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Football
Dreams record
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Full name:
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Thomas Edward Abbs
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Date of birth:
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30th March, 1986
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Football Dreams career:
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1998-
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Team names:
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The Best Ever Thom's Toon Army
P.C.P.
Nin Huugen and the Huugen Notes / Asterix Goes to Europe
The Ghost of Old Man Mannard / Days of the Phoenix from the Flames
THAT...was a Goal! / Nothing Tastes Better Than Goat
You Can Feel Me / Enchilada!
2 EZ / Dirty Pants, Clean Bottom
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Honours:
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Football Dreams League 2000, 2001,
2003, 2004
Football Dreams Cup 2000
FDL Cup 2004
El Torneo del Mejor 2003,
2004
Football Dreams Super
Cup 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Manager
of the Month Aug 99, Nov 99, Jan 00, Feb 00, Mar 00, May 00, Dec 00, Apr
01, Aug 01, Oct 01, Jan 02, Feb 02, Mar 02, Sep 02, Dec 02, Jan 03, Mar
03, Apr 03, Aug 03, Sep 03, Oct 03, Mar 04, Apr 04
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Competition record:
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| Year |
League |
Cup |
League
Cup |
El
Torneo |
Super
Cup |
| FDI |
2nd |
1st Round |
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- |
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| FDII |
1st |
Winner |
1st Round |
- |
Winner |
| FDIII |
1st |
1st Round |
1st Round |
Group
Stage |
Winner |
| FDIV |
2nd |
Runner-up |
Runner-up |
Group
Stage |
Winner |
| FDV |
1st |
Runner-up |
Group
Stage |
Winner |
Winner |
| FDVI |
1st |
2nd
Round |
Winner |
Winner |
Winner |
| FDVII |
2nd |
2nd
Round |
Group
Stage |
Group
Stage |
Winner |
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Overall FDL record:
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| Pos |
F |
Pts |
Pts/Yrs |
| 1 |
502 |
4753 |
679 |
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FDL highs/lows:
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High |
Year |
Low |
Year |
| Pos |
1 |
FDII,
III, V, VI |
2 |
FDI, IV,
VII |
| W |
273* |
FDVII |
222 |
FDI |
| F |
87 |
FDV |
39 |
FDI |
| CS |
147 |
FDVII |
129 |
FDIII |
| A |
226 |
FDIII |
173 |
FDVII |
| Pts |
741 |
FDVI |
586 |
FDI |
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Football Dreams records |
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Prize money:
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£78.75, up £43.75 from a £35.00 total stake.
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| Talking
football |
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Supports:
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Manchester United
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Most likes them to beat:
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At the moment beating Arsenal is very
satisfying, but it does not have the history like the rivalry with
Liverpool.
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from United, would most like to play for: |
Palermo have a great kit, but AC
Milan would be my first choice. My first football memories were how they
dominated Europe, and Serie A is the best/most passionate league in the
world.
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| Favourite
player ever:
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When I was younger it was Peter Schmeichel,
but now Paul Scholes is such a delight to watch. Perhaps the most gifted
player in my generation, it has been amazing growing up and seeing him
progress through the years.
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| Favourite
goal ever:
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Ole Gunnar's against Bayern München
in the 99 Champions League Final. It was made that much sweeter as this
time William could not punch me when they scored.
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| Favourite
goal celebration:
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St. James' Park, 2003 - Newcastle United
2-6 Manchester United. Dyer had told a newspaper he wanted Scholes' place in
the England side. Scholes seals his hat trick and celebrates with an
impudent lolling tongue, by doing so Man U nudge closer to Arsenal in the
league and Scholes proves he is a world class talent.
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| Best
match attended:
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I've never been to a brilliant game,
but the 0-0 draw between Norwich and Rotherham was very inspiring.
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| Best
football kit in history:
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Manchester United's black away strip
[from the mid-90s].
