Aaron Connolly

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She was (is) absolutely gorgeous.

I might have imagined it but didn't we also unveil a huge banner at the stadium of her posing in a wonderbra?

There was definitely a banner for her but can’t remember the image

 

[BoroFur]

There was definitely a banner for her but can’t remember the image

It might have been of her modelling the kit. Can't think why I thought it was of her in a wonderbra

 

[Cogeur_le_Conq]

There were huge bill boards all over the country of her wearing just a bra around (just before?) the time Christian signed.

According to Wiki, she was the Wonder-Bra model 1998-2000.

 

[Wiseman_Vaughn]

I was going to mention this on reply to @S7DiscoDown 's photo above.

Swapping Burgess Hill for Yarm is a move up in class. I'm qualified to know, having actually lived in both areas.

Adriana and Christian were pure class and had no complaints about swapping Monaco for Teesside. In fact the world's most attractive supermodel (IMHO) pished all over the Southern press trying to slag the area, when she said it's beautiful and the people are friendly and that she was brought up amongst industry in Slovakia so it's very much like home.

As it's Xmas I'll share my private Adriana 2000 summer collection with you all...

That Black and Blue striped shirt makes her look cheddar gorgeous!!

 

[S7DiscoDown]

I can't wait to see him and his love Island missues banging out Karaoke in the Pig Iron

 

[NoloBoro]

If you think the Brighton fans are ahead of their station you should see the sense of entitlement on this board

Yeah, but it’s a touch like us figuratively looking down at Sheffield Wednesday and talking about them as a footballing backwater as despite them being a division below, in reality a bigger club than either us or Brighton.

 

[Cogeur_le_Conq]

https://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?381033-What-to-do-with-Connolly/page60

Quite complimentary about us and the town in particular

Apparently the OP has requested that all his posts be removed so this thread has mysteriously disappeared.

Mebee's someone tipped him off how many Boro fans live in B&H

[Albion] - Connolly thread where did it go ?

Am I going mad…. Where’s it gone ?

www.northstandchat.com

 

[Redwurzel]

I haven't been to Brighton for 30 years, but it used to be quite ordinary to me. The old Brighton ground was in area like Acklam Road, tyre/exhaust fitters and chip shops. Hove was the posh bit of the area where the Sussex cricket ground was. Lots of retired officers in blazers and panama hats. Brighton never had to my knowledge any industrial development, it was always a leisure facility for Londoners.

 

[Cogeur_le_Conq]

I haven't been to Brighton for 30 years, but it used to be quite ordinary to me. The old Brighton ground was in area like Acklam Road, tyre/exhaust fitters and chip shops. Hove was the posh bit of the area where the Sussex cricket ground was. Lots of retired officers in blazers and panama hats. Brighton never had to my knowledge any industrial development, it was always a leisure facility for Londoners.

I've lived all over B&H on two separate occasions from 1983-87 and then again when I returned from France in 2016 for another couple of years.

B&H is probably only a 3rd of the size of Teesside but a completely different animal.

It's more cosmopolitan, with loads more investment and less industrial, but the Sussex Downs are nowhere near as scenic as the area around Teesside.

Most people from Brighton complain about Londoners buying up property whilst they are squirreled away in out of town working class housing estates such as Whitehawk and Moulescoombe. And still living with their mother's, as they can't afford to enter the housing market.

There has always been a problem with chavs/homeless there of which I was a part of.

I quite like the NCS forum, but haven't really been on there since I had to put a few of them right on the obvious red card for the assault on Ramirez.

There's always knobheads, but I've found that forum to be the best of any rival's forums I've been on.

I've just read a rather appreciative thread on there regarding our very own Bob Mortimer and Paul White house's Gone Fishing.

There's some nice sentiment and even a couple of shouts out how beautiful our region is...

[TV] - Mortimer and Whitehouse - gone fishing

Might get flamed for this and accept it might be of limited interest, but for those of a certain age (regardless of whether you’re into fishing or not) it’s a nice whimsical bit of telly..........

www.northstandchat.com

 

[sambaDTR]

Anybody remember George Best playing for the Boro?

 

[brattleboro]

i think one game in a friendly if im not mistaken ,against the mackums

 

[BoroMart]

Yeah, but it’s a touch like us figuratively looking down at Sheffield Wednesday and talking about them as a footballing backwater as despite them being a division below, in reality a bigger club than either us or Brighton.

That's a tenuous comparison for a team that have finished above us 3 times in a quarter of a century and at times been 2 divisions below us.

They were significantly bigger than us 90 years ago, or so my great-great grandad tells me, but comparable clubs ever since.

Sunderland might be better comparisons, but even then The gap between us and Brighton is much bigger than us and Sunderland

 

[Cogeur_le_Conq]

Anybody remember George Best playing for the Boro?

Saw him play for us in Jim Platt's testimonial. He was on the cards to sign but it didn't materialise.

I was more excited at the promise of us signing Rene Houseman to tell you the truth.

