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I don't think I've ever seen such poor spelling, grammar and use of punctuation on this site, apart from maybe that of John Sulu.

23/Oct/2023 33 Bruce Springsteen — Streets Of Philadelphia +2 27 Ace of Base — The Sign 27 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 26 Corona — The Rhythm Of The Night 26 Supergrass — Alright / Time 26 Pulp — Common People 26 N-Trance — Set You Free 25 Crash Test Dummies — Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm 25 The Original — I Luv U Baby 25 Annie Lennox — No More 'I Love You's' 24 Big Mountain — Baby I Love Your Way +2 23 MC Sar & The Real McCoy — Another Night 23 Alex Party — Don't Give Me Your Life 21 The Stone Roses — Love Spreads 21 Bon Jovi — Always 21 Queen — Heaven For Everyone 20 Toni Braxton — Breathe Again 20 Let Loose — Crazy For You 20 Perez 'Prez' Prado And His Orchestra — Guaglione 20 U2 — Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me 20 Diana King — Shy Guy 20 Oasis — Roll With It 20 N-Trance ft. Ricardo Da Force — Stayin' Alive 20 Pulp — Mis-Shapes / Sorted For E's And Wizz 20 Def Leppard — When Love And Hate Collide 20 Meat Loaf — I’d Lie For You (And That's The Truth) 19 The Mike Flowers Pops — Wonderwall 18 Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting — All For Love 18 MN8 — I’ve Got A Little Something For You 18 Red Dragon With Brian & Tony Gold — Compliments On Your Kiss 04 The Beatles — Free As A Bird -6

Caught the end of Planet Earth III tonight during David Attenborough's talking head conclusion his face looked puffy and occasionally his words were less clear. I don't think he will beat Carter to the gates but I am all for him staying on the list into 2024

Bob Odenkirk is 61 today.

22/10/23 27 Ace of Base - The Sign 26 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 26 Pulp — Common People +4 26 N-Trance — Set You Free 25 Original — I Luv U Baby 25 Bruce Springsteen — Streets Of Philadelphia 23 Corona — The Rhythm Of The Night 22 Supergrass — Alright / Time 21 MC Sar & The Real McCoy — Another Night 21 The Stone Roses — Love Spreads 21 Crash Test Dummies — Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm 21 Alex Party — Don't Give Me Your Life 20 Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting — All For Love 20 Toni Braxton — Breathe Again 20 Big Mountain — Baby I Love Your Way 20 Let Loose — Crazy For You 20 Red Dragon With Brian & Tony Gold — Compliments On Your Kiss 20 Bon Jovi — Always 20 Annie Lennox — No More 'I Love You's 20 MN8 — I’ve Got A Little Something For You 20 Perez 'Prez' Prado And His Orchestra — Guaglione 20 U2 — Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me 20 Diana King — Shy Guy 20 Oasis — Roll With It 20 N-Trance ft. Ricardo Da Force — Stayin' Alive 20 Pulp — Miss-Shapes / Sorted For E's And Wizz 20 Def Leppard — When Love And Hate Collide 20 Meat Loaf — I’d Lie For You (And That's The Truth) 20 Queen — Heaven For Everyone 20 Boyzone — Father And Son 20 The Mike Flowers Pops — Wonderwall 18 The Beatles — Free As A Bird 14 All-4-One — I Swear  00 Mariah Carey — All I Want For Christmas Is You -6 Not a massive fan of Oasis, but surely Wonderwall didn't deserve to be first out given the amount of rubbish here (without counting the 10 I don't know)?

Alright you insulted my intelligence enough, kennedy if anything will take votes away from trump due to being the crank to end all cranks. And his electoral record is like all the money in my bank account: non-existent.

Wasn't sure if there was already a topic opened on this and couldn't find one when I did a search (so if anyone wants to move it, please feel free to do so) 89 year old televangelist Harold Camping is predicting the rapture to take place on May 21st 2011

Simon Case, Cabinet secretary and head of civil service, taking a few weeks off for a medical issue. This news gets a sub headline on the front page of the Daily Telegraph which feels a bit odd for someone taking time off sick.

