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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 25, 2023 9:52:52 GMT
So fucked off I can’t go,to make matters worse I’m sure I’ll see hoards of fervent Stokies around London Bridge as I trudge off down the road for a fucking rehearsal. You’re not the rear end of a horse at the National Theatre are you? 😁
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 21, 2023 14:36:33 GMT
I’ve just read the victim impact statements. Just absolutely shattering stuff.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 20, 2023 19:30:12 GMT
Can any local military history buffs help with this one..? My lad is war history crazy and is reading about a gang of kids hiding in a disused pillbox. Wants to visit one. Is there something high up near Chesterton/ Bignall End? Or elsewhere? Google search unproductive... There’s also the remains of a WW2 artillery piece in Keele Woods if that would interest your lad too.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 20, 2023 19:24:06 GMT
There’s a machine gun pill box by the Shropshire Union canal in woodseaves. The canal was supposed to be a defensive in case of a German invasion in 1940. Further along the canal in Market Drayton is this grade 2 listed pill box historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1393697. They’re generally not worth entering as they’re filthy and used as toilets.
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road rage
Aug 17, 2023 14:22:05 GMT
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 17, 2023 14:22:05 GMT
I had a minor incident an hour ago at the notoriously wank section of princes road where the road narrows to a bottleneck as a result of resident parking areas; but the road is curved so it’s often a split second to decide whether to go or not. Right of way is given to the cars travelling towards hartshill. Sometimes people without right of way will see an oncoming car but go anyway. When that happens I don’t react. They’ll often thank me for stopping and I passive-aggressively ignore them. Today I was travelling towards penkhull and was already halfway through the first, trickier part of the bottleneck when an oncoming car came speeding towards me (prob going at least 35 if not 40, way too quick for that section) the car needed to slow down slightly to allow me to exit the bottle neck but SPED UP and forced me to stop; as if I was in the wrong for already being halfway through before they appeared. It then mounted the pavement. I eyeballed the driver; it was a young bloke and he didn’t even look at me or have any aggressive energy aside from their retardedly inappropriate driving. Anyway, to cut a long story short and answer the OP; I called him a cunt. I nearly came a cropper in exactly the same spot as I was close to exiting the bottleneck on my motorcycle. He had the nerve to wind his window down and start giving it the big one. After a quick analysis of his height, build, offensive capabilities weren’t to my disadvantage, I told him I’m just off to fuck his mother and zoomed off to frustrate a response.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 17, 2023 9:19:37 GMT
A great chronicler of the greatest era in popular culture. RIP Michael.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 15, 2023 7:47:22 GMT
I live in cannock an me an my lad are season ticket holders at Hednesford.we will be at Newcastle on Tuesday with my dad aswel.clubs been in a right mess recently but things slightly turned for the better recently ,fella with vale links,danny glover now player manager aswel.over 700 at the opening game on sat which is superb for step 4. I’m dropping by for the Kidsgrove game next week. My first visit and looking forward to the game and the stadium itself. Glad to see the Pitmen getting on their feet. I think being in the northern part of the pyramid must help attendances.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 12, 2023 16:45:28 GMT
what are the attendances like for Sandbach? 130 odd today. And that’s about standard. They got 1300 for the play off final last season. Really good set up though and nice club house and cheap to get in (6quid) and the food and drink is cheap too. Careful dude, hopping gets addictive. Happiness at football matches has a lot going for it…….
