Dave-IRL

Yeah we were badgered into getting some high-res photos done recently for promo purposes (not by anyone in particular but we're constantly asked for a photo anytime we're doing promo stuff so got some) and its quite a hard thing to do without the odd gael cliche. Ended up with a pic exactly as described above as everything else just looked cheesy as. I'm also not really a fan of the lets all jump up in the air at once and get a pic taken method either. It used to be a favourite of boybands in smash hits but now a few hip cool bands are at it as well... None however will be as bad as this photo The Grants are the best unsigned band in the world | Music | guardian.co.uk. "I'm the drummer so I'll hold a snare drum and drumstick whilst looking mean and moody"

If you go to the line up section of the wizard website the bands are llisted in order of appearance, starting I think at 3 on the Friday and 12 on the Saturday, shouldn't be too hard to work out from there...

Indian Red Lopez will be on Snafu Stage at 1.20pm, so best get there early

Please tell me You'll never walk alone is NOT playing there...(Could easy be mistaken for a Liverpool pic, but for the big 'Sun' ads alongside Adidas and Carlsberg. Something you defo wouldn't see at Anfield) I've seen a few Toronto games on ESPN when I was away travelling and was always impressed with the how the atmosphere came across. They've had a few players who've played over here as well, Collin Samuel and Danny Dichio spring to mind. Main thing that I like about them though...the name. Toronto F.C. None of this Wizards/Galaxy/Earthquakes/Soccerstars pish that the rest of the MLS and A-League in Oz come out with. Just the city name followed by the words Football and Club. Magic

aye, started watchin, seen Eto'os penalty (the most low-key penalty award in history? Nobody looked bothered!?) then decided it was game over and watched the MLS game I had taped. It finished 0-0 FWIW, but was a reasonable enough game, Jamie Moreno (ex-Boro) made a difference in the 2nd half for DC, showed some nice touches etc. Galaxy could do with a proper Centre Forward to help out Beckham and 'LD', although Alan Gordon seemed like a not bad option when he came on. Kinda in the Geoff Horsefield mould, without the touch, vision or ability To be honest, if LA could add a top notch striker to play ahead of their 3 attacking mids in Donovan, Beckham and Eddie Lewis they would be a pretty decent side.

Wasnt online before Saturday's fixtures so I had to make do with Sunday's. Had a scorecast on Spurs 2-1 Defoe to score first at 28/1. Pretty hacked off with that to be honest as it would've returned 72.50 for my 2.50 wager. Then plumped for a cheeky lucky 15: Fulham 0-2 Chelsea, Rotherham 2-1 Rochdale, Burnley 1-2 Everton, Cardiff 2-1 Bristol City, 10p bets making a total stake of 1.50. Got the first two bang on which returned 7 odd, had all 4 been correct I'd have taken home 538! Reckon if everton had scored the pen they'd have went on to win that as well... a tiny profit for the day but its better than a loss, and made up for my Zenit loss on Thursday so I'm back over the 120 mark for the season! Couple of quid on 3-1 Liverpool tonight, see what happens!

Lopez gig in Glasgow on Friday night so took the opportunity to make my first trip to St Mirren Park for the United game. Stadium is nice enough but lacks the atmosphere and excitement of going to Love Street in my book. In terms of getting there its an absolute breeze on the train. Got the 14.05 from Glasgow Central to Paisley St James, had picked up my tickets and was in the ground by about half past. Nothing of note happened on the park, although both teams had a decent shout for a penalty and Mehmet and Goodwille both stuck efforts past the same post in either half. Yesterday was immense tv-soccer wise, Hertz v Rangers, West Ham Spurs, a bit of Cardiff and Bristol City, Fulham Chelsea, some Inter v Bari and I rounded it off with DC Untied v Galaxy that I had Sky+'d before the girlfriend came in from work!

Zenit did me on my away line in the Europa League last night, PSV, Hamburg and Villarreal all did the business before Zenit even kicked off, thought I was onto another winner! Ah well, only lost 2.50 on it!

My eagle eye for a bet this season deserted me last night. Stuck 6 on a double - 2 Draws. One finished Lyon 5-1 Anderlecht The other Birmingham 1-0 Pompey Gash.

