D.V.T. Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 His hatred of weather presenters is something 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Jimmy Graves 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 You kill me Greavsie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 The grim reaper taking out the saint and greavesie in the same year 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 RIP to the most famous Accies fan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Greavsie soon to be back in the box. Back of the net!Condolences etc....And points please. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Finally I add to my total. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Greavesie with the Saints now. And my Deadpool duck is broken too. Like a lot of folk I used to watch the Saint and Greavesie on a Saturday lunchtime. My dad, not a football fan, used to get annoyed "at that English clown insulting Scottish players" but I didn't mind him really. He also did the letters in Shoot!* There was a feature "Wally of the Week" and someone sent in a picture of Clydebank coach Jim Fallon and said "This guy looks like you. He must be a wally". Jimmy replied "I agree. What a wally". Dumbarton fans may just agree with Jimmy's conclusion. *Or a ghostwriting sub-editor 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 38 minutes ago, Bert Raccoon said: RIP to the most famous Accies fan I don't know what age you are, but back in the eighties when he had his 'wee thing' with the Accies. Greavsie was on a chat show and at the end of the show the Accies captain at the time walked on, in full kilt and a big haggis on his shoulder to suprise Greavsie. That captain, is my brother in law Alex Hamill. I can't find a clip anywhere, sorry. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI HAT Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Sad times for Jimmy Greaves and his family but points is points. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 Week 38 update Two deaths this week. First up, inventor and electronics man Clive Sinclair: Home computing pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies aged 81 | Clive Sinclair | The Guardian Quote Sir Clive Sinclair, the inventor and entrepreneur who was instrumental in bringing home computers to the masses, has died at the age of 81. His daughter, Belinda, said he died at home in London on Thursday morning after a long illness. Sinclair invented the pocket calculator but was best known for popularising the home computer, bringing it to British high-street stores at relatively affordable prices. Many modern-day titans of the games industry got their start on one of his ZX models. For a certain generation of gamer, the computer of choice was either the ZX Spectrum 48K or its rival, the Commodore 64. Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX chief, commented on Twitter on an article calling Sir Clive the father of the ZX Spectrum: “RIP, Sir Sinclair. I loved that computer.” Belinda Sinclair, 57, told the Guardian: “He was a rather amazing person. Of course, he was so clever and he was always interested in everything. My daughter and her husband are engineers so he’d be chatting engineering with them.” He left school at 17 and worked for four years as a technical journalist to raise funds to found Sinclair Radionics. Here's... well, just watch it: I had it in my head that loads of people picked him, but he was a Solo Shot for @Aim Here. Where are the P&B da contingent who go on about the Spectrum? Sinclair died at 81, so he's worth 44 Base Points with a bonus of 50 for 94 in total. ============================ Up next this week is former Chelsea, Spurs and England striker Jimmy Greaves: Jimmy Greaves, England and Tottenham great, dies aged 81 | Jimmy Greaves | The Guardian Quote Jimmy Greaves, feted as one of England’s greatest strikers and a member of the squad that won the 1966 World Cup, has died at the age of 81. “We are extremely saddened to learn of the passing of the great Jimmy Greaves, not just Tottenham Hotspur’s record goalscorer but the finest marksman this country has ever seen,” read a club statement. “Jimmy passed away at home in the early hours of this morning, Sunday 19 September.” Greaves is widely recognised as being one of the most naturally gifted goalscorers of his generation. He scored 132 goals for Chelsea in 169 matches between 1957 and 1961, before moving to Spurs and becoming their all-time top scorer with 266 goals in 379 appearances. Greaves also scored 44 England goals in 57 appearances – including six hat-tricks. “Jimmy certainly deserves inclusion in any list of England’s best players, given his status as one of our greatest goalscorers and his part in our 1966 World Cup success,” said the England manager, Gareth Southgate. “We will pay tribute to his memory at our home match with Hungary at Wembley Stadium next month. His place in our history will never be forgotten.” Following a spell at West Ham, Greaves retired from football in 1980 and reinvented himself a hugely popular TV pundit as one half of Saint and Greavsie, the popular weekend football show which he presented alongside the former Liverpool and Scotland striker Ian St John and in 1982 he was chosen as a pundit for ITV’s coverage of that summer’s World Cup. Greaves also was a newspaper columnist and after-dinner speaker. He won a Serie A title with AC Milan, two FA Cups and a Cup Winners Cup with Tottenham. He had an