Muttley supports Dulwich Hamlet F.C. and takes a passing interest in the fortunes of Crystal Palace.

Quite correct HH, Ian Wright no less played for Dulwich Hamlet and then went onto to play for the mighty Crystal Palace.

Great news about Muttley Slippy.It certainly pulls your guts out when you think you're going to lose them,I know only too well what you've been through this last month.Like yourself I had my own greyhounds & I never put one down because they couldn't run or were lame.Kept them till the end.At the moment we have three terriers.One an absolute sod,will go for anything or anybody,another hated blokes when we got her but alright now.The third is as placid as they come but surprising the boss when they start.All rescue dogs which had problems being rehomed so we took them but it's surprising what a bit of patience does.They are all born with no vices so it makes you wonder what idiots have had them in the past & how they've treated them.

Thanks allpoints, that's a very nice post indeed Sir. Cheers kenny mann, I saw that link to the elephant and the croc as well, a bad situation poor Nellie found himself in to say the least. Muttley is in good form tonight and is by the fire in front of me right now, both of us waiting for Match Of The Day to start. Palace won away to Leicester today, a priceless three points for the mighty Eagles. Happy days

One of the first football matches I ever saw finished

Bradford Park Avenue 5 Crystal Palace 0

Ah, that's the one, old 4th division. 4th tier. Seems like yesterday.

Funnily enough Park Avenue and Palace both had identical sized programmes, the smallest in the league. About 4.5 inches square.

So it was, what a coincidence! Palace must be safe now to stay up I would have thought, we have Liverpool at home in the last 16 of the FA Cup next Saturday. Tough game but not completely beyond the realms of possibility that we can qualify. Bradford at home to Sunderland on Sunday, again another difficult match for the home team. Lets hope we both get through eh.

I was feeling old after talking about that 1959 match, but Brian Kidd has just cheered me up. Just seen him looking as youthful as ever as Man City assistant mgr and we were born in the same year. Fine striker in his day.

Those are the ones, Slippy.

COME ON CITY

Haven't seen Aspro for years, he had health problems some time ago if memory serves.

Nigel Pearson, Slippy. What was that all about? Needs a good smack imo.

Indeed, Slippy and to say after "I can look after myself" was weird.

That's very kind, crags.

Most unlike you.

Goodnight.

I don't think you are misunderstood personally. You say what's on your mind, nowt wrong with that. It's a forum after all.

Hello Parachute ... trust everything is well

I remember you posting on my mouse thread some years ago.

We have been looking after a puppy occasionally lately ... Lagotto Romagnolo ... very friendly
highly intelligent with a particular marked sense of humour.

The Lagotto Romagnolo has remained unchanged since Etruscan times (5th Century BC) to hunt and retrieve waterfowl in the once Venetian/Romanian marshlands of northern Italy. In mid 19th century when the marshlands were drained the Lagotto was used for their acute scenting ability to search for highly prized truffles. The Lagotto is unique in being the only purebred dog in the world officially recognised as a truffle dog.

The woolly, curly, double coat has made the Lagotto supreme in water as well as on land.

It would be just as much fun if it was a mongrel !