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 11, 2023 5:47:02 GMT
I can’t help but think about the Titanic submersible when I read this.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 3, 2023 18:59:32 GMT
Again, why should reparations be retrospectively paid? No one in the 21st century did it and no black people in this century have suffered because of what happened 300 years ago. Look how this country gave Caribbean islands to the black population whilst the French kept theirs, now that’s real compensation. How about the relatives of black slaves who are now US citizens and live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. How about former colonies like Ghana and Rhodesia (for example) with highly developed economies and were a golden handover. Not my fault they were squandered. I can’t see how criminalising the current white population and insinuating that they are somehow inherently bad solves anything. I don’t blame the current Germans for my relations names carved on the Menin Gate, nor do I hold them accountable. I merely pointed out that Germany did pay reparations In response to your question In regards to former Colonies a case could be made that former Slaves should have been compensated at the same time as the Slave Owners were. Obviously that can't happen now but those making the case would argue that Britain extracted the Natural Resources from these Colonies for its own enrichment There is a precedent of Britain paying reparations in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar where 379 were murdered and 1200 more were injured. The amount paid was modest about £400K in today's money. In 2013 UK Government paid £19.9M to 5,228 Kenyans who suffered torture and abuse during the Mau Mau uprising A further case is currently at ECHR by 44,000 Kenyans who say they survived frequent beatings, rapes, torture, forced labour and in some cases castration, at the hands of British colonists. An activist group Heirs of Slavery made up of decendents of Slave Owners are agitating for UK Government to apologise and make reparations to Caribbean Colonies www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/24/descendants-of-uk-slave-owners-call-on-government-to-apologiseI think the writer James Baldwin summed it up when he said "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” The black population in Jamaica (for example) got a country (on independence) with infrastructure, institutions, a working economy, parliamentary democracy and the freedom to do as they pleased. Isn’t that quite generous as opposed to the French who kept their Caribbean possessions?
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 3, 2023 16:37:02 GMT
I’m just perplexed why modern states or individuals should be compensated by people who have done no wrong. The German imperial and German National Socialist governments put a few of my relatives underground, can I have some money please? Sorry to hear about your relatives At the Potsdam Conference between US, UK, France and USSR is was assessed that Germany would pay $23Bn reparations in the form of German Assets divided in Category A and B. Netherlands received 3.9% of A and 5.6% of B so you/Netherlands would have received some indirectly During present Ukraine War it is often mentioned that Russia will have to pay reparations Again, why should reparations be retrospectively paid? No one in the 21st century did it and no black people in this century have suffered because of what happened 300 years ago. Look how this country gave Caribbean islands to the black population whilst the French kept theirs, now that’s real compensation. How about the relatives of black slaves who are now US citizens and live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. How about former colonies like Ghana and Rhodesia (for example) with highly developed economies and were a golden handover. Not my fault they were squandered. I can’t see how criminalising the current white population and insinuating that they are somehow inherently bad solves anything. I don’t blame the current Germans for my relations names carved on the Menin Gate, nor do I hold them accountable.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 3, 2023 15:29:35 GMT
So effectively people who didn’t commit any crimes are being asked to compensate those who didn’t suffer. The £20M Loan (£17Bn in today's money) which UK Treasury took out to compensate Slave Owners in the British Colonies for the loss or their "Property" was so large it was only fully repaid in 2015. If you or the other Dutch poster ever paid Taxes in UK you would have contributed to the compensation Are you saying only Slave Owners should be compensated? I’m just perplexed why modern states or individuals should be compensated by people who have done no wrong. The German imperial and German National Socialist governments put a few of my relatives underground, can I have some money please?
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 3, 2023 12:56:31 GMT
Only a matter of time really. Its business model kind of sucks in today’s world. There’s no niche to carve out there. It had the basis of a hardware store but with no front of house expertise . It tried to become a one-stop shop but there are so many of them and frankly, Amazon will eventually destroy them all. I do see a World where it’s just mega companies and a group of niche, small businesses. In my city at least, small businesses appear to be a point of pride but they do best when operating in a very specific niche that they are experts in. They hire people who are passionate about the product/the field. The writing has been on the wall for medium sized businesses like Wilko that just diversified their market beyond recognition for years. Where’s your City?
