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Looking forward to meeting you on July 24th, Oliver . . . and watching you in the finals before then

Jon O'Neill wrote:

Simon Cooper wrote:PS Just WHY did Liverpool sell Keane? If Torres gets injured, what then??

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 788422.stm

Yeah, that'll be just fine if Liverpool draw Newcastle in the Champion's League . . .

As a West Ham fan, this was the day we were all dreading at Christmas . . . . end of transfer window; middle of relegation battle; Bellamy, Green, Upson, Collins all gone to Man City or the Spuds; and Shef U demanding £65m and another million everytime they think of something else in life they dont ...

Can I claim the record for the only person to lose on Countdown on successive shows? Lost the final of series 41, and this was immediately followed by losing my first round match in the subsequent CofC.

2 defeats in 2 days?! Shome record shurely?

Kai Back in the mid-late 90's they did a series called the 'Countdown Supreme Champion' (or something like that). They invited back the top 2 players from the first 32 series (excluding CofC's) and had a knock out tournament of the best 64. I keep wondering whether they might do a similar thing by t...

Oi - does this imply non-believers don't care? That's a bit harsh.

No, sorry, Kirk, certainly didnt mean to imply that. Simply arguing that someone shouldn't be regarded as being 'sad' simply because they have the guts to make a principled stand about something they believe in.

Jimmy wrote: Yeah, I saw that too. Christians=

People who can't cope with those who care enough to believe in something =

[Now, can someone please congratulate me for making my point? Yeah, i'll congratulate you and agree with you Junaid. And do it as someone who has been on the show but doesn't know Rachel. You really can't assume the score you get when sitting in front of TV is the same as you'd get when sitting und...

Can one who lacerates be a LACERATER?

After my appearances, I had a lovely letter from a lady who said she had got a nephew called Simon Cooper who she hadn't seen for 20 years. From her memory, she thought I looked very much like him, and she gave me details of all sorts of dates, family background etc etc. I felt really mean writing b...

I personally would have preferred the runner-up prize of £1,000 rather than the books. Interesting point. Back in Series 41 final in 1999, (when runners up prize was only £500 :cry: )I was talking about the prizes beforehand with Scott Mearns - he was a student and said he'd prefer the cash to the ...

Very sad news and want to add my condolences. Vague memories only, but I recall back in 1999 how he would pop down from the production room between shows, and offer a cheery and encouraging word to everyone. A very sad loss to the programme.

When I saw the show today, Charlie, I was trying to guess just how much they had to edit out! I suspect there were more off camera comments that weren't shown?

Following on from today's show (great game, guys!), and Charlie's 'bleeped' word, wondered whether there were any other great 'Countdown edits' that people had experienced? Back in 1999 in my game against Gary Woodward, Gary declared the word 'GENITALS' which I managed to trump with 'GELATINES'. Ric...

West Ham, my team.

Ralph wrote:So is there a pleasant, smiley and happy football manager?

Any manager who realises that they're playing Tottenham next . . . . .

We could be close to the point where we need a caption saying 'There now follows a party political broadcast . . . . . ' before she does her talk?

[quote="Joseph Bolas As soon as I read this, all I could think of was Jeff sitting in Des' chair, with the contestants in their favourite teams football shirts (new rule) and the studio strewn with football stuff :lol:[/quote] . . . and a little singing doll on his desk whenever there's a conte...

Hi guys, Just found this forum, looks really interesting. In the dim and distant past (well, 1999) I got to the final of series 41 before losing to Scott Mearns on Christmas Day. Still have wonderful memories of the whole thing and some of the people I met . .. been looking to see if any of them are...