http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=sport The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:24:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-178148 Wed, 15 May 2013 10:11:43 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 178148@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Is that Rikkor the Redbricker? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-178135 Wed, 15 May 2013 09:27:10 +0000 Oxbridge 178135@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"Not that Oxbridge entrance is the be all etc."</p> <p>You tell Rikkor that... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-178053 Tue, 14 May 2013 20:03:54 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 178053@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Quango - it's just in reference to the fact that the real college in question sought to justify their decision to stop the rugby fixture on the basis that the other college is, in essence, solely an academy for professional rugby players of the future in contrast to their own highbrow academic aspirations. </p> <p>That all sounds fair enough until it emerges that said "professional rugby academy" got 2 students into Oxbridge last year (as genuine undergraduates, not what you're referring to above), precisely the same number of students as the college with the loftier academic pretensions. </p> <p>Not that Oxbridge entrance is the be all etc,, but it tends to be the measure that most schools use, especially those who wish to portray themselves as academically successful. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-178052 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:23:53 +0000 quango 178052@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Don't get the Oxbridge reference tho - the rowing team for both is made up of people who are as thick as shit, but win them races. Same for rugby </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-178023 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:58:44 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 178023@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Well, funny names or not....that is the question. Spot on about Llandovery. Glad to hear you were good at tennis 30 years ago...I wasn't.</p> <p>Don't want to get too clever for my own good with Welsh words and spellings....probably should change the teachers names and maybe the schools too, but not sure how ! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-178020 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:52:23 +0000 blacklesbian 178020@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Life is Bywyd in welsh and Llyf is I think flood although might be spelt with an 'i' not a 'y'. I liked Llandofmyfathus as well, especially as the real place is Llandovery. They may be a big rugby school but our comprehensive slaughtered them at tennis thirty two years ago. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-178015 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:27:38 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 178015@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>If I can't edit the text any more, are there any other ways to tidy up the funny names problem...or do I just have to reissue as a new version? Any suggestions? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-178014 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:22:35 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 178014@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ah ok, thanks for the tip - I didn't know there was a no funny names rule....although, on reflection, I guess they are a bit cheesy. I don't know about the Welsh spelling, tricky subject. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177991 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:56:35 +0000 beau-jolly 177991@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Has promise but breaks the no funny names rule a few times. Having said that I did like University of Llyfe although I am sure you spell it Llyff. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177945 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:24:48 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 177945@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Sorry about that Oxbridge....nothing personal, I'm sure</p> <p>("nothing personal?....how much more personal can you get.....") </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177943 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:17:26 +0000 blacklesbian 177943@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Apparently some of the public schools have banned buggery as well now. It never did me any harm. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177941 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:09:14 +0000 Oxbridge 177941@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"Last week I heard rumours of 2 students gaining entry to Oxbridge"</p> <p>My ass hurts.</p> <p>Stars anyway. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177939 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:02:05 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 177939@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Here you go.....</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22443380" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22443380</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wales-oldest-schoolboy-rugby-fixture-3664228" rel="nofollow">http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wales-oldest-schoolboy-rugby-fixture-3664228</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177857 Mon, 13 May 2013 17:01:26 +0000 Titus 177857@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"... did you by any chance come across the real story to which this is thinly veiled reference?!"</p> <p>No. Gissa link. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177856 Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:03 +0000 Wrenfoe 177856@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>No - but I know half a dozen Colleges that sound just like this lol </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177852 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:45:13 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 177852@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Well, thank you very much for that...did you by any chance come across the real story to which this is thinly veiled reference?! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177851 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:42:05 +0000 Wrenfoe 177851@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Friend or no - I liked it! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177850 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:34:22 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 177850@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Haha....I like that I can give myself a 5* vote - who needs friends?! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61214#post-177844 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:10:28 +0000 Bertrand Twisted 177844@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A leading independent school in Wales has decided to ban certain rugby matches due to new research from the University of Llyfe, which shows that getting hit by other people wearing skin-tight lycra and studded boots can cause mild symptoms of what doctors call "pain".</p> <p>The Head of Jesus H. College, Miss Ingdepointt said, "This research shows that not only does rugby hurt, but certain games hurt significantly more, mainly the ones you lose. We have reached the sad but inevitable conclusion that all rugby matches which we are unlikely to win are therefore inherently unsafe and regrettably must be banned." </p> <p>The first casualty of this decision will be the historic 500 year old 1st XV fixture against local rival Llandofmyfathus College, which in recent years has focused exclusively on rugby, at the cost of almost everything else.</p> <p>"It’s not easy to be this dedicated to rugby," claimed Llandofmyfathus Head Coach, Dai Trying, "even if we are Welsh. We have to be absolutely single-minded in our mission. Last week I heard rumours of 2 students gaining entry to Oxbridge, which is totally against College policy and you can expect citings and drinking fines of the toughest order to follow. Similarly, there have been stories of some pupils with long hair wearing make-up and skirts. I expect it’s only the colts back-rowers having a laugh, but you can’t be too careful."</p> <p>Asked about the prospectîve loss of the world’s oldest sporting fixture, Trying said, "It’s a shame, but we’ll get over it. Last year we had to deal with a major crisis in changing the College motto from "Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage" to "Crouch, Touch, Set", in line with IRB regulations. We survived that, so I’m sure we’ll get through this too."</p> <p>On whether other sports would be affected at Jesus H. College, Miss Ingdepointt commented, "There’s nothing in the research that indicates any dangers at all associated with other sports, especially those involving large wooden sticks, which coincidentally we happen to be quite good at and for which we offer numerous scholarships – all applicants welcome, especially those from St. Trinians." </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61102#post-177503 Fri, 10 May 2013 19:39:53 +0000 Maverick 177503@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Prix fixed? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61102#post-177480 Fri, 10 May 2013 16:17:39 +0000 sredni vashta 177480@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Uh-huh. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61102#post-177454 Fri, 10 May 2013 12:06:40 +0000 Wrenfoe 177454@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yes! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61102#post-177451 Fri, 10 May 2013 12:03:41 +0000 brianflan 177451@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>More to follow...... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60091#post-174709 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:24:04 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 174709@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Wigan and Man City to be allocated 8 and a quarter tickets each. The rest will be corporate. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60091#post-174707 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:18:30 +0000 Midfield Diamond 174707@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Worth a bump for the idea. </p> <p>I scribbled down 'FA appoints Director of Pissing Off Real Fans' when they announced the ridiculous kick off time but didn't get round to writing it up. I expect there will be another opportunity soon enough. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60091#post-174551 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:15:55 +0000 sredni vashta 174551@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Every match would be like a home game for Liverpool. Come on you Reds. Or is that Man Utd?</p> <p>Actually it's Cardiff. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60091#post-174544 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:23:50 +0000 Hooch 174544@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The final of this year’s FA Cup Final will now be played some 225 million km’s away from its spiritual home on Earth to the red planet known as Mars.</p> <p>Some football fans have claimed this is a cynical ploy to capitalize on the growing Martian audience, the FA have rubbished such claims, saying in a statement, ‘We would like to point out that the Martian stadium will soon be a regular fixture in football venues. After meeting with various stakeholders, we agreed that rich people would have no problem meeting the traveling requirements.’</p> <p>‘As for the regular fans, the heartbeat of the game in that we can bleed them dry, we have put a bus service on but we would also advise them to consider that the travel time to Mars on a bus, they likely won’t return home until many years after the collapse of civilization’</p> <p>Regular Wigan fan Joe says he will not make the trip, ‘I was really excited about going to Wigan’s first cup final but then a mate told me that by the time the bus arrived I will have been dead for a few thousand years and that it will actually be my descendants who land on Mars. By that time the purpose of the trip will be lost in time and rather than a football game we will instead have to warring factions fighting over which God, Wigan or Chelsea, will lead them to salvation.’ </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56387#post-169052 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:23:35 +0000 Squudge 169052@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>hop it. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56387#post-169045 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:57:40 +0000 shakirnomi 169045@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>the project is affected.It appears classic glasses haven't misplaced recognition of these fashionistas.</p> <p><a href="http://hamariweb.com/pakistan-tv-channels/geo_news.aspx">geo news live</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55290#post-167803 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:42:23 +0000 AReader 167803@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>His employer sacked him for saving children's lives while on leave for stress. What a bunch of cunts. </p>