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    Old Yard Dog replied to the thread Cafe on Platform 6 Crewe.
    The cafe on P6 used to sell an excellent pint of handpulled Robinsons. So much so that I remember persuading my then boss not to wait...
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    Old Yard Dog replied to the thread Football.
    The unprecedented number of howlers made by top flight goalkeepers in recent weeks is beginning to make me worry whether something...
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    Old Yard Dog replied to the thread Football.
    19-year-old Ollie Arblaster was made captain of Sheffield United for their visit to Old Trafford last night. A couple of years ago he...
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    Old Yard Dog replied to the thread Stopper allowed out first.
    Don’t know as I joined the TfW train at Chester. But in a joined up railway, letting the TFW train go first would have inconvenienced...
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    The 1240 WMT Shrewsbury to Birmingham NS was allowed out before the delayed 1234 Holyhead to Birmingham International even though the...
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    A quick question: are e- and mobile tickets bought online from one TOC valid on trains operated by another? Specifically we are...
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    Old Yard Dog replied to the thread Cricket.
    I wish Lancashire would build a proper stand instead of that cramped temporary monstrosity (stand D) which looks worryingly flimsy to...
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    Old Yard Dog replied to the thread Football.
    I remember discussing one of our last NLN derbies, a 1-1 draw, with Adrian Goldberg on Radio 5. I had phoned in as I had just seen a...
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    Old Yard Dog replied to the thread Cricket.
    Yet another series of draws in D2. Why is the County Championship, the only domestic cricket which counts, being played in early April...
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    Old Yard Dog replied to the thread Football.
    Given the likely crowds for the Barnet & Ebbsfleet games, Halifax could have played on our 3G pitch at Horsfall which is just 4 or so...
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    Old Yard Dog replied to the thread Football.
    Sounds reasonable to me. Everton were fined 6 pts for breaches over 3 years, so 2 more pts for the 4th year seems pro rata.
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    Its quite interesting that the Search facilities on BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, My 5, UKTV Play and Freeview all seem to use different...
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    The new toilets at Liverpool Central are suffering from teething problems (see other thread under Infrastructure & Stations) while those...
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    Old Yard Dog replied to the thread Football.
    Bradford 2 Radcliffe 3 2-0 and we ++++ it up yet again, for the second time in three days. That’s now 34 pts lost from winning...
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    Yes. There was a lady putting up barriers when I arrived and the kind gentleman on the gate said they had just "broken".

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