Right well here goes, according to today's Metro newspaper (its a London daily given away free at Underground Stations for those outside the Metropilis, but not bad all the same) well.....in their football section they do the match stats etc for the games tomorrow, and as Watford are a London(ish)team, they are included.

Quite rightly the odds on the match, as supplied by Corals, are shown in the betting setion as being Newcastle 1/4, Watford 9/1 and 7/2 the draw. - yes...just as it should be, but then here comes the rub......in the first scorer section. The first scorer is shown as Shearer 11/1 yes 11(eleven)/1.....ahead of him they then have Dunc at 9/2, Hughie 6/1 Kets 7/1 and Speed, Helguson, Smart and Smith at 10/1 do they know something that we don't or is that nice Mr Coral just dying to give money away.

Don't blame me if it is a misprint though....the next in the betting at 14/1 is Nobby and someone they call Gavilav....I though that was something you cleaned the bog with!

-- Anonymous, March 10, 2000

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March 11th

THE YOUNG RICH LIST: WHO EARNS THE MOST?

Two of wors + Grease Boy and Welsh half-breed from Manure:

Boxer Naseem Hamed, 26, is top of the sports chart, as he was last year, on #17m.

England captain Alan Shearer, quitting the national side after Euro 2000, saw his wealth leap by #1.5m to #17m over the last 12 months.

The full list

Sport

1.Naseem Hamed, 26: #17m 2.Alan Shearer, 29: #17m 3.David Coulthard, 28: #8m

4.David Beckham, 24: #7m

5.Robbie Fowler, 24: #7m 6.Ryan Giggs, 26: #6m 7.Greg Rusedski (right), 26: #6m 8.Duncan Ferguson, 28: #5m 9.Steve McManaman, 28: #5m 10.Tim Henman, 25: #5m

-- Anonymous, March 11, 2000

There are TWO free papers given away on the Metro in the Golden City. A sort of dodgy national one and also Metro which features North East affairs. Stick that one in your pipe and smoke it cockney w*nkers!:-)

-- Anonymous, March 11, 2000

Oi Softie.....who ae you calling Cockney W**kers......bloody rich coming from someone with a monika like yours!

The Metro the they do down here is almost like a national papers, you know the usual kind of main and international news, but the sports and entertainment sections are pretty much just London based issues

-- Anonymous, March 12, 2000

There is a Metro that is kind of national, I think. There's one in Manureland too, same logo, same style, less interesting sports page ;-)

-- Anonymous, March 12, 2000

I think they are prbably all the same 'basis' paper and only the sport and entertainment sections change according to the region it is printed for.

I'd much rather have the Newcastle one down here than the Lahdan one.

-- Anonymous, March 12, 2000