Club Takes Full Control of Hotel

[boltonboris]

I thought the nosebag last season was considerably better than it was previously. Happy that it's improving again, by the sounds of things.

[Prufrock]

http://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/article/club ... 72535.aspx

Don't know what impact (if any) this will have!

FFP perhaps?

Feck knows but this might get Bruce (and me) interested.

The change will also see Heathcotes, founded by lifelong Bolton fan and two-Michelin star chef Paul Heathcote, provide the catering for all of the hotel and stadia.

Does this mean that you and Bruce get as upset by randomly misplaced plurals as I do?

Especially when it's an attempt to sound clever. They'll be writing 'Octopi' next!

[Enoch]

Octopi, is that another horse meat scandal!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

So, to recap: nosebag stops playing ping pong and is on to bleep tests.

[Athers]

My sweetshop accounting mind suggests that even if the hotel only breaks even (although from memory it often doesn't), better to have the extra revenue on the top line, as our losses on football side will look less bad as a % of turnover.

[coffeymagic]

As a connoisseur (c-o-n-n-o-i-s-s-e-u-r yes) of free food'n'boze it's always been my experience that the lower you go in football the better the hospitality is.

I've joined the PSB (Prawn Sandwich Brigade) at Grimsby, Hamilton, The Bok, the DW, Wembley (old), OT and Ascot.

Without shadow of a doubt the best was Grimsby (3-3 McGinlay, Mixu 2 I think, a Mendonca treble for them). The chairman came around and spoke to us and thanked us for coming, said 'anytime lads' and was genuinely pleased to see us. The manager came in and chatted to us and we even had a laugh with Graham Kelly who was being roundly shunned by everyone else in the room.

Accies was great. It was my nephew's first game and the day the won promotion to the SPL. After the game the manager came in and thanked my nephew for being the 'lucky omen' for the day (to be honest he is a bit of a Damien) gave him a scarf and a hat and made us all feel very welcome. A nice little touch.

Sorry to say the DW beats New Burden Park because they manage to get your food order right and the stuff arrives warm. A genuine warm welcome from the pie eaters and no nobbers shouting 'time to go' when the clocked we were actually fans from a different club.

Amazing that eh? That a company might invite clients who aren't supporters of the home team. Take note ESL cockends.

That's what's spoiled the Reebok for me. I've been in with Liverpool, Everton, City fans with Qatar Airlines who were desperate to put money into the club but had to pull out because of the abuse non-bwfc supporting guests were getting from dickheads along with thrown coins and all sorts.

Turn around and watch the game wankers.

A real embarrassment to the club and the town.

OT, Wembley and Ascot were atrocious. Rotten food (and such small portions) and a real sense that you were more of a unwelcome lodger than a guest.

Which I suppose they can afford because their boxes will always be full and it's unlikely that you yourself will be back any time soon.

So, in short I'm on my way to completing the 92 hospitality lounges of English Football.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

So, in short I'm on my way to completing the 92 hospitality lounges of English Football.

You might have used spellcheck this time, but missed out on logic-check. 93 with Wemberley - it even rhymes.
By the way, on a side note, Sheff U (when in the Prem) did some top top pie'n'mash in hospitality.

[Bruce Rioja]

^^ It's true is that. Worst I've ever had was at O/T. Fish so dry I needed a jug of water to wash it down. That said, it's improved a lot since.

[Athers]

I've LITERALLY had a prawn sandwich in the directors' box at Old Trafford.

It was average.

[coffeymagic]

Roy Keane really annoyed me when he said about the PSB. The reason there has to be so many people gobbling down Iceland vol-au-vents is because there are too many jumped up thugs who won't feel 'motivated' for anything less than £250k a week.

You go back to £500 a week and we'll go back to the terraces.

Wanker.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Indeed. Lest we forget, Keane was the "special" "case" for whom alleged socialist A. Ferguson demanded the MUplc wage structure be "smashed", meaning some workers be paid much more than others. Right on, comrade.

[Prufrock]

Indeed. As he persuaded them to pay him an extravagant £50k a week. Fas-forward ten years and JLloyd Samuel had two Lamborghinis. That's your fault, Roy!

[coffeymagic]

Indeed. As he persuaded them to pay him an extravagant £50k a week. Fas-forward ten years and JLloyd Samuel had two Lamborghinis. That's your fault, Roy!

Worse than that you've got Gary and Phil Chuckle. Multi millionaires on the back of being in the right place at the right time.

Ralph Milne must be spinning in his bedsit.

Can you imagine another (outside the UK) country where Phil Neville would have picked up over 50 international caps?

Jesus wept.

[coffeymagic]

Speaking of the Chuckles.

My ex-brother in law (scouser if you don't mind) used to run a football school during the summer holidays. Great how he managed to look after everyone else's kids but couldn't give a flying monkey's about his own.

Anyway, that's a different story.

One year he cajoled United to send down some players and they sent Bexy, Giggsy-wiggsy and Nev G.

He said Giggsy (this was pre-shagger revalations) couldn't have been better. Doing loads of keepy uppies, signing autographs, answering questions (he never ducked one apparantly), Bex (You never hear of Rebecca Loos these days do you?) stayed for a bit then jumped back in his Nissan Micra and away but the best was Gary.

England's Gary Neville was thrown a ball, he tried to control it, it bounced over his foot and away.

He scratched his arse turned around and drove off.

Good old Gary.

He's an 'expert' now.

edit. revElations. revElations. revElations.

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