Best still had his skill but no legs at the time

 

[Simply red]

Aaron and Lucinda will get a nice surprise when they make the move .
North Yorkshire moors on your doorstep, some of the best countryside in Britain.
Quality affordable housing.
Leeds for shopping within an Hour or so drive
Newcastle for shopping within an hours drive.
Nice seaside resort of Saltburn within 30 min drive.
Yorkshire dales within an hour drive.
Lake District just over an hours drive.
Cleveland hills with Roseberry topping, Captain Cooks monument, Lord Stones, Sheepwash etc 30 minutes drive.
York In an hours drive.
Whitby in 40 minutes.

The list is endless, what Is not to like

 

[Redwurzel]

C le C

Good Post. I lived in Hastings for 18 months in the 1980s - it was a bit like the land that time forgot then - stuck in the interwar years - going to Brighton was moving on 60 years.

"B&H is probably only a 3rd of the size of Teesside but a completely different animal"

Completely different Yes- but Brighton area is big by population - its population is over 612,000 (Teesside is about 400,000).

 

[Cogeur_le_Conq]

C le C

Good Post. I lived in Hastings for 18 months in the 1980s - it was a bit like the land that time forgot then - stuck in the interwar years - going to Brighton was moving on 60 years.

"B&H is probably only a 3rd of the size of Teesside but a completely different animal"

Completely different Yes- but Brighton area is big by population - its population is over 612,000 (Teesside is about 400,000).

Not sure where you're getting 612k from?

I was comparing apples with apples. The conurbation of Teesside v the conurbation of Brighton & Hove. Not Middlesbrough v Brighton or East Sussex v County Durham/North Yorkshire.

The population of Brighton & Hove is only 290,395 with an area of 87.54 km².

Teesside has a population of 376,633 in an area of 794.95 km² (Tees Valley area not Teesside).

This is a valid argument for having a Unitary Authority like the City of Brighton & Hove.

Not a load of disparate authorities vying against each other like, Middlesbrough, Stockton and Redcar and Cleveland.

In fact the whole of the county of East Sussex which encompasses all of B&H, Lewes, Eastbourne and Hastings is only 844,985.

 

[junos_boots]

Can we not just sign Alun Armstrong and Marco Branca

Is Ricard out of prison?

 

[Nero]

I've lived all over B&H on two separate occasions from 1983-87 and then again when I returned from France in 2016 for another couple of years.

B&H is probably only a 3rd of the size of Teesside but a completely different animal.

It's more cosmopolitan, with loads more investment and less industrial, but the Sussex Downs are nowhere near as scenic as the area around Teesside.

Most people from Brighton complain about Londoners buying up property whilst they are squirreled away in out of town working class housing estates such as Whitehawk and Moulescoombe. And still living with their mother's, as they can't afford to enter the housing market.

There has always been a problem with chavs/homeless there of which I was a part of.

I quite like the NCS forum, but haven't really been on there since I had to put a few of them right on the obvious red card for the assault on Ramirez.

There's always knobheads, but I've found that forum to be the best of any rival's forums I've been on.

I've just read a rather appreciative thread on there regarding our very own Bob Mortimer and Paul White house's Gone Fishing.

There's some nice sentiment and even a couple of shouts out how beautiful our region is...

[TV] - Mortimer and Whitehouse - gone fishing

Might get flamed for this and accept it might be of limited interest, but for those of a certain age (regardless of whether you’re into fishing or not) it’s a nice whimsical bit of telly..........

www.northstandchat.com

Brighton being cosmopolitan definitely struck me when I was there in August. I actually stayed in Hastings and drove to Brighton twice.

One thing that did surprise me was the road system. I found East Sussex to be mainly packed and the roads pretty rubbish. Certainly compared to the A19 and A1 we have.

 

[Cogeur_le_Conq]

Brighton being cosmopolitan definitely struck me when I was there in August. I actually stayed in Hastings and drove to Brighton twice.

One thing that did surprise me was the road system. I found East Sussex to be mainly packed and the roads pretty rubbish. Certainly compared to the A19 and A1 we have.

You want to see the state of the roads in Oxfordshire where I'm currently living. It has to be one of the richest counties in the UK yet the B roads are like dirt tracks compared to Teesside.

God knows how I haven't lost an axle on these potholes.

 

[Soutra]

Aaron and Lucinda will get a nice surprise when they make the move .
North Yorkshire moors on your doorstep, some of the best countryside in Britain.
Quality affordable housing.
Leeds for shopping within an Hour or so drive
Newcastle for shopping within an hours drive.
Nice seaside resort of Saltburn within 30 min drive.
Yorkshire dales within an hour drive.
Lake District just over an hours drive.
Cleveland hills with Roseberry topping, Captain Cooks monument, Lord Stones, Sheepwash etc 30 minutes drive.
York In an hours drive.
Whitby in 40 minutes.

The list is endless, what Is not to like

What's not to like is that none of that is about Middlesbrough. If the shopping is better in Newcastle or Leeds or York then what's in Middlesbrough?

Just on the basis of what's been posted this guy sounds like a load of trouble and Boro should steer clear. If Wilder is doing any good, he really doesn't need to risk it by signing someone who upsets the apple cart.