@RoadworkUK Funny, your tweet came up on my timeline while I’m sitting in ours updating the nav.
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Richard Williams
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Richard Williams
@RichLLWilliams
Welshman, ex-JLR, now living in Kenilworth.
Kenilworth Katılım Şubat 2009
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@adrianfclarke Brilliant Adrian! I’ve been enjoying your writing for ages, but I didn’t realise you were local, I had a pathetic/excited shiver of recognition when I saw Tyre World 😂
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@Biggies_MaIIs At the time I remember the Collymore fee was said to be the equivalent of a whole season’s ticket revenue. Not sure how that stacks up to these figures.
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They must be using some weird modelling to get these figures because those top three don’t make any sense in basic terms.
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Yeah, I call bullshit. Collymore moved for £8.5m in 1995 and Shearer moved for £15m in 1996. WTF happened to inflation in those 12 months?! 😭 Bergkamp moved for £1m less the same year as Collymore btw, which shows as £30m difference here. Shearer figure should be about £400m 😂
Kieran Maguire@KieranMaguire
If there is a £150m signing in the Premier League this season it will only be the 9th highest in PL history after adjusting for football inflation. The most expensive player is @alanshearer who would cost £225m today (worth every penny) followed by @StanCollymore at £219m Along with @BlueCityBrain we’ve created @valuball as a football finance treasure trove.
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@BristOliver See also Christmas songs in the seventies.
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It's bizarre that in the 1990s we created the three greatest football songs ever, and then as a civilisation we just forgot how to do that any more. This must be what it felt like living in 17th century Florence
The Royal Family@RoyalFamily
Let’s go girls!! 💪🦁⚽️ Wishing the very best of luck to the @Lionesses in the Women’s Euro Final this evening.
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@RichLLWilliams @grok That can't be right Rich surely it's craig Richards 😀😀🤫🤫
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Hey, @grok, who was the most famous person to visit my profile? It doesn't need to be a mutual, don't tag them, just say who it was.
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@timhhartley Not sure, the pitch was barely mentioned, we just walked along it as we went from one cell block to another. I’ll be reading the book though 👍
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@RichLLWilliams Great picture. Thanks.
Is that the 'pavvy?' The so called pavilion where spectators stood. It's amazing story.
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While apartheid South Africa was banned from international sport, football remained a big deal in Robben Island prison. Between beatings and hard labour the game flourished with its own FA, clubs, refs, even player poaching. A remarkable story of so much more than a game.
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Toyota Carina E GTi (basically a five- door Celica GT). Somewhat overlooked in 1993. Probably a splendid thing to own today.
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@RetrogamesNow @sniffpetrol I was at Longbridge at the exact same time as you, BMW era, but I’ve still got my uniform (sorry!) I was in Powertrain, in East Works. What were you doing?
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@sniffpetrol I worked in the “Long Room” of the Longbridge factory during the mid-90’s, just when BMW had taken over. The canteen chairs had 70’s orange and brown car seat fabric, and we were still selling Montegos. Wish I had kept my grey uniform with name badge
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I apologise in advance for this week's Smith and Sniff in which I'm on my own in Birmingham, poking around the remains of the Longbridge car factory. Warning: May exceed your daily recommended dose of boring middle-aged mannishness. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/smi…
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@thecarfactoids @neilmbriscoe @t2stu @DarraghMcKenna @TopOfTheTower @StvCr @autocar @BMMuseum I’m wondering if that is Castle Green here in Kenilworth. maps.app.goo.gl/1yonbWa459SQSu…
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Factoid Extra: Unlike in the BMC era, Riley in the early postwar years had a distinctive car range like the RMC, a convertible version of the RMB saloon & one obviously developed for the US market (hence the LHD)…
@neilmbriscoe @t2stu @DarraghMcKenna @TopOfTheTower @StvCr
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You turn up for the Queen tribute act.
You stay for Brian May.
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@Golcorris 😂😂😂 Don’t forget the old bloke in his bloody coracle who used to fetch the balls!
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@Andrew_Frankel I’ve mentioned this before, but I was half watching tv once and got very confused for a split second when I thought I heard the presenter say “they have a Lada full of ingredients to work with.” Cars on the brain.
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My brother sent me this to show what we’ll be eating next week but all I can see is the top end of a comp-spec 90 deg V8. Think I need help.
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@WrexhamLowdown My hero as a kid. I made this in tribute:
jonestheshirt.com/products/footb…
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A very Happy 64th Birthday to Jim Steel 🎂🎉
The big man from Dumfries initially played 9 games on loan at the start of 1983.
The following January, fans helped raise the £10,000 transfer fee to sign him permanently from Port Vale.
He would score 73 goals in 230 games for us.
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@RichLLWilliams As to be Giggs in the semi against Arsenal, Rich because it led to the treble !!!!
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@GarethJonesTV I was half watching tv once and got very confused for a split second when I heard the host say “they have a Lada full of ingredients to work with.” Cars. Too much cars…
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Disappointed to discover that this programme isn't about an
amphibious Espirit.
#lotus #jamesbond
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