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Unfortunately football fans are still suffering the consequences of the drunken excesses of hooligans during the late 70's and 80's I'm afraid. :evil:

Some people might say its a ridiculous rule that is designed to harm clubs at this level by adversely affecting their much needed income streams, its a nightmare to manage and in truth, why is an FA competition game any different to a UCL game??? :roll: Some people, like you for example, might think that - obviously I couldn't possibly comment.

The rules is the rules as they say and we will have to abide by them !!

Anyone got a link explaining how Fakenham Town got their nickname - The Ghosts ?
Google hasn't been my friend

Trek wrote:Unfortunately football fans are still suffering the consequences of the drunken excesses of hooligans during the late 70's and 80's I'm afraid. :evil:

What are you impling :roll: :roll:

Courtesy of "Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge"

Finally, this from a Most Haunted message board:

Wondered why it rains nearly every market day in Fakenham? Well the story is that years ago Walsingham used to hold a market, but then moved to Fakenham. There was a witch of Walsingham who was upset by this and so put a curse on the market of Fakenham. She said: "There will be more wet than dry days for Fakenham market." People who have heard of this call this the story of the Walsingham witch. You can always guarantee that there will be more wet market days than dry - is it just a coincidence

I thought it was because Fakenham is about as lively as a ghost town ;) :lol:

My step daughter lives just outside Fakenham so I speak from experience - everytime I go there the place seems shut :lol:

Pigman wrote:I thought it was because Fakenham is about as lively as a ghost town ;) :lol:

My step daughter lives just outside Fakenham so I speak from experience - everytime I go there the place seems shut :lol:

Is it Fakenham that has a small chocolate factory?

Pigman wrote:I thought it was because Fakenham is about as lively as a ghost town ;) :lol:

My step daughter lives just outside Fakenham so I speak from experience - everytime I go there the place seems shut :lol:

Wikipedia claims that during the 1990s it was described as "the most boring place on earth" :lol:
That's quite an achievement, given the claims of some places in Northants ;)

Mat.H wrote:

Pigman wrote:I thought it was because Fakenham is about as lively as a ghost town ;) :lol:

My step daughter lives just outside Fakenham so I speak from experience - everytime I go there the place seems shut :lol:

Is it Fakenham that has a small chocolate factory?

Yes it does Mat, they have a little shop that sells all the reject stuff cheap, like walnut whips without the walnuts :lol:

Its not a bad little place, just a tad dull !!

Pigman wrote:

Mat.H wrote:

Pigman wrote:I thought it was because Fakenham is about as lively as a ghost town ;) :lol:

My step daughter lives just outside Fakenham so I speak from experience - everytime I go there the place seems shut :lol:

Is it Fakenham that has a small chocolate factory?

Yes it does Mat, they have a little shop that sells all the reject stuff cheap, like walnut whips without the walnuts :lol:

Its not a bad little place, just a tad dull !!

Thought so.
You going to find a job for me this week or will I get sent to the bar again?