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Yeah I think they've done a temporary extension of sorts to allow them to split the away end and give the minimum instead of what they gave last season. Means some of the away tickets are in a temporary stand. Speaking of away allocations and Millwall will be smaller this season as they're splitting that end with home fans now.

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but it's not inconceivable that FIFA could yet get involved. If the FA impose a complete football ban in England/Wales they can make a request to FIFA to extend it worldwide if they wish. Your speeding analogy is complete horseshit btw.

For 70% of the crowd/stadium.

They definitely seemed to increase that allocation last season. Was bad throughout but Wrexham especially was a pisstake given how small the whole allocation was, felt like there was loads of unfamiliar faces there who were at their first away of the season. Hopefully Lincoln in September is slightly less appealing than Wrexham at the business end of the season but we'll have to wait and see. Skates was dreadful too if I remember rightly.

There's already plenty of opportunity to go, away tickets were actually pretty easy to get last season outside of the smallest allocations. There are ways round it anyway. I know a few people who have bought a cheap smartphone to log into the app and will pass that among friends.

Oh I just assumed because digital wasn't mentioned on the details page like it was for Watford. I'm not going so hadn't seen that on the ticket site.

Lincoln will sell out to high numbers regardless I reckon. New ground for most and the smallest allocation in the league.

Paper tickets for Birmingham.

They may well have done but people there would have known it was prohibited so that would make it even more farfetched that they wouldn't tell him it wasn't allowed?

Personally I'd find it more believable that he didn't know if this was his first job here but he's spent 2 years working in England for 2 different clubs so incredibly unlikely imo.

Ummmm no? I don't particularly dislike Boro at all, just another club to me. I definitely don't dislike them more than the charity thieving inbreds down the road. Some people have lost the plot over this just as much as some Boro fans did early on when talking about getting the police involved and us being expelled from the EFL. I find it odd that people even dislike them but different opinions and all that. Disliking them more than the skates though I genuinely find incredible.

If anything is given of that length it would be all football activity I'm sure. Not sure there's ever been a touchline only ban for that length of time. I'm really not that arsed about a touchline ban of 6-10 games, not sure it'll make a huge difference. As long as he's back for the skates.

I think we'll keep him if it's a touchline/stadium ban. Ban from all football activity is a different matter obviously.

You don't need a personal opinion on something where the facts are out there and easily found. The FA have literally said it relates to the spying.

No the charges specifically relate to the spying.

I was thinking about that but looks like it'd be a nightmare to get out of.

I think the difference the EFL rule makes on the FA side is that there is no longer any doubt whatsoever that doing this is an improper way to act. Biesla (like Tonda) said he didn't know it was frowned upon in the UK. That was believable at that time but quite clearly isn't now given a specific rule was implemented outlining that this behaviour isn't deemed acceptable. For me that's the difference and why Tonda's improper conduct will be seen as more serious than Biesla's.

Thought I'd see how excited the Boro lot were getting, bit weird that they have over 100 posts on a charge everyone knew was coming.

The 200k was a club fine and not for Bielsa (though he did end up paying it).

They are judging him on their own rules, specifically the one about bringing the game into disrepute. Breaking the rules of a competition effectively sanctioned by the FA is quite clearly bringing the game into disrepute. Never understood why people convinced themselves that just because the FA don't have a specific spying rule that they couldn't charge him. They've confirmed that it's for the spying now anyway.

It's intentionally vague so could be anything really.

Not sure how you've concluded that? Breaking a competition rule the club signed up to could easily be construed as bringing the game into disrepute.

It's fixed now. Just got in and bought mine.

Not really. Unallocated works fine. Think we had it at Doncaster last season and it's much better imo.

New system coming in next season. Will be on a 3 year period and apparently not just away games will earn points.