Ashtead Saint

10 out of 10 from me on the culinary front. Excellent craft beers from the local supermarket at knock down prices, superb fresh Porcini mushrooms from the street market on the way to San Siro (one has gone into a risotto with Riso Carnaroli from the same supermarket, the other destined for a pasta dish) and tempted by the Lampascioni - a kind of edible hyacinth bulb which I almost bought but didn't. It's the things you don't do that you regret in life! Also picked up some Himalayan pink salt, exotic nougat and fancy chocs for early Christmas presents and a few local cheeses.

Group matches will be of 90 minutes duration, with no extra time. If the scores are level at the end of the group match then each club is awarded one point. In addition, the match will be followed immediately by penalties and the club that wins the shootout will be awarded an additional point.

I wouldn't use Purple Bricks. I viewed a house being marked by them in March. The house was vacant. I said that I liked it but was only willing to proceed if the seller could exchange and complete quickly due to ehupcoming change in SDLT rates for buy to lets. They said that they would speak to the Seller and get back to me. They didn't.

and West Ham now out.

Ask West Ham about fielding weakened teams

Sounds reasonable to me, and a distinct improvement on previous seasons.

Slef employed, with flexibility over hours.

The Brentford score is final and Right to Dream drew 0-0 with Co Armagh. That leaves Saints comfortably through to the semi final tomorrow and currently top of the table. The only team which can catch them is Rangers, who would need to beat AS Roma-USA in their 6pm match by more than 4 goals to overtake Saints. Well done lads!

Well, the late filing fee for the accounts won't bankrupt them, but it's fairly amaeturish not to get your accounts in on time, unless there's some reason for holding them back. Sometimes companies deliberately delay filing their accounts if they contain information which might hurt the company if it got into the public domain, though I doubt that is the case here. Another reason for delays in filing acounts is if the auditors and the board can't agree on something eg what provision to make for contingent liabilities. As for the 3 mortgages, either they have been satisfied/discharged and no-one has got around to filing the necessary forms at Companies House or they are still in force because there are still liabilties which they secure. As the premier league parachute payments were paid out some time ago, the charge over them should have been spent as there is nothign left for it to bite on. My guess is that PCFC simply haven't got around to filing the necessary forms - they don't need the mortgagor's co-operation to do that. In summary, probably just sloppiness on PCFC's part - not the sort of thing you would expect from a properly run company, but then ...

The filing deadline at Companies House for PCFC's 2015 accounts expired yesterday. Their Companies House website entry shows the accounts as Overdue, which will result in a late filing penalty. The 3 outstanding mortgages are all dated 19 April 2013, are all in favour of the PFA and mortgage: (i) Fratton Park; (ii) PCFC’s interest in the Football League ‘Pool Account’ – the main element of which is broadcasting revenue. (iii) PCFC’s interest in the Premier League Parachute Payments for the 2012/13 and 2013/14 seasons. The mortgages secure: (a) In the case of the Fratton Park mortgage, PCFC’s liabilities under an ‘Arrears Deed’ entered into with the PFA. The ‘Arrears Deed’ is not, and does not require to be, filed at Companies House. It covers a loan from the PFA to PCFC, but whether that loan was to cover player arrears, other Football Creditors or other liabilities is unclear. I’ve no idea what the term of that loan was or the interest rate charged. The mortgage contains the usual covenant to keep the mortgaged property in good repair (b) In the case of the Football League ‘Pool Account’ mortgage, the amounts due from PCFC under separate ‘Arrears Deeds’ with the players. © In the case of the Premier League Parachute Payments mortgage, the amounts due from PCFC under separate ‘Arrears Deeds’ with the players and a ‘Trust Deed’.

If you think he hates us, have a look at what West Ham's supporters think about him on KUMB - http://kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=99108&sid=56b61a529e63e31754c9e2b07f87c0ee. Their thread runs to over a hundred pages, so far.

Paddy Power have us at 8/1 for a top 4 finish, 7/4 for a top 6 finish and 12/1 for a League Cup win. To me those are surprisingly short odds for Top 4 and Top 6 and surprisingly long odds for the League Cup. Anyway, back to the original question, I'd take the cup game win - that would leave us only 3 wins away from silverware. At least I am confident that we will give it a go this year. Last year's limp effort against Sunderland still rankles.

John Arne Riise for Saints against Liverpool in 2002 was a cracker.

Djemaa El-Fna (the main square) is a must. Get there an hour or so before sunset and enjoy the story tellers, snake charmers, food stalls with roasted sheep's heads etc before going up to one of the bars overlooking the square for a drink while the sun sets. Taxis are good value but be prepared to haggle. We enjoyed a tour round one of the tanneries. Try to avoid the touts. They are persistent.

Try this one: http://www.cyclingforums.com/t/339906/penis-stew-real-recipe-from-fat-ladies