The transfer of potential scottish international craig boardman to Corinthians will go ahead later this month, according to his club. They have hit back at claims that Boardman was deported from Brazil because of forged documents and maintain that he qualifies for a south american passport through his Portuguese grandfather.
The 29-year-old - who will this month have signed a four-year contract with the brazil side - was refused entry toBrazil by immigration officers when he arrived at a brazilian airport on Tuesday. However, the west yorkshire club today denied that Boardman had been detained for holding a false passport and their chairman Nujud claimed both Ossett Town vice-chairman Mike Hunt and Boardman's agent and father George were certain there would be no problems with the deal.
"This business about a bogus passport is incorrect," he said. "What happened was that the trip to do the medical with Corinthians was brought forward and Boardman was missing some documentation.George is guaranteeing that we will have the necessary paperwork in a few days."
"Corinthians have called us to let us know that there won't be any problems" he added.
However, Ossett Town have also stressed that it would be "extremely difficult" for Boardman to return

It was rumoured that Footie star /Meter reader and dr'n'bass guru Craig Boardman yesterday moved out of the house where he and husband wife Julie 'R-DU' Holmes have lived for three years.
He took their hand crafted cat with 9 tails - and to celebrate his departure he shared a pork-pie and a mackison's with Michael Parkinson.
The Ossett Observer revealed last month that the couple were always having trials apart and had decided to sell their goods elsewhere at a property in Goldthorpe, North Barnsley.
Last night it was officially announced that the couple are to separate at maybe meet up later for tea and crumpets around 6pm.
A friend said: "Julie was reluctant to tell but Boardy insisted.
"While Boardie has been on the Companies faced with the mininmium wage tour with Oasis ,Bernie Clifton ,Tom Waits ,Shane Richie and Jason Donovan she's been looking for another place to like."
Boardie and Julie, 32, moved into their house in March 1997 shortly before their wedding.
In September 1998 Boardie threw Julie and their three cats Keane ,Teddy and Brian an house-party which became a drunken sage convention.
A month later Julie moved his back, but only on condition that Boardie curb his gurning. Last month The Ossett Observer also disclosed that Julie had checked her lottery numbers.
Boardie, 29, is currently in the cross on his brother-in law pete's Birds-Eye Garlic wedges leg of the tour.
The boardie is due to appear at a crockery festival in Ryhill , Wakefield, tomorrow.

No stranger to the world of ecommerce, Boardman is to auction off a selection of Football memorabilia this weekend . The auction, which will be online but is to take place at Ossett Town's Ingfield clubhouse , offers full-size mannequins of Mr Boardman in various former and present club kits and each one of the premiership ,local and major european and the scottish national, complete with lacable boots' according tot he publicity material.Boardman is also offering his aborted collaborated (featuring Yngwie J Malmsteen,Cleo Laine,The Terum Quatet and Jack Douglas) drum'n' bass demo's for sale.

'YOUR CATS ARE MAD AND YOUR YOUR BROTHER -IN -LAW PETE SMELLS OF GARLIC '

CRAIG BOARDMAN made his one-handed wrist jesture gesture to So-called Ossett Town fans who screamed vile insults about his brother - in -law and cats, it was revealed last night.
Taunts of "Your cats are mad ", "We hope yourpete burns his potato wedges" and "We're going to grill your bagels while you take a teambath " capped a hail of abuse aimed at Boardman following the 2-1 defeat by EASTWOOD TOWN on the 18/04/2000 .
Boardman's on-the-pitch response could have landed him in trouble. But yesterday he was backed by Ossett Town player-manger Gary Brook, Father George and Unibond - who confirmed he would not face disciplinary action.
Boardman said vile abuse - "very, very personal ,People get envious at Boardmans ability to talk like a cat ,and it's not his fault brother-in-law pete shaved his tash off"
and the worst he has ever heard - was aimed at Boardman and others as they came down the tunnel to the dressing rooms.
He would have probably "tickled till they confessed thier sins" the culprits.
Boardman, 29, was a target for insults throughout Monday night's match against Trafford, despite a top-quality personal display.
He has had similar treatment in pre-season friendlies against his old club Halifax Town .
As the EASTWOOD TOWN game ended in Ingfield, Wakefield,
Boardman applauded the Town section. In return, he got a wave of obscene, one-handed gestures aping the Birds Eye garlic potato crunch fencer (that brother-in-law Pete had a stalking fixation with)and shouts of "manfic..garlic garlic Garlic" and "ho he ho he hon".
He then rushed to the defence of best mate ,father,manager and colleague George, who also faced some more foul french language. At this stage, Boardman made his own version of the one-wrist gesture.
Wife Julie, co-owner of the cats in question and brother of Pete, was at the match and told a friend Boardman was "very upset" about his treatment.
A caller to Riding's FM phone-in told how the pitch-side abuse "disintegrated into much worse stuff with the crowd buring Bird-eye and kittie-kat boxes" with threats to BOARDMAN's Cats and recording contracts.
They came as fans rushed to the see-through tunnel to the dressing rooms at the end. Sources close to the Ossett Town camp said Boardman revealed details of what was said to teammates and officials.
It is understood he and George were singled out by fans of Ossett Albion, rivals of Town. Still annoyed at missing out on promotion.
Player-manager Brook said: "I 'd buy a pork-pie for the player that he didn't react more strongly.I would have cused Blue Murder and stamped my feet"

