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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #40 on: May 11, 2013, 05:59:38 pm »
Cracking post that, thank you.
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #41 on: May 12, 2013, 12:40:55 pm »
Cracking post that, thank you.

cheers lad - 2000 views and 40 posts I'm thinking it  was a bit wordy meself :)
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #42 on: May 12, 2013, 10:00:12 pm »
Loved that. Sent it to my good friend who's a history/sociological buff and my gf who I'm introducing to football in general and the club in particular. They really enjoyed it and found it to be highly interesting, even as outsiders who know little about the sport and club

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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #43 on: May 13, 2013, 10:48:13 am »
Loved that. Sent it to my good friend who's a history/sociological buff and my gf who I'm introducing to football in general and the club in particular. They really enjoyed it and found it to be highly interesting, even as outsiders who know little about the sport and club


brilliant - thanks for that
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #44 on: May 13, 2013, 02:37:01 pm »
Honestly, one of the most well written and insightful articles I've read. Cheers!
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #45 on: May 13, 2013, 02:44:09 pm »
Excellent read mate - love reading about/hearing stories and such accounts of LFC and Liverpool from before my time and this is no different, had me gripped throughout. The only negative I have was that it wasn't any longer as I could easily have kept on reading!

Thanks a lot for that, much enjoyed and appreciated and it sounds absolutely spot on.
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #46 on: May 13, 2013, 05:47:04 pm »
blimey two more with the patience of saints

nice to be appreciated though - thanks kindly

wasn't any longer? its like war and peace as it is, I suppose I could add some stuff about climate change......... :)
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #47 on: May 14, 2013, 02:49:25 am »
Quite enjoyed that, a worthwhile read at almost 4am :D

Does give some renewed optimism which has been lacking for a while that maybe things can change for the better.
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #48 on: May 14, 2013, 03:53:44 am »
Can we have a talking book version of Vulmea's post ?

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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #49 on: May 14, 2013, 12:53:49 pm »
Can we have a talking book version of Vulmea's post ?

can't sleep? :)
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #50 on: May 14, 2013, 01:00:17 pm »
Only just discovered this thread. "My word" as Ray Wilkins would say. Very enjoyable read (so far) and perfect timing for my fast approaching lunch break. :D

Excellent stuff, some great reminders of the past and a real thread to make you sigh and wonder where the time went (both in terms of reading through it, but also when you realise how many years ago someo the events you write about were yet they still seem so fresh in the mind)!

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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #51 on: May 14, 2013, 09:18:59 pm »
Only just discovered this thread. "My word" as Ray Wilkins would say. Very enjoyable read (so far) and perfect timing for my fast approaching lunch break. :D

Excellent stuff, some great reminders of the past and a real thread to make you sigh and wonder where the time went (both in terms of reading through it, but also when you realise how many years ago someo the events you write about were yet they still seem so fresh in the mind)!

hope it didn't spoil your lunch :)
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #52 on: May 15, 2013, 10:49:18 am »
Thought provoking piece Vulmea. Top marks for connecting the progress (or degeneration) of our game with the changes taking place in society and our country at large.

I started match going in the 50's so I can relate to all of it and cannot fault your memory of the changes on and off the pitch. The game now belongs to the money men and each club is striving for more income via sponsors and fans.

We do have one comparison to look at and that is the deregulation of the banks 20 years ago. The desire to make more each year and improve profits led them down a path that ended in the dreaded  spectre of failing banks. Government bail outs.

We won't see bail outs of football clubs but we may see some big ones fail at some point.
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #53 on: May 15, 2013, 07:30:49 pm »

Wow, just wow. Thoroughly enjoyed that read, very insightful, and certainly very deep. Read like a novel.
Hands down one of the best posts I've read, and quite frankly, it's posts like this that make it worthwhile to wade through all the utter tripe that sometimes gets written in these boards.

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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #54 on: May 15, 2013, 09:04:04 pm »
Thought provoking piece Vulmea. Top marks for connecting the progress (or degeneration) of our game with the changes taking place in society and our country at large.

I started match going in the 50's so I can relate to all of it and cannot fault your memory of the changes on and off the pitch. The game now belongs to the money men and each club is striving for more income via sponsors and fans.

We do have one comparison to look at and that is the deregulation of the banks 20 years ago. The desire to make more each year and improve profits led them down a path that ended in the dreaded  spectre of failing banks. Government bail outs.

We won't see bail outs of football clubs but we may see some big ones fail at some point.

its an interesting parallel that isn't it - the FA and the free market - how can you possibly run an equal sporting contest where the sides with the most money, (often nothing to do with the club itself) have an 80% chance of winning - if people weren't so addicted they'd laugh and walk away

and the Prem's answer to this farce - 0h well different clubs compete for different things - might as well have three divisions in the Prem then eh?

The yanks at least recognise the stupidity and try and to ensure equality with their draft system the premier league just keep adjusting the rules to suit those with the most money its criminal really

where does it end up - pretty much where we are with a few chosen clubs dominating due to wealth and the mass audience just following like sheep for lack of anything better driven, by the mass media saturation telling them how important football is .........I'd like my game back please

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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #55 on: May 15, 2013, 09:04:41 pm »
Wow, just wow. Thoroughly enjoyed that read, very insightful, and certainly very deep. Read like a novel.
Hands down one of the best posts I've read, and quite frankly, it's posts like this that make it worthwhile to wade through all the utter tripe that sometimes gets written in these boards.

