Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

Are you sober yet? There is a slight possibility England might beat Croatia and then a more likely result will be getting hammered in the final - Belgium or France. England's journey in the world cup :- England ranked 12th by FIFA - Tunisia ranked 21st. - Panamar ranked 55th - Belgium, 1st team ranked 3rd - there 2nd team beat our mixed 1st & 2nd team. Columbia ranked 16th - penalties Sweden ranked 24th. Next opponents - Croatia ranked 20th (who went to penalties to beat Russia ranked 70th). If we get through the semi final then Belgium, ranked 3rd, or France ranked 7th. I know there are always games that go the underdogs way but I think England, if they stick with the same starting 11 as they did last match, will now be defending more than anything else. Unless they substitute Jordan Henderson (defensive midfield), Dele Alli (attacking [supposedly] midfield) & Raheem Stirling (attacking midfield) with a defensive midfielder that pick out a forward with a pass, and two attacking midfielders that an actually get passed the opposition, with the ball!

Now slipped back to 4th

Whitley Memorial currently 3rd :- https://terracyclewinaplayground.co.uk/

I assume @Andy Millne will 'refresh' the Bedlington Timeline held on this site but is it @johndawsonjune1955 that actually does the updates?

Double or quits? I'm feeling generous! Round that up to 5p.

Double or quits?

Well I'm with you ♀️ and I don't like the ball, or the hair cuts, either. I think the Swiss keeper's 40 denier tights are way to evocative. I hope it doesn't go to penalties

I have no idea - Ave Wgt - to me would be Average Weight but that doesn't fit. Link to the site where I got the table from is https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/index.html

The above, found whilst 'Silver Surfing' by Billy Embleton, has been posted on the Bedlington remembered Facebook group. We don't have any info other that what is printed on the document. Just to ensure that if anyone uses the 'Search' facility looking for info that this document may hold here are some phrases from the document ; Mary Ann Short - Golden Wedding 1851 - 1901 & .... we cannot refrain from mentioning your gallan effort in trying to rescue two hundred and four brothers entombed in the Hartley pit and it ministers to our pride to feel that "John Short" is written on the scroll of heros.......................... --------------------------------- I did have a Google of the Hartley pit disaster but I can't find any reference, from that Google, of John and Mary Short.

Hearty congratulations from the management.

@Bella :- I'm not saying you will find the answer to your question but have you input the name "Hemming" into the search box, top right hand corner, to see the topis the name Hemming is linked with? I see a similar question has been asked on the Facebook group - Bedlington remembered by a new member, Diane, from Canada. Is there a link between Diane & Bella?

A tanner it is then - Rank Team Total Points Previous Points +/- Positions Avg. AVG WGT Avg. AVG WGT Avg. AVG WGT Avg. AVG WGT 1 Germany 1558(1558.49) 1544 0 775.06 775.06 832.00 416.00 424.26 127.28 1200.77 240.15 2 Brazil 1431(1430.57) 1384 0 558.95 558.95 1082.36 541.18 560.21 168.06 811.88 162.38 3 Belgium 1298(1298.32) 1346 0 629.98 629.98 645.63 322.82 529.80 158.94 932.92 186.58 4 Portugal 1274(1273.69) 1306 0 646.92 646.92 691.82 345.91 517.77 155.33 627.63 125.53 5 Argentina 1241(1241.45) 1254 0 404.07 404.07 809.59 404.80 829.98 248.99 917.94 183.59 6 Switzerland 1199(1198.72) 1179 0 578.59 578.59 808.58 404.29 338.09 101.43 572.09 114.42 7 France 1198(1198.13) 1166 0 520.12 520.12 856.75 428.38 393.65 118.09 657.68 131.54 8 Poland 1183(1182.61) 1128 2 499.90 499.90 896.94 448.47 375.17 112.55 608.45 121.69 9 Chile 1135(1134.66) 1146 0 403.99 403.99 831.33 415.67 724.98 217.49 487.56 97.51 10 Spain 1126(1125.5) 1162 -2 537.05 537.05 611.48 305.74 646.40 193.92 443.99 88.80 11 Peru 1125(1125.39) 1106 0 560.36 560.36 788.09 394.05 421.92 126.58 222.02 44.40 12 Denmark 1051(1051.44) 1054 0 723.72 723.72 314.88 157.44 300.24 90.07 401.06 80.21 12 England 1051(1050.84) 1040 1 476.42 476.42 593.51 296.75 580.49 174.15 517.60 103.52 14 Uruguay 1018(1018.41) 976 3 486.28 486.28 487.69 243.84 561.47 168.44 599.26 119.85 15 Mexico 989(989.44) 1008 0 470.55 470.55 506.78 253.39 579.97 173.99 457.54 91.51 16 Colombia 986(985.97) 989 0 292.09 292.09 655.57 327.78 665.76 199.73 831.89 166.38 17 Netherlands 981(980.98) 969 2 545.74 545.74 299.13 149.56 333.54 100.06 928.10 185.62 18 Wales 953(953.46) 931 3 335.47 335.47 745.20 372.60 359.92 107.98 687.06 137.41 19 Italy 951(951.25) 947 1 341.93 341.93 732.11 366.05 415.76 124.73 592.70 118.54 20 Croatia 945(945.18) 975 -2 397.75 397.75 672.78 336.39 335.96 100.79 551.26 110.25 21 Tunisia 910(909.91) 1012 -7 545.56 545.56 394.79 197.39 227.59 68.28 493.39 98.68 22 Iceland 908(908.01) 930 0 438.64 438.64 564.25 282.13 302.02 90.61 483.19 96.64 23 Costa Rica 884(884.04) 858 2 410.90 410.90 480.58 240.29 332.44 99.73 665.55 133.11 24 Sweden 880(879.9) 889 -1 478.44 478.44 431.99 215.99 370.10 111.03 372.19 74.44 Sweden to loose to Switzerland.

I was going to say: - put your cash up front, but you probably don't have any. Sweden is the most cashless society on the planet - barely 1% of the value of all payments made using coins or notes last year. Maddy Savage - British freelance journalist & presenter in Sweden says :- "It's been mainly positive reactions. We love to use our cards here in Stockholm." ------------------------------------ Across the country, cash is now used in less than 20% of transactions in stores - half the number five years ago, according to the Riksbank, Sweden's central bank. Coins and banknotes have been banned on buses for several years after unions raised concerns over drivers' safety. Even tourist attractions have started to gamble on taking plastic-only payments, including Stockholm's Pop House Hotel and The Abba Museum. Could the World Cup final be v Get your Chip & Pin on it!