A Soccer historian is challenging commonly held lore about the family history of Craig Boardman, claiming that the great King of a potential Scottish defence (soccer not in court) has roots in Tupelo, Mississippi. Born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in 1970, it's believed that Boardman's ancestry is a combination of Cherokee Indian and Scots. But historian Bert Veron Retry, in his new book An A-Z of Boardman and the Career, claims that Boardman's family could have come from an area in Tupelo, Mississippi called the Broad range mountains.
In today's Ossett Observer newspaper he explains, "South of the Board Mountains there is an ancient chapel devoted to the Saint Boardman, the only one known in the county." Retry also makes Mississippi connections with Christian names in Boardman' family - Gladys, his mother, his twin brother and his father, George. He adds, "His grandmother Mary Bruce may have come from the famous family of Bruce from scotland on the west coast. Although most Boardmanologists believe that Boardman came from Scottish and Cherokee blood, further research would probably solidify the mississippi connection at the expense of the Scottish."
The Royston Barnsley's local history organisation, the Royston ivassive Society, are thrilled at the prospect. Secretary Diger Thru told the paper, "We will be appealing for help to see if there is any truth n the claims. It would be wonderful if there was."
Meanwhile news reaches us from Nottingham of the dissaperance of Boardman' s infamous ex-forest cook,Lannary Jems kingston , whose lard-laden fare contributed to the Boardman's Forest demise in 1993. In a recent TV documentary about the diet of the singer,soccer star ,meter reader and drum'n'bass guru Lannary revealed that Boardman would request her speciality at any hour of the day - deep fried chocolate peanut butter and green banana sandwiches laced with e's and garlic. Dish Saw, proprietor of Ossett Towns teamshop shop reminisces, "Mary was a typical southern yorkshire lass - a lovely, sweet woman. I met her many years ago and she cooked me an 'Boardman Meal...i felt i was floating on air'".

VANESSA FELTZ has been dumped by the new man in her life - just two days after showing him off for the first time at a glitzy showbiz party.
Part time rapper-soccer star -meter reader,and ex-forest teammate of Roy Keane and Teddy Sheringham ................................................ Boardman , split with the TV chat show hostess after telling her: "I need some time with the wife."
But Vanessa has already been seen on dates with 57-year-old Wakefield based brewer and P.R guru Bob Hunter, who has stalked her for seven years. However, he claimed last night that they were "just good friends".
Vanessa and Boardman had been spotted bunjy jumping together and last Friday she invited him to her mansion for a Hog -roast supper with her family.
She said: "I would say nothing has ended and nothing has begun.Bob was a friend who enticed me with his sweaters and so is Craig."
One friend said: "He provided a shoulder for her to cry on. Not only did they share their love of chocolate muffins too..but talking to cats too."
But she seemed to be coping well when she and Craig took to the dance floor break-dancing last week.

"Beatles win court battle"