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very kind words - thanks
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #56 on: May 16, 2013, 04:40:30 pm »
Vulmea, thank you, that's a wonderful post.
As mentioned above, just like a good novel it's very readable and flowing, and quite probably the best I've read on here for some time.


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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #57 on: May 16, 2013, 06:45:59 pm »
cheers lad - 2000 views and 40 posts I'm thinking it  was a bit wordy meself :)

great read mate, really great, you may think it's a bit wordy, I spotted it in the other thread and had a quick look and decided to wait until I had enough time to read it because I wanted to read it without being interrupted. I managed to do that today, again a great read.
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #58 on: May 16, 2013, 09:13:24 pm »
Vulmea, thank you, that's a wonderful post.
As mentioned above, just like a good novel it's very readable and flowing, and quite probably the best I've read on here for some time.

cheers Gul thanks for taking the time

great read mate, really great, you may think it's a bit wordy, I spotted it in the other thread and had a quick look and decided to wait until I had enough time to read it because I wanted to read it without being interrupted. I managed to do that today, again a great read.

thanks Vic but if you can read that lot without being interrupted I'm worried you need to get out more :)

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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #59 on: May 16, 2013, 10:24:22 pm »
Cracking read, Vulmea. Very very interesting and insightful. Thanks for taking the time. This post along with a few others should be mandatory reading for any LFC supporter.

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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #60 on: May 17, 2013, 11:15:21 am »
Can we have a talking book version of Vulmea's post ?

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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #61 on: May 17, 2013, 11:19:50 am »
I've just shown the OP to my grandad who's been a fan 50+ years and all he said after reading it was "The old goat knows what he's talking about" and went back to drinking his tea.

I don't know why he called you an old goat  Vulmea but they're you go.  :)
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #62 on: May 17, 2013, 11:38:07 am »

I really think the OP should be in the Some quality/important posts you may have missed thread.
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #63 on: May 17, 2013, 11:42:19 am »
I really think the OP should be in the Some quality/important posts you may have missed thread.
Quality wise without a doubt but that thread is normally reserved for contributions within a thread rather than original posts but there's nothing to stop you posting it there Gulley  ;) after all work like this should get maximum exposure.
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #64 on: May 17, 2013, 11:52:48 am »
I don't do polite so fuck yoursalf with your stupid accusations...

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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #65 on: May 17, 2013, 11:07:43 pm »
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #66 on: May 18, 2013, 01:58:10 am »
I've just shown the OP to my grandad who's been a fan 50+ years and all he said after reading it was "The old goat knows what he's talking about" and went back to drinking his tea.

I don't know why he called you an old goat  Vulmea but they're you go.  :)


been called worse - glad the young fella liked it:)
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #67 on: May 18, 2013, 02:05:06 am »
Cracking read, Vulmea. Very very interesting and insightful. Thanks for taking the time. This post along with a few others should be mandatory reading for any LFC supporter.
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cheers for that Benne, appreciate the thoughts nice to know I'm not on me own :)
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #68 on: May 18, 2013, 11:17:44 am »
Cog and Kik on the same page -  just rolled back 10 years :) hope you're keeping well in your exile :)

It's like being back at TCAA ;)

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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #69 on: May 18, 2013, 08:56:08 pm »
It's like being back at TCAA ;)

That was a crackin site
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #70 on: May 18, 2013, 09:57:48 pm »
Excellent article, well worth missing eurovision for (bugger it's still on, better read it again).

As has already been mentioned, it should be a condition that anyone posting on RAWK should prove that they've read this first.

Thank you Vulmea
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #71 on: May 18, 2013, 10:18:57 pm »
Vulmea yet again another brilliantly written piece.  I aspire to be as eloquent as you. Really good read fella cheers.

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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #72 on: May 18, 2013, 10:47:27 pm »
That was a crackin site
Oh, and great read (even if I did have to go away and come back to it 3 times before I could get through it all)

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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #73 on: May 19, 2013, 01:40:13 am »
Brilliant post mate, thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #74 on: May 19, 2013, 12:48:47 pm »
Brilliant post mate, thoroughly enjoyed it.
Oh, and great read (even if I did have to go away and come back to it 3 times before I could get through it all)
Vulmea yet again another brilliantly written piece.  I aspire to be as eloquent as you. Really good read fella cheers.
Excellent article, well worth missing eurovision for (bugger it's still on, better read it again).

As has already been mentioned, it should be a condition that anyone posting on RAWK should prove that they've read this first.

Thank you Vulmea

Thanks for the thanks - appreciate the time it takes to read you could have been doing something useful - curing cancer, world peace etc  :)
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #75 on: May 20, 2013, 08:05:57 pm »
Sooo any spin offs?

Chapter two - Pride and prejudice or the evoluation of the Primmadonna

Chapter three - Capitalism Unleashed -  How do we reclaim our game?

Chapter four -  Scouser's Republic? Liverpool and world domination.

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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #76 on: May 21, 2013, 12:10:20 pm »
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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #77 on: June 24, 2013, 04:20:58 pm »
Missed this until now, brilliant post Vulmea, I was aware of pretty much all of it but I found it very useful nonetheless.  Should be compulsory reading for any true fan of football, not just our club.

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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #78 on: October 10, 2013, 12:49:35 pm »
That is a belter of a post...easily beats anything that i have ever read on RAWK, so glad that I took the time to read it. I will be saving it for my 2 kids to read as soon as they are old enough!

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Re: The Life and teams of LFC
« Reply #79 on: October 14, 2013, 02:35:01 pm »
What an excellent read! Everything that you need to know in 10 pages and done with style.
Thanks for writing it Vulmea. Brilliant commentary as ever.
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