ProfessorFart

ESPN/STAR are owned by the bell end Murdoch.

News Corporation sold the rights to the Premiership in Thailand to True/UBC last year which are now shown on TrueSports.

That said, True also own the broadcasting rights to ESPN and STAR SPORTS in Thailand so you can still see John Dykes et al on ESPN through your UBC/True apparatus.

The Mighty Dale weren't so Mighty yesterday

<deleted> MrB!

I'll take a point away at Grimsby anyday! Solid; and accoridng to Billy they were all over them.

Automatic for Dale this year........

At least we are safe from going down for once.

God bless Sky, all their money and the Premiershit!

Has anyone heard of the play off finals being shown live?

NBT are showing Hull vs Bristol C, on one of their iffy cable channels, but thats of no importance.

If anyone hears of Dale being shown, let me know.

No, its not on Supersport either.

Wrong, it was given City status about 3 years ago.. I said about so don't shoot me if the timing is wrong but it is definately a city

From where exactly did this city status come? Would love to see evidence of that. Pattaya is still an Ampur, not a Muang, bang bang bang.

End of the day (to save the munificent Mod SBK from a hard life here) if you took the gambling from Vegas what would remain? If you take the women from Pattaya what would remain?

Answers on a postsard to P Fart ,Pattaya, soi 7/8 Faceinabeaver.

It's interesting just how scared and uncomprehending some people are of impending change, when they think their "interests" will be threatened (Which they won't be - they will always be able to get some somewhere, and as has been repeated, that's fine and inevitable, just away from downtown areas).

Of course Pattaya is a city - it's the second largest in Thailand and the wealthiest by tourist income. The council is called Pattaya City council, not "town council".

And who cares what it was founded on - I don't give a monkeys about what went on before. Why can't you embrace positive change for the future?

It sounds like a lot of people wish to deny the Thais an opportunity to improve themselves, the city and the country. Why is that I wonder?

Dude,

If you think Pattaya is a 'City?'

Could you reference me in here please? Would love to see your evidence? I can call myself a fish. Pattaya is NOT a city. N

Much to your surprise, Thailand ideed has many towns and cities very worthy of a visit from your grace, free from fat farangs and bars.

Love to see ya there.......not

Pattaya is NOT the 2nd city in Thailand. It it not even a city.

Any more points before You look even more stupid?

Anyway,.....Troll post dudes!!!! Wake up!!!

I dispute the argument that Pattaya is becoming a city. That's a nonsense. It's nothing of the sort. It's a large resort town at best. The economy is 100% based around tourism. It's a large tourist town.

Pattaya simply doesn't have the foundations required for a city in the sense that the misguided APMann seems to see in his wild imagination. There are no established Thai universities here, not even any colleges. There is little indigenous population - most of the population are economic migrants. Tourism asides, there is not even any infrastructure here to support other industries. I could go on and on as to why Pattaya would die if they closed the bars. It's just Human Geography 101 kinda stuff really. Plain common sense.

Sorry to rant but it gets my goat when holier than thou blokes who came to Pattaya for the same reason we all did in the first place - women and fun - then want to see it all change just because they've been here a few months, got what they want out of the bars and suddenly seem to think they know whats best for the place.

Dale have fallen away a little but are still in contention. Hope they can sort out their home form sharpish!

So - you want Pattaya to develop? As what?

As a modern, diversified city, with substantial career (not job) opportunites to people who as a result, may do better at school, or go too university to be able to work in 21st century workplaces, professions, businesses - look at Singapore if you don't believe it can happen. A more diversified and professional business base would also yield better tax receipts, to be employed in improving education standards for Thai kids, instead of pitchforking them into bars.

Sadly APMann seems to be missing one huge factor here. Pattaya is what it is today because of (sex) tourism. It only continues to grow because of same. Unavoidable fact. To suggest that moving 'upmarket' (What a ridiculous term) will improve things morally is a nonsense.

Pattaya 'city' is a tourist resort- albeit a large one- not a city. Its very foundations are build on tourism. Remove that and it would collapse back into the sea. Close the bars, remove the biggest attraction Pattaya has, as well as the biggest souce of potential income for the Thai people and they will slope off back home leaving Pattaya a ghost town.

Yup sure the Russians are here in numbers at the moment but thats a fad and another destination will be Moscow's favourite in a few years time. Such is tourism.

In conclusion. AP's replies are mere wishful thinking from someone who's had his fun in the bars and resents those who are still having theirs.... like me.....

Tragic. Such a talent wasted.

Sadly I had some bad news during the week and have had and have got a lot of running around to do!

Hope it was a good do!

The beaches in Penang are no great shakes and the bus service to and fro isn't too hot either and after dark you will get stung badly for a cab ride either to or out of Georgetown.

Its hard enough walking around somedays let alone running! Some people are gluttons for punishment.

You can get Mangosteen Wine in Klaeng in Rayong Province. Its not quite a liquor, more of a fortified wine not unlike a very sweet sherry. Nice stuff though.

Try the Hash House Harriers.

http://www.bangkokhhh.com/

Ditto Old Croc's sentiments.

I can't think of a better way to go than watching your fave team.

Smashing idea MrB.....but where does one discuss the mighty Rochdale?

Nice post BTW!

Seems more like you remember the era of your youth and these bands provided a soundtrack for that.

Music is a powerful memory stimulant. Most people can be whisked to a certain time and place just by listening to a certain tune.

I must admit that I have not heard of most of the acts you mention but don't feel as though I missed out because I too have my own soundtrack to my own youth.

Go away for a few days with the person you may miss the most when you are gone e.g best mate, mother, sibling etc.

Choose somewhere close to home incase you need to head back to cross any T's or dot any I's. Pick a place where you've never been but always wanted to go. Pamper yourself. Book into a nice hotel, relax, eat all of the food you'll miss the most and make plans for the rest of your life.

Boris! You're back! Thought I recognised that Oxbridge standard of punctuation!

I can picture the guy sat in tha bar the next evening banging on about how stupid FaLang women pay 20 Baht for corn.....

Ah man, we all love to pull on that corn..........

Monochaser will probably berate the water qualtity and say he'd prefer a Bud. Has he ever said anything different?

Fishing parks are all well and good for a day out and a few beers but its all a little easy!

Not exactly pitting ones wits against nature in the great outdoors though is it?

Got me there too.

It will be /should be John Terry.

Very sad news indeed.

A class act on the pitch (so says my dad - its hard to tell from just that scratchy black and white footage they always show of him!) and off it.

He also did a lot for cricket in the region particulaly in Malaysia where he would spend a month each winter helping to preach the gospel of cricket to the youth of Malaysia.