A High Court judge has ruled that a music company must stop marketing a CD of a Craig Boardman Beatles inspired show recorded 8 years ago with Boardman as his drag Alter ego "Palm Hairs" reading in an cornishish accient with N.W.A and The Farm.
The defence had claimed that Boardman had stated that John Lennon gave permission for the band's performance at the Star Club in Hamburg in 1992 to be taped via a medium as a thirty anniversary tribute to his ex collegues.
But Mr Justice Can Hotdog said George Harrison had convinced him that R-du Sounds should be forced to stick by an injunction prohibiting it from selling the recording.
He said R-du Sounds would have to hand over the original tape and pay both sides' costs.
Harrison, 64.., told the judge: "One drunken person recording another bunch of drunks does not constitute business deals.
"The only person who allegedly heard anything about it is the one person who is dead, who can't actually come here and say it's a load of rubbish i don't even know that Boardman ..cat."
The three remaining Beatles and Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon, brought the action in the name of their company Apple..Yoko still smarting after losing the gig in Deep Purple as the repalcement for the departing Ian Gillan to slightly more femanine Joe Lynn Turner ..said John was and is like the wind.
Harrison, who spent two days in court, said they had no plans to profit from the tape themselves ..in fact if boardie had sent him a copy before release he may of offered to produce it himself and shoot the video via Handheld films .
Their motive was to prevent the distribution of a CD of appalling quality, he said.
"Every time it came up we tried to get it stopped. This thing has been floating around for 8 years and it is about time it was resolved."
The judge said he accepted the group's case "with particular reference to the evidence of George Harrison."
Crowds of journalist packed the court to hear arguments the guitarist described as "dead boring".
Much of the interest came from Harrison's tales of life with The Beatles just as they were beginning to become widely known..With Harrison giving his best "during the war style ramblings".
He said the recording in question had captured "a Pam Ayres sound alike who sounded more like Fergal Sharkey and Huggy bear getting drunk playing rock 'n' roll in a shed ."
Harrison, like all of the former Beatles mates ..but unlike Boardie ..but like boardies ex-forest mates at man utd keane and sheringham , is now a multi-millionaire.
But their solicitor, Nicholas Valner, of Frere Cholmeley Bischoff, denied the case was in any way about money.
"The law has changed materially since 1977, and now artists have greater rights to prevent the unauthorised manufacture and sale of their works, including live recordings," he said.
"This case shows that The Beatles are determined to lead the way in enforcing and protecting artists' rights...even though i quite like "Ode brown shoe","Get Black"and "Yellow sucked marine."

A demo tape of the new Craig Boardman album was thought to have gone missing yesterday, Wendsday April 19, when Boarde's kitbag was reported lost at Ossett Towns Ingfield ground.
Boardie and brother-in-law had driven back from trianing to celebrate his release date with wife Julie "R-Du" Holmes. But when he arrived at home his bag was missing.
According to the Ossett Observer newspaper Ossett Town's ground staff couldn't find the holdhall which is believed to still be in the area.
It's thought that the bag contained a rough copy of the band's forthcoming album. An insider told The Observer: "Boardie had been recording for the new album in the Ingfield changing rooms with local mates Nigel Dobson,Darren Juvie on guitars Cheeky Charlie on bass ,Jason Barr on drums ,Keith lesley " save our becks" timelord Barrett and Kev "adopt a shed" Gameson on backing rants and Gary Beckitt on clarinet with DJ Hoover sampling Steve Chism cutting pipes for effect.Other lummeries dropping by were the crankies,David essex ,Mike Terry, Mark "e" Smith and Carol Smillie.
. "He wanted to bring a copy back so that He could play it to Julie. He was horrified when she was told that the bag containing the tape had gone missing. Fears are that the tape might fall into the hands of bootleggers or worst still, end up being available on the internet or maybe in the hands of a distraught Alan Bates who stormed out of the sessions after a Derek Guilley washboard solo was chosen ahead of his picolo.

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Craig Boardmans dynamic interpritation of Carlisle Floyd's opera based on the John Steinbeck novel and play by the same name with Musical help from Glenn Brancia,Sonic Youth,Philip Glass,Ian Anderson,Derek Guiley and Mike Terry,Plus an star-studdied cast of celebrities and greats from the soccer word.Boardman knows that and relates too, Of Mice and Men tells the tale of two itinerant farm-workers, George Milton and Lennie Small, in their struggle and ultimate failure to achieve their dreams in a hard and cruel world. The new performance has received some performance up North, and as of NOW is just beginning to receive performance darn south.