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 3, 2023 12:55:42 GMT
I found it a good and useful shop for my needs. I hope it can be rescued. Shops like Home Bargains have taken the Wilko template and just do it cheaper.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 3, 2023 8:31:58 GMT
Why do we seem more worried about a past that we cannot affect when there's a present that requires this country to implement the Modern Slavery Act? Because the people who keep dragging this nonsense up are seen to be 'flying the flag for the downtrodden' 'caring' and 'morally upright, Im better than you', when in fact theres fuck all they can do except argue the toss and go round in circles. Its been recognised the world over that it was wrong. The Dutch King Willem Alexander apologised to the Dutch colonies a couple of weeks ago about the Dutch slave trade.........250 years after it happened. Now youve got great great great grandparents and siblings putting in claims for millions of euros compensation for the horrors that happened to their ancestors. Its been acknowledged, now move on. The claims are just the start of many laswuits coming up...... theyve opened a right can of worms and the general consensus amongst the Dutch is its gone too far this time. So effectively people who didn’t commit any crimes are being asked to compensate those who didn’t suffer.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 2, 2023 11:01:11 GMT
Just received my £10 membership for Curzon Ashton in the NLN. It will now cost just £8 to watch matches there at a very decent level of non league, in a very smart stadium.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 29, 2023 15:04:22 GMT
Off to watch the mighty Dereham town start there league campaign at home against Brantham athletic In the eastern counties premier Following our relegation after eleven years at step four How will Ely City shape up in that league? I’m hoping to visit them at some point this season.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 29, 2023 14:19:27 GMT
Always very sad to see a library go, its replacement will no doubt be smaller and offer less. I think as a society we value reading and libraries less and less, and what we value in its place will no doubt be some ghastly brain dead shite. I believe the basement of Hanley library was going to be the seat of local government in case of a nuclear war. I wonder if there are any interesting Cold War artifacts still in place?
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 29, 2023 13:55:10 GMT
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 29, 2023 10:33:19 GMT
I want to try and watch most of the local non league sides once around North Staffs/South Cheshire this season. Have I missed anyone from this list that are above them in the pyramid? Sandbach United Alsager Town Congleton Nantwich Town Kidsgrove Atheltic Leek Town Hanley Town Abbey Hulton Newcastle Town Foley Meir Stone Old Alleynians Rocester Eccelshall Stafford Rangers Stafford Town Brocton Try Hednesford Town (just past Stafford), Just reformed in the Northern Premier league West Division. The ground is football league Standard new(ish) build. They are at home to Kidsgrove on Tuesday 22nd August. If you can cope with a Plastic pitch Buxton is a good place to visit and play in the entertaining National League North. Slightly further away another excellent visit is Curzon Ashton (National League North)with again a good recent Stadium. Local rivals Ashton United (Northern Premier League)have an old school stadium worth visiting. AFC Fylde (National League)just outside of Blackpool is in my opinion the best small new build stadium in the country with the best facilities for supporters I’ve seen, just an hour and a quarter up the motorway. If you can stretch to a two hour drive, Hereford FC is a ground hopper classic in a beautiful city. All the aforementioned are easy to find and park up.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 29, 2023 10:21:39 GMT
Off to watch Stafford Rangers vs Leek town today If anyone hasn’t been non league I’d recommend it, as top level football drifts further away from the working class non league football is a nice reminder of what football is meant to be 110% this and Scotland outside of Glasgow and Edinburgh too.