How does no grab ye? Trust me, this is highly unusual for me, I'm lucky to get one or two bets up over the course of a season never mind 5 in 4 weeks! I would however strongly advise looking for some home bankers in the UEFA cup fixtures tomorrow night - some seriously one-sided looking ties starting with home fixtures for the favourites. Roll a few of them together and take a punt on maybe one less obvious side for better odds natch

Sub Keepers never really had a traditional number as they never really existed until recently! years ago you could only have 2 subs, numbered 12 and 14 due to superstition around 13. Then you were allowed 3 subs in the nineties to allow a keeper to be named, but generally the keeper would take either 12 or 15 as his number, however eventually many clubs just named 3 outfield players. By then of course, squad number were fairly established and subbies had whatever number they were allocated pre-season

Woop Woop! What a season so far bookies wise! 2.50 on West Brom, Chartlon, Luton, Dundee & Partick payed 71, and but for Wigan my 5 homes would've been up as well! Account now standing at 126.25, not bad from a 1.72 start!

The manager who went on an all nighter in the Casino, turned up 90 minutes late for a press conference and then blamed it on a broken washing machine? Fucking Legend RT Sport: Chris Coleman facing Sociedad probe

I do feel sorry for him, but more due to the fact that he clearly lost the plot with football over the Tevez thing, and his tendency to open his gob and rant on about injustice in a kind of crazed-lunatic-everyones-against-me way makes him prime headline material for the media. They luv a bit of it...

Oi! Leave the Yardmeister alone! Mark Yardley = God

Probably the Queen or Prince Charles, which ever's more famous. Then it goes on a sliding scale from Jimmy Buchan off Trawlermen all the way down to Chick Young, stopping at various footballers in between. And Billy Connolly.

How much was the original allocation?

Lets face it, every club has an element of knob ends who just want to fight following them.It stands to reason that the thicker they are they more likely they are to follow the herd, and as such rangers and celtic have a higher number of said bell noshers in their support. No club is completely innocent, Dons fans should read 'Congratulations - you have just met the Aberdeen Casuals' if you can bear to drag yourself through what is a terrible book. Similarly, Rnagers fans only need ot look at Manchester. Hibs apparently had a tear up with Bolton fans at the weekend. St Mirren fans spat on Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard, and I've heard some of them were even making some disgraceful comments at the Wigan game this past weekend. Unfortunately some people are just cunts, many of them follow football and think they're having fun.

Depending on where you stay there's many options... The Holburn is tremendous for footy, heaps of screens, beer is always reliable, pool table, reasonable grub as well. Enjoy watching games in the Howff as well, although an early arrival for a prime spot is required. The College is also usually a good choice, again heaps of screens. If you can grab a table in there, they do buckets of corona/miller etc usually on offer for the footy meaning you can just buy yourself a bucket and sit at the table for the whole game, no need for waiting at the bar missing the game! The Adam Lounge on Holburn St is good as well, and have watched games in the wee bar downstairs in the Thistle Caledonian on Union Terrace before as well, they've got a decent big screen. FWIW I've never watched a game at TKs, never considered it to be a footy watching pub...

Sexy as fuck little five team acca last night... 5 on West Brom, Cardiff, Preston, Palace and Huddersfield, returns 44 profit. Thats my 1.72 from the start of the season up to over 60 in the account, plus 20 in open bets over the season so technically theres 80 in there. It is in fact sitting at 60 dead, as the little extra has went on a double tonight

Indeed he does, altho its quite hard to mimmick via text, its not as lispy as SAF's, he does throw the 'r's in but sorta slings a 'w' in there as well... I think he his choice of midfield pairing would 'prwobabwy' be: Scott Brwown and Daa'in Fwetcher

Ah, my mistake. In the absence of Iwelumo, probably Steven Fwetcher would be the best choice up front. I'd imagine however that Burley with go with either Miller on his own or Miller + 1 other. Naysmith = Calum Davidson I suppose

On August 1st We played the first showcase alongside Shy DRS, the Wildcards & Headlight. The poster outside said Velvet Audio were playing. The Lemon Tree Website said Luva Ana were playing o_O Didnt really matter to the 20 people who turned up all the same

Nah - Maloney is wasted as a winger! He was a tremendous wee player when he broke through playing up front or just off. Perhaps he's played well there more than I can remember as I never watch Celtic games, but he's been shite out wide for Scotland. I'd rather go with Iwelumo & McCormack up top and Faddy roving from a wide position. yes I know, Chris is a controversial choice, but against Hangeland, he'd be the best option I think as a physical presence.

You're sir, are at it. Mark Lawrenson wouldn't know a football if it hit him in the face. Christ knows how he's forged a career in the media post-playing. He talks endless shite and sounds miserable doing so. His little double act with Motson is the biggest advert the BBC can have for the short lived but genius red-button-five-live-commentary option.