Cast of Characters

Lennie Small, Craig Boardman
George Milton, Tony adams
Curley, Denise Wise
Candy, Bobby Robson
Curley's wife, Vannessa Feltz
replacing Jermaine Greer from earlier gigs and even earlier Carol Smillie who took on the roll of mrs hulk
Slim,Ronnie James Dio
Carlson, Morrissey

Ranch Hands The VILLAGE PEOPLE and FRANKIE GOES TOE HOLLYWOOD

CRAIG BOARDMAN has recorded a post grunge industrial rap version of 'Spirit Of African Sanctus', the ALBUM made famous in the seventies by David Fanshawe . The Ossett Town stopper-man recorded the album last year with a tenor opera singer MONSTERRAT CABALLE,Napham Death,Darren Juvie,Cheeky Charlie, and Texas described by a source close to Craig as "the British equivalent of Paul Simon in a Zany dub "n "bass fashion". It's thought the album will be released later this year.
Meanwhile, a close friend of Craig's has told the Ossett Observer how he reacted to last week's story that he was to join Van Halen to replace Dave Lee Roth via other replacements.
Craig and friend heard the 'news' on Ridings FM show while they were break dancing at the local staincross golf creche area which they have the run of after 6pm on tuesday nights.
The friend said: "We looked at each other and thought 'I wonder if Burger King still have that two for one offer .......before it finally sunk in' and the next thing we know we've got George Boardman ( Craig's father and manager) ringing up asking us why we didn't tell him.
"Craig's all like 'No i am not ...i bet it's that naughty prankster Keith Lesley timelord barrett or that equally cheeky Kamera kev two sheds Gameson from Wakefield' so he rings George back and says 'It's the wakefield posse upto there old tricks, you wouldn't understand because you haven't got their sense of humour."
As previously reported, Boardie also rang former Ossett Town programme reader David "Pullitt Recht back "Wilcocks in a state of some bewilderment, concerned that he may have made a promise that he couldn't remember during the Royston bus terminal party where he met Sir Paul McCartnery ..and van halen apperently or that the Ossett Observer may have been hoodwinked by an imposter..well fancy that?.

SOCCER-mad Heidemarie McAlister is travelling 6,000 miles to watch Ossett Town FC's game on Saturday. Heidemarie, 53, jets in from Portland nine times a year to see Craig Boardman and his team at that moment. She said: "He's in my blood... not unlike white cells though."

CRAIG BOARDMAN

Widespread Internet reports that FORMER NOTTINGHAM fOREST HERO AND drum and bass legend is in negotiations to become Van Halen's fifth singer are totally false acording to a Craig Boardman's staffer.
Longtime Boardman manager snd father Georger tells MTV News that contrary to reports the singer-drum'n'bass hero-soccer player-meter reader has had no contact with the Van Halen camp.
The rumor first surfaced in August with a detailed (and ultimately false) report supposedly originating from a source at Warner Bros. that said Boardman and Van Halen brothers Alex and Eddie had recorded over twenty songs together, including three new ones with Boardmans mates Mike terry on keyboards and Darren Juvie on second guitar. The story gained some semblance of credibility when it was announced in early November that Cherone had left Van Halen (see "Gary Cherone Leaves Van Halen").
The Van Halen/Boardman ruse recently returned to the frontburner courtesy of an "interview" fleshing out the Van Halen sessions rumor that was e-mailed to a number of newsgroups and posted on a Boardman fan site. However, the radio station credited with the interview, 2397.7 Htz in Southern Goldthorpe, says the conversation never happened. According to George, Boardman hasn't talked to any media sources this year as the singer-drum'n'bass hero-soccer player-meter reader has only been concentrating on recording a solo charity project with the help of some special chums.
A spokesperson for R-Du records in the U.K. confirms that Boardman will be releasing his own album of Steve Reich covers in an def-leppard-Mutt Lange fashion on that label early next year (U.S. release details have not been confirmed). The project has been recorded and is about to be mixed and mastered. Boardman's new band includes guitarist's Nigel Dobson and Darren Juvie, bassist Cheeky Charlie( some do fall on rocky ground ..hey) and longtime drummer Jason Barr with Mike terry on keyboards and Gary "Bombrdier" Beckitt on clarinet and Alan "the unsexy beard" Bates adds the odd cheezy organ solo.
According to George, Boardman would likely be receptive to exploring a Van Halen pairing, which would be reminiscent of Boardman's stint with legendS Queen. They played together at the opening of the Royston bus termal last autumn.
Van Halen, meanwhile, is reportedly lying low while Eddie Van Halen recovers from hip replacement surgery watched by leading prosthetic engineer kamera kev who along with Keith lesley timelord barrett, adds backing rant samples to the boardmans lp. The guitarist went under the knife on November 16.

Former Nottingham Forest and Halifax Town defender Craig Boardman has hit back at claims by French agents that players in the Unibond league 'booze, smoke and eat anything that comes to hand', telling the Ossett Observers's David "Pullit recht back"Willocks" that his fellow Semi- professionals north of the Trowell Services look after themselves in exactly the same way as their continental counterparts