Sutekh :shock:

"What did you do at work today, daddy?"

There's no excuse if he's guilty, and it seems likely he I; the FA don't tend to just float charges based upon flimsy evidence in cases like this. In any job, if any condition (health, mental health, whatever) means you cannot abide by strict and transparent rules, you should get support. But it wo...

Partick Thistle say "hold my beer..."

as Headingley still does, with Leeds Rugby League Ffs, how can I be as huge a cricket fan as I am and not have known this?! :lol: https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/HeadingleyOblique.jpg/640px-HeadingleyOblique.jpg&w=640&...

They are officially "assessing all options for future ownership". Which presumably means they have no Plan B.

Hampden Park was completely rebuilt in the 1990s and isn't considered a new stadium, but the Millennium Stadium (which was basically a rebuilt National Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park) is considered a new stadium (incidentally, according to the Wikipedia article, the National Stadium was built on the ...

To Vic's point, of course the stat doesn't really mean anything in the grand scheme of things, it's just an interesting one. The first match after Wembley's reopening was played 17 years ago this month, and one of the teams involved, Kidderminster Harriers, isn't even in the league any more. I was ...

Kieran McKenna signs a new contract with Ipswich.

WestYorksRoyal Presumably he'd be doing a Scott Carson / Robert Green role. Surely he's not good enough for that level if Alisson gets a season ending injury?

While also potentially playing in cup games, and knowing that if Alisson is injured he gets his chance to prove what he can do.

Many congratulations to our ex goalkeeper, Alex McCarthy, for getting promotion to the Premier League with Southampton yesterday; I hope he gets his chance as their first choice keeper next season. Looks like he's out of contract, with Celtic and Liverpool interested: https://www.fourfourtwo.com/li...

They've also considerably improved their stadium without it breaking the bank or being a financial millstone.

Meant to post this last week - went to Fulham's home game with City, and it appears that it is now a thing, at Craven Cottage at least, to remove lids from drinks bottles. So my Coke Zero was sans bottle top. What's this about? Yeah like Brobers said. Full bottle with lid becomes a missile, lid off...

Looking increasingly likely that Kieron McKenna will jump ship from Ipswich having got them to the PL - Brighton seemingly the most likely destination. Would make absolute sense for his career but would make Ipswich's task in staying up much much harder. That always makes me feel so disappointed. Y...

Yep, but the thing about short-pulling/holding etc and dissent is the realisation that these things are so endemic that if a ref was consistent and penalised every instance, the match wouldn't finish. And all the publicity and all the managers' and pundits' comments would be vilifying that referee. ...

No need for VAR IMO. Referees should be able to use the years of training and experience they’ve accrued to make better decisions. It’s a tough gig but they’re supposed to be the elite referees We don’t let strikers re-take one on ones if they miss or goalkeepers have another chance if they let an ...

No respect for the guy. Karacan’s injury (which massively hobbled his career) was not a coincidence. Tetek’s injury (which seems to have effectively ended his career) was not a coincidence. He was a thug of a manager who had no respect for opposing players or officials. That’s the real Warnock, not...

I guess, as one of the traditional "Big 5", when you've only won 2 league cups in 30 years, you have to take the little victories wherever you can manufacture them. Must be galling to spend 4 decades playing second fiddle to your big rivals. Replace "2 league cups" with "1 ...

I guess while Reading isn't much bigger than Oxford, we have surrounding towns like Newbury, Wokingham, Basingstoke, Maidenhead and Bracknell where people will support us as their nearest professional team. You must be looking at half a million or so overall. By contrast, where else are Oxford goin...

I'd say that all the physical factors that measure speed of players, distance run, intensity of play etc will have increased since 1992.

Some players used to coast a lot of the game, but anyone trying to do that k=now would be instantly found out.