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Wesley
Jul 28, 2023 22:29:03 GMT
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 28, 2023 22:29:03 GMT
Something that has struck me over the last few days is the excitement that the club’s fresh approach to recruitment is generating. If we’d signed a slew of decent, but entirely predictable, Championship players I think there’d be more pressure to hit the ground running. I’m sensing this group will get time to gel and the fans will be right behind them. That will help the manager. Starting to feel optimistic. Reminds me a bit of the Boskamp season when literally all we signed were unknown foreign players. Most fans really enjoyed that season despite us only finishing midtable. Exactly what came into my mind.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 25, 2023 14:21:50 GMT
Former Stokie Ryan Sweeney should be lining up for Burton tonight.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 24, 2023 18:14:50 GMT
They've also signed josh Gordon who's a stoke on trent lad and a very good player, one I hope we would at least look at if he does well in next couple seasons at Burton. Wasn't he in our academy till 15/16? I believe he was. Burton captain John Brayford is a Stoke fan.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 24, 2023 17:34:26 GMT
Burton have had an excellent transfer window this summer bringing in 11 players. Goal threats will be from Cole Stockton, Joe Cole, Josh Walker and Mark Helm. The Lager men will take this seriously and will have a go. It’ll be a real test, hope Stoke turn up this time.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 16, 2023 17:03:43 GMT
I think they should actually, it’s not just about the x amount of paying punters on a Saturday, it’s about in times of austerity and under shitty governments projects such as this are vital to the community surrounding a football club…… The community stuff we do is excellent but lots of other institutions do community work and they’re not protected in the same way. Let’s take the Vale. They do great community work but as a business their model seems absolutely bonkers. They need to build houses on Vale Park, find land for a 10k purpose built stadium and build from that. I don’t know of Southend’s pull or anything but from my lifetime as a football fan they always seemed a bit of a nothing club in a rotting stadium that’s too big for them. You have to pivot and if you don’t then you won’t be around for very long. In that case you are a ‘nothing fan’. You disgust me. If you have no romanticism about football then you are nothing. You post all this left wing bollocks on the EE board and talk like an 80s Thatcherite on this thread, are you the bastard offspring of Colin Moynihan? Shame on you.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 16, 2023 12:49:11 GMT
That’s fine, what we are bemoaning is these clubs vanishing altogether, not the level they are playing at on the field. But it happens to lots of businesses and community projects. Why are football clubs so much different? That’s quite Thatcherite? Let the weak go to the wall. Football clubs have generally got away with being poorly run in the past, after all what bank manager wants to shut down the local football club? In comparison to a local business, football clubs are just too loved, too historic and part of the fabric of the community to shut down.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 16, 2023 11:44:46 GMT
Southend United are a viable club, they’ve had the misfortune to have a reckless and irresponsible owner. Are they? They’ve been on the decline since our promotion season really. A traditional 3/4th level club like Vale, Lincoln, Tranmere etc. No reason for them not to have carried on that way if sensibly run.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 16, 2023 11:38:28 GMT
Fuck the Coates in/out talk to another thread please Clubs are going to the wall re dodgy owners, we need to focus on that Football needs properly regulating ASAP Or maybe just maybe these clubs aren’t viable any more? Some clubs move up, some move down. It’s why I think a third relegation spot needs opening up from League Two. The cream will rise. And those that have been left behind will fall. Southend United are a viable club, they’ve had the misfortune to have a reckless and irresponsible owner.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jul 16, 2023 6:19:06 GMT
Bayern, Toxic and a few others believe that if we were only run correctly,then we could become an established stable Premier League club,despite all the evidence to the contrary. We were an established, stable Premier League club and still should be but the owners myopic leadership and astounding complacency put paid to that. Quite frankly, I'm staggered by how lightly they've got off with the absolute mess they've made of things over the past 5 or 6 years. We had everything and they (and only them) fucked it up spectacularly. I guess the lack of ire towards them from the supporter base is a result of that peculiar trait of Stoke fans (and people from Stoke in general) have of 'knowing their place', putting up with any old shite, and demonstrating a staggering lack of ambition in relation to pretty much anything. I actually think the lack of ire is a more recent thing. Remember the grief Mick Mills, Alan Ball, Joe Jordan and Peter Coates got at the Victoria Ground? Gary Rowett was/is the exception in recent years but Michael O’Neil and particularly Nathan Jones seemed strangely exempt from vocal attack. I think regarding the Coates family supporters know that nobody with similar money will come in and hope they (the Coates) get it right at some point.
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