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Great gesture! Premier League brothers' parents give £7.5m Arbuckles firm to staff The parents of twin Premier League footballers have signed a deal to give their £7.5m business away to staff. John and Maxine Murphy are handing over their Arbuckles restaurant in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, as reported in the Eastern Daily Press. The parents of Cardiff City's Josh Murphy and Newcastle United's Jacob said it was their "proudest moment". The couple told their 120 staff a trust was being set up to transfer ownership to them. Mr and Mrs Murphy, who have ran the businesses for 10 years and are semi-retiring, said they have set up an employee ownership trust to which they have sold all of their shares. They said from future profits over the next five years, the workers will be able to buy out the remainder and will fully own 100% of the company, which has restaurants in Downham Market and Ely. Mr Murphy said: "When people ask us what is the secret to our success, the first answer is always the people." "Everyone we've employed, from 12 to over 120 over the years, they are the family, they are everything we stand for." "This is our way of saying to the staff 'you've stuck with us, you've been fabulous employees, now this is your little bit of luck'." Hannah Bates, general manager of the Downham Market restaurant, said for Mr and Mrs Murphy "to do that for everybody and to think of everybody's futures is incredible". She said: "Everybody will make it a success." Waiter Jack Langford said it was "exciting" and "gives us something to get our teeth into". Mr and Mrs Murphy's 23-year-old sons went through the Norwich City academy and first team. Jacob now plays as a winger for Newcastle United while Josh is also on the wing at Cardiff City. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-46431340

The 8 bouncers have been fired!

The netflix trailer. https://streamable.com/iq16h

Goals Conceded: Rank - Player - Amount Conceded - Goals C Every x Mins Ederson - 4 - 247.5 mins Alisson - 5 - 198.0 mins Paulo Gazzaniga - 1 - 180.0 mins Hugo Lloris - 5 - 126.0 mins Kepa Arrizabalaga - 8 - 123.8 mins Rui Patrício - 12 - 82.5 mins Ben Foster - 13 - 76.2 mins Bernd Leno - 5 - 72.0 mins Asmir Begovic - 14 - 70.7 mins Martin Dubravka - 14 - 70.7 mins

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/anyone-else-have-no-desire-whatsoever.1453741/ Some sensible posters but quite a few whoppers.

@Douggy B You still have at least one supporter in your ranks that is an overt racist. 9 years on and you have this shite occuring!!!

https://streamja.com/BQk2 "It is the Everton luck when we come to Anfield. There’s nowt I can do about it now. I’m strong mentally and I will get over it. I just want to say sorry to the Everton fans."

This is what you need to know if you're dating a Sunderland fan Dating a Sunderland fan? Well, lucky you! Your life will be surrounded by red and white and the Stadium of Light will feel like a second home. But in order to make your relationship a success, there are a few more things you need to understand. We're here to help. Just scroll down and pick up several pointers on what to expect from your Mackem mate. 1. What MLF means If your partner is described as a MLF, it means they are a 'Massive Lads Fans'. Know that. 2. First love You're not and probably never will be. Their heart will always be with their favourite SAFC player of all time. 3. Quinn and Phillips No matter how strong you think you and your partner are, in their mind, you'll never be as strong as Quinn and Phillips 4. Hate Newcastle United Don't question it. You want Newcastle to lose at all costs. FTM... don't Google it at work. https://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/football/sunderland-afc/this-is-what-you-need-to-know-if-you-re-dating-a-sunderland-fan-1-9470563

“That was brilliant!" “Dave Bowman was my chief scout – he works at Ipswich and worked with Ireland as well. He had a car for two years, leased it. He looks after it so I said, ‘I’ll buy that, it looks good,’ He said, ‘Okay the garage is up in Sunderland.“ “So I jump on the train on the Monday morning (in late April) and they’ve sacked Chris Coleman the night before.“ “So I’m sat in this carriage, there is nobody else in it and the cleaner comes in. He’s walking towards me and he sees me.“ “He walks past and goes to the next carriage. Then he comes back and has another look and goes, ‘You’re Mick McCarthy aren’t you?“ “I said, ‘I am yes.’ He goes, ‘You’re going to get the Sunderland job aren’t you?’ I said, ‘I’m not’. He said, ‘I don’t believe you.’ “I said, ‘I’m going to buy a car, I’ve got to get the train up.’ He said, ‘I don’t believe you.’ I was, ‘Okay, then don’t believe me.’ “So he goes back out and then comes back in, and it’s ‘Anyway, I’ve had 100 quid on you at 11-1’.”