unremarkable international career. Greaves died at 81 so he's worth 44 Base Points for @Ben Twilly, @BillyAnchor, @Billy Jean King, @Blootoon87, @buddiepaul, @expatowner, @gkneil, @HI HAT, @Indale Winton, @jimbaxters, @JustOneCornetto, @peasy23, @Moomintroll, @psv_killie, @Sergeant Wilson, @sleazy, @Sweaty Morph and @tamthebam. It's 22 points for a Vice-Captain bonus and a total of 66 for @ICTJohnboy and @ThomCat. As a result of all of this, the standings look like this: 1. Ned Nederlander 713 2. Fuctifano 420 3. psv_killie 413 4. Savage Henry 344 5. Indale Winton 332 6. Bishop Briggs 327 7. Arch Stanton 270 8. Aim Here, Ludo*1 255 10. Lofarl 243 11. choirbairn 240 12. pub car king 238 13. senorsoupe 236 14. JustOneCornetto 233 15. buddiepaul 223 16. sparky88 221 17. expatowner 217 18. ICTJohnboy 216 19. gkneil 203 20. Sherrif John Bunnell 198 21. Arbroathlegend36-0 196 22. Willie adie 180 23. Bert Raccoon 179 24. cdhafc1874, lichtgilphead 167 26. doulikefish 163 27. qos_75 162 28. ThomCat 161 29. HI HAT 160 30. chompmyroot 158 31. peasy23, sleazy 156 33. stanton 149 34. The DA 146 35. El Guapo 141 36. weejack 138 37. jimbaxters 130 38. Billy Jean King 128 39. lolls, Mark Connolly 120 41. Curmudgeon 118 42. Arabdownuner, Enigma, speckled tangerine, Sweaty Morph 112 46. thistledo 108 47. Amandajoan 103 48. Bold Rover, D.V.T. 102 50. dee_62 101 51. amnarab 91 52. Lex, The Hologram 89 54. Cardinal Richelieu, mathematics 86 56. 101, nessies long lost ghost 84 58. BillyAnchor, weirdcal 83 60. The_Craig 81 61. Raidernation 77 62. Karpaty Lviv 76 63. Blootoon87, Perkin Flump, Sergeant Wilson 70 66. CountyFan 67 67. LoonsYouthTeam 62 68. theportman, TxRover 55 70. Busta Nut, cambozpar, djchapsticks, Duszek, Empty It, Salvo Montalbano 52 76. Bulbasaur, coprolite 51 78. Ben Twilly, tamthebam 44 80. Eednud, gingette, GTG_03, Melanius Mullarkey, microdave, mozam76, paulathame, Shotgun, The Master, The Naitch, thisal 26 91. Everyone else 0 The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-OTo44wF_W7A4Q0NFnd1sX3qEDdxTLDobvjhhSgnzkg/edit?usp=sharing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 I was just curious about the state of the twelve zero-pointers still in the game, and the most efficient way to get everyone clear of nul points this year. Turns out that it is possible to raise the bar and leave no Dead Pooler behind with just six celebrity deaths. Namely: Olivia Newton-John Alex Ferguson Rob Burrow Keith Richards Clint Eastwood or June Brown Any pick from @ToBeSomeone's list I reckon Keith Richards is a tall order meself, but the rest of them seem plausible, at least individually. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 John Challis aka Boycie from only fools and horses seemingly has joined uncle Albert 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 8 minutes ago, doulikefish said: John Challis aka Boycie from only fools and horses seemingly has joined uncle Albert 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Did Noel Edmonds get him too? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Aim Here said: I was just curious about the state of the twelve zero-pointers still in the game, and the most efficient way to get everyone clear of nul points this year. Turns out that it is possible to raise the bar and leave no Dead Pooler behind with just six celebrity deaths. Namely: Olivia Newton-John Alex Ferguson Rob Burrow Keith Richards Clint Eastwood or June Brown Any pick from @ToBeSomeone's list I reckon Keith Richards is a tall order meself, but the rest of them seem plausible, at least individually. This is my inaugural season in the dead pool. I'm still finding my way in this league. It's an untried team at this level, none of my selections have ever died before, to the best of my knowledge. Some of them ain't even trying. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, Raven said: This is my inaugural season in the dead pool. I'm still finding my way in this league. It's an untried team at this level, none of my selections have ever died before, to the best of my knowledge. Some of them ain't even trying. Indeed. Dead Pool is definitely a team effort and we all know the frustrations when your squad is underperforming through no fault of your own. You get extra layers of frustration after multiple years, when players you've dropped last season decide to put in an effort in this one or when they linger on enough that other teams show and interest and you don't get to accrue that solo shot bonus you'd have had if they were a bit more timely. It's a funny old game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 John Challis aka Boycie from only fools and horses seemingly has joined uncle Albert Neither Rice or Chips tonight 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 5 hours ago, doulikefish said: John Challis aka Boycie from only fools and horses seemingly has joined uncle Albert Only fools and hearses. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 19 hours ago, Raven said: This is my inaugural season in the dead pool. I'm still finding my way in this league. It's an untried team at this level, none of my selections have ever died before, to the best of my knowledge. Some of them ain't even trying. Its frustrating that some of them just don't seem to get how important this is. There's us doing hours of research, coming up with puns.... it can be a thankless task. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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