Diary of a professional punter

[redarmi]

My parents wouldn't let me go to Spike island when i was 14/15.....wanted another chance to see them ever since.  of course I am sure it will be nothing like the same but can't help being a little bit excited.  One of my favourite bands ever and I am sure that makes me seem quite old to the kidz!!!

[Dubai]

No interest in dogs?

[redarmi]

Used to be more so than I am now.  I think to be a good judge of dog racing you have to go a bit and it isn't really feasible for me anymore.  When I was a student I went to one of Hackney, Catford, Wimbledon, Wembley or the Stow almost every night and used to love it.  I lived five minutes walk from Catford but when they shut there and Hackney I stopped going as regularly however I do occasionally get bits and pieces come across my radar and funnily enough this has happened today and it has just occurred to me that you might be the ideal person to ask some advice about but I would rather do it off forum for now so will drop you a PM.

[Sheriff Fatman]

My parents wouldn't let me go to Spike island when i was 14/15.....wanted another chance to see them ever since.  of course I am sure it will be nothing like the same but can't help being a little bit excited.  One of my favourite bands ever and I am sure that makes me seem quite old to the kidz!!!

I only saw them on the Second Coming tour, but he was comically out of tune on the night we saw him.  I was still fab to be there though.

I also went to Glastonbury in 95 (I think) when they were supposed to be headlining, but they split up just before then and were replaced by Pulp at the last minute, who were probably the highlight of the festival that year.

Funnily enough, Barnsley have changed their intro music this season and now come out to a mixture of the Rocky soundtrack and I Am The Resurrection, which is bizarre, but it's growing on me and takes me back to my youth!

The first album is still the best album of all time, IMO, and is unlikely to get topped.

[TightEnd]

Stone Roses. All four original members in the reform, too

[smashedagain]

Totally unconnected to this diary but the news that the Stone Roses are reforming has made my day.

really. any links plz?

[Sheriff Fatman]

Totally unconnected to this diary but the news that the Stone Roses are reforming has made my day.

really. any links plz?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/3873222/Stone-Roses-to-brannounce-tour.html

[Graham C]

Great news about Stone Roses, really looking forward to hearing what they come up with

[smashedagain]

Mani said it would never happen. Great news tho and made my day too....still think its gotta be odds on to not happen (but thats not a tip)

[Dewi_cool]

Do you think betfred should pay Curley out on his coup?

I don't think bookies in general realise how much the idea of these coups do for their business in terms of PR.  To try and welsh welch on them is shortsighted imo.  That said I am no great fan of Curley.  He is pretty much bent and certainly not good for the game but he also very nearly pulled off a coup that day that I would have dismissed as impossible in this day and age.  Fred Done, on the other hand, no words can adequately describe my loathing for this man and his pathetic, pissy little firm.  How the government could possibly sell him the Tote is totally beyond me.  Today there is a modest rollover on the Tote jackpot and there are four meetings for him to choose from.  Cheltenham is a competitive card and the first real exciting jumps meeting of the year.  Haydock has some decent handicaps for a late season flat meeting and even Redcar has a couple of old Northen circuit favourites running.  The jackpot is at Wolverhampton.  One day i will record a spoof of that incredibly annoying Betfred advert that is on TV where he says "He's handy 147 I'll lay 2-1" and put it up on youtube.

Apologies rant over.

fyp

[gatso]

arguably the greatest band ever. don't really care if he's out of tune tbh

[mondatoo]

I'd definitely want to go see them live, incred band.

[redarmi]

Fairly busy morning for me and plenty to still do

£20 Notts Forest @ 13/8
£10 Torquay @ 7/5
£10 Plymouth @ 9/2
£15 under 2.5 goals Dag/Plymouth
£20 Peterhead @ 13/8

£15 Simply Ned 135 Kelso @ 7/2
£10 e/w Immortal Verse @ 7/1 Lads 1/4 odds place

[redarmi]

£10 Swansea +1/2 1.84

[Chompy]

Gonna allow myself a one-a-decade mug bet on the footie for japes.

£10 Yankee on the following teams to score 4+ this arvo

Man City 7/2
MK Dons 6/1
Southend 8/1
AFC Wimbledon 8/1