That is when Chicharito scored his first! and then there is this:

A whole toe? No. A whole nail? Yes.

https://www.dw.com/en/bundesliga-monday-games-to-be-discontinued-as-fan-protests-persist/a-46390559 Bundesliga Monday games to be discontinued as fan protests persist After protests from supporters, the German Football League has confirmed that unpopular Monday night matches are to be abolished. When the new Bundesliga TV deal is negotiated, there will instead be more Sunday matches. Tennis balls on the pitch, toilet paper in the goalmouth and in Dortmund, an empty Yellow Wall. When Monday night football was introduced in the Bundesliga last season, German fans made their feelings evidently clear. And the protests appear to have worked with the German Football League (DFL) confirming on Wednesday that the unpopular fixture slot will be discontinued from the 2021-22 season onwards. "The DFL can confirm that a decision was made as early as September to abandon Monday games in the Bundesliga when the next media rights deal is negotiated," the organisation said in a statement on Twitter on Wednesday. Under the terms of the league's current media deal, worth €4.64 billion ($5.28 billion) and covering the 2017-18 to 2020-21 seasons, Bundesliga clubs have already agreed to five Monday night games per season – and this commitment will be honored. But when the new deal is negotiated early in 2020, Monday night games are to be discontinued as the clubs and the (DFL) look to diffuse the long-running dispute with active fan groups, who see the games as yet another symptom of the perceived over-commercialization of the sport. The DFL, on the other hand, has always claimed that Monday night games were introduced to ease the fixture congestion suffered by the Bundesliga's Europa League representatives and said in its Twitter statement that this will now be achieved through five additional Sunday games. German Fan Project Coordinator Michael Gabriel told the DPA news agency that the decision was a "signal that football is listening" and said he was "sure that it will be well received by fans." 'No more Monday games!' Monday night football has been commonplace in England's Premier League for years and its introduction in the Bundesliga was welcomed by many fans watching on television. But for hardcore, match-going supporters, Monday night matches involve taking extra days off work and traveling large distances at unsociable hours. All five Monday night fixtures last season featured protests of varying intensity and, despite the announcement by the DFL, supporter representatives expect the pattern to continue. "It's not just about Monday games in the Bundesliga, but in the second and third division too. And all league games during the week," Jochen Grotepass, a spokesman for campaign group "Unsere Kurve" (Our Terrace) told DPA. Indeed,the Fanszenen Deutschlands, a national coalition of active fan groups, has announced coordinated, nationwide protests to coincide with the first Monday night game of the 2018-19 season. "Our message to club representatives and the DFL is clear: No more Monday games!" read a statement published by several leading fan groups on Tuesday, in which they announced a 45-minute atmosphere boycott which is set to be conducted at matches across the country on Matchday 13. "The scheduling of kickoff times for television is fundamentally opposed to the interests of match-going fans," the statement continued, adding that the protests are aimed at "a football for fans and not for financial gain." Protests planned in Nuremberg and Rostock This season's first Monday game, on December 3, sees newly-promoted Nuremberg host Bayer Leverkusen, and both sets of fans had announced wide-ranging protests. "We didn't get promoted to play on Mondays again!" reads a statement from the Ultras Nürnberg, who intend to go a step further by asking fans not to even enter their block during the first half before "spoiling the DFL's pretty Monday night game" with a "short but intense protest" in the second half. Bayer Leverkusen's organized support announced back in September their intention to boycott all Monday night fixtures. The protests are not limited to the Bundesliga. Also on December 3, third-division Hansa Rostock face VfL Osnabrück but the hardcore Suptras Rostock, who have already made headlines for their attention-grabbing displays in cup matches against Stuttgart and Nuremberg this season, have announced a 90-minute atmosphere boycott. "Monday nights in division three? Not with us," reads a statement from the Suptras quoted by the Faszination Fankurve website. "No banners, no flags, no megaphone, no capo, no support." https://www.dw.com/en/bundesliga-monday-games-to-be-discontinued-as-fan-protests-persist/a-46390559

Nothing screams, "Cheer up", like these faces.

Ze Germans got the league to abandon plans for Monday night matches after protests!

Now "confirmed" for 9 December at the Bernabeu.

"Deutsche Bank Offices Are Searched in Money Laundering Investigation" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/business/deutsche-bank-money-laundering-raid.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

Ed Burke, who was Trump's lawyer, had his office raided this morning in Chicago. https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ed-burke-fbi-federal-agents-city-hall-council/amp/?