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Columbo

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Columbo last won the day on October 1 2023

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About Columbo

  • Birthday 03/18/1873

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    London, UK
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    Science,
    MTG,
    Electric Bass.
    Poker

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  1. Thanks Alfred. Sorry everyone! I wasn't able to log in for a week, but I'm back now. I'll do my best to get this all sorted out ASAP.
  2. @Mentor Greaves was a legend, and by all accounts a lovely guy. He only had to look at a ball to put it in the net. Spurs supporters of my Dad's generation thought him the GOAT British striker. I saw him in some testimonial (Pat Jennings maybe?) . He was retired and mid/late 30's, and the game was a freindly, with a capital F, but he still scored a hat-trick - if I remember right. It was a long time ago lol. I feel like googling Greavsie now, because I don't know (or remember) why he wasn't playing in the 1966 World Cup. I didn't see Bale, that must have been awesome. I mentioned Michael Owen being astonishing in real life - that was mainly because of his WTF pace - and I bet Bale was even more amazing in the "taxi for" games! Latest result was pretty enough for me. So good to see attacking football. We shouldn't feel guilty because we got a break - It makes a change!
  3. He is a fictional character of the Tycooniverse, so does qualify, but the minimum age for this tourney is 18.
  4. Sign me up Rei. I figure that if I enter a new tourney every day, I must win another one eventually!
  5. I think Alfred's confusing good ol' Bob for the Go Compare guy.
  6. Yep, that's my position. I have 9 slots set aside and I'm not doing anything much till 400k.
  7. Ok, hardcore it is! Looking at the managers who have signed up, the prestige to whoever wins this will be something special.
  8. Just a suggestion.. Maybe we can try to raise some money for 2/3/4 prizes too?
  9. My Dad & Grandad took me to Spurs when I was a kid. I think the first game I went to was Alan Gilzean's testimonial (it's the earliest programme I have at least) in 1973. As it happens, my grandad was the Spurs coach driver, and I used to go along in the coach to training sometimes when I was just a kid. I remember sitting with the injured players who weren't training. Two players in particular were very nice people who used to talk to me - Ralph Coates and Gerry Armstrong. Glenn Hoddle was my hero, but he was a bit of a miserable git TBH. In the Hoddle era I went to every home game for two seasons, but then in the following seasons I went less and less. Still saw plenty of games with Waddle, Ardiles, Lineker, Ginola, Gascoinge (including THAT semi final vs Arsenal), etc, etc. Believe it or not, I even saw Jimmy Greaves and George Best play at some testimonial game! The last season I went several times was when we had Klinnsman. I saw some greats from other teams.. Keegan, Shearer, Dalglish, Pearce, Cantona, Brady, Beckham, Scholes, etc, etc. If I go by what I saw with my own eyes - players that were just fantasic to see in real life - Klinnsmann, and Michael Owen stand out. They are the players that blew my mind to see live. I mean there was something extra about them you just don't get from TV. The last time I went was when George Graham was manager, we lost, and I didn't enjoy it all (mainly just because of crowds and travel). I think that was about 2000? I've never been since, but I still watch on TV of course.
  10. I'm happy. That's exactly what I meant by a "good draw".
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