I told 'em Oldham!


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Oh dear, a result that was unfortunately on the cards? It's a good job that poor old Sean has gone and that Alex McLeish has stepped in to steer The Reds in the right direction. It was probably a planned defeat so that Alex can now concentrate on promotion without the distraction of a Cup run!

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Yeah , right !....... slywink

Just about your nearest club ain't it ??..................LOL

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Unfortunately I don't think Notts will be troubled by a cup run either having been unceremoniously dumped out of the competition whilst being completely outplayed by a League 2 side!

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Could have been worse, we could have had millions spent on our team and in securing the services of a 'top name' manager. .............................. slywink

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:) 'I told 'em Oldham'; I remember this catchy little slogan: it was used to advertise tyres back in the late 50's.

I recall a school bus trip at the time the slogan was popular, passing through Oldham and feeling disappointed with the place; it didn't match up to the magic of these 4 little words, especially as at the time the slogan was tripping off everyone's tongue. :)

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The original phrase was in in an ad for Oldham batteries: - "I should've told 'em Oldham".

Morecombe and Wise apparently later shortened it to: - "I told 'em Oldham" in one of their skits and used it regularly thereafter.

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Just getting it back on track after a certain member or two went off on a tangent again.

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Glad you read a post for once.

Pooh , nice one.

Lee Hughes has left Notts. (I told you I thought there was something up at Meadow lane !!)

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Lee Hughes already 'left' Notts recently Beefy, don't know if you knew? It fell through for some reason. It originated in an argument about not getting picked I believe. He wants regular games at this late stage of his career apparently which he not getting at Meadow Lane.

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Yes he was supposed to go to Port Vale but Notts wanted a fee for him, PV couldn't agree on a figure so it all went out the window. That was when i first brought up the subject of there possibly being "Trouble at the mill" (Or rather Meadow Lane)

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I don't see Notts regularly so can't really comment but even with his legs now slightly gone he always seems to be in and around the scorers when given a chance. I wonder if Curle is making a bit of a mistake.

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A BIT OF A MISTAKE!!!! He's dropped an almighty bo****k, Stu, in my opinion. The strikers we have at the mo are just not scoring and good enough!! The slide down the table testifies to that.....

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:biggrin: Okay I stand corrected: the saying was probably used to advertise car batteries :biggrin: but I know that at the same time the advert was being shown on the TV, we kids at school were milking it to death in the playground - before any comedians on TV. :biggrin:

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Anyway as we were saying ......

I don't claim to understand it at all but, I'm pretty sure there's more to the story than is meeting the eye.

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Did you try to copy the 'northern accent' also, can recall going through a phase of dong accents at school........................my Welsh always sounding vaguely paskistani.............still does................. :Fool:

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Anyway as we were saying ......

I don't claim to understand it at all but, I'm pretty sure there's more to the story than is meeting the eye.

Apologies for interrupting your thread.............................. bowdown

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