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Bob Paisley.. who stepped up after Bill Shankly retired at Liverpool. I believe he was first team coach at the time (?).. he did very well!

ah...just read the OP properly (note to self, don't jump the gun) Current EPL managers.. still this one's for Scousemouse..

Brian Kidd stepped up, but, as this extract from wikipedia suggests.. he wasn't too successful either..

After management posts at Barrow and Preston North End, he was involved in coaching young players before being brought back to Manchester United as a youth team coach by Alex Ferguson in 1988 and played a key role in the development of players such as David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs. He was soon promoted to Assistant Manager, helping the club to win the League Cup, the Premier League and FA Cup.

He left United to take charge at Blackburn Rovers in December 1998, but the club were relegated and Kidd was dismissed on 3 November 1999 after the side performed poorly in Division One.

Now first team coach at Sheffield United I think..

Also, there's Kidds replacement at Old Trafford, Steve Mclaren.. who didn't do badly at Middlesborough (although I suspect opinions will be divided on his England career.. )

This site has a reasonable selection and is updated most days..

Craigs List Bangkok

Could haunt a house.. but sadly not the penalty box..

Luke Chadwick..... (the pic is extra large.. for maximum impact..)

I reckon it'll be be Arsenal or Liverpool..

(fighting it out for the runners up spot that is... )

Plenty of years left Chon, take it from me.. Happy birthday mate..

Beautiful shots Technocracy..

rember the (rs) singing careless hands straight away when a well none g/k think it was shilton let the ball slip through his hands for a goal

If I remember correctly it was Gary Sprake of Leeds that caused the "Careless Hands" song after he threw the ball into his own net while trying to throw it to a player

I even think his Autobiography is called Careless Hands

Gray Sprake it was. V Liverpool of all teams, he threw the ball over his shoulder and into his own net, at the Kop end of all things.. Hilarious..

I lifted this description of the (for some) tragic incident from a Liverpool supporters web-site..

Gary Sprake, Leeds United, Division 1, 1967

Quite simply the greatest thing a Leeds player has ever done on a football pitch. For the uninitiated, this is what happened. Wales goalie Sprake, no stranger to the blooper reel as it was, collected the ball in the Kop goalmouth and looked to quickly bowl it out to hatchet-faced left-back, Terry Cooper. However, whilst in the act of throwing he changed his mind, attempted to clutch the ball to his chest and, to levels of hilarity unknown outside of Russ Abbott’s Mad House, somehow managed to fling it purposefully over his shoulder and into his own net. Cue the Kop erupting as one into a chorus of popular anarchist singer Des O’Connor’s latest chart-topper, ‘Careless Hands’.

And so a legend was born, a career was in tatters and the power and mystery of the humble own goal was firmly established as a part of football’s ragged tapestry.

mrs toad is statying firmly at home, as she will just ask stupid questions about the match

As is Mrs MPups due to a comment she made last week following our defeat against City... The soul destroying.."Don't worry, it's only a game.."..

Bit by bit.. actually, I don't really care about my overall performance this week.. all I want is a United win.. please..

12:45 UK Sunderland v Liverpool 1 2

15:00 UK Arsenal v Man City 3 1

15:00 UK Aston Villa v Fulham 2 0

15:00 UK Bolton v Reading 2 1

15:00 UK Chelsea v Portsmouth 2 0

15:00 UK Derby v Birmingham 0 0

15:00 UK West Ham v Wigan 3 1

17:15 UK Everton v Blackburn 1 0

13:30 UK Middlesbrough v Newcastle 1 1

16:00 UK Man Utd v Tottenham 2 1

Soi 8 sounds good if we have half a chance of a seat and and a decent view of the tele.. (and it's close to the bar)

Halloween was it Mr T..

Guillvers sounds good to me..

Obviously I'd be pleased if it were the United game but no problem if not.. Just happy to have a few beers and a bit of banter..

(Actually, the way our results have been going lately it might be easier on the nerves if it's not the United game..)

I'm in Mr T.. Wherever there's beer and football sounds good..

So who's up for it in BKK?

So far three of us, by the looks of it

Scousemouse

Mig

mrtoad

And me.. add MPups

Well..it is only six months.. and it should be a very good night..

Beckham Named As Al Qaeda Target

If it's our forward line doing the shooting he should be perfectly safe...

Thai Pauly

Depends where you want to be...but since we OWN a restaurant with TV we can gurantee the games you wanna watch.

We are only just past the airport and our beer is CHEAP and Thai food "arroy maak"

I would make sure you got back to town safe and sound.

More than three years living in Thailand and I've never been to Chiang Mai, this could be the perfect opportunity.

Your restaurant sounds ideal TP, I'd definitely be up for it.

Good question.. Perhaps we should get a list of those up for a night on the p**s and a bit of banter.. and then work out the best venue.. preferably one with multiple screens..

I can't do much worse than the previous matches...

Portsmouth v Bolton 2 1

Birmingham v West Ham 1 2

Blackburn v Arsenal 1 2

Fulham v Middlesbrough 0 0

Reading v Everton 1 1

Tottenham v Derby 3 0

Wigan v Sunderland 1 3

Newcastle v Aston Villa 2 1

Man City v Man Utd 1 1

Liverpool v Chelsea 0 0

Good one TP... What a classic programme that was..

I reckon the October date looks good (I'm often in Europe for work in December)..

Saturday, 20 October 2007

Arsenal v Bolton, 15:00 (21-00)

Aston Villa v Man Utd, 17:15 (23-15)

Blackburn v Reading, 15:00

Everton v Liverpool, 12:45 (18-45)

Fulham v Derby, 15:00

Man City v Birmingham, 15:00

Middlesbrough v Chelsea, 15:00

Wigan v Portsmouth, 15:00

Some entertaining games there...

(I think the date is also before the switch back to GMT in the UK..)

Perhaps, gentlemen, a Football Forum bash in Bangkok might be worth organising...?.. Pick a night with some good matches.. convene in a suitable hostelry.. and,

Me too..

No way, no how will we lose on Saturday

Sunday maybe....

Do me favour then Mr B and put Sven's genius on hold on Sunday.. Right now, we're the underdogs..