So really then he was born in Pontefract and now lives in Cas, that is the [usubtle[/u difference, oh and I like the way you are now passing your attempt at a geography lesson off as a joke, it might be [usubtle[/u in your head just plain stupid to me matey as I asked before about you doing stand up if thats the strength of your humour then I doubt it, I do hope I don't come across as patronising as you though

Are you saying that they are lying then and that he was not born in Pontefract?

btw in your eagerness to put up your very imformative post your excitement must have got the better of you alfred because if you havent noticed you presed the crazy button 6 times when one would have been sufficient, unless your keyboard is not up to it and you need a new one hth.

No-one had ever denied that he was born in Pontefract.

However, may I remind you of what you said when you joined the discussion:



What you didn't say was

So what you're saying is, in effect, that Colin Cowdrey talked like someone from India (because that's where he was born despite being raised elsewhere), Derek Pringle talks like someone from Nairobi (ditto) and Michael Vaughan talks like a Mancunian (ditto). Or are you now changing the subject to imply that you never meant this? Or indeed are you trying to cover up the fact that you didn't really know where Tim Bresnan was brought up?

I also never thought that:



could ever be remotely regarded as an attempt at a geography lesson. Especially with the

at the end. Deary me, we are getting uptight, aren't we. Maybe you should have a nice lie down.

He was born in pontefract maternity unit as that is the local maternity unit, however he grew up in cas, went to to school in cas and played his his first cricket in cas, so he is a cas lad, to say otherwise makes you look a little foolish and sad.

I was born in pontefract hospital, (as are most people from cas, ponte, fev and knottingly and many from normy) i am and always will be a cas lad.

Ben westwood was born in bradford, though he is from normy.

Joanna lumley was born in india, would you not say she is an english actress?

I was born in my mothers house which at that time was sat right on the border of castleford and pontefract, so the dilemma is now am I from cas or pontefract, to help you along a little the rates were paid to castleford borough council, but the post code was Wf8. It then changed when it went to wmdc and the rates are paid to wmdc, also the post code was changed and now it's wf10,I went to school in airedale and went to college in whitwood I then went to uni in derby so please tell me if I'm from cas, point, or even derby eh ........... You are really a waste of seminal fluids aren't you !!

With those credentials, have you considered putting your name down for Ponting's job?

He could, though, because if my geography's correct, isn't Australia a suburb of Cas?

[size=150So, is Tim Bresnan from Castleford or not?[/size from www.skysports.com/cricket/ashes/ ... 59,00.html [i"A bustling all-rounder, Tim Bresnan will certainly not let his country down if he is called upon during the Ashes this winter. The 25-year-old from Castleford, who is a big rugby league fan, was signalled out as a potential star at a young age and was thrust into first-class cricket by Yorkshire as a teenager."[/i from www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/de ... im-bresnan [i"Now Bresnan's fellow Castlefordian hopes that the Melbourne heroics – capped by taking the final wicket to guarantee that England would retain the Ashes – will earn more widespread respect, and a long run in the team."[/i www.express.co.uk/posts/view/219 ... -long-last [i"Castleford lad Bresnan does not do grand gestures and outpourings of emotion beyond the occasional pat on the behind for a team-mate when he takes a catch off his bowling."[/i www.pontefractandcastlefordexpre ... _1_2907990 [i"TOWNVILLE’S Tim Bresnan again played an important role as England completed their first Ashes win Down Under in 24 years in Sydney."[/i ...and where is Townville?... www.findmyschool.co.uk/schooldet ... px?id=8227 [i"Castleford Airedale Infant School Poplar Avenue Townville Castleford WF10 3QJ"[/i

[size=150So, is Tim Bresnan from Castleford or not?[/size from www.skysports.com/cricket/ashes/ ... 59,00.html [i"A bustling all-rounder, Tim Bresnan will certainly not let his country down if he is called upon during the Ashes this winter. The 25-year-old from Castleford, who is a big rugby league fan, was signalled out as a potential star at a young age and was thrust into first-class cricket by Yorkshire as a teenager."[/i from www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/de ... im-bresnan [i"Now Bresnan's fellow Castlefordian hopes that the Melbourne heroics – capped by taking the final wicket to guarantee that England would retain the Ashes – will earn more widespread respect, and a long run in the team."[/i www.express.co.uk/posts/view/219 ... -long-last [i"Castleford lad Bresnan does not do grand gestures and outpourings of emotion beyond the occasional pat on the behind for a team-mate when he takes a catch off his bowling."[/i www.pontefractandcastlefordexpre ... _1_2907990 [i"TOWNVILLE’S Tim Bresnan again played an important role as England completed their first Ashes win Down Under in 24 years in Sydney."[/i ...and where is Townville?... www.findmyschool.co.uk/schooldet ... px?id=8227 [i"Castleford Airedale Infant School Poplar Avenue Townville Castleford WF10 3QJ"[/i

just for devilment



... I'm sure I heard one of the ITV commentators during the Arsenal v Leeds FA Cup tie refer to one of the LUFC players as "a true Leeds lad from Pontefract" ...