Ben Garner of Colchester the latest sacking.Somehow Ainsworth of Qpr outlasts another manager he is becoming the Jimmy Carter of football management

I actually miss hosting this, so unless I lose my ability to type, I'll be more than glad to host the No.3's

David Kirke, bungee-jumping pioneer dies at 78: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/david-kirke-bunjee-jumping-death-b2434042.html

Round 2 complete after that agonising wait. No anger from me this time! 4/5. The dream team strike again, with @theoldlady and @MariNisia running this musical abattoir. @Sir Creep's promise to compete with our perennial executioner fell short, but his work didn't go unnoticed. At least he didn't stake any coffee on it. Kills: theoldlady - 9 LadyFiona - 4 Sir Creep - 3 Diego - 3 DoltonMoney - 2 Paul Bearer - 2 BuffaloPhil - 2 Drewsky - 1 Toast - 1 lilham - 1 Bibliogryphon - 1 Book - 1 Assists: MariNisia - 6 Great Uncle Bulgaria - 3 Bibliogryphon - 3 Drewsky - 3 Toast - 2 Diego - 2 TQR - 2 lilham - 2 RoverAndOut - 2 Root Inspector - 1 Book - 1 Imelda - 1 Paul Bearer - 1 DoltonMoney - 1

Ballon D’Or living nominees 1956 - Kees Rijvers 1957 - Kurt Hamrin 1958 - Kurt Hamrin, Colin McDonald, 1959 - No survivors 1960 - Kurt Hamrin 1961 - José Santamaría, Kurt Hamrin, José Augusto, Denis Law, Charly Dörfel, Lucien Muller, Gernot Fraydl, Rudolf Kučera, Dumitru Macri 1962- Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Armand ‘Jef’ Jurion, Gianni Rivera, Denis Law, Kurt Hamrin 1963- Gianni Rivera, Denis Law, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Giovanni Trapattoni, José Altafini, Paul Van Himst, Harry Bild, Armand ‘Jef’ Jurion, 1964- Denis Law, Paul Van Himst, Gianni Rivera, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, José Altafini, Néstor Combin, Sandro Mazzola, Armand ‘Jef’ Jurion, Klaus Urbanczyk 1965- Paul Van Himst, Gianni Rivera, Sandro Mazzola, Denis Law, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Franz Beckenbauer, Sigfried Held, 1966- Franz Beckenbauer, Geoff Hurst, Sandro Mazzola, Denis Law, Willi Schulz, Paul Van Himst 1967- Franz Beckenbauer, Sandro Mazzola, Pirri, Gigi Riva, Anatoliy Byshovets, Włodzimierz Lubański, Gianni Rivera, Geoff Hurst, Wolfgang Overath, Paul Van Himst, José Augusto, Johnny Bjerregaard, Néstor Combin, Ove Kindvall, Zygfryd Szołtysik 1968 - Dragan Džajić, Franz Beckenbauer, Gigi Riva, Gianni Rivera, Pirri, Antal Dunai, Willi Schulz, Ove Kindvall, Sandro Mazzola, Angelo Domenghini, Mirsad Fazlagić, Murtaz Khurtsilava, 1969 - Gianni Rivera, Gigi Riva, Ove Kindvall, Franz Beckenbauer, Dragan Džajić, Angelo Sormani, Giorgos Sideris, Mimis Domazos, Gilbert Gress, Włodzimierz Lubański, Volodymyr Muntyan, Ivo Viktor 1970 - Gigi Riva, Franz Beckenbauer, Wolfgang Overath, Dragan Džajić, Sandro Mazzola, Rinus Israël, Gianni Rivera, Ove Kindvall, Willem van Hanegem,, Geoff Hurst, Josip Skoblar, Cornel Dinu, Jean Djorkaeff, Franz Hasil, Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Carles Rexach 1971 - Sandro Mazzola, Günter Netzer, Franz Beckenbauer, Josip Skoblar, Martin Chivers, Mimis Domazos, Pirri, Dragan Džajić, Berti Vogts, Wolfgang Overath, 1972- Franz Beckenbauer, Günter Netzer, Włodzimierz Lubański, Hristo Bonev, Murtaz Khurtsilava, Paul Van Himst, Antal Dunai, Sandro Mazzola, Paul Breitner, Dragan Džajić, Johnny Giles, John Greig, Johan Neeskens, Gianni Rivera, Marius Trésor 1973- Dino Zoff, Franz Beckenbauer, Gianni Rivera, Ralf Edström, Günter Netzer, Uli Hoeneß, Hristo Bonev, Juan Manuel Asensi, Sandro Mazzola, Jan Tomaszewski, Włodzimierz Lubański, Wolfgang Overath, Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Roland Sandberg, Vladislav Bogićević, Dragan Džajić, Pat Jennings, Denis Law, Ivo Viktor. From 1974 onwards most are still alive but the following have died 1974- Johan Cruyff, Kazimierz Deyna, Gerd Müller, Billy Bremner, Ronnie Hellström 1975- Johan Cruyff, Peter Lorimer, Josip Katalinski, Gerd Müller, Giacinto Facchetti, 1976- Rob Rensenbrink, Johan Cruyff, Gerd Müller, Jaroslav Pollák, Joachim Streich, 1977 - Johan Cruyff, Rob Rensenbrink, Emlyn Hughes, Ronnie Hellström, Heinz Flohe, Jürgen Grabowski, Ray Kennedy, Gordon McQueen, András Törőcsik 1978- Rob Rensenbrink, Paolo Rossi, Ronnie Hellström, Johan Cruyff, François Van der Elst 1979- Paolo Rossi, Trevor Francis, Gordon McQueen, Bruno Pezzey, Ronnie Hellström 1980- Bruno Pezzey, Manuel Bento, Trevor Francis 1981- Ramaz Shengelia, David Kipiani, András Törőcsik, Bruno Pezzey, Wilfried Van Moer, Włodzimierz Smolarek 1982- Paolo Rossi, Bruno Pezzey, Gaetano Scirea, 1983 - Fernando Gomes, Costică Ștefănescu, Fyodor Cherenkov, 1984- Fernando Chalana, Rui Jordão, 1985- Fernando Gomes, Georgi Dimitrov, 1986- All still alive 1987- Gianluca Vialli, 1988- Gianluca Vialli 1989- Gianluca Vialli 1990- All still alive 1991- Gianluca Vialli, Bruno Martini, 1992 - All still alive 1993- All still alive 1994 - All still alive 1995 - Gianluca Vialli, 1996- Trifon Ivanov 1997- All still alive 1998- All still alive 1999- Siniša Mihajlović 2000 - All still alive 2001- All still alive 2002- Papa Bouba Diop 2003 - All still alive 2004- José Antonio Reyes 2005 onwards - All still alive.

