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Karren Brady, West Ham United FC's vice chair and star of BBC show The Apprentice, did not need to use the linguistic tricks, she had noticed.

Women told to speak their minds to get on in boardrooms 2011

To much data too fast to send up to the FC's .... and plus, it would be for abort condition that has already been deemed "not credible" due to the vanishingly small probability.

Ares Doubts Continue to Mount - NASA Watch 2009

By the way, if you end up watching on MLS's Direct Kick package, the announcing team will be Toronto FC's crew; the match is being shown in Canada.

Weekend soccer TV listings: MLS, Mexico, Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, NCAA Steve Goff 2010

"With the threat of demolition of their Church Road ground, rumours are that Conference National side Hayes and Yeading will be forced to play their home matches at Farnborough FC's Rushmoor Arena, a 28.4 mile walk from their old ground according to Google," writes Nick Dunkeyson.

xxHas a team ever been relegated from the same division two years in a row? | The Knowledge 2011

It is not that politics to misquote Liverpool FC's Bill Shankly is "more important than life and death" to most voters – not most of the time, though it currently is in Greece.

Why we should cherish prime minister's questions | Michael White 2011

There was that team-building day at the National Physical Laboratory, the strategy meeting at Fulham FC's Craven Cottage, the planning meeting at the Commonwealth Club, and the £7,000 spent discussing climate change surrounded by the flora and fauna of the London Wetlands Centre.

Hugh Muir's diary 2012

Thirteen years on, with part of our fair isle grieving again following Liverpool FC's worst start to a season since 1953-54, perhaps it's time for John and Taupin to rework another 1970s classic, Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (Except At Anfield Following Another Humiliating Defeat).

Another humiliating defeat Sean Ingle 2010

Leeds may still need to win their last game at Huddersfield to guarantee a top‑six finish and home advantage in the first round of the play-offs, depending on the results of the games on Saturday between the Catalans and Hull KR in Perpignan, and Hull FC's trip to Castleford.

Leeds 64-20 Wakefield Trinity | Super League match report 2011

In Private Eye: The First 50 Years £25, the spankingly appealing and classy new anniversary biog by Adam Macqueen – a rewarding must for any Eye devotee – eminent staffer Barry Fantoni laments Neasden FC's sad death because Ian Hislop "seems not to be interested in football nor knows anything about it".

Fifty years of Private Eye's eccentric eye view of sport | Frank Keating 2011

There have been other incidents of misbehaving mascots falling foul of officialdom, with Bury FC's Robbie The Bobby - a policeman - managing to notch up three dismissals in as many months back in 2001, once for his part in a touchline brawl with his Cardiff City counterpart Barclay The Bluebird and twice for mooning supporters.

Who's the most obscure person to be sent off during a match? | The Knowledge 2011