Quote ="tb"just for devilment ... I'm sure I heard one of the ITV commentators during the Arsenal v Leeds FA Cup tie refer to one of the LUFC players as "a true Leeds lad from Pontefract" ...'" But Castleford is also Leeds... xscape.co.uk/castleford

Quote ="tb"just for devilment ... I'm sure I heard one of the ITV commentators during the Arsenal v Leeds FA Cup tie refer to one of the LUFC players as "a true Leeds lad from Pontefract" ...'" But Castleford is also Leeds... xscape.co.uk/castleford

Ben Parker - and he is a Pontefract lad.

He's been known to booze in the same pub as me.




Towns > Ben Parker.

Was there a boundary line running through your house? i doubt it very much. So where is the dilemma you were born in either Cas or Pontefract, there is a couple of clues here and to say you have had a university education imo does not bode well for our education system

Firstly your mum assuming she was telling the truth paid her rates to Cas borough council which might lead one to suggest you live in Cas and not ponty, and secondly as you are aware and no doubt happy with the situation you are part of Wakey council which had you lived in Ponty you would not, so unfortunately you are from Cas although I not sure what Derby has got to do with it, and fwiw by the standard of some of your posts I am not totally convinced you have had an education at all

and while we are on the subject of Ponty once and for all is Ponty part of Castleford or not because whether you like it or not Tim Bresnan was born in Pontefract not Castleford so stop trying to jump on the bandwagon because he had a good couple of games for England, I doubt it but I hth, thanks for the insults by the way no doubt a product of the Castleford education system

So saying someone who has lived nearly all his life in castleford, went to school there and learnt his trade there is a cas lad, is jumping on a band wagon in your eyes.

Just so as we are clear, because if that is your opinion, your thick as a divers clog.

2 seperate issues here, why the the insult? have I insulted you no i havent so please do not show your lack of good manners and your ignorance by insulting me unless of course you went to school with speedie.
Secondly, he is 24 year old or there abouts and has not lived nearly all his life in Cas not yet anyway, if he lives there till he dies then you can say that, just one simple question and just a yes or no will do was he born in Pontefract, and my last point to you if he had got knocked all over the pitch in Melbourne and Sydney and had 2 disastrous games for his country would you be on here with a Tim Bresnan thread i doubt it, and what if that were the case and somebody said what do you expect he's a Cas lad, how many would have said no he's from Ponty, just shows what some lengths some people on here will go to for recognition.

For starters if he'd have had a nightmare game, us cas folk would say it as it is.
Luckly for england he didn't so naturally we are bigging him up.....something wrong in that.

My 2 daughters where born in pontefract materity hospital, you ask them where they are from, they sure wont say pontefract.
If they had been born on the top deck of a double decker bus, you expect them to be from ''the top deck of a double decker bus'' your arguement is laughable.

Tbh i didn't realise wakefield fans were bitter even over our cricketers. GO BRESNAN.

Well what is your point then?





Is this a trick question?








I have never mentioned Cowdrey or Pringle or Vaughan so how can I change the subject and imply that I never meant this, and as for covering up the fact where Bresnan was brought up, it is not the issue and never has been,
read my post where I said he came from Ponty not Cas that is the issue, but for some reason you want to cloud it by saying he comes from Cas which in effect means he never left there in the first place.

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Ahhh bitterness, sure brings the best out of people.

Sure does. I just love the way that when you celebrate the success of one of your own, there are always sad, twisted people with nothing to celebrate who try to bereave you of your fun and joy, making themselves look idiotic into the bargain.

Awwwwww diddums.

Where are YOU from, Mel?

I was born in Doncaster, but now reside in Wakefield, which when people ask me that is what I say hth.

George you have made a fool of yourself already, try not to make a bigger fool of yourself by giving us an encore

Is that it, why don't you take some tips from speedy, he always comes out with the insults when he's made a fool of himself,

just like you really

I know it wasn't you that brought them up, but you are changing the subject. Can I remind you again?

What you said was:


So are you trying to tell us that people from Pontefract talk the same as people from Castleford? Or that the way a person speaks is down to where they're BORN and not where they're BROUGHT UP?



There was no embarrassment on my part. All my friends will tell you that I only ever do throwaway gags like that (and can you come up with a quote where I've implied it was hilarious?). Still, I do seem to have hit a raw nerve somewhere with the Barnsley comment. Would you like me to offer a retraction?