 15/12/14

Priceless article

posted on 15/12/14

Paisley not receiving a knighthood after his achievements, was the biggest disgrace of the lot as far as football is concerned.

posted on 15/12/14

Agreed, Major.

posted on 15/12/14

Fecking stupid Geordie prîck.

posted on 15/12/14

I'm glad Andy Carrot finally has a friend. He has spent 3 years talking to himself on the Newcastle board

comment by SS1878 (U4167)

posted on 15/12/14

none of them have done enough in the game to warrant a knighthood. Have to admit Paisley should have received one. And Clough.

posted on 15/12/14

The three United greats you mentioned had to be without doubt knighted. The Fergie one annoys me as I don't like his character but you can't knock his achievements and have to respect that.

I'm not sure the three Newcastle greats deserved it, otherwise we'd be knighting all sorts.

posted on 15/12/14

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posted on 15/12/14

Paisleys omission is purely related to the way things were done then. Of course he should have one. For me the most deserving Geordie is Paul Gascoigne for unrivalled services to corner shops,i'll drink to that!!!!

posted on 15/12/14

Paisleys omission is purely related to the way things were done then.
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Managers not long before him were knighted. Rightly so but how does that explain things?

They also had a good decade after he retired to give him one.

posted on 15/12/14

Bitter taste in me mouth...

your own ejaculate?

posted on 15/12/14

No argument from me on any point,maybe he didn't cowtow enough,hardly be a thatcherite with his background and can't imagine any government input on his behalf during the 80s/90s

posted on 15/12/14

Not a bad point to consider that actually. Odd all the same.

I highly doubt he'd have gave it a seconds thought but I'd have liked to have seen it.

posted on 15/12/14

comment by The Galloping Major (U7010)
posted 11 minutes ago
Not a bad point to consider that actually. Odd all the same.

I highly doubt he'd have gave it a seconds thought but I'd have liked to have seen it.
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Yeah, his omission possibly had something to do with the way football at the time was viewed by the establishment. Can't imagine any football person at the time would have featured too high on a popularity list in Downing St etc..with the hooligan problems.

posted on 15/12/14

comment by Barf Vader (U15867)

posted 2 minutes ago

comment by The Galloping Major (U7010)
posted 11 minutes ago
Not a bad point to consider that actually. Odd all the same.

I highly doubt he'd have gave it a seconds thought but I'd have liked to have seen it.
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Yeah, his omission possibly had something to do with the way football at the time was viewed by the establishment. Can't imagine any football person at the time would have featured too high on a popularity list in Downing St etc..with the hooligan problems.
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Yes there could be something in that. Notable as (U19359) also mentioned that Cloughie didn't receive one neither.

Another poor omission.

Still, Bob was alive for another 10 or 15 years after retirement, he should've been recognised further down the line if anything.

posted on 15/12/14

comment by DodgyUncleGeorgie (U20156)
As for Shearer, well he is the premiere leagues all time leading goalscorer yet some rate the likes of Henry, RVN, and Berkgamp much higher than him. Funny how we're quick to worship foreigners and not our own.

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If only you'd have made this your article, you would probably have a great topic.

Unfortunately, you chose to take a dump on your keyboard, then press send

posted on 15/12/14

Serves Shearer right, if he'd of signed for Man Utd then he'd of won far more trophies and obviously got his knighthood

comment by RB&W (U2335)

posted on 15/12/14

OP maybe its because the Charltons Busbys and Fergies actually did something with their footballing careers rather than pi55 their given talent up the wall by trying to be some kind of pound shop deluded local hero ?

posted on 15/12/14

Paisley's retirement in 83 was closely followed by Luton/Millwall a year and a bit later, then Heysel and English clubs getting banned, loads of hooligan incidents, with our semi finals in '85 probably being a low point for police trying to manage things. Thatcher's government then came up with membership cards, banning drink from the grounds and a midget sports minister that hated football.

And none of that's even to mention Hillsborough in '89, which the government will have seen as football's problem, not society's or the police's.

His death in '96 was probably just a bit too early for the new breed of politician that latched on to football for some cred (Bob who?).

And from what I've heard about Bob Paisley he'd have probably been a bit embarrassed by it all anyway.

Herbert Chapman never got one either...

comment by RB&W (U2335)

posted on 15/12/14

most celebs who dont get a knighthood... who most people think they should, copared to others...dont because they have a few undisclosed skeletons in the cupboard

posted on 15/12/14

Interesting post TPNM.

As you said he'd have probably been embarrassed anyway!

Always Sir Bob as far as I'm concerned!

posted on 16/12/14

You make a very valid point op but as we have seen with United things are always different.
JT alledgedly slept with a former girlfriend of a player that once played alongside him and was vilified by the press. Giggs sleeps with his brothers wife and is held up as an example for kids to look up to. Go figure.

posted on 16/12/14

The article is a whimsical jape, yes?

posted on 16/12/14

comment by Say My Name (U18558)
posted 6 hours ago
You make a very valid point op but as we have seen with United things are always different.
JT alledgedly slept with a former girlfriend of a player that once played alongside him and was vilified by the press. Giggs sleeps with his brothers wife and is held up as an example for kids to look up to. Go figure.
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Giggs not being a racist probably helped his perception compared to JT

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