Sites unseen
Sporting websites worth a visit
David Hills
Observer
Sunday February 3, 2002
Lee Bowyer talk
www.leebowyertalk.com
Not what you'd expect... 'Make Quick and Easy MONEY!!!!!!!' says Archery66 on
this real-time talk board. 'Reading this could change your life!!!!'.
'Hello', replies Bruce. 'I wish to know a Japanese girl as my wife.' 'Do you
use Mach 3 razor blades????' asks Body_builder469. 'I can get Mach 3 blades
in bulk at half the cost!!'. 'Oh I wanna sexy girl to make her my girl
friend,' adds Simer. 'Please reply any sexy girl ready to make my girl
friend'. In fact, Lee doesn't get a look in, but fans can spend time buying
online Bowyer Valentine's cards (two cows kissing, with the inscription 'Your
love moooves me'), checking out his online dating service, and buying concert
tickets for venues across Seattle. Weird - but good to see Lee's found a new
way to fill his spare time.
Italy's stats and stands
digilander.iol.it/stadiapostcardsdgl/
The Italians are at it too: along with attendance figures for Serie C2 going
back to 1962 - mmmm - there's a range of dirty postcards of grounds
throughout Europe. 'Collector since August 1990 when my friend sent me 2
postcards' explains the site's owner. 'So I thinked: "All or
nothing?" I choiced all! Now a lot of friends worldwide.' It's got
nothing on our all time favourite postcards site (Mike Floate's Football
Grounds Frenzy - www.mikefloate.clara.co.uk - where you can still download
images of the country's best floodlights) but there's promise.
Online games: update
The online sports boom booms on: Sports Illustrated for kids (www.sikids.com)
now offers office workers (and kids) Indy Car Frenzy, Dancing Ref, Online
wrestling and Super Speedboat; and tartarus.uwa.edu.au/~wedgey/slime1 has two
player Slime Volleyball. Don't ask.
Autographs
dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/od12
Dig out your old autograph collection: even 'ooh ahh' Phil Barber (Dover,
Palace, Millwall) could be worth a mint. This online autograph trading site
has a big price list: among current stars the most valuable signatures
(around £20, depending on the quality) are Gianfranco Zola, webmaster Lee
Bowyer and Selhurst Bluenose Trevor Francis. At the other end of the market:
Emlyn Hughes (£4), Harry Bassett (£2) and, bringing up the rear, Harrow
disciplinarian David Elleray (£1).
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