Torquay United Fans Forum

Updated discipline table

http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/fairplay

Should be interesting on Saturday, us top and Wrexham bottom, with them having had no yellows or reds!

ferrarilover wrote:In 1981, the average house cost 3.25 x average annual salary. In 2011, the average house cost 5.5 x the average annual salary.

Average household disposable income in 1981 was £7500. In 2010 it was 14000. That's an increase of 86.66%. Meanwhile:

A pint in 1981 was 53p, today, it's £3 - an increase of 466%

A litre of unleaded was 35p, today, it's £1.30 - an increase of 271%

A sliced white loaf was 36p, it's now £1.32 - an increase of 266%

VW Golf GTi MkI was £5400, it's now £25,845 - an increase of 378%

These were the first few things I thought of, I'm sure I haven't just got lucky.

Matt.

The problem with your comparison is that the disposable income figures you have used are the 'real' disposable income and allow for inflation, whereas the costs you show are actual costs. And the first few things you thought of? They were exactly the items and prices quoted in articles in the Telegraph and the Mirror, presumably based on ONS publications. I would guess that the prices of things like white goods, TVs, and clothes have not increased anything like as much.

The 'actual' figures for disposable income, not adjusted for inflation, would show an increase of about 150%.

And the house price multiple thing is more to do with lower mortgage interest rates pushing the house prices up. Then it was around 15% and now what, 5%. So as house prices rose, the house price multiple of salary became higher, but the actual monthly repayments were the same or lower.

usagullmichigan wrote:The problem is if we stick to the rule on born english in 20 years time the whole England team will look like team Taliban.

So white and foreign is ok, but black and English is not? A bit racist isn't it?

AustrianAndyGull wrote:It's Rapid Wien oldpedant (Wien) being the German for Vienna so it's Rapid Vienna they were playing. An Austrian club!

Like Bayern Munich are in fact Bayern Munchen, Rapid Vienna are in fact Rapid Wien.

Actually, I knew who they were (allowing for the V/W typing error). I was waiting to see how long you'd take to respond!

Today I passed the ground of Asteras Tripoli of the Greek 'Super' League. They finished third last season and played in this year's Europa League and lost to some team called Rapid Vien (anyone heard of them?). This season they currently lie sixth.

Clearly a massive club with a ground capacity of 7616! Hope for us yet.

Gullscorer wrote:A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of encouraging or assisting a proposed suicide.

Suicide is not a crime. Nor is attempted suicide. So why should it be a crime to encourage or assist somebody to carry out such an action? Of course there will be cases where ulterior motives may be suspected, but, always providing that the person who wishes to die is compos mentis, and that appropriate safeguards are in place to prevent any skulduggery, what is wrong with helping that person to carry out his or her wish to die?

Unfortunately, it appears at present that people have no option to apply for official or judicial confirmation as to the correctness of their actions nor of the state of mind of the person concerned.

Is it beyond the capabilities of our lawmakers to draft an appropriate law? As things currently stand, making it a crime to encourage or assist somebody to do something which is not a crime, also makes the law something of an ass.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide

In the case you mention, the person being 'assisted' may not be aware of what he is agreeing to due to dementia, which is why the police were asked to look into it. Quite right too.

It appears that the Independent (the national one) think we're in trouble ..

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foot ... 44191.html

AustrianAndyGull wrote: ... just having a happy day ...

Yellow4life wrote:
It can't really be AK's fault- the chairman holds the money, so surely he is to blame for allowing Alan to use the money.

Where have you been? It's the chairwoman now, Thea Bristow. So are you saying that she is to blame?

Might not go down well on here.

ROADRUNNER wrote:yes he seems to know everything??

But does he?

http://www.bluefinprofessions.co.uk/new ... -copyright

It seems that his 'legal opinion' is out of date. You'd have thought that a solicitor would know ALL the rulings.

forevertufc wrote:Well it's difficult to know who has said what, however it does say the article is a mixture of hoax and fact.

I accept it was not said word for word, but the sentiment of it is something that many people no doubt in Austrailia, U.S.A and this country and certainly France Believe.

Yeh .. like the Aborigines and the American Indians, ... those white christians coming over here .....

Scott Brehaut wrote: No need to worry, our goal difference will keep us up.

You were saying?

austrianandygull wrote:The referee for this one is the vastly experienced ANDY D'URSO with the assistants NICK GREENHALGH & DARREN HANDLEY and the 4th official is KEVIN MATTOCKS.

Are you sure? The league website says something different.

http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Appointments


Where did you get your information from?

Gullscorer wrote:Two women made allegations (no evidence) against Assange.

That's what they said at the time about Jimmy Savile!

And it was more than two.

NickGull wrote:Brucie - we've gone behind in 14 league games this season. We've gone on to lose 8, picking up 11 points from the other 6. I don't think it's quite so clear cut as you think.

Conversely, we've dropped 15 points from winning positions. So it's definitely not as clear cut as you think.