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| Nightmare
eleven: |
They are either rubbish, overpaid or
irritate me to death. In Joe Cole's case, all the above.
GK - Massimo Taibi
FB - Ashley Cole
FB - Paulo Ferreira
CB - Winston Bogarde
CB - Titus Bramble
M - Joe Cole
M - Salif Diao
M - Finidi George
M - Juan Sebastian Veron
S - Trevor Benjamin
S - Dario Silva
Manager: Howard Wilkinson
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| Greatest
football memory: |
Man U winning the Champions League in
1999.
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| Lowest
football memory: |
Going out of Euro 2000. It was such
an anti-climax after beating Germany and it was embarrassing how we
deserved to be thrashed by Romania.
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| Playing
career: |
Old Catton FC, 1994-98. Double
winners 96/97.
Atletico Swiftsword, 2001-
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| CULTURAL
PREFERENCES |
| Favourite
TV programme: |
It would be 'Sex and the City', but
this is the culture section. In this event, I have chosen 'Six Feet
Under'.
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| Favourite
film: |
'A Night at the Opera' - original
anarchic comedy by The Marx Brothers, supplemented by Groucho's
one-liners.
'Touch of Evil' - Orson Welles'
best film, and also contains the best opening shot in history. See it,
laugh at Welles' form, but appreciate how beautifully it is shot.
'Saturday Night & Sunday
Morning' - 60s kitchen sink drama. Me and Mum stayed up late one Sunday
night to watch it, so that helps my feelings towards it. Depressing
storyline, but Albert Finney is hilarious and equally tough in
performance.
'Night of the Hunter' - 50s film
about a revengeful priest murdering a family to get the inheritance left
by their ex-con father.
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| Favourite
book: |
'The Outsider' by Albert Camus - says so
much in such little space.
'The Catcher in the Rye' by J.D.
Salinger - 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', but more edgy and 30 years earlier.
'The Old Man and the Sea' by Ernest
Hemingway - short story that follows a man fishing, but is an allegory of
society.
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| Favourite
music group/artist: |
Pavement - so good I cannot explain
why I like them.
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| Top
10 albums: |
1) 'Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain' -
Pavement
2) 'London Calling' - The Clash
3) 'Up the Bracket' - The Libertines
4) 'Low' - David Bowie
5) 'Slanted & Enchanted' - Pavement
6) 'Clouds Taste Metallic' - The Flaming Lips
7) 'Pink Moon' - Nick Drake
8) 'The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place' - Explosions in the Sky
9) 'Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea' - PJ Harvey
10) 'Madonna' - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
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| Underrated/overrated
albums: |
Underrated: 'Diamond Dogs' - David Bowie
His first album after Bowie lost the Ziggy façade is as equally powerful
and catchy as previous works, but his alienation that comes across is what
makes this one of his best works to date.
Overrated: 'Aladdin Sane' - David
Bowie
Studio album before 'Diamond Dogs'. To me this album is carried by 'The Jean
Genie' and it seems a little short on new ideas to be held up as a classic.
I recommend it only if you are an actual Bowie fan.
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| Best
gig/festival attended: |
The Flaming Lips at Birmingham Academy,
17th January, 2003.
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| PHILOSOPHIES |
| 6
things to consign to Room 101: |
1) BNP
2) People leaving the toilet seat up.
3) Having to be nice to people you don't like.
4) Thick tomato sauce on pizzas.
5) Ugg boots
6) Leg warmers - they simply make women look stupid.
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| Favourite
snack: |
Eggs? (scrambled or poached). Otherwise,
cereals, especially Ricicles. Two thumbs up!
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| Dream
job: |
Lots of pay with minimum effort (like
Hernan Crespo), or some kind of writer.
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| Political
persuasion: |
Anything Green.
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| First
act as world leader: |
Get rid of Sepp Blatter then resign,
after using the bathroom.
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| Motto: |
"Shared joy makes a friend, not
compassion." - Nietzsche
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