Boom! All the footballers now dead, with Bobby Charlton's death.

Aye, thought it excellent and very good on period detail (cars, the way people dealt with each other and in particular how women were treated). Re obitable types from that time still around the obvious big name is Sonia - Ex-wife of Peter - Sutcliffe, now Mrs Woodward: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sutcliffe

News coming through on X that Mary Marquis who was the face of Reporting Scotland for many years has died aged 87 @SiobhanSynnot Follow Hearing that Mary Marquis, queen of Reporting Scotland, has died. She was glam, she was smart, she was incredibly funny. Go well, Mary 3:40 PM · Oct 20, 2023 Seems it was a hoax and she is still alive and well

Report of the death of Gordon Low, Scottish footballer whose career was solely with English teams such as Huddersfield Town, Bristol City and Stockport County: https://www.stockportcounty.com/rip-gordon-low/ Apparently, his compatriot who came to Huddersfield at the same time was....Denis Law!

Aurèle Vandendriessche has died aged 91. https://www.vanhoutteghemfunerals.be/rouwberichten/detail/aur-egrave-le-vandendriessche

Dick Vitale planning to return to the booth: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/college-basketball/article-12640105/ESPN-Dick-Vitale-cancer.html

Abdel Aziz Kabil also known as Mohamed Kabil (Wiki) dead at 96 Mentioned also by @arghton in Foreign Personalities thread

Greenock Morton Football Club were extremely saddened to hear of the passing of former Club Captain Willie Hinshelwood on 10th October. Our thoughts are with Willie’s family and friends at this very sad time.

Arild Hetleøen, Norwegian Footballer with 4 caps for his national team has died aged 80. https://gravferdshjelpen.vareminnesider.no/memorial_page/memorial_page_ads.php?order_id=4222786&set_site_id=379&cat=ads&sign=c6851cfa4d2ee19cee6e9a4810552254 Violeta Mițul, Moldovan footballer with 41 caps for her national team has died aged 26. The Sun

Updating for the death of the lovely John Cairney. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66739513 John Cairney speaking in 2012 about A Night to Remember (1958): "It's one of my favourite films and it seemed like a really big film to me at the time. It was a lovely story all about the realism of what could have really happened. Cameron's Titanic (1997) is very different. I think it began life as a film about the shipwreck and developed into the feature film. Theirs was very hi-tech, ours was high heart. Leonardo DiCaprio played the same part I did, which was obviously fattened out for him. But it was the lower-class guy falling in love with the girl and the class borders being broken down and, while the steerage class were locked in, my character found a way out, and so did DiCaprio's. The difference was, he was paid thousands of pounds a second and I was paid £20 a day. I think Cameron forced him into some underwater feats I could never have done and they are very different films... I really enjoyed A Night to Remember (1958), and it has lasted so well. It was film number four of my seven-picture deal with Rank at Pinewood. We would finish one, have a quick break and move on to the next one. The first I knew about it was when I was asked if I could do an Irish accent."

One more for the list. Doomsday from Fiji to you, with love. South Korean cult Grace Road Church members arrested in Fiji - BBC News